Dave Valle

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 30, 1960 in Bayside, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Holy Cross HS (Flushing, NY).

High School: Holy Cross HS (Flushing, NY)

Debut: September 7, 1984 (Age 23-313d, 14,960th in major league history)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1996 (Age 35-335d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: David Valle

Pronunciation: \VA-lee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

2775

658

.237

314

RBI

350

OBP

.315

SLG

.373

OPS

.687

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 77 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 23 go ahead

4 Tms
SEA	72
TEX	3
MIL	1
BOS	1

Platoon
vs RHP	40
vs LHP	37

Home/Road
Away	45
Home	32

Outs
0	28
1	27
2	22

12 Opps
BOS	10
CLE	9
CAL	9
DET	9
BAL	7
MIN	6
TEX	6
TOR	6
OAK	5
CHW	4
KCR	3
MIL	3

67 Pitchers
Jeff Ballard	3
Charlie Hough	2
Rich Yett	2
Shawn Hillegas	2
Frank Viola	2
Frank Tanana	2
David Wells	2
Scott Bailes	2
Don Sutton	2
John Dopson	1
Jim Clancy	1
Ricky Bones	1
Mark Guthrie	1
Jimmy Key	1
Dan Petry	1
Scott Bankhead	1
Charles Nagy	1
DeWayne Buice	1
Mike Moore	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Mark Langston	1
Kevin Tapani	1
Kevin Appier	1
Brad Havens	1
Paul Kilgus	1
José Guzmán	1
Jim Abbott	1
Mark Williamson	1
Travis Miller	1
Russ Springer	1
Jack Morris	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Juan Nieves	1
Bill Gullickson	1
Bob Welch	1
Dave Stewart	1
Roger Clemens	1
Rich Garcés	1
Mike Smithson	1
Curt Young	1
Joe Hesketh	1
Jeff Montgomery	1
Chuck Crim	1
John Candelaria	1
Dave Righetti	1
Mark Leiter	1
Calvin Schiraldi	1
Cliff Young	1
Jeff Mutis	1
Eric Bell	1
Ken Patterson	1
John Barfield	1
Cal Eldred	1
Tom Kramer	1
Kenny Rogers	1
Chuck Finley	1
Greg Swindell	1
Wes Gardner	1
Arthur Rhodes	1
Bill Krueger	1
Mike Henneman	1
John Cerutti	1
Tom Candiotti	1
Steve Carlton	1
Matt Young	1
Walt Terrell	1
Floyd Bannister	1

15 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	31
Angel Stad (ANA)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	49
78	20
8	2
9	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	18
2	13
3	12
1	10
5	9
4	6
6	5
7+	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	75
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	11
-2-	9
--3	3
12-	2
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1

115 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	47
1 on	23
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	3
2	7
3	6
4	6
5	17
6	8
7	14
8	8
9	8

1-3	16
4-6	31
7-end	30

RelScore
+4..	15
+3	5
+2	3
+1	6
Tied	19
-1	7
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	12

