Julio Valera

Julio Enrique (Torres) Valera

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 13, 1968 in Aguadilla, P.R.
High School: San Sebastian (San Sebastian, PR)
Signed
by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1990
Teams (by GP): Angels/Royals/Mets 1990-1996

Final Game: July 26, 1996
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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
1990 21 NYM NL 1 1 .500 6.92 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 20 11 10 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 64 56 2.077 13.8 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57
1991 22 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 11 2.500 4.5 0.0 18.0 13.5 0.75
1992 23 CAL AL 8 11 .421 3.73 30 28 0 4 2 0 188.0 188 82 78 15 64 5 113 2 0 5 792 106 1.340 9.0 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.77
1993 24 CAL AL 3 6 .333 6.62 19 5 8 0 0 4 53.0 77 44 39 8 15 2 28 2 0 2 246 68 1.736 13.1 1.4 2.5 4.8 1.87
1996 27 KCR AL 3 2 .600 6.46 31 2 7 0 0 1 61.1 75 44 44 7 27 3 31 2 1 1 279 77 1.663 11.0 1.0 4.0 4.5 1.15
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
5 Yrs 15 20 .429 4.85 85 38 16 4 2 5 317.1 361 181 171 31 117 11 179 6 1 8 1392 87 1.506 10.2 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.53
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .429 4.85 47 21 9 2 1 3 175 200 100 95 17 65 6 99 3 1 4 770 87 1.506 10.2 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.53
NYM (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.00 5 3 1 0 0 0 15.0 21 11 10 1 11 1 7 0 0 0 75 66 2.133 12.6 0.6 6.6 4.2 0.64
CAL (2 yrs) 11 17 .393 4.37 49 33 8 4 2 4 241.0 265 126 117 23 79 7 141 4 0 7 1038 93 1.427 9.9 0.9 3.0 5.3 1.78
KCR (1 yr) 3 2 .600 6.46 31 2 7 0 0 1 61.1 75 44 44 7 27 3 31 2 1 1 279 77 1.663 11.0 1.0 4.0 4.5 1.15
AL (3 yrs) 14 19 .424 4.79 80 35 15 4 2 5 302.1 340 170 161 30 106 10 172 6 1 8 1317 89 1.475 10.1 0.9 3.2 5.1 1.62
NL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.00 5 3 1 0 0 0 15.0 21 11 10 1 11 1 7 0 0 0 75 66 2.133 12.6 0.6 6.6 4.2 0.64

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
1990 21 NYM NL 13.0 3 3 11 7.62 4.32 -0.30 0.16 96.0 4.59 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .355 .497 $100,000
1991 22 NYM NL 2.0 2 0 0 0.00 4.22 -0.26 -0.32 98.0 4.08 1 0.1 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .551 .501 $
1992 23 CAL AL 188.0 30 28 82 3.93 4.45 0.08 0.14 99.8 4.51 12 1.4 .8 -0.1 2.9 33 .545 .508 $112,000
1993 24 CAL AL 53.0 19 5 44 7.47 4.89 -0.29 -0.12 103.6 5.24 -13 -1.2 1.6 -0.3 -1.0 -7 .436 .493 $190,000
1996 27 KCR AL 61.1 31 2 44 6.46 5.56 0.04 -0.33 100.3 5.20 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .473 .495 $175,000
5 Seasons 317.1 85 38 181 5.13 4.73 -0.01 0.00 100.4 4.76 -14 -1.0 1.2 -0.6 1.3 24 .488 .499 $577,000
NYM (2 yrs) 15.0 5 3 11 6.60 4.30 -0.30 0.09 96.3 4.52 -4 -0.3 .8 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .433 .499 $100,000
CAL (2 yrs) 241.0 49 33 126 4.71 4.55 -0.01 0.08 100.7 4.67 -0 0.2 1.5 -0.4 1.9 26 .503 .500 $302,000
KCR (1 yr) 61.1 31 2 44 6.46 5.56 0.04 -0.33 100.3 5.20 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .473 .495 $175,000

