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Ellis
Valentine		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 212
 
Born: July 30, 1954 in Usa, AR, HELENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1985    1986   
All-Star Selections 1984    1985    1986    1987   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1976 21 PIT NL     5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1977 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 6
1978 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6
1979 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6
1980 25 PIT NL $ 2,750,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6
1981 26 PIT NL $ 2,928,571   8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6
1982 27 PIT NL $ 3,428,571   8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 3 3 3 7 6 6
1983 28 SEM AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1984 29 PHN NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1985 30 PHN NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1986 31 PHN NL $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1987 32 PHN NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1988 33 PHN NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 7 3 2 3 6 6 6
1989 34 KCR AL $ 8,000,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 3 2 2 5 5 5
1990 35 PIT NL $ 1,750,000   2 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 6
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
1975 20 AAA   137 552 91 166 29 4 38 101 1 1 40 78 .301 .348 .574 .922 103.7  
1976 21 AAA   130 534 76 166 28 4 33 93 2 0 48 68 .311 .368 .564 .931 103.7  
1977 22 PIT NL 142 503 50 120 28 1 13 51 0 1 31 81 .239 .283 .376 .658 49.7 6.6
1978 23 PIT NL 151 539 63 137 37 1 9 66 1 0 31 87 .254 .293 .377 .670 55.8 7.7
1979 24 PIT NL 152 556 59 158 36 4 9 73 0 1 35 62 .284 .323 .412 .735 66.2 10.7
1980 25 PIT NL 153 602 80 165 25 1 20 86 3 0 24 68 .274 .299 .419 .718 73.9 14.3
1981 26 PIT NL 152 594 71 170 31 2 20 96 0 1 34 94 .286 .324 .446 .770 78.5 14.6
1982 27 PIT NL 151 594 77 174 27 2 22 89 1 0 40 90 .293 .333 .456 .790 85.4 16.0
1983 28 SEM AL 156 620 75 167 34 4 23 95 3 1 33 92 .269 .305 .448 .753 76.5 15.6
1984 29 SEM AL 77 301 34 85 14 3 13 52 1 0 21 46 .282 .325 .478 .804 45.1 9.0
  PHN NL 76 284 38 84 19 0 9 54 0 0 15 45 .296 .328 .458 .786 39.6 8.4
  TOT   153 585 72 169 33 3 22 106 1 0 36 91 .289 .326 .468 .795 84.7 17.4
1985 30 PHN NL 154 627 80 168 45 1 23 100 0 0 32 119 .268 .302 .453 .755 79.6 13.3
1986 31 PHN NL 153 593 94 171 41 5 26 103 0 1 43 103 .288 .335 .506 .841 92.3 22.2
1987 32 PHN NL 153 608 82 181 44 6 23 112 0 0 31 117 .298 .329 .503 .832 92.3 21.0
1988 33 PHN NL 152 600 72 146 35 1 21 91 0 0 35 112 .243 .283 .410 .693 64.4 8.4
1989 34 KCR AL 76 226 31 61 16 0 8 36 0 0 19 46 .270 .324 .447 .771 29.8 5.3
1990 35 PIT NL 134 453 49 98 20 4 11 45 0 0 16 115 .216 .241 .351 .592 34.6 0.0
14 Years Sim 2032 7700 955 2085 452 35 250 1149 9 5 440 1277 .271 .308 .436 .744 963.5 173.2
2 Years AAA 267 1086 167 332 57 8 71 194 3 1 88 146 .306 .356 .569 .926 207.4  
162 Game Average 613 76 166 36 2 19 91 0 0 35 101 .271 .308 .436 .744 76.8  
Career Highs 156 627 94 181 45 6 26 112 3 1 43 119 .298 .335 .506 .841 92.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5274 622 1395 299 24 166 759 5 3 272 904 .265 .299 .425 .723 652.3
vs LH   2426 333 690 153 11 84 390 4 2 168 373 .284 .328 .460 .789 354.1
Home 1013 3721 473 1015 230 21 131 569 5 3 234 595 .273 .313 .451 .765 512.3
Away 1019 3979 482 1070 222 14 119 580 4 2 206 682 .269 .303 .421 .724 494.1
RISP   2084 0 608 121 10 78 864 0 0 152 335 .292 .330 .472 .802 319.3
Pinch Hitting   85 12 23 1 0 2 16 0 0 5 10 .271 .311 .353 .664 9.3
Close/Late   861 96 235 57 3 21 105 0 0 73 135 .273 .328 .419 .747 116.1
Mar/Apr 310 1168 132 292 64 3 43 179 3 1 78 214 .250 .296 .420 .716 144.8
May 357 1360 187 407 87 9 52 227 2 3 76 217 .299 .334 .491 .825 210.1
June 351 1353 183 385 87 9 52 228 0 0 84 206 .285 .325 .477 .802 201.0
July 323 1229 138 321 63 3 28 180 2 0 64 189 .261 .294 .386 .680 137.3
August 354 1348 154 344 83 5 35 166 2 1 76 258 .255 .293 .402 .695 155.4
Sep/Oct 337 1242 161 336 68 6 40 169 0 0 62 193 .271 .303 .432 .735 157.9
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
1977 22 PIT NL RF 142 138 1186.3 264 12 11 5 .962 2.09 0 0 .000 0 3.2
1978 23 PIT NL RF 149 148 1249.7 282 15 7 4 .977 2.14 0 0 .000 0 4.7
1979 24 PIT NL RF 151 144 1249.0 291 11 14 3 .956 2.18 0 0 .000 0 2.6
1980 25 PIT NL RF 153 146 1290.3 260 15 8 3 .972 1.92 0 0 .000 0 2.4
