John Valentin

John William Valentin
Born: February 18, 1967
Mineola, NY USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
College: Seton Hall University
Height: 6'0" Weight: 170
Career: July 27, 1992-September 29, 2002

John Valentin compiled a career batting average of .279 with 124 home runs and 558 RBI in his 1105-game career with the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. He began playing during the July 27, 1992 season and last took the field during the September 29, 2002 campaign.

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1992	AL	BOS	58	212	185	21	51	13	0	5	25	1	0	20	17	.276	.351	.427	.778	79	5	2	4	1	0
1993	AL	BOS	144	539	468	50	130	40	3	11	66	3	4	49	77	.278	.346	.447	.793	209	9	2	16	4	2
1994	AL	BOS	84	355	301	53	95	26	2	9	49	3	1	42	38	.316	.400	.505	.905	152	3	3	5	4	1
1995	AL	BOS	135	621	520	108	155	37	2	27	102	20	5	81	67	.298	.399	.533	.931	277	7	10	4	6	2
1996	AL	BOS	131	606	527	84	156	29	3	13	59	9	10	63	59	.296	.374	.436	.811	230	15	7	2	7	0
1997	AL	BOS	143	644	575	95	176	47	5	18	77	7	4	58	66	.306	.372	.499	.871	287	21	5	1	5	5
1998	AL	BOS	153	681	588	113	145	44	1	23	73	4	5	77	82	.247	.340	.442	.782	260	9	9	2	5	3
1999	AL	BOS	113	503	450	58	114	27	1	12	70	0	1	40	68	.253	.315	.398	.713	179	11	4	1	8	2
2000	AL	BOS	10	38	35	6	9	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	5	.257	.297	.457	.754	16	1	0	1	0	0
2001	AL	BOS	20	70	60	8	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	9	8	.200	.314	.283	.598	17	4	1	0	0	0
2002	NL	NYN	114	242	208	18	50	15	0	3	30	0	0	22	37	.240	.339	.356	.695	74	6	10	0	2	0
Totals			1105	4511	3917	614	1093	281	17	124	558	47	31	463	524	.279	.360	.454	.814	1780	91	53	36	42	15

Fielding by Position:

														Catchers
Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
1992	AL	BOS	SS	58	55	491.2	79	182	10	45	.963	4.78	4.50
1993	AL	BOS	SS	144	138	1222.2	238	432	20	96	.971	4.93	4.65
1994	AL	BOS	SS	83	82	719.2	134	242	8	56	.979	4.70	4.53
1995	AL	BOS	SS	135	134	1192.2	227	414	18	95	.973	4.84	4.75
1996	AL	BOS	SS	118	117	1043.1	194	347	16	87	.971	4.67	4.58
1996	AL	BOS	3B	12	11	96.0	8	10	1	1	.947	1.69	1.50
1997	AL	BOS	2B	79	79	707.1	180	259	11	67	.976	5.59	5.56
1997	AL	BOS	3B	64	63	552.2	59	121	11	15	.942	2.93	2.81
1998	AL	BOS	3B	153	153	1325.0	121	292	15	28	.965	2.81	2.70
1998	AL	BOS	2B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000	.00	.00
1999	AL	BOS	3B	111	110	952.1	84	208	14	16	.954	2.76	2.63
2000	AL	BOS	3B	10	10	81.0	6	9	0	0	1.000	1.67	1.50
2001	AL	BOS	SS	18	15	138.1	22	42	2	9	.970	4.16	3.56
2001	AL	BOS	3B	3	1	14.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.29	.67
2002	NL	NYN	SS	24	13	133.0	20	48	2	9	.971	4.60	2.83
2002	NL	NYN	3B	18	14	126.1	9	27	5	3	.878	2.56	2.00
2002	NL	NYN	1B	22	11	104.0	106	6	3	12	.974	9.69	5.09
2002	NL	NYN	2B	3	1	12.0	4	3	0	2	1.000	5.25	2.33
Totals				1056	1007	8912.1	1492	2643	136	541	.968	4.18	3.92	0	0	0	0	nan

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Series	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	AL	BOS	ALDS1	3	15	12	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	3	1	.250	.400	.583	.983	7	0	0	0	0	1
1998	AL	BOS	ALDS1	4	18	15	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.467	.556	.533	1.089	8	0	0	0	0	0
1999	AL	BOS	ALCS	5	25	23	3	8	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	4	.348	.400	.565	.965	13	1	0	0	0	0
1999	AL	BOS	ALDS1	5	23	22	6	7	2	0	3	12	0	0	0	4	.318	.304	.818	1.123	18	1	0	0	1	0
Totals				17	81	72	15	25	6	0	5	19	0	1	8	10	.347	.407	.639	1.046	46	2	0	0	1	1

Postseason - Fielding by Position:

															Catchers
Year	Lg	Team	Series	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1995	AL	BOS	ALDS1	SS	3	3	29.2	5	5	1	0	.909	3.03	3.33
1998	AL	BOS	ALDS1	3B	4	4	35.0	5	10	0	3	1.000	3.86	3.75
1999	AL	BOS	ALCS	3B	5	5	44.0	4	7	0	0	1.000	2.25	2.20
1999	AL	BOS	ALDS1	3B	5	5	41.1	5	11	2	2	.889	3.48	3.20
Totals					17	17	150.0	19	33	3	5	.945	3.12	3.06	0	0	0	nan

Awards

1995 - Silver Slugger SS