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 Fielding

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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 MON NL 20 OF 11 8 80.0 15 12 1 2 1 .867 -2.7 -40.5 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 -1 1.46 1.18 .980 2.30 2.01
1975 MON NL 20 RF 11 8 80.0 16 12 2 2 1 .875 -2.7 -40.5 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 -1 1.58 1.27 .975 2.05 1.74
1976 MON NL 21 OF 88 80 717.1 179 162 12 5 4 .972 0.1 0.2 -8.9 -3.9 -5.0 9 2.18 1.98 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 MON NL 21 CF 56 55 488.0 119 110 6 3 1 .975 -6.8 -16.7 -9.8 -3.8 -6.0 3 2.14 2.07 .984 2.85 2.50
1976 MON NL 21 RF 31 25 228.2 61 53 6 2 3 .967 7.1 37.3 1.1 0.1 1.0 6 2.32 1.90 .974 2.15 1.83
1976 MON NL 21 LF 2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -360.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1977 MON NL 22 OF 126 125 1082.1 248 232 9 7 1 .972 8.8 9.8 7.8 2.6 5.2 1 2.00 1.91 .978 2.26 1.93 AS,MVP-21
1977 MON NL 22 RF 126 125 1082.1 247 231 9 7 1 .972 8.8 9.8 7.8 2.6 5.2 1 2.00 1.90 .974 2.11 1.78 AS,MVP-21
1978 MON NL 23 RF 147 147 1247.0 323 288 25 10 3 .969 17.5 16.8 6.5 -1.0 7.5 11 2.26 2.13 .977 2.13 1.78 GG
1978 MON NL 23 OF 146 147 1247.0 330 296 24 10 3 .970 17.5 16.8 6.5 -1.0 7.5 11 2.31 2.19 .980 2.31 1.94 GG
1979 MON NL 24 OF 144 144 1243.2 296 281 10 5 2 .983 8.2 7.9 3.2 -1.2 4.4 5 2.11 2.02 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 MON NL 24 RF 144 144 1243.2 291 276 10 5 3 .983 8.2 7.9 3.2 -1.2 4.4 5 2.07 1.99 .979 2.19 1.87
1980 MON NL 25 OF 83 83 702.2 165 154 6 5 1 .970 7.2 12.3 2.2 1.2 1.1 5 2.05 1.93 .980 2.31 1.98
1980 MON NL 25 RF 83 83 702.2 168 157 6 5 1 .970 7.2 12.3 2.2 1.2 1.1 5 2.09 1.96 .977 2.06 1.71
1981 TOT NL 26 OF 68 64 560.0 127 115 8 4 0 .969 3.2 6.9 -0.8 -1.7 0.8 4 1.98 1.81 .980 2.33 2.02
1981 TOT NL 26 RF 68 64 560.0 131 120 7 4 0 .969 3.2 6.9 -0.8 -1.7 0.8 4 2.04 1.87 .979 2.08 1.65
1981 MON NL 26 OF 21 21 167.0 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 0.8 5.7 -1.2 -2.0 0.8 2 1.83 1.62 .979 2.33 2.02
1981 MON NL 26 RF 21 21 167.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 0.8 5.7 -1.2 -2.0 0.8 2 1.94 1.71 .978 2.08 1.65
1981 NYM NL 26 OF 47 43 393.0 93 83 6 4 0 .957 2.4 7.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 2 2.04 1.89 .981 2.33 2.02
1981 NYM NL 26 RF 47 43 393.0 95 86 5 4 0 .958 2.4 7.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 2 2.08 1.94 .979 2.08 1.65
1982 NYM NL 27 OF 98 79 718.0 172 159 10 3 4 .983 -3.9 -6.5 -5.9 -4.5 -1.4 2 2.12 1.72 .978 2.25 1.91
1982 NYM NL 27 RF 82 75 672.0 154 139 12 3 5 .981 -6.1 -10.9 -8.1 -6.3 -1.8 2 2.02 1.84 .978 2.02 1.65
1982 NYM NL 27 LF 14 1 27.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 35.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 3.00 0.64 .978 2.07 1.60
1982 NYM NL 27 CF 4 3 19.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 88.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 0 4.74 2.50 .980 2.65 2.30
1983 CAL AL 28 OF 85 69 653.1 163 152 5 6 1 .963 1.9 3.5 0.9 -1.2 2.1 1 2.16 1.85 .982 2.50 2.16
1983 CAL AL 28 RF 79 62 588.1 147 138 5 4 1 .973 3.1 6.3 2.1 0.1 2.0 1 2.19 1.81 .978 2.25 1.85
1983 CAL AL 28 LF 11 7 65.0 14 12 0 2 0 .857 -1.2 -22.2 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 0 1.66 1.09 .979 2.33 1.90
1985 TEX AL 30 OF 7 5 48.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -27.3 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 1.30 1.00 .986 2.44 2.10
1985 TEX AL 30 RF 7 5 48.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -27.3 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 1.30 1.00 .986 2.16 1.81
1985 TEX AL 30 DH 4
10 Seasons OF 856 804 7052.2 1702 1570 85 47 17 .972 39.2 6.7 2.2 -10.1 12.3 37 2.11 1.93 .980 2.32 1.99
10 Seasons RF 778 738 6453.0 1545 1421 82 42 18 .973 45.2 8.4 11.2 -6.6 17.8 34 2.10 1.93 .977 2.13 1.77
2 Seasons CF 60 58 507.0 129 120 6 3 1 .977 -5.4 -12.8 -8.4 -2.4 -6.0 3 2.24 2.10 .984 2.84 2.49
