John Valentin

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 18, 1967 in Mineola, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ).

High School: St. Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ)

School: Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)

Debut: July 27, 1992 (Age 25-160d, 16,177th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2002 (Age 35-223d)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad • Previously: Dick Moss

Full Name: John William Valentin

Pronunciation: \VAL-en-tin\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.5

3917

1093

124

.279

614

RBI

558

OBP

.360

SLG

.454

OPS

.814

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 8)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	BOS		DET	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	BOS		DET	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
4	4	Apr 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
5	5	Apr 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 11	BOS	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	43	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 12	BOS	@	KCR	W,22-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 13	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	3	4	1	8	2	SS
10	10	Apr 15	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 17	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 18	BOS		CHW	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 19	BOS		OAK	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
14	14	Apr 20	BOS		OAK	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 21	BOS		OAK	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
16	16	Apr 22	BOS		CAL	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
17	17	Apr 23	BOS		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	18	Apr 24	BOS		CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
19	19	Apr 25	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
20	20	Apr 26	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	2	5	0	7	1	SS
21	21	Apr 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	SS
22	22	Apr 28	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	26 (3)	May 3	BOS		SEA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	54 (27)	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
25	55	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
26	56	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
27	57	Jun 10	BOS		BAL	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
28	58	Jun 11	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	59	Jun 12	BOS		BAL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
30	60	Jun 13	BOS		MIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	61	Jun 14	BOS		MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
32	62	Jun 15	BOS		MIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
33	63	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	3	3	0	6	1	SS
34	64	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS	26	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
35	65	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
36	66	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
37	67	Jun 20	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
38	68	Jun 21	BOS	@	TOR	W,13-1	GS	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
39	69	Jun 22	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
40	70	Jun 24	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
41	71	Jun 25	BOS	@	MIL	W,10-8	CG	55	12.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
42	72	Jun 26	BOS	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
43	73	Jun 27	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
44	74	Jun 28	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
45	75	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
46	76	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	77	Jul 1	BOS		OAK	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
48	78	Jul 2	BOS		OAK	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
49	79	Jul 3	BOS		OAK	L,0-10	GS	38	7.0	1	3	2	6	1	SS
50	80	Jul 4	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
51	81	Jul 5	BOS		CAL	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
52	82	Jul 6	BOS		CAL	L,6-10	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	83	Jul 7	BOS		SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
54	84	Jul 8	BOS		SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
55	85	Jul 9	BOS		SEA	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
56	86	Jul 10	BOS		SEA	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
57	87	Jul 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
58	88	Jul 15	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
59	89	Jul 16	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-9	GS	22	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
60	90	Jul 17	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
61	91	Jul 18	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-13	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	92	Jul 19	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
63	93	Jul 20	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	94	Jul 22	BOS		SEA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
65	95	Jul 23 (1)	BOS		SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
66	96	Jul 23 (2)	BOS		SEA	L,3-6	CG	45	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
67	97	Jul 24	BOS		SEA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
68	98	Jul 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
69	99	Jul 27 susp	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
70	100	Jul 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
71	101	Jul 29	BOS		MIL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
72	102	Jul 30	BOS		MIL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	104 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		TOR	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
74	105	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
75	106	Aug 2	BOS		TOR	L,7-8	GS	19	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
76	108 (1)	Aug 4	BOS		TOR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
77	109	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
78	110	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
79	111	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
80	112	Aug 7 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,10-15	GF	17	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH SS
81	113	Aug 8	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
82	114	Aug 9	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	51	11.1	4	4	0	8	1	SS
83	115	Aug 10	BOS	@	MIN	L,7-17	GS	51	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
							83gm		719.2	134	242	8	384	56