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, 18,275th 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

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

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 3	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	7 (3)	Apr 8	DET		KCR	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	11 (3)	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12	Apr 13	DET		TEX	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13	Apr 14	DET	@	OAK	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	17 (3)	Apr 18	DET	@	SEA	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	19 (1)	Apr 20	DET	@	SEA	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	20	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,9-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	22 (1)	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	25 (2)	Apr 28	DET		SEA	L,2-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	29 (3)	May 2	DET		NYY	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	30	May 3	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	32 (1)	May 5	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	35 (2)	May 8	DET	@	TOR	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	36	May 9	DET	@	TOR	W,10-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	38 (1)	May 11	DET	@	MIN	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	39	May 13	DET		KCR	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	40	May 14	DET		KCR	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	44 (3)	May 20	DET	@	PIT	L,1-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	46 (1)	May 22	DET	@	PIT	W,2-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	47	May 23	DET		TBR	W,6-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	51 (3)	May 29 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	52	May 29 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	53	May 30	DET		MIN	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	55 (1)	Jun 1	DET		MIN	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	57 (1)	Jun 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	58	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	62 (3)	Jun 9	DET		SEA	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	66 (3)	Jun 13	DET		TBR	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	69 (2)	Jun 16	DET		CLE	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	75 (5)	Jun 22	DET	@	LAD	W,7-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	77 (1)	Jun 25	DET		ARI	W,6-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	78	Jun 26	DET		ARI	W,8-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	79	Jun 27	DET		TOR	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	82 (2)	Jun 30	DET		NYM	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	83	Jul 1	DET		SFG	L,3-4		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	85 (1)	Jul 3	DET		SFG	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	88 (2)	Jul 6	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	89	Jul 7	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	90	Jul 8	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	92 (1)	Jul 10	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	94 (1)	Jul 16	DET		CHW	L,0-5		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	95	Jul 17	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	99 (3)	Jul 22	DET	@	MIN	W,8-2	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	101 (1)	Jul 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	103 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	108 (4)	Jul 31	DET		LAA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	109	Aug 2	DET		TEX	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	110	Aug 3	DET		TEX	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	112 (1)	Aug 5	DET	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	113	Aug 6	DET	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	117 (3)	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	118	Aug 12	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	119	Aug 13	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	123 (3)	Aug 17	DET		MIN	L,5-6	GF	8	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
57	124	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	126 (1)	Aug 21	DET		CLE	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	127	Aug 22	DET	@	TBR	W,5-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	130 (2)	Aug 25	DET	@	TBR	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	132 (1)	Aug 27	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	136 (3)	Aug 31	DET		KCR	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	141 (4)	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	143 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	144	Sep 9	DET		MIN	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	146 (1)	Sep 11	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	148 (1)	Sep 13	DET	@	CHW	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	149	Sep 14	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	151 (1)	Sep 16	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	153 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	OAK	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	155 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	KCR	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	157 (1)	Sep 23	DET		BAL	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
73	159 (1)	Sep 25	DET		BAL	W,10-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	161 (1)	Sep 27	DET		CLE	W,9-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
75	162	Sep 28	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							75gm		72.1	3	3	1	7	0