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John Valentin
John William Valentin

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

MLB Debut July 27, 1992
Final Game September 29, 2002
Born February 18, 1967 in Mineola, NY (age 57)

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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 25 BOA AL   51  189   19   47  11   0   2   12   1   0   13   20  .249  .296  .339  .634    87    64   3   1   0   0   1  
 1993 26 BOA AL  119  419   55  115  25   5  13   61   1   0   48   70  .274  .352  .451  .803    98   189   2   3   4   4  10  
 1994 27 BOA AL  126  418   64  115  33   1  13   69   0   0   60   69  .275  .365  .452  .817    97   189   5   3   8   1   7  
 1995 28 BOA AL  151  575  109  162  41   0  32  100  11   1   90   87  .282  .390  .520  .910   109   299   8   4  11  15  10  MVP-8
 1996 29 BOA AL  149  554   80  151  23   6  12   60   4   2   71   66  .273  .363  .401  .764    89   222   2   5   0  11  23  
 1997 30 BOA AL  143  544   74  163  43   5  14   65   5   1   52   61  .300  .367  .474  .842   104   258   3   3  10   8  21  
 1998 31 BOA AL  157  590   78  143  53   0  17   64   1   1   63  102  .242  .322  .419  .740    90   247   3   4   2   8  20  
 1999 32 BOA AL  131  434   43  130  22   0   9   56   0   0   41   59  .300  .366  .412  .779    98   179   6   2   3   6  10  
 2000 33 BOA AL   16   12    4    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    3    0  .333  .467  .583 1.050   123     7   0   0   1   0   0  
 2001 34 BOA AL   40  115   13   27   6   0   4   15   0   0   14   19  .235  .323  .391  .714    91    45   0   0   0   1   4  
 2002 35 MON NL   29   73    5   16   2   0   3    9   0   0    5   15  .219  .288  .370  .657    86    27   2   0   0   2   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     1112 3923  544 1073 259  17 120  514  23   5  460  568  .274  .356  .440  .796        1726  34  25  39  56 106
 Per 600 PA           523   73  143  35   2  16   69   3   1   61   76                                 230   5   3   5   7  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA     1083 3850  539 1057 257  17 117  505  23   5  455  553  .275  .357  .441  .799        1699  32  25  39  54 106
   With MON       29   73    5   16   2   0   3    9   0   0    5   15  .219  .288  .370  .657          27   2   0   0   2   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1105 3917  614 1093 281  17 124  558  47  31  463  524  .279  .360  .454  .814        1780  36  42  15  53  91
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1992 25 BOA AL  10   20   3.7   5   0   0  .000   4   43   34  .791    0    0  .000  SS   3e29     -144   
 1993 26 BOA AL   9   67   5.7   3   0   0  .000  17  145  107  .738    0    0  .000  SS   3e24       11   
 1994 27 BOA AL  35   71   6.1   8   3   0  .375  13  129   87  .674    0    0  .000  SS   3e16      -88   
 1995 28 BOA AL  27  124   7.7   0   0   0  .000  17  180  130  .722    0    0  .000  SS   3e22      -21   
 1996 29 BOA AL  31   80   5.0   4   0   0  .000  14  156  112  .718    0    0  .000  SS   3e22      -46   
 1997 30 BOA AL  21   91   6.0   2   1   0  .500  15   57   36  .632    0    0  .000  3B   3e29      -29   
 1998 31 BOA AL  23   77   4.4   0   0   0  .000  12   79   53  .671    0    0  .000  3B   2e16      -42   
 1999 32 BOA AL  29   66   5.6   5   1   0  .200  12   62   44  .710    0    0  .000  3B   2e21       66   
 2000 33 BOA AL  67    3  11.8   5   1   0  .200   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      296   
 2001 34 BOA AL  17   14   4.2  10   1   0  .100   2   34   18  .529    0    0  .000  SS   4e21      117   
 2002 35 MON NL  13    8   3.8  10   1   0  .100   7   15    9  .600    0    0  .000  UT             -37   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          625   5.6  52   8   0  .154 113  901  630  .699    0    0  .000                 -24   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 27.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1992 25 BOA AL  SS    47    99   145    4   35   .984    45   399.2   5.49
 1993 26 BOA AL  SS   117   175   353   17   83   .969   113  1002.2   4.74
 1994 27 BOA AL  SS   116   186   313   13   88   .975   112  1007.0   4.46
 1995 28 BOA AL  SS   151   241   495   17  106   .977   150  1337.0   4.95
 1996 29 BOA AL  SS   140   204   390   13   97   .979   136  1217.0   4.39
                 3B     6     3     6    1    1   .900     6    53.0   1.53
 1997 30 BOA AL  3B   115    62   162   14   14   .941   115  1029.0   1.96
                 2B     3     2     4    1    0   .857     0     9.0   6.00
 1998 31 BOA AL  3B   157    92   206   12   19   .961   157  1416.1   1.89
 1999 32 BOA AL  3B   125    70   158   12   27   .950   117  1053.1   1.95
 2000 33 BOA AL  3B     4     0     2    0    0  1.000     1    17.1   1.04
 2001 34 BOA AL  SS    29    50    70    2   18   .984    29   252.0   4.29
                 3B     4     0     2    0    0  1.000     1    12.0   1.50
 2002 35 MON NL  SS    12    15    30    0    6  1.000    10    84.0   4.82
                 2B     5     6    15    1    3   .955     3    30.0   6.30
                 3B     3     2     2    4    0   .500     2    18.0   2.00
                 1B     2    17     2    2    0   .905     2    16.0  10.69
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   612   970  1796   66  433   .977   595  5299.1   4.70
                 3B   414   229   538   43   61   .947   399  3599.0   1.92
                 2B     8     8    19    2    3   .931     3    39.0   6.23
                 1B     2    17     2    2    0   .905     2    16.0  10.69
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1994 ALDS  BOA NYA   L    4  16  3  6  0  1  0   2  1  1  .375  .412  .500  0
 1995 ALDS  BOA CHA   L    3  13  2  2  2  0  0   0  1  2  .154  .267  .308  0
 1999 ALDS  BOA MNA   W    3  10  2  5  1  0  1   2  1  1  .500  .545  .900  0
      ALCS  BOA NYA   W    5  19  3  3  0  0  0   2  1  6  .158  .190  .158  0
      WS    BOA CIN   L    4  12  0  1  0  0  0   0  4  3  .083  .353  .083  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1992  BOA   74-88   Mike Tomeo
 1993  BOA   70-92   Mike Tomeo
 1994  BOA   92-70   Mike Tomeo
 1995  BOA  104-58   Mike Tomeo
 1996  BOA   87-75   Mike Tomeo
 1997  BOA   79-83   Mike Tomeo
 1998  BOA   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1999  BOA   98-64   Mike Tomeo
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