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Ismael
Valdes		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 21, 1973 in Mexico, , VICTORIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie Of The Year 1994   
All-Star Selections 1994   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1994 20 SDP NL 22 8 .733 38 38 0 0 0 236.3 197 77 24 71 243 2.93 .223 .284 .348 .632 21.6
1995 21 SDP NL 6 16 .273 28 28 0 0 0 164.3 166 80 25 54 179 4.38 .260 .322 .432 .754 6.0
1996 22 SDP NL 16 7 .696 35 35 1 1 0 227.7 181 75 29 50 243 2.96 .214 .259 .350 .609 19.6
1997 23 SDP NL 10 17 .370 36 36 0 0 0 222.0 182 76 28 64 253 3.08 .219 .280 .362 .642 18.6
1998 24 SDP NL 9 18 .333 39 39 0 0 0 223.3 207 119 43 84 272 4.80 .242 .316 .436 .752 8.7
1999 25 SDP NL 10 11 .476 36 36 1 1 0 204.0 201 111 42 73 250 4.90 .254 .324 .475 .799 10.2
2000 26 CHW AL 12 8 .600 32 32 0 0 0 177.0 190 111 43 64 203 5.64 .270 .337 .520 .857 8.6
2001 27 CHW AL 10 11 .476 32 32 0 0 0 184.7 199 118 50 63 207 5.75 .269 .329 .517 .846 7.1
2002 28 CHW AL 10 10 .500 33 33 0 0 0 196.7 179 107 38 61 232 4.90 .238 .306 .443 .749 12.8
2003 29 CHW AL 12 6 .667 29 29 0 0 0 164.7 154 67 29 51 197 3.66 .241 .307 .444 .752 13.9
2004 30 CHW AL 16 8 .667 36 36 0 0 0 214.0 213 120 49 70 266 5.05 .256 .315 .486 .801 12.4
2005 31 BOS AL 17 7 .708 36 36 1 0 0 205.3 225 112 30 59 230 4.91 .272 .329 .449 .777 14.1
12 Years Sim 150 127 .542 410 410 3 2 0 2420.0 2294 1173 430 764 2775 4.36 .246 .308 .436 .744 153.8
Season Average 12 10 .545 34 34 0 0 0 201.7 191 97 35 63 231 4.36 .246 .308 .436 .744  
Career Highs 22 18 .733 39 39 1 1 0 236.3 225 120 50 84 272 5.75 .272 .337 .520 .857  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1994 20 SDP NL 38 75 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 32 .107 .150 .147 .297 0.9 0.0
1995 21 SDP NL 28 50 4 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 25 .100 .151 .200 .351 0.5 0.0
1996 22 SDP NL 35 62 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 30 .016 .076 .016 .092 -3.6 0.0
1997 23 SDP NL 36 73 3 5 2 0 1 4 0 1 2 40 .068 .092 .137 .229 -1.8 0.0
1998 24 SDP NL 39 66 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 37 .015 .071 .015 .087 -3.9 0.0
1999 25 SDP NL 36 66 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 25 .106 .181 .152 .332 0.8 0.0
6 Years Sim 212 392 23 27 5 1 3 14 0 1 23 189 .069 .120 .110 .230 -7.1 0.0
162 Game Average 299 17 20 3 0 2 10 0 0 17 144 .069 .120 .110 .230 -5.4  
Career Highs 39 75 5 8 3 1 1 4 0 1 6 40 .107 .181 .200 .351 0.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1994 20 SDP NL P 38 38 236.3 13 33 1 2 .979 1.75    
1995 21 SDP NL P 28 28 164.3 7 26 0 1 1.000 1.81    
1996 22 SDP NL P 35 35 227.7 16 42 0 2 1.000 2.29    
1997 23 SDP NL P 36 36 222.0 12 39 0 8 1.000 2.07    
1998 24 SDP NL P 39 39 223.3 16 34 0 2 1.000 2.01    
1999 25 SDP NL P 36 36 204.0 11 31 0 2 1.000 1.85    
2000 26 CHW AL P 32 32 177.0 14 25 1 1 .975 1.98    
2001 27 CHW AL P 32 32 184.7 8 27 0 5 1.000 1.71    
2002 28 CHW AL P 33 33 196.7 8 20 0 0 1.000 1.28    
2003 29 CHW AL P 29 29 164.7 7 19 1 1 .963 1.42    
2004 30 CHW AL P 36 36 214.0 9 24 2 1 .943 1.39    
2005 31 BOS AL P 36 36 205.3 15 23 1 1 .974 1.67    
Career Totals   410 410 2420.0 136 343 6 26 .988 1.78    
