Javier Valentín

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 198lb (178cm, 89kg)

Born: September 19, 1975 in Manati, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fernando Callejo HS (Manati, Puerto Rico).

High School: Fernando Callejo HS (Manati, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 13, 1997 (Age 21-359d, 17,172nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2008 (Age 33-009d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Diego Bentz

Full Name: José Javier Valentín

Pronunciation: \Val-en-TEEN\

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Relatives: Brother of José Valentín; Uncle of Jesmuel Valentín

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

1507

379

.252

154

RBI

210

OBP

.310

SLG

.402

OPS

.712

OPS+

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

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 5	CIN		CHC	W,5-2	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	5 (1)	Apr 7	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	6	Apr 8	CIN		PIT	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
4	8 (1)	Apr 10	CIN	@	ARI	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	9	Apr 11	CIN	@	ARI	W,3-2		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
6	10	Apr 13	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	14 (3)	Apr 17	CIN		MIL	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	19 (4)	Apr 22	CIN		PHI	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
9	22 (2)	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,5-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
10	23	Apr 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	27 (3)	May 2	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	29 (1)	May 4	CIN		COL	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
13	32 (2)	May 7	CIN		HOU	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
14	33	May 8	CIN		HOU	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
15	36 (2)	May 11	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
16	37	May 12	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
17	39 (1)	May 14	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	42 (2)	May 18	CIN	@	CLE	L,4-9	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
19	45 (2)	May 21	CIN		WSN	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
20	47 (1)	May 23	CIN		WSN	L,7-12	GF	21	4.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	56 (8)	Jun 1	CIN	@	COL	W,4-2	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	59 (2)	Jun 5	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
23	60	Jun 6	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
24	63 (2)	Jun 9	CIN		CLE	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
25	67 (3)	Jun 14	CIN		LAA	L,7-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
26	68	Jun 15	CIN		TEX	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
27	70 (1)	Jun 17	CIN		TEX	L,4-11	GF	9	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
28	72 (1)	Jun 19	CIN	@	OAK	W,5-2	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	78 (5)	Jun 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-6		8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	84 (5)	Jul 4	CIN		SFG	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
31	87 (2)	Jul 7	CIN		ARI	W,5-4	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	91 (3)	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
33	93 (1)	Jul 16	CIN	@	ATL	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
34	96 (2)	Jul 19	CIN	@	FLA	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
35	98 (1)	Jul 21	CIN	@	FLA	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	101 (2)	Jul 24	CIN		MIL	L,3-5	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	102	Jul 25	CIN		MIL	W,7-3	GF	22	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	PR C
38	103	Jul 26	CIN		MIL	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	106 (2)	Jul 29	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	110 (3)	Aug 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
41	111	Aug 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	114 (2)	Aug 9	CIN		LAD	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	116 (1)	Aug 11	CIN		SDP	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	117	Aug 12	CIN		SDP	L,4-10	GF	32	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	PR C
45	118	Aug 14	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
46	120 (1)	Aug 16	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	121	Aug 17	CIN	@	MIL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	122	Aug 18	CIN	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	123	Aug 19	CIN	@	MIL	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
50	124	Aug 20	CIN		ATL	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	126 (1)	Aug 22	CIN		ATL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
52	127	Aug 23	CIN		ATL	W,9-7	CG	51	12.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
53	128	Aug 24	CIN		FLA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	129	Aug 25	CIN		FLA	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
55	131 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	133 (1)	Aug 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	134	Aug 30	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
58	135	Aug 31	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	137 (1)	Sep 2	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
60	138	Sep 3	CIN		NYM	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	139	Sep 4	CIN		NYM	L,7-11	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
62	140	Sep 5	CIN		NYM	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	141	Sep 7	CIN		MIL	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
64	143 (1)	Sep 9	CIN		MIL	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
65	145 (1)	Sep 12	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	148 (2)	Sep 15	CIN	@	MIL	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
67	149	Sep 16	CIN	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS	23	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
68	151 (1)	Sep 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
69	153 (1)	Sep 20	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	154	Sep 21	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-8	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
71	155	Sep 22	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	157 (1)	Sep 25	CIN		HOU	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	158	Sep 26	CIN		HOU	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
74	160 (1)	Sep 28	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							74gm		473.2	344	19	1	364	5