Bobby Valentine
Robert John Valentine
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 189 lb.

Born: May 13, 1950 in Stamford, CT
High School: Rippowam (Stamford, CT)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1969
Final Game: September 30, 1979
Relatives: Son-In-Law of Ralph Branca
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 19 LAD NL 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 21 LAD NL 101 307 281 32 70 10 2 1 25 5 3 15 20 .249 .287 .310 .597 74 87 9 2 4 5 0 654/98
1972 22 LAD NL 119 434 391 42 107 11 2 3 32 5 5 27 33 .274 .319 .335 .654 88 131 11 2 8 6 2 456/879
1973 23 CAL AL 32 136 126 12 38 5 2 1 13 6 1 5 9 .302 .323 .397 .720 110 50 1 0 3 2 0 6/87
1974 24 CAL AL 117 414 371 39 97 10 3 3 39 8 5 25 25 .261 .308 .329 .637 89 122 7 3 8 7 0 765/D4
1975 25 TOT MLB 33 86 72 6 18 2 0 1 6 1 2 8 3 .250 .321 .319 .641 88 23 1 1 2 3 0 D/7359
1975 25 CAL AL 26 66 57 5 16 2 0 0 5 0 2 4 3 .281 .323 .316 .639 88 18 1 1 1 3 0 D/3579
1975 25 SDP NL 7 20 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 .133 .316 .333 .649 86 5 0 0 1 0 0 /7
1976 26 SDP NL 15 57 49 3 18 4 0 0 4 0 1 6 2 .367 .436 .449 .885 162 22 2 0 2 0 0 /793
1977 27 TOT NL 86 165 150 13 23 4 0 2 13 0 0 13 19 .153 .220 .220 .440 23 33 7 0 1 1 1 635
1977 27 SDP NL 44 75 67 5 12 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 10 .179 .253 .269 .522 47 18 3 0 0 1 1 56/3
1977 27 NYM NL 42 90 83 8 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 9 .133 .191 .181 .372 3 15 4 0 1 0 0 36/5
1978 28 NYM NL 69 188 160 17 43 7 0 1 18 1 1 19 18 .269 .346 .331 .677 94 53 7 1 6 2 1 4/5
1979 29 SEA AL 62 122 98 9 27 6 0 0 7 1 2 22 5 .276 .405 .337 .742 102 33 4 0 1 1 1 6/97452D
10 Seasons 639 1909 1698 176 441 59 9 12 157 27 20 140 134 .260 .315 .326 .641 85 554 49 9 35 27 5
162 Game Avg. 162 484 430 45 112 15 2 3 40 7 5 35 34 .260 .315 .326 .641 85 140 12 2 9 7 1
LAD (3 yrs) 225 741 672 77 177 21 4 4 57 10 8 42 53 .263 .306 .324 .630 82 218 20 4 12 11 2
SDP (3 yrs) 66 152 131 9 32 7 0 2 15 1 1 17 12 .244 .329 .344 .672 93 45 5 0 3 1 1
CAL (3 yrs) 175 616 554 56 151 17 5 4 57 14 8 34 37 .273 .313 .343 .656 94 190 9 4 12 12 0
NYM (2 yrs) 111 278 243 25 54 8 0 2 21 1 1 25 27 .222 .295 .280 .575 63 68 11 1 7 2 1
SEA (1 yr) 62 122 98 9 27 6 0 0 7 1 2 22 5 .276 .405 .337 .742 102 33 4 0 1 1 1
NL (7 yrs) 402 1171 1046 111 263 36 4 8 93 12 10 84 92 .251 .306 .316 .623 79 331 36 5 22 14 4
AL (4 yrs) 237 738 652 65 178 23 5 4 64 15 10 56 42 .273 .328 .342 .670 95 223 13 4 13 13 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1971 21 LAD NL 307 232 24 2.8 87 .260 .249 .253 .287 .318 .310 .370 .597 .688 74 .333 -9.2 -1.0 .475 .121 .060 1.7
1972 22 LAD NL 434 314 41 3.5 90 .288 .274 .254 .319 .322 .335 .376 .654 .698 88 .437 -5.7 -0.6 .533 .130 .061 3.8
1973 23 CAL AL 136 95 17 4.8 87 .314 .302 .250 .323 .317 .397 .368 .720 .685 110 .546 1.4 0.1 .667 .175 .095 1.7