Career Highs   39 39 236.3 16 42 2 8 1.000 2.29    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1994 20 SDP NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 4 4 2 2 3 6.75 .182 .250 .500 .750
2000 26 CHW AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 9 7 2 7 2 14.55 .409 .552 .682 1.234
2003 29 CHW AL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 16.3 17 12 4 6 17 6.61 .283 .348 .583 .932
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 26.0 30 23 8 15 22 7.96 .288 .378 .587 .965
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1994 20 SDP NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1994-8-2.93
1996-7-2.96
2003-5-3.66
 Wins
1994-1-22
1996-8-16
2004-6-16
2005-2-17
 Losses
1995-5-16
1997-3-17
1998-2-18
 Winning Pct
1994-4-.733
1996-7-.696
2003-4-.667
2004-8-.667
2005-4-.708
 Games Started
1994-1-38
1998-1-39
2005-8-36
 Shutouts
1996-8-1
1999-3-1
Innings Pitched
1994-8-236.3
1998-9-223.3
 Homeruns Allowed
1996-10-29
1998-1-43
1999-2-42
2000-2-43
2001-2-50
2004-2-49
CAR-5-430
 Strikeouts
1994-5-243
1996-9-243
1997-6-253
1998-3-272
1999-2-250
2002-10-232
2004-7-266
CAR-13-2775
 Walks Allowed
1998-9-84
 Walks per 9IP
1996-9-2.0
 Hits per 9IP
1996-8-7.2
1997-10-7.4
2002-7-8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
1995-7-9.8
1997-6-10.3
1998-3-11.0
1999-5-11.0
2000-8-10.3
2001-6-10.1
2002-7-10.6
2003-7-10.8
2004-8-11.2
CAR-17-10.3
 WHiP
1994-9-1.13
1996-3-1.01
1997-7-1.11
2002-5-1.22
2003-6-1.24
 OAVG
1994-10-.223
1996-8-.214
1997-10-.219
2002-8-.238
 OOBP
1996-3-.259
1997-8-.280
2002-8-.306
2003-7-.307
 OSLG
1996-10-.350
 OOPS
1994-9-.632
1996-5-.609
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 108    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Pedro Martinez (932)
  2. Eddie Guardado (929)
  3. Paul Kilgus (927)
  4. Robb Nen (922)
  5. Al Leiter (921)
  6. Greg Swindell (918)
  7. Scott Bankhead (918)
  8. Doug Drabek (904)
  9. Juan Guzman (901)
  10. Joe Johnson (899)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ben Sheets (994)
  2. Brian Lawrence (994)
  3. Bill Mooneyham (992)
  4. Brian Williams (990)
  5. Juan Guzman (989)
  6. John Farrell (989)
  7. Julian Tavarez (988)
  8. Clay Parker (988)
  9. Kevin Brown (988)
  10. Pete Vuckovich (987)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by San Diego in 1994
Earned first career win on 4/6/1994
Had first career hit on 4/27/1994, off Andy Rincon (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1994, off Melido Perez (MON)
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game
Won Rookie Of The Year in 1994, going 22-8, 2.93 ERA
1/31/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1997, going 3-0, 1.41
1/31/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,657,143 through salary arbitration
1/31/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,657,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1999, winning 2 games with a 2.20 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/16/2000 to a 5-year deal worth $16,500,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2003, going 3-2, 1.55
Injured on 6/3/2003 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/19/2005 to a 3-year deal worth $12,420,000 per year
Injured on 4/25/2005 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
 
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