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Fred Valentine

Fred Lee Valentine (Squeaky)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 19, 1935 in Clarksdale, MS
School: Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1959
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles 1959-1968

Final Game: September 24, 1968
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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
1956	21	BAL-min	Opn	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0			VAN · PCL
1957	22	BAL-min	C	121	442	442		120	14	7	7						.271	.271	.382	.654		169							ABD · NORL
1958	23	BAL-min	B	121	473	473		151	26	7	16						.319	.319	.505	.825		239							WLS · CARL
1959	24	BAL-min	AAA	155	678	614	82	158	25	11	11	39	28		50	87	.257	.319	.388	.707		238		7	4	3	6		MIA · IL
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

1960	25	BAL-min	AAA	114	453	395	39	100	21	6	2	28	6	3	43	55	.253	.330	.352	.682		139		4	8	3			MIA · IL
1961	26	BAL-min	AAA	154	665	602	105	161	25	10	17	64	8		63	85	.267	.337	.427	.764		257							ROC · IL
1962	27	BAL-min	AAA	45	170	141	25	41	7	1	3	20	2	3	27	23	.291	.402	.418	.821		59		0	1	1			ROC · IL
1963	28	BAL-min	AAA	70	231	207	32	64	8	2	8	34	3	3	24	26	.309	.381	.483	.864		100							ROC · IL
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	TEX-min	AAA	147	655	556	116	180	28	7	25	69	58	13	77	72	.324	.419	.534	.953		297		17	1	4			HAW · PCL
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	579	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	87	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	97	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	76	30	1	1	0	0	0	9/87
1969	34	BAL-min	AAA	119	485	418	67	120	19	7	18	70	8	5	48	73	.287	.372	.495	.867		207		12	1	6			ROC · IL
1970	35	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
7 Yrs				533	1660	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	505	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	1490	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

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
1959	24	BAL	AL	12	22	0	-1	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$	/97

1963	28	BAL	AL	26	49	0	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	0.0	.493	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	9/7
1964	29	WSA	AL	102	240	-6	0	0	-7	-2	-14	-1.7	7	-7	-1.0	.485	.490	-0.2	-1.1	-1	$	798
1965	30	WSA	AL	12	34	-0	1	-0	3	-0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.526	.502	0.1	0.3	1	$	/879
1966	31	WSA	AL	146	579	22	2	-1	-1	-6	16	1.5	16	32	3.1	.512	.511	3.6	-1.0	34	$	*987/3	MVP-21
1967	32	WSA	AL	151	527	4	3	2	-3	-4	2	0.0	15	17	1.5	.502	.501	2.0	-1.0	19	$19,000	*897
1968	33	WSA	AL	37	110	0	0	-1	-7	-1	-9	-1.1	3	-6	-0.8	.471	.493	0.1	-1.1	2	$	9/8
1968	33	BAL	AL	47	99	-3	-0	0	-0	-1	-4	-0.6	3	-1	-0.3	.489	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	9/87
7 Seasons				533	1660	18	5	0	-17	-16	-10	-1.9	47	36	2.7	.498	.499	5.4	-4.4	54	$19,000

WSA (5 yrs)				448	1490	21	6	0	-15	-14	-2	-0.9	42	40	3.2	.499	.500	5.6	-3.9	55	$19,000
BAL (3 yrs)				85	170	-3	-1	-0	-2	-2	-8	-1.0	5	-3	-0.5	.489	.498	-0.2	-0.5	-1	$

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
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	.704	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	579	399	81	5.5	89	.287	.276	.247	.351	.314	.455	.381	.806	.695	131	.650	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	.666	104	.567	4.0	0.4	.665	.265	.112	13.4
1968	33	TOT	AL	209	158	17	2.9	78	.229	.214	.236	.273	.304	.339	.349	.611	.653	87	.412	-3.7	-0.4	.522	.198	.125	1.7
1968	33	WSA	AL	110	83	9	2.9	77	.239	.238	.234	.291	.302	.347	.346	.637	.648	97	.417	-0.6	-0.1	.537	.178	.109	1.5
1968	33	BAL	AL	99	75	8	2.9	80	.217	.187	.238	.253	.307	.330	.352	.582	.659	76	.409	-3.1	-0.4	.507	.220	.143	.0
7 Yrs				1660	1164	186	4.3	86	.270	.247	.244	.330	.312	.373	.372	.703	.685	106	.549	13.6	1.5	.661	.254	.126	40.8
162 Game Avg.				505	354	57	4.3	86	.270	.247	.244	.330	.312	.373	.372	.703	.685	106	.549	4	0	.661	.254	.126	12

