Vito Valentinetti
Vito John Valentinetti
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1928 in West New York, NJ
High School: Manhattan (New York, NY)
School: Iona College
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1954
Final Game: May 11, 1959
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 CHW AL 25 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.90
1956 CHC NL 27 P 42 2 96.1 17 4 12 1 0 .941 1.49 0.38 .965 2.05 0.83
1957 TOT MLB 28 P 20 2 35.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.40 .962 1.99 0.84
1957 CHC NL 28 P 9 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.11 1.000 2.03 0.82
1957 CLE AL 28 P 11 2 23.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.66 0.64 .957 1.98 0.86
1958 TOT AL 29 P 38 10 114.4 32 8 23 1 5 .969 2.44 0.82 .962 1.95 0.82
1958 DET AL 29 P 15 0 18.2 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.96 0.13 .967 1.98 0.82
1958 WSH AL 29 P 23 10 95.2 29 8 21 0 5 1.000 2.73 1.26 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 WSH AL 30 P 7 1 10.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.22 0.71 .960 2.02 0.86
5 Seasons P 108 15 258.0 62 16 44 2 5 .968 2.09 0.56 .963 2.00 0.83
5 Seasons TOT 108 15 258.0 62 16 44 2 5 .968 2.09 0.56 .931 2.00 0.83

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
1954 CHW AL 25 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 27 42 2 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 28 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 28 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 29 23 10 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 29 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 WSH AL 30 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 108 15 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 25 9 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 27 275 84% 18% 9 78% 1 1 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1957 CLE AL 28 80 81% 19% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1957 CHC NL 28 41 68% 17% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WSH AL 29 438 81% 26% 22 91% 0 10 2 6 20 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 1 5 80%
1958 DET AL 29 80 78% 26% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 WSH AL 30 61 70% 21% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 984 80% 22% 43 91% 1 14 2 10 39 32 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 4 1 12 83%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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