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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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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
1992 22 MIL AL 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0 /46
1993 23 MIL AL 19 63 53 10 13 1 2 1 7 1 0 7 16 .245 .344 .396 .740 100 21 1 1 2 0 1 6
1994 24 MIL AL 97 331 285 47 68 19 0 11 46 12 3 38 75 .239 .330 .421 .751 90 120 1 2 4 2 1 *64/5 RoY-9
1995 25 MIL AL 112 386 338 62 74 23 3 11 49 16 8 37 83 .219 .293 .402 .695 76 136 0 0 7 4 0 *6/D5
1996 26 MIL AL 154 628 552 90 143 33 7 24 95 17 4 66 145 .259 .336 .475 .811 99 262 4 0 6 4 9 *6
1997 27 MIL AL 136 546 494 58 125 23 1 17 58 19 8 39 109 .253 .310 .407 .717 85 201 5 4 4 5 4 *6/D
1998 28 MIL NL 151 497 428 65 96 24 0 16 49 10 7 63 105 .224 .323 .393 .716 88 168 2 1 2 3 8 *6/D
1999 29 MIL NL 89 313 256 45 58 9 5 10 38 3 2 48 52 .227 .347 .418 .765 94 107 3 2 2 5 7 6
2000 30 CHW AL 144 648 568 107 155 37 6 25 92 19 2 59 106 .273 .343 .491 .835 107 279 11 4 13 4 1 *6/9
2001 31 CHW AL 124 502 438 74 113 22 2 28 68 9 6 50 114 .258 .336 .509 .845 116 223 7 3 8 3 2 568
2002 32 CHW AL 135 527 474 70 118 26 4 25 75 3 3 43 99 .249 .311 .479 .790 105 227 9 2 3 5 2 56/D
2003 33 CHW AL 144 569 503 79 119 26 2 28 74 8 3 54 114 .237 .313 .463 .776 100 233 6 3 7 2 4 *6
2004 34 CHW AL 125 504 450 73 97 20 3 30 70 8 6 43 139 .216 .287 .473 .760 92 213 5 3 6 2 4 *6/D
2005 35 LAD NL 56 184 147 17 25 4 2 2 14 3 1 31 38 .170 .326 .265 .591 60 39 2 4 0 2 2 57/6
2006 36 NYM NL 137 432 384 56 104 24 3 18 62 6 2 37 71 .271 .330 .490 .820 109 188 5 0 5 6 5 4/7935
2007 37 NYM NL 51 183 166 18 40 11 1 3 18 2 1 15 28 .241 .302 .373 .676 75 62 5 0 1 1 4 4/D
16 Seasons 1678 6317 5539 872 1348 302 41 249 816 136 56 630 1294 .243 .321 .448 .769 96 2479 66 29 70 49 54
162 Game Avg. 162 610 535 84 130 29 4 24 79 13 5 61 125 .243 .321 .448 .769 96 239 6 3 7 5 5
MIL (8 yrs) 762 2768 2409 378 577 132 18 90 343 78 32 298 585 .240 .323 .421 .744 89 1015 16 10 27 24 30
CHW (5 yrs) 672 2750 2433 403 602 131 17 136 379 47 20 249 572 .247 .319 .483 .802 104 1175 38 15 37 16 13
NYM (2 yrs) 188 615 550 74 144 35 4 21 80 8 3 52 99 .262 .322 .455 .776 99 250 10 0 6 7 9
LAD (1 yr) 56 184 147 17 25 4 2 2 14 3 1 31 38 .170 .326 .265 .591 60 39 2 4 0 2 2
AL (11 yrs) 1194 4708 4158 671 1025 230 30 200 635 112 43 436 1000 .247 .319 .461 .780 98 1915 49 22 60 32 28
NL (5 yrs) 484 1609 1381 201 323 72 11 49 181 24 13 194 294 .234 .328 .408 .736 90 564 17 7 10 17 26

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 30 CHW AL ALDS SEA L 3 13 10 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 .300 .417 .500 .917 5 0 0 1 0 0
2006 36 NYM NL NLDS LAD W 3 13 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 1 0 1
2006 36 NYM NL NLCS STL L 7 27 24 0 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 .250 .333 .333 .667 8 2 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 13 53 43 4 9 4 0 0 6 3 0 6 11 .209 .333 .302 .636 13 2 2 2 0 1
1 NLDS 3 13 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 1 0 1
1 ALDS 3 13 10 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 .300 .417 .500 .917 5 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 7 27 24 0 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 .250 .333 .333 .667 8 2 1 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1996 AL--7--7th
2000 AL--6--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
Career--249--197th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1996 AL--145--5th
2004 AL--139--5th
Career--1294--106th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2000 AL--13--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1996 AL--19.9--7th
1997 AL--17.9--10th
2000 AL--21.6--7th
Career--175.9--115th

AB per HR s c a p y
2001 AL--15.643--9th
2004 AL--15.000--6th
Career--22.245--180th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1171), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (515), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

October 12, 1986: Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent.

March 26, 1992: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Ricky Bones and Matt Mieske to the Milwaukee Brewers for Geoff Kellogg (minors) and Gary Sheffield.

January 12, 2000: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Cal Eldred to the Chicago White Sox for Jaime Navarro and John Snyder.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

November 30, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 6, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

February 18, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

June 21, 2008: Released by the New York Mets.

February 11, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1993Milwaukee Brewers$109,000
1994Milwaukee Brewers$113,000
1995Milwaukee Brewers$158,000
1996Milwaukee Brewers$300,000
1997Milwaukee Brewers$1,445,667
1998Milwaukee Brewers$2,136,095
1999Milwaukee Brewers$3,036,095
2000Chicago White Sox$1,320,000
2001Chicago White Sox$5,166,667
2002Chicago White Sox$5,000,000
2003Chicago White Sox$5,000,000
2004Chicago White Sox$5,000,000
2005Los Angeles Dodgers$3,500,000
2006New York Mets$912,500
2007New York Mets$3,800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$36,997,024
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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