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 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
2003 23 ARI NL 2 1 .667 2.15 54 0 33 0 0 10 50.1 24 16 12 4 26 2 71 2 0 2 204 218 0.993 4.3 0.7 4.6 12.7 2.73
2004 24 ARI NL 1 2 .333 4.25 29 0 20 0 0 8 29.2 23 17 14 7 17 4 38 1 0 4 131 109 1.348 7.0 2.1 5.2 11.5 2.24
2005 25 ARI NL 3 4 .429 2.44 61 0 34 0 0 15 66.1 51 19 18 5 20 1 75 2 0 3 268 182 1.070 6.9 0.7 2.7 10.2 3.75
2006 26 ARI NL 2 3 .400 5.84 44 0 35 0 0 18 49.1 50 32 32 6 22 3 69 2 0 2 223 81 1.459 9.1 1.1 4.0 12.6 3.14
2007 27 ARI NL 1 4 .200 2.66 65 0 59 0 0 47 64.1 46 21 19 7 26 1 78 3 0 1 265 179 1.119 6.4 1.0 3.6 10.9 3.00 AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008 28 HOU NL 6 3 .667 3.38 74 0 71 0 0 44 72.0 62 28 27 10 23 6 83 2 2 3 303 125 1.181 7.8 1.3 2.9 10.4 3.61 MVP-24
2009 29 HOU NL 4 2 .667 2.33 52 0 45 0 0 25 54.0 40 15 14 5 21 1 56 2 0 1 219 180 1.130 6.7 0.8 3.5 9.3 2.67
7 Seasons 19 19 .500 3.17 379 0 297 0 0 167 386.0 296 148 136 44 155 18 470 14 2 16 1613 142 1.168 6.9 1.0 3.6 11.0 3.03
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 3.17 68 0 53 0 0 30 69 53 27 24 8 28 3 84 3 0 3 289 142 1.168 6.9 1.0 3.6 11.0 3.03
ARI (5 yrs) 9 14 .391 3.29 253 0 181 0 0 98 260.0 194 105 95 29 111 11 331 10 0 12 1091 141 1.173 6.7 1.0 3.8 11.5 2.98
HOU (2 yrs) 10 5 .667 2.93 126 0 116 0 0 69 126.0 102 43 41 15 44 7 139 4 2 4 522 144 1.159 7.3 1.1 3.1 9.9 3.16

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 27 ARI NL NLDS W CHC 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 12 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 18.0 6.00
2007 27 ARI NL NLCS L COL 0 1 .000 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 9 2.400 5.4 0.0 16.2 10.8 0.67
1 Season (2 Series) 0 1 .000 1.93 4 0 3 0 0 1 4.2 2 1 1 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 21 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 12 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 18.0 6.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 9 2.400 5.4 0.0 16.2 10.8 0.67

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 ARI NL 27

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
2003 23 ARI NL 54 204 175 16 24 5 0 4 6 0 26 71 .137 .255 .234 .489 .198 41 1 2 0 1 2
2004 24 ARI NL 29 131 108 17 23 6 0 7 0 0 17 38 .213 .320 .463 .783 .246 50 2 1 3 2 4
2005 25 ARI NL 61 268 242 19 51 6 0 5 1 1 20 75 .211 .275 .298 .573 .282 72 3 2 3 1 1
2006 26 ARI NL 44 223 195 32 50 9 1 6 1 0 22 69 .256 .333 .405 .738 .358 79 0 2 1 3 3
2007 27 ARI NL 65 265 235 21 46 8 1 7 4 2 26 78 .196 .283 .328 .611 .258 77 5 3 0 1 1
2008 28 HOU NL 74 303 276 28 62 12 3 10 8 0 23 83 .225 .287 .399 .686 .281 110 0 2 0 2 6
2009 29 HOU NL 52 219 193 15 40 8 1 5 5 3 21 56 .207 .289 .337 .626 .261 65 3 2 1 2 1
7 Seasons 379 1613 1424 148 296 54 6 44 25 6 155 470 .208 .290 .347 .637 .273 494 14 14 8 12 18
162 Game Avg. 68 289 255 27 53 10 1 8 4 1 28 84 .208 .290 .347 .637 .273 89 3 3 1 2 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2003 23 ARI NL 54 54 33 2 1 11 10 1 91% 19 8 27 5 19% 8 1.095 19 7 27 26 5 23 16 38 6 14 7 17 2.8 16
2004 24 ARI NL 29 29 20 1 2 10 8 2 80% 15 5 18 9 50% 9 1.590 16 4 8 19 6 4 9 20 6 5 7 8 3.1 18
2005 25 ARI NL 61 61 34 3 4 17 15 2 88% 24 7 22 7 32% 8 1.293 27 10 20 32 10 19 14 47 13 7 13 17 3.3 18
2006 26 ARI NL 44 44 35 2 3 22 18 4 82% 23 1 7 1 14% 9 1.435 19 9 15 28 4 12 4 40 8 3 8 5 3.4 21
2007 27 ARI NL 65 65 59 1 4 54 47 7 87% 54 0 7 2 29% 9 2.130 44 11 9 59 1 5 4 61 3 5 3 20 3.0 16
2008 28 HOU NL 74 74 71 6 3 51 44 7 86% 51 0 16 6 38% 9 1.587 39 19 15 60 5 9 10 64 6 10 6 22 2.9 17
2009 29 HOU NL 52 52 45 4 2 29 25 4 86% 30 1 11 0 0% 9 1.683 26 13 10 36 5 11 7 45 6 2 6 16 3.1 17
7 Seasons 379 379 297 19 19 194 167 27 86% 216 22 108 30 28% 1.557 190 73 104 260 36 83 64 315 48 46 50 105 3.1 17

