John
Valentin
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 18, 1967 in Usa, NY, MINEOLA
 
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
1992 25 ATL NL 14 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .107 .000 .107 -1.2 0.0
1994 27 ATL NL 90 194 21 55 20 0 4 28 1 0 13 27 .284 .325 .448 .774 27.2 4.4
1995 28 ATL NL 157 563 66 171 33 5 14 73 0 0 42 86 .304 .356 .455 .811 78.9 14.0
1996 29 ATL NL 153 576 77 143 37 6 13 59 1 0 69 135 .248 .334 .401 .735 76.4 13.5
1997 30 ATL NL 75 271 34 59 21 3 8 35 0 0 35 65 .218 .310 .406 .716 33.9 4.7
  PHI NL 82 264 33 58 20 1 9 49 0 0 33 65 .220 .309 .405 .714 32.9 3.7
  TOT   157 535 67 117 41 4 17 84 0 0 68 130 .219 .309 .406 .715 66.8 8.4
1998 31 PHI NL 158 586 103 157 56 4 22 97 0 0 59 143 .268 .337 .490 .827 91.4 14.3
1999 32 PHI NL 150 510 75 126 43 1 22 87 0 0 61 101 .247 .333 .465 .797 77.5 9.9
2000 33 PHI NL 60 104 8 17 6 1 1 15 0 0 8 29 .163 .228 .269 .497 5.2 0.0
  LV NL 47 61 12 15 2 2 3 11 0 0 11 19 .246 .370 .492 .862 10.9 1.5
  TOT   107 165 20 32 8 3 4 26 0 0 19 48 .194 .283 .352 .635 16.1 1.5
2001 34 LV NL 116 331 39 68 26 2 8 52 0 0 33 89 .205 .291 .369 .659 34.5 1.9
2002 35 LV NL 40 34 4 7 1 2 0 9 0 0 2 11 .206 .243 .353 .596 3.3 0.1
10 Years Sim 1142 3519 473 876 265 27 104 515 2 0 369 772 .249 .325 .428 .753 470.9 68.0
162 Game Average 499 67 124 37 3 14 73 0 0 52 109 .249 .325 .428 .753 66.8  
Career Highs 158 586 103 171 56 6 22 97 1 0 69 143 .304 .356 .490 .827 91.4  
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
1992 25 ATL NL SS 8 8 55.0 7 15 1 3 .957 3.60   0.2
1994 27 ATL NL SS 43 40 302.3 37 100 7 20 .951 4.08   1.2
    2B 5 2 18.0 4 9 0 2 1.000 6.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1995 28 ATL NL SS 149 142 1253.0 173 473 28 90 .958 4.64   5.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1996 29 ATL NL SS 150 150 1319.7 206 482 20 91 .972 4.69   3.9
    2B 3 0 7.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.1
1997 30 ATL NL SS 71 68 630.3 87 251 13 50 .963 4.83   1.4
    2B 4 1 19.3 3 8 0 2 1.000 5.13   0.1
  PHI NL SS 77 75 610.1 85 242 13 48 .962 4.82   3.8
    2B 4 2 18.7 3 8 0 1 1.000 5.29   0.1
  TOT   SS 148 143 1240.4 172 493 26 98 .962 4.83   5.2
      2B 8 3 38.0 6 16 0 3 1.000 5.21   0.1
1998 31 PHI NL 2B 156 154 1372.7 241 507 13 105 .983 4.90   8.2
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1999 32 PHI NL 2B 143 138 1174.7 204 411 13 103 .979 4.71   6.6
    SS 4 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2000 33 PHI NL 2B 33 12 160.5 27 60 0 11 1.000 4.88   0.9
    SS 17 2 56.5 5 18 2 2 .920 3.66   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  LV NL 2B 25 10 102.8 17 38 0 7 1.000 4.82   0.5
    SS 13 2 36.2 3 11 2 1 .875 3.48   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 58 22 263.3 44 98 0 18 1.000 4.85   1.4
      SS 30 4 92.7 8 29 4 3 .902 3.59   0.2
      3B 2 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.0
2001 34 LV NL 2B 94 86 750.7 167 284 10 72 .978 5.41   2.9
    SS 6 2 22.0 3 8 1 2 .917 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2002 35 LV NL SS 15 0 45.0 4 20 0 3 1.000 4.80   0.2
    2B 7 2 24.7 7 10 0 3 1.000 6.20   0.2
    3B 5 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  SS 554 489 4339.1 610 1622 87 310 .962 4.63   15.9
  2B 474 407 3648.9 674 1341 36 308 .982 4.97   19.6
  3B 9 0 16.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.1
  RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1039 896 8007.3 1285 2967 123 618 .972 4.78   35.6
Career Highs   157 154 1374.7 241 509 28 105 1.000 5.37    
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
1997 30 PHI NL 8 30 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 4 .200 .273 .333 .606
1998 31 PHI NL 5 16 2 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .313 .421 .563 .984
1999 32 PHI NL 6 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .071 .188 .071 .259
2002 35 LV NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 20 61 6 12 5 0 1 6 0 0 7 7 .197 .290 .328 .618
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.
Doubles
1998-1-56
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 21st overall pick, by Atlanta in 1992
Injured on 7/1/1993 with a Fractured Nose, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/1/1994 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 5/1/1994, off Tom Glavine (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 8/6/1994, off Sterling Hitchcock (MON)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 9/17/1995
1/31/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Atlanta to Philadelphia on 7/1/1997 (Going to ATL: P Mike Bovee, C Ivan Rodriguez. Going to PHI: 1B Carlos Delgado, SS John Valentin)
7/31/1997: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 9/25/1997
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 6/1/1999
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/29/1999
Traded from Philadelphia to Las Vegas on 7/16/2000 (Going to LV: 2B John Valentin. Going to PHI: P Mike Draper)
9/16/2000: Signed a contract extension with Las Vegas, $1,350,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Carolina on 4/12/2001
Signed as a free agent by New Orleans on 3/1/2003 to a minor league contract
Injured on 5/17/2003 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks