César Valdez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: March 17, 1985 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

Last Game: May 17, 2022 (Age 37-061d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: The MAS+ Agency

Full Name: César Miguel Valdez

Nicknames: La Cabra

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Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

6.11

112.0

WHIP

1.598

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2006	21	-0.3	Yakima	NORW	A-	ARI	7	5	.583	3.15	3.99	16	16	0	2	0	0	97.0	97	43	34	5	20	0	81	3	0	5	406	1.206	9.0	0.5	1.9	7.5	4.05
2007	22	0.3	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	7	10	.412	3.41	3.83	25	25	0	2	1	0	148.0	130	63	56	11	32	0	106	12	0	12	602	1.095	7.9	0.7	1.9	6.4	3.31
2008	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	ARI	13	8	.619	3.14	3.70	27	27	0	1	1	0	160.1	151	66	56	7	39	1	140	7	1	5	662	1.185	8.5	0.4	2.2	7.9	3.59
2008	23	-1.5	Mobile	SOUL	AA	ARI	3	5	.375	4.06	4.20	12	12	0	0	0	0	64.1	63	30	29	2	23	1	60	4	0	0	272	1.337	8.8	0.3	3.2	8.4	2.61
2008	23	0.2	Visalia	CALL	A+	ARI	10	3	.769	2.53	3.38	15	15	0	1	1	0	96.0	88	36	27	5	16	0	80	3	1	5	390	1.083	8.3	0.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
2008-09	23	-4.9	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	0		7.20	7.20	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	9	0	0	0	24	1.800	12.6	3.6	3.6	16.2	4.50
2009	24	-3.0	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	7	6	.538	4.78	5.44	19	18	1	0	0	0	96.0	103	58	51	16	30	1	60	4	1	6	419	1.385	9.7	1.5	2.8	5.6	2.00
2009	24	0.7	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		0	1	.000	10.50	10.50	9	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	19	14	14	3	6	0	12	1	0	0	63	2.083	14.3	2.3	4.5	9.0	2.00
2010	25	-1.7	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	6	10	.375	5.90	6.27	20	18	1	0	0	0	97.2	110	68	64	12	49	0	92	5	0	14	446	1.628	10.1	1.1	4.5	8.5	1.88
2010	25	-3.7	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	1	2	.333	7.65	8.55	9	2	3	0	0	0	20.0	29	19	17	2	10	2	13	1	0	3	97	1.950	13.1	0.9	4.5	5.9	1.30
2010-11	25	-3.4	Licey	DOWL	FgW		3	2	.600	4.31	4.76	9	8	0	0	0	0	39.2	40	21	19	1	12	0	23	2	0	1	170	1.311	9.1	0.2	2.7	5.2	1.92
2011	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	FLA	1	2	.333	4.61	4.96	42	0	17	0	0	5	52.2	49	29	27	7	20	2	49	3	0	0	229	1.310	8.4	1.2	3.4	8.4	2.45
2011	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	3	.250	4.10	4.44	9	3	0	1	0	0	26.1	27	13	12	3	3	1	25	1	0	1	109	1.139	9.2	1.0	1.0	8.5	8.33
2011	26	-0.7	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	1	1	.500	3.86	4.29	34	0	14	0	0	5	42.0	36	20	18	2	17	2	36	3	0	0	182	1.262	7.7	0.4	3.6	7.7	2.12
2011	26	-1.1	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	FLA	0	1	.000	7.59	7.59	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	13	9	9	5	3	0	13	0	0	0	47	1.500	11.0	4.2	2.5	11.0	4.33
2011-12	26	-0.3	Zulia	VEWL	FgW		1	1	.500	2.04	2.04	4	2	0	1	0	0	17.2	10	4	4	2	1	0	15	1	0	1	64	0.623	5.1	1.0	0.5	7.6	15.00
2011-12	26	-0.5	Carolina	PRWL	FgW		0	2	.000	8.31	9.35	5	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	17	9	8	1	2	1	10	0	0	0	45	2.192	17.7	1.0	2.1	10.4	5.00
2012	27		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-FgW		11	8	.579	5.05	5.55	30	23	2	2	1	0	146.0	179	90	82	16	20	1	96	6	0	9	628	1.363	11.0	1.0	1.2	5.9	4.80
2012	27	-1.4	Laguna	MEX	AAA		11	8	.579	5.27	5.80	24	23	0	2	1	0	135.0	171	87	79	14	18	1	84	5	0	9	584	1.400	11.4	0.9	1.2	5.6	4.67
2012-13	27	-1.0	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	0		3.38	3.38	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	32	0.875	7.9	2.3	0.0	10.1
2012-13	27	0.1	Zulia	VEWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	12	1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
2013	28		4 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-FgW		5	6	.455	5.01	6.22	23	21	1	1	0	0	111.1	142	77	62	14	20	1	100	4	0	6	487	1.455	11.5	1.1	1.6	8.1	5.00
