José Valverde

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 265lb (193cm, 120kg)

Born: March 24, 1978 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic do

High School: Escuela San Lorenzo (Dominican Republic)

Debut: June 1, 2003 (Age 25-069d, 18,241st in major league history)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 26, 2014 (Age 36-063d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Bill Rego

Full Name: Jose Rafael Valverde

Nicknames: Papa Grande

Pronunciation: \val-VAIR-day\

Twitter: @PapaGrande46

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Relatives: Nephew of Jose Mercedes

3x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

3.27

626

288

630.1

692

WHIP

1.196

Summary of 67 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 10 tying, 12 go ahead

4 Tms
ARI	29
DET	19
HOU	15
NYM	4

Platoon
vs LHB	36
vs RHB	31

Home/Road
Home	34
Away	33

Outs
1	24
0	24
2	19

27 Opps
PHI	5
SFG	4
SDP	4
NYM	4
PIT	4
LAD	4
COL	3
BAL	3
KCR	3
ATL	3
BOS	3
CLE	3
TOR	3
ARI	2
TBR	2
STL	2
TEX	2
CIN	2
CHC	2
MIL	2
LAA	1
NYY	1
SEA	1
DET	1
WSN	1
FLA	1
CHW	1

63 Batters
Milton Bradley	2
Adam LaRoche	2
Mark Sweeney	2
David Ortiz	2
Todd Hollandsworth	1
Chris Coste	1
Mike Piazza	1
Javier Valentin	1
Nick Markakis	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Mike Lowell	1
John Buck	1
Matt Holliday	1
Ramón Vázquez	1
Tino Martinez	1
Damion Easley	1
Justin Upton	1
Olmedo Saenz	1
Neil Walker	1
J.D. Drew	1
Adam Kennedy	1
Jim Thome	1
Luis Gonzalez	1
Raul Ibanez	1
Jesus Flores	1
Alberto Callaspo	1
Adam Dunn	1
Adam Lind	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Evan Longoria	1
Dioner Navarro	1
Chris Dickerson	1
Brandon Inge	1
Ramon Hernandez	1
Aaron Hill	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Chris Snelling	1
Pat Burrell	1
Andruw Jones	1
Mike Napoli	1
Drew Stubbs	1
Prince Fielder	1
Julio Franco	1
Mark DeRosa	1
Jason Bay	1
Chris Davis	1
Chris Stynes	1
Mark Loretta	1
Juan Encarnacion	1
Todd Helton	1
Nick Swisher	1
Paul Goldschmidt	1
Mike Cameron	1
Lorenzo Cain	1
Pedro Feliz	1
Lyle Overbay	1
Mike Jacobs	1
Barry Bonds	1
Greg Dobbs	1
Jason Giambi	1
Travis Hafner	1
Dewayne Wise	1
Gabe Kapler	1

24 Parks
Chase Field	19
Comerica Pk	8
MinuteMaidPk	8
CitizensBank	5
Petco Pk	3
Coors Fld	2
PNC Pk	2
Camden Yards	2
TropicanaFld	2
KauffmanStad	2
Turner Fld	1
Dodger Stad	1
Dolphin Stad	1
Fenway Pk	1
Busch Std II	1
Jacobs Fld	1
Citi Field	1
Wrigley Fld	1
Angel Stad	1
SkyDome	1
GreatAmer BP	1
Safeco Fld	1
Qualcomm St	1
Yankee Stad3	1

Where Hit
9	28
7	16
78	13
89	9
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	18
3	13
4	11
7+	8
5	7
1	6
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	57
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	13
12-	8
-2-	5
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1

110 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	36
1 on	20
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	31

Inning
5	1
7	2
8	8
9	54
Extra	2

4-6	1
7-end	66

RelScore
+4..	8
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	5
-1	11
-2	17
-3	6
-4..	15

Ahead	13
Tied	5
Behind	49

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	11
2-2	10
3-2	9
0-1	7
0-2	6
0-0	6
1-2	5
1-1	5
2-1	4
2-0	4

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	16
PH	8
3B	8
RF	7
DH	7
C	6
LF	6
2B	5
CF	4

