SS John Valentin #13
St. Louis Cardinals FORT
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
12/31/2000
BNN Index | FORT | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
SS JOHN VALENTIN #13 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
149 570 164 37 2 28 93 75 104 .288 .371 .507 5 5.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 6 6 6 6
Gap 7 7 7 8
Power 9 9 9 9
Eye 7 7 7 10
Avoid K's 7 7 7 7
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 9 1
Errors: - 7 1
Arm: - 8 1
Turn DP: - 9 -
Framing: - - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 8
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 6 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 7
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 4
Stealing Aggressiveness: 7
Stealing Ability: 7
Baserunning Inst.: 7
Sacrifice Bunt: 7
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/02/2000 NYM Loss, 3-4 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0
10/01/2000 NYM Win, 3-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/30/2000 NYM Win, 9-7 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/29/2000 @ ARI Loss, 5-6 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
09/28/2000 @ ARI Loss, 1-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/27/2000 @ ARI Loss, 2-5 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
09/24/2000 MIN Win, 13-8 5 3 4 2 1 0 0 0
09/23/2000 MIN Win, 6-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/22/2000 @ CLE Loss, 2-7 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/21/2000 @ CLE Loss, 6-9 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
He is a real smart player.
High: Adaptability, Baseball IQ
Birthday:02/18/1971
Born in:Mineola, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$38,800,000
Signed Through:2003 Season
Major Service:6 Years, None
Service This Yr:184 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1995, 4th Pick in Round 1
FELLOWSHIP OF RESPECT AND TRUST 2000 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 149 570 164 37 2 28 93 93 75 104 .288 .371 .507 .878 .368 .219 121
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 144 655 4 7 0 9 2 6 289 67 5 2 71.4 111.0 7.05 5.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   142 37 5 0 4 19 26 23 29 2 0 0 .261 .359 .380 .740
Versus Right   428 127 32 2 24 74 67 52 75 4 2 4 .297 .375 .549 .924
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   96 23 5 0 3 13 15 10 21 1 2 1 .240 .315 .385 .700
May   99 33 5 0 8 16 18 14 10 2 0 1 .333 .414 .626 1.040
June   88 29 6 1 4 15 20 21 14 2 0 1 .330 .455 .557 1.012
July   91 24 7 0 6 19 13 10 21 0 0 0 .264 .337 .538 .875
August   99 24 6 0 2 14 10 10 28 1 0 0 .242 .309 .364 .673
September   90 28 7 1 5 16 15 8 9 0 0 1 .311 .374 .578 .952
October   7 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 .429 .556 .571 1.127
All-Star Game   4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Spring Training   62 19 5 0 3 8 12 3 9 0 0 0 .306 .338 .532 .871
Last Year   544 147 23 2 32 80 92 67 80 4 0 2 .270 .350 .496 .846
2 Years Ago   500 139 36 2 37 100 91 62 71 4 0 3 .278 .359 .580 .939
Career   3212 901 192 14 156 547 557 411 466 28 7 23 .281 .363 .495 .858
Home   295 96 20 1 16 49 52 36 44 2 0 1 .325 .398 .563 .961
Road   275 68 17 1 12 44 41 39 60 4 2 3 .247 .343 .447 .790
Grass   550 160 36 1 28 91 93 74 97 6 2 4 .291 .375 .513 .888
Turf   20 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 .200 .238 .350 .588
Day   25 5 1 0 0 3 2 3 6 1 1 1 .200 .300 .240 .540
Night   545 159 36 2 28 90 91 72 98 5 1 3 .292 .374 .519 .894
As Starter   565 164 37 2 28 92 93 75 103 6 2 4 .290 .374 .512 .885
As Reliever / Substitution   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   103 19 5 0 2 8 13 22 20 0 1 1 .184 .333 .291 .625
Inning 1-3   222 67 13 1 16 38 38 21 38 4 0 1 .302 .359 .586 .944
Inning 4-6   184 58 15 1 7 38 33 22 34 2 1 0 .315 .385 .522 .906
Inning 7-9   158 37 9 0 5 17 22 30 29 0 1 3 .234 .366 .386 .753
Extra Innings   6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
0 Outs   230 68 14 0 15 22 53 29 46 2 2 1 .296 .374 .552 .926
1 Outs   174 41 11 0 5 29 20 16 37 4 0 1 .236 .297 .385 .682
2 Outs   166 55 12 2 8 42 20 30 21 0 0 2 .331 .439 .572 1.012
Scoring Position   128 41 8 0 6 62 18 21 19 6 2 0 .320 .400 .523 .923
