Merkin Valdéz

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg)

Born: November 5, 1981 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic do

High School: Escuela Rural Palenque (Palenque, Dominican Republic)

Last Game: September 25, 2011 (Age 29-324d)
vs. SEA 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: SFX

Full Name: Merkin R. Valdez

Pronunciation: \mur-KEEN\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

5.57

72.2

WHIP

1.734

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2002	20	0.2	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	7	3	.700	1.98	2.37	12	8	3	1	1	0	68.1	47	18	15	0	12	0	76	2	0	2	260	0.863	6.2	0.0	1.6	10.0	6.33
2003	21	-0.7	Hagerstown	SALL	A	SFG	9	5	.643	2.25	2.42	26	26	0	2	1	0	156.0	119	42	39	11	49	0	166	5	0	4	617	1.077	6.9	0.6	2.8	9.6	3.39
2004	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	SFG	4	5	.444	3.72	4.04	18	15	1	0	0	1	82.1	71	37	34	7	24	0	80	4	0	2	343	1.154	7.8	0.8	2.6	8.7	3.33
2004	22	-5.2	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		7.20	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	25	2.000	10.8	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25
2004	22	-2.3	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	1	4	.200	4.32	4.54	10	7	1	0	0	1	41.2	35	21	20	3	15	0	31	0	0	1	172	1.200	7.6	0.6	3.2	6.7	2.07
2004	22	-0.9	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	3	1	.750	2.52	3.03	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	30	12	10	4	5	0	44	4	0	1	146	0.981	7.6	1.0	1.3	11.1	8.80
2004	22	-7.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	0	0		27.00	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	5	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	12	4.200	21.6	5.4	16.2	10.8	0.67
2005	23	-1.7	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	5	6	.455	3.53	4.04	24	19	0	1	0	0	107.0	99	48	42	7	45	0	96	8	0	8	454	1.346	8.3	0.6	3.8	8.1	2.13
2006	24	-2.8	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	4	.000	5.80	7.61	46	3	20	0	0	5	49.2	52	42	32	6	39	1	48	5	2	8	246	1.832	9.4	1.1	7.1	8.7	1.23
2007-08	25	-2.7	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	3.68	3.68	8	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	3	3	3	0	6	0	4	1	0	1	32	1.227	3.7	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
2008	26	3.2	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
2008	26	-2.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	0	1.000	1.69	2.81	17	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	14	5	3	1	7	2	13	2	1	2	69	1.313	7.9	0.6	3.9	7.3	1.86
2008-09	26	-1.9	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		9.00	9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	12	9.000	27.0	0.0	54.0	27.0	0.50
2009	27	-1.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	1	.667	5.66	6.02	48	0	20	0	0	0	49.1	57	33	31	5	28	2	38	0	0	5	225	1.723	10.4	0.9	5.1	6.9	1.36
2009-10	27	-1.0	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	7	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	6	0	4	0	0	1	32	2.000	10.3	0.0	7.7	5.1	0.67
2010	28	1.3	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	TOR	3	5	.375	7.91	9.16	39	1	16	0	0	0	58.0	92	59	51	5	26	0	35	3	3	7	289	2.034	14.3	0.8	4.0	5.4	1.35
2010	28	0.0	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	0		20.25	20.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	3.750	13.5	0.0	20.3	0.0	0.00
2010-11	28	-0.4	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		4.35	5.23	9	0	6	0	0	0	10.1	11	6	5	0	5	0	7	1	0	0	44	1.548	9.6	0.0	4.4	6.1	1.40
2011	29		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	LAD-TEX	5	2	.714	3.29	3.70	50	0	25	0	0	8	65.2	61	27	24	2	29	1	57	4	1	3	283	1.371	8.4	0.3	4.0	7.8	1.97
2011	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		3	1	.750	1.99	1.99	21	0	2	0	0	0	22.2	14	5	5	0	17	4	21	1	0	2	96	1.368	5.6	0.0	6.8	8.3	1.24
2011	29	1.9	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	4	2	.667	3.58	4.11	38	0	18	0	0	4	50.1	47	23	20	1	24	1	43	4	1	2	217	1.411	8.4	0.2	4.3	7.7	1.79
2011	29	1.9	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	0	1.000	2.35	2.35	12	0	7	0	0	4	15.1	14	4	4	1	5	0	14	0	0	1	66	1.239	8.2	0.6	2.9	8.2	2.80
2011	29	0.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	0		6.23	6.23	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	3	3	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	21	1.846	14.5	4.2	2.1	12.5	6.00
2011-12	29	1.2	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		2	1	.667	1.86	1.86	18	0	1	0	0	0	19.1	12	4	4	0	15	3	19	1	0	2	82	1.397	5.6	0.0	7.0	8.8	1.27
2011-12	29	0.2	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	14	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
2012	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	OAK	0	1	.000	3.46	3.92	36	1	22	0	0	5	39.0	35	17	15	4	17	1	27	1	0	6	169	1.333	8.1	0.9	3.9	6.2	1.59
2012	30	3.3	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	1	.000	3.75	4.25	34	0	22	0	0	5	36.0	33	17	15	4	17	1	26	1	0	6	160	1.389	8.3	1.0	4.3	6.5	1.53
2012	30	9.5	Athletics	ARIZ	Rk	OAK	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2012-13	30	2.0	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		0	0		54.00	54.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	7.500	54.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		3	1	.750	5.57	6.07	74	1	25	0	0	0	72.2	84	49	45	9	42	4	59	2	1	7	336	1.734	10.4	1.1	5.2	7.3	1.40
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		33	31	.516	3.62	4.16	252	73	87	4	2	19	627.0	577	290	252	42	241	3	588	32	6	40	2666	1.305	8.3	0.6	3.5	8.4	2.44
Foreign (6 seasons)					Foreign		4	2	.667	3.86	4.04	50	0	9	0	0	0	49.0	43	22	21	0	41	4	39	3	0	4	222	1.714	7.9	0.0	7.5	7.2	0.95
All Levels (11 Seasons)							40	34	.541	3.82	4.34	376	74	121	4	2	19	748.2	704	361	318	51	324	11	686	37	7	51	3224	1.373	8.5	0.6	3.9	8.2	2.12

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		8	12	.400	5.29	6.26	170	5	83	0	0	18	214.1	244	149	126	17	115	3	171	13	6	24	1003	1.675	10.2	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.49
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		6	10	.375	3.75	4.18	34	26	1	1	0	1	148.2	134	69	62	10	60	0	127	8	0	9	626	1.305	8.1	0.6	3.6	7.7	2.12
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		3	1	.750	2.45	2.95	8	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	31	12	10	4	5	0	47	4	0	1	151	0.982	7.6	1.0	1.2	11.5	9.40
A (1 season)					Minors		9	5	.643	2.25	2.42	26	26	0	2	1	0	156.0	119	42	39	11	49	0	166	5	0	4	617	1.077	6.9	0.6	2.8	9.6	3.39
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		7	3	.700	1.89	2.27	14	9	3	1	1	0	71.1	49	18	15	0	12	0	77	2	0	2	269	0.855	6.2	0.0	1.5	9.7	6.42