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.

1995 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1995 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 26	BOS		MIN	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 28	BOS		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 29	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	L,11-17	GS	46	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	5	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
6	6	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
7	7	May 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	52	12.1	3	6	0	9	1	SS
8	8	May 4	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	May 5	BOS	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
10	10	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
11	11	May 7	BOS	@	DET	W,12-1	GS	29	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
12	12	May 9	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
13	13	May 10	BOS		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
14	14	May 12	BOS		NYY	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	15	May 13	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
16	16	May 14	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	3	SS
17	17	May 16	BOS	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
18	18	May 17	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
19	19	May 18	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
20	20	May 19	BOS		CLE	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
21	21	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 21	BOS		CLE	L,10-12	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
23	23	May 23	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	49	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
24	24	May 24	BOS	@	SEA	L,6-15	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
25	25	May 25	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
26	26	May 26	BOS	@	CAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 27	BOS	@	CAL	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
28	28	May 28	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 29	BOS	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
30	30	May 30	BOS	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
31	31	May 31	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	32	Jun 2	BOS		SEA	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
33	33	Jun 3	BOS		SEA	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
34	34	Jun 4	BOS		SEA	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	36 (1)	Jun 6	BOS		CAL	L,3-12	GS	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
36	37	Jun 7	BOS		CAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
37	38	Jun 8	BOS		CAL	L,8-10	CG	53	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
38	39	Jun 9	BOS		OAK	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
39	40	Jun 10	BOS		OAK	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
40	41	Jun 11	BOS		OAK	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
41	42	Jun 12	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	54	11.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
42	43	Jun 13	BOS	@	TOR	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
43	44	Jun 14	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
44	45	Jun 16	BOS		MIL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
45	46	Jun 17	BOS		MIL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
46	47	Jun 18	BOS		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
47	48	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
48	49	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
49	50	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
50	51	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
51	53 (1)	Jun 24	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	54	Jun 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-10	GS	41	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
53	55	Jun 26	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
54	56	Jun 27	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
55	57	Jun 28	BOS		TOR	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
56	58	Jun 29	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
57	59	Jun 30	BOS		DET	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	60	Jul 1	BOS		DET	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
59	61	Jul 2	BOS		DET	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
60	62	Jul 3	BOS	@	KCR	W,12-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
61	63	Jul 4	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
62	64	Jul 5	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
63	65	Jul 6	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
64	66	Jul 7	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
65	67	Jul 8	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
66	68	Jul 9	BOS	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
67	69	Jul 13	BOS		TEX	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	70	Jul 14	BOS		TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
69	71	Jul 15	BOS		TEX	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
70	72	Jul 16	BOS		TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
71	74 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		KCR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
72	75	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
73	76	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
74	77	Jul 21	BOS		MIN	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	3	8	1	12	1	SS
75	78	Jul 22	BOS		MIN	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
76	79	Jul 23	BOS		MIN	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
77	80	Jul 24	BOS		MIN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
78	81	Jul 25	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
79	85 (3)	Jul 29	BOS	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
80	86	Jul 30	BOS	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	87	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
82	88	Aug 2	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	89	Aug 3	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
84	90	Aug 4	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
85	91	Aug 5	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
86	92	Aug 6	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
87	93	Aug 7	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
88	94	Aug 8	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
89	95	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
90	96	Aug 10	BOS		BAL	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
91	97	Aug 11	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	46	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
92	98	Aug 12	BOS		BAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
93	99	Aug 13	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
94	100	Aug 14	BOS		NYY	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
95	101	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
96	102	Aug 16	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
97	103	Aug 17	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
98	105 (1)	Aug 19	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
99	106	Aug 20	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
100	107	Aug 21	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	SS
101	108	Aug 22	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
102	109	Aug 23	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
103	110	Aug 24	BOS	@	OAK	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
104	111	Aug 25	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
105	112	Aug 26	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
106	113	Aug 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
107	114	Aug 29	BOS		SEA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
108	115	Aug 30	BOS		SEA	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
109	116	Aug 31	BOS		SEA	L,2-11	GS	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	117	Sep 1	BOS		CAL	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
111	118	Sep 2	BOS		CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
112	119	Sep 3	BOS		CAL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
113	120	Sep 5	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	CG	58	14.0	5	7	0	12	2	SS
114	121	Sep 6	BOS		OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	2	SS
115	122	Sep 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
116	123	Sep 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
117	124	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
118	125	Sep 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	126	Sep 12	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
120	127	Sep 13	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
121	128	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
122	129	Sep 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
123	130	Sep 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
124	131	Sep 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
125	132	Sep 18	BOS		MIL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
126	133	Sep 19	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
127	134	Sep 20	BOS		MIL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
128	135	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		TOR	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
129	137 (1)	Sep 24	BOS		TOR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
130	138	Sep 25	BOS		DET	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	4	7	1	12	3	SS
131	139	Sep 26	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
132	140	Sep 27	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
133	141	Sep 28	BOS	@	MIL	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
134	142	Sep 29	BOS	@	MIL	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
135	144 (1)	Oct 1	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-8	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							135gm		1192.2	227	414	18	659	95