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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2003 23 ARI NL 50 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 633 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 24 ARI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 25 ARI NL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 26 ARI NL 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 27 ARI NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6,MVP-14
2008 28 HOU NL 69 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-24
2009 29 HOU NL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 356 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 276 2 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 276 1 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (5 yrs) 239 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 633 2 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 117 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 27 ARI NL NLDS CHC W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 ARI NL NLCS COL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 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 (264th)

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

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

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Transactions

February 6, 1997: Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 2007: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Houston Astros for Chris Burke, Juan Gutierrez and Chad Qualls.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$320,000
2005Arizona Diamondbacks$335,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$359,000
2007Arizona Diamondbacks$2,000,000
2008Houston Astros$4,700,000
2009Houston Astros$8,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$15,714,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Jose Papa Grande Jose Rafael Valverde

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