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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1971 LAD NL 21 SS 37 22 212.1 128 43 80 5 17 .961 0.3 1.7 -0.7 0.9 -1.6 1 5.21 3.32 .968 5.14 4.46
1971 LAD NL 21 3B 23 23 198.1 74 17 50 7 1 .905 -1.8 -10.9 -0.8 -0.8 0.1 -1 3.04 2.91 .951 2.80 2.32
1971 LAD NL 21 2B 21 20 179.2 98 49 45 4 13 .959 -5.1 -34.1 -4.1 -3.9 -0.2 -1 4.71 4.48 .979 5.47 4.86
1971 LAD NL 21 OF 11 9 79.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -30.4 -2.0 -0.8 -1.2 0 1.71 1.36 .980 2.19 1.92
1971 LAD NL 21 RF 9 8 65.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -40.6 -2.2 -0.8 -1.4 0 1.11 0.89 .988 2.06 1.80
1971 LAD NL 21 CF 2 1 14.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 17.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 3.50 .986 2.64 2.30
1972 LAD NL 22 2B 49 43 395.1 248 110 132 6 28 .976 3.4 10.3 3.4 -0.4 3.8 0 5.51 4.94 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 LAD NL 22 3B 39 38 311.1 115 20 81 14 4 .878 -4.6 -17.7 -4.6 -3.2 -1.3 0 2.92 2.59 .949 2.87 2.55
1972 LAD NL 22 OF 16 8 95.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 25.3 1.0 1.4 -0.4 1 2.37 1.56 .976 2.18 1.96
1972 LAD NL 22 SS 10 10 91.0 58 23 32 3 6 .948 -4.4 -58.0 -3.4 -0.1 -3.2 -1 5.44 5.50 .967 5.04 4.48
1972 LAD NL 22 CF 8 5 47.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 20.4 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1 2.49 1.63 .977 2.60 2.35
1972 LAD NL 22 LF 5 1 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 21.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 1.93 1.20 .967 1.93 1.68
1972 LAD NL 22 RF 4 2 20.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 42.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.25 1.25 .980 2.02 1.75
1973 CAL AL 23 SS 25 25 226.0 116 38 72 6 11 .948 -2.4 -12.7 -1.4 -0.5 -0.9 -1 4.38 4.40 .964 5.10 4.43
1973 CAL AL 23 OF 8 7 56.2 28 25 3 0 0 1.000 3.9 82.6 2.9 2.1 0.8 1 4.45 3.50 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 CAL AL 23 CF 7 7 53.2 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 4.0 89.4 3.0 2.2 0.8 1 4.19 3.57 .984 2.78 2.54
1973 CAL AL 23 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1974 CAL AL 24 LF 62 59 451.0 120 112 2 6 0 .950 -3.5 -9.3 0.5 -0.5 1.0 -4 2.27 1.84 .975 2.12 1.75
1974 CAL AL 24 OF 62 59 451.0 121 113 2 6 0 .950 -3.5 -9.3 0.5 -0.5 1.0 -4 2.29 1.85 .981 2.41 2.12
1974 CAL AL 24 SS 36 22 219.0 130 42 82 6 6 .954 -1.8 -9.9 0.2 -3.3 3.5 -2 5.10 3.44 .965 4.98 4.24
1974 CAL AL 24 3B 15 15 130.0 42 5 32 5 4 .881 -1.2 -11.1 -2.2 -1.0 -1.2 1 2.56 2.47 .957 3.12 2.77
1974 CAL AL 24 DH 4
1974 CAL AL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.60
1975 TOT MLB 25 OF 6 4 36.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -53.3 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 -1 1.50 1.00 .983 2.30 2.03
1975 TOT MLB 25 LF 5 4 33.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -69.1 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 -1 1.09 0.80 .975 2.10 1.72
1975 CAL AL 25 DH 13
1975 CAL AL 25 1B 3 2 19.0 24 23 0 1 2 .958 -1.0 -63.2 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 0 10.89 7.67 .992 9.85 8.33
1975 CAL AL 25 3B 2 1 11.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -0.8 -87.3 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 2.45 1.50 .975 3.19 2.80
1975 CAL AL 25 OF 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.10
1975 CAL AL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1975 CAL AL 25 RF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
1975 SDP NL 25 LF 4 4 32.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -71.2 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 -1 1.12 1.00 .975 2.11 1.70
1975 SDP NL 25 OF 4 4 32.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -71.2 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 -1 1.12 1.00 .975 2.28 2.00
1976 SDP NL 26 OF 10 10 74.2 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 1.9 30.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 2 2.41 2.00 .980 2.34 2.03
1976 SDP NL 26 LF 7 5 40.0 11 9 2 0 1 1.000 1.4 42.0 0.4 0.6 -0.2 1 2.48 1.57 .973 2.02 1.59
1976 SDP NL 26 RF 5 5 34.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 17.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 1 2.60 2.00 .970 2.15 1.84
