Val Picinich

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: September 8, 1896 in New York, NY us

Died: December 5, 1942 in Nobleboro, ME

Buried: Dunbar Cemetery, Nobleboro, ME

Debut: July 25, 1916 (Age 19-321d, 4,509th in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 28, 1933 (Age 36-354d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Valentine John Picinich

Pronunciation: \pah-SIN-itch\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

2877

743

.258

298

RBI

298

OBP

.334

SLG

.361

OPS

.695

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-54 / in Starts: 26-34
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 242 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	168 (84-50-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 242 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	150 (72-50-28)

Most Driven In
M Menosky	4
S Rice	3
H Shanks	3
Self	3
J Leonard	2
H Janvrin	2
C Milan	2
B Murphy	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
J Judge	3
W Johnson	2
M Craft	1
H Janvrin	1
H Shanks	1
M Menosky	1
E Erickson	1

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	90	2 (1)	Apr 24	WSH		PHA	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		1		.667	.750	.667	1.417	8	1.54	0.188	4.36	0.32%	1.09	C
2	91	3	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.333	.429	.333	.762	8	.37	-0.028	.93	-0.04%	-0.72	C
3	92	4	Apr 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.286	.661	8	4.09	-0.109	9.34	-0.15%	-0.34	C
4	93	5	Apr 29	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		1		.273	.333	.273	.606	8	.75	0.040	1.61	0.05%	0.15	C
5	94	6	Apr 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.375	.333	.708	8	.20	-0.008	.46	-0.01%	-0.25	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	95	7	May 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.368	.400	.368	.768	8	.83	-0.029	1.63	-0.03%	0.78	C
7	96	8	May 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.435	.458	.522	.980	8	.73	0.280	1.62	0.37%	3.08	C
8	97	10 (1)	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.407	.429	.481	.910	8	.69	-0.072	1.79	-0.11%	-0.95	C
9	98	11	May 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.367	.387	.433	.820	8	1.29	-0.090	3.89	-0.16%	-0.62	C
10	99	12	May 8	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.355	.375	.419	.794	8	1.47	-0.039	4.13	-0.07%	-0.46	C
11	100	16 (3)	May 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.382	.400	.471	.871	8	.80	0.052	1.80	0.07%	1.39	C
12	101	17	May 17	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.361	.378	.444	.823	8	1.54	-0.062	2.75	-0.07%	-0.66	C
13	102	19 (1)	May 19	WSH	@	DET	L,0-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.361	.378	.444	.823	8						C
14	103	20	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.385	.400	.462	.862	8	1.00	0.032	2.08	0.04%	0.16	C
15	104	21	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.385	.400	.462	.862	8						C
16	105	22	May 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.366	.395	.439	.834	8	1.16	-0.012	1.92	-0.01%	-0.17	C
17	106	23	May 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.333	.362	.400	.762	8	1.42	-0.081	2.56	-0.09%	-0.18	C
18	107	24	May 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.327	.353	.408	.761	8	1.59	-0.140	2.58	-0.14%	-0.95	C
19	108	25	May 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.308	.333	.385	.718	8	.87	-0.065	1.18	-0.05%	-0.64	C
20	109	26	May 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.304	.339	.375	.714	8	1.60	-0.004	1.50	0.00%	-0.22	C
21	110	28 (1)	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.283	.317	.350	.667	8	1.64	-0.171	1.00	-0.06%	-1.98	C
22	111	29	May 31	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.274	.308	.339	.646	7	2.48	-0.121	1.26	-0.04%	-1.15	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	112	31 (1)	Jun 2	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.262	.294	.323	.617	7	.52	-0.041	.26	-0.01%	-0.65	C
24	113	35 (3)	Jun 6	WSH		SLB	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.250	.282	.309	.591	7	.21	-0.020	.07	0.00%	-0.91	C
25	114	36	Jun 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.282	.309	.591	7						C
26	115	41 (4)	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.243	.284	.300	.584	6	1.18	-0.031	.23	0.00%	-0.05	C
27	116	45 (3)	Jun 17	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.257	.295	.311	.606	6	.69	0.002	.10	0.00%	0.19	C
28	117	48 (2)	Jun 20	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	6-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.253	.300	.307	.607	9	.69	-0.005	.09	0.00%	0.16	PH C
29	118	49	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.253	.298	.304	.601	6	.91	0.081	.09	0.00%	0.67	C
30	119	50	Jun 22	WSH		PHA	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.294	.300	.594	9	.43	-0.012	.04	0.00%	-0.34	PH
31	120	53 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		0		0		.259	.302	.309	.611	6	.53	0.066	.04	0.00%	0.85	C
32	121	55 (1)	Jun 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.256	.299	.305	.604	6	.64	-0.015	.04	0.00%	-0.14	C
33	122	57 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1		.256	.304	.337	.642	6	.82	0.028	.12	0.00%	0.51	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	123	61 (3)	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.258	.305	.337	.642	6	1.48	0.001	.20	0.00%	-0.26	C
35	124	63 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.309	.363	.672	5	1.52	-0.068	.37	-0.01%	-0.47	C
36	125	65 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.260	.304	.375	.679	5	2.08	-0.150	.21	-0.01%	-1.13	C
37	126	67 (1)	Jul 6	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.253	.295	.364	.659	6	.31	-0.023	.03	0.00%	-0.28	C
38	127	68	Jul 7	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.265	.306	.402	.708	6	.84	0.100	.13	0.01%	1.05	C
39	128	69	Jul 9	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.255	.295	.387	.681	6	1.53	-0.144	.09	-0.01%	-0.84	C
40	129	71 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.255	.299	.391	.690	6	.55	0.034	.02	0.00%	0.32	C
