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José Valentín

Jose Antonio (Rosario) Valentin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Brewers/WhiteSox/Mets/Dodgers 1992-2007
Agents: David Elston [*]
Final Game: July 20, 2007
Relatives: Brother of Javier Valentin
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:22AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #542. Lee May… #543. Danny Murphy… #544. Kevin McReynolds… #545. JOSE VALENTIN… #546. Richie Zisk… #547. Baby Doll Jacobson… #548. Raul Mondesi… 

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
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 *6/5
1996 26 MIL AL 154 628 552 90 143 33 7 24 95 17 4 66 145 .259 .336 .475 .811 100 262 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
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
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/
2001 31 CHW AL 124 502 438 74 113 22 2 28 68 9 6 50 114 .258 .336 .509 .845 115 223 7 3 8 3 2 56
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
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
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 5/6
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 4/35
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
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1992 22 MIL AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /46
1993 23 MIL AL 63 1 1 0 0 -1 1 2 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $109,000 6
1994 24 MIL AL 331 -5 3 -1 2 8 5 11 24 2.5 15 1.5 1.0 $113,000 *64/5 RoY-9
1995 25 MIL AL 386 -11 3 2 2 1 6 13 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $158,000 *6/5
1996 26 MIL AL 628 -4 2 -3 1 12 9 22 39 3.9 27 2.6 1.3 $300,000 *6
1997 27 MIL AL 546 -14 1 -2 0 1 8 19 13 1.3 12 1.2 0.1 $1,445,667 *6
1998 28 MIL NL 497 -8 2 1 2 3 7 14 21 2.1 18 1.9 0.2 $2,136,095 *6
1999 29 MIL NL 313 -4 2 -1 1 -9 4 9 2 0.2 11 1.1 -0.9 $3,036,095 6
2000 30 CHW AL 648 9 5 1 0 9 7 20 51 5.0 42 4.1 0.9 $1,320,000 *6/
2001 31 CHW AL 502 9 0 -2 -1 3 3 17 29 2.9 26 2.6 0.3 $5,166,667 56
2002 32 CHW AL 527 3 1 1 1 5 3 18 32 3.2 27 2.7 0.5 $5,000,000 56
2003 33 CHW AL 569 -2 1 1 2 12 7 20 42 4.2 29 2.9 1.3 $5,000,000 *6
2004 34 CHW AL 504 -5 2 -1 1 9 5 17 28 2.9 19 1.9 1.0 $5,000,000 *6
2005 35 LAD NL 184 -8 1 0 0 5 -1 5 2 0.2 -3 -0.3 0.5 $3,500,000 5/6
2006 36 NYM NL 432 5 1 1 0 14 1 12 34 3.4 20 2.0 1.4 $912,500 4/35
2007 37 NYM NL 183 -7 0 1 0 1 1 5 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $3,800,000 4
16 Seasons 6317 -42 25 -2 11 74 66 204 336 33.7 262 26.1 7.6 $36,997,024
MIL (8 yrs) 2768 -46 14 -4 8 16 40 90 117 11.8 102 10.2 1.6 $7,297,857
CHW (5 yrs) 2750 14 9 0 3 39 25 92 182 18.2 143 14.2 4.0 $21,486,667
NYM (2 yrs) 615 -2 1 2 0 15 2 17 35 3.5 20 2.0 1.5 $4,712,500
LAD (1 yr) 184 -8 1 0 0 5 -1 5 2 0.2 -3 -0.3 0.5 $3,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 MIL AL 22 2B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0 2.00 .983 5.20
1992 MIL AL 22 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70
1993 MIL AL 23 SS 19 77 20 51 6 9 .922 -1 3.74 .973 4.64
1994 MIL AL 24 SS 83 435 130 285 20 59 .954 8 5.00 .969 4.60 RoY-9
1994 MIL AL 24 2B 18 71 21 50 0 11 1.000 1 3.94 .981 5.06 RoY-9
1994 MIL AL 24 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .950 2.60 RoY-9
1995 MIL AL 25 SS 104 512 164 333 15 85 .971 2 4.78 .974 4.65
1995 MIL AL 25 3B 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 -0 2.00 .950 2.60
1996 MIL AL 26 SS 151 740 243 460 37 113 .950 12 4.66 .971 4.64
1997 MIL AL 27 SS 134 611 208 383 20 86 .967 1 4.41 .974 4.51
1997 MIL AL 27 DH 1 1
1998 MIL NL 28 SS 139 564 173 370 21 69 .963 3 3.91 .968 4.50
1999 MIL NL 29 SS 85 349 113 214 22 38 .937 -9 3.85 .967 4.39
2000 CHW AL 30 SS 141 725 233 456 36 117 .950 10 4.89 .973 4.66
2000 CHW AL 30 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 2.30
2000 CHW AL 30 RF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -80 0.00 0.00 2.20 2.10
2001 CHW AL 31 3B 66 175 49 113 13 9 .926 -1 2.45 .947 2.71
2001 CHW AL 31 SS 43 191 64 118 9 34 .953 2 4.23 .973 4.45
2001 CHW AL 31 OF 24 49 46 3 0 1 1.000 2 2.04 .984 2.28
2001 CHW AL 31 CF 24 18 13 165.2 49 46 3 0 1 1.000 2 12 2.66 2.04 .988 2.67 2.65
2002 CHW AL 32 3B 83 228 65 152 11 14 .952 3 2.61 .951 2.65
2002 CHW AL 32 SS 50 213 81 124 8 38 .962 2 4.10 .975 4.51
2003 CHW AL 33 SS 143 641 225 396 20 96 .969 12 10 4.34 .971 4.49
2004 CHW AL 34 SS 122 579 186 373 20 85 .965 9 3 4.58 .972 4.53
2004 CHW AL 34 DH 2 2
2005 LAD NL 35 3B 29 80 19 54 7 4 .913 2 1 2.52 .958 2.74
2005 LAD NL 35 OF 22 36 35 0 1 0 .972 2 1 1.59 .984 2.16
2005 LAD NL 35 SS 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.00 .975 4.40
2005 LAD NL 35 LF 22 19 9 158.1 36 35 0 1 0 .972 2 1 16 8 1.99 1.59 .984 1.94 1.92
2006 NYM NL 36 2B 94 486 194 286 6 52 .988 12 16 5.11 .982 5.01
2006 NYM NL 36 OF 7 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 2 2 2.14 .984 2.20
2006 NYM NL 36 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 .993 9.40
2006 NYM NL 36 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 .955 2.70
2006 NYM NL 36 LF 6 5 3 47.1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 5 25 2.47 2.17 .982 1.98 1.95
2006 NYM NL 36 RF 2 1 0 9.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 231 129 1.93 1.00 .980 2.12 2.10
2007 NYM NL 37 2B 45 223 102 116 5 22 .978 1 1 4.84 .984 4.84
2007 NYM NL 37 DH 1 1
14 Seasons SS 1216 5639 1840 3565 234 830 .959 51 13 4.44 .972 4.55
6 Seasons 3B 181 488 134 323 31 28 .936 4 1 2.52 .951 2.69
4 Seasons 2B 158 783 318 453 12 85 .985 14 17 4.88 .982 4.97
4 Seasons OF 54 100 94 5 1 1 .990 5 3 16 1.83 .984 2.22
2 Seasons LF 28 24 12 205.2 49 47 1 1 0 .980 2 2 13 11 2.10 1.71 .983 1.95 1.93
1 Season CF 24 18 13 165.2 49 46 3 0 1 1.000 2 12 2.66 2.04 .988 2.67 2.65
2 Seasons RF 3 2 1 18.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 79 128 0.98 0.67 .980 2.16 2.10
1 Season 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 .993 9.40
16 Seasons TOT 1610 7013 2389 4346 278 944 .960 74 37 4.18 .971 4.31
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1996 AL  1.3 (9th)
2004 AL  1.0 (10th)
Career  7.6 (131st)

