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Dave Valle

David Valle

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 30, 1960 in Bayside, NY
High School: Holy Cross HS (Flushing, NY)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Rangers/RedSox/Brewers 1984-1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1984 SEA AL 23 C 13 7 6 71.2 61 56 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 7.66 4.69 .987 5.97 5.92 2 3 4 3 43% 36% 0
1985 SEA AL 24 C 31 19 18 178.1 127 117 7 3 0 .976 -4 -27 6.26 4.00 .987 6.05 5.99 0 11 14 2 13% 33% 0
1986 SEA AL 25 C 12 9 8 85.0 55 53 1 1 0 .982 -2 -28 5.72 4.50 .989 6.62 6.56 1 5 6 1 14% 34% 0
1986 SEA AL 25 1B 4 4 3 35.0 40 37 2 1 3 .975 -0 -14 10.03 9.75 .991 9.41 9.32
1987 SEA AL 26 C 75 70 66 630.2 459 420 34 5 2 .989 6 11 6.48 6.05 .988 6.74 6.67 2 18 39 23 37% 31% 0
1987 SEA AL 26 DH 14 11
1987 SEA AL 26 1B 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 6.00 1.00 .990 9.60 9.50
1987 SEA AL 26 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1987 SEA AL 26 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1988 SEA AL 27 C 84 76 70 672.1 537 484 47 6 7 .989 3 5 7.11 6.32 .989 6.22 6.16 5 24 48 27 36% 31% 2
1988 SEA AL 27 DH 3 3
1988 SEA AL 27 1B 1 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -13 6.00 6.00 .992 9.60 9.50
1989 SEA AL 28 C 93 91 84 785.1 552 496 52 4 3 .993 10 15 6.28 5.89 .989 6.24 6.17 6 16 48 35 42% 31% 1
1990 SEA AL 29 C 104 98 78 842.0 677 631 44 2 9 .997 -6 -9 7.21 6.49 .991 6.42 6.35 9 44 65 28 30% 34% 0
1990 SEA AL 29 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.50
1991 SEA AL 30 C 129 106 77 926.1 727 669 52 6 9 .992 2 3 7.01 5.59 .990 6.49 6.48 15 37 45 31 41% 34% 2
1991 SEA AL 30 1B 2 0 0 4.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 15.75 3.50 .991 9.67 9.75
1992 SEA AL 31 C 122 116 86 972.1 675 606 62 7 10 .990 -2 -2 6.18 5.48 .989 6.20 6.18 4 42 84 40 32% 34% 1
1993 SEA AL 32 C 135 133 106 1132.1 957 881 71 5 13 .995 7 7 7.57 7.05 .991 6.56 6.50 8 45 68 57 46% 36% 2
1994 TOT AL 33 C 40 33 28 295.2 213 203 7 3 1 .986 -3 -12 6.39 5.25 .991 6.79 6.74 3 12 25 7 22% 31% 0
1994 BOS AL 33 C 28 24 20 211.2 164 156 5 3 1 .982 -2 -11 6.85 5.75 .991 6.79 6.74 2 8 17 5 23% 31% 0
1994 BOS AL 33 1B 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 2.25 0.50 .990 9.67 9.50
1994 MIL AL 33 C 12 9 8 84.0 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 5.25 4.08 .991 6.79 6.74 1 4 8 2 20% 31% 0
1994 MIL AL 33 DH 2 2
1995 TEX AL 34 C 29 22 13 197.0 150 137 12 1 0 .993 0 0 6.81 5.14 .990 6.74 6.67 2 8 12 6 33% 31% 0
1995 TEX AL 34 1B 7 0 0 17.0 21 20 1 0 2 1.000 0 7 11.12 3.00 .993 9.64 9.50
1996 TEX AL 35 C 35 21 14 212.0 159 145 13 1 2 .994 2 11 6.71 4.51 .990 6.91 6.87 0 6 16 7 30% 30% 1
1996 TEX AL 35 1B 5 0 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 0 20 7.50 1.00 .992 9.30 9.18
1996 TEX AL 35 DH 1 0
13 Seasons C 902 801 654 7001.0 5349 4898 407 44 56 .992 13 2 6.82 5.88 .990 6.44 6.39 57 271 474 267 36% 33% 9
8 Seasons 1B 24 5 4 79.0 84 80 3 1 7 .988 -0 -5 9.46 3.46 .992 9.51 9.43
1 Season RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
13 Seasons TOT 927 806 658 7081.0 5433 4978 410 45 63 .992 12 2 6.85 5.81 .990 6.47 6.46 57 271 474 267 36% 33% 9
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1984 SEA AL 23 C 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 24 C -4 -27 -4
1986 SEA AL 25 C -2 -28 -2
1986 SEA AL 25 1B -0 -14 -0 -0 -0 0
1987 SEA AL 26 C 6 11 6
1987 SEA AL 26 1B 0 40 0 0 0 0
1987 SEA AL 26 RF -0 -240 -0 0 -0
1988 SEA AL 27 C 3 5 3
1988 SEA AL 27 1B -0 -13 -0 0 -0 0
1989 SEA AL 28 C 10 15 10
