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.

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	MIN		TOR	L,3-9	GF	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 9	MIN		CLE	L,5-14	GF	25	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	5	Apr 10	MIN		CLE	L,7-12	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	8 (2)	Apr 14	MIN	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	9	Apr 15	MIN	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 17 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,13-8	CG	49	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	14 (2)	Apr 20	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-7	CG	52	13.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
8	19 (4)	Apr 25	MIN		TEX	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	22 (2)	Apr 28	MIN		BOS	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
10	23	Apr 30	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	25 (1)	May 2	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-6	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	27 (1)	May 5	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
13	30 (2)	May 8	MIN		KCR	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	35 (4)	May 14	MIN	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	36	May 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	37	May 16	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	40 (2)	May 19	MIN	@	SEA	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
18	41	May 21	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	GS	47	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	42	May 22	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
20	44 (1)	May 24	MIN		SEA	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	45	May 25	MIN		SEA	L,5-15	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	46	May 26	MIN		SEA	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	49 (2)	May 30	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
24	50	May 31	MIN	@	ANA	W,3-2	GF	5	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	51	Jun 1	MIN	@	ANA	L,1-5	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
26	52	Jun 2	MIN	@	ANA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	53	Jun 4	MIN		HOU	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	54	Jun 5	MIN		HOU	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	55	Jun 6	MIN		HOU	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	56	Jun 7	MIN		CIN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	57	Jun 8	MIN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	58	Jun 9	MIN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	59	Jun 11	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	61 (1)	Jun 14	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	9	2	0	11	0	C
35	62	Jun 15	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	64 (1)	Jun 17	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
37	65	Jun 18	MIN		TBD	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	66	Jun 19	MIN		TBD	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	70 (3)	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	74 (3)	Jun 27	MIN	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	77 (2)	Jul 1	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	78	Jul 2	MIN		DET	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	80 (1)	Jul 4	MIN		DET	L,5-15	GF	23	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
44	82 (1)	Jul 7	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	83	Jul 8	MIN		CLE	L,2-9	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	85 (1)	Jul 10	MIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
47	90 (4)	Jul 18	MIN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	93 (2)	Jul 21	MIN		CHW	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	95 (1)	Jul 23	MIN		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	98 (2)	Jul 26	MIN		OAK	L,7-14	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	100 (1)	Jul 28	MIN		OAK	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	104 (3)	Aug 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	109 (4)	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	112 (2)	Aug 12	MIN		TOR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
55	113	Aug 13	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-14	CG	48	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	118 (4)	Aug 18	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
57	119	Aug 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-9	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	122 (2)	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
59	123	Aug 23	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
60	128 (4)	Aug 29	MIN		KCR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	129	Aug 30	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
62	130	Aug 31	MIN	@	TOR	W,14-3	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	133 (2)	Sep 3	MIN	@	TBD	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	134	Sep 4	MIN	@	TBD	L,3-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
65	138 (3)	Sep 8	MIN		BAL	L,0-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	143 (4)	Sep 13	MIN		ANA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	144	Sep 14	MIN		TEX	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	146 (1)	Sep 17	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	147	Sep 18	MIN	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	149 (1)	Sep 20	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	153 (3)	Sep 25	MIN		CHW	L,4-13	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	154	Sep 26	MIN		CHW	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	158 (3)	Sep 30	MIN		DET	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
74	159	Oct 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,8-9	GF	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	160	Oct 2	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
76	161	Oct 3	MIN	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							76gm		553.2	387	27	1	415	4