Ellis Valentine
Ellis Clarence Valentine
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: July 30, 1954 in Helena, AR
High School: Crenshaw (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1975
Final Game: October 2, 1985
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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
1975 20 MON NL 12 35 33 2 12 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .364 .400 .576 .976 165 19 1 0 0 0 0 9
1976 21 MON NL 94 341 305 36 85 15 2 7 39 14 1 30 51 .279 .339 .410 .749 108 125 5 0 2 4 0 89/7
1977 22 MON NL 127 541 508 63 149 28 2 25 76 13 5 30 58 .293 .331 .504 .835 124 256 18 0 1 2 3 *9 AS,MVP-21
1978 23 MON NL 151 612 570 75 165 35 2 25 76 13 8 35 88 .289 .330 .489 .820 128 279 9 2 0 5 3 *9 GG
1979 24 MON NL 146 575 548 73 151 29 3 21 82 11 9 22 74 .276 .303 .454 .758 105 249 23 1 1 3 3 *9
1980 25 MON NL 86 343 311 40 98 22 2 13 67 5 5 25 44 .315 .367 .524 .891 147 163 3 3 0 4 0 9
1981 26 TOT NL 70 261 245 23 51 11 1 8 36 0 4 11 49 .208 .238 .359 .597 69 88 4 0 0 5 0 9
1981 26 MON NL 22 85 76 8 16 3 0 3 15 0 1 6 11 .211 .259 .368 .627 76 28 2 0 0 3 0 9
1981 26 NYM NL 48 176 169 15 35 8 1 5 21 0 3 5 38 .207 .227 .355 .582 65 60 2 0 0 2 0 9
1982 27 NYM NL 111 350 337 33 97 14 1 8 48 1 3 5 38 .288 .294 .407 .701 96 137 11 1 0 7 0 97/8
1983 28 CAL AL 86 294 271 30 65 10 2 13 43 2 1 18 48 .240 .283 .435 .719 96 118 6 0 1 4 0 97
1985 30 TEX AL 11 40 38 5 8 1 0 2 4 0 1 2 8 .211 .250 .395 .645 73 15 1 0 0 0 0 /9D
10 Seasons 894 3392 3166 380 881 169 15 123 474 59 37 180 462 .278 .315 .458 .773 113 1449 81 7 5 34 9
162 Game Avg. 162 615 574 69 160 31 3 22 86 11 7 33 84 .278 .315 .458 .773 113 263 15 1 1 6 2
MON (7 yrs) 638 2532 2351 297 676 136 11 95 358 56 29 150 330 .288 .329 .476 .805 121 1119 61 6 4 21 9
NYM (2 yrs) 159 526 506 48 132 22 2 13 69 1 6 10 76 .261 .272 .389 .661 86 197 13 1 0 9 0
TEX (1 yr) 11 40 38 5 8 1 0 2 4 0 1 2 8 .211 .250 .395 .645 73 15 1 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 86 294 271 30 65 10 2 13 43 2 1 18 48 .240 .283 .435 .719 96 118 6 0 1 4 0
NL (8 yrs) 797 3058 2857 345 808 158 13 108 427 57 35 160 406 .283 .319 .461 .780 115 1316 74 7 4 30 9
AL (2 yrs) 97 334 309 35 73 11 2 15 47 2 2 20 56 .236 .279 .430 .710 93 133 7 0 1 4 0

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
1975 20 MON NL 35 22 7 8.6 99 .393 .364 .270 .400 .341 .576 .390 .976 .731 165 .778 2.9 0.3 .955 .273 .212 .0
1976 21 MON NL 341 232 46 5.3 96 .311 .279 .268 .339 .336 .410 .382 .749 .718 108 .620 3.3 0.4 .743 .272 .131 9.3
1977 22 MON NL 541 385 78 5.5 101 .290 .293 .266 .331 .333 .504 .405 .835 .738 124 .576 14.8 1.4 .770 .285 .211 17.1
1978 23 MON NL 612 427 90 5.6 94 .303 .289 .261 .330 .328 .489 .384 .820 .712 128 .634 19.0 1.9 .761 .270 .200 17.1
1979 24 MON NL 575 433 65 4.0 99 .285 .276 .268 .303 .333 .454 .397 .758 .730 105 .460 1.1 0.1 .639 .223 .179 14.4
1980 25 MON NL 343 225 60 7.2 95 .329 .315 .267 .367 .329 .524 .387 .891 .716 147 .725 19.5 2.0 .864 .289 .209 7.2