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

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  249 (204th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1996 AL  145 (5th)
2004 AL  139 (5th)
Career  1,294 (113th)

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 (117th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2001 AL  15.6 (9th)
2004 AL  15.0 (6th)
Career  22.2 (188th)

Assists† s c a p y
1994 AL  336 (3rd)
1996 AL  460 (5th)
2000 AL  456 (3rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1994 AL  20 (2nd)
1996 AL  37 (1st)
1998 NL  21 (3rd)
2000 AL  36 (1st)
2001 AL  22 (2nd)
2003 AL  20 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
Career  74 (88th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1996 AL  151 (5th)
Career  1,216 (92nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2000 AL  233 (4th)
2003 AL  225 (4th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1994 AL  285 (5th)
1996 AL  460 (4th)
2000 AL  456 (3rd)
Career  3,565 (93rd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1994 AL  20 (1st)
1996 AL  37 (1st)
1997 AL  20 (3rd)
1998 NL  21 (3rd)
1999 NL  22 (5th)
2000 AL  36 (1st)
2003 AL  20 (3rd)
2004 AL  20 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
2006 NL  12 (2nd)
Career  14 (93rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2006 NL  5.52 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2006 NL  5.11 (3rd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2006 NL  .988 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2002 AL  2.93 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1994 AL  8 (5th)
1996 AL  12 (2nd)
1998 NL  3 (5th)
2000 AL  10 (4th)
2003 AL  13 (3rd)
2004 AL  9 (3rd)
Career  51 (29th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1994 AL  5.36 (1st)
1995 AL  5.06 (2nd)
1996 AL  4.90 (3rd)
2000 AL  5.11 (2nd)
2003 AL  4.66 (5th)
2004 AL  4.91 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1994 AL  5.00 (1st)
1995 AL  4.78 (2nd)
1996 AL  4.66 (3rd)
2000 AL  4.89 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Joe Gordon (884) *
  2. Mickey Tettleton (881)
  3. Rico Petrocelli (875)
  4. Doug DeCinces (870)
  5. Dick McAuliffe (865)
  6. Bret Boone (861)
  7. Howard Johnson (858)
  8. Damion Easley (857)
  9. Rich Aurilia (857)
  10. Vern Stephens (836)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Miguel Tejada (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Khalil Greene (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Khalil Greene (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Khalil Greene (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rich Aurilia (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gene Tenace (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gene Tenace (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gene Tenace (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mickey Tettleton (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mickey Tettleton (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Mickey Tettleton (895)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Rich Aurilia (857)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199323Milwaukee Brewers$109,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199424Milwaukee Brewers$113,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199525Milwaukee Brewers$158,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199626Milwaukee Brewers$300,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199727Milwaukee Brewers$1,445,6671997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $345,667 signing bonus
199828Milwaukee Brewers$2,136,0954/3/98 USA Today
199929Milwaukee Brewers$3,036,0954/6/99 USA Today
200030Chicago White Sox$1,320,000*
200131Chicago White Sox$5,166,6674/6/01 USA Today
200232Chicago White Sox$5,000,0004/3/02 AP
200333Chicago White Sox$5,000,0004/3/03 AP
200434Chicago White Sox$5,000,0004/7/04 AP
200535Los Angeles Dodgers$3,500,000
200636New York Mets$912,500
200737New York Mets$3,800,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$36,997,024
Disputed Salaries
*2000 - $3,100,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $1,880,000 earned bonus
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Name and misspellings: Jose Antonio Jose (Rosario) Antonio Jose valentien Valentin

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