2013	28	-0.1	Laguna	MEX	AAA		3	3	.500	4.93	6.03	12	12	0	1	0	0	65.2	89	44	36	11	11	1	59	1	0	5	292	1.523	12.2	1.5	1.5	8.1	5.36
2013	28	-0.1	Aguascalientes	MEX	AAA		0	0		7.71	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	4	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	21	1.500	9.6	0.0	3.9	1.9	0.50
2013-14	28	0.9	Zulia	VEWL	FgW		2	3	.400	4.74	6.39	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	45	27	20	2	7	0	38	2	0	1	162	1.368	10.7	0.5	1.7	9.0	5.43
2013-14	28	-0.8	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	0		6.00	6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	1.000	9.0	3.0	0.0	6.0
2014	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		3	2	.600	3.99	4.46	8	7	0	0	0	0	38.1	35	19	17	4	7	1	35	2	0	2	158	1.096	8.2	0.9	1.6	8.2	5.00
2014-15	29	1.6	Margarita	VEWL	FgW		2	2	.500	4.31	4.88	7	6	0	0	0	0	31.1	28	17	15	2	7	1	27	2	0	2	129	1.117	8.0	0.6	2.0	7.8	3.86
2014-15	29	0.4	Venezuela	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	2.57	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	29	1.000	9.0	2.6	0.0	10.3
2015	30		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-Fgn-FgW		15	11	.577	3.10	3.55	37	36	0	3	2	0	238.1	229	94	82	13	44	3	239	14	5	10	984	1.145	8.6	0.5	1.7	9.0	5.43
2015	30	1.2	Tabasco	MEX	AAA		11	6	.647	2.63	2.86	23	23	0	3	2	0	160.2	145	51	47	9	28	3	161	10	3	6	653	1.077	8.1	0.5	1.6	9.0	5.75
2015	30	1.3	Lamigo	CPBL	Fgn		2	3	.400	5.52	6.90	8	7		0	0	0	45.2	61	35	28	3	12	0	39	3	1	2	210	1.599	12.0	0.6	2.4	7.7	3.25
2015-16	30	1.7	Licey	DOWL	FgW		2	2	.500	2.52	2.88	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	20	8	7	1	4	0	33	1	1	2	99	0.960	7.2	0.4	1.4	11.9	8.25
2015-16	30	1.1	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	22	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	7.7
2016	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		2	6	.250	3.91	4.89	11	9	0	0	0	0	46.0	49	25	20	2	8	0	29	2	0	1	192	1.239	9.6	0.4	1.6	5.7	3.63
2016	31	4.3	Fresno	PCL	AAA	HOU	12	1	.923	3.12	3.19	30	18	1	1	1	0	138.1	143	49	48	8	13	1	114	6	1	0	556	1.128	9.3	0.5	0.8	7.4	8.77
2016-17	31	2.5	Licey	DOWL	FgW		2	5	.286	3.67	4.75	10	8	0	0	0	0	41.2	43	22	17	2	7	0	27	1	0	1	172	1.200	9.3	0.4	1.5	5.8	3.86
2016-17	31	1.3	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		0	1	.000	6.23	6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	20	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
2017	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	TOR	4	3	.571	3.15	3.53	13	12	0	1	0	0	71.1	64	28	25	4	12	0	56	3	1	2	288	1.065	8.1	0.5	1.5	7.1	4.67
2017	32		2 Teams	AL	Maj	OAK-TOR	1	1	.500	7.63	8.51	11	4	5	0	0	0	30.2	41	29	26	7	11	1	21	1	1	1	140	1.696	12.0	2.1	3.2	6.2	1.91
2017	32	5.6	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	3	3	.500	3.23	3.67	11	10	0	1	0	0	61.1	56	25	22	3	12	0	44	3	1	2	250	1.109	8.2	0.4	1.8	6.5	3.67
2017	32	5.4	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	1	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	3	3	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	38	0.800	7.2	0.9	0.0	10.8
2017	32	3.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	0		9.64	9.64	4	1	2	0	0	0	9.1	14	10	10	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	44	1.929	13.5	3.9	3.9	4.8	1.25
2017	32	3.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	1	.500	6.75	8.02	7	3	3	0	0	0	21.1	27	19	16	3	7	1	16	1	1	1	96	1.594	11.4	1.3	3.0	6.8	2.29
2018	33		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AAA-FgW		9	3	.750	3.33	3.99	30	13	0	0	0	0	94.2	112	42	35	3	14	1	89	4	0	1	408	1.331	10.6	0.3	1.3	8.5	6.36
2018	33	4.0	Yucatan	MEX2	AAA		5	0	1.000	2.48	2.97	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.1	39	12	10	0	5	0	37	0	0	1	151	1.211	9.7	0.0	1.2	9.2	7.40
2018	33	3.9	Tabasco	MEX1	AAA		1	3	.250	5.93	7.12	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.1	53	24	20	3	6	0	23	3	0	0	151	1.945	15.7	0.9	1.8	6.8	3.83