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
1990 21 NYM NL 3 64 57 11 20 5 0 1 0 2 7 4 .351 .422 .491 .913 .365 28 1 0 0 0 0 1
1991 22 NYM NL 2 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 .143 .455 .143 .597 .250 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 23 CAL AL 30 792 718 82 188 38 3 15 14 4 64 113 .262 .323 .386 .709 .292 277 15 2 6 2 5 2
1993 24 CAL AL 19 246 224 44 77 14 1 8 2 1 15 28 .344 .388 .522 .911 .365 117 8 2 4 1 2 3
1996 27 KCR AL 31 279 244 44 75 16 0 7 3 1 27 31 .307 .375 .459 .834 .324 112 10 2 2 4 3 4
5 Yrs 85 1392 1250 181 361 73 4 31 20 8 117 179 .289 .351 .428 .779 .315 535 34 6 12 7 11 10
162 Game Avg. 47 770 691 100 200 40 2 17 11 4 65 99 .289 .351 .428 .779 .315 296 19 3 7 4 6 6
MLB Averages .263 .331 .402 .734 .293

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 21 NYM NL -4.4 -0.4 67 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .99 -0.4 0.1 -5.3 -0.5 0.99 -4.3 0 0 0
1991 22 NYM NL 1.0 0.1 13 0.0 0.2 -0.1 .84 -0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.84 -0.1 0 2 0
1992 23 CAL AL 7.1 0.7 817 0.6 14.1 -13.6 1.02 0.4 0.2 8.1 0.8 1.02 3.4 0 1 1
1993 24 CAL AL -12.4 -1.2 251 -1.9 4.4 -6.3 1.18 -0.7 -0.9 -13.4 -1.2 1.18 -11.5 9 4 1
1996 27 KCR AL -8.0 -0.7 284 -0.7 3.8 -4.6 .81 -0.3 -0.6 -6.0 -0.5 0.81 -5.0 7 6 16
5 Yrs -16.7 -1.5 1432 -2.3 23.6 -25.9 1.00 -1.1 -1.2 -16.1 -1.4 1.00 -17.5 16 13 18

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
1990 21 NYM NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 1 33% 36.7 50 21 3 1 0 1 6.0 6.9 4.3 78 2 1 0 0 99
1992 23 CAL AL 30 28 7 11 10 0 3 11 17 .393 2 1 4 2 14 50% 51.6 82 13 27 7 1 11 3.8 4.1 6.5 104 3 5 16 4 137
1993 24 CAL AL 19 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 1 20% 37.2 65 17 17 7 0 2 6.8 5.9 4.9 83 2 2 1 0 109
1996 27 KCR AL 31 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26.5 42 11 24 7 0 0 4.5 7.0 4.2 66 1 0 0 0 66
4 Yrs 83 38 10 16 12 1 3 15 23 .395 3 1 4 2 16 42% 47 82 11 71 22 1 14 4.4 4.5 6.0 98 8 8 17 4 137
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -14 4.6 4.5 6.1 95

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
1991 22 NYM NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 .841 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.0 23
1992 23 CAL AL 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.016 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0 47
1993 24 CAL AL 19 14 8 1 3 7 4 3 57% 9 2 10 2 20% 7 1.185 9 4 1 10 3 1 7 7 11 1 12 0 6.1 36
1996 27 KCR AL 31 29 7 3 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 30 8 27% 7 .806 7 6 16 6 8 15 17 12 17 7 21 4 5.5 29
4 Yrs 82 47 16 5 4 8 5 3 63% 11 3 43 11 26% 1.002 16 13 18 19 11 17 26 21 31 9 36 4 5.7 32