WSA (5 yrs)				1490	1043	171	4.4	86	.270	.249	.245	.332	.312	.379	.373	.711	.685	108	.560	16.0	1.7	.675	.260	.130	39.5
BAL (3 yrs)				170	121	15	3.3	85	.267	.225	.244	.312	.312	.318	.367	.630	.679	86	.438	-2.3	-0.3	.545	.205	.093	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	579	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 Yrs				1660	2.2%	13.7%	9.4%	6.1%	28%	1.46	6.4	40.5	10.6	0.92	72%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.2%	6.3%	28%	1.82	6.0	40.8	8.9	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	24	BAL	AL	0.3	0.0	23	0.0	0.5	-0.4	1.14	0.0	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	-0.4		0

1963	28	BAL	AL	0.4	0.0	49	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	1.02	-0.0	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.88	-1.8	0.97	12
1964	29	WSA	AL	-8.2	-0.8	250	-0.0	4.0	-4.0	1.05	-0.3	0.3	-3.6	-0.4	0.95	-4.1	1.35	36
1965	30	WSA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	39	-0.3	0.6	-0.8	1.17	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0	1.00	0.8	1.22	2
1966	31	WSA	AL	21.5	2.3	627	3.6	13.4	-9.8	1.08	2.3	1.0	27.4	2.9	0.96	24.9	1.61	7
1967	32	WSA	AL	4.0	0.4	559	1.5	10.0	-8.5	1.02	0.1	1.3	9.3	1.0	0.93	6.9	1.54	22
1968	33	TOT	AL	-3.9	-0.4	212	-0.9	3.5	-4.4	1.14	0.0	-0.8	-6.2	-0.7	0.95	-1.7	1.76	34
1968	33	WSA	AL	-0.7	-0.1	113	-0.7	1.5	-2.1	1.11	0.1	-0.7	-1.8	-0.2	0.99	0.7	1.81	9
1968	33	BAL	AL	-3.2	-0.4	99	-0.2	2.0	-2.2	1.17	-0.0	-0.2	-4.3	-0.5	0.90	-2.5	1.74	25
7 Yrs				13.4	1.4	1759	3.7	32.6	-28.8	1.07	2.2	1.4	24.7	2.6	0.95	24.5	1.48	113

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Yrs				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

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
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%	0	0		0

1963	28	BAL	AL	49	100%	11			12	4	0	1	0.97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	2	22%	6	0	0%	26	1	4%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1964	29	WSA	AL	240	100%	48			36	5	1	1	1.35	4	0	3	4	0	2	2	0	4	3	75%	51	6	12%	24	10	42%	142	18	13%	11	6	55%	8	6	75%	0
1965	30	WSA	AL	34	100%	7			2	1	0	1	1.22	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	1.61	16	1	10	7	9	6	10	0	8	6	75%	105	12	11%	40	11	28%	294	46	16%	22	11	50%	17	9	53%	0
1967	32	WSA	AL	527	100%	107			22	6	1	3	1.54	11	0	7	7	4	6	5	0	3	3	100%	84	5	6%	36	10	28%	283	33	12%	25	9	36%	15	5	33%	0
1968	33	TOT	AL	209	100%	41			34	1	0	1	1.76	5	0	5	5	0	1	4	0	2	0	0%	51	6	12%	16	4	25%	113	7	6%	8	4	50%	4	2	50%	0
1968	33	WSA	AL	110	100%	24			9	0	0	1	1.81	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	1.74	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		21	1	5%	6	2	33%	52	3	6%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
7 Yrs				1660	100%	360			113	20	2	10	1.48	36	1	25	23	13	15	21	0	18	12	67%	312	32	10%	128	36	28%	893	107	12%	71	30	42%	47	23	49%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

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
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	924	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	1451	1266	160	319	51	8	31	126	46	16	143	197	.252	.338	.378	.716	108	479	26	24	12	5	2
1968	33	533	1660	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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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
1959	24	13	25	21	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	.333	.440	.333	.773	3	12

1963	28	26	51	42	5	12	1	0	0	1	0	9	5	.286	.412	.310	.721	5	26
1964	29	101	242	213	22	50	5	0	4	22	4	22	44	.235	.314	.315	.628	21	102
1965	30	12	36	30	8	8	0	0	0	1	3	5	5	.267	.389	.267	.656	3	12
1966	31	147	600	524	89	154	32	8	18	68	24	56	63	.294	.372	.489	.861	92	146
1967	32	151	549	471	64	121	18	1	12	54	19	63	76	.257	.357	.376	.733	62	151
1968	33	84	221	200	27	49	6	2	6	16	1	16	31	.245	.312	.385	.697	23	84
7 Yrs		534	1724	1501	215	401	62	11	40	163	51	175	228	.267	.354	.403	.757	209	533
162 Game Avg.		162	523	455	65	122	19	3	12	49	15	53	69	.267	.354	.403	.757	63	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 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.

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 (1497th)	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 .650 (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)
SB % s c a p y 1966 AL 68.75 (10th) 1967 AL 85.00 (1st)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1966 AL 18.5 (3rd) 1967 AL 13.4 (5th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1966 AL 3.6 (9th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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