2018-19	33	4.2	Licey	DOWL	FgW		3	0	1.000	1.63	1.95	16	0	0	0	0	0	27.2	20	6	5	0	3	1	29	0	0	0	104	0.831	6.5	0.0	1.0	9.4	9.67
2018-19	33	3.5	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-FgW		19	3	.864	2.01	2.29	30	29	0	1	1	0	188.1	171	48	42	7	21	0	162	6	0	9	743	1.019	8.2	0.3	1.0	7.7	7.71
2019	34	4.5	Yucatan	MEX	AAA		15	2	.882	2.26	2.50	23	23	0	0	0	0	147.2	140	41	37	6	17	0	122	6	0	8	587	1.063	8.5	0.4	1.0	7.4	7.18
2019-20	34	5.4	Licey	DOWL	FgW		4	1	.800	1.11	1.55	7	6	0	1	1	0	40.2	31	7	5	1	4	0	40	0	0	1	156	0.861	6.9	0.2	0.9	8.9	10.00
2020	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.75	0.75	3	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	10	1	0	1	46	0.667	4.5	0.0	1.5	7.5	5.00
2020	35	6.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	1	.500	1.26	1.88	9	0	7	0	0	3	14.1	7	3	2	0	3	0	12	0	0	1	53	0.698	4.4	0.0	1.9	7.5	4.00
2020-21	35	5.6	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.82	0.82	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	9	1	0	1	43	0.727	4.9	0.0	1.6	7.4	4.50
2020-21	35	6.1	Licey	DOWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2021	36	9.0	Norfolk	AAAE	AAA	BAL	0	1	.000	1.42	2.13	9	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	10	3	2	0	3	1	12	1	0	0	50	1.026	7.1	0.0	2.1	8.5	4.00
2021	36	7.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	2	2	.500	5.87	6.26	39	0	16	0	0	8	46.0	62	32	30	8	14	2	45	1	0	2	210	1.652	12.1	1.6	2.7	8.8	3.21
2021-22	36	6.3	Licey	DOWL	FgW		5	1	.833	1.77	2.36	8	8	0	0	0	0	45.2	36	12	9	1	6	0	46	1	0	1	178	0.920	7.1	0.2	1.2	9.1	7.67
2022	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		7	0	1.000	1.23	1.64	11	11	0	0	0	0	66.0	52	12	9	1	15	3	47	2	0	0	260	1.015	7.1	0.1	2.0	6.4	3.13
2022	37	9.8	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	10	5	.667	3.94	4.24	23	23	0	3	0	0	146.1	138	69	64	14	22	0	123	2	2	4	586	1.093	8.5	0.9	1.4	7.6	5.59
2022	37	8.6	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	0	0		9.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2022-23	37	7.3	Licey	DOWL	FgW		6	0	1.000	1.51	2.01	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.2	46	12	9	1	15	3	37	2	0	0	218	1.137	7.7	0.2	2.5	6.2	2.47
2022-23	37	7.1	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	42	0.486	4.4	0.0	0.0	7.3
2023	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		2	5	.286	3.69	3.98	12	12	0	0	0	0	61.0	71	27	25	2	13	3	29	0	1	1	260	1.377	10.5	0.3	1.9	4.3	2.23
2023	38	10.7	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	4	7	.364	6.95	7.18	33	16	5	0	0	0	114.0	163	91	88	21	32	0	94	3	1	7	524	1.711	12.9	1.7	2.5	7.4	2.94
2023-24	38	8.0	Licey	DOWL	FgW		1	4	.200	3.46	3.81	10	10	0	0	0	0	52.0	58	22	20	2	9	2	26	0	0	0	217	1.288	10.0	0.3	1.6	4.5	2.89
2023-24	38	7.6	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		1	1	.500	5.00	5.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	5	5	0	4	1	3	0	1	1	43	1.889	13.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.75
2024	39	8.5	Yucatan	MEX	Ind		2	0	1.000	1.64	1.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	39	0.636	5.7	0.8	0.0	4.9
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		5	6	.455	6.11	6.83	69	6	32	0	0	11	112.0	141	85	76	17	38	5	91	3	1	7	505	1.598	11.3	1.4	3.1	7.3	2.39
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		71	58	.550	4.09	4.50	257	173	26	10	3	5	1134.1	1158	567	515	105	272	6	927	49	7	55	4768	1.261	9.2	0.8	2.2	7.4	3.41
Foreign (15 seasons)					Foreign		85	50	.630	3.35	3.88	227	184	7	8	4	0	1129.2	1163	487	421	70	187	14	945	45	6	44	4686	1.195	9.3	0.6	1.5	7.5	5.05
Other (1 season)					Other		0	1	.000	10.50	10.50	9	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	19	14	14	3	6	0	12	1	0	0	63	2.083	14.3	2.3	4.5	9.0	2.00
All Levels (19 Seasons)							161	115	.583	3.87	4.35	562	363	65	18	7	16	2388.0	2481	1153	1026	195	503	25	1975	98	14	106	10022	1.250	9.4	0.7	1.9	7.4	3.93

