Corky Valentine
Harold Lewis Valentine
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
Final Game: May 29, 1955
Died: January 21, 2005 in Roswell, GA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 25 CIN NL 12 11 .522 4.45 36 28 4 7 3 1 194.1 211 98 96 24 60 73 4 1 1 824 94 1.395 9.8 1.1 2.8 3.4 1.22
1955 26 CIN NL 2 1 .667 7.42 10 5 2 0 0 0 26.2 29 23 22 5 16 2 14 1 1 0 127 57 1.688 9.8 1.7 5.4 4.7 0.88
2 Seasons 14 12 .538 4.81 46 33 6 7 3 1 221.0 240 121 118 29 76 2 87 5 2 1 951 87 1.430 9.8 1.2 3.1 3.5 1.14
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .538 4.81 40 28 5 6 3 1 190 207 104 102 25 65 75 4 2 1 819 87 1.430 9.8 1.2 3.1 3.5 1.14

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 25 CIN NL 36 821 745 98 211 22 6 24 7 5 60 73 .283 .338 .426 .763 .286 317 23 4 7 5
1955 26 CIN NL 10 127 105 23 29 6 1 5 2 0 16 14 .276 .368 .495 .863 .270 52 1 1 2 3 2
2 Seasons 46 948 850 121 240 28 7 29 9 5 76 87 .282 .342 .434 .776 .284 369 24 5 9 8 2
162 Game Avg. 40 816 732 104 207 24 6 25 8 4 65 75 .282 .342 .434 .776 .284 318 21 4 8 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 25 CIN NL 36 28 10 10 8 2 2 11 17 .393 2 5 7 3 13 46% 48 77 17 20 5 10 10 4.2 4.1 6.5
1955 26 CIN NL 10 5 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .400 0 3 0 0 1 20% 41 61 30 7 1 0 4 5.4 1.8 4.1
2 Seasons 46 33 10 11 12 2 2 13 20 .394 2 8 7 3 14 42% 47 77 17 27 6 10 14 4.4 3.9 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 25 CIN NL 36 8 4 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 7 3 43% 9 1.147 4 1 3 2 3 3 3 5 3 2 3 0 4.9
1955 26 CIN NL 10 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 1.072 1 3 1 0 0 5 2 3 1 3 1 1 3.8
2 Seasons 46 13 6 4 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 11 7 64% 1.137 5 4 4 2 3 8 5 8 4 5 4 1 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 25 CIN NL 821 41% 2.9% 8.9% 7.3% 6.3% 25% 0.80 80% 163 23 14%
1955 26 CIN NL 127 45% 3.9% 11.0% 12.6% 9.5% 41% 1.13 70% 28 1 4%
2 Seasons 948 42% 3.1% 9.2% 8.0% 6.8% 27% 0.83 78% 191 24 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 25 CIN NL 820 211 24 0 21 16 8 16 8 37 19 5 51% 6 1 1 295 7 5 58% 7 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 8 1
1955 26 CIN NL 127 29 5 0 4 3 2 3 2 9 7 0 78% 2 0 0 51 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2 Seasons 947 240 29 0 25 19 10 19 10 46 26 5 57% 8 1 1 346 9 5 64% 9 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 12 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 25 12 11 .522 4.45 36 28 4 7 3 1 194.1 211 98 96 24 60 73 4 1 1 824 94 1.395 9.8 1.1 2.8 3.4 1.22 94
1955 26 14 12 .538 4.81 46 33 6 7 3 1 221.0 240 121 118 29 76 2 87 5 2 1 951 87 1.430 9.8 1.2 3.1 3.5 1.14 87

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 25 9 12 .429 4.36 196.0 215 106 95 24 61 74 4 1.408 9.9 2.8 3.4 1.21 1.1 36
1955 26 1 2 .333 6.83 29.0 30 24 22 5 17 15 1 1.621 9.3 5.3 4.7 0.88 1.6 10
2 Seasons 10 14 .417 4.68 225.0 245 130 117 29 78 89 5 1.436 9.8 3.6 1.14 1.2 46

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL--2.779--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1954 NL--3--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 NL--24--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 NL--96--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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