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+

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 21	BRO		PHI	L,1-4	CG	30	7.0	6	1	1	8	0
2	8 (2)	Apr 26	BRO		PHI	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
3	10 (1)	Apr 28	BRO		BSN	L,2-5	CG	27	6.0	3	1	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (1)	May 4	BRO		CIN	L,0-7	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	14 (1)	May 6	BRO		CIN	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
6	15	May 7	BRO		CHC	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
7	20 (4)	May 12	BRO		STL	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
8	21	May 13	BRO		PIT	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	22	May 15	BRO		PIT	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	24 (1)	May 17	BRO	@	PHI	W,14-13	CG	54	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
11	26 (1)	May 18 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	27	May 20	BRO		NYG	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	28	May 22 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	29	May 22 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,3-7	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	30	May 24	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	31	May 25	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	32	May 26	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	33	May 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
19	34	May 29	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	35	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-8	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	36	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-15	CG	51	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	37	Jun 3	BRO	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	38	Jun 4 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
24	40 (1)	Jun 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
25	41	Jun 6	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	42	Jun 7	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-11	GS	34	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	43	Jun 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
28	44	Jun 9	BRO		PIT	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	45	Jun 10	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	46	Jun 11	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	48 (1)	Jun 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	49	Jun 15	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
33	50	Jun 16	BRO		NYG	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
34	51	Jun 18 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	52	Jun 18 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	54 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	55	Jun 20	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	56	Jun 21	BRO	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	63	15.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	58 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	60 (1)	Jun 24	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	61	Jun 25	BRO	@	NYG	W,12-10	CG	52	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	63 (1)	Jun 27	BRO		BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
43	64	Jun 29 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	67 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	68	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,12-14	CG	54	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
46	70 (1)	Jul 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	71	Jul 7	BRO		PIT	L,6-17	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	72	Jul 8	BRO		PIT	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	73	Jul 9	BRO		PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	74	Jul 10	BRO		STL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	75	Jul 11	BRO		STL	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	77 (1)	Jul 13	BRO		STL	W,15-8	CG	46	9.0	7	3	1	11	0
53	78	Jul 14	BRO		CIN	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
54	79	Jul 15	BRO		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	83 (3)	Jul 18	BRO		CHC	L,7-11	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
56	84	Jul 20 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	89 (4)	Jul 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	90	Jul 26	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
59	91	Jul 27	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	20	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
60	92	Jul 28 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	2	6	0
61	93	Jul 28 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	95 (1)	Jul 30	BRO	@	STL	L,9-10	GS	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	102 (6)	Aug 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	108 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
65	112 (3)	Aug 18	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
66	115 (2)	Aug 21	BRO		STL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
67	116	Aug 22	BRO		CIN	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	119 (2)	Aug 25	BRO		PHI	L,0-4	GS	29	6.2	6	1	0	7	1
69	122 (2)	Aug 31	BRO		NYG	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	123	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,2-15	CG	51	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
71	126 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
72	127	Sep 4 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	128	Sep 4 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	129	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
75	131 (1)	Sep 7	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	133 (1)	Sep 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	134	Sep 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
78	135	Sep 11	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	138 (2)	Sep 14	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
80	140 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	142 (1)	Sep 21	BRO	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	145 (2)	Sep 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	146	Sep 25 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,9-10	GF	18	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
84	149 (2)	Sep 28 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
85	152 (2)	Oct 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-8	GS	37	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
							85gm		668.0	311	62	8	381	8