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John Valentin
John William Valentin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Seton Hall University

Debut July 27, 1992
  vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 2002
Born February 18, 1967 in Mineola, NY

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 25 BOS AL  58  185   21   51  13  0   5   25   1  0  20  17  .276  .351  .427  113   79   4   1   0   2   5
 1993 26 BOS AL 144  468   50  130  40  3  11   66   3  4  49  77  .278  .346  .447  107  209  16   4   2   2   9
 1994 27 BOS AL  84  301   53   95  26  2   9   49   3  1  42  38  .316  .400  .505  128  152   5   4   1   3   3
 1995 28 BOS AL 135  520  108  155  37  2  27  102  20  5  81  67  .298  .399  .533  138  277   4   6   2  10   7 SS,MVP-9
 1996 29 BOS AL 131  527   84  156  29  3  13   59   9 10  63  59  .296  .374  .436  104  230   2   7   0   7  15
 1997 30 BOS AL 143  575   95  176  47  5  18   77   7  4  58  66  .306  .372  .499  124  287   1   5   5   5  21
 1998 31 BOS AL 153  588  113  145  44  1  23   73   4  5  77  82  .247  .340  .442  101  260   2   5   3   9   9
 1999 32 BOS AL 113  450   58  114  27  1  12   70   0  1  40  68  .253  .315  .398   78  179   1   8   2   4  11
 2000 33 BOS AL  10   35    6    9   1  0   2    2   0  1   2   5  .257  .297  .457   85   16   1   0   0   0   1
 2001 34 BOS AL  20   60    8   12   2  0   1    5   0  0   9   8  .200  .314  .283   59   17   0   0   0   1   4
 2002 35 NYM NL 114  208   18   50  15  0   3   30   0  0  22  37  .240  .339  .356   86   74   0   2   0  10   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1105 3917  614 1093 281 17 124  558  47 31 463 524  .279  .360  .454  109 1780  36  42  15  53  91
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   90  160  41  2  18   82   7  5  68  77  .279  .360  .454  109  261   5   6   2   8  13
 Career High    153  588  113  176  47  5  27  102  20 10  81  82  .316  .400  .533  138  287  16   8   5  10  21
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 25 BOS AL  212  144   28   5.2    99| .276  .266| .351  .336| .427  .395| .778  .731| 113  .578   3.4   0.3 100%
 1993 26 BOS AL  539  371   73   5.3   108| .278  .274| .346  .345| .447  .418| .793  .763| 107  .540   4.8   0.5  42%
 1994 27 BOS AL  355  219   65   8.0   116| .316  .278| .400  .352| .505  .444| .905  .795| 128  .674  14.3   1.3  75%
 1995 28 BOS AL  621  387  119   8.2   112| .298  .274| .399  .348| .533  .433| .932  .781| 138  .696  31.8   2.9  80%
 1996 29 BOS AL  606  405   85   5.6   117| .296  .278| .374  .352| .436  .447| .810  .799| 104  .502   5.1   0.5  47%
 1997 30 BOS AL  644  430  103   6.4   111| .306  .273| .372  .343| .499  .433| .871  .776| 124  .598  20.9   1.9  63%
 1998 31 BOS AL  681  464   92   5.3   111| .247  .274| .340  .343| .442  .436| .782  .779| 101  .509   1.5   0.1  44%
 1999 32 BOS AL  503  357   56   4.2   117| .253  .280| .315  .353| .398  .448| .713  .801|  78  .385 -15.6  -1.4   0%
 2000 33 BOS AL   38   29    4   3.7   119| .257  .281| .297  .355| .457  .452| .754  .807|  85  .323  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 2001 34 BOS AL   70   52    5   2.6   109| .200  .270| .314  .337| .283  .433| .597  .770|  59  .224  -3.6  -0.3   0%
 2002 35 NYM NL  242  166   26   4.2   105| .240  .262| .339  .336| .356  .417| .695  .753|  86  .438  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4511 3024  656   5.8   112| .279  .274| .360  .346| .454  .434| .814  .780| 109  .552  58.7   5.4  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 25 BOS AL SS 58 79 182 10 45 .963 .969 4.50 4.13 4.78 4.71 55 491.7 1993 26 BOS AL SS 144 238 432 20 96 .971 .973 4.65 4.13 4.93 4.69 138 1222.7 1994 27 BOS AL SS 83 134 242 8 56 .979 .969 4.53 4.22 4.70 4.64 82 719.7 DH 1 1995 28 BOS AL SS 135 227 414 18 95 .973 .974 4.75 4.16 4.84 4.71 134 1192.7 1996 29 BOS AL SS 118 194 347 16 87 .971 .971 4.58 4.19 4.67 4.66 117 1043.3 3B 12 8 10 1 1 .947 .957 1.50 2.18 1.69 2.56 11 96.0 DH 1 1997 30 BOS AL 2B 79 180 259 11 67 .976 .980 5.56 4.33 5.59 4.93 79 707.3 3B 64 59 121 11 15 .942 .953 2.81 2.32 2.93 2.67 63 552.7 1998 31 BOS AL 3B 153 121 292 15 28 .965 .948 2.70 2.23 2.81 2.55 153 1325.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 1999 32 BOS AL 3B 111 84 208 14 16 .954 .950 2.63 2.21 2.76 2.58 110 952.3 DH 2 2000 33 BOS AL 3B 10 6 9 0 0 1.000 .949 1.50 2.31 1.67 2.67 10 81.0 2001 34 BOS AL SS 18 22 42 2 9 .970 .973 3.56 4.03 4.16 4.49 15 138.3 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.40 1.29 2.70 1 14.0 2002 35 NYM NL SS 24 20 48 2 9 .971 .970 2.83 4.00 4.60 4.52 13 133.0 1B 22 106 6 3 12 .974 .992 5.09 7.97 9.69 9.39 11 104.0 3B 18 9 27 5 3 .878 .957 2.00 2.29 2.57 2.71 14 126.3 2B 3 4 3 0 2 1.000 .986 2.33 4.27 5.25 4.95 1 12.0 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 35 NYM NL 1B 22 106 6 3 12 .974 .992 5.09 7.97 9.69 9.39 11 104.0 1997 30 BOS AL 2B 79 180 259 11 67 .976 .980 5.56 4.33 5.59 4.93 79 707.3 1998 31 BOS AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 2002 35 NYM NL 2B 3 4 3 0 2 1.000 .986 2.33 4.27 5.25 4.95 1 12.0 1996 29 BOS AL 3B 12 8 10 1 1 .947 .957 1.50 2.18 1.69 2.56 11 96.0 1997 30 BOS AL 3B 64 59 121 11 15 .942 .953 2.81 2.32 2.93 2.67 63 552.7 1998 31 BOS AL 3B 153 121 292 15 28 .965 .948 2.70 2.23 2.81 2.55 153 1325.0 1999 32 BOS AL 3B 111 84 208 14 16 .954 .950 2.63 2.21 2.76 2.58 110 952.3 2000 33 BOS AL 3B 10 6 9 0 0 1.000 .949 1.50 2.31 1.67 2.67 10 81.0 2001 34 BOS AL 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.40 1.29 2.70 1 14.0 2002 35 NYM NL 3B 18 9 27 5 3 .878 .957 2.00 2.29 2.57 2.71 14 126.3 1994 27 BOS AL DH 1 1996 29 BOS AL DH 1 1999 32 BOS AL DH 2 2002 35 NYM NL DH 2 1992 25 BOS AL SS 58 79 182 10 45 .963 .969 4.50 4.13 4.78 4.71 55 491.7 1993 26 BOS AL SS 144 238 432 20 96 .971 .973 4.65 4.13 4.93 4.69 138 1222.7 1994 27 BOS AL SS 83 134 242 8 56 .979 .969 4.53 4.22 4.70 4.64 82 719.7 1995 28 BOS AL SS 135 227 414 18 95 .973 .974 4.75 4.16 4.84 4.71 134 1192.7 1996 29 BOS AL SS 118 194 347 16 87 .971 .971 4.58 4.19 4.67 4.66 117 1043.3 2001 34 BOS AL SS 18 22 42 2 9 .970 .973 3.56 4.03 4.16 4.49 15 138.3 2002 35 NYM NL SS 24 20 48 2 9 .971 .970 2.83 4.00 4.60 4.52 13 133.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 580 914 1707 76 397 .972 .972 4.52 4.15 4.77 4.67 554 4941.3 3B* 371 288 668 46 63 .954 .950 2.58 2.24 2.73 2.59 362 3147.3 2B* 83 184 262 11 69 .976 .980 5.37 4.33 5.58 4.93 80 719.7 1B* 22 106 6 3 12 .974 .992 5.09 7.97 9.69 9.39 11 104.0 DH 6 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1056 1492 2643 136 541 .968 .968 3.92 3.58 4.18 4.01 1007 8912
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   3  12   1   3  1  0  1   2   3   1  .250  .400  .583   0  1   0   0   0 
 1998   ALDS  BOS CLE     L   4  15   5   7  1  0  0   0   3   1  .467  .556  .533   0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   5  22   6   7  2  0  3  12   0   4  .318  .304  .818   0  0   0   1   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   5  23   3   8  2  0  1   5   2   4  .348  .400  .565   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2  12  49  12  17  4  0  4  14   6   6  .347  .411  .673   0  1   0   1   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  17  72  15  25  6  0  5  19   8  10  .347  .407  .639   0  1   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Silver Sluggers
1995-AL--SS

