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Fred
Valentine		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 19, 1935 in Usa, MS, CLARKSDALE
 
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
1959 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1960 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1961 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1962 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 7 7
1963 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
1964 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
1965 30 KCR AL $ 3,178,571   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1966 31 WAS NL $ 3,664,286   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6
1967 32 WAS NL $ 3,664,286   7 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1968 33 WAS NL $ 4,180,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1969 34 BSN NL $ 4,180,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1970 35 DET AL $ 904,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1971 36 COL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,180,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
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
1959 24 AAA   137 491 56 138 17 2 20 63 8 1 53 84 .281 .351 .446 .797 77.9  
1960 25 TAM AL 37 91 24 28 4 0 4 22 1 0 16 15 .308 .413 .484 .896 17.7 4.6
    AAA   104 383 51 99 8 4 13 45 3 3 41 71 .258 .330 .402 .732 51.9  
1961 26 TAM AL 52 158 11 34 3 1 2 13 4 1 14 31 .215 .279 .285 .564 13.1 1.0
    AAA   106 420 67 125 28 1 24 65 7 1 48 73 .298 .370 .540 .910 80.7  
1962 27 TAM AL 129 389 45 101 13 1 12 53 13 4 34 61 .260 .327 .391 .718 49.7 8.0
1963 28 TAM AL 149 418 50 130 14 3 12 62 15 9 51 68 .311 .390 .445 .835 72.1 16.8
1964 29 TAM AL 153 525 73 150 19 2 14 52 25 7 71 83 .286 .375 .410 .784 84.2 19.8
1965 30 TAM AL 25 94 13 22 4 1 2 13 5 1 10 19 .234 .311 .362 .673 12.0 2.5
  KCR AL 107 381 52 123 13 3 13 35 18 5 42 53 .323 .390 .475 .865 71.6 16.8
  TOT   132 475 65 145 17 4 15 48 23 6 52 72 .305 .375 .453 .827 83.6 19.3
1966 31 KCR AL 41 96 13 20 2 1 4 19 4 1 12 18 .208 .303 .375 .678 11.1 1.3
  WAS NL 100 279 37 84 12 0 3 34 10 2 36 50 .301 .389 .376 .765 40.3 10.2
  TOT   141 375 50 104 14 1 7 53 14 3 48 68 .277 .367 .376 .743 51.4 11.5
1967 32 WAS NL 139 432 72 130 18 2 9 46 16 2 51 73 .301 .380 .414 .794 67.5 14.7
1968 33 WAS NL 143 472 72 138 21 2 11 43 12 3 44 76 .292 .354 .415 .769 69.7 16.5
1969 34 WAS NL 56 148 21 37 7 0 2 13 3 0 13 26 .250 .315 .338 .653 15.2 2.1
  BSN NL 55 203 20 54 9 0 1 18 4 1 17 28 .266 .324 .325 .649 20.9 2.2
  TOT   111 351 41 91 16 0 3 31 7 1 30 54 .259 .320 .330 .651 36.0 4.3
    AAA   25 98 18 29 3 0 6 17 3 0 15 17 .296 .389 .510 .900 19.8  
1970 35 DET AL 139 458 49 106 18 6 7 39 21 2 45 71 .231 .307 .343 .650 52.8 7.0
1971 36 COL NL 26 94 16 30 3 1 6 21 1 0 11 18 .319 .402 .564 .966 19.4 5.0
    AAA   111 434 40 95 11 1 8 51 9 1 55 101 .219 .307 .304 .611 45.4  
12 Years Sim 1351 4238 568 1187 160 23 102 483 152 38 467 690 .280 .356 .401 .757 617.2 128.5
5 Years AAA 483 1826 232 486 67 8 71 241 30 6 212 346 .266 .351 .428 .779 275.7  
162 Game Average 508 68 142 19 2 12 57 18 4 55 82 .280 .356 .401 .757 74.0  
Career Highs 153 525 73 150 21 6 15 62 25 9 71 83 .319 .413 .564 .966 84.2  
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   3285 445 942 120 19 80 386 120 31 356 490 .287 .362 .408 .770 490.7
vs LH   953 123 245 40 4 22 97 32 7 111 200 .257 .336 .377 .713 127.4
Home 681 2101 293 584 88 15 48 254 77 16 238 352 .278 .355 .403 .758 308.6
Away 670 2137 275 603 72 8 54 229 75 22 229 338 .282 .356 .399 .756 309.5
RISP   937 0 267 41 6 23 364 0 0 119 155 .285 .363 .415 .778 143.5
Pinch Hitting   186 28 45 7 2 8 35 3 1 22 32 .242 .327 .430 .757 26.8
Close/Late   533 59 157 18 3 15 76 0 0 60 74 .295 .369 .424 .793 82.5
Mar/Apr 220 700 97 181 25 5 20 88 22 7 74 117 .259 .336 .394 .730 94.6
May 214 668 89 198 24 4 23 86 32 6 81 108 .296 .379 .448 .827 114.3
June 218 680 92 188 29 6 13 77 19 4 70 115 .276 .345 .394 .739 94.5
July 185 604 71 161 19 2 11 55 13 6 61 108 .267 .338 .359 .697 74.7
August 267 829 120 247 33 2 10 83 41 8 99 116 .298 .377 .379 .756 123.8
Sep/Oct 247 757 99 212 30 4 25 94 25 7 82 126 .280 .354 .429 .783 116.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1960 25 TAM AL CF 19 19 168.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 4 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 2 27.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 .000 0  
1961 26 TAM AL 2B 24 20 172.7 44 60 1 13 .990 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 18 18 136.0 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 10 9 75.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1962 27 TAM AL CF 91 88 738.0 160 5 0 2 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    2B 24 23 186.7 29 76 0 16 1.000 5.06 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 7 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1963 28 TAM AL RF 65 58 496.3 74 1 0 0 1.000 1.36 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    2B 63 57 489.0 112 227 6 45 .983 6.24 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 11 6 59.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.22 0 0 .000 0  
1964 29 TAM AL 2B 133 130 1140.3 251 482 5 91 .993 5.79 0 0 .000 0 6.5
    C 12 11 106.7 77 9 0 1 1.000 7.26 10 5 .500 9 0.6
    RF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 30 TAM AL CF 15 15 140.8 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.56 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 6 5 47.3 11 19 0 5 1.000 5.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 10.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 8.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  KCR AL CF 65 63 567.2 158 2 0 2 1.000 2.54 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    2B 28 21 190.4 44 75 2 18 .983 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 5 5 43.8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 4 36.1 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 80 78 708.0 197 3 0 2 1.000 2.54   3.2
