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Valentine
Oestrich		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 6, 1954 in San Antonio, TX
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 25 BIR FL   4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 26 BIR FL $ 300,000 5 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
                                             
  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
1981 27 BIR FL $ 300,000   12 12 12 7 7 7 14 13 13 7 7 7 12 12 12
1982 28 BIR FL $ 300,000   13 13 13 9 9 9 14 13 13 8 7 7 14 14 14
1983 29 BIR FL $ 464,286   14 14 15 13 13 13 13 12 13 10 9 9 15 15 15
1984 30 BIR FL $ 1,607,143   14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 13 10 9 9 15 15 15
1985 31 HON JL $ 2,785,714   14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 13 10 9 10 14 14 14
1986 32 HAW JL $ 2,500,000   14 14 15 13 13 13 12 12 12 10 9 10 15 15 15
1987 33 HAW JL $ 2,500,000   14 14 14 13 13 13 11 10 11 10 9 9 14 14 14
1988 34 HAW JL $ 2,500,000   13 13 14 13 13 13 10 9 10 9 9 9 15 15 15
1989 35 BAL JL $ 2,500,000   9 9 10 12 12 12 9 8 8 7 6 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 7 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,785,714   14 14 15 13 13 13 14 13 13 10 9 10 15 15 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 25 AAA   8 18 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .222 .300 .278 .578 1.6  
    A   120 525 96 190 19 4 7 65 28 8 25 117 .362 .391 .453 .844 86.7  
1980 26 BIR FL 66 173 14 25 6 0 2 10 16 4 8 59 .145 .186 .214 .400 6.6 0.0
    AAA   10 41 5 16 5 0 0 6 2 0 1 7 .390 .405 .512 .917 7.4  
1981 27 BIR FL 134 492 70 124 33 5 7 47 46 13 32 111 .252 .302 .382 .685 57.8 6.9
1982 28 BIR FL 136 433 42 101 23 3 5 40 18 9 23 77 .233 .273 .335 .608 39.5 2.8
1983 29 BIR FL 137 436 40 113 22 5 10 47 20 10 28 49 .259 .307 .401 .708 52.6 6.6
1984 30 BIR FL 153 573 100 163 33 11 18 86 32 10 42 83 .284 .333 .475 .808 88.3 16.5
1985 31 BIR FL 55 212 18 39 10 2 4 20 17 5 17 30 .184 .250 .307 .557 18.0 0.6
  HON JL 100 339 42 79 10 2 6 41 26 7 20 57 .233 .281 .327 .608 33.4 3.1
  TOT   155 551 60 118 20 4 10 61 43 12 37 87 .214 .269 .319 .588 51.3 3.8
1986 32 HAW JL 154 572 87 151 33 3 17 79 56 25 50 91 .264 .328 .421 .749 81.1 8.0
1987 33 HAW JL 151 527 101 154 34 2 26 81 51 22 45 74 .292 .353 .512 .865 94.2 13.0
1988 34 HAW JL 155 544 80 145 24 8 20 71 54 23 37 82 .267 .315 .450 .765 77.0 11.9
1989 35 DM FL 32 77 9 20 3 0 2 8 6 4 4 3 .260 .293 .377 .669 8.2 0.6
  BAL JL 72 114 15 21 5 1 0 8 8 5 9 22 .184 .242 .246 .488 6.0 0.0
  TOT   104 191 24 41 8 1 2 16 14 9 13 25 .215 .262 .298 .561 14.2 0.6
    AAA   9 32 5 11 1 0 3 10 1 1 3 0 .344 .400 .656 1.056 7.4  
10 Years Sim 1345 4492 618 1135 236 42 117 538 350 137 315 738 .253 .305 .402 .707 562.6 70.1
3 Years AAA 27 91 11 31 7 0 3 17 3 1 6 12 .341 .378 .516 .894 16.4  
1 Years A 120 525 96 190 19 4 7 65 28 8 25 117 .362 .392 .453 .845 86.7  
4 Years Minors 147 616 107 221 26 4 10 82 31 9 31 129 .359 .390 .463 .853 103.1  
162 Game Average 541 74 136 28 5 14 64 42 16 37 88 .253 .305 .402 .707 67.8  
Career Highs 155 573 101 163 34 11 26 86 56 25 50 111 .292 .353 .512 .865 94.2  
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   2812 392 709 149 28 73 358 222 93 180 473 .252 .299 .403 .702 340.5
vs LH   1680 226 426 87 14 44 180 128 44 135 265 .254 .314 .401 .714 215.5
Home 673 2234 317 570 127 20 54 238 184 64 157 343 .255 .308 .402 .710 280.8
Away 672 2258 301 565 109 22 63 300 166 73 158 395 .250 .302 .402 .704 275.3
RISP   1034 0 263 56 7 25 384 0 0 78 167 .254 .301 .395 .696 123.6
