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Portrait of Javier Valentin

Javier Valentin

Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
0 1663 .251 .310 .402 .239 2.8
Birth Date9-19-1975
Height5' 10"
Weight210 lbs
BatsB
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
Career6311663150715437982545606131257417421000.251.310.402.23926.61.32.8

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1993 ELZ Rk 9 29 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .227 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 ELZ Rk 54 232 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .223 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 FTW A 112 433 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .359 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 FTM A+ 87 379 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NBR AA 48 185 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 MIN MLB 4 7 .215 .279 .355 .451 .000 .500 98 -0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.0 0.6 1.2 0.1 1.2 0.1
1997 NBR AA 0 401 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .272 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 MIN MLB 55 177 .187 .271 .332 .425 .000 .223 100 -14.3 4.8 3.1 -0.2 -0.3 -7.3 -0.7 -7.3 -0.7
1999 MIN MLB 78 247 .243 .270 .341 .429 .000 .274 99 -4.8 6.9 4.6 -1.4 -3.0 6.1 0.5 6.1 0.5
2000 SLC AAA 0 150 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .406 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 EDM AAA 121 489 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .340 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MIN MLB 4 4 .353 .247 .305 .379 .000 .500 99 0.4 0.1 0.1 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0
2002 EDM AAA 127 509 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .322 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 TBA MLB 49 142 .201 .265 .324 .424 .000 .265 98 -9.1 3.9 2 -0.6 0.2 -3.6 -0.4 -3.6 -0.4
2004 CIN MLB 82 222 .225 .259 .317 .412 .000 .253 100 -8.6 5.8 3 1.1 -1.3 1.9 0.3 1.9 0.3
2005 CIN MLB 76 254 .288 .259 .320 .411 .000 .277 107 7.6 6.5 3.9 2.0 -0.2 19.1 2.1 19.1 2.1
2006 CIN MLB 92 201 .242 .263 .322 .422 .000 .278 103 -4 5.4 2.4 -0.3 0.0 4.9 0.4 4.9 0.4
2007 CIN MLB 97 265 .242 .261 .325 .405 .000 .298 102 -5.3 7.5 3.9 0.1 -3.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0
2008 CIN MLB 94 144 .254 .257 .319 .397 .000 .293 103 -0.9 4.0 -0.2 0.6 0.8 3.6 0.4 3.6 0.4
2009 BUF AAA 23 89 .252 .253 .329 .387 .000 .270 99 -0.8 2.5 -1.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB1663.239.263.325.415.255.273102-39.344.622.91.5-6.426.62.826.62.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1993 ELZ Rk 29 3 5 1 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 .208 .345 .250 .042 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 ELZ Rk 232 23 44 5 0 9 27 15 44 0 1 .210 .269 .362 .152 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 FTW A 433 59 123 26 5 19 65 47 75 0 5 .321 .397 .564 .243 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 FTM A+ 379 34 89 26 1 7 54 32 65 1 0 .263 .334 .408 .145 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 NBR AA 185 22 39 8 0 3 14 16 35 0 3 .236 .303 .339 .103 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NBR AA 401 41 90 17 0 8 50 30 61 2 3 .243 .302 .354 .111 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 MIN MLB 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .000 .215 1.2 -0.0 0.1
1998 MIN MLB 177 11 32 7 1 3 18 11 30 0 0 .198 .247 .309 .111 .187 -7.3 -0.2 -0.7
1999 MIN MLB 247 22 54 12 1 5 28 22 39 0 0 .248 .313 .381 .133 .243 6.1 -1.4 0.5
2000 SLC AAA 150 25 50 16 2 7 35 9 27 1 0 .357 .400 .650 .293 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 EDM AAA 489 53 121 29 2 17 71 47 108 0 1 .281 .357 .476 .195 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 EDM AAA 509 69 130 33 1 21 80 41 96 0 1 .286 .351 .501 .215 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 MIN MLB 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 .000 .353 0.4 -0.0 0.0
2003 TBA MLB 142 13 30 7 1 3 15 5 31 0 0 .222 .254 .356 .133 .201 -3.6 -0.6 -0.4
2004 CIN MLB 222 18 47 10 1 6 20 17 36 0 0 .233 .293 .381 .149 .225 1.9 1.1 0.3
2005 CIN MLB 254 36 62 11 0 14 50 30 37 0 0 .281 .362 .520 .240 .288 19.1 2.0 2.1
2006 CIN MLB 201 24 50 6 1 8 27 13 29 0 0 .269 .313 .441 .172 .242 4.9 -0.3 0.4
2007 CIN MLB 265 19 67 21 0 2 34 19 25 0 0 .276 .328 .387 .111 .242 0.2 0.1 0.0
2008 CIN MLB 144 10 33 8 0 4 18 14 27 0 0 .256 .326 .411 .155 .254 3.6 0.6 0.4
2009 BUF AAA 89 6 20 3 0 3 10 12 11 0 0 .260 .360 .416 .156 .252 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-06-15 2009-06-22 Minors 7 0 Right Shoulder Strain -
2007-09-17 2007-09-18 DTD 1 1 - Low Back Soreness - -
2000-05-25 2000-07-05 Minors 41 0 Right Knee Surgery - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 CIN $1,350,000
2007 CIN $1,325,000
2006 CIN $1,150,000
2005 CIN $450,000
2004 CIN $500,000
2003 TBA $305,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$5,080,000
6 yrTotal$5,080,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 36 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from CIN 2/3/09 (minor-league contract, $0.85M major league, $90K min)
  • performance bonus:$25K 60,70 g
  • $50K each 80,90,100,110,120,130 g
  • CIN exercised $1.35M 08 option 10/31/07
  • signed extension 8/06, 1 year/$1.325M (07)+$1.35M 08 club option, 07:$1.25M, 08:$1.35M club option $75K buyout
  • option increase to $1.35M with 250 plate appearances 07, $1.4M with 300 plate appearances 07
  • avoided arbitration 1/06, 1 year/$1.15M (06)
  • re-signed 11/04, 1 year/$0.45M (05)
  • signed as a free agent from TB 1/04, 1 year/$0.5M (04) (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/03
  • 1 year/$0.305M (03)
  • acquired in trade from MIL 3/03 acquired in trade from MIN 11/02

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