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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1997 MIN AL 21 C 4 1 15.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 80.0 1 7.80 3.25 .992 7.14 6.08 0 0 1 2 67%
1998 MIN AL 22 C 53 42 403.2 303 281 17 5 0 .983 -4.0 -11.9 -4 6.64 5.62 .990 7.13 6.17 7 19 34 10 23%
1998 MIN AL 22 DH 1
1999 MIN AL 23 C 76 59 553.2 415 387 27 1 4 .998 4.0 8.7 4 6.73 5.45 .991 6.98 6.11 6 24 25 21 46%
2002 MIN AL 26 C 4 0 11.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 12.27 3.75 .993 6.95 6.15 0 1 0 0
2003 TBD AL 27 C 42 33 305.2 225 212 13 0 1 1.000 1.0 3.9 1 6.62 5.36 .991 6.79 5.88 1 11 16 7 30%
2003 TBD AL 27 DH 5
2004 CIN NL 28 C 55 44 409.2 340 305 31 4 2 .988 -3.0 -8.8 -3 7.38 6.11 .993 7.45 6.46 1 26 27 12 31%
2004 CIN NL 28 1B 7 3 37.0 38 37 1 0 5 1.000 -1.3 -42.2 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 0 9.24 5.43 .992 9.51 8.23
2005 CIN NL 29 C 62 58 508.1 372 341 28 3 2 .992 -2.0 -4.7 -2 6.53 5.95 .992 7.26 6.26 3 20 25 10 29%
2005 CIN NL 29 1B 2 2 18.0 21 21 0 0 2 1.000 -0.7 -46.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 10.50 10.50 .995 9.65 8.30
2006 CIN NL 30 C 46 32 312.2 271 247 17 7 1 .974 2.0 7.7 2 7.60 5.74 .992 7.37 6.36 2 5 10 8 44%
2006 CIN NL 30 1B 2 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 13.50 1.00 1.000 9.45 8.05
2006 CIN NL 30 DH 1
2007 CIN NL 31 C 73 49 471.2 361 341 19 1 4 .997 -5.0 -12.7 -5 6.87 4.93 .991 7.39 6.51 8 16 40 5 11%
2007 CIN NL 31 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.00 7.80
2007 CIN NL 31 DH 1
2008 CIN NL 32 C 17 6 67.2 72 67 5 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -17.7 -1 9.58 4.24 .993 7.65 6.72 1 6 1 0 0%
2008 CIN NL 32 1B 11 10 81.2 79 75 4 0 10 1.000 -0.3 -4.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 8.71 7.18 .992 9.35 8.23
2008 CIN NL 32 3B 4 1 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.61 2.22
10 Seasons C 432 324 3059.0 2387 2206 160 21 14 .991 -7.0 -2.7 -7 6.96 5.48 .991 7.21 6.28 29 128 179 75 30%
5 Seasons 1B 23 15 140.0 143 138 5 0 18 1.000 -2.3 -19.7 -2.3 0.4 -2.7 0 9.19 6.22 .993 9.42 8.20
4 Seasons DH 8
1 Season 3B 4 1 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.61 2.22
10 Seasons TOT 459 340 3208.2 2530 2344 165 21 32 .992 -9.3 -3.5 -2.3 0.4 -2.7 0 -7 7.04 5.47 .983 7.29 6.34 29 128 179 75 30%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 MIN AL 21 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 MIN AL 22 55 43 55 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1999 MIN AL 23 78 59 78 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2002 MIN AL 26 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TBD AL 27 49 36 49 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
2004 CIN NL 28 82 47 82 61 0 55 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2
2005 CIN NL 29 76 60 76 64 0 62 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2006 CIN NL 30 92 33 92 48 0 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 55 0
2007 CIN NL 31 97 50 97 74 0 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 2
2008 CIN NL 32 94 17 94 32 0 17 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0
10 Seasons 631 346 631 458 0 432 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 213 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1997 MIN AL 21 65 3.60 3.60 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 MIN AL 22 1856 4.93 5.26 15 67% 1 1 283 6 0 7 270 16 2 0 0 3 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 40%
1999 MIN AL 23 2509 5.25 5.46 19 100% 0 0 387 18 2 4 363 27 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 100%
2002 MIN AL 26 51 4.91 4.91 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TBD AL 27 1380 4.77 5.33 7 100% 0 0 212 6 0 2 204 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
2004 CIN NL 28 1922 5.58 5.95 21 100% 1 0 305 8 3 8 286 31 12 0 0 8 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 6 100%
2005 CIN NL 29 2304 4.90 5.21 21 86% 0 2 341 5 0 7 329 28 11 1 1 5 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 71%
2006 CIN NL 30 1430 5.18 6.02 16 75% 0 0 244 7 1 7 229 20 5 0 0 8 7 0 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 0%
2007 CIN NL 31 2162 5.15 5.42 21 95% 0 0 341 12 0 5 323 19 8 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 80%
2008 CIN NL 32 310 5.05 5.59 6 100% 0 0 67 3 1 0 63 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Seasons 13989 5.11 5.49 126 90% 2 3 2206 65 7 40 2093 161 43 1 1 40 21 2 6 13 1 14 0 2 4 31 71%
MLB Averages 4.45 4.85 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1997 MIN AL 21 0 0 23 1 2 2 67% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.21 1.40
1998 MIN AL 22 7 19 666 34 10 8 23% 30 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 66 13 1.41 1.39
1999 MIN AL 23 6 24 956 25 21 19 46% 21 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 70 23 1.24 1.29
2002 MIN AL 26 0 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 TBD AL 27 1 11 506 16 7 6 30% 14 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 9 1.11 1.27
2004 CIN NL 28 1 26 732 27 12 11 31% 23 10 4 1 0 1 0 0 62 11 1.18 1.50
2005 CIN NL 29 3 20 854 25 10 9 29% 18 9 7 0 0 1 0 0 63 12 1.17 1.39
2006 CIN NL 30 2 5 537 10 8 7 44% 7 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 24 8 1.37 1.24
2007 CIN NL 31 8 16 797 40 5 5 11% 38 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 75 9 1.15 1.79
2008 CIN NL 32 1 6 116 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 3.11
10 Seasons 29 128 5209 179 75 67 30% 153 66 26 5 0 4 2 0 409 87 1.24 1.38
MLB Averages 30% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2004 CIN NL 28 166 45% 80% 33% 7 100% 1 37 2 34 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CIN NL 29 83 73% 71% 31% 6 100% 0 21 3 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CIN NL 30 8 75% 75% 50% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CIN NL 31 9 67% 78% 44% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CIN NL 32 368 56% 67% 30% 20 95% 0 75 7 68 0 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 634 56% 71% 32% 34 97% 1 138 13 122 3 15 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0 0 18 1 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2008 CIN NL 32 45 47% 73% 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 45 47% 73% 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 62%

* 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.

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