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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 25 CHW AL 0 0 54.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 7 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1956 27 CHC NL 6 4 .600 3.78 42 2 18 0 0 1 95.1 84 47 40 10 36 7 26 1 0 4 397 101 1.259 7.9 0.9 3.4 2.5 0.72
1957 28 TOT MLB 2 2 .500 4.04 20 2 8 1 0 0 35.2 38 19 16 4 20 1 17 1 0 2 164 94 1.626 9.6 1.0 5.0 4.3 0.85
1957 28 CHC NL 0 0 2.25 9 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 12 5 3 1 7 1 8 0 0 0 55 172 1.583 9.0 0.8 5.3 6.0 1.14
1957 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 4.94 11 2 4 1 0 0 23.2 26 14 13 3 13 0 9 1 0 2 109 76 1.648 9.9 1.1 4.9 3.4 0.69
1958 29 TOT AL 5 6 .455 4.80 38 10 13 2 0 2 114.1 124 61 61 20 54 7 43 3 1 2 504 80 1.557 9.8 1.6 4.3 3.4 0.80
1958 29 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3.38 15 0 9 0 0 2 18.2 18 7 7 4 5 0 10 1 0 0 77 120 1.232 8.7 1.9 2.4 4.8 2.00
1958 29 WSH AL 4 6 .400 5.08 23 10 4 2 0 0 95.2 106 54 54 16 49 7 33 2 1 2 427 75 1.620 10.0 1.5 4.6 3.1 0.67
1959 30 WSH AL 0 2 .000 10.12 7 1 3 0 0 0 10.2 16 12 12 0 10 0 7 1 0 1 58 39 2.438 13.5 0.0 8.4 5.9 0.70
5 Seasons 13 14 .481 4.73 108 15 43 3 0 3 257.0 266 145 135 35 122 15 94 6 1 9 1132 81 1.510 9.3 1.2 4.3 3.3 0.77
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .481 4.73 60 8 24 2 0 2 142 147 80 75 19 67 52 3 1 5 626 81 1.510 9.3 1.2 4.3 3.3 0.77
WSH (2 yrs) 4 8 .333 5.59 30 11 7 2 0 0 106.1 122 66 66 16 59 7 40 3 1 3 485 68 1.702 10.3 1.4 5.0 3.4 0.68
CHC (2 yrs) 6 4 .600 3.61 51 2 22 0 0 1 107.1 96 52 43 11 43 8 34 1 0 4 452 106 1.295 8.0 0.9 3.6 2.9 0.79
CLE (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.94 11 2 4 1 0 0 23.2 26 14 13 3 13 0 9 1 0 2 109 76 1.648 9.9 1.1 4.9 3.4 0.69
DET (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.38 15 0 9 0 0 2 18.2 18 7 7 4 5 0 10 1 0 0 77 120 1.232 8.7 1.9 2.4 4.8 2.00
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 54.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 7 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
AL (4 yrs) 7 10 .412 5.53 57 13 21 3 0 2 149.2 170 93 92 24 79 7 60 5 1 5 680 69 1.664 10.2 1.4 4.8 3.6 0.76
NL (2 yrs) 6 4 .600 3.61 51 2 22 0 0 1 107.1 96 52 43 11 43 8 34 1 0 4 452 106 1.295 8.0 0.9 3.6 2.9 0.79

