John Valentin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 18, 1967 in Mineola, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ).

High School: St. Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ)

School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)

Debut: July 27, 1992 (Age 25-160d, 16,177th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2002 (Age 35-223d)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad • Previously: Dick Moss

Full Name: John William Valentin

Pronunciation: \VAL-en-tin\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.5

3917

1093

124

.279

614

RBI

558

OBP

.360

SLG

.454

OPS

.814

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 3	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 4	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-13	CG	51	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
4	4	Apr 5	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	52	11.2	4	3	1	8	1	SS
5	5	Apr 6	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 7	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 9	BOS		MIN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
8	8	Apr 11	BOS		MIN	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 12	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 13	BOS		CLE	L,2-14	CG	48	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
11	11	Apr 14	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	GF	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	PH SS
12	12	Apr 15	BOS		CLE	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 16	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
14	14	Apr 17	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	51	11.1	2	5	0	7	1	SS
15	15	Apr 18	BOS	@	BAL	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
17	17	Apr 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
18	18	Apr 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	19	Apr 22	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
20	20	Apr 23	BOS	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
21	21	Apr 24	BOS		TEX	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	22	Apr 25	BOS		TEX	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
23	23	Apr 26	BOS		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
24	24	Apr 27	BOS		KCR	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
25	25	Apr 28	BOS		KCR	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
26	26	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	27	May 1	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 3 susp	BOS		TOR	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	29	May 4	BOS		TOR	W,8-4	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
30	30	May 5	BOS		TOR	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
31	31	May 7	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
32	32	May 9	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-17	CG	53	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 10	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
34	34	May 11	BOS	@	TOR	L,8-9	CG	53	10.2	2	3	0	5	2	SS
35	35	May 12	BOS	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	43	9.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
36	36	May 14	BOS		CAL	W,4-3	CG	53	12.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
37	37	May 15	BOS		CAL	W,17-6	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
38	38	May 17	BOS		OAK	W,5-3	CG	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
39	39	May 18	BOS		OAK	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
40	40	May 19	BOS		OAK	W,12-2	GS	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
41	41	May 20	BOS		OAK	W,16-4	GS	27	7.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
42	42	May 21	BOS		SEA	L,7-13	CG	48	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
43	43	May 22	BOS		SEA	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
44	44	May 23	BOS		SEA	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
45	45	May 24	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
46	47 (1)	May 26	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-12	GS	35	6.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
47	48	May 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
48	49	May 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
49	50	May 29	BOS	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
50	51	May 30	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
51	52	May 31	BOS	@	SEA	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	53	Jun 1	BOS	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
53	54	Jun 2	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
54	55	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	49	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
55	56	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	50	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	57	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
57	58	Jun 7	BOS		MIL	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	59	Jun 8	BOS		MIL	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	60	Jun 9	BOS		MIL	L,8-11	CG	52	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
60	61	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
61	62	Jun 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
62	63	Jun 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	54	12.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
63	64	Jun 13	BOS		TEX	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
64	65	Jun 14	BOS		TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
65	66	Jun 15	BOS		TEX	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
66	67	Jun 16	BOS		TEX	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
67	68	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
68	69	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
69	70	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
70	71	Jun 21	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-14	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	72	Jun 22	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
72	73	Jun 23	BOS	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
73	74	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
74	75	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	65	15.0	7	2	0	9	1	SS
75	76	Jun 27	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
76	77	Jun 28	BOS		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
77	78	Jun 29	BOS		DET	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
78	79	Jun 30	BOS		DET	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	80	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
80	81	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
81	82	Jul 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
82	83	Jul 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
83	84	Jul 6	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
84	85	Jul 7	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
85	86	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
86	87	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,11-3	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
87	88	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
88	89	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
89	90	Jul 15	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
90	91	Jul 16	BOS		NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
91	92	Jul 17	BOS		NYY	W,12-11	CG	52	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
92	93	Jul 18	BOS		BAL	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
93	97 (3)	Jul 22	BOS		KCR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
94	98	Jul 23	BOS		KCR	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
95	99	Jul 24	BOS		KCR	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
96	100	Jul 25	BOS	@	MIN	L,6-16	GS	35	5.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
97	101	Jul 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
98	102	Jul 27	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
99	103	Jul 28	BOS	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	106 (2)	Aug 1	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
101	124 (17)	Aug 18	BOS		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
102	125	Aug 19	BOS		CAL	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
103	126	Aug 20	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
104	127	Aug 21	BOS		OAK	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
105	128	Aug 22	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
106	129	Aug 23	BOS		SEA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	130	Aug 24	BOS		SEA	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	5	5	1	11	1	SS
108	131	Aug 25	BOS		SEA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
109	132	Aug 26	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
110	133	Aug 27	BOS	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
111	134	Aug 28	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
112	135	Aug 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
113	136	Aug 31	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	138 (1)	Sep 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
115	139	Sep 3	BOS	@	SEA	L,9-11	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	140	Sep 4	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	141	Sep 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
118	142	Sep 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
119	143	Sep 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
120	144	Sep 9	BOS		MIL	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
121	145	Sep 10	BOS		MIL	L,10-11	GS	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS 3B
122	146	Sep 11	BOS		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	147	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
124	148	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
125	149	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
126	150	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
127	151	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	152	Sep 19	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B
129	153	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							130gm		1139.1	202	357	17	576	88