Bobby Valentine

Positions: Shortstop, Outfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 189lb (178cm, 85kg)

Born: May 13, 1950 in Stamford, CT us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (5th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rippowam HS (Stamford, CT).

High School: Rippowam HS (Stamford, CT)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 2, 1969 (Age 19-112d, 12,887th in major league history)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1979 (Age 29-140d)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Robert John Valentine

Twitter: @BobbyValentine

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Ralph Branca

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

1698

441

.260

176

RBI

157

OBP

.315

SLG

.326

OPS

.641

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-40 / in Starts: 17-23
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	48 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 188 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	136 (56-46-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 188 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	115 (56-38-20)

Most Driven In
L Randle	3
W MontaÃ±ez	3
L Mazzilli	2
J Youngblood	2
J Stearns	2
S Henderson	2
Self	1
T Hausman	1

Most Driven In By
W MontaÃ±ez	5
S Henderson	3
E Kranepool	3
J Stearns	2
Self	1
T Foli	1
L Mazzilli	1
B Boisclair	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	509	10 (9)	Apr 16	NYM	@	MON	L,1-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	3.35	-0.083	5.55	-0.08%	-0.40	PH
2	510	12 (1)	Apr 18	NYM	@	STL	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	4.92	0.270	8.29	0.27%	1.27	PH 2B
3	511	14 (1)	Apr 21	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	.49	-0.013	.99	-0.02%	-0.23	2B
4	512	16 (1)	Apr 23	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	11-11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	3.27	-0.092	6.55	-0.11%	-0.36	PH
5	513	17	Apr 24	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	6	1.21	-0.060	2.24	-0.07%	-0.32	3B
6	514	18	Apr 25	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	2	2.05	0.037	3.47	0.04%	-0.08	2B
7	515	19	Apr 26	NYM		PIT	L,0-1	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.313	.563	2	2.03	-0.225	3.17	-0.21%	-1.29	2B
8	516	20	Apr 28	NYM		CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.250	.263	.513	6	.89	-0.048	1.08	-0.04%	-0.57	2B
9	517	21	Apr 29	NYM		CIN	L,7-14	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.348	.708	7	.54	0.125	.59	0.08%	2.12	2B
10	518	22	Apr 30	NYM		CIN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.414	.407	.821	2	.74	0.129	.74	0.08%	1.71	2B
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
11	519	23	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.382	.367	.749	2	1.37	-0.104	1.51	-0.07%	-1.33	2B
12	520	24	May 2	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.368	.333	.702	2	1.22	-0.036	1.15	-0.02%	-0.34	2B
13	521	25	May 4	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-2	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.381	.417	.798	6	1.07	0.154	.98	0.08%	2.24	2B
14	522	26	May 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.370	.425	.795	6	1.17	-0.097	1.48	-0.07%	-0.35	2B
15	523	27	May 6	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.340	.386	.726	2	.50	-0.065	.59	-0.05%	-1.18	2B
16	524	28	May 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.382	.429	.810	2	1.16	0.142	1.26	0.09%	1.19	2B
17	525	29	May 8	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.373	.404	.777	2	1.11	-0.065	.81	-0.03%	-0.32	2B
18	526	30	May 9	NYM	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.349	.375	.724	6	1.01	-0.104	.84	-0.05%	-1.08	2B
19	527	31	May 10	NYM	@	MON	W,7-2	GS-8	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.368	.383	.751	2	.87	0.121	.85	0.07%	1.00	2B
20	528	32	May 11	NYM	@	MON	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.375	.391	.766	7	2.03	0.091	2.14	0.06%	0.63	2B
21	529	33	May 12	NYM		HOU	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.373	.388	.761	2	.64	0.003	.60	0.00%	0.09	2B
22	530	34	May 13	NYM		HOU	L,4-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.382	.388	.770	2	.41	0.023	.35	0.01%	0.24	PH
23	531	35	May 17 (1)	NYM		ATL	L,1-2	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.363	.366	.729	2	1.37	-0.136	1.16	-0.07%	-0.86	2B
24	532	37 (1)	May 18	NYM		ATL	W,8-7	5-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.366	.370	.736	2	2.00	0.037	1.89	0.02%	0.55	PH 2B
25	533	38	May 19	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.293	.357	.360	.717	2	1.45	-0.148	1.89	-0.12%	-1.25	2B
26	534	40 (1)	May 21	NYM		PHI	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.353	.355	.708	2	1.65	-0.039	2.06	-0.03%	-0.14	PH
27	535	43 (2)	May 25	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.353	.355	.708	1						PR 3B
28	536	49 (5)	May 30	NYM		STL	L,2-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.349	.351	.699	2	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.09	3B
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
29	537	54 (4)	Jun 5	NYM		LAD	W,9-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.345	.346	.691	9	.62	-0.015	.48	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
30	538	55	Jun 6	NYM		LAD	L,2-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.341	.342	.683	9	.63	-0.017	.52	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
31	539	56	Jun 7	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.352	.346	.697	2	1.13	0.084	.72	0.03%	0.76	3B
32	540	57	Jun 9	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.348	.341	.689	9	2.82	-0.075	1.90	-0.03%	-0.33	PH