1990 SEA AL 29 C -6 -9 -6
1990 SEA AL 29 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SEA AL 30 C 2 3 2
1991 SEA AL 30 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SEA AL 31 C -2 -2 -2
1993 SEA AL 32 C 7 7 7
1994 BOS AL 33 C -2 -11 -2
1994 BOS AL 33 1B -0 -30 -0 0 -0
1994 MIL AL 33 C -1 -14 -1
1995 TEX AL 34 C 0 0 0
1995 TEX AL 34 1B 0 7 0 -1 1 0
1996 TEX AL 35 C 2 11 2
1996 TEX AL 35 1B 0 20 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons C 13 2 13
8 Seasons 1B -0 -5 -0 -1 1 0
1 Season RF -0 -240 -0 0 -0
13 Seasons TOT 12 2 -1 -1 0 0 13
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 SEA AL 23 13 7 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 24 31 19 31 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SEA AL 25 22 13 22 16 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1987 SEA AL 26 95 81 95 78 0 75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 11 0
1988 SEA AL 27 93 80 93 85 0 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
1989 SEA AL 28 94 91 94 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1990 SEA AL 29 107 98 107 105 0 104 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1991 SEA AL 30 132 106 132 131 0 129 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1992 SEA AL 31 124 116 124 122 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 SEA AL 32 135 133 135 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 BOS AL 33 30 24 30 30 0 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MIL AL 33 16 11 16 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
1995 TEX AL 34 36 22 36 36 0 29 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1996 TEX AL 35 42 21 42 40 0 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
13 Seasons 970 822 970 927 0 902 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 52 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1984 SEA AL 23 297 2.39 3.01 2 100% 0 0 56 2 0 1 53 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 24 791 5.55 5.96 7 86% 0 0 115 3 0 3 109 7 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 SEA AL 25 395 6.25 6.99 2 100% 0 0 53 1 0 3 49 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SEA AL 26 2708 4.28 4.71 22 91% 0 0 423 12 0 10 401 32 5 1 1 3 5 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1988 SEA AL 27 2846 4.19 4.74 28 96% 1 0 486 19 5 9 452 43 10 0 0 5 6 0 3 3 0 7 0 2 2 4 100%
1989 SEA AL 28 3332 3.91 4.44 23 100% 0 0 497 17 4 12 464 49 6 0 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 6 100%
1990 SEA AL 29 3608 3.81 4.36 30 100% 0 1 633 20 4 9 600 42 8 0 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 1 4 6 100%
1991 SEA AL 30 3952 3.64 4.01 36 92% 0 0 670 29 2 13 626 52 6 0 0 16 6 1 2 3 0 9 0 2 2 3 33%
1992 SEA AL 31 4277 4.75 5.24 37 97% 0 0 607 23 2 11 571 61 12 0 1 19 7 0 0 7 0 10 0 0 1 7 100%
1993 SEA AL 32 4835 4.11 4.44 40 98% 0 0 883 28 2 22 829 71 7 2 0 8 5 0 0 5 0 13 1 1 2 8 100%
1994 BOS AL 33 925 4.34 4.93 7 86% 0 0 156 6 1 2 147 5 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 MIL AL 33 348 4.61 4.93 1 100% 0 0 47 1 0 0 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1995 TEX AL 34 863 4.07 4.39 8 100% 0 0 138 3 1 2 132 11 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1996 TEX AL 35 922 4.29 4.88 5 80% 0 0 144 2 0 3 139 13 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 50%
13 Seasons 30099 4.16 4.62 248 96% 1 1 4908 166 21 100 4618 394 61 3 5 80 45 3 11 31 2 57 1 7 13 45 93%
MLB Averages 4.04 4.49 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1984 SEA AL 23 2 3 94 4 3 3 43% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 3 1.23 1.13