OrderPos
4th	14
7th	11
3rd	10
5th	9
8th	8
9th	5
6th	5
2nd	4
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	26
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-06-01	Mark Loretta	SDP		ARI	behind 3-10	b 9	1	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	2	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2003-06-30	Chris Stynes	COL		ARI	behind 4-8	b 12	2	12-	3,(1-1) .FBX	3	7	PH	4%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Walker Scores/unER; Payton Scores/unER; Stynes Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	2003-09-24	Todd Helton	COL		ARI	behind 2-6	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	3	3	5%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	2003-09-26	Tino Martinez	STL	@	ARI	behind 3-7	t 8	2	-2-	6,(2-2) FBFFBX	2	7	3	6%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Drew Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2004-04-06	Luis Gonzalez	COL	@	ARI	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	4	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Johnson Scores
6	6	2	1	2004-04-27	Todd Hollandsworth	CHC	@	ARI	behind 0-10	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
7	7	3	1	2004-05-10	Mike Cameron	NYM	@	ARI	behind 7-12	t 9	1	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	6	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	2004-05-19	Julio Franco	ATL		ARI	behind 2-4	b 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) ..BBFX	2	9	PH	41%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Green Scores
9	9	5	1	2004-05-23	Miguel Cabrera	FLA		ARI	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) .CBBFX	1	4	9	11%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
10	10	6	1	2004-05-29	Juan Encarnacion	LAD		ARI	ahead 6-0	b 5	1	12-	5,(2-2) S*BBFX	3	7	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Green Scores; Lo Duca Scores
11	11	7	1	2004-06-06	Adrián Beltré	LAD	@	ARI	behind 4-6	t 9	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	5	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2005-05-27	Olmedo Saenz	LAD	@	ARI	tied 4-4	t 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) CBSX	2	5	3	35%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Bradley Scores
13	13	2	1	2005-06-04 (1)	Jim Thome	PHI		ARI	ahead 8-1	b 7	0	---	8,(3-2) .CFBBBFFX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	2005-06-11	John Buck	KCR	@	ARI	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	1--	4,(2-1) BFB1X	2	8	2	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Long Scores
15	15	4	1	2005-07-23	Andruw Jones	ATL	@	ARI	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---	3,(0-2) ...SFX	1	4	8	33%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	5	1	2005-08-24	Mike Jacobs	NYM	@	ARI	ahead 17-4	t 9	2	---	9,(3-2) BFBFBFFFX	1	7	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2006-04-17	Mark Sweeney	SFG	@	ARI	behind 7-9	t 8	2	1--	3,(2-0) ..BBX	2	3	3	31%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Vizquel Scores
18	18	2	1	2006-04-26	Mike Piazza	SDP		ARI	behind 1-3	b 9	2	---	6,(2-2) CSBBFX	1	4	2	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
19	19	3	1	2006-05-02	J.D. Drew	LAD	@	ARI	behind 7-10	t 9	0	---	8,(3-2) ..BCCBFFBX	1	4	9	5%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	4	1	2006-05-28	Javier Valentin	CIN		ARI	behind 3-4	b 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	8	PH	77%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Kearns Scores
21	21	5	1	2006-06-09	Carlos Delgado	NYM	@	ARI	ahead 8-6	t 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	4	3	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Beltran Scores
22	22	6	1	2006-06-14	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	ARI	ahead 8-4	t 9	0	12-	7,(3-2) BBBCFFX	3	4	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Vizquel Scores; Durham Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2007-04-27	Mark Sweeney	SFG	@	ARI	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .....CX	1	9	PH	9%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	2	1	2007-05-03	Damion Easley	NYM	@	ARI	behind 3-4	t 9	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	8	4	62%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Green Scores/unER; Lo Duca Scores
25	25	3	1	2007-05-28	Greg Dobbs	PHI		ARI	behind 1-5	b 9	2	12-	4,(1-2) .FBFX	3	6	PH	4%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Victorino Scores; Utley Scores
26	26	4	1	2007-06-07	Pedro Feliz	SFG	@	ARI	behind 3-4	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) ...BBCX	1	7	5	32%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	5	1	2007-08-01	Milton Bradley	SDP		ARI	behind 3-5	b 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	49%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Cameron Scores
28	28	6	1	2007-08-12	Jesus Flores	WSN	@	ARI	behind 5-6	t 9	0	---	3,(0-2) .FFX	1	8	2	32%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
29	29	7	1	2007-08-30	Milton Bradley	SDP		ARI	behind 6-8	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	3	7	6%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2008-04-04	Mark DeRosa	CHC		HOU	behind 2-4	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	7%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	2	1	2008-04-15	Chris Snelling	PHI		HOU	behind 0-3	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	2	PH	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	3	2	2008-04-15	Pat Burrell	PHI		HOU	behind 1-3	b 9	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	7	47%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Utley Scores
33	33	4	1	2008-04-17	Chris Coste	PHI		HOU	ahead 8-1	b 8	2	-2-	7,(3-2) BBSFBFX	2	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Jenkins Scores