33	541	59 (1)	Jun 11	NYM		SFG	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.344	.337	.681	8	3.31	-0.081	2.10	-0.03%	-0.40	PH
34	542	61 (1)	Jun 13	NYM	@	SDP	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.344	.337	.681	9						PR 2B
35	543	67 (5)	Jun 18 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.344	.337	.681	7						2B
36	544	68	Jun 20	NYM		MON	W,3-0	GS-7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.351	.329	.680	2	.61	-0.009	.32	0.00%	-0.04	2B
37	545	69	Jun 21	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.360	.341	.701	2	.75	0.029	.51	0.01%	0.34	2B
38	546	70	Jun 22	NYM		MON	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.356	.337	.694	9	1.63	-0.040	.99	-0.02%	-0.21	2B
39	547	71	Jun 23	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.353	.333	.686	9	4.29	-0.208	1.90	-0.06%	-0.77	PH
40	548	77 (5)	Jun 29	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.359	.341	.700	2	3.51	0.139	1.05	0.03%	0.58	PH
41	549	78	Jun 30	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.359	.341	.700	9						2B
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
42	550	87 (8)	Jul 13	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.359	.341	.700	2						2B
43	551	90 (2)	Jul 16	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-9	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.280	.352	.333	.686	5	.18	-0.009	.02	0.00%	-1.42	2B
44	552	92 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-4	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.268	.339	.320	.659	2	1.17	-0.167	.06	-0.01%	-1.92	2B
45	553	97 (4)	Jul 20 (2)	NYM		HOU	W,5-4	GS-6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.348	.333	.682	2	1.46	0.050	.09	0.00%	0.50	2B
46	554	99 (1)	Jul 22	NYM		ATL	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.348	.327	.675	7	.79	-0.008	.04	0.00%	-0.17	3B
47	555	100	Jul 23	NYM		ATL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.339	.317	.656	7	1.07	-0.081	.08	0.00%	-0.67	3B
48	556	103 (2)	Jul 26	NYM		CIN	W,12-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.339	.317	.656	8						2B
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
49	557	109 (5)	Aug 2	NYM	@	PHI	L,6-8	5-GF	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.347	.330	.677	9	.25	-0.014	.02	0.00%	-0.11	PH 2B
50	558	110	Aug 4	NYM	@	STL	W,8-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.352	.330	.683	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
51	559	111	Aug 5	NYM	@	STL	L,3-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.350	.327	.677	9	.83	-0.020	.03	0.00%	-0.21	PH
52	560	113 (1)	Aug 8	NYM	@	MON	L,1-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.347	.324	.671	9	.25	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
53	561	117 (3)	Aug 13	NYM		STL	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.352	.330	.682	2	.77	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.51	2B
54	562	118	Aug 15	NYM		SDP	W,3-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.261	.344	.322	.665	2	1.30	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.26	2B
55	563	120 (1)	Aug 17	NYM		SDP	L,2-9	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.338	.316	.655	9	.07	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.41	2B
56	564	121	Aug 18	NYM		LAD	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.254	.336	.314	.649	2	1.03	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.71	PH
57	565	123 (1)	Aug 20	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	GS-7	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.350	.319	.670	2	1.07	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.65	2B
58	566	126 (2)	Aug 23	NYM		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.362	.328	.690	7	2.03	0.137	.00	0.00%	1.15	3B
59	567	127	Aug 24	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.266	.359	.323	.681	7	.29	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.32	3B
60	568	128	Aug 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.358	.323	.681	2	.64	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.23	2B
61	569	129	Aug 26	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.364	.338	.703	7	1.06	0.125	.00	0.00%	0.88	3B
62	570	131 (1)	Aug 29	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.355	.328	.683	2	.85	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.46	2B
63	571	132	Aug 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,10-4	CG	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.354	.329	.683	2	.58	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.12	2B
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
64	572	133	Sep 1	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.349	.324	.674	7	1.22	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.81	2B
65	573	134	Sep 2 (1)	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.343	.318	.661	2	1.76	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-1.19	2B
66	574	135	Sep 2 (2)	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.347	.329	.676	2	1.08	0.138	.00	0.00%	0.87	2B
67	575	136	Sep 3	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-5	GS-4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.265	.341	.323	.663	2	.51	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.23	2B
68	576	156 (19)	Sep 24	NYM		PHI	L,2-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.339	.321	.659	9	.09	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
69	577	160 (3)	Sep 29 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-8	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.346	.331	.677	2	1.20	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.19	2B
							29-40		188	160	17	43	7	0	1	18	19	1	18	1	6	2	1	7	1	1	.269	.346	.331	.677		1.14	-0.569	.82	-0.30%	-5.86

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