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
1998	21	PHI-min	A+,A	56	249	214	48	71	20	1	13	53	1	2	30	48	.332	.418	.617	1.034		132	4	3	0	2	2		CLW,KAN · FLOR,SALL
1999	22	PHI-min	A+	134	594	520	91	150	31	9	20	106	5	3	58	110	.288	.359	.498	.857		259	10	5	1	10	5		CLW · FLOR
2000	23	PHI-min	AA	128	550	469	81	121	22	5	22	90	2	3	70	89	.258	.356	.467	.823		219	7	5	0	6	1		REA · EL
2001	24	PHI-min	AAA	117	508	448	65	122	30	2	21	78	0	1	49	105	.272	.352	.489	.841		219	13	8	0	3	4		SWB · IL
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-min	AAA	140	602	546	69	137	34	2	9	84	0	2	49	94	.251	.311	.370	.681		202	13	1	1	5	1		SWB · IL
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	PHI-min	AAA	134	520	450	62	98	27	2	12	51	0	0	60	102	.218	.308	.367	.675		165	5	1	4	5	5		SWB · IL
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-min	AAA	79	333	275	44	70	13	1	9	38	1	1	55	58	.255	.380	.407	.787		112	6	1	1	1	4		NFK · IL
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
2006	29	SDP-min	AAA,Fgn	30	95	86	10	18	4	0	0	4	0	0	9	23	.209	.284	.256	.540		22	3	0	0	0	1		POR,TOH · PCL,JPPL
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
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	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2001	24	PHI	NL	0	33%	13	0		0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	PHI	NL	0	50%	3	0		0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2003	26	CIN	NL	0	27%	19	0		0	1	1	40%	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
2004	27	NYM	NL	5	30%	108	1	0%	1	0	6	31%	11	9	2	7	5	2	8	4	4
2005	28	NYM	NL	1	27%	18	0		0	0	2	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
5 Yrs				6	30%	161	1	0%	1	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	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2001	24	22	46	41	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	4	11	.098	.196	.146	.342	-8	6	0	1	0	0
2002	25	29	56	51	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	4	14	.118	.196	.157	.353	-5	8	1	1	0	0
2003	26	47	100	93	7	15	2	0	0	2	0	6	23	.161	.220	.183	.403	9	17	1	1	0	0
2004	27	177	400	363	46	87	17	2	13	36	1	34	84	.240	.308	.405	.712	85	147	11	2	1	4
2005	28	205	450	406	50	95	20	2	13	37	1	41	101	.234	.307	.389	.696	81	158	11	2	1	7

Neutralized Batting

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

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