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+

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

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	5 (1)	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	W,9-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	13 (7)	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
4	16 (2)	Apr 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
5	19 (2)	Apr 25 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
6	20	Apr 25 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
7	23 (2)	Apr 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	38 (14)	May 18	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	41	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	3B SS
9	39	May 19	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
10	40	May 20	LAD	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
11	41	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	42	May 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	43	May 23	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
14	44	May 25	LAD		SFG	L,1-9	GS	27	5.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
15	45	May 26	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	46	May 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
17	47	May 28	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	48	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B SS
19	49	May 30	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	GS	39	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
20	50	May 31	LAD		MON	W,4-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	51	Jun 1	LAD		MON	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
22	52	Jun 2	LAD		MON	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
23	53	Jun 4	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	GS	37	8.0	0	2	3	5	0	3B
24	59 (5)	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,12-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
25	60	Jun 12	LAD	@	MON	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	61	Jun 13	LAD	@	MON	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
27	62	Jun 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
28	63	Jun 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B SS
29	64	Jun 16	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
30	65	Jun 18	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	66	Jun 19	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
32	67	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
33	68	Jun 21	LAD		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
34	69	Jun 22	LAD		STL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
35	70	Jun 23	LAD		STL	L,1-3	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
36	71	Jun 24	LAD		STL	W,11-4	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	72	Jun 25	LAD		SDP	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	73	Jun 26 (1)	LAD		SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	77 (3)	Jun 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
40	78	Jun 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	79	Jul 1	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	80	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	W,9-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
43	81	Jul 3	LAD	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	82	Jul 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,14-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF SS
45	86 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
46	87	Jul 8	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
47	90 (2)	Jul 11	LAD		SFG	W,11-3	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
48	95 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
49	96	Jul 19	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-4	GF	8	2.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
50	97	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	102 (4)	Jul 25	LAD		ATL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
52	107 (4)	Jul 31	LAD		CIN	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	110 (2)	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
54	116 (5)	Aug 10	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
55	117	Aug 11	LAD		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
56	118	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	CG	52	13.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
57	119	Aug 13	LAD		MON	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
58	120	Aug 14	LAD		MON	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
59	121	Aug 15	LAD		MON	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	122	Aug 16	LAD		NYM	L,0-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
61	125 (2)	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	131 (5)	Aug 28 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-9	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
63	133 (1)	Aug 29	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
64	134	Aug 30	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
65	135	Aug 31	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	136	Sep 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
67	139 (2)	Sep 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
68	140	Sep 5	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	GS	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	2B 3B
69	141	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
70	142	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
71	143	Sep 8	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
72	144	Sep 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
73	145	Sep 10	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
74	146	Sep 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
75	149 (2)	Sep 15	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
76	150	Sep 16	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
77	151	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
78	152	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
79	153	Sep 19 (1)	LAD		ATL	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
80	154	Sep 19 (2)	LAD		ATL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
81	155	Sep 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	6	4	0	10	3	2B
82	156	Sep 22	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	GF	8	2.2	0	0	1	1	0	2B
83	157	Sep 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
84	158	Sep 25	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
85	159	Sep 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
86	160	Sep 28	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
87	161	Sep 29	LAD		HOU	L,0-11	CG	47	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
							92gm		669.1	123	176	16	315	31