Fred Valentine
Fred Lee Valentine (Squeaky)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 19, 1935 in Clarksdale, MS
School: Tennessee State University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1959
Final Game: September 24, 1968
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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
1959 24 BAL AL 12 22 19 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 .316 .409 .316 .725 105 6 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1963 28 BAL AL 26 49 41 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 5 .268 .388 .293 .680 98 12 2 0 0 0 0 9/7
1964 29 WSA AL 102 240 212 20 48 5 0 4 20 4 2 21 44 .226 .304 .307 .610 71 65 6 3 3 1 0 798
1965 30 WSA AL 12 34 29 6 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 5 .241 .353 .241 .594 74 7 1 1 0 0 0 /879
1966 31 WSA AL 146 578 508 77 140 29 7 16 59 22 10 51 63 .276 .351 .455 .806 131 231 12 10 6 3 1 *987/3 MVP-21
1967 32 WSA AL 151 527 457 52 107 16 1 11 44 17 3 56 76 .234 .330 .346 .676 104 158 5 10 3 1 1 *897
1968 33 TOT AL 84 209 192 20 41 5 2 5 12 1 0 13 31 .214 .273 .339 .611 86 65 6 3 0 1 0 9/87
1968 33 WSA AL 37 110 101 11 24 2 0 3 7 1 0 6 11 .238 .291 .347 .637 96 35 5 2 0 1 0 9/8
1968 33 BAL AL 47 99 91 9 17 3 2 2 5 0 0 7 20 .187 .253 .330 .582 75 30 1 1 0 0 0 9/87
7 Seasons 533 1659 1458 180 360 56 10 36 138 47 16 156 228 .247 .330 .373 .703 106 544 32 27 12 6 2
162 Game Avg. 162 504 443 55 109 17 3 11 42 14 5 47 69 .247 .330 .373 .703 106 165 10 8 4 2 1
WSA (5 yrs) 448 1489 1307 166 326 52 8 34 131 47 15 138 199 .249 .332 .379 .711 108 496 29 26 12 6 2
BAL (3 yrs) 85 170 151 14 34 4 2 2 7 0 1 18 29 .225 .312 .318 .630 86 48 3 1 0 0 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
1959 24 BAL AL 22 14 2 3.8 96 .400 .316 .257 .409 .328 .316 .393 .725 .720 105 .438 0.3 0.0 .571 .105 .000
1963 28 BAL AL 49 32 5 4.2 91 .306 .268 .251 .388 .316 .293 .387 .680 .703 98 .502 0.4 0.0 .625 .220 .024
1964 29 WSA AL 240 176 20 3.1 96 .267 .226 .256 .304 .324 .307 .397 .610 .721 71 .355 -8.2 -0.8 .529 .189 .080 4.0
1965 30 WSA AL 34 23 3 3.5 90 .292 .241 .248 .353 .318 .241 .381 .594 .699 74 .437 -0.8 -0.1 .652 .241 .000 .0
1966 31 WSA AL 578 399 81 5.5 89 .287 .276 .247 .351 .314 .455 .381 .806 .695 131 .649 21.5 2.3 .779 .303 .179 18.5
1967 32 WSA AL 527 362 58 4.3 81 .259 .234 .239 .330 .307 .346 .358 .676 .665 104 .567 4.1 0.4 .665 .265 .112 13.4
1968 33 TOT AL 209 158 17 2.9 79 .229 .214 .237 .273 .306 .339 .350 .611 .656 86 .412 -3.9 -0.5 .522 .198 .125 1.7
1968 33 WSA AL 110 83 9 2.9 77 .239 .238 .235 .291 .303 .347 .347 .637 .651 96 .415 -0.7 -0.1 .537 .178 .109 1.5
1968 33 BAL AL 99 75 8 2.9 81 .217 .187 .239 .253 .308 .330 .354 .582 .662 75 .409 -3.2 -0.4 .507 .220 .143 .0
7 Seasons 1659 1164 186 4.3 86 .270 .247 .245 .330 .312 .373 .372 .703 .685 106 .549 13.5 1.3 .661 .254 .126 40.8
162 Game Avg. 504 354 57 4.3 86 .270 .247 .245 .330 .312 .373 .372 .703 .685 106 .549 4 0 .661 .254 .126 12
WSA (5 yrs) 1489 1043 171 4.4 86 .270 .249 .245 .332 .312 .379 .373 .711 .685 108 .560 15.9 1.7 .675 .260 .130 39.5
BAL (3 yrs) 170 121 15 3.3 85 .267 .225 .244 .312 .313 .318 .368 .630 .681 86 .438 -2.4 -0.4 .545 .205 .093 .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
1959 24 BAL AL 22 0.0% 18.2% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 1.33 4.8 19.0 0.50 68%
1963 28 BAL AL 49 0.0% 10.2% 16.3% 2.0% 9% 0.63 8.2 41.0 0.69 73%
1964 29 WSA AL 240 1.7% 18.3% 8.8% 3.8% 19% 2.10 4.8 53.0 10.6 1.19 69%
1965 30 WSA AL 34 0.0% 14.7% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 1.25 5.8 29.0 0.70 71%
1966 31 WSA AL 578 2.8% 10.9% 8.8% 9.0% 37% 1.24 8.1 31.8 8.6 0.85 75%
1967 32 WSA AL 527 2.1% 14.4% 10.6% 5.3% 26% 1.36 6.0 41.5 10.4 0.92 70%
1968 33 TOT AL 209 2.4% 14.8% 6.2% 5.7% 29% 2.38 6.2 38.4 16.0 1.00 75%
1968 33 WSA AL 110 2.7% 10.0% 5.5% 4.6% 21% 1.83 9.2 33.7 14.4 0.97 80%
1968 33 BAL AL 99 2.0% 20.2% 7.1% 7.1% 41% 2.86 4.6 45.5 18.2 1.04 70%
7 Seasons 1659 2.2% 13.7% 9.4% 6.2% 28% 1.46 6.4 40.5 10.6 0.92 72%
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
1959 24 BAL AL 0 0 0% 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 BAL AL 0 0 26% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 75% 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
1964 29 WSA AL 5 0 24% 83 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 59% 20 8 11 2 1 1 7 2 5
1965 30 WSA AL 1 0 50% 17 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 31 WSA AL 8 0 33% 196 22 10 69% 14 8 8 1 0 1 3 1 7 22 48% 24 15 8 5 4 1 19 4 14
1967 32 WSA AL 6 0 25% 197 17 3 85% 16 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 12 51% 37 20 16 5 4 1 15 3 12
1968 33 TOT AL 2 0 29% 70 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 41% 14 8 5 0 0 0 3 1 2
1968 33 WSA AL 2 0 28% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 33% 7 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1968 33 BAL AL 0 0 30% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 7 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Seasons 22 0 28% 592 47 16 75% 38 14 9 1 0 1 7 1 27 47 52% 104 55 45 12 9 3 47 10 36
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
1959 24 BAL AL 22 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 3 0 0% 15 1 7% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1963 28 BAL AL 49 100% 11 12 4 0 1 1.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 6 0 0% 26 1 4% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 0
1964 29 WSA AL 240 100% 48 36 5 1 1 1.41 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 4 3 75% 51 6 12% 24 10 42% 142 18 13% 11 6 55% 9 3 33% 0
1965 30 WSA AL 34 100% 7 2 1 0 1 1.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 20 1 5% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1966 31 WSA AL 579 100% 140 7 3 0 3 1.73 16 1 10 7 9 6 10 0 8 6 75% 105 12 11% 40 11 28% 294 46 16% 22 11 50% 32 12 38% 0
1967 32 WSA AL 527 100% 107 22 6 1 3 1.66 11 0 7 7 4 6 5 0 3 3 100% 84 5 6% 36 10 28% 283 33 12% 25 9 36% 31 10 32% 0
1968 33 TOT AL 209 100% 41 34 1 0 1 1.88 5 0 5 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 0% 51 6 12% 16 4 25% 113 7 6% 8 4 50% 4 3 75% 0
1968 33 WSA AL 110 100% 24 9 0 0 1 1.94 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0% 30 5 17% 10 2 20% 61 4 7% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
1968 33 BAL AL 99 100% 17 25 1 0 0 1.85 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 1 5% 6 2 33% 52 3 6% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 0
7 Seasons 1660 100% 360 113 20 2 10 1.58 36 1 25 23 13 15 21 0 18 12 67% 312 32 10% 128 36 28% 893 107 12% 71 30 42% 84 30 36% 0
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
1959 24 12 22 19 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 .316 .409 .316 .725 105 6 0 0 0 0 0
1960 25 12 22 19 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 .316 .409 .316 .725 105 6 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 12 22 19 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 .316 .409 .316 .725 105 6 0 0 0 0 0
1962 27 12 22 19 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 .316 .409 .316 .725 105 6 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 38 71 60 5 17 1 0 0 2 0 1 11 9 .283 .394 .300 .694 100 18 2 0 0 0 0
1964 29 140 311 272 25 65 6 0 4 22 4 3 32 53 .239 .325 .305 .630 78 83 8 3 3 1 0
1965 30 152 345 301 31 72 6 0 4 23 7 3 36 58 .239 .327 .299 .626 77 90 9 4 3 1 0
1966 31 298 923 809 108 212 35 7 20 82 29 13 87 121 .262 .342 .397 .739 111 321 21 14 9 4 1
1967 32 449 1450 1266 160 319 51 8 31 126 46 16 143 197 .252 .338 .378 .716 109 479 26 24 12 5 2
1968 33 533 1659 1458 180 360 56 10 36 138 47 16 156 228 .247 .330 .373 .703 106 544 32 27 12 6 2

