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Jose Valverde
Jose Rafael Valverde (Papa Grande)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 254 lb.

Debut June 1, 2003

Born July 24, 1979 in San Pedro De Macoris, D.R.

Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2003 23 ARI NL   2   1  54   0   0   0  33 10   50.3   24   16   12   4   26   71   2   2   204   2   0  2.15  4.67  218 0.993
 2004 24 ARI NL   1   2  29   0   0   0  20  8   29.7   23   17   14   7   17   38   1   4   131   4   0  4.25  4.62  109 1.348
 2005 25 ARI NL   3   4  61   0   0   0  34 15   66.3   51   19   18   5   20   75   2   3   268   1   0  2.44  4.44  182 1.070
 2006 26 ARI NL   2   3  44   0   0   0  35 18   49.3   50   32   32   6   22   69   2   2   223   3   0  5.84  4.72   81 1.459
 2007 27 ARI NL   1   4  65   0   0   0  59 47   64.3   46   21   19   7   26   78   3   1   265   1   0  2.66  4.70  177 1.119 MVP-14,CYA-6,AS
 2008 28 HOU NL   6   3  74   0   0   0  71 44   72.0   62   28   27  10   23   83   2   3   303   6   2  3.38  4.25  126 1.181 MVP-24
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Years            17       0       0    142         256       122      134       12  15  1394  17   2  3.31  4.54  137 1.175
 WL%= .469       15     327       0     252     332.0       133       39       414
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   3  68   0   0   0  52 29   69.0   53   27   25   8   27   86   2   3   289   3   0  3.31  4.54  137 1.175
 Career High      6   4  74   0   0   0  71 47   72.0   62   32   32  10   26   83   3   4   303   6   2  2.15  4.72  218 0.993

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 23 ARI NL  50    1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000  633    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 28 HOU NL  69    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      308    2    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500 1.000  276    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500 1.000  276    1   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     69    1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           2   0   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 23 ARI NL    1    0    2         116|1.000  .278|1.000  .351|2.000  .446|3.000  .797| 633         0.8   0.1   0%
 2008 28 HOU NL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .265| .000  .336| .000  .423| .000  .759|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons         2    1    2  53.6   111| .500  .272| .500  .344|1.000  .434|1.500  .778| 276  .988   0.6   0.1   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 23 ARI NL P 54 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.07 0.48 0.72 1.84 0 50.3 2004 24 ARI NL P 29 4 2 2 0 .750 .968 0.21 0.47 1.82 1.85 0 29.7 2005 25 ARI NL P 61 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 0.16 0.46 1.36 1.75 0 66.3 2006 26 ARI NL P 44 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.05 0.43 0.37 1.72 0 49.3 2007 27 ARI NL P 65 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 0.11 0.40 0.98 1.68 0 64.3 AS 2008 28 HOU NL P 74 6 3 1 0 .900 .957 0.12 0.43 1.12 1.73 0 72.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 23 ARI NL P 54 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.07 0.48 0.72 1.84 0 50.3 2004 24 ARI NL P 29 4 2 2 0 .750 .968 0.21 0.47 1.82 1.85 0 29.7 2005 25 ARI NL P 61 3 7 0 0 1.000 .962 0.16 0.46 1.36 1.75 0 66.3 2006 26 ARI NL P 44 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.05 0.43 0.37 1.72 0 49.3 2007 27 ARI NL P 65 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 0.11 0.40 0.98 1.68 0 64.3 2008 28 HOU NL P 74 6 3 1 0 .900 .957 0.12 0.43 1.12 1.73 0 72.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 327 22 16 3 0 .927 .962 0.12 0.44 1.03 1.75 0 332.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 327 22 16 3 0 .927 .962 0.12 0.44 1.03 1.75 0 332
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  ARI CHC     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   3     1   0   1   6 
        NLCS  ARI COL     L   1   0   5.40  0  1  0  0   1.2   1   1   3   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   4   0   1.93  0  1  1  0   4.2   2   1   4   8 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  ARI CHC     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ARI COL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2007   ARI NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
2007

Awards
2007-NL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-NL-14-0.04
2008-NL-24-0.01
Car-1085-0.05 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-NL-6-0.01
Car-260-0.01 shares

Saves
2007 NL-47-1
2008 NL-44-1
Act-142-19
Car-142-73

Games Finished
2007 NL-59-2
2008 NL-71-1
Act-252-26

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (366) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 22.0 (555) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 6, 1997: Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 2007: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Houston Astros for Chris Burke, Juan Gutierrez, and Chad Qualls.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$320,000
2005Arizona Diamondbacks$335,000
2006Arizona Diamondbacks$359,000
2007Arizona Diamondbacks$2,000,000
2008Houston Astros$4,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,714,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Jose Valverde's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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Name and misspellings: Jose Papa Grande Jose Rafael rafeal raffael raphael Valverde

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