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Jose
Valentin		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 12, 1969 in P.R., , MANATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie Of The Year 1996   
All-Star Selections 1997    1999    2003   
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
1995 25 CHC NL 56 92 13 28 7 0 4 13 0 0 9 18 .304 .366 .511 .877 16.5 3.9
1996 26 CHC NL 149 535 67 151 30 3 21 85 0 0 39 85 .282 .329 .467 .796 77.9 12.0
1997 27 CHC NL 158 606 105 178 36 3 27 104 3 0 56 132 .294 .352 .497 .849 99.9 18.3
1998 28 CHC NL 154 590 98 186 43 4 35 100 2 0 53 106 .315 .369 .580 .949 115.1 21.4
1999 29 CHC NL 159 636 128 208 42 4 38 112 2 0 45 122 .327 .374 .585 .958 123.6 20.3
2000 30 CHC NL 157 632 114 194 41 2 32 112 0 1 47 124 .307 .354 .530 .884 107.9 15.9
2001 31 CHC NL 159 631 111 180 36 4 40 130 2 0 53 156 .285 .340 .545 .885 108.5 17.4
2002 32 CHC NL 159 611 80 172 33 3 32 86 3 0 50 153 .282 .334 .502 .836 98.3 12.4
2003 33 CHC NL 156 605 100 184 41 0 30 109 4 3 51 125 .304 .358 .521 .879 103.8 15.6
2004 34 PHI NL 60 236 37 69 13 1 10 47 0 0 14 60 .292 .336 .483 .819 35.7 4.1
  TOR AL 27 59 6 17 6 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 .288 .311 .390 .701 6.3 0.6
  TOT   87 295 43 86 19 1 10 52 0 0 16 72 .292 .331 .464 .796 41.9 4.7
2005 35 CHC NL 55 125 18 38 3 0 4 25 0 0 8 42 .304 .346 .424 .770 17.1 2.1
  SEA AL 75 261 20 71 8 0 4 37 1 0 24 89 .272 .332 .349 .681 29.5 2.9
  TOT   130 386 38 109 11 0 8 62 1 0 32 131 .282 .336 .373 .710 46.6 5.0
11 Years Sim 1524 5619 897 1676 339 24 277 965 17 4 451 1224 .298 .350 .515 .865 940.0 147.0
162 Game Average 597 95 178 36 2 29 102 1 0 47 130 .298 .350 .515 .865 99.9  
Career Highs 159 636 128 208 43 4 40 130 4 3 56 156 .327 .374 .585 .958 123.6  
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
1995 25 CHC NL SS 23 9 106.7 16 49 0 13 1.000 5.48   1.0
    2B 9 7 61.0 10 26 1 6 .973 5.31   0.3
1996 26 CHC NL SS 145 142 1254.7 156 480 25 83 .962 4.56   6.6
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1997 27 CHC NL SS 150 148 1322.3 160 445 20 87 .968 4.12   7.1
    LF 1 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
1998 28 CHC NL SS 143 135 1224.7 160 406 24 87 .959 4.16   6.2
    2B 6 0 20.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 1 1 .900 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1999 29 CHC NL SS 150 150 1303.7 196 431 21 89 .968 4.33   8.2
    2B 7 0 14.7 4 7 0 3 1.000 6.75   0.2
2000 30 CHC NL SS 153 153 1337.7 161 436 35 78 .945 4.02   6.3
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.1
2001 31 CHC NL SS 150 150 1326.0 188 439 24 97 .963 4.26   7.8
    3B 3 3 23.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.13   0.2
    2B 5 0 13.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
2002 32 CHC NL SS 155 155 1362.7 150 419 25 78 .958 3.76   6.3
    2B 3 0 6.3 0 3 1 1 .750 4.27   0.0
2003 33 CHC NL SS 88 86 753.3 100 270 15 58 .961 4.42   5.1
    2B 67 65 558.7 95 181 15 35 .948 4.45   1.4
2004 34 PHI NL SS 59 49 537.2 79 162 6 40 .976 4.04   3.3
  TOR AL SS 26 22 128.5 19 39 1 10 .983 4.06   0.6
  TOT   SS 85 71 665.7 98 201 7 50 .977 4.04   3.9
2005 35 CHC NL SS 30 29 189.0 29 73 5 16 .953 4.86   1.1
    2B 16 13 89.5 16 32 1 6 .980 4.83   0.1
    3B 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SEA AL SS 41 40 403.0 61 156 11 33 .952 4.85   0.2
    2B 21 18 190.8 34 67 3 13 .971 4.76   0.7
    3B 1 0 1.4 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
  SS 1313 1268 11249.3 1475 3805 212 769 .961 4.22   59.7
  2B 142 103 965.0 162 329 21 65 .959 4.58   2.9
  3B 5 3 30.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.94   0.3
  1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 1 1 .900 9.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.1
Career Totals   1462 1375 12262.6 1650 4143 234 835 .961 4.25   63.0
Career Highs   158 155 1369.0 200 481 35 97 .990 5.42    
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 27 CHC NL 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .100 .250 .400 .650
1998 28 CHC NL 3 13 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 6 .231 .333 .538 .872
1999 29 CHC NL 5 22 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .409 .435 .591 1.026
2000 30 CHC NL 4 16 3 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 .313 .353 .688 1.040
2003 33 CHC NL 3 13 3 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 5 .308 .357 .846 1.203
Career Post-Season Batting 18 74 15 22 3 0 7 13 0 0 7 23 .297 .358 .622 .980
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.
Batting Average
1998-10-.315
1999-10-.327
 Slugging Pct
1998-5-.580
1999-8-.585
CAR-46-.515
 OPS
1998-10-.949
 Games
2001-10-159
2002-8-159
 At-Bats
1999-7-636
2000-8-632
2001-5-631
 Runs
1999-7-128
Hits
1999-5-208
2000-7-194
 Total Bases
1998-4-342
1999-4-372
2001-10-344
 Homeruns
1999-9-38
2001-9-40
 RBIs
2001-8-130
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1992
Had first career hit on 4/28/1995, off Cliff Brantley (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1995, off Jose Deleon (SDP)
Won Rookie Of The Year in 1996, hitting .282 with 21 HR, 85 RBI
Was selected to the 1997 Allstar game
1/31/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1998, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Cincinnati, driving in 4 runs on 8/29/1998
1/31/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,000,000 through salary arbitration
Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 4 runs on 6/12/1999
Was selected to the 1999 Allstar game
1/31/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,235,714 through salary arbitration
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/2/2000
10/16/2000: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $7,810,000 per year, for 5 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 8/29/2001
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/13/2001
Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game
Traded from Chicago (N) to Philadelphia on 2/21/2004 (Going to CHC: SS Angel Berroa, 3B Butch Huskey, P Ryan Bukvich. Going to PHI: SS Jose Valentin, P Tim Hudson)
Drove in 6 runs against Carolina on 4/3/2004
Released by Philadelphia on 6/16/2004
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 7/1/2004 to a 1-year deal worth $1,616,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/9/2005 to a 2-year deal worth $2,400,000 per year
Traded from Chicago (N) to Seattle on 7/1/2005 (Going to CHC: RF Dan Ortmeier. Going to SEA: SS Jose Valentin, SS Hensley Meulens)
 
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