Jose Valentin
Jose Antonio Valentin
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 12, 1969 in Manati, P.R.
High School: Fernando Callejo (Manati, PR)
Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1992
Final Game: July 20, 2007
Relatives: Brother of Javier 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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 MIL AL 22 2B 1 1 8.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 5.29 4.60
1992 MIL AL 22 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.10
1993 MIL AL 23 SS 19 17 155.2 77 20 51 6 9 .922 -1.2 -9.3 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 0 4.10 3.74 .974 4.69 4.13
1994 MIL AL 24 SS 83 80 697.1 435 130 285 20 59 .954 7.5 12.9 5.5 1.6 3.9 2 5.36 5.00 .969 4.64 4.22 RoY-9
1994 MIL AL 24 2B 18 8 94.2 71 21 50 0 11 1.000 1.0 12.7 1.0 -0.5 1.5 0 6.75 3.94 .980 5.11 4.48 RoY-9
1994 MIL AL 24 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30 RoY-9
1995 MIL AL 25 SS 104 100 884.1 512 164 333 15 85 .971 1.5 2.0 -1.5 4.1 -5.6 3 5.06 4.78 .974 4.71 4.16
1995 MIL AL 25 DH 4
1995 MIL AL 25 3B 1 0 5.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -120.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 3.60 2.00 .950 2.52 2.20
1996 MIL AL 26 SS 151 145 1291.1 740 243 460 37 113 .950 12.4 11.5 8.4 8.2 0.2 4 4.90 4.66 .972 4.66 4.19
1997 MIL AL 27 SS 134 132 1150.1 611 208 383 20 86 .967 1.1 1.1 -1.9 0.8 -2.7 3 4.62 4.41 .974 4.55 4.05
1997 MIL AL 27 DH 1
1998 MIL NL 28 SS 139 112 1060.1 564 173 370 21 69 .963 3.1 3.5 4.1 -0.1 4.2 -1 4.61 3.91 .968 4.52 3.88
1998 MIL NL 28 DH 1
1999 MIL NL 29 SS 85 70 660.0 349 113 214 22 38 .937 -8.9 -16.2 -7.9 -7.1 -0.8 -1 4.46 3.85 .968 4.42 3.80
2000 CHW AL 30 SS 141 136 1212.1 726 234 456 36 118 .950 10.0 9.9 7.0 5.2 1.8 3 5.12 4.89 .974 4.71 4.17
2000 CHW AL 30 OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.00
2000 CHW AL 30 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.20 1.80
2001 CHW AL 31 3B 66 57 481.2 175 49 113 13 9 .926 -0.9 -2.2 -0.9 -2.5 1.6 0 3.03 2.45 .948 2.73 2.41
2001 CHW AL 31 SS 43 36 310.0 190 64 117 9 34 .953 2.2 8.5 0.2 1.0 -0.8 2 5.25 4.21 .974 4.49 4.03
2001 CHW AL 31 CF 24 18 165.2 49 46 3 0 1 1.000 1.6 11.6 0.6 0.7 -0.2 1 2.66 2.04 .988 2.67 2.39
2001 CHW AL 31 OF 24 18 165.2 49 46 3 0 1 1.000 1.6 11.6 0.6 0.7 -0.2 1 2.66 2.04 .984 2.30 2.01
2002 CHW AL 32 3B 83 76 667.1 229 66 152 11 14 .952 3.4 6.1 3.4 -1.6 5.0 0 2.94 2.63 .951 2.68 2.40
2002 CHW AL 32 SS 50 47 409.0 212 80 124 8 37 .962 1.9 5.6 0.9 1.1 -0.2 1 4.49 4.08 .975 4.56 4.15
2002 CHW AL 32 DH 1
2003 CHW AL 33 SS 143 136 1200.0 638 223 395 20 96 .969 12.5 12.5 10.5 3.1 7.4 2 4.64 4.32 .971 4.54 4.13
2004 CHW AL 34 SS 122 117 1025.1 579 186 373 20 85 .965 8.6 10.1 7.6 6.4 1.2 1 4.91 4.58 .972 4.56 4.12
2004 CHW AL 34 DH 2
2005 LAD NL 35 3B 29 24 216.1 80 19 54 7 4 .913 2.1 11.6 2.1 -3.4 5.5 0 3.04 2.52 .960 2.77 2.39
2005 LAD NL 35 LF 22 19 158.1 36 35 0 1 0 .972 2.1 15.9 3.1 1.0 2.1 -1 1.99 1.59 .983 1.94 1.52
2005 LAD NL 35 OF 22 19 158.1 36 35 0 1 0 .972 2.1 15.9 3.1 1.0 2.1 -1 1.99 1.59 .983 2.19 1.86
2005 LAD NL 35 SS 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 4.50 4.00
2006 NYM NL 36 2B 94 87 782.1 486 194 286 6 52 .988 11.5 17.6 14.5 11.0 3.5 -3 5.52 5.11 .982 5.05 4.37
2006 NYM NL 36 OF 7 6 56.2 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.0 42.4 2.0 0.8 1.2 0 2.38 2.14 .987 2.22 1.89
2006 NYM NL 36 LF 6 5 47.1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.1 1.2 0.8 0.4 -1 2.47 2.17 .985 1.98 1.53
