John Valentin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 18, 1967 in Mineola, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ).

High School: St. Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ)

School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)

Debut: July 27, 1992 (Age 25-160d, 16,177th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2002 (Age 35-223d)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad • Previously: Dick Moss

Full Name: John William Valentin

Pronunciation: \VAL-en-tin\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.5

3917

1093

124

.279

614

RBI

558

OBP

.360

SLG

.454

OPS

.814

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	97 (96)	Jul 27	BOS		TEX	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	98	Jul 28	BOS		TEX	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
3	99	Jul 29	BOS		TEX	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	100	Jul 31 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	102 (1)	Aug 1	BOS		BAL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
6	103	Aug 2	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
7	104	Aug 3	BOS		TOR	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
8	105	Aug 4	BOS		TOR	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
9	107 (1)	Aug 6	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	6	0	11	3	SS
10	108	Aug 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
11	109	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
12	110	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
13	111	Aug 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
14	112	Aug 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
15	113	Aug 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	GF	7	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
16	114	Aug 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
17	115	Aug 14 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	L,7-8	CG	56	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
18	116	Aug 14 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
19	117	Aug 15	BOS	@	MIL	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
20	119 (1)	Aug 18	BOS		CAL	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
21	120	Aug 19	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
22	121	Aug 20	BOS		CAL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
23	123 (1)	Aug 22	BOS		SEA	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
24	124	Aug 23	BOS		SEA	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
25	125	Aug 24	BOS		OAK	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
26	126	Aug 25	BOS		OAK	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
27	127	Aug 26	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	10	1	11	1	SS
28	128	Aug 28	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
29	129	Aug 29	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
30	130	Aug 30	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
31	131	Aug 31	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-15	CG	48	8.0	0	7	1	8	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	132	Sep 1	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
33	133	Sep 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
34	134	Sep 4	BOS	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
35	135	Sep 5	BOS	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
36	136	Sep 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	0	5	0	5	2	SS
37	137	Sep 7	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
38	138	Sep 8	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	140 (1)	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,7-6	GS	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	141	Sep 12	BOS		DET	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
41	144 (2)	Sep 15	BOS		MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
42	145	Sep 16	BOS		MIL	W,2-1	CG	58	15.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
43	146	Sep 17	BOS		MIL	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
44	147	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
45	148	Sep 19	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	3	3	0	6	1	SS
46	149	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
47	150	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	151	Sep 22	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
49	152	Sep 23	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
50	153	Sep 24	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
51	154	Sep 26 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	55	14.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
52	156 (1)	Sep 27	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
53	157	Sep 28	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
54	158	Sep 29	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	159	Sep 30	BOS	@	TOR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
56	160	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
57	161	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
58	162	Oct 4	BOS		NYY	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
							58gm		491.2	79	182	10	271	45