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Dave
Valle		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 30, 1960 in Usa, NY, BAYSIDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1991   
All-Star Selections 1991   
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
1984 23 CIN NL 4 14 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .357 .400 .357 .757 2.0 0.4
1986 25 CIN NL 13 36 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 6 .222 .263 .333 .596 2.5 0.0
1987 26 CIN NL 66 141 18 32 6 0 1 18 1 0 7 27 .227 .262 .291 .553 10.1 0.5
1988 27 CIN NL 46 99 14 28 7 0 0 8 0 0 11 15 .283 .348 .354 .702 12.7 2.5
1989 28 CIN NL 129 364 34 92 12 1 5 47 0 0 27 69 .253 .304 .332 .636 35.8 5.0
1990 29 CIN NL 149 532 60 143 29 2 16 76 0 0 50 107 .269 .330 .421 .752 68.5 11.1
1991 30 CIN NL 151 560 89 182 35 1 18 125 0 0 58 102 .325 .387 .488 .875 96.0 21.6
1992 31 CIN NL 154 507 53 133 27 2 10 70 0 0 48 103 .262 .323 .383 .705 62.4 9.6
1993 32 CIN NL 145 317 47 82 14 1 13 55 0 0 38 70 .259 .337 .432 .769 43.2 7.5
1994 33 CIN NL 126 292 31 69 11 1 8 36 0 0 51 78 .236 .345 .363 .708 39.9 5.7
1995 34 CIN NL 82 191 27 53 9 1 8 22 1 0 36 51 .277 .390 .461 .851 35.3 7.3
  MIN AL 43 147 14 36 11 0 2 17 0 0 19 29 .245 .331 .361 .692 17.7 2.1
  TOT   125 338 41 89 20 1 10 39 1 0 55 80 .263 .365 .417 .783 52.9 9.4
1996 35 STL NL 145 495 80 136 28 3 16 77 3 1 71 128 .275 .366 .440 .806 77.3 16.8
1997 36 STL NL 145 452 68 109 22 2 16 62 0 0 44 135 .241 .306 .405 .711 55.1 7.1
1998 37 STL NL 123 371 49 94 12 5 5 48 1 0 38 118 .253 .322 .353 .675 41.2 4.7
14 Years Sim 1521 4518 589 1202 224 19 119 665 6 1 501 1039 .266 .338 .403 .741 599.7 101.9
162 Game Average 481 62 128 23 2 12 70 0 0 53 110 .266 .338 .403 .741 63.9  
Career Highs 154 560 89 182 35 5 18 125 3 1 71 135 .357 .400 .488 .875 96.0  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1984 23 CIN NL C 4 4 32.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.94 2 0 .000 0 0.2
1986 25 CIN NL C 11 11 80.0 62 4 0 0 1.000 7.43 6 2 .333 0 0.6
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 26 CIN NL C 33 31 243.0 157 14 1 0 .994 6.33 19 7 .368 1 1.7
    3B 6 0 13.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 27 CIN NL 3B 28 8 120.0 3 34 0 3 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 12 12 87.3 92 5 1 0 .990 10.00 16 4 .250 1 0.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 28 CIN NL C 67 67 560.7 433 40 6 1 .987 7.59 87 23 .264 0 3.3
    3B 28 23 224.0 5 52 1 2 .983 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 29 CIN NL 3B 123 122 1069.3 62 249 8 16 .975 2.62 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    C 17 17 144.0 84 12 1 1 .990 6.00 24 6 .250 1 0.6
1991 30 CIN NL 3B 145 144 1271.3 77 289 3 28 .992 2.59 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    C 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 31 CIN NL 3B 130 119 1053.3 69 278 6 28 .983 2.96 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    C 12 10 91.0 74 7 1 1 .988 8.01 6 3 .500 1 0.1
1993 32 CIN NL C 61 52 472.0 345 25 1 0 .997 7.06 39 12 .308 2 2.6
    3B 12 10 101.3 9 22 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 33 CIN NL C 75 62 577.3 528 19 2 0 .996 8.53 37 9 .243 3 4.1
    3B 7 6 53.0 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 2 17.0 2 4 1 2 .857 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 6.7 3 2 0 2 1.000 6.76 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1995 34 CIN NL C 56 51 406.5 398 16 1 0 .998 9.17 32 9 .281 2 3.4
    3B 4 3 24.9 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIN AL C 29 26 296.5 291 12 1 0 .997 9.20 24 7 .292 2 1.4
    3B 2 1 18.1 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 85 77 703.0 689 28 2 0 .997 9.18 56 16 .286 4 4.9
      3B 6 4 43.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
      SS 1 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1996 35 STL NL C 76 70 653.3 613 20 5 1 .992 8.72 34 6 .176 4 2.5
    3B 60 57 501.3 28 110 2 12 .986 2.48 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1997 36 STL NL 3B 119 109 986.0 62 226 9 16 .970 2.63 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    C 5 3 24.0 27 1 0 0 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1998 37 STL NL C 85 85 690.7 620 24 1 0 .998 8.39 39 10 .256 3 2.9
    3B 11 6 51.0 1 14 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 5.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 678 608 5492.3 325 1292 29 105 .982 2.65 0 0 .000 0 20.2
  C 546 501 4363.3 3741 199 21 4 .995 8.13 365 98 .268 20 24.2
  SS 7 2 34.7 3 7 1 3 .909 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 2 0 9.7 4 3 0 3 1.000 6.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1239 1111 9916.6 4078 1501 51 115 .991 5.06 365 98 .268 20 44.6
Career Highs   148 144 1276.3 691 289 9 29 1.000 8.69 87 23 .500 4  
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
1991 30 CIN NL 4 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .231 .375 .308 .683
1994 33 CIN NL 5 14 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .286 .333 .357 .690
1995 34 MIN AL 5 21 2 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .238 .261 .429 .689
1996 35 STL NL 3 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .182 .308 .273 .580
Career Post-Season Batting 17 59 6 14 7 0 0 8 0 0 7 23 .237 .313 .356 .669
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
1991-6-.325
 On-Base Pct
1991-6-.387
 Slugging Pct
1991-10-.488
 OPS
1991-8-.875
 Hits
1991-9-182
 RBIs
1991-2-125
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Mike Lieberthal (941)
  2. Eddie Taubensee (932)
  3. John Wockenfuss (922)
  4. Bob Boone (915)
  5. Darrell Porter (908)
  6. John Tamargo (907)
  7. Jim Essian (907)
  8. Jeff Reed (906)
  9. Joe Oliver (905)
  10. Joe Girardi (903)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 77th overall pick, by California in 1984
Traded from California to Cincinnati on 3/2/1984 (Going to CIN: C D. Valle. Going to CAL: C T. Player)
Had first career hit on 10/1/1984, off Bob Walk (CHC)
Injured on 7/18/1986 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/27/1986 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1986, off Danny Boone (LAD)
Injured on 6/7/1988 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Injured on 10/6/1989 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/30/1990 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Montreal on 7/26/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1990, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1991, hitting .337 with 5 HR, 29 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Chicago (N) on 6/6/1991
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1991, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
Injured on 7/14/1991 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1991, hitting .619 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1991
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,207,143 through salary arbitration
9/16/1992: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Cincinnati to Minnesota on 7/31/1995 (Going to CIN: C Dave Liddell, 3B Aaron Ledesma. Going to MIN: C Dave Valle)
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/2/1996 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,005 per year
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/28/1996
Injured on 10/19/1996 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
 
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