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		44	35	.557	4.56	4.88	189	105	26	5	1	5	729.0	780	395	369	82	181	5	600	27	6	33	3098	1.318	9.6	1.0	2.2	7.4	3.31
AAA (5 seasons)					Foreign		46	22	.676	3.61	4.08	96	95	0	6	3	0	580.1	642	263	233	43	87	5	487	26	3	29	2439	1.256	10.0	0.7	1.3	7.6	5.60
AA (1 season)					Minors		3	5	.375	4.06	4.20	12	12	0	0	0	0	64.1	63	30	29	2	23	1	60	4	0	0	272	1.337	8.8	0.3	3.2	8.4	2.61
A+ (1 season)					Minors		10	3	.769	2.53	3.38	15	15	0	1	1	0	96.0	88	36	27	5	16	0	80	3	1	5	390	1.083	8.3	0.5	1.5	7.5	5.00
A (1 season)					Minors		7	10	.412	3.41	3.83	25	25	0	2	1	0	148.0	130	63	56	11	32	0	106	12	0	12	602	1.095	7.9	0.7	1.9	6.4	3.31
A- (1 season)					Minors		7	5	.583	3.15	3.99	16	16	0	2	0	0	97.0	97	43	34	5	20	0	81	3	0	5	406	1.206	9.0	0.5	1.9	7.5	4.05
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		2	3	.400	5.52	6.90	8	7		0	0	0	45.2	61	35	28	3	12	0	39	3	1	2	210	1.599	12.0	0.6	2.4	7.7	3.25
FgW (14 seasons)					Foreign		35	25	.583	2.89	3.42	121	80	7	2	1	0	492.2	453	187	158	23	88	9	413	16	2	12	1998	1.098	8.3	0.4	1.6	7.5	4.69
Ind (1 season)					Foreign		2	0	1.000	1.64	1.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	39	0.636	5.7	0.8	0.0	4.9