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Val Picinich
Valentine John Picinich

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 25, 1916
Final Game August 28, 1933
Born September 8, 1896 in New York, NY
Died December 5, 1942 in Nobleboro, ME

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 19 PHA AL  40  118    8   23   3  1   0    5   1      6  33  .195  .234  .237   45   28   3           0    
 1917 20 PHA AL   2    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .333  .429  .333  135    2   1           0    
 1918 21 WSH AL  47  148   13   34   3  3   0   12   0      9  25  .230  .274  .291   71   43   5           0    
 1919 22 WSH AL  80  212   18   58  12  3   3   22   6     17  43  .274  .330  .401  105   85  11           1    
 1920 23 WSH AL  48  133   14   27   6  2   3   14   0  0   9  33  .203  .259  .346   61   46   2           1    
 1921 24 WSH AL  45  141   10   39   9  0   0   12   0  3  16  21  .277  .354  .340   82   48   5           1    
 1922 25 WSH AL  76  210   16   48  12  2   0   19   1  0  23  33  .229  .311  .305   64   64   9           2    
 1923 26 BOS AL  87  268   33   74  21  1   2   31   3  5  46  32  .276  .386  .384  103  103  11           2    
 1924 27 BOS AL  69  161   25   44   6  3   1   24   5  1  29  19  .273  .394  .366   97   59   5           3    
 1925 28 BOS AL  90  251   31   64  21  0   1   25   2  0  33  21  .255  .344  .351   76   88  12           1    
 1926 29 CIN NL  89  240   33   63  16  1   2   31   4     29  22  .263  .342  .363   91   87   8           0    
 1927 30 CIN NL  65  173   16   44   8  3   0   12   3     24  15  .254  .345  .335   85   58   8           0    
 1928 31 CIN NL  96  324   29   98  15  1   7   35   1     20  25  .302  .343  .420  100  136  14           0    
 1929 32 BRO NL  93  273   28   71  16  6   4   31   3     34  24  .260  .342  .407   86  111   8           0    
 1930 33 BRO NL  23   46    4   10   3  0   0    3   1      5   6  .217  .294  .283   41   13   1           0    
 1931 34 BRO NL  24   45    5   12   4  0   1    4   1      4   9  .267  .327  .422  101   19   0           0    
 1932 35 BRO NL  41   70    8   18   6  0   1   11   0      4   8  .257  .297  .386   84   27   0           0    
 1933 36 TOT NL  22   58    7   14   5  0   1    7   0      5  11  .241  .302  .379   94   22   3           0   1
         BRO NL   6    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   1  .167  .167  .333   42    2   0           0   0
         PIT NL  16   52    6   13   4  0   1    7   0      5  10  .250  .316  .385   99   20   3           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1037 2877  298  743 166 26  26  298  31  9 314 382  .258  .334  .361   85 1039 106   0   0  11   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        449   47  116  26  4   4   47   5  1  49  60  .258  .334  .361   85  162  17   0   0   2   0
 Career High     96  324   33   98  21  6   7   35   6  5  46  43  .302  .386  .420  105  136  14   0   0   3   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 19 PHA AL  127   98    7   1.9    79| .195  .251| .234  .324| .237  .328| .471  .652|  45  .257  -8.3  -1.0     
 1917 20 PHA AL    8    5    1   5.4    78| .333  .253| .429  .323| .333  .327| .762  .650| 135  .702   0.3   0.0     
 1918 21 WSH AL  162  119   12   2.7    81| .230  .259| .274  .330| .291  .331| .565  .661|  71  .391  -6.1  -0.7     
 1919 22 WSH AL  241  165   28   4.6    94| .274  .275| .330  .341| .401  .370| .731  .710| 105  .553   1.1   0.1     
 1920 23 WSH AL  145  108   12   3.0   104| .203  .288| .259  .352| .346  .395| .605  .746|  61  .312  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1921 24 WSH AL  163  110   16   3.9   110| .277  .293| .354  .358| .340  .412| .694  .770|  82  .381  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1922 25 WSH AL  244  171   20   3.1   105| .229  .286| .311  .351| .305  .402| .616  .753|  64  .318 -10.1  -1.0 100%
 1923 26 BOS AL  327  210   38   4.8   108| .276  .290| .386  .360| .384  .401| .770  .761| 103  .515   3.8   0.4  37%
 1924 27 BOS AL  198  123   23   5.0   112| .273  .298| .394  .368| .366  .409| .760  .777|  97  .510   0.5   0.0  83%
 1925 28 BOS AL  297  199   30   4.0   115| .255  .300| .344  .370| .351  .420| .695  .790|  76  .393  -8.0  -0.7 100%
 1926 29 CIN NL  277  185   30   4.3   101| .263  .284| .342  .344| .363  .394| .705  .739|  91  .479  -1.8  -0.2     