Bases Empty   345 93 22 2 18 18 62 47 66 0 0 2 .270 .360 .501 .862
Runner on 1st   97 30 7 0 4 13 13 7 19 0 0 2 .309 .368 .505 .873
Runner on 2nd   57 16 1 0 1 14 8 14 8 0 1 0 .281 .423 .351 .773
Runner on 3rd   14 4 2 0 0 8 2 2 1 2 1 0 .286 .333 .429 .762
Runner on 1st & 2nd   32 13 3 0 3 19 5 2 3 0 0 0 .406 .441 .781 1.222
Runner on 1st & 3rd   12 5 1 0 1 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 .417 .462 .750 1.212
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 2 1 0 1 6 1 1 3 1 0 0 .250 .300 .750 1.050
Bases Loaded   5 1 0 0 0 6 1 1 3 3 0 0 .200 .222 .200 .422
Two Strikes   280 66 18 0 11 30 43 32 104 1 0 3 .236 .320 .418 .737
First Pitch   73 21 4 1 4 11 9 6 0 1 0 1 .288 .346 .534 .880
Count 0-1   40 15 3 0 4 15 6 0 0 2 1 0 .375 .357 .750 1.107
Count 0-2   31 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 18 0 0 2 .161 .212 .258 .470
Count 1-0   52 16 2 0 4 14 8 1 0 1 0 0 .308 .315 .577 .892
Count 1-1   57 24 3 1 4 14 8 0 0 1 0 0 .421 .414 .719 1.133
Count 1-2   84 19 6 0 3 8 10 0 40 1 0 0 .226 .224 .405 .628
Count 2-0   17 8 1 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .471 .471 .706 1.176
Count 2-1   38 10 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .263 .395 .658
Count 2-2   77 19 5 0 5 9 10 0 25 0 0 1 .247 .256 .506 .763
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 0 1 9 22 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 3-1   12 3 1 0 0 0 5 14 0 0 1 0 .250 .654 .333 .987
Full Count   88 23 4 0 3 11 23 32 21 0 0 0 .261 .458 .409 .867
Behind in Count   155 39 12 0 7 25 16 0 58 3 1 2 .252 .256 .465 .721
Ahead in Count   120 38 9 0 5 23 27 37 0 1 1 0 .317 .475 .517 .991
Batting Leadoff   254 77 15 0 13 37 49 40 43 5 2 3 .303 .397 .516 .913
Batting 3rd   11 4 1 1 1 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 .364 .500 .909 1.409
Batting 4th   301 83 21 1 14 50 43 32 57 1 0 1 .276 .346 .492 .838
Batting 8th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   223 63 14 2 6 18 28 29 41 0 0 3 .283 .373 .444 .816
Medium Leverage   255 76 18 0 18 47 51 36 47 3 2 1 .298 .383 .580 .963
High Leverage   89 25 5 0 4 28 14 10 16 3 0 0 .281 .343 .472 .815
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1995 St. Louis - FORT 24 143 529 140 24 2 17 68 90 66 4 5 68 0 1 .265 .348 .414 .762 104 103 4.1
1996 St. Louis - FORT 25 141 528 161 33 2 21 86 98 73 7 1 65 0 1 .305 .396 .494 .890 133 130 5.5
1997 St. Louis - FORT 26 141 541 150 39 4 21 120 93 68 3 8 78 0 0 .277 .356 .481 .837 118 117 4.7
1998 St. Louis - FORT 27 140 500 139 36 2 37 100 91 62 3 4 71 0 0 .278 .359 .580 .939 141 136 6.6
1999 St. Louis - FORT 28 134 544 147 23 2 32 80 92 67 2 4 80 11 3 .270 .350 .496 .846 113 110 3.9
2000 St. Louis - FORT 29 149 570 164 37 2 28 93 93 75 4 6 104 5 2 .288 .371 .507 .878 126 121 5.1
Total FORT 848 3212 901 192 14 156 547 557 411 23 28 466 16 7 .281 .363 .495 .858 122 119 29.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1995 St. Louis - FORT 24 5 20 5 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 .250 .348 .250 .598 64 73 2.0
1996 St. Louis - FORT 25 17 70 21 5 0 2 13 8 6 0 2 5 0 0 .300 .346 .457 .803 109 107 1.7
1997 St. Louis - FORT 26 12 45 13 4 0 0 11 2 8 1 0 6 0 0 .289 .407 .378 .785 108 117 1.7
1998 St. Louis - FORT 27 4 18 3 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 .167 .211 .333 .544 40 35 2.2
Total FORT 38 153 42 9 0 3 29 15 18 1 2 20 1 0 .275 .351 .392 .743 96 98
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1995 St. Louis - MLB 2B 7 1 6 7 1 13 0 1.000 29.0 4.03 +0.3 .946
1995 St. Louis - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1995 St. Louis - MLB SS 139 139 247 455 72 721 19 .974 1231.1 5.13 +14.4 1.059
1996 St. Louis - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1996 St. Louis - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1996 St. Louis - MLB SS 141 139 199 428 70 650 23 .965 1246.2 4.53 +8.7 1.034
1997 St. Louis - MLB 2B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 4.1 4.15 +0.2 .973
1997 St. Louis - MLB SS 140 139 215 402 77 635 18 .972 1222.0 4.54 +8.7 1.062
1998 St. Louis - MLB 2B 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 5.0 3.60 +0.0 .969
1998 St. Louis - MLB SS 138 137 223 423 87 659 13 .980 1207.0 4.82 +17.8 1.085
1999 St. Louis - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1999 St. Louis - MLB 3B 21 21 15 38 3 55 2 .964 189.0 2.52 -0.6 .972
