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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 Pitching

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 10 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 96 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 55 178 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 77 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 81 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 77 122 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 10.13 7 1 3 0 0 0 10.2 16 12 12 0 10 0 7 1 0 1 58 40 2.438 13.5 0.0 8.4 5.9 0.70
5 Yrs 13 14 .481 4.73 108 15 43 3 0 3 257.0 266 145 135 35 122 15 94 6 1 9 1132 82 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 82 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 69 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 4 452 107 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 77 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 77 122 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 10 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 70 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 4 452 107 1.295 8.0 0.9 3.6 2.9 0.79

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1954 25 CHW AL 1.0 1 0 6 54.00 5.52 0.71 0.00 102.0 4.91 -5 -0.4 .1 0.2 -0.2 -5 .147 .498 $
1956 27 CHC NL 96.1 42 2 47 4.39 4.42 0.27 0.00 99.1 4.11 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.2 0.6 7 .498 .499 $
1957 28 CHC NL 12.0 9 0 5 3.75 4.49 -0.19 0.00 98.3 4.59 1 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.3 2 .515 .501 $
1957 28 CLE AL 23.2 11 2 14 5.32 3.89 -0.31 0.00 101.6 4.27 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .498 $
1958 29 DET AL 18.2 15 0 7 3.38 4.23 0.15 0.00 105.5 4.31 2 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.4 4 .514 .501 $
1958 29 WSH AL 95.2 23 10 54 5.08 4.30 -0.44 0.00 102.4 4.85 -2 -0.3 .8 -0.1 0.4 6 .489 .498 $
1959 30 WSH AL 10.2 7 1 12 10.13 4.21 -0.43 0.00 101.6 4.71 -6 -0.6 .6 0.1 -0.5 -5 .411 .496 $
5 Seasons 258.0 108 15 145 5.06 4.31 -0.10 0.00 101.1 4.46 -15 -1.3 1.2 0.0 0.9 7 .488 .499 $
WSH (2 yrs) 106.1 30 11 66 5.59 4.29 -0.44 0.00 102.3 4.83 -9 -0.9 .7 0.0 -0.1 0 .471 .497 $
CHC (2 yrs) 108.1 51 2 52 4.32 4.43 0.22 0.00 99.0 4.17 0 0.0 1.2 -0.1 0.9 10 .501 .500 $
CLE (1 yr) 23.2 11 2 14 5.32 3.89 -0.31 0.00 101.6 4.27 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .498 $
DET (1 yr) 18.2 15 0 7 3.38 4.23 0.15 0.00 105.5 4.31 2 0.2 1.7 0.0 0.4 4 .514 .501 $
CHW (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 6 54.00 5.52 0.71 0.00 102.0 4.91 -5 -0.4 .1 0.2 -0.2 -5 .147 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 0
1956 27 CHC NL 42 360 346 47 84 12 2 10 3 3 36 26 .243 .313 .376 .688 .236 130 4 1 11 4 7 6
1957 28 CLE AL 11 74 90 14 26 7 0 3 3 0 13 9 .289 .381 .467 .848 .291 42 1 1 4 1 0 2
1957 28 CHC NL 9 55 47 5 12 2 0 1 1 1 7 8 .255 .352 .362 .714 .289 17 0 0 1 0 1 1
1957 28 TOT MLB 20 129 137 19 38 9 0 4 4 1 20 17 .277 .371 .431 .802 .291 59 1 1 5 1 1 3
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 3
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 1
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 2
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 1
5 Yrs 108 1060 974 145 266 43 8 35 9 7 122 94 .273 .356 .441 .797 .271 430 19 6 25 6 15 13
162 Game Avg. 60 586 538 80 147 24 4 19 5 4 67 52 .273 .356 .441 .797 .271 238 11 3 14 3 7
MLB Averages .258 .328 .391 .720 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 25 CHW AL -5.1 -0.4 9 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.2 -0.3 -5.5 -0.4 0.03 -3.6 0 0 1
1956 27 CHC NL -0.1 -0.0 377 -0.1 5.5 -5.5 .89 -0.2 0.1 -8.2 -0.8 0.90 -5.3 11 3 21
1957 28 TOT MLB -1.2 -0.1 136 -1.6 2.4 -4.0 1.19 -0.7 -0.6 -4.8 -0.5 1.18 -7.4 6 3 8
1957 28 CHC NL 1.6 0.2 56 -0.5 1.6 -2.2 1.75 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 1.75 -0.4 4 1 4
1957 28 CLE AL -2.8 -0.3 80 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 .78 -0.7 -0.6 -4.8 -0.5 0.78 -7.0 2 2 4
1958 29 TOT AL -8.6 -0.9 517 -0.5 8.3 -8.8 .95 -1.8 1.3 -11.1 -1.1 0.95 -19.1 8 4 16
1958 29 DET AL 1.8 0.2 79 -0.0 1.0 -1.0 .66 -0.3 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 0.65 -3.9 5 3 7
1958 29 WSH AL -10.4 -1.0 438 -0.5 7.3 -7.8 1.00 -1.5 1.0 -10.8 -1.1 1.00 -15.2 3 1 9
1959 30 WSH AL -6.3 -0.6 61 -0.8 0.3 -1.0 .49 -0.7 -0.8 -8.5 -0.8 0.49 -6.7 1 1 4
5 Yrs -21.3 -2.0 1100 -3.0 16.4 -19.3 .93 -3.6 0.5 -38.1 -3.7 0.93 -42.1 26 11 50

