Bobby
Valentine
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 189
 
Born: May 13, 1951 in Usa, CT, STAMFORD
 
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
1980 29 BIR FL $ 1,100,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,100,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
                                             
  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 30 BRK FL $ 950,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 13 13 13 12 11 11
1982 31 BRK FL $ 950,000   9 9 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 13 13 13 12 11 11
1983 32 AUS FL     9 9 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 13 13 13 11 10 11
1984 33 MAD JL $ 300,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 12 12 12 11 10 10
1985 34 MAD JL $ 500,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 11 11 11 10 9 10
1986 35 MAD JL $ 500,000   8 8 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 11 11 11 10 9 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 11 11 11 10 9 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 950,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 13 13 13 12 11 11
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
1971 20 LAN   101 281 32 70 10 2 1 25 5 3 15 20 .249 .287 .310 .597 24.0  
1972 21 LAN   119 391 42 107 11 2 3 32 5 5 27 33 .274 .321 .335 .656 41.0  
1980 29 BIR FL 114 259 26 61 14 2 3 24 3 0 30 63 .236 .313 .340 .652 29.2 3.7
    AAA   10 35 5 12 4 0 2 7 1 0 4 2 .343 .410 .629 1.039 8.1  
1981 30 AAA   102 289 58 95 11 1 11 51 6 5 51 45 .329 .429 .488 .917 59.0  
1982 31 BRK FL 29 56 4 12 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 20 .214 .279 .268 .547 4.2 0.1
    AAA   64 199 36 65 11 3 9 39 5 1 36 33 .327 .430 .548 .978 45.0  
1983 32 AUS FL 23 33 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .121 .167 .152 .318 0.6 0.0
    AAA   13 16 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .188 .278 .250 .528 1.2  
1984 33 MAD JL 80 152 23 43 9 1 2 19 2 0 18 36 .283 .357 .395 .751 22.7 3.8
    AAA   19 77 13 21 2 0 3 17 1 0 10 11 .273 .356 .416 .772 12.0  
1985 34 MAD JL 113 257 29 63 5 1 2 24 4 0 26 64 .245 .313 .296 .609 24.5 1.6
1986 35 MAD JL 119 299 19 46 6 1 1 17 3 1 29 103 .154 .228 .191 .419 9.2 0.0
6 Years Sim 478 1056 102 229 38 5 8 88 12 1 110 290 .217 .289 .285 .574 90.5 9.2
8 Years Pro 698 1728 176 406 59 9 12 145 22 9 152 343 .235 .297 .300 .597 155.5  
5 Years AAA 208 616 115 196 29 4 25 116 13 6 103 96 .318 .414 .500 .914 125.2  
162 Game Average 357 34 77 12 1 2 29 4 0 37 98 .217 .289 .285 .574 30.7  
Career Highs 119 299 29 63 14 2 3 24 4 1 30 103 .283 .357 .395 .751 29.2  
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   687 69 150 29 4 4 63 7 1 69 205 .218 .288 .290 .578 60.1
vs LH   369 33 79 9 1 4 25 5 0 41 85 .214 .291 .276 .568 32.8
Home 244 549 51 116 19 2 2 41 4 1 60 156 .211 .286 .264 .550 44.4
Away 234 507 51 113 19 3 6 47 8 0 50 134 .223 .293 .308 .600 48.6
RISP   239 0 58 11 2 1 78 0 0 26 63 .243 .310 .318 .628 24.9
Pinch Hitting   60 7 15 5 0 0 9 1 0 4 15 .250 .297 .333 .630 5.8
Close/Late   156 8 31 6 0 0 16 0 0 14 43 .199 .263 .237 .500 9.6
Mar/Apr 66 153 14 34 5 1 2 12 1 0 8 36 .222 .259 .307 .566 12.0
May 88 233 12 46 8 0 1 12 3 1 25 71 .197 .275 .245 .520 16.5
June 71 141 15 31 4 2 1 14 1 0 11 43 .220 .275 .298 .572 11.8
July 80 150 17 35 8 1 0 15 1 0 13 36 .233 .289 .300 .589 13.4
August 91 178 23 36 3 0 2 15 2 0 26 48 .202 .304 .253 .557 16.1
Sep/Oct 82 201 21 47 10 1 2 20 4 0 27 56 .234 .323 .323 .647 23.2
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 29 BIR FL LF 83 53 517.0 105 2 10 0 .915 1.86   1.1
    RF 13 6 66.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    2B 5 5 41.0 12 14 0 6 1.000 5.71   0.2
    SS 4 3 25.0 3 9 0 2 1.000 4.32   0.1
    3B 5 0 13.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.69   0.0
1982 31 BRK FL 2B 12 9 70.0 12 32 0 7 1.000 5.66   0.4
    3B 10 2 39.0 1 9 1 0 .909 2.31   0.1
    SS 4 3 26.0 3 7 0 2 1.000 3.46   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 32 AUS FL SS 8 4 41.0 5 13 0 0 1.000 3.95   0.2
    2B 3 2 20.0 6 9 0 2 1.000 6.75   0.2
    3B 4 1 15.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.87   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1984 33 MAD JL SS 21 17 154.3 26 43 2 4 .972 4.02   0.2
    3B 16 8 87.0 7 11 1 1 .947 1.86   0.1
    2B 17 8 85.3 22 23 0 4 1.000 4.75   0.3
    LF 3 2 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32   0.1
    RF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 34 MAD JL 3B 36 25 246.0 15 49 2 5 .970 2.34   0.7
    SS 21 19 166.0 21 69 3 13 .968 4.88   0.9
    2B 31 12 136.7 35 40 1 10 .987 4.94   0.7
    LF 5 4 32.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    RF 2 1 10.0 4 0 2 0 .667 3.60    
1986 35 MAD JL 3B 50 45 411.0 29 77 7 8 .938 2.32   1.4
    SS 22 21 179.7 32 59 1 13 .989 4.56   1.0
    2B 39 11 153.7 28 45 3 8 .961 4.28   0.6
    LF 3 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  3B 121 81 811.7 54 150 11 14 .949 2.26   2.4
  SS 80 67 592.0 90 200 6 34 .980 4.41   2.5
  LF 95 60 581.0 125 2 10 0 .927 1.97   1.4
  2B 107 47 506.7 115 163 4 37 .986 4.94   2.5
  RF 20 8 90.7 16 0 2 0 .889 1.59   0.0
Career Totals   423 263 2582.0 400 515 33 85 .965 3.19   8.8
Career Highs   115 78 758.3 130 181 11 29 1.000 4.46    
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History
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/1/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/6/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $950,000 per year
Injured on 4/24/1981 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days