José Valverde

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 265lb (193cm, 120kg)

Born: March 24, 1978 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic do

High School: Escuela San Lorenzo (Dominican Republic)

Debut: June 1, 2003 (Age 25-069d, 18,274th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 26, 2014 (Age 36-063d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Bill Rego

Full Name: José Rafael Valverde

Nicknames: Papa Grande

Pronunciation: \val-VAIR-day\

Twitter: @PapaGrande46

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Nephew of José Mercedes

3x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

3.27

626

288

630.1

692

WHIP

1.196

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 10	DET		TBR	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	Apr 11	DET		TBR	L,2-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	6	Apr 12	DET		TBR	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	9 (2)	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	11 (1)	Apr 17	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	12	Apr 18	DET	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	15 (2)	Apr 21 (2)	DET		TEX	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	16	Apr 22	DET		TEX	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	21 (4)	Apr 28	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	25 (3)	May 4	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	26	May 5	DET		CHW	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	27	May 6	DET		CHW	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	29 (1)	May 8	DET	@	SEA	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	31 (1)	May 10	DET	@	OAK	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	34 (2)	May 13	DET	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	36 (1)	May 15	DET	@	CHW	W,10-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	45 (8)	May 25	DET	@	MIN	W,10-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	46	May 26	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	47	May 27	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	51 (3)	May 31	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	53 (1)	Jun 2	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	56 (2)	Jun 6	DET		CLE	L,6-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	57	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	59 (1)	Jun 9	DET	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	60	Jun 10	DET	@	CIN	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	62 (1)	Jun 13	DET	@	CHC	W,8-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	63	Jun 14	DET	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	64	Jun 15	DET		COL	L,4-12		8	0.2	0	0	1	1	0
30	74 (9)	Jun 26	DET	@	TEX	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	76 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	TBR	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	78 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	TBR	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	79	Jul 1	DET	@	TBR	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	83 (3)	Jul 5	DET		MIN	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	84	Jul 6	DET		KCR	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	85	Jul 7	DET		KCR	W,8-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	87 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
38	88	Jul 14	DET	@	BAL	L,6-8		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	89	Jul 15	DET	@	BAL	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	90	Jul 16	DET		LAA	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	93 (2)	Jul 19	DET		LAA	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	94	Jul 20	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	98 (3)	Jul 25	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	102 (3)	Jul 29	DET	@	TOR	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	105 (2)	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	109 (3)	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	110	Aug 7	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	112 (1)	Aug 9	DET		NYY	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	113	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	117 (3)	Aug 14	DET	@	MIN	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	119 (1)	Aug 17	DET		BAL	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	122 (2)	Aug 21	DET		TOR	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	123	Aug 22	DET		TOR	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	126 (2)	Aug 25	DET		LAA	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	127	Aug 26	DET		LAA	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	131 (3)	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	132	Sep 1	DET		CHW	W,5-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	133	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	136 (2)	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	141 (4)	Sep 11	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	142	Sep 12	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	143	Sep 14	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	144	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	145	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
65	148 (2)	Sep 19	DET		OAK	W,6-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	152 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	DET		MIN	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	153	Sep 24	DET		KCR	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	155 (1)	Sep 26	DET		KCR	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	158 (2)	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	159	Sep 30	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	160	Oct 1	DET	@	KCR	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							71gm		69.0	4	0	1	5	0