Pinch Hitting   74 6 17 2 0 1 11 1 3 4 13 .230 .266 .297 .563 5.0
Close/Late   493 75 121 24 4 16 49 0 1 32 91 .245 .300 .408 .708 57.8
Mar/Apr 218 764 123 193 40 9 20 85 52 23 73 115 .253 .319 .407 .726 101.0
May 214 758 94 183 41 7 20 90 50 23 53 113 .241 .294 .393 .687 87.6
June 228 770 96 188 35 7 15 74 80 20 55 138 .244 .302 .366 .668 90.4
July 218 682 111 187 36 7 25 118 43 26 45 101 .274 .324 .457 .781 95.9
August 241 793 109 212 53 6 18 92 68 19 47 145 .267 .311 .417 .729 104.2
Sep/Oct 218 725 84 172 31 6 19 79 56 24 42 126 .237 .279 .375 .654 77.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1980 26 BIR FL CF 58 53 433.3 112 2 0 2 1.000 2.37   1.4
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 27 BIR FL CF 131 130 1096.7 304 8 0 2 1.000 2.56   2.1
1982 28 BIR FL CF 106 104 916.0 257 6 0 2 1.000 2.58   2.6
    LF 7 6 60.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1983 29 BIR FL CF 122 119 1056.3 324 6 0 1 1.000 2.81   3.1
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 30 BIR FL CF 149 148 1325.0 363 12 1 3 .997 2.55   3.7
    SS 2 2 17.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.71   0.0
    3B 1 0 7.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.1
1985 31 BIR FL CF 53 53 501.9 153 1 0 0 1.000 2.76   1.6
    LF 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  HON JL CF 97 95 784.1 239 2 0 1 1.000 2.77   1.7
    LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 150 148 1286.0 392 3 0 1 1.000 2.76   3.3
      LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1986 32 HAW JL CF 151 145 1266.3 353 9 1 1 .997 2.57   4.3
1987 33 HAW JL CF 146 144 1176.0 330 8 1 5 .997 2.59   4.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
1988 34 HAW JL CF 150 147 1238.7 344 6 2 4 .994 2.54   4.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1989 35 DM FL CF 14 13 146.1 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.3
    LF 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BAL JL CF 31 30 220.9 55 1 0 1 1.000 2.28   0.8
    LF 1 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1208 1181 10161.3 2871 61 5 22 .998 2.60   30.2
  LF 10 6 67.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.0
  SS 5 2 23.0 5 6 0 2 1.000 4.30   0.1
  3B 1 0 7.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.1
  RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1227 1189 10263.0 2892 72 5 25 .998 2.60   30.4
Career Highs   153 150 1349.0 392 19 2 6 1.000 2.81    
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
1987 33 HAW JL 9 33 2 13 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 6 .394 .412 .485 .897
1988 34 HAW JL 10 30 2 9 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 2 .300 .290 .433 .724
Career Post-Season Batting 19 63 4 22 4 0 1 5 1 5 1 8 .349 .354 .460 .814
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.
Runs
1984-6-100
 Total Bases
1984-9-272
 Triples
1984-4-11
 Stolen Bases
1986-8-56
1988-10-54
CAR-47-350
 Caught Stealing
1986-5-25
1987-8-22
1988-7-23
CAR-43-137
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Carlton McFee (943)
  2. John Minor (941)
  3. Thad Bosley (928)
  4. Curtis Sublett (920)
  5. Jamey Leflore (920)
  6. Jacob Grothe (915)
  7. Reddie Ray (914)
  8. Christopher Crawford (912)
  9. Bruce Meathouse (911)
  10. Hugh Hamilton (902)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1979
Injured on 5/5/1979 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 6/1/1980, off Roland Goodwyn (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/21/1980, off Roland Goodwyn (BRK)
 
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