Javier Valentin
Jose Javier (Rosario) Valentin
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 19, 1975 in Manati, P.R.
High School: Fernando Callejo (Manati, PR)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1997
Final Game: September 28, 2008
Relatives: Brother of Jose Valentin
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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
1997 21 MIN AL 4 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1998 22 MIN AL 55 177 162 11 32 7 1 3 18 0 0 11 30 .198 .247 .309 .556 43 50 7 0 3 1 1 2/D
1999 23 MIN AL 78 247 218 22 54 12 1 5 28 0 0 22 39 .248 .313 .381 .694 74 83 2 1 1 5 0 2
2002 26 MIN AL 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 168 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2003 27 TBD AL 49 142 135 13 30 7 1 3 15 0 0 5 31 .222 .254 .356 .609 62 48 7 1 0 1 0 2/D
2004 28 CIN NL 82 222 202 18 47 10 1 6 20 0 0 17 36 .233 .293 .381 .674 74 77 4 1 0 2 3 2/3
2005 29 CIN NL 76 254 221 36 62 11 0 14 50 0 0 30 37 .281 .362 .520 .883 129 115 5 0 0 3 3 2/3
2006 30 CIN NL 92 201 186 24 50 6 1 8 27 0 0 13 29 .269 .313 .441 .754 88 82 5 0 0 2 3 2/3D
2007 31 CIN NL 97 265 243 19 67 21 0 2 34 0 0 19 25 .276 .328 .387 .715 82 94 7 1 0 2 2 2/3D
2008 32 CIN NL 94 144 129 10 33 8 0 4 18 0 0 14 27 .256 .326 .411 .737 91 53 2 0 0 1 0 23/5
10 Seasons 631 1663 1507 154 379 82 5 45 210 0 0 131 257 .251 .310 .402 .712 83 606 39 4 4 17 12
162 Game Avg. 162 427 387 40 97 21 1 12 54 0 0 34 66 .251 .310 .402 .712 83 156 10 1 1 4 3
CIN (5 yrs) 441 1086 981 107 259 56 2 34 149 0 0 93 154 .264 .326 .429 .755 93 421 23 2 0 10 11
MIN (4 yrs) 141 435 391 34 90 19 2 8 46 0 0 33 72 .230 .288 .350 .638 62 137 9 1 4 6 1
TBD (1 yr) 49 142 135 13 30 7 1 3 15 0 0 5 31 .222 .254 .356 .609 62 48 7 1 0 1 0
NL (5 yrs) 441 1086 981 107 259 56 2 34 149 0 0 93 154 .264 .326 .429 .755 93 421 23 2 0 10 11
AL (5 yrs) 190 577 526 47 120 26 3 11 61 0 0 38 103 .228 .279 .352 .631 62 185 16 2 4 7 1

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
1997 21 MIN AL 7 5 1 5.4 110 .500 .286 .272 .286 .342 .286 .431 .571 .773 50 .516 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .000 .000
1998 22 MIN AL 177 141 11 2.1 111 .223 .198 .273 .247 .342 .309 .434 .556 .776 43 .158 -14.3 -1.3 .445 .179 .111 .0
1999 23 MIN AL 247 172 28 4.3 116 .274 .248 .279 .313 .352 .381 .446 .694 .798 74 .401 -8.5 -0.8 .639 .234 .133 .0
2002 26 MIN AL 4 2 1 13.4 105 .500 .500 .264 .500 .332 .500 .425 1.000 .756 168 .861 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
2003 27 TBD AL 142 113 10 2.4 102 .265 .222 .262 .254 .327 .356 .419 .609 .746 62 .202 -7.5 -0.7 .482 .170 .133 .0
2004 28 CIN NL 222 161 23 3.8 109 .253 .233 .267 .293 .339 .381 .433 .674 .772 74 .378 -8.0 -0.8 .597 .233 .149 .0
2005 29 CIN NL 254 167 42 6.7 108 .277 .281 .268 .362 .339 .520 .428 .883 .767 129 .647 9.4 0.9 .884 .376 .240 .0
2006 30 CIN NL 201 143 25 4.7 116 .278 .269 .277 .313 .348 .441 .450 .754 .798 88 .462 -4.3 -0.4 .674 .242 .172 .0
2007 31 CIN NL 265 185 30 4.4 115 .298 .276 .277 .328 .347 .387 .443 .715 .791 82 .430 -6.3 -0.6 .623 .189 .111 .0
2008 32 CIN NL 144 99 18 4.9 110 .293 .256 .270 .326 .342 .411 .430 .737 .772 91 .498 -1.7 -0.2 .684 .264 .155 .0
10 Seasons 1663 1188 189 4.3 111 .273 .251 .272 .310 .343 .402 .436 .712 .779 83 .421 -41.4 -3.9 .635 .238 .151 .0
162 Game Avg. 427 305 49 4.3 111 .273 .251 .272 .310 .343 .402 .436 .712 .779 83 .421 -41.4 -3.9 .635 .238 .151
CIN (5 yrs) 1086 755 138 4.9 112 .280 .264 .272 .326 .343 .429 .437 .755 .780 93 .492 -10.9 -1.0 .693 .260 .165 .0
MIN (4 yrs) 435 320 41 3.4 114 .259 .230 .276 .288 .347 .350 .441 .638 .788 62 .308 -23.0 -2.1 .552 .205 .120 .0
