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.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 2	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
3	3	Apr 3	BOS	@	SEA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
4	4	Apr 4	BOS	@	SEA	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 5	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B
6	6	Apr 6	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 7	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 8	BOS	@	ANA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 10	BOS		SEA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 11	BOS		SEA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 12	BOS		SEA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
12	12	Apr 13	BOS		OAK	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 14	BOS		OAK	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
14	14	Apr 15	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 17	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	GS	35	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 2B
16	16	Apr 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 19	BOS		CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 20	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
19	19	Apr 21	BOS	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
20	20	Apr 22	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
21	21	Apr 24	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	22	Apr 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	3B
23	23	Apr 27	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
24	24	Apr 28	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
25	25	Apr 29	BOS		ANA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	26	Apr 30	BOS		ANA	L,2-7	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	27	May 1	BOS		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 2	BOS		TEX	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 3	BOS		TEX	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	30	May 5	BOS		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
31	31	May 6	BOS		MIN	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	32	May 7	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 8	BOS	@	KCR	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 9	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
35	35	May 10	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	3B
36	36	May 11	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	37	May 12	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	38	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
39	39	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	43 (3)	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	44	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
42	45	May 22	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
43	46	May 23	BOS		NYY	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
44	47	May 24	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
45	48	May 25	BOS		TOR	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	49	May 26	BOS		TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	50	May 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
48	51	May 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
49	52	May 30	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	53	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	54	Jun 1	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
52	55	Jun 2	BOS	@	TOR	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	56	Jun 3	BOS		BAL	L,0-3	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	57	Jun 4	BOS		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
55	58	Jun 5	BOS		NYM	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	59	Jun 6	BOS		NYM	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
57	60	Jun 7	BOS		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	61	Jun 8	BOS	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	3B
59	62	Jun 9	BOS	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	63	Jun 10	BOS	@	ATL	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	64	Jun 12	BOS		TBD	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	65	Jun 14	BOS		TBD	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
63	66	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	67	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	68	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	69	Jun 18	BOS	@	TBD	W,7-5	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	70	Jun 19	BOS	@	TBD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
68	71	Jun 20	BOS	@	TBD	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
69	72	Jun 21	BOS	@	TBD	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	73	Jun 22	BOS		PHI	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
71	74	Jun 23	BOS		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
72	75	Jun 24	BOS	@	PHI	L,8-11	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	76	Jun 25	BOS	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
74	78 (1)	Jun 27	BOS	@	FLA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
75	79	Jun 28	BOS	@	FLA	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
76	80	Jun 30	BOS		MON	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	81	Jul 1	BOS		MON	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	82	Jul 2	BOS		MON	W,15-0	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
79	83	Jul 3	BOS		CHW	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	84	Jul 4	BOS		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
81	85	Jul 5	BOS		CHW	W,15-14	CG	48	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
82	86	Jul 9	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
83	87	Jul 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
84	88	Jul 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
85	89	Jul 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	90	Jul 13	BOS	@	TBD	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
87	91	Jul 14	BOS	@	TBD	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	3B
88	92	Jul 15	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	93	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	W,15-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
90	96 (2)	Jul 19	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	97	Jul 21 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
92	98	Jul 21 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
93	99	Jul 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
94	100	Jul 23	BOS		TOR	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
95	101	Jul 24	BOS		TOR	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
96	102	Jul 25	BOS		TOR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
97	103	Jul 26	BOS		TOR	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
98	104	Jul 28	BOS	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
99	105	Jul 29	BOS	@	OAK	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	106	Jul 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	107	Jul 31	BOS	@	ANA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	108	Aug 1	BOS	@	ANA	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	109	Aug 2	BOS	@	ANA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
104	110	Aug 3	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
105	111	Aug 4	BOS	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
106	112	Aug 6	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
107	113	Aug 7	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	114	Aug 8	BOS	@	TEX	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	115	Aug 9	BOS	@	TEX	W,14-8	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	116	Aug 11	BOS		KCR	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
111	117	Aug 12	BOS		KCR	L,4-8	CG	50	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	118	Aug 13	BOS		MIN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
113	119	Aug 14	BOS		MIN	W,13-12	CG	51	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	120	Aug 15	BOS		MIN	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	121	Aug 16	BOS		MIN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
116	122	Aug 18 (1)	BOS		TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
117	123	Aug 18 (2)	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
118	124	Aug 19	BOS	@	KCR	W,11-1	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	125	Aug 20	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	126	Aug 21	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
121	127	Aug 22	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	128	Aug 23	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
123	129	Aug 25	BOS		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
124	130	Aug 26	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	131	Aug 27	BOS		OAK	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
126	132	Aug 28	BOS		ANA	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
127	133	Aug 29	BOS		ANA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	134	Aug 30	BOS		ANA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
129	135	Aug 31	BOS		SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	BOS		SEA	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
131	138 (1)	Sep 3	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	46	10.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	139	Sep 4	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-12	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
133	140	Sep 5	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
134	141	Sep 6	BOS	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
135	142	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
136	143	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
137	144	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
138	145	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
139	146	Sep 12	BOS		DET	L,2-3	GS	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	147	Sep 13	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
141	148	Sep 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	149	Sep 15	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
143	150	Sep 16	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
144	151	Sep 17	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
145	152	Sep 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-11	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
146	153	Sep 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	154	Sep 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
148	155	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		TBD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
149	156	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		TBD	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
150	157	Sep 22	BOS		TBD	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
151	158	Sep 23	BOS		TBD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
152	159	Sep 24	BOS		BAL	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
153	162 (2)	Sep 27	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	GS	37	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
							154gm		1325.1	121	292	15	428	28