1974 24 CAL AL 414 301 39 3.5 84 .269 .261 .251 .308 .315 .329 .361 .637 .676 89 .422 -4.7 -0.5 .535 .143 .067 4.4
1975 25 TOT MLB 86 62 8 3.5 87 .239 .250 .251 .321 .319 .319 .367 .641 .686 88 .402 -0.5 0.0 .544 .167 .069 1.0
1975 25 CAL AL 66 48 6 3.4 86 .281 .281 .249 .323 .317 .316 .365 .639 .682 88 .388 -0.3 0.0 .477 .070 .035
1975 25 SDP NL 20 14 2 3.8 91 .071 .133 .258 .316 .328 .333 .373 .649 .701 86 .447 -0.2 0.0 .769 .533 .200 1.0
1976 26 SDP NL 57 36 9 6.7 85 .383 .367 .253 .436 .318 .449 .361 .885 .679 162 .713 4.3 0.4 .794 .184 .082
1977 27 TOT NL 165 136 6 1.2 97 .162 .153 .261 .220 .327 .220 .397 .440 .724 23 .077 -16.1 -1.6 .343 .153 .067 .0
1977 27 SDP NL 75 59 4 1.8 94 .193 .179 .257 .253 .323 .269 .392 .522 .715 47 .155 -4.6 -0.5 .431 .194 .090 .0
1977 27 NYM NL 90 77 2 0.7 99 .137 .133 .263 .191 .330 .181 .401 .372 .731 3 .031 -11.5 -1.1 .276 .120 .048 .0
1978 28 NYM NL 188 133 18 3.6 91 .294 .269 .257 .346 .324 .331 .378 .677 .703 94 .435 -0.2 0.0 .584 .181 .063 1.0
1979 29 SEA AL 122 79 14 4.7 104 .287 .276 .272 .405 .337 .337 .412 .742 .749 102 .501 1.9 0.2 .701 .276 .061 .0
10 Seasons 1909 1388 176 3.4 89 .272 .260 .255 .315 .321 .326 .374 .641 .695 85 .404 -28.9 -3.0 .535 .153 .067 16.6
162 Game Avg. 484 352 45 3.4 89 .272 .260 .255 .315 .321 .326 .374 .641 .695 85 .404 -28.9 -3.0 .535 .153 .067 4
SDP (3 yrs) 152 109 15 3.7 91 .254 .244 .256 .329 .322 .344 .378 .672 .700 93 .424 -0.5 -0.1 .590 .229 .099 1.3
CAL (3 yrs) 616 444 62 3.8 85 .280 .273 .251 .313 .316 .343 .363 .656 .679 94 .449 -3.6 -0.4 .557 .143 .070 6.2
NYM (2 yrs) 278 210 20 2.6 94 .241 .222 .259 .295 .326 .280 .386 .575 .712 63 .276 -11.7 -1.1 .468 .160 .058 1.3
LAD (3 yrs) 741 546 65 3.2 89 .276 .263 .254 .306 .320 .324 .373 .630 .694 82 .394 -14.9 -1.6 .509 .126 .061 5.7
SEA (1 yr) 122 79 14 4.7 104 .287 .276 .272 .405 .337 .337 .412 .742 .749 102 .501 1.9 0.2 .701 .276 .061 .0
NL (7 yrs) 1171 865 100 3.1 90 .266 .251 .255 .306 .322 .316 .377 .623 .699 79 .370 -27.1 -2.8 .509 .147 .065 9.6
AL (4 yrs) 738 523 76 3.9 88 .281 .273 .254 .328 .319 .342 .371 .670 .690 95 .458 -1.8 -0.2 .579 .163 .069 6.3

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 21 LAD NL 307 0.3% 6.5% 4.9% 4.2% 19% 1.33 14.1 281.0 11.2 0.79 86%
1972 22 LAD NL 434 0.7% 7.6% 6.2% 3.7% 15% 1.22 11.8 130.3 12.2 1.13 83%
1973 23 CAL AL 136 0.7% 6.6% 3.7% 5.9% 21% 1.80 14.0 126.0 9.7 1.32 87%
1974 24 CAL AL 414 0.7% 6.0% 6.0% 3.9% 17% 1.00 14.8 123.7 9.5 0.96 85%
1975 25 TOT MLB 86 1.2% 3.5% 9.3% 3.5% 17% 0.38 24.0 72.0 12.0 0.49 83%
1975 25 CAL AL 66 0.0% 4.6% 6.1% 3.0% 13% 0.75 19.0 11.4 0.52 86%
1975 25 SDP NL 20 5.0% 0.0% 20.0% 5.0% 50% 0.00 15.0 15.0 0.40 70%
1976 26 SDP NL 57 0.0% 3.5% 10.5% 7.0% 22% 0.33 24.5 12.3 1.00 82%
1977 27 TOT NL 165 1.2% 11.5% 7.9% 3.6% 26% 1.46 7.9 75.0 11.5 0.97 79%