Ahead	29
Tied	19
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	18
0-0	10
2-2	8
1-0	7
0-1	6
2-0	6
3-2	5
2-1	5
1-1	5
3-1	5
0-2	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	73
DH	2
1B	1
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	33
7th	23
9th	9
6th	8
3rd	3
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-09-27	SEA		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	1-3		3	8	2	0.032	99%		Home Run; D. Henderson Scores; J. Presley Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1986-06-28	SEA		TEX	José Guzmán	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---		1	8	2	0.119	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1986-09-18	SEA		CHW	Steve Carlton	behind 2-6	b 7	0	---		1	7	2	0.056	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	1986-09-26	SEA		CLE	Tom Candiotti	behind 4-7	b 8	2	1-3		3	8	PH	0.438	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Tartabull Scores; S. Bradley Scores
5	5	4	1	1986-09-27	SEA		CLE	Rich Yett	behind 2-12	b 9	2	1--		2	7	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Tartabull Scores
6	6	5	1	1986-10-04	SEA	@	CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 2-6	t 9	0	12-		3	7	3	0.094	16%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Davis Scores; D. Hengel Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1987-04-09	SEA	@	CAL	Don Sutton	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	2	0.109	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	2	2	1987-04-09	SEA	@	CAL	Don Sutton	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	-2-		2	7	2	0.170	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Davis Scores
9	9	3	1	1987-04-13	SEA		CAL	John Candelaria	behind 0-3	b 7	0	---		1	6	2	0.097	24%		Home Run (LF-CF)
10	10	4	1	1987-05-19	SEA		BAL	Jeff Ballard	behind 0-8	b 5	0	---		1	7	2	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	5	1	1987-05-30	SEA	@	BAL	Eric Bell	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---		1	3	DH	0.124	60%		Home Run
12	12	6	1	1987-06-14	SEA		CLE	Scott Bailes	behind 1-3	b 8	2	-2-		2	6	2	0.386	53%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Presley Scores
13	13	7	1	1987-07-02	SEA		DET	Frank Tanana	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	2	0.095	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	8	1	1987-07-05	SEA		DET	Dan Petry	behind 0-5	b 2	1	1--		2	6	2	0.104	25%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Davis Scores
15	15	9	1	1987-07-07	SEA		MIL	Juan Nieves	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-		2	3	2	0.140	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Bradley Scores
16	16	10	1	1987-07-12	SEA		BOS	Calvin Schiraldi	ahead 5-1	b 8	1	---		1	6	2	0.009	99%		Home Run (LF-CF)
17	17	11	1	1987-08-24	SEA		TOR	John Cerutti	behind 1-7	b 8	2	--3		2	6	2	0.016	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Presley Scores
18	18	12	1	1987-08-31	SEA	@	BAL	Mark Williamson	behind 2-4	t 9	1	---		1	7	2	0.056	9%		Home Run
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1988-04-06	SEA	@	OAK	Curt Young	behind 1-4	t 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.146	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Brantley Scores
20	20	2	1	1988-04-23	SEA	@	CAL	DeWayne Buice	ahead 9-3	t 7	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.011	100%		Home Run (Deep LF Line); B. Smith Scores
21	21	3	1	1988-05-04	SEA		CLE	Scott Bailes	tied 2-2	b 6	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	DH	0.271	82%		Home Run (LF-CF); M. Brantley Scores
22	22	4	1	1988-05-13	SEA	@	BOS	Wes Gardner	behind 7-14	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1988-06-17	SEA	@	MIN	Frank Viola	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	7	2	0.133	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	6	1	1988-06-26	SEA		KCR	Jeff Montgomery	ahead 4-0	b 7	0	---	8,(3-2) FSBBFFBX	1	7	2	0.015	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
25	25	7	1	1988-07-06	SEA	@	DET	Mike Henneman	behind 3-5	t 9	1	12-	2,(1-0) .BX	3	5	2	0.673	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Quiñones Scores; M. Brantley Scores
26	26	8	1	1988-07-19	SEA		DET	Jack Morris	tied 2-2	b 5	2	-23	7,(2-2) SBS.BFFX	3	7	2	0.291	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Davis Scores; S. Balboni Scores
27	27	9	1	1988-07-21	SEA		TOR	Jim Clancy	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	6	2	0.015	99%		Home Run (LF-CF)
28	28	10	1	1988-09-19	SEA		KCR	Floyd Bannister	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.029	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1989-04-05	SEA	@	OAK	Bob Welch	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.113	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	2	1	1989-04-11	SEA		CHW	Shawn Hillegas	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	2	0.170	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Presley Scores
31	31	3	1	1989-04-21	SEA	@	CHW	Ken Patterson	ahead 9-1	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
32	32	4	1	1989-05-10	SEA	@	TOR	Jimmy Key	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	2	0.136	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	5	1	1989-07-15	SEA	@	DET	Brad Havens	ahead 8-3	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	6	1	1989-08-27	SEA	@	MIN	Mark Guthrie	tied 1-1	t 5	0	1--	3,(0-2) FSX	2	8	2	0.204	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Buhner Scores
35	35	7	1	1989-09-01	SEA	@	BOS	Mike Smithson	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.133	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1990-04-17	SEA		MIN	Rich Yett	behind 4-5	b 4	1	---	6,(2-2) FFBBFX	1	8	2	0.142	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	2	1	1990-04-21	SEA	@	OAK	Mike Moore	ahead 5-1	t 6	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	8	2	0.034	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	3	1	1990-04-27	SEA	@	BAL	Jeff Ballard	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.165	85%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); E. Martínez Scores
39	39	4	1	1990-06-24	SEA	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-23	4,(2-1) FB.BX	3	8	2	0.182	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. O'Brien Scores; E. Martínez Scores
40	40	5	1	1990-08-21	SEA	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	4,(1-2) SBFX	1	7	2	0.167	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