2006 NYM NL 36 RF 2 1 9.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.8 231.4 0.8 0.0 0.8 1 1.93 1.00 1.000 2.12 1.75
2006 NYM NL 36 1B 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.30 8.00
2006 NYM NL 36 3B 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 2.70 2.40
2007 NYM NL 37 2B 45 44 380.1 223 102 116 5 22 .978 1.1 3.5 1.1 2.4 -1.3 0 5.16 4.84 .984 4.86 4.23
2007 NYM NL 37 DH 1
14 Seasons SS 1216 1128 10060.0 5635 1838 3563 234 830 .958 51.2 6.1 32.2 25.0 7.2 19 4.83 4.44 .972 4.59 4.09
6 Seasons 3B 181 158 1381.1 489 135 323 31 28 .937 4.4 3.8 4.4 -7.2 11.6 0 2.98 2.53 .951 2.71 2.40
4 Seasons 2B 158 140 1265.1 783 318 453 12 85 .985 13.6 12.9 16.6 12.9 3.7 -3 5.48 4.88 .983 5.00 4.34
4 Seasons OF 54 44 389.2 100 94 5 1 1 .990 5.1 15.7 5.1 2.5 2.5 0 2.29 1.83 .984 2.24 1.93
2 Seasons LF 28 24 205.2 49 47 1 1 0 .980 2.3 13.4 4.3 1.8 2.5 -2 2.10 1.71 .984 1.95 1.52
1 Season CF 24 18 165.2 49 46 3 0 1 1.000 1.6 11.6 0.6 0.7 -0.2 1 2.66 2.04 .988 2.67 2.39
6 Seasons DH 10
2 Seasons RF 3 2 18.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 78.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 1 0.98 0.67 1.000 2.16 1.77
1 Season 1B 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 3.00 1.000 9.30 8.00
16 Seasons TOT 1611 1470 13099.1 7010 2388 4344 278 944 .960 74.3 6.8 58.3 33.2 25.0 0 16 4.63 4.18 .932 4.37 3.85
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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 MIL AL 22 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1993 MIL AL 23 19 17 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 MIL AL 24 97 88 97 94 0 0 0 18 1 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1995 MIL AL 25 112 100 112 104 0 0 0 0 1 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1996 MIL AL 26 154 145 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1997 MIL AL 27 136 133 136 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1998 MIL NL 28 151 112 151 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 15 7
1999 MIL NL 29 89 70 89 85 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2000 CHW AL 30 144 137 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
2001 CHW AL 31 124 111 124 115 0 0 0 0 66 43 0 24 0 24 0 11 1
2002 CHW AL 32 135 123 135 128 0 0 0 0 83 50 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2003 CHW AL 33 144 136 144 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 CHW AL 34 125 119 125 122 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
2005 LAD NL 35 56 43 56 48 0 0 0 0 29 1 22 0 0 22 0 11 0
2006 NYM NL 36 137 94 137 103 0 0 1 94 1 0 6 0 2 7 0 40 0
2007 NYM NL 37 51 45 51 45 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
16 Seasons 1678 1474 1678 1574 0 0 1 158 181 1216 28 24 3 54 4 127 28
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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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 MIL AL 22 9 89% 44% 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 0 0
1993 MIL AL 23 697 58% 74% 27% 66 88% 0 18 10 3 5 51 36 14 0 0 6 0 1 5 3 9 5 0 2 1 1 9 5 4 0 0 0
1994 MIL AL 24 3153 54% 78% 34% 342 87% 1 129 46 62 22 281 222 53 0 7 20 2 7 11 14 60 25 7 13 7 6 59 32 26 0 0 0
1995 MIL AL 25 4054 55% 77% 34% 385 90% 10 165 66 75 24 333 254 60 1 10 15 0 7 8 12 86 30 10 25 8 7 83 40 40 3 1 2
1996 MIL AL 26 5952 54% 77% 30% 594 89% 10 243 123 95 25 459 348 92 2 8 37 1 14 22 26 113 47 13 33 5 6 108 61 44 4 1 2
1997 MIL AL 27 5048 54% 75% 31% 487 91% 8 207 104 83 21 385 310 61 3 7 20 1 13 6 14 86 32 8 30 6 1 80 41 37 5 1 4
