John Valentin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 18, 1967 in Mineola, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ).

High School: St. Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ)

School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)

Debut: July 27, 1992 (Age 25-160d, 16,177th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2002 (Age 35-223d)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad • Previously: Dick Moss

Full Name: John William Valentin

Pronunciation: \VAL-en-tin\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.5

3917

1093

124

.279

614

RBI

558

OBP

.360

SLG

.454

OPS

.814

OPS+

109

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

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	Apr 20	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
2	15	Apr 21	BOS	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
3	16	Apr 22	BOS	@	SEA	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
4	17	Apr 23	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
5	18	Apr 24	BOS	@	CAL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
6	19	Apr 25	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
7	20	Apr 27	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
8	21	Apr 28	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
9	22	Apr 30	BOS		CAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	23	May 1	BOS		CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
11	24	May 2	BOS		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
12	25	May 3	BOS		SEA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
13	26	May 4	BOS		SEA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
14	27	May 5	BOS		OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
15	28	May 6	BOS		OAK	L,3-6	GS	30	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
16	29	May 7	BOS	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
17	30	May 8	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	31	May 9	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	32	May 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
20	33	May 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	35 (1)	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
22	36	May 15	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	37	May 16	BOS	@	MIN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
24	38	May 17	BOS		TOR	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
25	39	May 19	BOS		TOR	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
26	40	May 20	BOS		TOR	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
27	41	May 21	BOS		NYY	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	42	May 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
29	43	May 23	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
30	44	May 24	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
31	45	May 25	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
32	46	May 26	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
33	47	May 28	BOS		TEX	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
34	48	May 29	BOS		TEX	W,15-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
35	49	May 30	BOS		TEX	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	5	5	1	11	2	SS
36	50	May 31	BOS		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	51	Jun 1	BOS		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
38	52	Jun 2	BOS		KCR	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
39	53	Jun 4	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	55 (1)	Jun 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	7	1.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	56	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
42	57	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
43	58	Jun 10	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
44	59	Jun 11	BOS		BAL	L,4-16	CG	52	9.0	1	5	2	8	0	SS
45	60	Jun 12	BOS		BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	61	Jun 13	BOS		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
47	62	Jun 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	63	Jun 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
49	64	Jun 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
50	65	Jun 17	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
51	66	Jun 18	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
52	67	Jun 19	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
53	68	Jun 20	BOS	@	TOR	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
54	69	Jun 21	BOS		MIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	7	0	12	2	SS
55	70	Jun 22	BOS		MIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
56	71	Jun 23	BOS		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
57	72	Jun 25	BOS		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
58	73	Jun 26	BOS		DET	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
59	74	Jun 27	BOS		DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	4	SS
60	75	Jun 28	BOS		MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
61	76	Jun 29	BOS		MIL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
62	77	Jun 30	BOS		MIL	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	78	Jul 2	BOS	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
64	79	Jul 3	BOS	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
65	80	Jul 4	BOS	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
66	81	Jul 5	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
67	82	Jul 6	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	0	2	1	3	0	SS
68	83	Jul 7	BOS	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
69	84	Jul 8	BOS	@	OAK	W,11-9	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
70	85	Jul 9	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	86	Jul 10	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
72	87	Jul 11	BOS	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
73	88	Jul 15	BOS		SEA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
74	89	Jul 16	BOS		SEA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
75	90	Jul 17	BOS		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
76	91	Jul 18	BOS		SEA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
77	92	Jul 19	BOS		CAL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	93	Jul 20	BOS		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	94	Jul 21	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
80	95	Jul 22	BOS		OAK	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
81	96	Jul 23	BOS		OAK	W,6-5	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
82	98 (1)	Jul 25	BOS		OAK	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
83	99	Jul 26	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
84	100	Jul 27	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	101	Jul 28	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
86	102	Jul 29	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
87	103	Jul 30	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
88	104	Jul 31	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	105	Aug 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
90	106	Aug 3	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
91	107	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
92	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
93	109	Aug 6	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
94	110	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
95	111	Aug 8	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
96	112	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
97	113	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
98	114	Aug 12	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
99	115	Aug 13	BOS		TOR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
100	116	Aug 14	BOS		TOR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
101	117	Aug 15	BOS		TOR	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
102	118	Aug 17	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	119	Aug 18	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
104	120	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
105	121	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
106	122	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	3	SS
107	123	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
108	124	Aug 24	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	125	Aug 25	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
110	126	Aug 26	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
111	127	Aug 27	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
112	128	Aug 28	BOS	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
113	129	Aug 29	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
114	130	Aug 30	BOS		TEX	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
115	131	Aug 31	BOS		TEX	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	5	7	1	13	4	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	132	Sep 1	BOS		TEX	L,7-9	CG	58	12.0	2	6	3	11	3	SS
117	133	Sep 3	BOS		KCR	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
118	134	Sep 4	BOS		KCR	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
119	135	Sep 5	BOS		KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
120	136	Sep 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	14	3.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
121	139 (2)	Sep 10 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
122	140	Sep 10 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
123	141	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
124	142	Sep 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-1	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
125	143	Sep 13	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
126	144	Sep 14	BOS		BAL	L,3-11	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
127	145	Sep 15	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
128	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
129	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
130	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	3	6	0	9	1	SS
131	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
132	150	Sep 21	BOS	@	TOR	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
133	151	Sep 22	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	45	10.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
134	152	Sep 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
135	153	Sep 24	BOS		MIN	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
136	154	Sep 25	BOS		MIN	L,7-9	GF	15	3.0	2	2	0	4	1	PH SS
137	155	Sep 26	BOS		MIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
138	156	Sep 28 (1)	BOS		DET	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
139	157	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-7	CG	53	11.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
140	158	Sep 29	BOS		DET	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
141	159	Sep 30	BOS		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
142	160	Oct 1	BOS		MIL	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
143	161	Oct 2	BOS		MIL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
144	162	Oct 3	BOS		MIL	L,3-6	GS	19	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
							144gm		1222.2	238	432	20	690	96