Vito Valentinetti

Vito John Valentinetti

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1928 in West New York, NJ
High School: Manhattan HS (New York, NY)
School: Iona College (New Rochelle, NY)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1954
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Senators/Tigers/Indians/WhiteSox 1954-1959

Final Game: May 11, 1959
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Standard Batting

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
1950	21	CHW-min	B	22	42	42		4	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190		4							WLO · IIIL
1951	22	CHW-min	A																										CSP · WL
1953	24	CHW-min	AAA	5																									CHL · AA
1954	25	CHW-min	AA	26	25	25		6	0	0	1						.240	.240	.360	.600		9							MEM · SOUA
1954	25	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0		/1

1955	26	CHL	AAA	35	83	73	5	14	4	0	1	5	0		3	23	.192	.224	.288	.511		21	0	0	7	0			CHL · AA
1956	27	CHC	NL	42	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	.100	.143	.100	.243	-33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1957	28	LAD-min	Opn	19	43	39	4	3	0	0	1	1	0		2	10	.077	.122	.154	.276		6	3	0	2	0			LOS · PCL
1957	28	TOT	MLB	20	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	28	CHC	NL	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	28	CLE	AL	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	29	DET-min	AAA	2	3	3		0									.000	.000											CHL · AA
1958	29	TOT	AL	38	31	28	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.321	.345	.321	.666	87	9	0	0	2	0	0	1
1958	29	DET	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	29	WSH	AL	23	31	28	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.321	.345	.321	.666	87	9	0	0	2	0	0	1
1959	30	BAL-BOS-min	AAA	28	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	2	0	0		MIA,MNE · IL,AA
1959	30	WSH	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	31	BAL-min	AAA	23	21	20	1	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.300	.333	.350	.683		7							POR,MIA · PCL,IL
5 Yrs				108	62	55	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	20	.218	.271	.218	.489	37	12	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	93	83	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	30	.218	.271	.218	.489	37	18	0	0	5	0

WSH (2 yrs)				30	32	28	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.321	.367	.321	.688	93	9	0	0	2	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				51	25	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	.091	.167	.091	.258	-28	2	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				57	37	33	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.303	.343	.303	.646	81	10	0	0	2	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				51	25	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	.091	.167	.091	.258	-28	2	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	25	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1956	27	CHC	NL	42	22	-3	-1	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	1
1957	28	CHC	NL	9	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
1957	28	CLE	AL	11	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1958	29	DET	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1958	29	WSH	AL	23	31	-1	-0	0	0	3	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.512	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
1959	30	WSH	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
5 Seasons				108	62	-4	-1	0	0	7	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.1	3	$

WSH (2 yrs)				30	32	-0	-0	0	0	4	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.511	.501	0.3	-0.0	4	$
CHC (2 yrs)				51	25	-3	-1	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$
CLE (1 yr)				11	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CHW (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1956	27	CHC	NL	22	20	0	0.0	102	.200	.100	.263	.143	.330	.100	.415	.243	.745	-33	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.105	.000	.000
1957	28	TOT	MLB	8	6	0	0.0	100	.250	.143	.264	.250	.334	.143	.402	.393	.736	10	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.143	.000
1957	28	CHC	NL	3	2	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.333	.331	.000	.414	.333	.745	1	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
1957	28	CLE	AL	5	4	0	0.0	99	.500	.200	.263	.200	.335	.200	.397	.400	.732	10	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1958	29	TOT	AL	31	21	3	3.8	96	.429	.321	.259	.345	.328	.321	.394	.666	.722	87	.447	-0.6	-0.1	.526	.036	.000
1958	29	WSH	AL	31	21	3	3.8	96	.429	.321	.259	.345	.328	.321	.394	.666	.722	87	.447	-0.6	-0.1	.526	.036	.000
1959	30	WSH	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.332						.000	0.3	0.0
5 Yrs				62	47	3	1.7	99	.343	.218	.261	.271	.329	.218	.403	.489	.732	37	.152	-4.9	-0.5	.341	.055	.000
162 Game Avg.				93	71	5	1.7	99	.343	.218	.261	.271	.329	.218	.403	.489	.732	37	.152	-4.9	-0.5	.341	.055	.000

