José Valverde

Position: Relief 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)

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

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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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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
1999	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	ARI	1	2	.333	3.73	6.03	22	0	17	0	0	8	31.1	36	21	13	1	12	0	50	5	2	2	149	1.532	10.3	0.3	3.4	14.4	4.17
1999	21	-0.5	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	11	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	10.1	1.50
1999	21	1.5	Diamondbacks	ARIZ	Rk	ARI	1	2	.333	4.08	6.59	20	0	17	0	0	8	28.2	34	21	13	1	10	0	47	4	1	1	138	1.535	10.7	0.3	3.1	14.8	4.70
2000	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	ARI	1	5	.167	3.95	4.15	43	0	32	0	0	18	43.1	34	20	19	1	29	0	63	3	0	10	196	1.454	7.1	0.2	6.0	13.1	2.17
2000	22	0.3	South Bend	MIDW	A	ARI	0	5	.000	5.40	5.68	31	0	21	0	0	14	31.2	31	20	19	1	25	0	39	3	0	8	152	1.768	8.8	0.3	7.1	11.1	1.56
2000	22	1.8	Missoula	PION	Rk	ARI	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	12	0	11	0	0	4	11.2	3	0	0	0	4	0	24	0	0	2	44	0.600	2.3	0.0	3.1	18.5	6.00
2001	23	-1.1	El Paso	TL	AA	ARI	2	2	.500	3.92	4.14	39	0	28	0	0	13	41.1	36	19	18	1	27	0	72	4	1	6	193	1.524	7.8	0.2	5.9	15.7	2.67
2002	24	-2.9	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	2	4	.333	5.85	6.23	49	0	24	0	0	5	47.2	45	33	31	8	23	1	65	5	2	4	214	1.427	8.5	1.5	4.3	12.3	2.83
2003	25	-2.1	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	1	.500	3.10	3.41	22	0	14	0	0	5	29.0	26	11	10	1	14	1	26	0	0	3	127	1.379	8.1	0.3	4.3	8.1	1.86
2003	25	-3.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	2	1	.667	2.15	2.86	54	0	33	0	0	10	50.1	24	16	12	4	26	2	71	2	0	2	204	0.993	4.3	0.7	4.6	12.7	2.73
2004	26	-1.2	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	1	.500	4.22	4.22	10	1	4	0	0	3	10.2	9	5	5	0	5	0	5	2	0	1	48	1.313	7.6	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
2004	26	-3.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	1	2	.333	4.25	5.16	29	0	20	0	0	8	29.2	23	17	14	7	17	4	38	1	0	4	131	1.348	7.0	2.1	5.2	11.5	2.24
2005	27	-0.2	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
2005	27	-2.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	3	4	.429	2.44	2.58	61	0	34	0	0	15	66.1	51	19	18	5	20	1	75	2	0	3	268	1.070	6.9	0.7	2.7	10.2	3.75
2006	28	1.2	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	0	1.000	3.06	4.58	15	0	9	0	0	3	17.2	13	9	6	1	10	0	18	0	0	1	75	1.302	6.6	0.5	5.1	9.2	1.80
2006	28	-1.1	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	2	3	.400	5.84	5.84	44	0	35	0	0	18	49.1	50	32	32	6	22	3	69	2	0	2	223	1.459	9.1	1.1	4.0	12.6	3.14
2007	29	0.0	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	1	4	.200	2.66	2.94	65	0	59	0	0	47	64.1	46	21	19	7	26	1	78	3	0	1	265	1.119	6.4	1.0	3.6	10.9	3.00
2008	30	1.1	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	6	3	.667	3.38	3.50	74	0	71	0	0	44	72.0	62	28	27	10	23	6	83	2	2	3	303	1.181	7.8	1.3	2.9	10.4	3.61
2009	31	7.0	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	8	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2009	31	2.4	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	4	2	.667	2.33	2.50	52	0	45	0	0	25	54.0	40	15	14	5	21	1	56	2	0	1	219	1.130	6.7	0.8	3.5	9.3	2.67
2010	32	4.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	4	.333	3.00	3.43	60	0	55	0	0	26	63.0	41	24	21	5	32	1	63	3	0	3	259	1.159	5.9	0.7	4.6	9.0	1.97
2011	33	4.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	4	.333	2.24	2.61	75	0	70	0	0	49	72.1	52	21	18	5	34	4	69	3	1	3	301	1.189	6.5	0.6	4.2	8.6	2.03
2012	34	5.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	4	.429	3.78	4.43	71	0	67	0	0	35	69.0	59	34	29	3	27	5	48	4	0	1	294	1.246	7.7	0.4	3.5	6.3	1.78
2013	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	DET	0	0		3.21	3.21	14	0	11	0	0	7	14.0	15	5	5	1	8	0	14	1	0	0	60	1.643	9.6	0.6	5.1	9.0	1.75
2013	35	7.8	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		4.09	4.09	11	0	11	0	0	7	11.0	14	5	5	1	6	0	10	1	0	0	50	1.818	11.5	0.8	4.9	8.2	1.67