41	41	6	1	1990-08-22	SEA	@	TEX	Nolan Ryan	behind 2-3	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.144	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	7	1	1990-09-13	SEA	@	CAL	Chuck Finley	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) BBSSX	1	8	2	0.115	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1991-04-29	SEA	@	BAL	Paul Kilgus	ahead 6-1	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	9	2	0.021	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Valle Scores
44	44	2	1	1991-04-30	SEA	@	BAL	Jeff Ballard	behind 0-1	t 3	1	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	2	0.160	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Buhner Scores; D. Valle Scores
45	45	3	1	1991-05-30	SEA	@	TEX	John Barfield	ahead 8-2	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.022	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Schaefer Scores; D. Valle Scores
46	46	4	1	1991-07-01	SEA	@	TOR	David Wells	tied 1-1	t 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	9	2	0.296	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Schaefer Scores; D. Valle Scores
47	47	5	1	1991-08-24	SEA	@	DET	Frank Tanana	behind 0-6	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) ...CBBCX	1	7	2	0.015	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Valle Scores
48	48	6	1	1991-08-25	SEA	@	DET	Walt Terrell	tied 2-2	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	9	2	0.379	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Valle Scores
49	49	7	1	1991-09-05	SEA	@	BOS	Roger Clemens	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	2	0.114	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Valle Scores
50	50	8	1	1991-09-06	SEA	@	BOS	Matt Young	behind 1-3	t 4	2	123	6,(3-2) BSBFBX	4	9	2	0.392	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Jones Scores; A. Davis Scores; J. Schaefer Scores; D. Valle Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1992-04-06	SEA		TEX	Kenny Rogers	behind 8-12	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	2	0.029	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Valle Scores
52	52	2	1	1992-05-29	SEA		BOS	John Dopson	behind 2-3	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	8	2	0.163	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Valle Scores
53	53	3	1	1992-06-14	SEA		MIL	Ricky Bones	behind 2-8	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.024	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Valle Scores
54	54	4	1	1992-06-20	SEA	@	MIN	Bill Krueger	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.115	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Valle Scores
55	55	5	1	1992-06-25	SEA		CAL	Chuck Crim	ahead 9-2	b 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.006	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Buhner Scores; D. Valle Scores
56	56	6	1	1992-06-29	SEA		OAK	Dave Stewart	tied 2-2	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.109	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Valle Scores
57	57	7	1	1992-07-19	SEA		TOR	David Wells	behind 1-8	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.017	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Valle Scores
58	58	8	1	1992-08-31	SEA		BOS	Joe Hesketh	ahead 7-1	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.010	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Valle Scores
59	59	9	1	1992-09-05	SEA	@	CLE	Charles Nagy	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.128	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Valle Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1993-04-18	SEA	@	DET	Mark Leiter	tied 6-6	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	8	2	0.266	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
61	61	2	1	1993-04-26	SEA		CLE	Tom Kramer	behind 2-3	b 6	0	-2-	6,(2-2) .BBFFFX	2	8	2	0.231	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Amaral Scores
62	62	3	1	1993-05-07	SEA		MIN	Kevin Tapani	behind 0-3	b 5	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBC.BX	2	8	2	0.186	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Amaral Scores
63	63	4	1	1993-05-14	SEA	@	OAK	Shawn Hillegas	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.141	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
64	64	5	1	1993-06-02	SEA		MIL	Cal Eldred	behind 2-3	b 7	1	---	8,(3-2) FSFFBBBX	1	8	2	0.230	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
65	65	6	1	1993-06-13	SEA	@	CAL	Russ Springer	ahead 10-5	t 9	1	-2-	5,(3-1) CBBBX	2	8	2	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Martinez Scores
66	66	7	1	1993-07-02	SEA		BOS	Frank Viola	behind 2-6	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.072	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
67	67	8	1	1993-07-18	SEA	@	BOS	Scott Bankhead	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	8	2	0.050	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
68	68	9	1	1993-07-22	SEA	@	CLE	Jeff Mutis	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.146	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
69	69	10	1	1993-07-24	SEA	@	CLE	Cliff Young	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	2	0.080	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
70	70	11	1	1993-08-25	SEA	@	DET	Bill Gullickson	behind 1-3	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.230	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Howitt Scores
71	71	12	1	1993-09-07	SEA	@	BAL	Arthur Rhodes	ahead 2-0	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	0.075	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
72	72	13	1	1993-09-13	SEA	@	CAL	Mark Langston	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.152	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Litton Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1994-04-12	BOS	@	KCR	Kevin Appier	ahead 8-1	t 3	2	---	5,(2-2) BBCCX	1	9	2	0.020	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
74	74	2	1	1994-06-30	MIL		TOR	Dave Righetti	ahead 8-2	b 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	1	7	2	0.010	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1996-06-16	TEX	@	BOS	Rich Garcés	ahead 7-3	t 7	2	--3	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	8	2	0.050	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Palmer Scores
76	76	2	1	1996-08-25	TEX	@	MIN	Travis Miller	ahead 5-0	t 1	2	-2-	9,(2-2) CBFFFFFBX	2	9	2	0.069	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Elster Scores; D. Valle Scores
77	77	3	1	1996-09-21	TEX	@	CAL	Jim Abbott	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	0.052	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)