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%
2003 23 ARI NL 204 42% 2.0% 34.8% 12.8% 4.4% 38% 0.54 0.56 50% 13% 7.3% 19% 28 1 4%
2004 24 ARI NL 131 44% 5.3% 29.0% 13.0% 9.9% 57% 0.47 0.86 50% 23% 16.7% 14% 23 2 9%
2005 25 ARI NL 268 43% 1.9% 28.0% 7.5% 4.1% 22% 0.56 0.75 61% 20% 5.3% 12% 60 3 5%
2006 26 ARI NL 223 51% 2.7% 30.9% 9.9% 7.2% 32% 0.52 0.65 55% 22% 8.5% 15% 58 0 0%
2007 27 ARI NL 265 53% 2.6% 29.4% 9.8% 6.0% 35% 0.59 0.74 57% 18% 8.8% 18% 41 5 12%
2008 28 HOU NL 303 46% 3.3% 27.4% 7.6% 8.3% 40% 0.64 0.70 61% 15% 10.1% 16% 44 0 0%
2009 29 HOU NL 219 47% 2.3% 25.6% 9.6% 6.4% 35% 0.66 0.75 61% 13% 7.5% 19% 43 3 7%
7 Seasons 1613 47% 2.7% 29.1% 9.6% 6.5% 35% 0.58 0.71 57% 18% 8.6% 16% 297 14 5%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2003 23 ARI NL 204 857 4.20 545 64% 27% 27% 27% 19% 73% 3% 47% 63% 59% 4% 9 5 31% 63 38 3 21% 12 2 0 0 0
2004 24 ARI NL 131 527 4.02 325 62% 24% 24% 30% 23% 76% 7% 47% 69% 58% 6% 8 3 27% 36 21 2 5% 5 1 0 0 0
2005 25 ARI NL 268 1094 4.08 725 66% 25% 21% 30% 24% 75% 1% 50% 72% 58% 5% 13 8 32% 86 57 4 15% 18 4 0 0 0
2006 26 ARI NL 223 924 4.14 619 67% 24% 23% 32% 21% 76% 4% 51% 69% 64% 6% 13 7 36% 81 44 4 13% 18 3 0 0 0
2007 27 ARI NL 265 1065 4.02 701 66% 27% 20% 30% 23% 73% 1% 48% 72% 65% 6% 15 9 36% 96 59 8 21% 18 5 0 0 0
2008 28 HOU NL 303 1242 4.10 831 67% 21% 24% 31% 23% 79% 5% 53% 69% 61% 8% 24 12 40% 120 77 5 8% 19 6 0 0 0
2009 29 HOU NL 219 887 4.05 587 66% 27% 21% 28% 24% 73% 1% 48% 71% 58% 5% 11 6 37% 81 60 2 21% 11 4 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1613 6596 4.09 4333 66% 25% 23% 30% 22% 75% 3% 49% 69% 61% 6% 93 50 35% 563 356 28 15% 101 25 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2003 23 ARI NL 204 24 2 0 4 0 15 2 2 1 3 15 4 4 27% 3 2 2 66 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 24 ARI NL 131 23 1 0 7 0 9 6 1 4 3 15 8 1 53% 2 4 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
2005 25 ARI NL 268 51 2 0 5 0 7 3 2 4 1 11 4 2 36% 0 3 3 120 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
2006 26 ARI NL 223 50 2 1 6 0 9 1 5 4 2 13 7 2 54% 2 2 1 100 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2007 27 ARI NL 265 46 4 0 7 0 4 3 4 4 3 5 2 1 40% 5 1 0 94 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 28 HOU NL 303 62 7 1 10 0 2 6 4 5 5 8 4 3 50% 0 3 1 111 8 0 100% 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2009 29 HOU NL 219 40 4 0 5 0 5 3 2 3 2 7 5 1 71% 2 1 0 91 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 1613 296 22 2 44 0 51 24 20 25 19 74 34 14 46% 14 16 7 620 25 6 81% 21 4 4 1 0 1 3 1 46 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2003 23 2 1 .667 2.15 54 0 33 0 0 10 50.1 24 16 12 4 26 2 71 2 0 2 204 218 0.993 4.3 0.7 4.6 12.7 2.73 218
2004 24 3 3 .500 2.92 83 0 53 0 0 18 80.0 47 33 26 11 43 6 109 3 0 6 335 159 1.125 5.3 1.2 4.8 12.3 2.53 159
2005 25 6 7 .462 2.71 144 0 87 0 0 33 146.1 98 52 44 16 63 7 184 5 0 9 603 168 1.100 6.0 1.0 3.9 11.3 2.92 168
2006 26 8 10 .444 3.50 188 0 122 0 0 51 195.2 148 84 76 22 85 10 253 7 0 11 826 132 1.191 6.8 1.0 3.9 11.6 2.98 132
2007 27 9 14 .391 3.29 253 0 181 0 0 98 260.0 194 105 95 29 111 11 331 10 0 12 1091 141 1.173 6.7 1.0 3.8 11.5 2.98 141
2008 28 15 17 .469 3.31 327 0 252 0 0 142 332.0 256 133 122 39 134 17 414 12 2 15 1394 137 1.175 6.9 1.1 3.6 11.2 3.09 137
2009 29 19 19 .500 3.17 379 0 297 0 0 167 386.0 296 148 136 44 155 18 470 14 2 16 1613 142 1.168 6.9 1.0 3.6 11.0 3.03 142