 1927 30 CIN NL  205  137   20   3.9   102| .254  .286| .345  .344| .335  .395| .680  .739|  85  .428  -2.7  -0.3     
 1928 31 CIN NL  358  240   47   5.3   107| .302  .288| .343  .352| .420  .409| .763  .761| 100  .540  -0.5  -0.1     
 1929 32 BRO NL  315  210   38   4.8   119| .260  .302| .342  .365| .407  .439| .749  .805|  86  .442  -6.0  -0.5     
 1930 33 BRO NL   52   37    4   2.9   126| .217  .310| .294  .369| .283  .462| .577  .831|  41  .213  -4.3  -0.4     
 1931 34 BRO NL   49   33    6   4.8   102| .267  .284| .327  .343| .422  .401| .749  .743| 101  .523   0.1   0.0     
 1932 35 BRO NL   74   52    8   4.2   102| .257  .282| .297  .334| .386  .408| .683  .742|  84  .442  -1.5  -0.1     
 1933 36 TOT NL   66   48    6   3.3    91| .241  .274| .302  .326| .379  .375| .681  .701|  94  .412  -0.3   0.0     
         BRO NL    6    5    0   0.0    88| .167  .270| .167  .322| .333  .369| .500  .690|  42  .000  -0.4   0.0     
         PIT NL   60   43    6   3.7    91| .250  .274| .316  .327| .385  .375| .701  .702|  99  .461   0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     3308 2250  346   4.1   105| .258  .287| .334  .352| .361  .399| .695  .750|  85  .442 -54.7  -5.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 19 PHA AL C 37 179 52 8 6 .967 .974 6.24 5.21 7 1917 20 PHA AL C 2 10 1 3 0 .786 .973 5.50 5.00 0 1918 21 WSH AL C 46 216 48 11 5 .960 .970 5.74 4.96 5 1919 22 WSH AL C 69 303 92 9 5 .978 .974 5.72 4.96 9 1920 23 WSH AL C 45 185 41 5 6 .978 .973 5.02 4.58 3 1921 24 WSH AL C 45 197 29 8 1 .966 .971 5.02 4.33 4 1922 25 WSH AL C 76 276 55 8 4 .976 .977 4.36 4.24 4 1923 26 BOS AL C 81 247 89 15 7 .957 .975 4.15 4.20 4 1924 27 BOS AL C 52 157 36 10 2 .951 .972 3.71 4.02 7 1925 28 BOS AL C 74 222 53 9 1 .968 .977 3.72 3.82 9 1B 2 20 1 1 3 .955 .986 10.50 9.85 1926 29 CIN NL C 86 240 52 10 6 .967 .971 3.40 3.73 10 1927 30 CIN NL C 61 218 31 5 8 .980 .974 4.08 3.84 3 1928 31 CIN NL C 93 279 65 6 6 .983 .979 3.70 3.79 6 1929 32 BRO NL C 85 311 62 8 8 .979 .974 4.39 3.57 9 1930 33 BRO NL C 22 43 8 3 0 .944 .975 2.32 4.05 2 1931 34 BRO NL C 15 55 4 2 1 .967 .980 3.93 4.03 1 1932 35 BRO NL C 24 59 6 1 1 .985 .979 2.71 3.98 0 1933 36 TOT NL C 22 54 8 2 0 .969 .983 2.82 3.75 2 BRO NL C 6 6 2 1 0 .889 .988 1.33 3.75 1 PIT NL C 16 48 6 1 0 .982 .982 3.38 3.75 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 28 BOS AL 1B 2 20 1 1 3 .955 .986 10.50 9.85 1916 19 PHA AL C 37 179 52 8 6 .967 .974 6.24 5.21 7 1917 20 PHA AL C 2 10 1 3 0 .786 .973 5.50 5.00 0 1918 21 WSH AL C 46 216 48 11 5 .960 .970 5.74 4.96 5 1919 22 WSH AL C 69 303 92 9 5 .978 .974 5.72 4.96 9 1920 23 WSH AL C 45 185 41 5 6 .978 .973 5.02 4.58 3 1921 24 WSH AL C 45 197 29 8 1 .966 .971 5.02 4.33 4 1922 25 WSH AL C 76 276 55 8 4 .976 .977 4.36 4.24 4 1923 26 BOS AL C 81 247 89 15 7 .957 .975 4.15 4.20 4 1924 27 BOS AL C 52 157 36 10 2 .951 .972 3.71 4.02 7 1925 28 BOS AL C 74 222 53 9 1 .968 .977 3.72 3.82 9 1926 29 CIN NL C 86 240 52 10 6 .967 .971 3.40 3.73 10 1927 30 CIN NL C 61 218 31 5 8 .980 .974 4.08 3.84 3 1928 31 CIN NL C 93 279 65 6 6 .983 .979 3.70 3.79 6 1929 32 BRO NL C 85 311 62 8 8 .979 .974 4.39 3.57 9 1930 33 BRO NL C 22 43 8 3 0 .944 .975 2.32 4.05 2 1931 34 BRO NL C 15 55 4 2 1 .967 .980 3.93 4.03 1 1932 35 BRO NL C 24 59 6 1 1 .985 .979 2.71 3.98 0 1933 36 TOT NL C 22 54 8 2 0 .969 .983 2.82 3.75 2 BRO NL C 6 6 2 1 0 .889 .988 1.33 3.75 1 PIT NL C 16 48 6 1 0 .982 .982 3.38 3.75 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 935 3251 732 123 67 .970 .974 4.26 4.14 85 1B 2 20 1 1 3 .955 .986 10.50 9.85 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 937 3271 733 124 70 .970 .975 4.27 4.15
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1919 AL-43-10

Youngest Player
1916 AL-19-4
1917 AL-20-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1029) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

February 10, 1923: Traded by the Washington Senators with Ed Goebel and Howie Shanks to the Boston Red Sox for Muddy Ruel and Allen Russell.

February 10, 1926: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Red Sox.

April 18, 1929: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Brooklyn Robins for Johnny Gooch and Rube Ehrhardt.

May 14, 1933: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 23, 1933: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 1, 1933: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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