Starting Pitching*

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% 45.5 56 35 15 8 1 0 5.5 4.1 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 10 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% 52.5 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% 46.7 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% 29.0 29 29 4 2 1 0 2.0 0.0 2.0
4 Yrs 83 15 5 7 3 1 1 8 7 .533 1 2 3 0 5 33% 46 75 16 27 14 9 4 3.9 3.6 5.8
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -2 4.4 4.4 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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 .030 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% 3 2 23 10 43% 7 .892 11 3 21 6 7 23 12 24 28 9 27 6 6.5
1957 28 TOT MLB 20 18 8 1 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 14 3 21% 1.191 6 3 8 4 3 10 8 9 7 5 8 5 4.2
1957 28 CHC NL 9 9 4 0 0 2 0 2 0% 3 1 9 3 33% 7 1.745 4 1 4 3 1 5 5 4 3 2 4 2 4.0
1957 28 CLE AL 11 9 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 .780 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% .950 8 4 16 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 .660 5 3 7 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 1.002 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 .491 1 1 4 0 1 5 1 5 4 1 4 1 4.3
5 Yrs 108 93 43 8 7 5 3 2 60% 8 3 63 23 37% .927 26 11 50 12 17 59 36 52 57 23 57 15 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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 33% 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 33.3% 75% 0.00 56% 3 0 0%
1956 27 CHC NL 398 61% 2.8% 7.2% 10.0% 6.7% 29% 0.49 87% 56 4 7%
1957 28 TOT MLB 164 70% 3.1% 13.2% 15.5% 10.1% 34% 0.70 91% 29 1 3%
1957 28 CHC NL 55 62% 1.8% 14.6% 12.7% 5.5% 25% 0.44 69% 18 0 0%
1957 28 CLE AL 109 76% 4.1% 12.2% 17.6% 13.5% 39% 0.95 107% 11 1 9%
1958 29 TOT AL 504 65% 4.0% 8.5% 10.7% 7.9% 32% 1.03 75% 115 13 11%
1958 29 DET AL 77 61% 5.2% 13.0% 6.5% 7.8% 33% 1.00 73% 19 1 5%
1958 29 WSH AL 427 66% 3.8% 7.7% 11.5% 8.0% 32% 1.03 75% 96 12 13%
1959 30 WSH AL 58 57% 0.0% 12.1% 17.2% 10.3% 38% 1.40 66% 15 1 7%
5 Yrs 1133 64% 3.3% 8.9% 11.5% 8.1% 32% 0.76 80% 218 19 9%
MLB Averages 52% 2.4% 12.6% 9.4% 6.7% 28% 0.98 77% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 360 84 10 1 9 5 5 6 4 17 10 1 59% 6 4 2 127 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 38
1957 28 TOT MLB 129 38 4 0 4 1 2 1 2 9 6 0 67% 3 2 0 63 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 35
1957 28 CHC NL 55 12 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 57% 1 0 0 26 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 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 2 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 0 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 Yrs 1060 266 35 1 29 20 14 18 16 59 29 4 49% 13 9 4 432 9 7 56% 9 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 25 73
MLB Averages 51% 57%

Cumulative Pitching

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 10 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 10
1955 26 0 0 54.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 9 10 6.000 36.0 9.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 10
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 91 1.394 8.6 1.0 4.0 3.0 0.76 91
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 86 1.470 9.1 1.3 4.1 3.2 0.78 86
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 82 1.510 9.3 1.2 4.3 3.3 0.77 82

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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 4.03 96.0 89 48 43 11 38 26 1 1.323 8.3 3.6 2.4 0.68 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 5.43 111.0 133 74 67 21 58 42 3 1.721 10.8 4.7 3.4 0.72 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 Yrs 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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