Eric Valent

Eric Christian Valent

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 191 lb.

Born: April 4, 1977 in La Mirada, CA
High School: Canyon HS (Anaheim, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted
by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 2001
Teams (by GP): Mets/Phillies/Reds 2001-2005

Final Game: May 27, 2005
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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
2001 24 PHI NL 22 46 41 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .098 .196 .146 .342 -8 6 0 1 0 0 0 /7D9
2002 25 PHI NL 7 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 /93
2003 26 CIN NL 18 44 42 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .214 .250 .214 .464 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 /9
2004 27 NYM NL 130 300 270 39 72 15 2 13 34 0 1 28 61 .267 .337 .481 .818 111 130 10 1 0 1 4 739
2005 28 NYM NL 28 50 43 4 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 17 .186 .300 .256 .556 50 11 0 0 0 0 3 /987
5 Yrs 205 450 406 50 95 20 2 13 37 0 1 41 101 .234 .307 .389 .696 81 158 11 2 0 1 7
162 Game Avg. 162 356 321 40 75 16 2 10 29 0 1 32 80 .234 .307 .389 .696 81 125 9 2 0 1 6
NYM (2 yrs) 158 350 313 43 80 18 2 13 35 0 1 35 78 .256 .331 .450 .782 102 141 10 1 0 1 7
PHI (2 yrs) 29 56 51 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .118 .196 .157 .353 -5 8 1 1 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 18 44 42 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .214 .250 .214 .464 26 9 0 0 0 0 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 Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 24 PHI NL 22 46 -7 0 0 4 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .489 .498 -0.6 0.4 -5 $ /7D9
2002 25 PHI NL 7 10 -1 -0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .470 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ /93
2003 26 CIN NL 18 44 -5 -0 0 1 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .477 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ /9
2004 27 NYM NL 130 300 5 0 -2 -7 -4 -7 -0.7 8 1 0.1 .495 .496 0.8 -1.1 8 $302,500 739
2005 28 NYM NL 28 50 -3 -0 0 -3 -0 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.5 .476 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $332,000 /987
5 Seasons 205 450 -11 0 -1 -5 -6 -22 -2.3 12 -10 -1.0 .489 .497 -0.6 -1.1 -5 $634,500
NYM (2 yrs) 158 350 2 0 -1 -10 -4 -14 -1.4 10 -4 -0.4 .491 .496 0.6 -1.5 6 $634,500
PHI (2 yrs) 29 56 -8 0 0 4 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .484 .499 -0.8 0.3 -7 $
CIN (1 yr) 18 44 -5 -0 0 1 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .477 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 $

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 PwrSpd
2001 24 PHI NL 46 37 1 0.7 109 .133 .098 .265 .196 .336 .146 .434 .342 .770 -8 .028 -6.6 -0.6 .297 .146 .049
2002 25 PHI NL 10 9 0 0.0 102 .286 .200 .259 .200 .332 .200 .412 .400 .743 9 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .222 .000 .000
2003 26 CIN NL 44 33 2 1.6 105 .273 .214 .263 .250 .334 .214 .421 .464 .755 26 .115 -4.6 -0.4 .333 .048 .000
2004 27 NYM NL 300 210 41 5.2 109 .299 .267 .267 .337 .339 .481 .433 .818 .772 111 .518 3.6 0.3 .756 .315 .215 .0
2005 28 NYM NL 50 35 4 3.0 105 .308 .186 .265 .300 .335 .256 .422 .556 .757 50 .301 -2.9 -0.3 .514 .233 .070
5 Yrs 450 324 48 4.0 108 .280 .234 .266 .307 .337 .389 .430 .696 .768 81 .397 -11.8 -1.1 .619 .254 .155 .0
162 Game Avg. 356 256 38 4.0 108 .280 .234 .266 .307 .337 .389 .430 .696 .768 81 .397 -11.8 -1.1 .619 .254 .155
NYM (2 yrs) 350 245 45 4.9 109 .300 .256 .267 .331 .338 .450 .432 .782 .770 102 .493 0.8 0.1 .721 .304 .195 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 56 46 1 0.6 107 .162 .118 .264 .196 .335 .157 .430 .353 .765 -5 .019 -8.0 -0.8 .283 .118 .039
CIN (1 yr) 44 33 2 1.6 105 .273 .214 .263 .250 .334 .214 .421 .464 .755 26 .116 -4.6 -0.4 .333 .048 .000

