Chris Valaika

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Born: August 14, 1985 in Santa Monica, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA).

High School: William S. Hart HS (Santa Clarita, CA)

School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Debut: August 24, 2010 (Age 25-010d, 19,818th in major league history)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2014 (Age 29-045d)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

Agents: Wasserman

National Team: us USA (College,18U,16U)

Full Name: Christopher Andrew Valaika

Pronunciation: \vuh-LAY-kah\

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Relatives: Brother of Pat Valaika

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

248

.238

RBI

OBP

.282

SLG

.351

OPS

.633

OPS+

Summary of 5 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead

3 Tms
CHC	3
CIN	1
MIA	1

Platoon
vs RHP	3
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Home	3
Away	2

Outs
1	2
2	2
0	1

5 Opps
CHC	1
SFG	1
PHI	1
STL	1
MIL	1

5 Pitchers
Tom Gorzelanny	1
Jake Peavy	1
Matt Garza	1
Justin Masterson	1
Cole Hamels	1

4 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1

Where Hit
7	3
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	3
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	3
--3	1
1--	1

7 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	3
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
2	2
3	1
4	1
5	1

1-3	3
4-6	2

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	1
+1	1
-1	1
-4..	1

Ahead	3
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	2
1-0	1
3-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	3
1B	2

OrderPos
7th	2
1st	1
8th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
Medium Lev	2
Low Lev	3

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2010-08-27	CIN		CHC	Tom Gorzelanny	ahead 5-1	b 5	1	---	6,(2-2) FBBFFX	1	2	4	0.031	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2013-05-04	MIA	@	PHI	Cole Hamels	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.112	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2014-08-20	CHC		SFG	Jake Peavy	behind 0-4	b 2	2	--3	7,(3-2) BFBBCFX	2	7	4	0.134	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Valbuena Scores
4	4	2	1	2014-08-30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	Justin Masterson	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	3	0.086	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	3	1	2014-09-03	CHC		MIL	Matt Garza	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	3	0.229	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Watkins Scores