John Valentin
John William Valentin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 18, 1967 in Mineola, NY
School: Seton Hall University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 27, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1992
Final Game: September 29, 2002
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 BOS AL 25 SS 58 55 491.2 271 79 182 10 45 .963 -6.2 -15.1 -6.2 -4.4 -1.8 0 4.78 4.50 .969 4.71 4.13
1993 BOS AL 26 SS 144 138 1222.2 690 238 432 20 96 .971 22.4 22.0 20.4 13.2 7.2 2 4.93 4.65 .973 4.69 4.13
1994 BOS AL 27 SS 83 82 719.2 384 134 242 8 56 .979 10.9 18.2 9.9 1.7 8.2 1 4.70 4.53 .969 4.64 4.22
1994 BOS AL 27 DH 1
1995 BOS AL 28 SS 135 134 1192.2 659 227 414 18 95 .973 22.7 22.8 19.7 6.5 13.2 3 4.84 4.75 .974 4.71 4.16 MVP-9,SS
1996 BOS AL 29 SS 118 117 1043.1 557 194 347 16 87 .971 -2.9 -3.3 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 -2 4.67 4.58 .971 4.66 4.19
1996 BOS AL 29 3B 12 11 96.0 19 8 10 1 1 .947 0.8 10.0 0.8 -0.3 1.1 0 1.69 1.50 .958 2.57 2.18
1996 BOS AL 29 DH 1
1997 BOS AL 30 2B 79 79 707.1 450 180 259 11 67 .976 -4.6 -7.8 -4.6 -6.4 1.8 0 5.59 5.56 .980 4.93 4.33
1997 BOS AL 30 3B 64 63 552.2 191 59 121 11 15 .942 5.9 12.8 4.9 6.3 -1.4 1 2.93 2.81 .953 2.67 2.32
1998 BOS AL 31 3B 153 153 1325.0 428 121 292 15 28 .965 20.7 18.7 19.7 8.7 11.0 1 2.81 2.70 .947 2.55 2.23
1998 BOS AL 31 2B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.10
1999 BOS AL 32 3B 111 110 952.1 306 84 208 14 16 .954 10.4 13.1 10.4 4.2 6.2 0 2.76 2.63 .950 2.58 2.21
1999 BOS AL 32 DH 2
2000 BOS AL 33 3B 10 10 81.0 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -14.8 -1.0 0.2 -1.1 0 1.67 1.50 .947 2.67 2.31
2001 BOS AL 34 SS 18 15 138.1 66 22 42 2 9 .970 0.9 7.8 1.9 -0.5 2.3 -1 4.16 3.56 .973 4.49 4.03
2001 BOS AL 34 3B 3 1 14.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -42.9 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 1.29 0.67 .950 2.70 2.40
2002 NYM NL 35 SS 24 13 133.0 70 20 48 2 9 .971 2.4 21.7 2.4 -1.0 3.5 0 4.60 2.83 .970 4.52 4.00
2002 NYM NL 35 1B 22 11 104.0 115 106 6 3 12 .974 0.4 4.6 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 9.69 5.09 .992 9.39 7.97
2002 NYM NL 35 3B 18 14 126.1 41 9 27 5 3 .878 -2.9 -27.5 -2.9 -1.5 -1.4 0 2.56 2.00 .961 2.71 2.29
2002 NYM NL 35 2B 3 1 12.0 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -30.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 5.25 2.33 .986 4.95 4.27
2002 NYM NL 35 DH 2
7 Seasons SS 580 554 4941.1 2697 914 1707 76 397 .972 50.2 12.2 47.2 16.4 30.8 3 4.77 4.52 .972 4.67 4.15
7 Seasons 3B 371 362 3147.1 1002 288 668 46 63 .954 33.4 12.7 31.4 17.2 14.3 2 2.73 2.58 .950 2.59 2.24
3 Seasons 2B 83 80 719.2 457 184 262 11 69 .976 -4.9 -8.2 -4.9 -6.7 1.8 0 5.58 5.37 .980 4.93 4.33
1 Season 1B 22 11 104.0 115 106 6 3 12 .974 0.4 4.6 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 9.69 5.09 .992 9.39 7.97
4 Seasons DH 6
11 Seasons TOT 1056 1007 8912.1 4271 1492 2643 136 541 .968 79.1 10.7 74.1 26.7 47.5 5 4.18 3.92 .936 4.01 3.58
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1992 BOS AL 25 58 55 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BOS AL 26 144 138 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 BOS AL 27 84 83 84 83 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1995 BOS AL 28 135 134 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 BOS AL 29 131 129 131 129 0 0 0 0 12 118 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
1997 BOS AL 30 143 142 143 143 0 0 0 79 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1998 BOS AL 31 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 1 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BOS AL 32 113 111 113 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2000 BOS AL 33 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 34 20 16 20 20 0 0 0 0 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYM NL 35 114 40 114 63 0 0 22 3 18 24 0 0 0 0 1 63 0
11 Seasons 1105 1011 1105 1049 0 0 22 83 371 580 0 0 0 0 4 69 2
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 -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1992 BOS AL 25 2204 64% 76% 33% 238 79% 0 79 34 39 6 182 131 41 0 1 10 0 7 3 9 45 16 3 15 2 1 37 19 18 6 5 1
1993 BOS AL 26 5406 52% 75% 31% 527 90% 1 239 106 107 26 433 347 73 0 6 21 0 9 12 19 95 25 12 37 7 7 89 37 52 4 3 1
1994 BOS AL 27 3317 57% 74% 30% 291 93% 2 133 54 58 21 244 185 49 2 6 8 1 3 4 6 56 20 9 18 5 1 53 29 24 2 1 0
1995 BOS AL 28 5341 55% 75% 31% 509 90% 35 225 101 70 54 414 325 53 0 10 18 0 13 5 15 95 38 6 33 6 7 91 44 46 4 3 0
1996 BOS AL 29 4982 51% 72% 29% 438 91% 2 190 91 78 21 348 228 106 0 6 16 0 10 6 14 86 38 7 21 5 6 80 45 32 5 4 0
2001 BOS AL 34 635 48% 69% 28% 48 96% 0 22 4 14 4 42 30 12 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 9 5 1 1 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 1
2002 NYM NL 35 570 61% 74% 29% 53 96% 0 18 6 9 3 49 41 8 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 9 3 1 2 1 1 8 4 4 0 0 0
7 Seasons 22455 55% 74% 31% 2104 90% 40 906 396 375 135 1712 1287 342 2 29 77 1 45 31 67 395 145 39 127 26 24 366 184 178 22 16 3
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 89%