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
2003 23 4 1 .800 1.94 51.0 24 12 11 4 26 72 2 0.980 4.2 4.6 12.7 2.77 0.7 54
2004 24 2 1 .667 3.90 30.0 23 14 13 7 17 38 1 1.333 6.9 5.1 11.4 2.24 2.1 29
2005 25 5 2 .714 2.35 65.0 50 19 17 5 20 74 2 1.077 6.9 2.8 10.2 3.70 0.7 61
2006 26 2 3 .400 5.12 51.0 48 32 29 6 21 71 2 1.353 8.5 3.7 12.5 3.38 1.1 44
2007 27 5 2 .714 2.39 64.0 44 19 17 7 25 78 3 1.078 6.2 3.5 11.0 3.12 1.0 65
2008 28 4 3 .571 3.38 72.0 63 30 27 10 23 83 2 1.194 7.9 2.9 10.4 3.61 1.3 74
2009 29 4 1 .800 2.42 52.0 40 16 14 5 21 54 2 1.173 6.9 3.6 9.3 2.57 0.9 52
7 Seasons 26 13 .667 2.99 385.0 292 142 128 44 153 470 14 1.156 6.8 11.0 3.07 1.0 379

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2007

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2007-NL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-NL-14-4%
2008-NL-24-1%
0.05 Career Shares (1085th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2007-NL--6--1%
0.01 Career Shares (260th)

Saves s c a p y
2007 NL--47--1st
2008 NL--44--1st
Active--167--14th
Career--167--57th

Games Finished s c a p y
2007 NL--59--2nd
2008 NL--71--1st
Active--297--17th
Career--297--100th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (522), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  8. John Wetteland (945)
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