Julio
Valdez
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 165
 
Born: June 3, 1956 in San Cristobal, , D.R.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
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
1983 27 PIT NL 124 259 23 66 10 4 3 28 0 0 12 46 .255 .286 .359 .645 26.4 2.9
1984 28 PIT NL 112 197 22 45 7 4 3 13 1 4 11 28 .228 .268 .350 .618 17.6 0.6
1985 29 PIT NL 116 168 21 46 3 6 1 20 1 4 5 38 .274 .291 .381 .672 17.6 4.6
1986 30 PIT NL 99 162 28 48 9 5 4 27 0 5 12 21 .296 .345 .488 .832 21.2 5.1
1987 31 PIT NL 19 34 6 8 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 8 .235 .278 .382 .660 2.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 470 820 100 213 31 19 12 90 2 14 42 141 .260 .294 .388 .682 85.1 13.1
162 Game Average 282 34 73 10 6 4 31 0 4 14 48 .260 .294 .388 .682 29.3  
Career Highs 124 259 28 66 10 6 4 28 1 5 12 46 .296 .345 .488 .832 26.4  
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   DWS
1983 27 PIT NL SS 60 51 393.7 59 145 6 29 .971 4.66   2.5
    3B 13 9 76.0 1 19 1 2 .952 2.37   0.1
    LF 13 7 64.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.2
    RF 3 2 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    2B 5 0 12.0 5 3 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
1984 28 PIT NL SS 38 29 246.7 37 99 7 22 .951 4.96   1.9
    LF 9 6 50.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.2
    3B 11 4 46.0 2 16 0 1 1.000 3.52   0.1
    2B 11 3 41.3 11 11 2 2 .917 4.79   0.2
    RF 6 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1985 29 PIT NL SS 31 18 170.0 22 68 2 14 .978 4.76   1.6
    3B 21 12 117.7 11 34 2 3 .957 3.44   0.5
    RF 8 0 12.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    2B 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1986 30 PIT NL 3B 20 14 119.3 7 50 0 3 1.000 4.30   1.0
    SS 19 11 100.7 7 40 0 6 1.000 4.20   0.6
    RF 11 7 59.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.3
    LF 10 6 58.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    2B 4 0 5.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.1
1987 31 PIT NL SS 2 2 18.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    2B 2 2 12.0 3 0 1 0 .750 2.25   0.0
    3B 2 2 12.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 150 111 929.0 128 358 15 71 .970 4.71   6.6
  3B 67 41 371.0 23 119 3 10 .979 3.44   1.8
  LF 34 19 174.3 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.81   0.3
  RF 29 9 99.7 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.3
  2B 25 5 73.3 22 18 3 4 .930 4.91   0.4
Career Totals   305 185 1647.3 236 495 21 85 .972 3.99   9.4
Career Highs   94 69 565.7 85 167 9 32 1.000 4.29    
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
1983 27 PIT NL 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.500 2.167
1984 28 PIT NL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 29 PIT NL 0 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
1986 30 PIT NL 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 0 12 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .250 .308 .417 .724
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  1. Tony Clark (961)
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  4. Ryan Zimmerman (950)
  5. Damian Rolls (950)
  6. Endy Chavez (949)
  7. Homer Bush (949)
  8. Gary Gaetti (947)
  9. Randy Asadoor (947)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 124th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1980
Had first career hit on 4/6/1983, off Steve Rogers (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1983, off Dennis Eckersley (CHC)
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1985
Released by Pittsburgh on 10/27/1987
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/2/1988 to a 3-year deal worth $794,511 per year
Injured on 8/19/1988 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Philadelphia on 10/17/1990