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%
1996 BOS AL 29 448 42% 66% 25% 20 75% 1 7 4 2 1 10 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0%
1997 BOS AL 30 2457 54% 76% 29% 193 89% 2 58 51 3 4 120 92 26 1 1 11 0 3 8 11 15 11 1 14 0 0 0 9 33%
1998 BOS AL 31 5954 51% 75% 29% 440 84% 3 120 92 7 21 287 221 55 3 7 15 1 14 0 14 28 19 3 25 1 0 1 16 44%
1999 BOS AL 32 4224 50% 75% 30% 323 84% 4 83 67 7 9 208 170 28 3 2 14 0 12 2 11 16 8 2 11 4 3 1 27 44%
2000 BOS AL 33 345 53% 71% 23% 14 100% 0 6 4 1 1 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 34 59 59% 68% 29% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYM NL 35 593 52% 75% 30% 42 83% 0 9 9 0 0 26 21 5 0 0 5 0 3 2 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 33%
7 Seasons 14080 51% 75% 29% 1035 85% 10 284 228 20 36 661 520 117 8 10 46 1 33 12 42 63 41 6 53 6 3 3 56 41%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 87% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1997 BOS AL 30 3360 55% 75% 29% 291 94% 1 180 66 88 26 259 221 27 1 7 11 1 5 5 6 67 27 10 12 3 56 15 40 8 6 1
1998 BOS AL 31 3 0% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYM NL 35 49 65% 69% 22% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
3 Seasons 3412 55% 75% 29% 292 94% 1 183 66 91 26 262 224 27 1 7 11 1 5 5 6 69 27 12 12 3 58 15 42 8 6 1
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 92%

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%
2002 NYM NL 35 451 58% 73% 30% 20 100% 0 111 8 104 1 9 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0
1 Season 451 58% 73% 30% 20 100% 0 111 8 104 1 9 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 93% 83%

* 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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