1977 27 SDP NL 75 1.3% 13.3% 9.3% 5.3% 33% 1.43 6.7 67.0 6.7 0.78 76%
1977 27 NYM NL 90 1.1% 10.0% 6.7% 2.2% 18% 1.50 9.2 83.0 27.7 1.13 81%
1978 28 NYM NL 188 0.5% 9.6% 10.1% 4.3% 19% 0.95 8.9 160.0 8.9 1.05 76%
1979 29 SEA AL 122 0.0% 4.1% 18.0% 4.9% 22% 0.23 19.6 14.0 0.92 77%
10 Seasons 1909 0.6% 7.0% 7.3% 4.2% 18% 0.96 12.7 141.5 10.8 0.96 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 21 LAD NL 4 0 36% 117 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 6 43% 20 11 8 5 3 2 17 7 8
1972 22 LAD NL 8 0 29% 202 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 10 47% 28 15 12 5 4 1 12 4 8
1973 23 CAL AL 2 0 26% 52 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 57% 6 2 3 3 3 0 5 0 5
1974 24 CAL AL 7 0 30% 147 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 6 10 61% 19 9 10 5 2 3 14 3 10
1975 25 TOT MLB 0 0 19% 21 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 56% 4 1 3 2 2 0 3 1 2
1975 25 CAL AL 0 0 24% 13 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 56% 4 1 3 2 2 0 3 1 2
1975 25 SDP NL 0 0 0% 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 SDP NL 1 0 13% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14% 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 27 TOT NL 4 0 32% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 6 5 0 3 2 1 3 2 1
1977 27 SDP NL 1 0 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25% 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1977 27 NYM NL 3 0 44% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13% 4 4 0 2 1 1 2 2 0
1978 28 NYM NL 1 0 26% 81 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 22% 17 12 3 3 3 0 7 3 3
1979 29 SEA AL 1 0 18% 49 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 33% 10 7 3 4 3 1 4 2 2
10 Seasons 28 0 28% 745 27 20 57% 24 18 3 1 0 1 10 4 34 39 43% 119 70 43 30 22 8 68 22 42
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 21 LAD NL 307 47% 70 14 5 0 2 1.40 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 55 9 16% 29 14 48% 164 25 15% 17 12 71% 19 9 47% 0
1972 22 LAD NL 434 33% 107 10 1 0 0 1.78 3 0 9 1 2 1 2 0 9 8 89% 72 11 15% 35 16 46% 234 32 14% 18 11 61% 16 6 38% 0
1973 23 CAL AL 136 30% 38 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 16 1 6% 17 8 47% 74 12 16% 9 4 44% 12 6 50% 0
1974 24 CAL AL 414 47% 97 10 3 0 1 1.74 3 0 12 1 2 2 1 0 8 8 100% 89 7 8% 43 22 51% 282 38 13% 28 15 54% 29 10 34% 0
1975 25 TOT MLB 86 76% 18 10 2 0 0 2.10 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 23 1 4% 10 6 60% 62 6 10% 10 4 40% 6 3 50% 0
1975 25 CAL AL 66 71% 16 8 1 0 0 1.84 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 8 5 63% 48 6 13% 7 4 57% 5 2 40% 0
1975 25 SDP NL 20 90% 2 2 1 0 0 3.13 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 14 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1976 26 SDP NL 57 40% 18 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 2 17% 4 2 50% 31 4 13% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0
