Corky Valentine

Harold Lewis Valentine

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 203 lb.

Born: January 4, 1929 in Troy, OH
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Team: Redlegs 1954-1955

Final Game: May 29, 1955
Died: January 21, 2005 in Roswell, GA
Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, GA
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Standard Batting

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
1948	19	CIN-min	D	27	49	49		11	1	2	2						.224	.224	.449	.673		22							MUN · OHIN
1949	20	CIN-min	B,C	44	67	67		13	3	0	0						.194	.194	.239	.433		16							SUN,RFD · ISLG,CENA
1950	21	CIN-min	C	43	65	65		11	2	0	2						.169	.169	.292	.462		19							OGD · PION
1953	24	CIN-min	A	51	66	66		18	3	0	6						.273	.273	.591	.864		39							CLM · SALL
1954	25	CIN	NL	36	71	65	6	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	25	.138	.152	.185	.336	-13	12	0	0	5	0		1
1955	26	CIN-min	AAA	23	39	30	5	5	1	1	0	3	0		6	17	.167	.306	.267	.572		8		0	3	0			HAV · IL
1955	26	CIN	NL	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	27	ATL-CIN-min	AA,Opn	39	72	72	1	10	2	0	1	0	0		0	3	.139	.139	.208	.347		15	0	0	0	0			ATA,SLE · SOUA,PCL
1957	28	ATL-min	AA,AAA	38	52	52		5	1	0	1						.096	.096	.173	.269		9							ATA,WCH · SOUA,AA
1958	29	ATL-min	AAA	43	31	29	3	5	0	0	2	4	0		2	14	.172	.226	.379	.605		11		0	0	0	0		WCH · AA
1959	30	ATL-min	AA	36	37	34	3	6	2	0	0	0	0		2	16	.176	.222	.235	.458		8		0	1	0	0		ATA · SOUA
2 Yrs				46	78	72	6	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	29	.125	.137	.167	.304	-22	12	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	275	254	21	32	11	0	0	11	0	0	4	102	.125	.137	.167	.304	-22	42	0	0	18	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	25	CIN	NL	36	71	-11	8	-2	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-0	$	1
1955	26	CIN	NL	10	7	-2	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
2 Seasons				46	78	-13	9	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.491	.499	-0.4	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1954	25	CIN	NL	71	61	2	0.9	111	.225	.138	.277	.152	.348	.185	.428	.336	.776	-13	.043	-11.1	-1.1	.232	.062	.046
1955	26	CIN	NL	7	7	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.271	.000	.343	.000	.430	.000	.773	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				78	68	2	0.8	111	.209	.125	.276	.137	.348	.167	.428	.304	.775	-22	.036	-13.2	-1.3	.206	.056	.042
162 Game Avg.				275	239	7	0.8	111	.209	.125	.276	.137	.348	.167	.428	.304	.775	-22	.036	-13.2	-1.3	.206	.056	.042

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	25	CIN	NL	71	0.0%	35.2%	1.4%	4.2%	33%	25.00	2.6		21.7	1.00	56%
1955	26	CIN	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			0.50	43%
2 Yrs				78	0.0%	37.2%	1.3%	3.9%	33%	29.00	2.5		24.0	0.95	55%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.0%	9.5%	6.5%	28%	1.16	8.0	40.3	8.2	0.96	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1954	25	CIN	NL	-11.1	-1.1	71	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	.95	-0.9	0.1	-8.0	-0.8	0.92	-10.1
1955	26	CIN	NL	-2.1	-0.2	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.27	-0.2	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	1.03	-2.2
2 Yrs				-13.2	-1.3	78	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	.98	-1.1	0.0	-10.3	-1.0	0.93	-12.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1954	25	CIN	NL	1	60%	15	2	0%	1	1
1955	26	CIN	NL	0		0	0		0	0
2 Yrs				1	60%	15	2	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1954	25	CIN	NL	71	31%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	12	0	0%	12	3	25%	37	3	8%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1955	26	CIN	NL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				78	29%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	13	0	0%	13	3	23%	43	3	7%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1954	25	36	71	65	6	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	25	.138	.152	.185	.336	-13	12	0	0	5	0
1955	26	46	78	72	6	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	29	.125	.137	.167	.304	-22	12	0	0	5	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	25	38	75	69	7	10	3	3	1	26	.145	.157	.188	.346	2	36
1955	26	11	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2 Yrs		49	82	76	7	10	3	3	1	30	.132	.143	.171	.314	2	46
162 Game Avg.		162	271	251	23	33	10	10	3	99	.132	.143	.171	.314	7	46

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