Ellis Valentine

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: July 30, 1954 in Helena, AR us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crenshaw HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Crenshaw HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 3, 1975 (Age 21-035d, 13,684th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1985 (Age 31-064d)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: Dick Moss • Previously: Tom Selakovich

Full Name: Ellis Clarence Valentine

Twitter: @EValentine17

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.1

3166

881

123

.278

380

RBI

474

OBP

.315

SLG

.458

OPS

.773

OPS+

113

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-32 / in Starts: 34-29
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 261 PAs	36
Actual Runners on Base	167 (77-51-39)
Avg. MLBer w/ 261 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	158 (78-52-27)

Most Driven In
Self	8
A Dawson	5
R Scott	3
D Kingman	3
T Raines	3
L Mazzilli	3
B Bailor	3
H Brooks	3

Most Driven In By
Self	8
D Flynn	3
H Brooks	2
G Carter	2
L Mazzilli	2
L Parrish	1
W Cromartie	1
D Kingman	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 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	617	1	Apr 9	MON	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1.74	-0.073	1.41	-0.04%	-0.41	RF
2	618	2	Apr 12	MON	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	4	.72	0.013	.61	0.01%	0.38	RF
3	619	3	Apr 15	MON		CHC	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	4	1.40	-0.136	1.16	-0.07%	-0.94	RF
4	620	4	Apr 16	MON		CHC	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	4	.84	-0.214	.69	-0.11%	-2.82	RF
5	621	5	Apr 18	MON	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.100	.136	.100	.236	4	.62	-0.016	.60	-0.01%	-0.57	RF
6	622	6	Apr 19 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.115	.083	.199	4	.73	-0.090	.68	-0.05%	-1.43	RF
7	623	7	Apr 19 (2)	MON	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.133	.074	.207	4	.45	-0.038	.44	-0.02%	-0.40	RF
8	624	8	Apr 20	MON		PHI	W,9-8	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.176	.200	.376	4	.79	0.077	.77	0.05%	0.68	RF
9	625	9	Apr 21	MON		PHI	W,10-3	GS-6	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.121	.184	.212	.396	4	1.16	-0.066	1.17	-0.04%	0.29	RF
10	626	10	Apr 22	MON		PHI	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.135	.186	.297	.483	4	1.13	0.143	1.20	0.09%	0.53	RF
11	627	11	Apr 25	MON		NYM	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.170	.268	.439	4	.43	-0.043	.45	-0.03%	-0.69	RF
12	628	12	Apr 26 (1)	MON		NYM	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.216	.378	.593	4	.46	0.219	.48	0.14%	2.77	RF
13	629	14 (1)	Apr 27	MON	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.200	.347	.547	4	.89	-0.088	1.10	-0.07%	-0.62	RF
14	630	15	Apr 28	MON	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.217	.340	.556	4	.90	0.086	1.05	0.06%	0.18	RF
15	631	16	Apr 29	MON	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.254	.393	.647	4	1.46	0.232	1.86	0.18%	1.82	RF
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
16	632	21 (4)	May 5	MON		SDP	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.254	.383	.637	4	1.72	0.067	1.56	0.04%	0.07	RF
17	633	22	May 6	MON		SDP	L,5-13	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.254	.365	.619	4	.50	-0.010	.45	-0.01%	-0.58	RF
18	634	23	May 7	MON		SDP	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.253	.373	.626	4	1.31	0.238	1.25	0.14%	0.58	RF
19	635	24	May 8	MON		SFG	L,3-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.266	.386	.652	4	1.57	0.130	1.60	0.08%	0.78	RF
20	636	28 (3)	May 12	MON	@	LAD	L,0-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.263	.380	.643	9	2.30	-0.056	2.11	-0.03%	-0.39	PH
21	637	34 (5)	May 18	MON	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.262	.373	.635	4	1.14	0.029	.82	0.01%	0.27	RF
22	638	35	May 19	MON	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.259	.368	.627	4	1.19	-0.032	.84	-0.01%	-0.28	RF
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
				Player went from Montreal Expos to New York Mets
23	639	49	Jun 7	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.258	.354	.613	5	1.06	-0.041	.06	0.00%	-0.33	RF
24	640	50	Jun 9	NYM		CIN	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.269	.361	.630	5	2.48	0.247	.17	0.01%	0.67	RF
25	641	51	Jun 10	NYM		CIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.345	.603	3	1.28	-0.124	.06	0.00%	-0.69	RF
26	642	52	Jun 11	NYM		CIN	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.248	.333	.581	3	1.18	-0.053	.04	0.00%	-0.43	RF
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
27	643	53	Aug 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.243	.323	.566	5	1.40	0.223	1.88	0.18%	0.52	RF
28	644	54	Aug 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.320	.570	5	1.84	0.094	2.72	0.08%	0.00	RF
29	645	55	Aug 12	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.248	.333	.581	5	1.82	-0.091	3.07	-0.09%	-1.01	RF
30	646	56	Aug 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.248	.330	.578	5	.49	-0.038	.88	-0.04%	-0.08	RF