2013	35	11.8	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	10	1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00
2013	35	6.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	5.59	5.59	20	0	18	0	0	9	19.1	18	12	12	6	6	0	19	2	0	0	84	1.241	8.4	2.8	2.8	8.8	3.17
2013-14	35	6.2	Toros	DOWL	FgW		1	1	.500	2.25	2.25	16	0	14	0	0	10	16.0	10	4	4	1	6	2	13	1	0	0	64	1.000	5.6	0.6	3.4	7.3	2.17
2014	36	7.5	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	1	.500	5.66	6.97	21	0	13	0	0	2	20.2	24	16	13	4	10	3	23	0	0	1	95	1.645	10.5	1.7	4.4	10.0	2.30
2014-15	36	7.8	Toros	DOWL	FgW		0	2	.000	9.00	9.00	9	0	7	0	0	3	7.0	14	7	7	0	2	0	9	1	0	1	36	2.286	18.0	0.0	2.6	11.6	4.50
2015	37	10.0	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	0	0		2.39	2.73	27	0	16	0	0	10	26.1	21	8	7	1	3	0	21	3	0	1	104	0.911	7.2	0.3	1.0	7.2	7.00
2015-16	37	8.7	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		3	2	.600	2.57	3.43	23	0	2	0	0	0	21.0	19	8	6	0	3	0	14	2	0	0	83	1.048	8.1	0.0	1.3	6.0	4.67
2016-17	38	9.5	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	2.08	2.77	14	0	6	0	0	3	13.0	12	4	3	0	3	0	8	0	0	1	52	1.154	8.3	0.0	2.1	5.5	2.67
2017	39		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-FgW		3	6	.333	3.52	3.99	74	0	51	0	0	26	76.2	82	34	30	5	26	4	83	3	0	2	338	1.409	9.6	0.6	3.1	9.7	3.19
2017	39	10.0	Aguascalientes	MEX	AAA		2	4	.333	2.81	3.12	52	0	46	0	0	25	57.2	58	20	18	2	17	2	72	3	0	0	249	1.301	9.1	0.3	2.7	11.2	4.24
2017-18	39	10.2	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	2	.000	5.63	6.19	19	0	4	0	0	1	16.0	19	11	10	3	7	1	10	0	0	2	73	1.625	10.7	1.7	3.9	5.6	1.43
2017-18	39	11.4	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	6.00	9.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	16	2.333	15.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
2018	40		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		1	1	.500	3.16	4.21	26	0	18	0	0	12	25.2	28	12	9	0	7	0	13	2	0	1	111	1.364	9.8	0.0	2.5	4.6	1.86
2018-19	40	11.5	Los Mochis	MXPW	FgW		1	1	.500	2.92	3.65	23	0	18	0	0	12	24.2	24	10	8	0	6	0	11	2	0	1	103	1.216	8.8	0.0	2.2	4.0	1.83
2018-19	40	11.2	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	0		9.00	18.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	5.000	36.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2019	41	11.5	Aguascalientes	MEX	AAA		2	2	.500	6.16	7.34	40	0	9	0	0	0	38.0	47	31	26	9	13	3	29	2	2	4	171	1.579	11.1	2.1	3.1	6.9	2.23
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 (12 seasons)					Majors		27	33	.450	3.27	3.64	626	0	520	0	0	288	630.1	490	255	229	67	264	31	692	26	3	24	2646	1.196	7.0	1.0	3.8	9.9	2.62
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		9	15	.375	3.87	4.44	245	1	155	0	0	72	265.1	236	131	114	15	134	2	339	23	5	29	1182	1.394	8.0	0.5	4.5	11.5	2.53
Foreign (7 seasons)					Foreign		10	15	.400	3.88	4.56	202	0	107	0	0	54	197.1	212	100	85	15	60	9	169	11	2	9	855	1.378	9.7	0.7	2.7	7.7	2.82
All Levels (21 Seasons)							46	63	.422	3.52	4.00	1073	1	782	0	0	414	1093.0	938	486	428	97	458	42	1200	60	10	62	4683	1.277	7.7	0.8	3.8	9.9	2.62

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		5	6	.455	3.99	4.43	136	1	78	0	0	33	144.1	129	71	64	12	62	2	148	11	2	10	626	1.323	8.0	0.7	3.9	9.2	2.39
AAA (2 seasons)					Foreign		4	6	.400	4.14	4.80	92	0	55	0	0	25	95.2	105	51	44	11	30	5	101	5	2	4	420	1.411	9.9	1.0	2.8	9.5	3.37
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	3.74	3.95	41	0	28	0	0	13	43.1	36	19	18	1	29	0	74	4	1	7	201	1.500	7.5	0.2	6.0	15.4	2.55
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	10	1.000	3.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00
A (2 seasons)					Minors		0	5	.000	4.98	5.24	33	0	21	0	0	14	34.1	33	20	19	1	27	0	42	4	1	9	163	1.748	8.7	0.3	7.1	11.0	1.56
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	2.90	4.69	32	0	28	0	0	12	40.1	37	21	13	1	14	0	71	4	1	3	182	1.264	8.3	0.2	3.1	15.8	5.07
FgW (6 seasons)					Foreign		6	9	.400	3.63	4.34	110	0	52	0	0	29	101.2	107	49	41	4	30	4	68	6	0	5	435	1.348	9.5	0.4	2.7	6.0	2.27