1998 MIL NL 28 4795 60% 74% 31% 545 78% 9 170 85 71 14 370 287 68 0 5 21 0 17 4 18 69 23 8 18 6 4 61 31 28 6 1 5
1999 MIL NL 29 3087 62% 75% 31% 290 88% 3 113 55 46 12 215 168 37 1 6 22 0 21 1 18 38 16 3 10 2 1 34 19 14 4 0 3
2000 CHW AL 30 5477 57% 73% 28% 524 94% 2 232 101 108 23 451 346 88 2 9 36 1 19 16 26 117 46 8 37 2 10 108 54 49 7 3 3
2001 CHW AL 31 1405 54% 77% 29% 136 94% 4 64 28 31 5 118 94 19 1 1 9 1 4 4 8 34 11 2 15 1 2 33 13 18 1 1 0
2002 CHW AL 32 1729 52% 74% 28% 156 96% 0 80 43 30 7 122 88 31 0 2 8 0 5 3 7 38 18 3 12 1 0 35 21 13 2 2 0
2003 CHW AL 33 5193 50% 74% 31% 491 90% 5 225 100 101 24 395 311 73 0 8 20 1 9 10 13 96 30 9 30 5 13 89 39 48 5 2 3
2004 CHW AL 34 4544 55% 76% 32% 450 91% 3 187 79 77 32 372 283 76 0 5 20 1 14 5 17 85 36 5 18 9 5 78 42 32 5 3 2
2005 LAD NL 35 6 33% 100% 67% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 45149 55% 75% 31% 4468 89% 55 1833 840 782 214 3554 2748 673 10 68 234 8 131 95 176 832 320 76 243 53 56 778 399 353 42 15 24
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1994 MIL AL 24 12 67% 58% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIL AL 25 20 85% 90% 65% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2001 CHW AL 31 2187 53% 77% 31% 165 87% 1 49 31 4 14 113 88 21 1 8 13 0 5 8 11 9 5 0 7 0 0 0 15 33%
2002 CHW AL 32 3032 49% 76% 29% 213 94% 1 61 53 4 4 146 118 26 0 2 11 0 4 7 10 14 10 1 12 2 2 0 6 33%
2005 LAD NL 35 936 53% 77% 37% 83 83% 1 19 13 3 3 54 45 7 0 1 7 0 3 4 7 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 4 50%
2006 NYM NL 36 35 69% 66% 23% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 6222 52% 77% 31% 466 89% 3 130 97 12 21 317 254 55 1 11 31 0 12 19 28 28 19 1 23 3 2 1 25 36%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1992 MIL AL 22 35 57% 77% 14% 3 67% 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MIL AL 24 417 53% 80% 34% 54 96% 0 21 8 11 2 51 40 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 6 0 11 6 5 0 0 0
2006 NYM NL 36 3453 56% 75% 31% 330 96% 1 194 67 76 51 286 258 23 1 10 6 2 2 2 1 52 18 11 12 2 46 15 30 3 0 1
2007 NYM NL 37 1692 59% 72% 29% 164 94% 0 102 54 28 20 116 104 9 0 2 5 0 4 1 3 22 8 4 6 1 19 7 12 3 2 1
4 Seasons 5597 57% 74% 30% 551 95% 1 318 130 115 74 454 403 41 1 13 12 3 6 3 4 85 31 15 24 3 76 28 47 6 2 2
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 LAD NL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 17 9 52.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 727 52% 73% 37% 69 51%
2006 NYM NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 199 57% 70% 41% 23 57%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 5 0 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 22 10 45.5% 12 0 0.0% 1 926 53% 73% 38% 92 52%
MLB Averages 61.3% 2.4% 56% 75% 39% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 3 719 55% 76% 40% 78 60%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 3 719 55% 76% 40% 78 60%
MLB Averages 42.1% 1.9% 56% 75% 39% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 76% 73% 41% 1 0%
2006 NYM NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 41 39% 73% 29% 3 67%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 78 56% 73% 35% 4 50%
MLB Averages 46.5% 2.3% 56% 75% 39% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
2006 NYM NL 36 14 57% 71% 36% 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 14 57% 71% 36% 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

* 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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