Jose Valverde
Jose Rafael Valverde (Papa Grande)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 254 lb.

Born: July 24, 1979 in San Pedro De Macoris, D.R.
High School: Escuela San Lorenzo (Escuela San Lorenzo, DO)
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 2003
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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
2003 ARI NL 23 P 54 0 50.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.72 0.07 .950 1.84 0.48
2004 ARI NL 24 P 29 0 29.2 8 4 2 2 0 .750 1.82 0.21 .975 1.85 0.47
2005 ARI NL 25 P 61 0 66.1 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.36 0.16 .960 1.75 0.46
2006 ARI NL 26 P 44 0 49.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.36 0.05 .950 1.71 0.43
2007 ARI NL 27 P 65 0 64.1 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 0.98 0.11 .971 1.68 0.40 AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008 HOU NL 28 P 74 0 72.0 10 6 3 1 0 .900 1.12 0.12 .960 1.72 0.43 MVP-24
2009 HOU NL 29 P 52 0 54.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.33 0.04 .967 1.72 0.42
7 Seasons P 379 0 386.0 44 23 17 4 0 .909 0.93 0.11 .964 1.74 0.44
7 Seasons TOT 379 0 386.0 44 23 17 4 0 .909 0.93 0.11 .873 1.74 0.44

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
2003 ARI NL 23 54 0 50 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ARI NL 24 29 0 26 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 ARI NL 25 61 0 58 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ARI NL 26 44 0 42 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 ARI NL 27 65 0 63 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 HOU NL 28 74 0 69 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 29 52 0 48 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 379 0 356 379 379 0 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%
2003 ARI NL 23 213 54% 17% 1 100% 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ARI NL 24 135 59% 17% 3 67% 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2005 ARI NL 25 277 65% 22% 7 86% 0 3 0 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ARI NL 26 228 59% 19% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2007 ARI NL 27 274 61% 21% 2 100% 0 5 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2008 HOU NL 28 318 66% 24% 5 60% 0 6 0 5 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 HOU NL 29 229 66% 24% 3 33% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
7 Seasons 1674 62% 21% 22 73% 0 23 1 20 17 13 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 74% 31% 87% 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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Name and misspellings: Jose Papa Grande Jose Rafael Valverde

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