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1995-AL-9-0.15
Car-788-0.15 shares

Runs
1995 AL-108-6
1998 AL-113-7

Total Bases
1995 AL-277-9

Doubles
1993 AL-40-3
1995 AL-37-4
1997 AL-47-1
1998 AL-44-4

Runs Created
1995 AL-119-7

Extra-Base Hits
1995 AL-66-9
1997 AL-70-8

Times on Base
1995 AL-246-9

Offensive Win%
1995 AL-.696-7

Hit By Pitch
1995 AL-10-6
2002 NL-10-10

Sac. Hits
1993 AL-16-2

Sac. Flies
1999 AL-8-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1997 AL-21-4

Caught Stealing
1996 AL-10-5

Power/Speed Number
1995 AL-23.0-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1997 AL-8.7-7

   

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 14 (1185) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.9 (461) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.5 (787) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 1988.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1992Boston Red Sox$109,000
1993Boston Red Sox$170,000
1994Boston Red Sox$370,000
1995Boston Red Sox$637,500
1996Boston Red Sox$2,672,500
1997Boston Red Sox$3,750,000
1998Boston Red Sox$5,350,000
1999Boston Red Sox$6,350,000
2000Boston Red Sox$6,350,000
2001Boston Red Sox$6,350,000
2002New York Mets$550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$32,659,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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