1981 26 PIT NL RF 149 145 1293.3 275 14 4 2 .986 2.01 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1982 27 PIT NL RF 148 141 1288.7 301 12 10 3 .969 2.19 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 28 SEM AL RF 155 146 1324.0 328 16 11 3 .969 2.34 0 0 .000 0 4.2
1984 29 SEM AL RF 76 73 670.9 160 2 4 1 .976 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  PHN NL RF 75 73 621.5 148 2 4 0 .974 2.17 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  TOT   RF 151 146 1292.4 308 4 8 1 .975 2.17   2.7
1985 30 PHN NL RF 153 148 1339.3 328 16 7 3 .980 2.31 0 0 .000 0 4.5
1986 31 PHN NL RF 152 148 1317.0 348 9 9 4 .975 2.44 0 0 .000 0 4.6
1987 32 PHN NL RF 153 151 1331.3 283 18 8 5 .974 2.03 0 0 .000 0 3.9
1988 33 PHN NL RF 151 148 1315.0 267 10 8 2 .972 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1989 34 KCR AL RF 9 3 37.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 35 PIT NL RF 111 109 968.3 187 6 6 1 .970 1.79 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 13 13 117.0 27 1 1 1 .966 2.15 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 .000 1 0.0
  RF 1927 1861 16482.4 3732 158 111 39 .972 2.12 0 0 .000 0 43.1
  LF 15 14 127.0 30 1 1 1 .969 2.20 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 .000 1 0.0
  1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1945 1875 16621.4 3770 159 112 40 .972 2.13 2 0 .000 1 43.1
Career Highs   155 151 1339.3 348 18 14 5 1.000 2.44 2 0 .000 1  
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
1977 22 PIT NL 4 13 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .308 .462
1980 25 PIT NL 5 22 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .136 .136 .182 .318
1985 30 PHN NL 12 48 5 15 7 0 1 5 0 0 2 12 .313 .340 .521 .861
1986 31 PHN NL 5 20 5 8 4 0 3 6 0 0 1 2 .400 .409 1.050 1.459
1987 32 PHN NL 6 22 5 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .318 .375 .455 .830
Career Post-Season Batting 32 125 15 35 15 1 4 14 0 0 5 28 .280 .305 .512 .817
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.
Slugging Pct
1986-6-.506
1987-8-.503
 OPS
1986-6-.841
 XR
1986-7-92.3
 Games
1983-2-156
 At-Bats
1980-9-602
1981-9-594
1983-3-620
1985-2-627
1986-5-593
1987-8-608
 Runs
1986-4-94
Hits
1986-7-171
1987-10-181
 Total Bases
1985-5-284
1986-3-300
1987-5-306
 Doubles
1978-6-37
1979-4-36
1985-3-45
1986-4-41
1987-6-44
 Homeruns
1985-9-23
1986-6-26
 RBIs
1981-8-96
1985-6-100
1986-5-103
1987-6-112
1988-10-91
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Rice (933)
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  3. Amos Otis (915)
  4. Fred Lynn (913)
  5. Earl Robinson (909)
  6. Richie Zisk (905)
  7. Jim Spencer (902)
  8. Bob Nieman (900)
  9. Bob Hazle (899)
  10. Wally Post (884)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1975
Injured on 7/30/1975 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/12/1976 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 3/17/1977 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/17/1977, off Ken Forsch (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1977, off Les Cain (MON)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1979, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,750,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1981, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,428,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1982: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Seattle on 2/8/1983 (Going to SEM: RF Ellis Valentine. Going to PIT: RF Steve Hammond)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1984, hitting .538 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Seattle to Philadelphia on 7/1/1984 (Going to SEM: RF Bobby Bonds. Going to PHN: RF Ellis Valentine, 2B Rodney Scott, P Ed Glynn)
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/13/1984
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 5/30/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1985, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
9/22/1985: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1985
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1986, hitting .340 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1986, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1986
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 2/2/1989 (Going to PHN: P Jose Dejesus. Going to KCR: 1B George Brett, RF Ellis Valentine)
6/1/1989: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to Pittsburgh on 3/4/1990 (Going to KCR: P Ray Fontenot. Going to PIT: RF Dan Ford, RF Ellis Valentine)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/21/1990, off Tom Glavine (NYG)
Had 6 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/19/1990
 
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