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Bobby
Valentine		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 194
 
Born: May 13, 1950 in Usa, CT, STAMFORD
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1972 22 NYG NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1973 23 NYG NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 9
1974 24 NYG NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1975 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1976 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 8 8
1977 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1978 28 WAS NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1979 29 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 30 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1981 31 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1982 32 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 33 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1984 34 WAS NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1985 35 WAS NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 21 AAA   105 371 41 100 17 0 0 20 5 3 20 28 .270 .307 .315 .622 34.5  
1972 22 AAA   136 577 66 175 21 4 4 62 9 11 36 37 .303 .344 .374 .719 69.8  
1973 23 AAA   137 583 79 184 23 5 2 51 11 8 34 28 .316 .353 .383 .736 74.3  
1974 24 AAA   90 213 27 66 11 2 0 19 3 2 12 10 .310 .347 .380 .727 26.4  
1975 25 WAS NL 145 430 39 90 17 1 2 29 3 1 19 45 .209 .242 .267 .510 20.5 0.0
1976 26 WAS NL 132 377 36 90 18 2 1 25 3 2 25 42 .239 .289 .305 .594 31.6 1.2
1977 27 WAS NL 139 386 28 87 15 0 0 25 1 2 19 37 .225 .263 .264 .527 24.3 0.0
1978 28 WAS NL 37 48 3 10 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 14 .208 .240 .313 .553 3.4 0.0
1979 29 WAS NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   101 246 33 68 13 1 0 19 5 0 27 18 .276 .348 .337 .685 30.4  
1980 30 AAA   135 557 66 177 24 3 3 47 16 7 41 58 .318 .365 .388 .752 76.3  
1981 31 AAA   137 577 63 159 23 3 1 48 3 3 37 50 .276 .319 .331 .650 59.2  
1982 32 WAS NL 4 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .353 .647 1.6 0.4
    AAA   127 495 61 145 25 4 0 25 9 6 49 61 .293 .357 .360 .716 62.9  
1983 33 AAA   137 571 70 185 23 2 1 40 4 6 44 87 .324 .372 .377 .749 76.3  
1984 34 WAS NL 80 177 20 36 4 2 1 15 3 1 8 41 .203 .235 .266 .501 10.1 0.0
1985 35 WAS NL 85 207 24 48 9 1 1 13 2 1 10 48 .232 .267 .300 .567 14.7 1.1
8 Years Sim 627 1644 153 366 65 8 5 112 12 7 83 232 .223 .261 .281 .542 106.2 2.7
9 Years AAA 1105 4190 506 1259 180 24 11 331 65 46 300 377 .300 .349 .363 .712 510.0  
162 Game Average 424 39 94 16 2 1 28 3 1 21 59 .223 .261 .281 .542 27.4  
Career Highs 145 430 39 90 18 2 2 29 3 2 25 48 .294 .294 .353 .647 31.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1189 107 267 48 4 5 79 10 3 57 165 .225 .261 .284 .545 82.6
vs LH   455 46 99 17 4 0 33 2 4 26 67 .218 .260 .273 .532 29.1
Home 305 795 75 185 33 3 1 51 8 1 33 106 .233 .264 .286 .550 56.1
Away 319 849 78 181 32 5 4 61 4 6 50 126 .213 .257 .277 .534 55.7
RISP   338 0 66 8 1 1 91 0 0 26 50 .195 .250 .234 .484 19.0
Pinch Hitting   5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .600 .714 .600 1.314 2.0
Close/Late   158 12 33 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 19 .209 .233 .222 .455 6.6
Mar/Apr 93 254 24 60 14 3 1 19 1 0 14 40 .236 .276 .327 .603 22.0
May 114 312 35 67 12 2 1 19 2 2 7 39 .215 .235 .276 .511 16.7
June 110 291 21 71 11 1 0 22 1 2 18 33 .244 .285 .289 .574 23.0
July 91 246 17 54 12 2 2 21 1 0 14 39 .220 .261 .309 .570 19.1
August 112 292 28 59 9 0 1 24 2 1 15 46 .202 .239 .243 .483 15.2
Sep/Oct 107 249 28 55 7 0 0 7 5 2 15 35 .221 .271 .249 .520 15.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 25 WAS NL 2B 142 142 1135.3 281 542 14 138 .983 6.52   4.7
    SS 5 0 6.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.1
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 26 WAS NL 2B 132 132 1068.7 215 493 20 114 .973 5.96   4.2
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 27 WAS NL 2B 132 127 1017.0 267 481 19 100 .975 6.62   2.9
    SS 7 5 43.0 8 14 1 4 .957 4.60   0.1
    3B 5 0 7.0 1 2 1 0 .750 3.86   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 28 WAS NL 3B 13 9 78.0 10 20 0 2 1.000 3.46   0.2
    2B 15 2 43.0 6 17 0 4 1.000 4.81   0.1
    SS 8 0 19.0 4 8 1 4 .923 5.68   0.1
    LF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 29 WAS NL SS 3 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1982 32 WAS NL SS 4 4 38.7 8 17 0 2 1.000 5.82   0.3
1984 34 WAS NL SS 48 19 231.3 32 86 8 14 .937 4.59   0.6
    3B 27 16 172.7 12 33 3 5 .938 2.35   0.4
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 35 WAS NL SS 30 14 149.0 28 66 7 5 .931 5.68   0.8
    2B 18 14 136.0 27 53 4 13 .952 5.29   0.4
    3B 20 14 114.7 7 27 1 2 .971 2.67   0.4
    LF 4 3 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04   0.0
  2B 440 417 3402.0 796 1586 57 369 .977 6.30   12.3
  SS 105 42 494.0 81 198 17 30 .943 5.08   2.0
  3B 73 39 383.3 30 85 5 9 .958 2.70   1.1
  LF 7 3 33.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   626 501 4314.6 912 1869 79 408 .972 5.80   15.4
Career Highs   151 142 1148.3 282 550 21 139 1.000 6.52    
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  5. Larvell Blanks (957)
  6. Dan Monzon (956)
  7. Tim Johnson (950)
  8. Larry Bowa (949)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 49th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1971
Injured on 5/16/1973 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Injured on 8/7/1974 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 2/1/1975 (Going to NYG: P Jack Billingham, P Bill Hepler, C Manny Sanguillen. Going to WAS: P Glenn Abbott, P Luke Walker, C Milt May, RF Mike Anderson, 2B Bobby Valentine)
Had first career hit on 4/3/1975, off Dan Schneider (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1975, off Dave Pagan (CLN)
Injured on 7/8/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $300,000 per year, for 3 years
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/11/1980 with a Bruised Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/26/1980 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Injured on 6/15/1981 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/12/1982 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/31/1982 with a Spasms Back, out for 5-6 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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