34	34	5	1	2008-06-12	Gabe Kapler	MIL	@	HOU	ahead 7-5	t 9	0	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	9	PH	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	6	1	2008-06-20	Dioner Navarro	TBR		HOU	behind 2-4	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	7%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
36	36	7	1	2008-06-24	Ramón Vázquez	TEX	@	HOU	behind 1-4	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Saltalamacchia Scores
37	37	8	1	2008-06-28	Mike Lowell	BOS	@	HOU	behind 9-11	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	9	1	2008-07-21	Jason Bay	PIT	@	HOU	behind 2-3	t 9	1	---	7,(3-2) SBFBFBX	1	4	7	35%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	10	2	2008-07-21	Adam LaRoche	PIT	@	HOU	tied 3-3	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	42%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Nady Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2009-04-15	Adam LaRoche	PIT		HOU	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	5	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	2009-04-17	Ramon Hernandez	CIN	@	HOU	behind 0-1	t 9	1	1--	4,(1-2) BCCX	2	7	2	66%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Encarnacion Scores
42	42	3	1	2009-04-25	Prince Fielder	MIL	@	HOU	behind 6-7	t 9	1	--3	4,(0-2) FFFX	2	4	3	50%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Hart Scores
43	43	4	1	2009-06-28	Brandon Inge	DET	@	HOU	behind 2-3	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) .B>X	2	5	5	74%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Anderson Scores
44	44	5	1	2009-08-01	Matt Holliday	STL		HOU	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	8%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2010-04-07	Alberto Callaspo	KCR		DET	behind 1-2	b 11	0	---	6,(3-2) ...BFFBBX	1	3	5	44%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
46	46	2	1	2010-07-25 (1)	Lyle Overbay	TOR	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 9	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	3	49%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Wells Scores
47	47	3	1	2010-07-25 (2)	Dewayne Wise	TOR	@	DET	behind 4-6	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	8	8	9%	16%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
48	48	4	1	2010-07-30	David Ortiz	BOS		DET	behind 1-6	b 9	1	123	3,(1-1) FBX	4	4	DH	7%	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Scutaro Scores; Lowrie Scores; Youkilis Scores
49	49	5	1	2010-08-29	Adam Lind	TOR		DET	behind 1-10	b 9	2	12-	5,(2-2) FBBFX	3	5	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Lewis Scores; McDonald Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2011-04-20	Adam Kennedy	SEA		DET	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	3	3	10%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	2	1	2011-05-20	Neil Walker	PIT		DET	ahead 7-1	b 8	2	1-3	3,(0-2) FFX	3	4	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Tabata Scores; Jones Scores
52	52	3	1	2011-05-29 (1)	David Ortiz	BOS	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 9	1	---	7,(3-2) .BFFFBBX	1	9	PH	38%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
53	53	4	1	2011-08-03	Mike Napoli	TEX	@	DET	behind 3-5	t 9	1	---	6,(3-2) CBBBSX	1	7	3	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	5	1	2011-08-22	Evan Longoria	TBR		DET	behind 1-5	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	3	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	2012-04-28	Nick Swisher	NYY		DET	behind 2-7	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) ..FBFBX	1	2	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	2	1	2012-05-05	Adam Dunn	CHW	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 9	1	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	DH	49%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); De Aza Scores
57	57	3	1	2012-07-25	Travis Hafner	CLE		DET	behind 2-5	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	2013-05-31	Nick Markakis	BAL		DET	behind 3-5	b 9	0	---	3,(0-2) .FSX	1	3	9	11%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	2	2	2013-05-31	Chris Dickerson	BAL		DET	behind 4-5	b 9	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BBFX	3	8	DH	80%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Jones Scores; Davis Scores
60	60	3	1	2013-06-07	Jason Giambi	CLE	@	DET	behind 3-7	t 9	0	---	7,(2-2) .BFSFFBX	1	7	DH	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
61	61	4	2	2013-06-07	Drew Stubbs	CLE	@	DET	behind 4-7	t 9	1	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	9	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
62	62	5	1	2013-06-12	Lorenzo Cain	KCR		DET	behind 0-2	b 9	2	-2-	4,(0-2) FFFX	2	5	8	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Hosmer Scores
63	63	6	1	2013-06-19	Chris Davis	BAL	@	DET	ahead 11-3	t 9	0	-2-	5,(2-2) BBSCX	2	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Jones Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	2014-04-12	Raul Ibanez	LAA		NYM	behind 3-6	b 9	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	DH	49%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Freese Scores; Aybar Scores
65	65	2	1	2014-04-16	Aaron Hill	ARI		NYM	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	2	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
66	66	3	2	2014-04-16	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI		NYM	behind 1-5	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
67	67	4	1	2014-04-19	Justin Upton	ATL	@	NYM	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	12-	5,(2-2) BCFBX	3	4	7	13%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Schafer Scores/unER; Freeman Scores/unER; Upton Scores/unER