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Ellis
Valentine		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 212
 
Born: July 30, 1954 in Helena, AR, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1984   
All-Star Selections 1978    1984   
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
1976 21 MON   94 305 36 85 15 2 7 39 14 1 30 51 .279 .343 .410 .753 44.7  
1977 22 MON NL 161 623 100 173 32 1 17 80 21 3 50 71 .278 .327 .414 .742 86.8 18.0
1978 23 MON NL 159 614 76 161 29 0 24 98 10 7 38 87 .262 .304 .427 .731 75.0 19.0
1979 24 MON NL 156 620 73 158 31 2 20 74 14 2 35 75 .255 .294 .408 .702 71.6 14.2
1980 25 MON NL 159 620 72 153 24 3 18 77 22 2 42 68 .247 .293 .382 .675 71.5 15.0
1981 26 MON NL 159 611 63 149 35 7 15 77 9 4 42 91 .244 .292 .398 .690 66.0 9.4
1982 27 MON NL 159 601 71 155 32 8 16 70 18 4 41 82 .258 .303 .418 .720 76.9 14.7
1983 28 MON NL 157 595 63 155 29 5 18 68 20 7 30 84 .261 .294 .417 .710 70.4 10.4
1984 29 CAL AL 153 601 82 163 43 9 14 76 31 6 38 79 .271 .311 .443 .754 80.8 18.0
1985 30 CAL AL 117 439 63 105 25 6 11 45 23 1 25 79 .239 .280 .399 .678 49.7 12.0
1987 32 DET AL 155 570 71 152 50 8 10 88 14 0 31 105 .267 .303 .435 .738 71.2 14.4
1988 33 DET AL 146 547 64 139 21 5 16 62 13 8 17 135 .254 .276 .399 .675 56.8 6.3
1989 34 DET AL 55 154 23 28 9 1 2 16 8 1 11 46 .182 .236 .292 .529 10.9 0.0
12 Years Sim 1736 6595 821 1691 360 55 181 831 203 45 400 1002 .256 .297 .410 .707 787.4 151.5
13 Years Pro 1830 6900 857 1776 375 57 188 870 217 46 430 1053 .257 .301 .410 .711 832.1  
162 Game Average 615 76 157 33 5 16 77 18 4 37 93 .256 .297 .410 .707 73.5  
Career Highs 161 623 100 173 50 9 24 98 31 8 50 135 .278 .327 .443 .754 86.8  
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
1977 22 MON NL LF 159 158 1407.3 292 6 12 1 .961 1.91   2.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1978 23 MON NL RF 157 153 1382.7 327 7 11 2 .968 2.17   2.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 24 MON NL RF 153 151 1358.3 270 7 9 1 .969 1.84   3.1
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 25 MON NL RF 152 151 1384.7 270 5 7 1 .975 1.79   3.4
    LF 3 0 19.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.93    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1981 26 MON NL RF 144 144 1296.7 238 8 11 1 .957 1.71   2.9
    CF 4 4 36.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    SS 4 4 35.7 7 13 1 4 .952 5.05   0.3
    LF 6 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1982 27 MON NL RF 154 151 1360.7 289 7 8 2 .974 1.96   2.1
    LF 5 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1983 28 MON NL RF 156 147 1353.0 283 19 14 6 .956 2.01   1.9
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 29 CAL AL CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 30 CAL AL CF 116 114 1031.3 277 10 10 1 .966 2.50   5.2
1987 32 DET AL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 33 DET AL CF 75 74 620.3 150 3 6 0 .962 2.22   1.5
    RF 10 2 33.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.36    
    LF 3 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 34 DET AL LF 23 20 188.0 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.6
    RF 13 9 83.3 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.62    
    CF 7 5 47.0 23 1 0 1 1.000 4.60    
  RF 940 908 8254.3 1698 54 60 14 .967 1.91   15.5
  CF 205 197 1743.7 458 14 16 2 .967 2.44   6.7
  LF 205 180 1653.7 328 9 12 1 .966 1.83   3.1
  SS 4 4 35.7 7 13 1 4 .952 5.05   0.3
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1355 1289 11688.3 2491 90 89 21 .967 1.99   25.6
Career Highs   160 158 1409.3 327 21 14 6 1.000 2.50    
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
1984 29 CAL AL 14 59 6 14 3 1 2 6 1 1 2 12 .237 .262 .424 .686
Career Post-Season Batting 14 59 6 14 3 1 2 6 1 1 2 12 .237 .262 .424 .686
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1982-8-159
 Doubles
1984-5-43
1987-4-50
 Homeruns
1978-10-24
1979-10-20
 RBIs
1978-7-98
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  5. Sandy Alomar Jr. (913)
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  7. Claudell Washington (902)
  8. Mitchell Page (900)
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History
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 9/30/1977
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Francisco on 10/6/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1981, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 5/4/1982
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1982, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Atlanta on 6/6/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1983, hitting .517 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1983, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 4 RBI
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/19/1984 to a 3-year deal worth $4,255,555 per year
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won World Championship with California in 1984
Injured on 8/25/1985 with a Broken Ribs, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/12/1987 to a 3-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against California on 9/8/1987
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 3/1/1990 to a minor league contract
 
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