41	130	72	Jul 11	WSH	@	DET	L,1-3	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.252	.297	.387	.684	9	1.75	-0.071	.09	0.00%	-0.56	PH
42	131	73	Jul 12 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.243	.287	.374	.661	8	.65	-0.105	.02	0.00%	-1.73	C
43	132	76 (2)	Jul 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.241	.285	.371	.655	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
44	133	77	Jul 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.233	.276	.358	.634	6	.76	-0.029	.02	0.00%	0.90	C
45	134	78	Jul 16	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.256	.295	.376	.671	6	.65	0.190	.04	0.01%	3.06	C
46	135	80 (1)	Jul 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.252	.291	.370	.661	5	1.04	-0.058	.09	0.00%	-0.62	C
47	136	81	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.250	.288	.364	.651	6	1.54	-0.149	.10	-0.01%	-0.92	C
48	137	82	Jul 20 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.288	.364	.651	6						C
49	138	83	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-7	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.263	.299	.380	.678	6	.33	0.080	.00	0.00%	1.39	C
50	139	84	Jul 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.261	.297	.377	.673	9	2.20	0.067	.02	0.00%	0.79	PH
51	140	85	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.254	.289	.366	.655	6	.80	-0.128	.01	0.00%	-1.62	C
52	141	86	Jul 24	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.262	.296	.372	.668	6	1.02	-0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.09	C
53	142	87	Jul 25	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.267	.299	.387	.686	6	1.65	0.377	.01	0.00%	1.18	C
54	143	88	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.265	.297	.384	.682	8	3.15	-0.128	.01	0.00%	-0.78	PH
55	144	89	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,14-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.269	.301	.385	.685	6	.34	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.47	C
56	145	90	Jul 27	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.263	.293	.375	.668	6	1.15	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
57	146	91	Jul 29	WSH		SLB	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.256	.287	.366	.652	6	1.12	-0.150	.01	0.00%	-1.25	C
58	147	93 (1)	Jul 31	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.256	.286	.363	.649	6	1.59	0.060	.01	0.00%	-0.33	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	148	95 (1)	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	L,6-12	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.254	.283	.358	.642	6	.68	-0.160	.00	0.00%	-2.51	C
60	149	97 (1)	Aug 5	WSH		DET	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.256	.284	.358	.642	6	1.30	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
61	150	98	Aug 6	WSH		DET	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.254	.283	.356	.639	9	.63	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.15	PH
62	151	100 (1)	Aug 9	WSH		CHW	W,11-6	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.251	.283	.352	.635	8	.29	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.30	C
63	152	102 (1)	Aug 11	WSH		CHW	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.282	.350	.632	7	.44	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
64	153	103	Aug 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.249	.280	.348	.628	6	2.30	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
65	154	104	Aug 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.246	.277	.344	.622	6	.85	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
66	155	107 (2)	Aug 19	WSH	@	DET	L,2-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.281	.348	.629	9	.26	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.20	PH
67	156	108	Aug 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.258	.296	.371	.667	8	1.29	0.428	.00	0.00%	3.52	C
68	157	109	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.257	.294	.369	.663	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
69	158	110	Aug 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.253	.290	.363	.653	8	1.49	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.00	C
70	159	111	Aug 23	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-11	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.254	.294	.368	.662	8	.61	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.97	C
71	160	112	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1		0		0		.258	.304	.376	.681	8	1.29	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.51	C
72	161	113	Aug 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.259	.308	.376	.684	8	.70	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.13	C
73	162	114	Aug 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.254	.306	.368	.674	8	.98	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
74	163	115	Aug 28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.254	.309	.368	.677	9	3.08	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.22	PH C
75	164	116	Aug 29 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.265	.318	.382	.701	8	.50	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.71	C
76	165	117	Aug 29 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.263	.317	.380	.697	8	.36	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
77	166	118	Aug 31	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.269	.324	.389	.714	8	1.30	0.208	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
78	167	119	Sep 1 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.273	.327	.397	.725	9	2.76	0.201	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
79	168	129 (9)	Sep 11 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.275	.332	.403	.735	6	.86	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
80	169	136 (6)	Sep 19	WSH		CLE	L,3-12	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.274	.330	.401	.731	9	2.43	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.78	PH
							26-54		242	212	18	58	12	3	3	22	17	0	44	1	12		3		4		.274	.330	.401	.731		1.03	-0.460	.61	-0.21%	-4.75

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