1981 26 TOT NL 261 207 19 2.5 91 .223 .208 .261 .238 .326 .359 .374 .597 .701 69 .285 -11.1 -1.2 .470 .180 .151 .0
1981 26 MON NL 85 66 7 2.9 93 .200 .211 .264 .259 .329 .368 .378 .627 .707 76 .340 -2.5 -0.3 .524 .224 .158 .0
1981 26 NYM NL 176 141 12 2.3 90 .234 .207 .260 .227 .325 .355 .373 .582 .698 65 .258 -8.6 -0.9 .446 .160 .148 .0
1982 27 NYM NL 350 261 36 3.7 94 .299 .288 .264 .294 .327 .407 .384 .701 .711 96 .443 -3.2 -0.3 .555 .128 .119 1.8
1983 28 CAL AL 294 218 33 4.1 97 .243 .240 .264 .283 .326 .435 .399 .719 .725 96 .448 -2.6 -0.3 .643 .266 .196 3.5
1985 30 TEX AL 40 32 3 2.5 100 .214 .211 .262 .250 .328 .395 .407 .645 .736 73 .249 -1.7 -0.2 .500 .211 .184 .0
10 Seasons 3392 2442 437 4.8 96 .290 .278 .265 .315 .330 .458 .391 .773 .721 113 .549 41.9 4.2 .690 .243 .179 79.7
162 Game Avg. 615 443 79 4.8 96 .290 .278 .265 .315 .330 .458 .391 .773 .721 113 .549 8 1 .690 .243 .179 14
MON (7 yrs) 2532 1790 353 5.3 97 .298 .288 .265 .329 .332 .476 .392 .805 .723 121 .593 58.0 5.9 .738 .264 .188 70.5
NYM (2 yrs) 526 402 48 3.2 93 .279 .261 .263 .272 .327 .389 .380 .661 .707 86 .383 -11.8 -1.2 .517 .138 .128 1.9
TEX (1 yr) 40 32 3 2.5 100 .214 .211 .262 .250 .328 .395 .407 .645 .736 73 .248 -1.7 -0.2 .500 .211 .184 .0
CAL (1 yr) 294 218 33 4.1 97 .243 .240 .264 .283 .326 .435 .399 .719 .725 96 .448 -2.6 -0.3 .643 .266 .196 3.5
NL (8 yrs) 3058 2192 401 4.9 96 .295 .283 .265 .319 .331 .461 .390 .780 .720 115 .562 46.2 4.6 .697 .242 .178 74.6
AL (2 yrs) 334 250 36 3.9 97 .240 .236 .264 .279 .326 .430 .400 .710 .726 93 .425 -4.3 -0.4 .624 .259 .194 3.5

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 MON NL 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1975 20 MON NL 35 2.9% 11.4% 5.7% 14.3% 42% 2.00 8.3 33.0 11.0 1.00 80%
1976 21 MON NL 341 2.1% 15.0% 8.8% 7.0% 28% 1.70 6.0 43.6 7.8 1.00 74%
1977 22 MON NL 541 4.6% 10.7% 5.6% 10.2% 37% 1.93 8.8 20.3 6.7 1.20 79%
1978 23 MON NL 612 4.1% 14.4% 5.7% 10.1% 38% 2.51 6.5 22.8 7.5 1.13 75%
1979 24 MON NL 575 3.7% 12.9% 3.8% 9.2% 35% 3.36 7.4 26.1 6.7 1.05 79%
1980 25 MON NL 343 3.8% 12.8% 7.3% 10.8% 38% 1.76 7.1 23.9 4.6 0.99 75%
1981 26 TOT NL 261 3.1% 18.8% 4.2% 7.7% 39% 4.45 5.0 30.6 6.8 0.94 74%
1981 26 MON NL 85 3.5% 12.9% 7.1% 7.1% 38% 1.83 6.9 25.3 5.1 0.89 76%
1981 26 NYM NL 176 2.8% 21.6% 2.8% 8.0% 40% 7.60 4.4 33.8 8.0 0.96 73%
1982 27 NYM NL 350 2.3% 10.9% 1.4% 6.6% 24% 7.60 8.9 42.1 7.0 1.08 85%
1983 28 CAL AL 294 4.4% 16.3% 6.1% 8.5% 39% 2.67 5.6 20.8 6.3 0.79 73%
1985 30 TEX AL 40 5.0% 20.0% 5.0% 7.5% 38% 4.00 4.8 19.0 9.5 1.00 70%
10 Seasons 3392 3.6% 13.6% 5.3% 9.1% 35% 2.57 6.9 25.7 6.7 1.04 77%
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
1975 20 MON NL 0 0 8% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 21 MON NL 4 0 27% 133 14 1 93% 11 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 5 10 39% 11 9 2 6 3 3 6 2 4
1977 22 MON NL 10 0 25% 163 13 5 72% 10 5 3 0 0 0 4 1 5 5 52% 26 15 9 8 5 3 16 1 14
1978 23 MON NL 13 0 28% 213 13 8 62% 12 4 0 3 1 1 4 1 11 16 37% 31 22 8 6 2 4 22 8 10
1979 24 MON NL 8 0 34% 194 11 9 55% 10 7 1 1 0 1 4 1 4 8 44% 34 24 10 9 6 3 12 1 11
