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Javier Valentin
Jose Javier (Rosario) Valentin

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 198 lb.

Debut September 13, 1997

Born September 19, 1975 in Manati, P.R.

Brother of Jose Valentin

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1993. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 21 MIN AL   4    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .286  .286  .286   50    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 22 MIN AL  55  162   11   32   7  1   3   18   0  0  11  30  .198  .247  .309   43   50   3   1   1   0   7
 1999 23 MIN AL  78  218   22   54  12  1   5   28   0  0  22  39  .248  .313  .381   74   83   1   5   0   1   2
 2002 26 MIN AL   4    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  168    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 27 TBD AL  49  135   13   30   7  1   3   15   0  0   5  31  .222  .254  .356   62   48   0   1   0   1   7
 2004 28 CIN NL  82  202   18   47  10  1   6   20   0  0  17  36  .233  .293  .381   74   77   0   2   3   1   4
 2005 29 CIN NL  76  221   36   62  11  0  14   50   0  0  30  37  .281  .362  .520  129  115   0   3   3   0   5
 2006 30 CIN NL  92  186   24   50   6  1   8   27   0  0  13  29  .269  .313  .441   88   82   0   2   3   0   5
 2007 31 CIN NL  97  243   19   67  21  0   2   34   0  0  19  25  .276  .328  .387   82   94   0   2   2   1   7
 2008 32 CIN NL  94  129   10   33   8  0   4   18   0  0  14  27  .256  .326  .411   89   53   0   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     631 1507  154  379  82  5  45  210   0  0 131 257  .251  .310  .402   82  606   4  17  12   4  39
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        387   40   97  21  1  12   54   0  0  34  66  .251  .310  .402   82  156   1   4   3   1  10
 Career High     97  243   36   67  21  1  14   50   0  0  30  39  .281  .362  .520  129  115   3   5   3   1   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 21 MIN AL    7    5    1   5.4   110| .286  .272| .286  .342| .286  .431| .572  .773|  50  .517  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1998 22 MIN AL  177  141   11   2.1   111| .198  .273| .247  .342| .309  .434| .556  .776|  43  .158 -14.3  -1.3   0%
 1999 23 MIN AL  247  172   28   4.3   116| .248  .279| .313  .352| .381  .446| .694  .798|  74  .401  -8.5  -0.8   0%
 2002 26 MIN AL    4    2    1  13.4   105| .500  .264| .500  .332| .500  .425|1.000  .756| 168  .861   0.4   0.0   0%
 2003 27 TBD AL  142  113   10   2.4   102| .222  .262| .254  .327| .356  .419| .610  .746|  62  .201  -7.5  -0.7   0%
 2004 28 CIN NL  222  161   23   3.8   109| .233  .267| .293  .339| .381  .433| .674  .772|  74  .378  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 2005 29 CIN NL  254  167   42   6.7   108| .281  .268| .362  .339| .520  .428| .882  .767| 129  .647   9.4   0.9   0%
 2006 30 CIN NL  201  143   25   4.7   116| .269  .277| .313  .348| .441  .450| .754  .798|  88  .462  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 2007 31 CIN NL  265  185   30   4.4   115| .276  .277| .328  .347| .387  .443| .715  .791|  82  .431  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 2008 32 CIN NL  144   99   18   4.9   111| .256  .272| .326  .344| .411  .434| .737  .778|  89  .498  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1663 1188  189   4.3   112| .251  .272| .310  .343| .402  .437| .712  .780|  82  .421 -41.8  -4.