Val Picinich

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: September 8, 1896 in New York, NY us

Died: December 5, 1942 in Nobleboro, ME

Buried: Dunbar Cemetery, Nobleboro, ME

Debut: July 25, 1916 (Age 19-321d, 4,509th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 28, 1933 (Age 36-354d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Valentine John Picinich

Pronunciation: \pah-SIN-itch\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

2877

743

.258

298

RBI

298

OBP

.334

SLG

.361

OPS

.695

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-27 / in Starts: 18-19
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 149 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	89 (46-28-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 149 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	95 (46-31-18)

Most Driven In
R Shannon	4
Self	3
P Gharrity	2
F Ellerbe	2
B Harris	1
J O'Neill	1
F O'Rourke	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
J Judge	3
W Johnson	2
H Shanks	2
H Courtney	1
C Milan	1
B Harris	1

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	170	8 (7)	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.74	-0.050	1.70	-0.07%	-0.70	C
2	171	10 (1)	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.857	1.143	8	.78	0.068	1.56	0.08%	0.68	C
3	172	11	Apr 30	WSH		PHA	L,6-9	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.364	.667	1.030	8	1.07	0.062	2.23	0.08%	0.47	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	173	13 (1)	May 2	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.500	.786	8	.63	-0.052	1.07	-0.05%	-0.55	C
5	174	14	May 3	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.333	.563	.896	8	.45	0.056	.84	0.06%	1.73	C
6	175	16 (1)	May 5	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.333	.526	.860	8	1.75	0.019	3.47	0.02%	-0.01	C
7	176	18 (1)	May 7	WSH		NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.478	.798	8	.40	-0.046	.73	-0.05%	-0.85	C
8	177	20 (1)	May 9	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.423	.709	8	1.35	-0.097	3.10	-0.13%	-0.91	C
9	178	24 (3)	May 16	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.207	.258	.379	.637	8	1.18	-0.106	2.43	-0.13%	-1.07	C
10	179	28 (3)	May 21	WSH		CHW	L,9-11	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.367	.617	9	.94	-0.025	1.58	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
11	180	29	May 22	WSH		CHW	L,6-10	4-GF	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.257	.424	.681	8	.18	-0.012	.24	-0.01%	0.31	C
12	181	31 (1)	May 26	WSH		CLE	W,13-9	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.270	.429	.699	8	.83	0.013	1.16	0.01%	0.02	C
13	182	34 (2)	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.268	.487	.755	8	.64	0.022	1.05	0.02%	0.42	C
14	183	36 (1)	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.267	.535	.802	8	.89	0.295	2.31	0.46%	2.10	C
15	184	37	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	5-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.277	.556	.832	8	1.31	-0.024	2.85	-0.03%	0.17	PH C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	185	40 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.255	.510	.765	8	1.10	-0.119	1.64	-0.11%	-1.22	C
17	186	41	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.264	.500	.764	8	1.22	-0.022	1.84	-0.02%	-0.12	C
18	187	42	Jun 6	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.259	.490	.749	9	1.71	-0.052	3.06	-0.06%	-0.69	PH
19	188	43	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.241	.455	.696	8	1.33	-0.140	2.36	-0.15%	-1.43	C
20	189	47 (3)	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.270	.483	.753	8	1.18	0.321	1.62	0.27%	1.73	C
21	190	48	Jun 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.254	.453	.707	8	.82	-0.089	1.11	-0.07%	-1.32	C
22	191	50 (1)	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.257	.448	.705	8	.77	-0.042	.90	-0.03%	-0.50	C
23	192	57 (6)	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.270	.471	.742	8	.80	0.089	1.11	0.08%	0.95	C
24	193	58	Jun 28	WSH		PHA	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.273	.466	.738	8	.88	0.021	1.34	0.02%	-0.02	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	194	61 (2)	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.275	.461	.736	8	1.16	-0.022	1.22	-0.01%	-0.15	C
26	195	66 (4)	Jul 6	WSH		NYY	L,0-17	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.268	.449	.717	8	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.41	C
27	196	68 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,6-9	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.277	.449	.726	9	1.25	0.027	1.06	0.01%	0.50	PH
28	197	70 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.267	.432	.700	8	.58	-0.044	.33	-0.02%	-0.71	C
29	198	72 (1)	Jul 11	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.264	.427	.691	8	1.79	-0.046	.71	-0.01%	-0.45	C
30	199	74 (1)	Jul 14	WSH		CHW	W,6-4	3-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.417	.683	9	.90	-0.016	.12	0.00%	0.06	PH C
31	200	75	Jul 16 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.266	.402	.668	8	1.20	-0.052	.19	-0.01%	-0.41	C
32	201	77 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.263	.398	.661	1	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.30	C
33	202	78	Jul 17 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.253	.380	.633	8	1.49	-0.165	.08	-0.01%	-1.27	C
34	203	79	Jul 18	WSH		DET	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.208	.269	.396	.665	8	.50	0.020	.01	0.00%	0.77	C
35	204	80	Jul 20 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG(15)	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.264	.392	.656	8	1.70	-0.070	.05	0.00%	0.00	C
36	205	81	Jul 20 (2)	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.257	.381	.638	8	1.66	-0.132	.03	0.00%	-0.93	C
37	206	82	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.194	.250	.370	.620	8	1.62	-0.024	.02	0.00%	-0.34	C
38	207	87 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,19-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.248	.367	.615	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	208	95 (7)	Aug 3	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.248	.367	.615	8						C
40	209	102 (6)	Aug 9 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.242	.357	.599	8	1.18	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.84	C
41	210	109 (6)	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,10-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.238	.351	.589	8	.75	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	211	125 (15)	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-4	GS-5	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.250	.357	.607	8	.75	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.78	C
43	212	139 (13)	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.252	.356	.608	8	1.54	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.08	C
44	213	142 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.246	.347	.593	8	.82	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.66	C
45	214	145 (2)	Sep 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.254	.347	.601	8	.69	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
46	215	146	Sep 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.255	.346	.602	8	1.10	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
47	216	149 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.205	.261	.348	.609	8						C
48	217	152 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.199	.253	.338	.592	8						C
49	218	153	Oct 3	WSH		PHA	L,6-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.197	.252	.336	.587	8						C
							22-27		149	137	14	27	6	2	3	17	9	0	33	1	2		2		0	0	.197	.252	.336	.587		.99	-0.568	.99	0.12%	-6.62

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