1980 25 MON NL 5 0 24% 137 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 55% 18 9 9 6 4 2 7 1 6
1981 26 TOT NL 3 0 28% 84 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 53% 8 6 2 3 1 2 4 0 4
1981 26 MON NL 1 0 26% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 26 NYM NL 2 0 29% 61 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 58% 6 4 2 3 1 2 3 0 3
1982 27 NYM NL 7 0 26% 141 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 39% 20 11 8 4 3 1 9 4 4
1983 28 CAL AL 4 0 24% 110 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 45% 19 11 7 0 0 0 10 4 6
1985 30 TEX AL 1 0 38% 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
10 Seasons 55 0 27% 1204 59 37 61% 51 29 7 6 1 2 18 3 36 59 45% 169 108 56 42 24 18 87 22 59
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
1975 20 MON NL 35 57% 12 2 0 0 0 1.24 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 1 50% 16 2 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 21 MON NL 341 29% 85 4 0 0 1 1.79 7 0 3 4 3 3 4 0 3 2 67% 51 5 10% 24 9 38% 177 33 19% 21 14 67% 13 7 54% 0
1977 22 MON NL 540 20% 149 1 0 0 0 4.27 25 0 8 13 12 12 13 2 2 1 50% 100 18 18% 46 12 26% 341 54 16% 34 19 56% 47 16 34% 1
1978 23 MON NL 612 21% 165 4 3 1 2 2.68 25 0 7 20 5 9 16 0 0 0 90 9 10% 49 13 27% 342 53 16% 31 15 48% 58 17 29% 0
1979 24 MON NL 574 17% 151 2 1 1 1 2.08 21 0 11 14 7 12 9 0 1 1 100% 110 23 21% 59 16 27% 355 65 18% 33 17 52% 36 12 33% 1
1980 25 MON NL 343 20% 98 2 1 0 1 3.37 13 0 6 8 5 4 9 0 0 0 46 3 7% 33 15 45% 220 55 25% 27 18 67% 32 13 41% 0
1981 26 TOT NL 261 17% 51 4 2 0 2 2.67 8 0 4 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 45 4 9% 29 12 41% 167 28 17% 21 10 48% 20 8 40% 0
1981 26 MON NL 85 25% 16 1 0 0 0 2.25 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 11 5 45% 56 12 21% 10 5 50% 11 5 45% 0
1981 26 NYM NL 176 13% 35 3 2 0 2 2.82 5 0 3 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 33 2 6% 18 7 39% 111 16 14% 11 5 45% 9 3 33% 0
1982 27 NYM NL 350 25% 97 16 3 0 2 1.34 8 0 6 3 5 4 4 0 0 0 90 11 12% 45 11 24% 241 40 17% 23 15 65% 19 5 26% 0
1983 28 CAL AL 294 49% 65 3 2 0 2 2.09 13 1 3 5 8 6 7 0 1 1 100% 61 6 10% 26 10 38% 167 33 20% 14 8 57% 17 9 53% 0
1985 30 TEX AL 40 48% 8 2 1 0 0 1.10 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 21 2 10% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 3390 24% 881 40 13 2 11 1.90 123 1 49 77 46 58 65 2 7 5 71% 605 81 13% 314 99 32% 2047 365 18% 205 117 57% 244 87 36% 2
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
1975 20 12 35 33 2 12 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .364 .400 .576 .976 165 19 1 0 0 0 0
1976 21 106 376 338 38 97 19 2 8 42 14 1 32 55 .287 .345 .426 .771 114 144 6 0 2 4 0
1977 22 233 917 846 101 246 47 4 33 118 27 6 62 113 .291 .337 .473 .810 120 400 24 0 3 6 3
1978 23 384 1529 1416 176 411 82 6 58 194 40 14 97 201 .290 .334 .480 .814 123 679 33 2 3 11 6
1979 24 530 2104 1964 249 562 111 9 79 276 51 23 119 275 .286 .326 .473 .798 118 928 56 3 4 14 9