31	647	57	Aug 14	NYM		PHI	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.248	.321	.569	5	.65	-0.046	1.07	-0.05%	-0.31	RF
32	648	58	Aug 15	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.256	.336	.592	5	1.53	-0.025	2.33	-0.02%	0.14	RF
33	649	59	Aug 16	NYM		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.256	.342	.597	5	.85	0.136	1.39	0.13%	1.11	RF
34	650	60	Aug 18	NYM	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.248	.331	.579	5	.65	-0.069	.98	-0.06%	-1.06	RF
35	651	61	Aug 19	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.203	.248	.352	.600	5	1.12	0.009	1.97	0.01%	-0.16	RF
36	652	62	Aug 20	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.248	.348	.597	5	1.25	-0.086	2.09	-0.09%	-0.65	RF
37	653	63	Aug 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.242	.338	.580	5	1.50	-0.144	2.29	-0.13%	-1.02	RF
38	654	64	Aug 22	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.242	.343	.585	5	.68	-0.033	1.00	-0.03%	-0.30	RF
39	655	65	Aug 23	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.236	.333	.569	5	1.20	-0.118	2.04	-0.12%	-0.70	RF
40	656	66	Aug 24	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.238	.333	.571	5	1.01	-0.046	1.83	-0.05%	-0.43	RF
41	657	67	Aug 25	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.193	.238	.327	.564	5	1.20	0.118	1.94	0.11%	0.89	RF
42	658	68	Aug 26	NYM		HOU	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.238	.325	.563	5	.46	0.006	.82	0.01%	-0.12	RF
43	659	69	Aug 27	NYM		HOU	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.197	.240	.325	.565	5	1.49	-0.096	2.34	-0.09%	-0.56	RF
44	660	70	Aug 28	NYM		CIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.246	.348	.594	5	1.26	0.018	2.11	0.02%	0.87	RF
45	661	71	Aug 29	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.240	.339	.580	5	1.32	-0.096	1.92	-0.08%	-0.61	RF
46	662	72	Aug 30	NYM		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.201	.240	.343	.584	5	1.61	-0.141	2.26	-0.12%	-0.92	RF
47	663	73	Aug 31	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.235	.335	.571	6	1.15	-0.133	1.59	-0.11%	-1.43	RF
Sep/Oct		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
48	664	75 (1)	Sep 2	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.232	.330	.561	6	.38	-0.029	.46	-0.02%	-0.41	RF
49	665	76	Sep 4	NYM		ATL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.233	.346	.580	5	.92	0.050	.95	0.03%	0.60	RF
50	666	77	Sep 5	NYM		ATL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.203	.239	.357	.596	4	.78	0.098	.89	0.07%	0.68	RF
51	667	78	Sep 6	NYM		ATL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.234	.349	.583	4	1.38	-0.142	1.84	-0.11%	-1.19	RF
52	668	81 (2)	Sep 8	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.199	.234	.349	.583	4						RF
53	669	82	Sep 9	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.199	.234	.349	.583	4						RF
54	670	86 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.239	.358	.597	5	.78	0.082	.62	0.04%	0.35	RF
55	671	88 (1)	Sep 17	NYM		PHI	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.243	.361	.604	9	2.51	0.114	2.04	0.06%	1.14	PH
56	672	89	Sep 18	NYM		STL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.238	.354	.592	4	.33	-0.039	.25	-0.02%	-1.18	RF
57	673	91 (1)	Sep 20	NYM		STL	W,7-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.237	.352	.589	2	4.80	-0.114	8.18	-0.12%	-0.72	PH RF
58	674	92	Sep 21	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.235	.347	.582	5	2.08	-0.090	3.30	-0.09%	0.16	RF
59	675	93	Sep 22	NYM		PIT	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.239	.350	.588	2	1.18	0.076	1.83	0.07%	0.97	PH RF
60	676	95 (1)	Sep 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.247	.389	.636	6	2.22	0.603	2.33	0.38%	2.81	RF
61	677	96	Sep 25	NYM	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.242	.382	.624	3	.72	-0.072	.75	-0.05%	-0.77	RF
62	678	97	Sep 26	NYM	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.238	.375	.613	3	1.28	-0.133	.77	-0.05%	-1.02	RF
63	679	98	Sep 27	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.242	.380	.622	3	1.03	0.017	.10	0.00%	-0.25	RF
64	680	99	Sep 28	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.241	.376	.617	3	.51	0.025	.07	0.00%	0.20	RF
65	681	100	Sep 29	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.237	.370	.606	5	.53	-0.052	.02	0.00%	-0.95	RF
66	682	101	Sep 30	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.234	.365	.599	6	1.73	-0.127	.06	0.00%	-0.86	RF
67	683	102	Oct 1	NYM		CHC	T,2-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.235	.364	.599	6	.96	0.020	.06	0.00%	0.11	RF
68	684	103	Oct 2	NYM		MON	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.232	.360	.592	6	.53	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.31	RF
69	685	104	Oct 3	NYM		MON	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.229	.354	.583	6	1.34	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.52	RF
70	686	105	Oct 4	NYM		MON	W,2-1	CG	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.208	.238	.359	.597	4	1.09	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.02	RF
							37-32		261	245	23	51	11	1	8	36	11	0	49	0	0	5	3	4	0	4	.208	.238	.359	.597		1.14	-0.056	1.20	-0.02%	-9.56

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