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 25 CHW AL 1 9 7 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .571 .667 1.429 2.095 .600 10 0 0 0 0
1956 27 CHC NL 42 398 346 47 84 9 2 10 3 0 36 26 .243 .313 .367 .680 .236 127 2 1 11 4 7
1957 28 CLE AL 11 109 90 14 26 7 0 3 3 0 13 9 .289 .381 .467 .848 .291 42 1 1 4 1 0
1957 28 CHC NL 9 55 47 5 12 1 0 1 1 1 7 8 .255 .352 .340 .692 .289 16 0 0 1 0 1
1957 28 TOT MLB 20 164 137 19 38 8 0 4 4 1 20 17 .277 .371 .423 .794 .291 58 1 1 5 1 1
1958 29 TOT AL 38 504 439 61 124 16 4 20 2 3 54 43 .282 .364 .474 .838 .276 208 13 3 7 1 7
1958 29 DET AL 15 77 70 7 18 2 0 4 0 0 5 10 .257 .316 .457 .773 .250 32 1 1 1 0 0
1958 29 WSH AL 23 427 369 54 106 14 4 16 2 3 49 33 .287 .373 .477 .850 .280 176 12 2 6 1 7
1959 30 WSH AL 7 58 45 12 16 5 1 0 0 0 10 7 .356 .482 .511 .993 .421 23 1 1 2 0 0
5 Seasons 108 1133 974 145 266 39 8 35 9 4 122 94 .273 .356 .437 .793 .271 426 17 6 25 6 15
162 Game Avg. 60 626 538 80 147 22 4 19 5 2 67 52 .273 .356 .437 .793 .271 236 9 3 14 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 27 CHC NL 42 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 46 56 35 11 8 1 0 5.5 6.0 5.0
1957 28 TOT MLB 20 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 1 0 1 50% 75 30 9 1 2 0 4.2 5.2
1957 28 CLE AL 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 1 0 1 50% 53 75 30 2 1 2 0 4.2 5.2
1958 29 TOT AL 38 10 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 .500 0 1 2 0 4 40% 73 16 8 3 5 4 3.7 3.6 6.4
1958 29 WSH AL 23 10 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 .500 0 1 2 0 4 40% 47 73 16 6 3 5 4 3.7 3.6 6.4
1959 30 WSH AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 4 2 1 0 2.0 0.0 2.0
4 Seasons 83 15 5 7 3 1 1 8 7 .533 1 2 3 0 5 33% 46 75 16 23 14 9 4 3.9 3.7 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 25 CHW AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.060 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1956 27 CHC NL 42 40 18 6 3 1 1 0 100% 2 1 18 7 39% 0.938 8 1 18 4 6 18 9 19 28 9 20 6 6.5
1957 28 TOT MLB 20 18 8 1 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 13 3 23% 0.994 5 3 8 3 3 10 7 9 7 5 7 5 4.2
1957 28 CHC NL 9 9 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 3 38% 7 1.281 3 1 4 2 1 5 4 4 3 2 3 2 4.0
1957 28 CLE AL 11 9 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0.839 2 2 4 1 2 5 3 5 4 3 4 3 4.4
1958 29 TOT AL 38 28 13 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 24 9 38% 0.973 8 4 15 2 6 20 15 13 18 8 18 3 5.4
1958 29 DET AL 15 15 9 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 16 5 31% 9 0.689 5 3 6 2 3 10 9 6 7 6 7 1 3.7
1958 29 WSH AL 23 13 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 3 1.024 3 1 9 0 3 10 6 7 11 2 11 2 7.3
1959 30 WSH AL 7 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 0.518 1 1 4 0 1 5 1 5 4 1 4 1 4.3
5 Seasons 108 93 43 8 7 4 3 1 75% 6 2 57 20 35% 0.929 22 9 46 9 16 54 32 47 57 23 49 15 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 25 CHW AL 9 67% 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 33.3% 75% 0.00 56% 3 0 0%
1956 27 CHC NL 398 44% 2.5% 6.5% 9.1% 5.3% 25% 0.42 79% 41 2 5%
1957 28 TOT MLB 164 29% 2.4% 10.4% 12.2% 7.3% 32% 0.81 71% 22 1 5%
1957 28 CHC NL 55 38% 1.8% 14.6% 12.7% 3.6% 17% 0.58 69% 11 0 0%
1957 28 CLE AL 109 24% 2.8% 8.3% 11.9% 9.2% 39% 0.95 72% 11 1 9%
1958 29 TOT AL 504 35% 4.0% 8.5% 10.7% 7.9% 32% 1.03 75% 115 13 11%
1958 29 DET AL 77 39% 5.2% 13.0% 6.5% 7.8% 33% 1.00 73% 19 1 5%
1958 29 WSH AL 427 34% 3.8% 7.7% 11.5% 8.0% 32% 1.03 75% 96 12 13%
1959 30 WSH AL 58 43% 0.0% 12.1% 17.2% 10.3% 38% 1.40 66% 15 1 7%
5 Seasons 1133 37% 3.1% 8.3% 10.8% 7.2% 31% 0.77 75% 196 17 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 25 CHW AL 9 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 CHC NL 270 84 10 0 7 2 4 3 3 10 6 0 60% 3 4 0 99 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 128
1957 28 TOT MLB 114 38 4 0 4 1 2 1 2 8 6 0 75% 3 2 0 54 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 50
1957 28 CHC NL 40 12 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 17 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
1957 28 CLE AL 74 26 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 2 0 37 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 35
1958 29 TOT AL 504 124 20 0 14 14 6 10 10 25 10 3 40% 3 2 1 212 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0
1958 29 DET AL 77 18 4 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1958 29 WSH AL 427 106 16 0 12 11 5 9 7 22 8 3 36% 2 2 1 177 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1959 30 WSH AL 58 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 20% 1 1 1 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
5 Seasons 955 266 35 0 27 17 13 15 15 51 25 3 49% 10 9 2 395 9 4 69% 9 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 17 178
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 25 0 0 54.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 7 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 7
1955 26 0 0 54.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 7 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 7
1956 27 6 4 .600 4.30 43 2 19 0 0 1 96.1 88 53 46 11 38 7 27 1 0 4 406 89 1.308 8.2 1.0 3.6 2.5 0.71 89
1957 28 8 6 .571 4.23 63 4 27 1 0 1 132.0 126 72 62 15 58 8 44 2 0 6 570 90 1.394 8.6 1.0 4.0 3.0 0.76 90
1958 29 13 12 .520 4.49 101 14 40 3 0 3 246.1 250 133 123 35 112 15 87 5 1 8 1074 85 1.470 9.1 1.3 4.1 3.2 0.78 85
1959 30 13 14 .481 4.73 108 15 43 3 0 3 257.0 266 145 135 35 122 15 94 6 1 9 1132 81 1.510 9.3 1.2 4.3 3.3 0.77 81

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 25 0 0 54.00 1.0 4 7 6 1 2 1 0 6.000 36.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 9.0 1
1956 27 5 5 .500 4.17 95.0 90 49 44 11 39 26 1 1.358 8.5 3.7 2.5 0.67 1.0 42
1957 28 2 2 .500 4.50 36.0 41 20 18 4 22 17 1 1.750 10.3 5.5 4.3 0.77 1.0 20
1958 29 4 8 .333 5.30 112.0 132 73 66 21 57 42 3 1.688 10.6 4.6 3.4 0.74 1.7 38
1959 30 0 1 .000 9.82 11.0 16 13 12 0 10 7 1 2.364 13.1 8.2 5.7 0.70 0.0 7
5 Seasons 11 16 .407 5.15 255.0 283 162 146 37 130 93 6 1.620 10.0 3.3 0.72 1.3 108

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