1985 SEA AL 24 0 11 295 14 2 2 13% 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 4 0.95 1.95
1986 SEA AL 25 1 5 164 6 1 1 14% 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 1 1.32 0.21
1987 SEA AL 26 2 18 1017 39 23 22 37% 33 18 6 4 0 1 0 0 81 24 1.14 1.57
1988 SEA AL 27 5 24 1011 48 27 23 36% 37 25 10 2 1 0 2 0 102 29 1.20 1.06
1989 SEA AL 28 6 16 1194 48 35 33 42% 40 30 7 4 1 1 1 0 88 38 1.61 1.27
1990 SEA AL 29 9 44 1331 65 28 21 30% 48 24 16 3 1 1 0 0 151 30 1.34 1.38
1991 SEA AL 30 15 37 1472 46 31 24 40% 37 28 9 1 0 2 2 0 131 38 1.22 1.24
1992 SEA AL 31 4 42 1636 84 40 25 32% 68 33 15 7 1 0 1 0 169 45 1.32 1.21
1993 SEA AL 32 8 45 1755 68 57 49 46% 54 51 13 3 1 3 2 0 159 60 1.32 1.10
1994 BOS AL 33 2 8 376 17 5 4 23% 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 1.12 1.41
1994 MIL AL 33 1 4 127 8 2 2 20% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 1.04 1.30
1995 TEX AL 34 2 8 335 12 6 3 33% 12 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 31 7 0.82 1.28
1996 TEX AL 35 0 6 357 16 7 7 30% 12 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 28 8 1.21 0.89
13 Seasons 57 271 11164 475 267 219 36% 386 230 83 29 6 8 9 0 1056 295 1.28 1.23
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1986 SEA AL 25 148 66% 72% 28% 9 89% 0 37 2 33 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SEA AL 26 13 62% 100% 62% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SEA AL 27 35 89% 71% 14% 1 100% 0 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SEA AL 29 4 50% 125% 100% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SEA AL 30 14 64% 86% 57% 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BOS AL 33 20 50% 60% 20% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TEX AL 34 76 51% 86% 28% 4 100% 0 20 1 19 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
1996 TEX AL 35 27 56% 67% 19% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 337 63% 76% 28% 16 94% 0 81 4 74 3 9 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 80% 31% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 SEA AL 26 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 0 0 0 5 60% 100% 60% 0
1 Season 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 0 0 0 5 60% 100% 60% 0
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.7% 58% 80% 37% 57%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1991 AL  129 (3rd)
1992 AL  122 (5th)
1993 AL  135 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1991 AL  669 (3rd)
1992 AL  606 (5th)
1993 AL  881 (1st)

Assists as C s c a p y
1988 AL  47 (4th)
1989 AL  52 (5th)
1992 AL  62 (4th)
1993 AL  71 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1991 AL  15 (2nd)
1993 AL  8 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1992 AL  84 (5th)
1993 AL  68 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1989 AL  35 (3rd)
1992 AL  40 (5th)
1993 AL  57 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1989 AL  42.2 (2nd)
1993 AL  45.6 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1987 AL  6 (5th)
1989 AL  10 (1st)
1993 AL  7 (3rd)
Career  13 (87th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1988 AL  7.11 (4th)
1989 AL  6.28 (5th)
1990 AL  7.22 (1st)
1991 AL  7.01 (5th)
1993 AL  7.57 (1st)
Career  6.82 (76th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1988 AL  6.32 (4th)
1989 AL  5.89 (3rd)
1990 AL  6.49 (2nd)
1993 AL  7.05 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1989 AL  .993 (3rd)
1990 AL  .997 (1st)
1993 AL  .995 (2nd)
Career  .992 (45th)

             

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