Ratio Batting*

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
2001 24 PHI NL 46 0.0% 23.9% 8.7% 4.4% 50% 2.75 3.7 41.0 1.14 1.17 65% 10% 0.0% 21%
2002 25 PHI NL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 0.75 2.00 70% 29% 0.0% 25%
2003 26 CIN NL 44 0.0% 20.5% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 4.50 4.7 42.0 0.43 0.50 75% 27% 0.0% 13%
2004 27 NYM NL 300 4.3% 20.3% 9.3% 10.0% 42% 2.18 4.4 20.8 7.9 0.71 0.93 66% 20% 12.3% 14%
2005 28 NYM NL 50 0.0% 34.0% 14.0% 6.0% 38% 2.43 2.5 43.0 0.53 0.70 52% 15% 0.0% 6%
5 Yrs 450 2.9% 22.4% 9.1% 7.8% 37% 2.46 4.0 31.2 11.0 0.69 0.89 65% 20% 8.3% 14%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.98 5.3 31.8 7.6 0.78 1.08 70% 21% 8.0% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 24 PHI NL -6.7 -0.6 48 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 1.24 -0.6 0.0 -5.6 -0.5 0.95 -6.0 1.32 9
2002 25 PHI NL -1.3 -0.1 10 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .32 -0.1 -0.1 -1.6 -0.2 0.71 -1.6 0.15 5
2003 26 CIN NL -4.6 -0.4 46 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .85 -0.4 -0.1 -4.7 -0.5 0.86 -4.7 0.87 8
2004 27 NYM NL 3.2 0.3 304 -0.4 5.2 -5.6 1.03 0.4 -0.8 4.6 0.4 0.93 4.5 1.19 50
2005 28 NYM NL -3.0 -0.3 50 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 1.22 -0.3 0.0 -4.6 -0.4 1.00 -3.6 1.44 16
5 Yrs -12.4 -1.2 458 -1.8 6.8 -8.6 1.04 -0.9 -0.8 -11.9 -1.2 0.93 -11.5 1.16 88

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2001 24 PHI NL 0 0 33% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 PHI NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2003 26 CIN NL 0 0 27% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
2004 27 NYM NL 5 0 30% 108 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 31% 11 9 2 7 5 2 8 4 4
2005 28 NYM NL 1 0 27% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
5 Yrs 6 0 30% 161 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 26% 17 14 3 10 7 3 11 7 4

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
2001 24 PHI NL 46 96% 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 1.32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 1 20% 30 1 3% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
2002 25 PHI NL 10 100% 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 CIN NL 44 84% 9 3 0 8 1 0 0 0.87 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 3 1 33% 20 1 5% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
2004 27 NYM NL 300 96% 72 8 0 50 10 3 4 1.19 13 0 5 13 0 5 8 0 0 0 48 10 21% 26 4 15% 179 25 14% 21 9 43% 9 2 22% 0
2005 28 NYM NL 50 92% 8 0 0 16 3 0 1 1.44 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 3 0 0% 37 1 3% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 450 94% 95 11 0 88 16 3 5 1.16 13 0 8 13 0 5 8 0 0 0 74 11 15% 38 6 16% 268 28 10% 29 11 38% 11 2 18% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 24 PHI NL 46 166 3.61 102 61% 22% 17% 32% 29% 78% 0% 48% 79% 37% 4% 2 0 17% 8 5 9% 4 2 45% 0 0 0
2002 25 PHI NL 10 39 3.90 24 62% 13% 21% 38% 29% 88% 0% 54% 76% 20% 0% 0 0 10% 1 1 20% 2 2 0% 0 0 0
2003 26 CIN NL 44 177 4.02 119 67% 17% 18% 37% 28% 83% 0% 56% 78% 30% 0% 0 0 11% 5 5 9% 4 4 11% 0 0 0
2004 27 NYM NL 300 1120 3.73 691 62% 29% 15% 26% 30% 71% 3% 44% 80% 31% 5% 15 0 13% 39 12 9% 26 20 36% 0 0 0
2005 28 NYM NL 50 218 4.36 131 60% 27% 24% 29% 20% 73% 11% 44% 67% 26% 4% 2 0 16% 8 2 8% 4 3 29% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 450 1720 3.82 1067 62% 26% 17% 29% 29% 74% 4% 46% 78% 31% 4% 19 0 14% 61 25 9% 40 31 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

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
2001 24 22 46 41 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .098 .196 .146 .342 -8 6 0 1 0 0 0
2002 25 29 56 51 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .118 .196 .157 .353 -5 8 1 1 0 0 0
2003 26 47 100 93 7 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 23 .161 .220 .183 .403 9 17 1 1 0 0 0
2004 27 177 400 363 46 87 17 2 13 36 0 1 34 84 .240 .308 .405 .712 85 147 11 2 0 1 4
2005 28 205 450 406 50 95 20 2 13 37 0 1 41 101 .234 .307 .389 .696 81 158 11 2 0 1 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 24 22 46 41 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 4 11 .098 .196 .146 .342 1 22
2002 25 7 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
2003 26 18 43 41 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 .195 .233 .195 .428 2 18
2004 27 130 297 268 38 70 15 2 13 33 0 27 61 .261 .330 .478 .808 42 130
2005 28 28 50 43 4 8 3 0 0 1 0 7 17 .186 .300 .256 .556 3 28
5 Yrs 205 446 403 48 90 20 2 13 36 0 40 101 .223 .296 .380 .676 48 205
162 Game Avg. 162 352 318 38 71 16 2 10 28 0 32 80 .223 .296 .380 .676 38 205

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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