José Valverde

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 265lb (193cm, 120kg)

Born: March 24, 1978 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic do

High School: Escuela San Lorenzo (Dominican Republic)

Debut: June 1, 2003 (Age 25-069d, 18,274th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 26, 2014 (Age 36-063d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Bill Rego

Full Name: José Rafael Valverde

Nicknames: Papa Grande

Pronunciation: \val-VAIR-day\

Twitter: @PapaGrande46

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Nephew of José Mercedes

3x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

3.27

626

288

630.1

692

WHIP

1.196

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Team Record in Appearances: 37-15

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 7

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	328	2	Apr 7	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	9-9		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-0.90	3	17	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.135	1.71	0.08%	0.49	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
2	329	6	Apr 12	HOU	@	STL	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.10	4	13	10	3	1	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.006	.11	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
3	330	8	Apr 15	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-1	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.00	4.76	4	16	12	4	3	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.017	.56	0.01%	-0.51	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
4	331	10	Apr 17	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	9-GF	BL(0-1)	1	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	6.75	7.85	5	24	14	4	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.645	1.61	-0.32%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
5	332	13	Apr 20	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	6.50	3	9	7	3	1	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.037	.37	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
6	333	14	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,8-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.50	5.76	6	24	14	4	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.41	0.032	1.56	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
7	334	18	Apr 25	HOU		MIL	L,8-9	9-9	BS(2)	3	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	6.43	6.67	5	21	16	4	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.645	1.52	-0.24%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out d1
8	335	19	Apr 26	HOU		MIL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.63	6.35	4	18	10	4	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	0.159	2.11	0.05%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	336	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	ARI	W,6-4	8-8	H(1)	47	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.22	1	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.054	.87	0.02%	0.33	8b -2- 2 out a2	8b 3 out a2
10	337	62	Jun 14	HOU	@	ARI	W,8-3	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.82	5.24	3	15	11	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.06	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
11	338	64	Jun 17	HOU	@	TEX	L,4-5	9-9		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.35	4.65	4	13	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	0.150	1.58	0.05%	0.57	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
12	339	65	Jun 18	HOU	@	TEX	W,5-3	9-GF	S(3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.97	4.33	4	10	10	3	2	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.105	1.15	0.03%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
13	340	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	MIN	W,6-5	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.65	4.07	4	17	9	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	0.211	1.42	0.05%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
14	341	68	Jun 21	HOU	@	MIN	W,4-1	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	4.00	3	12	9	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.045	.31	0.01%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
15	342	70	Jun 24	HOU		KCR	L,3-4	9-9	BS(3)	2	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.14	4.14	7	24	14	3	2	4	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.46	-0.206	2.44	-0.07%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out tie
16	343	71	Jun 25	HOU		KCR	W,5-4	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	3.94	3	16	12	5	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.159	1.04	0.05%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
17	344	74	Jun 28	HOU		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(0-2)	2	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.86	4.75	5	18	10	2	2	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.645	1.37	-0.28%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	345	78	Jul 2	HOU	@	SDP	W,7-2	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	4.72	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.004	.11	0.00%	0.46	9b 1-3 2 out a5	9b end a 5
19	346	80	Jul 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.08	4.63	4	7	6	1	0	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
20	347	82	Jul 6	HOU		PIT	W,4-1	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.86	4.22	4	18	14	1	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.032	.71	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
21	348	85	Jul 9	HOU		WSN	W,9-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.66	4.11	5	22	15	4	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.006	.10	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
22	349	88	Jul 12	HOU		WSN	W,5-0	8-GF	S(8)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43	3.95	5	23	14	5	0	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.025	.22	0.01%	0.92	8t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 5
23	350	89	Jul 16	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-0	9-GF	S(9)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	3.92	4	16	12	3	0	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.038	.51	0.02%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
24	351	93	Jul 20	HOU		STL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(10)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.79	3	11	8	3	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.93	0.159	3.25	0.11%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