TBD (1 yr) 142 113 10 2.4 102 .265 .222 .262 .254 .327 .356 .419 .609 .746 62 .201 -7.5 -0.7 .482 .170 .133 .0
NL (5 yrs) 1086 755 138 4.9 112 .280 .264 .272 .326 .343 .429 .437 .755 .780 93 .492 -10.9 -1.0 .693 .260 .165 .0
AL (5 yrs) 577 433 51 3.1 111 .260 .228 .272 .279 .342 .352 .435 .631 .777 62 .282 -30.5 -2.8 .533 .196 .124 .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
1997 21 MIN AL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 0.33 1.00 57% 50% 0.0% 0%
1998 22 MIN AL 177 1.7% 17.0% 6.2% 6.2% 34% 2.73 5.4 54.0 9.0 0.65 0.86 73% 16% 4.5% 16%
1999 23 MIN AL 247 2.0% 15.8% 8.9% 7.3% 33% 1.77 5.6 43.6 7.8 0.67 0.86 72% 21% 5.3% 14%
2002 26 MIN AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 100% 50% 0.0% 0%
2003 27 TBD AL 142 2.1% 21.8% 3.5% 7.8% 37% 6.20 4.4 45.0 9.0 0.65 1.08 72% 14% 5.4% 11%
2004 28 CIN NL 222 2.7% 16.2% 7.7% 7.7% 36% 2.12 5.6 33.7 10.1 0.55 0.76 73% 28% 5.9% 6%
2005 29 CIN NL 254 5.5% 14.6% 11.8% 9.8% 40% 1.23 6.0 15.8 4.4 0.45 0.70 68% 25% 12.0% 9%
2006 30 CIN NL 201 4.0% 14.4% 6.5% 7.5% 30% 2.23 6.4 23.3 6.9 0.50 0.73 75% 25% 8.0% 6%
2007 31 CIN NL 265 0.8% 9.4% 7.2% 8.7% 34% 1.32 9.7 121.5 7.1 0.67 0.83 82% 20% 1.8% 14%
2008 32 CIN NL 144 2.8% 18.8% 9.7% 8.3% 36% 1.93 4.8 32.3 7.2 0.63 0.80 69% 20% 6.9% 8%
10 Seasons 1663 2.7% 15.5% 7.9% 7.9% 35% 1.96 5.9 33.5 7.2 0.59 0.82 73% 22% 6.3% 10%
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
1997 21 MIN AL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 22 MIN AL 1 0 20% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2
1999 23 MIN AL 3 0 24% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 33% 13 7 6 2 2 0 9 7 2
2002 26 MIN AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 TBD AL 1 0 30% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 21% 9 7 1 1 1 0 4 2 2
2004 28 CIN NL 0 0 20% 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20% 6 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 1
2005 29 CIN NL 0 0 28% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 50% 3 3 0 5 2 3 8 3 5
2006 30 CIN NL 1 0 29% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 47% 10 6 4 3 3 0 6 1 5
2007 31 CIN NL 1 0 20% 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 19% 10 9 1 5 4 1 12 8 3
2008 32 CIN NL 0 0 14% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
10 Seasons 7 0 23% 526 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 25 33% 61 44 16 19 15 4 48 25 22
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
1997 21 MIN AL 7 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 22 MIN AL 177 100% 32 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.50 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 4 3 75% 43 7 16% 20 8 40% 121 17 14% 12 4 33% 7 2 29% 0
1999 23 MIN AL 247 100% 54 6 0 3 0 0 0 1.08 5 0 11 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 100% 47 2 4% 30 13 43% 176 25 14% 23 12 52% 17 5 29% 0
2002 26 MIN AL 4 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 27 TBD AL 142 100% 30 1 0 2 0 0 0 4.76 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0% 27 7 26% 15 1 7% 77 12 16% 8 3 38% 5 1 20% 0
2004 28 CIN NL 222 100% 47 0 0 20 2 0 2 1.52 6 0 7 6 0 2 4 0 1 0 0% 34 4 12% 17 7 41% 136 14 10% 12 3 25% 16 5 31% 0
2005 29 CIN NL 254 100% 62 1 1 11 2 0 2 1.87 14 1 13 12 2 7 7 0 1 0 0% 41 5 12% 23 7 30% 177 36 20% 18 12 67% 18 6 33% 0
2006 30 CIN NL 201 100% 50 0 0 52 12 4 8 1.81 8 0 6 8 0 6 2 0 0 0 51 5 10% 22 10 45% 162 21 13% 14 9 64% 21 11 52% 0
2007 31 CIN NL 265 100% 67 4 0 40 10 1 7 2.04 2 0 15 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 56 7 13% 22 6 27% 206 34 17% 21 12 57% 19 9 47% 0
