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.

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BOS	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 7	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 9	BOS	@	TBD	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	BOS	@	TBD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 11	BOS	@	TBD	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
7	7	Apr 13	BOS		CHW	W,6-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 15	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 16	BOS		TBD	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
10	10	Apr 17	BOS		TBD	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 18	BOS		TBD	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
12	13 (1)	Apr 20	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
13	14	Apr 21	BOS	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
14	15	Apr 22	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
15	16	Apr 23	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	17	Apr 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
17	19 (1)	Apr 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	20	Apr 27	BOS	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	21	Apr 28	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	22	Apr 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,9-13	CG	47	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	23	May 1	BOS	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	24	May 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
23	25	May 3	BOS	@	OAK	L,11-12	CG	49	9.1	4	4	0	8	0	3B
24	26	May 5	BOS		TEX	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	27	May 6	BOS		TEX	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
26	28	May 7	BOS		ANA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	29	May 8	BOS		ANA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
28	30	May 9	BOS		ANA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	31	May 10	BOS		SEA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	32	May 11	BOS		SEA	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	33	May 12	BOS		SEA	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	34	May 14	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
33	35	May 15	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
34	36	May 16	BOS	@	TOR	L,6-9	GS	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
35	39 (2)	May 19	BOS		NYY	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	40	May 20	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
37	41	May 21	BOS		TOR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
38	42	May 22	BOS		TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
39	43	May 23	BOS		TOR	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
40	44	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	45	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	46	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
43	47	May 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	48	May 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
45	49	May 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
46	50	May 31	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	51	Jun 1	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	52	Jun 2	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	53	Jun 4	BOS		ATL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	54	Jun 5	BOS		ATL	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
51	55	Jun 6	BOS		ATL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
52	56	Jun 7	BOS	@	MON	L,2-8	GS	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	59 (2)	Jun 11	BOS	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
54	60	Jun 12	BOS	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
55	61	Jun 13	BOS	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	62	Jun 14	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
57	63	Jun 15	BOS		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	64	Jun 16	BOS		MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	65	Jun 17	BOS		MIN	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	66	Jun 18	BOS		TEX	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
61	67	Jun 19	BOS		TEX	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
62	68	Jun 20	BOS		TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	69	Jun 21	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	71 (1)	Jun 23	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	72	Jun 24	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
66	73	Jun 25	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	GS	8	2.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	88 (14)	Jul 11	BOS	@	ATL	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
68	89	Jul 15	BOS		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
69	90	Jul 16	BOS		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	92 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		FLA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
71	93	Jul 19	BOS		FLA	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
72	94	Jul 20	BOS		FLA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
73	95	Jul 21	BOS		BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
74	96	Jul 22	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	97	Jul 23	BOS	@	DET	L,5-14	GS	38	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	98	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	99	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
78	100	Jul 27	BOS	@	TOR	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
79	101	Jul 28	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	102	Jul 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-13	CG	48	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
81	103	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	104	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
83	105	Aug 2	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	106	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
85	107	Aug 4	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
86	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	ANA	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	109	Aug 6	BOS	@	ANA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	110	Aug 7	BOS	@	ANA	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	111	Aug 8	BOS	@	ANA	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
90	113 (1)	Aug 10	BOS	@	KCR	W,9-6	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	114	Aug 11	BOS	@	KCR	W,9-3	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
92	116 (1)	Aug 14	BOS		SEA	W,13-2	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	117	Aug 15	BOS		SEA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
94	118	Aug 16	BOS		OAK	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
95	119	Aug 17	BOS		OAK	L,1-12	GS	39	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	120	Aug 18	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
97	121	Aug 19	BOS		OAK	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	122	Aug 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
99	123	Aug 21	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-9	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
100	124	Aug 22	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
101	125	Aug 23	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
102	128 (2)	Aug 27	BOS		ANA	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
103	129	Aug 28	BOS		ANA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
104	131 (1)	Aug 30	BOS		KCR	W,9-1	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	152 (20)	Sep 23	BOS		TOR	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	154 (1)	Sep 25	BOS		BAL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	155	Sep 26	BOS		BAL	L,5-8	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
108	157 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	159 (1)	Sep 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
110	161 (1)	Oct 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
111	162	Oct 3	BOS	@	BAL	W,1-0	GS	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
							111gm		952.1	84	208	14	306	16