1977 27 TOT NL 165 36% 23 44 9 0 2 1.80 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 36 7 19% 14 4 29% 117 11 9% 7 2 29% 11 5 45% 0
1977 27 SDP NL 75 35% 12 31 7 0 2 1.80 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 3 20% 4 3 75% 62 9 15% 3 2 67% 6 3 50% 0
1977 27 NYM NL 90 38% 11 13 2 0 0 1.78 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 21 4 19% 10 1 10% 55 2 4% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1978 28 NYM NL 188 41% 43 15 4 0 3 1.83 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 39 7 18% 30 12 40% 136 17 13% 16 8 50% 22 9 41% 0
1979 29 SEA AL 122 74% 27 19 6 0 1 1.76 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 28 4 14% 12 1 8% 91 7 8% 8 3 38% 8 1 13% 0
10 Seasons 1909 44% 441 123 30 0 9 1.75 12 0 46 6 6 4 8 0 36 35 97% 370 49 13% 194 85 44% 1191 152 13% 115 60 52% 126 49 39% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 106 307 281 35 70 10 2 1 25 5 3 15 20 .249 .287 .310 .597 74 87 9 2 4 5 0
1972 22 225 741 672 77 177 21 4 4 57 10 8 42 53 .263 .306 .324 .630 82 218 20 4 12 11 2
1973 23 257 877 798 89 215 26 6 5 70 16 9 47 62 .269 .309 .336 .644 87 268 21 4 15 13 2
1974 24 374 1291 1169 128 312 36 9 8 109 24 14 72 87 .267 .308 .334 .642 87 390 28 7 23 20 2
1975 25 407 1377 1241 134 330 38 9 9 115 25 16 80 90 .266 .309 .333 .642 87 413 29 8 25 23 2
1976 26 422 1434 1290 137 348 42 9 9 119 25 17 86 92 .270 .314 .337 .651 90 435 31 8 27 23 2
1977 27 508 1599 1440 150 371 46 9 11 132 25 17 99 111 .258 .304 .325 .629 83 468 38 8 28 24 3
1978 28 577 1787 1600 167 414 53 9 12 150 26 18 118 129 .259 .309 .326 .634 84 521 45 9 34 26 4
1979 29 639 1909 1698 176 441 59 9 12 157 27 20 140 134 .260 .315 .326 .641 85 554 49 9 35 27 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 21 101 310 287 38 76 11 2 1 30 5 16 20 .265 .303 .328 .631 29 101
1972 22 124 455 417 50 120 12 2 3 38 6 30 34 .288 .334 .348 .682 49 119
1973 23 32 140 132 15 44 6 2 1 16 7 6 9 .333 .357 .432 .789 21 32
1974 24 117 424 385 48 111 11 3 3 48 9 29 25 .288 .337 .356 .693 47 117
1975 25 33 87 74 7 20 2 0 1 7 1 9 3 .270 .345 .338 .683 9 33
1976 26 15 58 51 4 20 4 0 0 5 0 7 2 .392 .466 .471 .936 11 15
1977 27 86 162 149 13 22 4 0 2 13 0 12 19 .148 .210 .215 .425 7 86
1978 28 69 188 164 19 47 8 0 1 21 1 21 18 .287 .367 .354 .721 21 69
1979 29 62 123 99 9 28 6 0 0 7 1 23 5 .283 .415 .343 .758 14 62
9 Seasons 639 1947 1758 203 488 64 9 12 185 30 153 135 .278 .334 .345 .679 208 634
162 Game Avg. 162 494 446 51 124 16 2 3 47 8 39 34 .278 .334 .345 .679 53 634

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards (yr-lg-award)
2002-ML-Branch Rickey Award

Youngest s c a p y
1969 NL--born 1950-05-13--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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