1980 25 616 2447 2275 289 660 133 11 92 343 56 28 144 319 .290 .332 .480 .811 122 1091 59 6 4 18 9
1981 26 686 2708 2520 312 711 144 12 100 379 56 32 155 368 .282 .322 .468 .790 117 1179 63 6 4 23 9
1982 27 797 3058 2857 345 808 158 13 108 427 57 35 160 406 .283 .319 .461 .780 115 1316 74 7 4 30 9
1983 28 883 3352 3128 375 873 168 15 121 470 59 36 178 454 .279 .316 .458 .775 113 1434 80 7 5 34 9
1984 29 883 3352 3128 375 873 168 15 121 470 59 36 178 454 .279 .316 .458 .775 113 1434 80 7 5 34 9
1985 30 894 3392 3166 380 881 169 15 123 474 59 37 180 462 .278 .315 .458 .773 113 1449 81 7 5 34 9

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
1975 20 12 34 32 2 11 4 0 1 3 0 2 4 .344 .382 .563 .945 7 12
1976 21 94 347 311 38 91 16 2 7 41 15 32 51 .293 .354 .424 .779 48 94
1977 22 127 535 504 65 145 27 2 24 79 13 29 58 .288 .325 .492 .817 81 127
1978 23 151 623 579 84 174 37 2 26 85 14 37 88 .301 .342 .506 .848 101 151
1979 24 146 565 540 78 143 27 3 20 87 10 21 74 .265 .292 .437 .729 69 146
1980 25 86 351 317 44 104 23 2 14 73 5 27 44 .328 .382 .546 .928 66 86
1981 26 106 398 373 40 79 17 2 12 62 0 17 74 .212 .241 .365 .606 33 70
1982 27 111 349 336 36 96 14 1 8 53 1 5 38 .286 .292 .405 .697 40 111
1983 28 86 294 272 32 66 10 2 13 46 2 18 48 .243 .286 .438 .723 35 86
1985 30 11 39 37 5 7 1 0 2 4 0 2 8 .189 .231 .378 .609 3 11
10 Seasons 930 3535 3301 424 916 176 16 127 533 60 190 487 .277 .315 .456 .771 483 894
162 Game Avg. 162 616 575 74 160 31 3 22 93 10 33 85 .277 .315 .456 .771 84 894

* 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

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1977 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 NL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Gold Gloves
1978 NL (OF)

Total Bases s c a p y
1978 NL  279 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1978 NL  35 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  25 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1978 NL  62 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1977 NL  18 (5th)
1979 NL  23 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1978 NL  17.1 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1978 NL  22.8 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1975 NL  born 1954-07-30 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Rip Repulski (944)
  6. Michael Cuddyer (944)
  7. Ty Wigginton (944)
  8. Jerry Lynch (944)
  9. Marty Cordova (941)
  10. Wally Westlake (940)
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  2. Del Ennis (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ben Grieve (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vernon Wells (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Vernon Wells (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jermaine Dye (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jose Guillen (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Felipe Alou (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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