3 Seasons LF 27 8 92.2 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -0.6 -7.8 -0.6 -1.1 0.5 0 2.04 0.78 .978 2.25 1.72
1 Season DH 4
10 Seasons TOT 856 804 7052.2 1702 1570 85 47 17 .972 39.2 6.7 2.2 -10.1 12.3 37 2.11 1.93 .952 2.32 1.99
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 MON NL 20 12 8 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 2 0
1976 MON NL 21 94 80 94 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 56 31 88 0 7 3
1977 MON NL 22 127 125 127 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 0 1 0
1978 MON NL 23 151 147 151 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 0 4 0
1979 MON NL 24 146 144 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 144 0 2 0
1980 MON NL 25 86 83 86 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 83 0 3 0
1981 NYM NL 26 48 43 48 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 0 3 0
1981 MON NL 26 22 21 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 0 1 0
1982 NYM NL 27 111 79 111 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 82 98 0 16 1
1983 CAL AL 28 86 69 86 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 79 85 0 3 1
1985 TEX AL 30 11 9 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 4 2 0
10 Seasons 894 808 894 857 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 60 778 857 4 44 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 MON NL 20 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 2 363 54% 75% 21% 29 41%
1976 MON NL 21 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 2 1 2 12 8 0 12 8 1 3 2 0 3 2 1 4 3 1 34 23 67.6% 8 3 8.8% 3 1054 59% 77% 25% 107 52%
1977 MON NL 22 7 0 7 0 1 9 0 0 3 3 50 19 2 37 6 3 12 7 1 11 5 0 20 15 0 130 52 40.0% 72 6 4.6% 3 4846 57% 77% 25% 458 52%
1978 MON NL 23 10 0 9 1 1 25 0 12 5 7 49 24 2 38 14 5 12 7 0 14 8 2 21 17 1 134 70 52.2% 54 10 7.5% 15 5442 65% 78% 28% 530 58%
1979 MON NL 24 5 0 5 0 1 10 1 2 2 4 40 27 1 35 11 2 8 3 0 13 6 2 24 17 0 120 64 53.3% 51 5 4.2% 5 5381 63% 79% 27% 492 58%
1980 MON NL 25 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 2 0 4 30 20 0 24 10 2 5 4 0 12 8 1 20 12 0 91 54 59.3% 34 3 3.3% 3 3104 58% 79% 26% 311 51%
1981 NYM NL 26 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 2 1 1 25 15 1 14 5 1 7 4 0 3 1 0 5 2 0 54 27 50.0% 25 2 3.7% 3 1698 57% 80% 28% 184 49%
1981 MON NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 6 0 7 6 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 24 15 62.5% 8 1 4.2% 1 714 55% 83% 28% 83 43%
1982 NYM NL 27 3 0 3 0 1 12 1 2 3 2 37 16 2 18 2 0 13 10 1 9 4 1 16 10 1 93 42 45.2% 46 5 5.4% 7 3128 52% 79% 25% 281 51%
1983 CAL AL 28 4 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 36 21 0 18 5 1 10 4 0 10 3 1 7 5 0 81 38 46.9% 41 2 2.5% 3 2609 61% 82% 24% 295 48%
1985 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226 60% 80% 21% 7 100%
10 Seasons 42 0 40 2 7 82 2 24 15 27 292 158 8 204 67 15 76 43 3 77 37 8 119 82 3 768 387 50.4% 344 37 4.8% 45 28565 60% 79% 26% 2777 53%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 MON NL 21 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 17 14 1 20 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 7 6 0 49 23 46.9% 23 3 6.1% 3 2192 57% 78% 22% 221 52%
1982 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 93 57% 76% 25% 18 56%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 18 15 1 20 3 1 0 0 0 6 1 1 7 6 0 51 25 49.0% 23 3 5.9% 3 2285 57% 78% 22% 239 52%
MLB Averages 43.1% 2.3% 58% 79% 26% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 MON NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 6 67% 83% 17% 2 0%
1982 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 117 41% 80% 27% 14 64%
1983 CAL AL 28 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 8 88.9% 1 0 0.0% 0 285 62% 87% 24% 40 30%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 10 83.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 408 56% 85% 25% 56 38%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 52%

* 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.

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