2008 32 CIN NL 144 100% 33 1 0 61 13 1 9 1.37 4 0 8 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 34 2 6% 15 4 27% 120 14 12% 12 7 58% 5 2 40% 0
10 Seasons 1663 100% 379 19 1 190 39 6 28 1.70 45 1 70 42 3 23 22 0 8 4 50% 339 39 12% 167 58 35% 1184 173 15% 122 62 51% 108 41 38% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1997 21 MIN AL 7 27 3.86 20 74% 25% 15% 40% 20% 75% 0% 56% 80% 57% 0% 0 0 29% 2 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1998 22 MIN AL 177 607 3.43 404 67% 21% 16% 30% 34% 79% 1% 53% 80% 40% 3% 5 0 11% 19 11 5% 8 6 23% 0 0 0
1999 23 MIN AL 247 914 3.70 568 62% 24% 14% 30% 33% 76% 0% 47% 82% 40% 5% 13 0 15% 36 13 8% 19 11 38% 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL 4 15 3.75 10 67% 10% 10% 40% 40% 90% 0% 60% 89% 75% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 TBD AL 142 485 3.42 328 68% 22% 19% 27% 32% 78% 0% 53% 76% 36% 4% 5 0 13% 18 7 4% 5 3 26% 0 0 0
2004 28 CIN NL 222 756 3.41 467 62% 23% 15% 26% 36% 77% 4% 48% 80% 35% 6% 13 0 16% 36 12 8% 18 13 22% 0 0 0
2005 29 CIN NL 254 955 3.76 570 60% 21% 14% 32% 33% 79% 3% 47% 82% 32% 6% 16 0 18% 45 18 12% 31 21 27% 0 0 0
2006 30 CIN NL 201 657 3.27 430 65% 23% 13% 26% 37% 77% 5% 50% 82% 34% 5% 10 0 14% 29 13 5% 10 8 24% 0 0 0
2007 31 CIN NL 265 893 3.37 543 61% 25% 11% 23% 41% 75% 2% 45% 85% 32% 5% 14 1 12% 33 12 9% 25 16 32% 0 0 0
2008 32 CIN NL 144 588 4.08 353 60% 27% 16% 27% 29% 73% 0% 44% 78% 26% 7% 10 0 19% 27 11 13% 18 11 19% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1663 5897 3.55 3693 63% 23% 15% 28% 34% 77% 2% 48% 81% 35% 5% 86 1 15% 245 97 8% 134 89 27% 0 0 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
1997 21 4 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 50 2 0 0 0 0 0
1998 22 59 184 169 12 34 7 1 3 18 0 0 11 33 .201 .249 .308 .556 44 52 7 0 3 1 1
1999 23 137 431 387 34 88 19 2 8 46 0 0 33 72 .227 .286 .349 .635 61 135 9 1 4 6 1
2000 24 137 431 387 34 88 19 2 8 46 0 0 33 72 .227 .286 .349 .635 61 135 9 1 4 6 1
2001 25 137 431 387 34 88 19 2 8 46 0 0 33 72 .227 .286 .349 .635 61 135 9 1 4 6 1
2002 26 141 435 391 34 90 19 2 8 46 0 0 33 72 .230 .288 .350 .638 62 137 9 1 4 6 1
2003 27 190 577 526 47 120 26 3 11 61 0 0 38 103 .228 .279 .352 .631 62 185 16 2 4 7 1
2004 28 272 799 728 65 167 36 4 17 81 0 0 55 139 .229 .283 .360 .643 66 262 20 3 4 9 4
2005 29 348 1053 949 101 229 47 4 31 131 0 0 85 176 .241 .302 .397 .699 80 377 25 3 4 12 7
2006 30 440 1254 1135 125 279 53 5 39 158 0 0 98 205 .246 .304 .404 .708 82 459 30 3 4 14 10
2007 31 537 1519 1378 144 346 74 5 41 192 0 0 117 230 .251 .308 .401 .710 82 553 37 4 4 16 12
2008 32 631 1663 1507 154 379 82 5 45 210 0 0 131 257 .251 .310 .402 .712 83 606 39 4 4 17 12

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
1997 21 4 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4
1998 22 55 169 158 10 28 6 1 3 16 0 10 30 .177 .225 .285 .510 10 55
1999 23 78 243 216 20 52 12 1 5 25 0 21 39 .241 .305 .375 .680 25 78
2002 26 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4
2003 27 49 138 132 13 27 6 1 3 15 0 4 31 .205 .232 .333 .565 10 49
2004 28 82 221 201 18 46 10 1 6 20 0 17 36 .229 .290 .378 .668 22 82
2005 29 76 254 221 36 62 11 0 14 50 0 30 37 .281 .362 .520 .883 42 76
2006 30 92 195 181 21 45 5 1 7 24 0 12 29 .249 .292 .403 .696 22 92
2007 31 97 259 238 17 62 19 0 2 30 0 18 25 .261 .313 .366 .678 27 97
2008 32 94 144 129 10 33 8 0 4 17 0 14 27 .256 .326 .411 .737 17 94
10 Seasons 631 1634 1487 147 355 77 5 44 197 0 126 257 .239 .297 .386 .683 177 631
162 Game Avg. 162 420 382 38 91 20 1 11 51 0 32 66 .239 .297 .386 .683 45 631

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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