1999 St. Louis - MLB SS 110 107 199 370 92 581 12 .979 981.1 5.22 +11.2 1.059
2000 St. Louis - MLB SS 144 144 236 457 90 716 23 .968 1264.2 4.93 +10.9 1.040
TOTAL 2B 10 1 6 11 1 17 0 1.000 38.1 3.99 +0.5 .955
TOTAL 3B 21 21 15 38 3 55 2 .964 189.0 2.52 -0.6 .972
TOTAL SS 812 805 1319 2535 488 3962 108 .973 7153.0 4.85 +71.7 1.056
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 6 (8).
01/27/1995 Drafted in the 1995 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals.
04/01/1995 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the St. Louis Cardinals development complex.
04/02/1995 Named the #2 prospect in the FORT
06/24/1995 Hits three home runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks, going 3-5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored!
06/26/1995 Wins the FORT NL Player of the Week Award.
07/01/1995 Wins the FORT NL Rookie of the Month Award.
09/27/1995 Hits three home runs against the Arizona Diamondbacks, going 3-5 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored!
11/14/1995 Finished 3rd in 1995 FORT NL Rookie of the Year Award voting.
11/25/1995 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $555,000.
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 6 (8).
03/19/1996 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the St. Louis Cardinals development complex.
07/06/1996 Was selected to the 1996 Fellowship of Respect and Trust All-Star Game.
07/06/1996 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 5 days.
09/08/1996 Injured (strained forearm),day-to-day for one week.
10/31/1996 Wins the 1996 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
11/11/1996 Wins the 1996 FORT NL Platinum Stick Award at SS.
11/23/1996 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $555,000.
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 6 (9).
03/19/1997 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the St. Louis Cardinals development complex.
06/17/1997 Injured (bruised thumb),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/29/1997 Hits three home runs against the San Francisco Giants, going 3-4 with 5 RBI and 4 runs scored!
11/12/1997 Wins the 1997 FORT NL Platinum Stick Award at SS.
11/22/1997 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $5,815,000.
01/01/1998 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 6 (9).
02/25/1998 Outstandingly completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the St. Louis Cardinals development complex.
04/01/1998 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at shortstop at the St. Louis Cardinals development complex.
06/27/1998 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
06/28/1998 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/06/1998 Was selected to the 1998 Fellowship of Respect and Trust All-Star Game.
08/22/1998 Injured (quadriceps strain),day-to-day for one week.
11/08/1998 Wins the 1998 FORT NL Great Glove Award at SS.
11/10/1998 Wins the 1998 FORT NL Platinum Stick Award at SS.
11/13/1998 Finished 3rd in 1998 FORT NL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
11/20/1998 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $14,375,000.
01/01/1999 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 7 (9).
02/26/1999 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the St. Louis Cardinals development complex.
04/09/1999 Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
04/24/1999 Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $170,000,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
07/02/1999 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $142,200,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
11/13/1999 Wins the 1999 FORT NL Platinum Stick Award at SS.
01/01/2000 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (10).
07/06/2000 Was selected to the 2000 Fellowship of Respect and Trust All-Star Game.
09/30/2000 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 5 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HR Rank
1998 37 7
Year RBI Rank
1997 120 6
Year IBB Rank
1996 6 6
1998 4 9
2000 7 7
Year SF Rank
1997 8 6
Year EBH Rank
1998 75 9
Year OBP Rank
1996 .396 10
Year SLG Rank
1998 .580 6
Year ISO Rank
1998 .302 3
Year OPS Rank
1998 .939 9
Year WAR Rank
1996 5.7 6
1998 6.7 4
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