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Corky Valentine
Harold Lewis Valentine

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 203 lb.

Debut April 17, 1954
Final Game May 29, 1955
Born January 4, 1929 in Troy, OH
Died January 21, 2005 in Roswell, GA

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 25 CIN NL  12  11  36  28   7   3   4  1  194.3  211   98   96  24   60   73   4   1   824       1  4.45  4.19   94 1.395
 1955 26 CIN NL   2   1  10   5   0   0   2  0   26.7   29   23   22   5   16   14   1   0   127   2   1  7.43  4.16   56 1.688
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .538  14  12  46  33   7   3   6  1  221.0  240  121  118  29   76   87   5   1   951   2   2  4.81  4.19   87 1.430
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  10  39  28   6   2   5  0  190.0  206  104  101  24   65   74   4   0   818   1   1  4.81  4.19   87 1.430
 Career High     12  11  36  28   7   3   4  1  194.3  211   98   96  24   60   73   4   1   824   2   1  4.45  4.19   94 1.395

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 25 CIN NL  36   65    6    9   3  0   0    3   0  0   1  25  .138  .152  .185  -13   12   5   0       0   0
 1955 26 CIN NL  10    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       46   72    6    9   3  0   0    3   0  0   1  29  .125  .137  .167  -22   12   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        254   21   32  11  0   0   11   0  0   4 102  .125  .137  .167  -22   42  18   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36   65    6    9   3  0   0    3   0  0   1  25                          12   5   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 25 CIN NL   71   61    2   0.9   111| .138  .276| .152  .348| .185  .427| .337  .775| -13  .043 -11.1  -1.1   0%
 1955 26 CIN NL    7    7    0   0.0   109| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .428| .000  .769|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        78   68    2   0.8   111| .125  .276| .137  .347| .167  .427| .304  .775| -22  .036 -13.2  -1.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 25 CIN NL P 36 9 25 1 6 .971 .960 0.94 0.87 1.57 2.07 28 194.3 1955 26 CIN NL P 10 2 9 1 0 .917 .948 1.10 0.83 3.71 2.06 5 26.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 25 CIN NL P 36 9 25 1 6 .971 .960 0.94 0.87 1.57 2.07 28 194.3 1955 26 CIN NL P 10 2 9 1 0 .917 .948 1.10 0.83 3.71 2.06 5 26.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 46 11 34 2 6 .957 .957 0.98 0.86 1.83 2.07 33 221.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 46 11 34 2 6 .957 .957 0.98 0.86 1.83 2.07 33 221
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1954 NL-2.78-9

Shutouts
1954 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1954 NL-24-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1954 NL-96-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

May 10, 1956: Sent by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Milwaukee Braves to complete an earlier deal made on April 9, 1956. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent a player to be named later and Bob Hazle to the Milwaukee Braves for George Crowe. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent Corky Valentine (May 10, 1956) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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