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Bobby Valentine
Robert John Valentine

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 189 lb.

MLB Debut September 2, 1969
Final Game September 30, 1979
Born May 13, 1950 in Stamford, CT (age 73)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 LAN NL   43  131    9   33   3   1   1   13   3   1    8   14  .252  .297  .313  .610    88    41   2   4   0   2   1  
 1972 22 LAN NL  103  307   39  101  16   3   4   33   6   3   19   23  .329  .367  .440  .807   124   135   2   1   1   0  10  
 1973 23 KCA AL   50  135   19   41   8   4   0    8   5   5    9    7  .304  .342  .422  .765   106    57   4   2   3   0   5  
 1974 24 KCA AL   49  131   14   26   1   0   1   13   5   5   10    6  .198  .269  .229  .498    71    30   4   1   0   3   0  
 1975 25 OAA AL   38   59    6   12   4   0   0   10   0   0    5    2  .203  .262  .271  .533    76    16   0   1   3   0   2  
 1976 26 CIN NL   31   41    8   15   2   0   0    5   0   0    4    4  .366  .422  .415  .837   121    17   1   0   0   0   0  
 1977           [Did not play]
 1978 28 CHN NL   61  181   22   55   9   0   0    9   0   2   21   22  .304  .376  .354  .729   100    64   4   2   0   1   6  
 1979 29 CIN NL   46   87    9   26   7   0   0   10   0   1   12    8  .299  .384  .379  .763   106    33   3   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      421 1072  126  309  50   8   6  101  19  17   88   86  .288  .342  .367  .709         393  20  11   7   6  26
 Per 600 PA           537   63  155  25   4   3   51  10   9   44   43                                 197  10   6   4   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With LAN      146  438   48  134  19   4   5   46   9   4   27   37  .306  .345  .402  .747         176   4   5   1   2  11
   With KCA       99  266   33   67   9   4   1   21  10  10   19   13  .252  .306  .327  .633          87   8   3   3   3   5
   With CIN       77  128   17   41   9   0   0   15   0   1   16   12  .320  .396  .391  .786          50   4   0   0   0   2
   With CHN       61  181   22   55   9   0   0    9   0   2   21   22  .304  .376  .354  .729          64   4   2   0   1   6
   With OAA       38   59    6   12   4   0   0   10   0   0    5    2  .203  .262  .271  .533          16   0   1   3   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      639 1698  176  441  59   9  12  157  27  20  140  134  .260  .315  .326  .641         554  35  27   5   9  49
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 21 LAN NL  48   13   3.4   0   0   0  .000   7   34   21  .618    0    0  .000  2B   4e34       13   
 1972 22 LAN NL  41   46   5.7  22   8   0  .364  10   59   37  .627    0    0  .000  2B   4e21      152   
 1973 23 KCA AL  76   17   4.2   7   3   0  .429   7   46   26  .565    0    0  .000  SS   4e40       45   
 1974 24 KCA AL  63    8   2.1   5   0   0  .000   3   13    6  .462    0    0  .000  UT            -139   
 1975 25 OAA AL  81    3   2.1  10   5   0  .500   1    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  1B   4e15     -122   
 1976 26 CIN NL  20    7   7.7  24   9   0  .375   0    2    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             -48   
 1977           [Did not play]
 1978 28 CHN NL  27   24   4.6  10   2   0  .200   5   52   32  .615    0    0  .000  2B   4e21       52   
 1979 29 CIN NL  12   12   5.2  21   6   0  .286   2   23   16  .696    0    0  .000  2B   4e21       21   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          134   4.4  99  33   0  .333  35  232  139  .599    0    0  .000                  35   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 21 LAN NL  2B    37    85    63    4   18   .974    30   258.1   5.16
                 SS    11    17    26    3    4   .935     7    61.0   6.34
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1972 22 LAN NL  2B    79   208   165   10   51   .974    68   593.0   5.66
                 LF     3     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   3.86
                 SS     3     1     2    0    1  1.000     0     5.0   5.40
                 3B     2     1     2    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   6.75
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1973 23 KCA AL  SS    43    60   128    7   23   .964    36   310.0   5.46
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .2   0.00
 1974 24 KCA AL  LF    19    24     1    1    0   .962    17   148.1   1.52
                 3B    11     8    15    2    3   .920     8    70.1   2.94
                 2B    12     8     5    0    1  1.000     1    30.2   3.82
                 1B     2    24     3    0    0  1.000     2    22.1  10.88
                 SS     2     2     5    0    1  1.000     2    15.0   4.20
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     7.0   0.00
 1975 25 OAA AL  1B    26   134     3    1   13   .993    12   129.0   9.56
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1976 26 CIN NL  1B     3    15     0    0    1  1.000     1    15.0   9.00
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   0.90
                 LF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     1     8.0   0.00
 1977           [Did not play]
 1978 28 CHN NL  2B    47   135   127    5   24   .981    45   399.1   5.90
                 3B     2     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     3.2   4.91
 1979 29 CIN NL  2B    15    37    29    1    6   .985    13    99.1   5.98
                 SS     5     7    15    0    2  1.000     5    37.0   5.35
                 3B     4     4     9    1    0   .929     4    34.0   3.44
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 C      1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .2   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   191   473   389   20  100   .977   157  1382.2   5.61
                 SS    64    87   176   10   31   .963    50   428.0   5.53
                 1B    31   173     6    1   14   .994    15   166.1   9.69
                 LF    28    27     1    1    0   .966    18   166.0   1.52
                 3B    19    13    28    3    3   .932    12   112.0   3.29
                 RF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     2    21.0   0.43
                 C      1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .2   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1975 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    4   7  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .286  .286  .286  0
 1976 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    CIN KCA   W    1   1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
 1979 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    CIN BOA   L    2   6  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .167  .167  .333  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  LAN  102-60   Scott Campbell
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