      2B 34 26 237.7 55 94 2 23 .987 5.64   1.0
      RF 6 6 54.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.0
      LF 6 5 45.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.60   0.0
1966 31 KCR AL 2B 16 14 106.9 25 46 1 8 .986 5.98 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 10 8 64.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 6 4 35.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 1 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WAS NL 2B 38 33 312.1 72 133 4 24 .981 5.91 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 24 20 188.9 42 2 0 1 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 14 11 103.5 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.48 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 7 1 22.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.23 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 54 47 419.0 97 179 5 32 .982 5.93   1.5
      CF 34 28 253.6 56 3 0 1 1.000 2.09   0.8
      RF 20 15 139.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.49   0.0
      LF 10 2 30.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.30   0.0
      3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1967 32 WAS NL 2B 87 82 746.0 193 349 5 74 .991 6.54 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    RF 16 10 95.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.51 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 12 7 69.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 5 46.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0  
1968 33 WAS NL 2B 114 98 872.7 218 403 10 81 .984 6.40 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 7 5 48.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 10 4 43.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 5 38.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1969 34 WAS NL CF 29 26 192.4 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 14 13 90.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 11 2 28.5 9 15 0 3 1.000 7.58 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BSN NL CF 29 25 263.7 80 1 0 1 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 14 12 123.4 32 1 0 1 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 10 2 39.0 13 20 1 5 .971 7.62 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 58 51 456.1 138 2 0 1 1.000 2.76   2.7
      LF 28 25 213.4 55 1 0 1 1.000 2.36   0.0
      2B 21 4 67.5 22 35 1 8 .983 7.60   0.4
      RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1970 35 DET AL CF 65 52 490.7 132 4 0 2 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 36 28 263.7 62 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 29 27 241.7 52 1 1 1 .981 1.97 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 3 3 26.0 8 14 0 3 1.000 7.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1971 36 COL NL CF 24 24 207.0 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 558 490 4358.5 1030 1919 35 386 .988 6.09 0 0 .000 0 22.6
  CF 406 357 3198.7 819 18 0 8 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 10.2
  RF 181 144 1271.7 230 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  LF 102 80 731.1 168 2 1 2 .994 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 12 11 106.7 77 9 0 1 1.000 7.26 10 5 .500 9 0.6
  3B 2 1 13.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1261 1083 9680.3 2324 1952 36 397 .992 3.98 10 5 .500 9 35.7
Career Highs   148 141 1257.7 328 493 10 92 1.000 5.88 10 5 .500 9  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 27 TAM AL 11 39 3 9 2 0 1 5 2 1 2 6 .231 .279 .359 .638
1963 28 TAM AL 6 19 2 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .421 .450 .632 1.082
1964 29 TAM AL 5 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .333 .474 .400 .874
Career Post-Season Batting 22 73 7 22 4 0 2 6 2 1 7 12 .301 .366 .438 .804
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1965-7-.305
1968-7-.292
 On-Base Pct
1963-5-.374*
1965-9-.375
1967-7-.369*
 OPS
1965-10-.827
 XR
1964-10-84.2
 Triples
1970-8-6
 Walks
1964-10-71
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Ken Berry (938)
  5. Enos Slaughter (937)
  6. Art Shamsky (933)
  7. Mike Vail (932)
  8. Roberto Ortiz (932)
  9. Manny Jimenez (932)
  10. Randy Bush (932)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Cleveland in 1959
Traded from Cleveland to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to TAM: C Earl Averill, RF Fred Valentine. Going to CLE: CF Hank Thompson)
Had first career hit on 7/31/1960, off Danny Mcdevitt (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1960, off Ed Rakow (MIN)
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Minnesota on 8/1/1960
3/23/1962: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1963, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 5/1/1965 (Going to KCR: P Ralph Lumenti, SS Wayne Causey, 2B Fred Valentine. Going to TAM: P Al Downing, 2B Dalton Jones, 1B Tommy Mccraw)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Kansas City to Washington on 6/1/1966 (Going to KCR: P Ray Rippelmeyer. Going to WAS: RF Fred Valentine)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
9/22/1967: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $4,180,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/7/1968
Traded from Washington to Boston (N) on 7/1/1969 (Going to WAS: P Joe Horlen. Going to BSN: C Ellie Rodriguez, CF Fred Valentine, P Stan Williams, P Gaylord Perry)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1970 to a 1-year deal worth $904,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 9/30/1970
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/15/1971 to a 2-year deal worth $743,946 per year
Injured on 7/7/1971 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Released by Colorado on 10/3/1971
 
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