WSH (2 yrs)				32	21	3	3.8	96	.429	.321	.259	.367	.328	.321	.394	.688	.722	93	.446	-0.3	-0.0	.579	.071	.000
CHC (2 yrs)				25	22	0	0.0	102	.167	.091	.263	.167	.330	.091	.415	.258	.745	-28	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.143	.045	.000
CLE (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	99	.500	.200	.263	.200	.335	.200	.397	.400	.732	10	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

AL (4 yrs)				37	25	3	3.2	97	.435	.303	.260	.343	.329	.303	.394	.646	.723	81	.369	-0.9	-0.1	.522	.061	.000
NL (2 yrs)				25	22	0	0.0	102	.167	.091	.263	.167	.330	.091	.415	.258	.745	-28	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.143	.045	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	27	CHC	NL	22	0.0%	45.5%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	10.00	2.0			1.67	45%
1957	28	TOT	MLB	8	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.3				50%
1957	28	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00					67%
1957	28	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7				40%
1958	29	TOT	AL	31	0.0%	22.6%	3.2%	0.0%	0%	7.00	4.0			1.80	68%
1958	29	WSH	AL	31	0.0%	22.6%	3.2%	0.0%	0%	7.00	4.0			1.80	68%
1959	30	WSH	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
5 Yrs				62	0.0%	32.3%	6.5%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.8			2.00	56%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.2%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.34	7.3	38.4	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1954	25	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1956	27	CHC	NL	-3.8	-0.4	21	-0.3	0.2	-0.6	1.06	-0.3	-0.0	-3.3	-0.3	1.00	-3.0	0
1957	28	TOT	MLB	-0.9	-0.1	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.89	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.66	0.2	0
1957	28	CHC	NL	-0.2	-0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.74	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.75	-0.1	0
1957	28	CLE	AL	-0.6	-0.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.33	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.38	0.3	0
1958	29	TOT	AL	-0.6	-0.1	31	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.89	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.83	-1.5	0
1958	29	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1958	29	WSH	AL	-0.6	-0.1	31	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.89	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.83	-1.5	0
1959	30	WSH	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.37	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.61	0.4	0
5 Yrs				-4.9	-0.5	57	-0.5	0.5	-1.1	.94	-0.4	-0.2	-5.2	-0.5	0.88	-3.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	PO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1956	27	CHC	NL	1	0%	6	1	0%	1	0%	1	1	0	0
1957	28	TOT	MLB	0	0%	2	0		0		0	0	0	0
1957	28	CHC	NL	0	0%	1	0		0		0	0	0	0
1957	28	CLE	AL	0	0%	1	0		0		0	0	0	0
1958	29	TOT	AL	0	10%	12	0		0	0%	1	1	1	1
1958	29	WSH	AL	0	10%	12	0		0	0%	1	1	1	1
1959	30	WSH	AL	0	0%	2	0		0		0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	6%	22	1	0%	1	0%	2	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1956	27	CHC	NL	22	20%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	1	8%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1957	28	TOT	MLB	8	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	28	CHC	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	28	CLE	AL	5	0%	1			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
1958	29	TOT	AL	31	16%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	29	WSH	AL	31	16%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	30	WSH	AL	1	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
5 Yrs				62	18%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	0	0%	9	1	11%	28	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1956	27	43	22	20	0	2	1	1	10	.100	.143	.100	.243	-33	2	1
1957	28	63	30	27	0	3	1	2	13	.111	.172	.111	.284	-21	3	1
1958	29	101	61	55	1	12	1	3	20	.218	.259	.218	.477	33	12	3
1959	30	108	62	55	1	12	1	4	20	.218	.271	.218	.489	37	12	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	27	44	23	21	0	0	1	10	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	42
1957	28	21	8	7	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	20
1958	29	40	32	29	1	9	1	7	.310	.333	.310	.644	3	38
1959	30	7	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	7
4 Yrs		112	64	57	1	9	4	20	.158	.213	.158	.371	3	107
162 Game Avg.		162	93	82	1	13	6	29	.158	.213	.158	.371	4	107

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