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 21 MIN AL C 4 11 2 0 0 1.000 .992 3.25 6.08 7.80 7.14 1 15.0 0 0 1 2 1998 22 MIN AL C 53 281 17 5 0 .983 .990 5.62 6.17 6.64 7.13 42 403.7 7 19 34 10 DH 1 1999 23 MIN AL C 76 387 27 1 4 .998 .991 5.45 6.11 6.73 6.98 59 553.7 6 24 25 21 2002 26 MIN AL C 4 14 1 0 0 1.000 .993 3.75 6.15 12.27 6.95 0 11.0 0 1 0 0 2003 27 TBD AL C 42 212 13 0 1 1.000 .991 5.36 5.88 6.62 6.79 33 305.7 1 11 16 7 DH 5 2004 28 CIN NL C 55 305 31 4 2 .988 .993 6.11 6.46 7.38 7.45 44 409.7 1 26 27 12 1B 7 37 1 0 5 1.000 .992 5.43 8.23 9.24 9.51 3 37.0 2005 29 CIN NL C 62 341 28 3 2 .992 .992 5.95 6.26 6.53 7.26 58 508.3 3 20 25 10 1B 2 21 0 0 2 1.000 .995 10.50 8.30 10.50 9.65 2 18.0 2006 30 CIN NL C 46 247 17 7 1 .974 .992 5.74 6.36 7.60 7.37 32 312.7 2 5 10 8 1B 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.05 13.85 9.69 0 1.3 DH 1 2007 31 CIN NL C 73 341 19 1 4 .997 .991 4.93 6.51 6.87 7.39 49 471.7 8 16 40 5 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 7.80 13.50 9.00 0 2.0 DH 1 2008 32 CIN NL C 17 67 5 0 0 1.000 .993 4.24 6.72 9.57 7.64 6 67.7 1 1 0 1B 11 75 4 0 10 1.000 .992 7.18 8.23 8.70 9.34 10 81.7 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.23 0.00 2.60 1 9.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 28 CIN NL 1B 7 37 1 0 5 1.000 .992 5.43 8.23 9.24 9.51 3 37.0 2005 29 CIN NL 1B 2 21 0 0 2 1.000 .995 10.50 8.30 10.50 9.65 2 18.0 2006 30 CIN NL 1B 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.05 13.85 9.69 0 1.3 2007 31 CIN NL 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 7.80 13.50 9.00 0 2.0 2008 32 CIN NL 1B 11 75 4 0 10 1.000 .992 7.18 8.23 8.70 9.34 10 81.7 2008 32 CIN NL 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.23 0.00 2.60 1 9.7 1997 21 MIN AL C 4 11 2 0 0 1.000 .992 3.25 6.08 7.80 7.14 1 15.0 0 0 1 2 1998 22 MIN AL C 53 281 17 5 0 .983 .990 5.62 6.17 6.64 7.13 42 403.7 7 19 34 10 1999 23 MIN AL C 76 387 27 1 4 .998 .991 5.45 6.11 6.73 6.98 59 553.7 6 24 25 21 2002 26 MIN AL C 4 14 1 0 0 1.000 .993 3.75 6.15 12.27 6.95 0 11.0 0 1 0 0 2003 27 TBD AL C 42 212 13 0 1 1.000 .991 5.36 5.88 6.62 6.79 33 305.7 1 11 16 7 2004 28 CIN NL C 55 305 31 4 2 .988 .993 6.11 6.46 7.38 7.45 44 409.7 1 26 27 12 2005 29 CIN NL C 62 341 28 3 2 .992 .992 5.95 6.26 6.53 7.26 58 508.3 3 20 25 10 2006 30 CIN NL C 46 247 17 7 1 .974 .992 5.74 6.36 7.60 7.37 32 312.7 2 5 10 8 2007 31 CIN NL C 73 341 19 1 4 .997 .991 4.93 6.51 6.87 7.39 49 471.7 8 16 40 5 2008 32 CIN NL C 17 67 5 0 0 1.000 .993 4.24 6.72 9.57 7.64 6 67.7 1 1 0 1998 22 MIN AL DH 1 2003 27 TBD AL DH 5 2006 30 CIN NL DH 1 2007 31 CIN NL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 432 2206 160 21 14 .991 .991 5.48 6.28 6.96 7.21 324 3059.0 29 122 179 75 1B* 23 138 5 0 18 1.000 .993 6.22 8.20 9.19 9.42 15 140.0 DH 8 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.23 0.00 2.60 1 9.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 459 2344 165 21 32 .992 .992 5.47 6.34 7.04 7.29 340 3209
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1997 AL-21-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1993.

November 15, 2002: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Matt Kinney to the Milwaukee Brewers for Gerry Oakes (minors) and Matt Yeatman (minors).

March 24, 2003: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jason Conti.

October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Minnesota Twins$170,000
1999Minnesota Twins$207,500
2003Tampa Bay Devil Rays$305,000
2004Cincinnati Reds$500,000
2005Cincinnati Reds$450,000
2006Cincinnati Reds$1,150,000
2007Cincinnati Reds$1,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,032,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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