25	352	95	Jul 22	HOU		STL	W,4-3	9-GF	W(1-2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.60	3	12	9	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.037	.99	0.03%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
26	353	96	Jul 24	HOU		NYM	W,5-4	9-GF	S(11)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	3.58	3	7	6	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.159	2.66	0.12%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
27	354	99	Jul 27	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	8-9		2	1.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.73	3.82	6	30	12	2	5	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.60	0.196	5.30	0.17%	0.78	8b 1-- 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
28	355	100	Jul 28	HOU	@	CHC	W,11-6	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.63	3.94	5	21	12	6	2	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.009	.35	0.01%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	356	104	Aug 1	HOU	@	STL	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.86	4.30	5	17	12	3	4	0	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.058	.29	-0.04%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
30	357	105	Aug 2	HOU	@	STL	W,2-0	8-GF	S(12)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	4.26	5	31	16	2	4	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.185	1.57	0.09%	1.00	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
31	358	106	Aug 3	HOU		SFG	W,4-3	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.90	4.16	5	17	11	2	3	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.072	1.45	0.03%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
32	359	109	Aug 7	HOU		MIL	W,6-3	9-GF	S(14)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	4.07	3	14	8	5	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.032	.45	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
33	360	111	Aug 9	HOU		MIL	W,2-0	8-GF	S(15)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2.70	4.00	6	34	22	6	4	0	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	0.141	1.54	0.04%	0.92	8t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
34	361	113	Aug 11	HOU	@	FLA	L,8-9	9-10		1	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.57	3.98	7	33	18	5	3	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.220	1.15	0.06%	0.78	9b --- 1 out tie	10b 3 out tie
35	362	118	Aug 16	HOU	@	MIL	W,8-5	9-GF	S(16)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	3.96	5	19	14	4	1	1	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.039	.24	0.01%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
36	363	120	Aug 19	HOU		FLA	W,6-3	9-GF	S(17)	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2.43	4.07	6	38	24	7	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.032	.17	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
37	364	121	Aug 20	HOU		FLA	W,4-1	9-GF	S(18)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.37	3.94	3	17	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.145	.28	0.01%	1.48	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
38	365	122	Aug 21	HOU		ARI	W,1-0	9-GF	S(19)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.31	3.81	4	15	13	2	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.159	.35	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
39	366	127	Aug 27	HOU	@	STL	W,4-3	8-GF	W(2-2)	5	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.20	3.76	8	22	13	4	3	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.301	.17	0.01%	0.98	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
40	367	130	Aug 30	HOU	@	ARI	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.14	3.64	3	7	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.033	.01	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
41	368	131	Aug 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	9-GF	S(20)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.09	3.54	3	10	9	1	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.098	.02	0.00%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
42	369	135	Sep 5	HOU		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	W(3-2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	3.53	3	11	8	0	1	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
43	370	136	Sep 6	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(21)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.00	3.59	4	14	8	3	1	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.159	.01	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
44	371	137	Sep 7	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	9-GF	S(22)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	3.53	3	13	8	3	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.159	.01	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
45	372	139	Sep 9	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	9-GF	W(4-2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.91	3.44	3	16	12	3	4	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
46	373	142	Sep 12	HOU		PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	S(23)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	3.43	3	8	7	1	1	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
47	374	148	Sep 19	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.02	3.38	6	22	18	5	3	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
48	375	151	Sep 22	HOU		STL	L,2-11	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.16	3.38	5	20	14	0	4	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
49	376	152	Sep 23	HOU		STL	W,3-0	9-GF	S(24)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.12	3.35	4	17	12	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
50	377	155	Sep 27	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(25)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	3.40	3	17	11	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.95	0.159	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
51	378	158	Sep 30	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-10	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.04	3.46	4	17	10	3	1	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
52	379	159	Oct 1	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-3	9-GF		0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.33	3.50	7	20	12	4	0	1	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.018	.00	0.00%	-1.50	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 2
							37-15		W-L:4-2,Sv:25,BSv:4,Hld:1	1.6	54.0	40	15	14	21	56	5	2	2.33	3.50	219	890	66%	18%	13%	0.69		13%	11%	0		11	0%	5	3	0	193	8	1	1	3	2	2	1.63	1.709	.88	0.21%	14.05

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