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
1959 24 13 25 21 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 .333 .440 .333 .773 3 12
1963 28 26 52 43 6 13 1 0 0 1 0 9 5 .302 .423 .326 .749 6 26
1964 29 101 242 215 22 52 5 0 4 22 4 23 44 .242 .322 .321 .643 22 102
1965 30 12 39 32 8 10 0 0 0 1 4 6 5 .313 .436 .313 .748 4 12
1966 31 147 597 526 89 156 32 8 18 68 25 57 63 .297 .375 .490 .866 94 146
1967 32 151 566 483 64 133 20 1 14 54 21 70 76 .275 .380 .408 .788 72 151
1968 33 84 217 198 26 47 6 2 6 15 1 15 31 .237 .300 .379 .678 22 84
7 Seasons 534 1738 1518 215 418 64 11 42 162 55 184 228 .275 .364 .415 .779 223 533
162 Game Avg. 162 527 461 65 127 19 3 13 49 17 56 69 .275 .364 .415 .779 68 533

* 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

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1966-AL-21-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1966 AL--.351--10th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1966 AL--.806--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1966 AL--29--7th

Triples s c a p y
1966 AL--7--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1966 AL--22--6th
1967 AL--17--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1966 AL--131--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1966 AL--21--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1966 AL--2.3--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1966 AL--.649--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL--10--2nd
1967 AL--10--5th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1966 AL--10--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1966 AL--18.5--3rd
1967 AL--13.4--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1471), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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