1976 SDP NL 26 1B 4 3 35.2 41 37 4 0 1 1.000 0.3 10.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 10.35 10.25 .990 9.97 8.60
1977 TOT NL 27 SS 24 9 118.4 65 20 43 2 7 .969 2.8 28.4 2.8 0.1 2.8 0 4.79 2.63 .962 5.02 4.30
1977 TOT NL 27 1B 16 9 83.0 99 95 4 0 6 1.000 0.9 13.0 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 10.73 6.19 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 TOT NL 27 3B 14 7 69.2 22 4 17 1 3 .955 -0.2 -3.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 2.71 1.50 .959 2.98 2.54
1977 SDP NL 27 3B 10 7 60.2 19 3 15 1 2 .947 -0.2 -4.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 2.67 1.80 .958 2.98 2.54
1977 SDP NL 27 SS 10 1 39.2 26 11 14 1 1 .962 0.5 15.1 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0 5.67 2.50 .962 5.01 4.30
1977 SDP NL 27 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1977 NYM NL 27 1B 15 9 82.0 98 94 4 0 5 1.000 0.9 13.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 10.76 6.53 .991 9.89 8.31
1977 NYM NL 27 SS 14 8 78.2 39 9 29 1 6 .974 2.3 35.1 2.3 0.4 2.0 0 4.35 2.71 .962 5.02 4.30
1977 NYM NL 27 3B 4 0 9.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 3.00 0.75 .967 3.00 2.55
1978 NYM NL 28 2B 45 33 278.1 172 76 92 4 13 .977 -3.0 -12.9 -2.0 -2.7 0.7 -1 5.43 3.73 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 NYM NL 28 3B 9 7 59.0 21 2 17 2 0 .905 1.9 38.6 1.9 0.1 1.8 0 2.90 2.11 .952 3.01 2.53
1979 SEA AL 29 SS 29 7 86.2 35 11 23 1 3 .971 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0 3.53 1.17 .966 5.02 4.10
1979 SEA AL 29 OF 15 12 99.1 20 17 3 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -10.9 -1.9 -1.3 -0.5 1 1.81 1.33 .980 2.46 2.13
1979 SEA AL 29 RF 8 7 54.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.2 0.1 -0.6 0.7 0 2.00 1.50 .983 2.25 1.88
1979 SEA AL 29 LF 7 5 45.1 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -26.5 -2.0 -0.7 -1.2 1 1.59 1.14 .975 2.22 1.80
1979 SEA AL 29 2B 4 0 7.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 2.57 0.50 1.000 5.53 4.80
1979 SEA AL 29 3B 4 3 28.0 15 4 10 1 2 .933 0.6 25.7 0.6 0.8 -0.2 0 4.50 3.50 .953 3.09 2.65
1979 SEA AL 29 C 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 0 0 0 0
1979 SEA AL 29 DH 1
6 Seasons SS 161 95 953.1 532 177 332 23 50 .957 -5.4 -6.8 -2.4 -2.6 0.5 -3 4.81 3.16 .965 5.06 4.32
7 Seasons OF 128 109 891.2 235 218 11 6 1 .974 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 0.8 -0.9 0 2.31 1.79 .980 2.35 2.07
5 Seasons 2B 120 96 861.1 520 235 271 14 54 .973 -4.7 -6.5 -2.7 -7.0 4.4 -2 5.29 4.22 .978 5.36 4.67
7 Seasons 3B 106 94 807.1 293 54 208 31 14 .894 -6.1 -9.1 -6.1 -4.8 -1.1 0 2.92 2.47 .952 2.93 2.54
6 Seasons LF 87 74 600.1 149 137 6 6 1 .960 -4.6 -9.2 -1.6 -0.7 -0.8 -3 2.14 1.64 .974 2.11 1.73
5 Seasons RF 27 22 176.2 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -4.1 -1.6 -0.9 -0.7 1 1.88 1.37 .981 2.13 1.82
3 Seasons 1B 23 14 137.2 164 155 8 1 9 .994 0.2 1.7 0.2 -0.4 0.6 0 10.66 7.09 .991 9.90 8.36
3 Seasons DH 18
3 Seasons CF 17 13 114.2 45 43 2 0 0 1.000 5.0 52.3 3.0 2.4 0.6 2 3.53 2.65 .982 2.69 2.42
1 Season C 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT 540 408 3652.1 1744 839 830 75 128 .957 -16.2 -5.3 -11.2 -14.0 3.5 0 -5 0 4.11 3.09 .928 4.18 3.69 0 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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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

                           

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

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft.

November 28, 1972: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Billy Grabarkewitz, Frank Robinson, Bill Singer and Mike Strahler to the California Angels for Ken McMullen and Andy Messersmith.

September 17, 1975: Traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Gary Ross. The California Angels sent Rudy Meoli (November 4, 1975) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

June 15, 1977: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Paul Siebert to the New York Mets for Dave Kingman.

March 26, 1979: Released by the New York Mets.

April 10, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

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