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.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 3	NYM		PIT	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 1B
2	5 (2)	Apr 6	NYM	@	ATL	W,11-2	GS	24	6.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
3	6	Apr 7	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
4	8 (1)	Apr 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
5	11 (2)	Apr 13	NYM		MON	L,8-9	CG	54	11.0	8	0	1	9	3	1B
6	12	Apr 14	NYM		MON	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
7	15 (2)	Apr 17	NYM		ATL	L,1-2	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
8	18 (2)	Apr 20	NYM	@	MON	L,5-7	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B 2B
9	21 (2)	Apr 24	NYM		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
10	22	Apr 25	NYM		STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
11	23	Apr 26	NYM		MIL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	26 (2)	Apr 30	NYM	@	ARI	W,10-1	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	27	May 1	NYM	@	ARI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
14	28	May 2	NYM	@	ARI	L,3-7	GS	25	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
15	29	May 3	NYM	@	HOU	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
16	30	May 4	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
17	31	May 5	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
18	35 (3)	May 10	NYM		COL	L,5-9	GS	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B SS
19	36	May 11	NYM		COL	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
20	38 (1)	May 13	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	14	4.0	4	0	0	4	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	59 (20)	Jun 6	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
22	61 (1)	Jun 8	NYM	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B SS
23	66 (4)	Jun 14	NYM		NYY	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
24	71 (4)	Jun 20	NYM		MIN	W,3-2	GS	18	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
25	74 (2)	Jun 23	NYM		KCR	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
26	79 (4)	Jun 29	NYM	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
27	80	Jun 30	NYM	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	83 (2)	Jul 3	NYM	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
29	84	Jul 4	NYM	@	FLA	L,7-9	GF	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	86 (1)	Jul 6	NYM	@	FLA	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
31	87	Jul 7	NYM	@	FLA	W,9-3	GF	17	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
32	89 (1)	Jul 12	NYM		PHI	L,8-9	GF	10	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
33	90	Jul 13	NYM		PHI	L,6-7	GF	20	4.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
34	92 (1)	Jul 15	NYM		FLA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
35	95 (2)	Jul 18	NYM	@	MON	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
36	98 (2)	Jul 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
37	104 (5)	Jul 28	NYM		CIN	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
38	105	Jul 30	NYM		HOU	L,3-16	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS 2B
39	106	Jul 31	NYM		HOU	W,10-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	107	Aug 1	NYM		HOU	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
41	108	Aug 3 (1)	NYM		ARI	L,5-8	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
42	109	Aug 3 (2)	NYM		ARI	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	110	Aug 4	NYM		ARI	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
44	111	Aug 5	NYM		ARI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	113 (1)	Aug 7	NYM	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
46	116 (2)	Aug 10	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
47	119 (2)	Aug 14	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
48	121 (1)	Aug 16	NYM		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
49	122	Aug 17	NYM		LAD	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	123	Aug 18	NYM		LAD	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
51	127 (3)	Aug 23	NYM	@	COL	L,4-10	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
52	129 (1)	Aug 25	NYM	@	COL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
53	130	Aug 27	NYM	@	FLA	W,10-5	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
54	133 (2)	Aug 31	NYM		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	134	Sep 1	NYM		PHI	L,5-9	GF	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
56	136 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYM		FLA	W,11-5	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	141 (4)	Sep 8	NYM	@	PHI	W,11-3	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	142	Sep 9	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
59	143	Sep 10	NYM	@	ATL	L,6-12	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
60	147 (3)	Sep 13	NYM	@	MON	L,8-11	GF	8	2.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
61	155 (7)	Sep 22	NYM		MON	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
62	159 (3)	Sep 27 (2)	NYM		ATL	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
63	161 (1)	Sep 29	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
							67gm		375.1	139	84	10	233	26