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Ellis Valentine

Ellis Clarence Valentine

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 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
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Angels/Rangers 1975-1985
Agents: Dick Moss, previously: Tom Selakovich [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1985
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:22AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1063. Ira Flagstead… #1064. Hank Majeski… #1065. Johnny Edwards… #1066. ELLIS VALENTINE… #1067. Jimmie Wilson… #1068. Dale Alexander… #1069. Jocko Milligan… 

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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
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
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 * 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 * 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 *
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
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
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
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 /
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 94 133 7 0 1 4 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 20 MON NL 35 3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $
1976 21 MON NL 341 3 0 0 0 0 -2 10 11 1.2 11 1.3 -0.1 $
1977 22 MON NL 541 12 0 2 -3 9 -6 15 29 3.0 20 2.0 1.0 $25,000 * AS,MVP-21
1978 23 MON NL 612 19 -4 4 0 18 -7 18 48 5.1 30 3.1 2.0 $ * GG
1979 24 MON NL 575 2 -2 0 -2 8 -7 17 16 1.6 8 0.8 0.8 $ *
1980 25 MON NL 343 19 1 0 1 7 -4 11 35 3.7 28 2.9 0.8 $200,000
1981 26 MON NL 85 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 3 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 9
1981 26 NYM NL 176 -9 0 0 1 2 -2 6 -2 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 9
1982 27 NYM NL 350 -1 -2 2 -1 -4 -4 11 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $
1983 28 CAL AL 294 -2 -1 1 0 2 -4 9 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $325,000
1985 30 TEX AL 40 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /
10 Seasons 3392 42 -8 9 -4 39 -38 102 142 14.6 103 10.7 3.9 $550,000
MON (7 yrs) 2532 56 -5 6 -4 40 -27 75 141 14.7 101 10.5 4.2 $225,000
NYM (2 yrs) 526 -10 -2 2 0 -2 -6 17 -1 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $
TEX (1 yr) 40 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
CAL (1 yr) 294 -2 -1 1 0 2 -4 9 5 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $325,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 MON NL 20 OF 11 15 12 1 2 1 .867 -3 1.18 .978 2.28
1975 MON NL 20 RF 11 8 5 80.0 16 12 2 2 1 .875 -3 -41 1.58 1.27 .974 2.02 2.03
1976 MON NL 21 OF 88 179 162 12 5 4 .972 0 1.98 .979 2.33
1976 MON NL 21 CF 56 55 52 488.0 119 110 6 3 1 .975 -7 -17 2.14 2.07 .984 2.85 2.84
1976 MON NL 21 RF 31 25 25 228.2 62 54 6 2 3 .968 7 37 2.36 1.94 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 MON NL 21 LF 2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1977 MON NL 22 OF 126 248 232 9 7 1 .972 9 1.91 .978 2.26 AS,MVP-21
1977 MON NL 22 RF 126 125 104 1082.1 247 231 9 7 1 .972 9 10 2.00 1.90 .974 2.11 2.11 AS,MVP-21
1978 MON NL 23 OF 146 330 296 24 10 3 .970 18 2.19 .980 2.29 GG
1978 MON NL 23 RF 147 147 127 1247.0 323 288 25 10 3 .969 18 17 2.26 2.13 .977 2.13 2.11 GG
1979 MON NL 24 OF 144 296 281 10 5 2 .983 8 2.02 .979 2.32
1979 MON NL 24 RF 144 144 126 1243.2 291 276 10 5 3 .983 8 8 2.07 1.99 .979 2.18 2.18
1980 MON NL 25 OF 83 165 154 6 5 1 .970 7 1.93 .980 2.31
1980 MON NL 25 RF 83 83 71 702.2 168 157 6 5 1 .970 7 12 2.09 1.96 .977 2.06 2.06
1981 TOT NL 26 OF 68 64 57 560.0 127 115 8 4 0 .969 3 7 1.98 1.81 .980 42.47 2.34
1981 TOT NL 26 RF 68 64 57 560.0 131 120 7 4 0 .969 3 7 2.04 1.87 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 MON NL 26 OF 21 21 14 167.0 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 1 6 1.83 1.62 .980 42.47 2.34
1981 MON NL 26 RF 21 21 14 167.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 1 6 1.94 1.71 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 NYM NL 26 OF 47 43 43 393.0 93 83 6 4 0 .957 2 7 2.04 1.89 .980 42.47 2.34
1981 NYM NL 26 RF 47 43 43 393.0 95 86 5 4 0 .958 2 7 2.08 1.94 .978 2.08 2.08
1982 NYM NL 27 OF 98 172 159 10 3 4 .983 -4 1.72 .978 2.26
1982 NYM NL 27 RF 82 75 74 672.0 152 138 11 3 5 .980 -6 -11 2.00 1.82 .978 2.01 2.02
1982 NYM NL 27 LF 14 1 1 27.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 36 3.00 0.64 .973 2.07 2.08
1982 NYM NL 27 CF 4 3 1 19.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 88 4.74 2.50 .983 2.65 2.68
1983 CAL AL 28 OF 85 163 152 5 6 1 .963 2 1.85 .981 2.48
1983 CAL AL 28 RF 79 62 58 588.1 147 138 5 4 1 .973 3 6 2.19 1.81 .978 2.25 2.23
1983 CAL AL 28 LF 11 7 3 65.0 14 12 0 2 0 .857 -1 -22 1.66 1.09 .977 2.33 2.30
1985 TEX AL 30 OF 7 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1.00 .981 2.41
1985 TEX AL 30 RF 7 5 3 48.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -27 1.30 1.00 .980 2.16 2.14
1985 TEX AL 30 DH 4 4
10 Seasons OF 856 64 57 560.0 1702 1570 85 47 17 .972 39 84 1.98 1.93 .979 42.47 2.32
10 Seasons RF 778 738 650 6453.0 1544 1421 81 42 18 .973 45 8 2.09 1.93 .977 2.12 2.12
2 Seasons CF 60 58 53 507.0 129 120 6 3 1 .977 -5 -13 2.24 2.10 .984 2.84 2.83
3 Seasons LF 27 8 4 92.2 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -1 -8 2.04 0.78 .976 2.25 2.16
10 Seasons TOT 856 64 57 560.0 1702 1570 85 47 17 .972 39 84 1.98 1.93 .979 42.47 2.32
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1498th)

Gold Gloves
1978 NL (OF)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.0 (2nd)

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)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1978 NL  18 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  81 (66th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  42 (82nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1976 NL  12 (4th)
1978 NL  24 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1978 NL  10 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  45 (19th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.26 (3rd)
Career  2.09 (58th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  2.13 (3rd)
1979 NL  1.99 (5th)
1980 NL  1.96 (5th)
1982 NL  1.82 (4th)
Career  1.93 (88th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 NL  .983 (5th)
1982 NL  .980 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1978 NL  18 (3rd)
Career  39 (90th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Ben Grieve (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Matt Kemp (962)  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197722Montreal Expos$25,0001977 TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
198025Montreal Expos$200,0003/8/80 TSN
198328California Angels$325,0002/7/83 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$550,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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