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%
1990 21 NYM NL 64 38% 1.6% 6.3% 10.9% 9.4% 30% 0.83 0.74 81% 17% 3.8% 10% 10 1 10%
1991 22 NYM NL 11 55% 0.0% 27.3% 36.4% 0.0% 0% 3.00 36% 25% 0.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1992 23 CAL AL 792 54% 1.9% 14.3% 8.1% 7.1% 30% 0.69 0.91 75% 19% 5.2% 18% 149 15 10%
1993 24 CAL AL 246 50% 3.3% 11.4% 6.1% 9.4% 30% 1.06 1.60 77% 19% 9.8% 14% 53 8 15%
1996 27 KCR AL 279 57% 2.5% 11.1% 9.7% 8.2% 31% 0.71 1.14 75% 29% 6.4% 13% 60 10 17%
5 Yrs 1392 53% 2.2% 12.9% 8.4% 7.8% 30% 0.76 1.05 75% 21% 6.1% 16% 276 34 12%
MLB Averages 42% 2.3% 15.5% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.0% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1990 21 NYM NL 64 233 3.64 138 59% 22% 12% 28% 38% 78% 0% 46% 85% 50% 8% 5 5 19% 12 4 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0
1991 22 NYM NL 11 46 4.18 22 48% 36% 23% 23% 18% 64% 17% 30% 64% 36% 18% 2 1 9% 1 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1992 23 CAL AL 793 3008 3.79 1832 61% 26% 14% 26% 33% 74% 2% 45% 81% 53% 5% 38 25 17% 133 73 4 32% 15 8 -1 0 0
1993 24 CAL AL 246 912 3.71 566 62% 22% 16% 27% 36% 78% 2% 48% 79% 58% 6% 14 8 16% 40 23 4 18% 4 4 0 0 0
1996 27 KCR AL 251 862 3.43 534 62% 27% 12% 24% 37% 73% 4% 45% 84% 59% 4% 10 5 15% 38 21 4 36% 4 2 28 0 0
5 Yrs 1365 5061 3.71 3092 61% 25% 14% 26% 35% 75% 2% 46% 81% 55% 5% 69 44 16% 224 121 12 30% 24 14 27 0 0
MLB Averages 3.67 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 27%

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
1990 21 NYM NL 64 20 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 100% 1 0 0 23 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 22 NYM NL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 23 CAL AL 792 188 56 3 15 0 11 11 4 4 11 35 16 4 46% 2 5 1 296 14 4 78% 13 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 11 0
1993 24 CAL AL 246 77 7 1 8 0 8 4 4 6 2 16 11 0 69% 3 2 0 98 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1996 27 KCR AL 279 75 3 1 7 1 8 1 6 1 6 24 12 4 50% 4 1 0 116 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
5 Yrs 1392 361 71 5 31 1 28 17 14 12 19 80 44 8 55% 10 8 2 542 20 8 71% 18 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 23 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1990 21 1 1 .500 6.92 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.0 20 11 10 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 64 56 2.077 13.8 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57 56
1991 22 1 1 .500 6.00 5 3 1 0 0 0 15.0 21 11 10 1 11 1 7 0 0 0 75 66 2.133 12.6 0.6 6.6 4.2 0.64 66
1992 23 9 12 .429 3.90 35 31 1 4 2 0 203.0 209 93 88 16 75 6 120 2 0 5 867 101 1.399 9.3 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.60 101
1993 24 12 18 .400 4.46 54 36 9 4 2 4 256.0 286 137 127 24 90 8 148 4 0 7 1113 91 1.469 10.1 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.64 91
1994 25 12 18 .400 4.46 54 36 9 4 2 4 256.0 286 137 127 24 90 8 148 4 0 7 1113 91 1.469 10.1 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.64 91
1995 26 12 18 .400 4.46 54 36 9 4 2 4 256.0 286 137 127 24 90 8 148 4 0 7 1113 91 1.469 10.1 0.8 3.2 5.2 1.64 91
1996 27 15 20 .429 4.85 85 38 16 4 2 5 317.1 361 181 171 31 117 11 179 6 1 8 1392 87 1.506 10.2 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.53 87

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
1990 21 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 20 11 10 1 7 4 0 2.250 15.0 5.3 3.0 0.57 0.8 3
1991 22 0 0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 2.500 4.5 18.0 13.5 0.75 0.0 2
1992 23 9 10 .474 4.37 175.0 197 94 85 16 67 105 2 1.509 10.1 3.4 5.4 1.57 0.8 30
1993 24 1 4 .200 6.71 51.0 76 42 38 8 15 27 2 1.784 13.4 2.6 4.8 1.80 1.4 19
1996 27 2 4 .333 5.75 61.0 70 43 39 7 25 31 2 1.557 10.3 3.7 4.6 1.24 1.0 31
5 Yrs 12 19 .387 5.14 301.0 364 190 172 32 118 170 6 1.601 10.9 5.1 1.44 1.0 85

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1992 AL  2 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1990 NL  born 1968-10-13 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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