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Bobby Valentine

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Full Name: Robert John Valentine Primary Position: SS,OF,3B,2B,LF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/189 First Game: September 2, 1969
Birthdate: May 13, 1950 Final Game: September 30, 1979
Birthplace: Stamford, Connecticut MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Managerial Career
    • 2.1 Antics as Mets Manager
  • 3 Statistics
    • 3.1 Batting Stats
    • 3.2 Fielding Stats
  • 4 Transactions
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bobby Valentine (Robert John Valentine) was born on May 13, 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1969 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1971, his rookie year, he hit .249 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Valentine played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, San Diego Padres, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 9 year career.


[edit] Managerial Career

[edit] Antics as Mets Manager

Valentine earned a reputation to bend the rules in creative ways. During a 1999 game, after being ejected, he snuck back into the dugout -- wearing a fake nose and mustache. Valentine was caught, and given the obvious lack of obfuscation (see the picture at the left), no one was surprised. He was suspended for a few games for his brazen disregard for the rules.

In 2000, right before the Mets fired most of Valentine's coaching staff (and subsequently went on a wild winning streak), Valentine spoke students at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. At the event, he made comments about then-Mets general manager Steve Phillips and former players Bobby Bonilla and Rickey Henderson, while also commenting on the league's handling of John Rocker's inflammatory comments. A student -- only addressed as "Brad34" -- posted his take on Valentine's comments on the web, and a firestorm broke out, as word spread of Valentine's criticisms. When it all came to a boil, "Brad34" admitted that he made up most of the quotes.[1]

Valentine's antics did not end there. Per one blog, he also would use Shea Stadium's proximity to LaGuardia Airport as a way to gain a strategic advantage:

According to Julio Franco, the Mets had a pickoff play they would run when there were multiple men on base and one of them was on second. Valentine would call the play from the dugout, then the pitcher and fielder would wait for a plane to pass overhead. When they heard the plane, the fielder would immediately break for second base and the pitcher would do his quick spin pickoff move. The noise from the plane would prevent the runner from hearing his base coach yell "back". Franco said the play actually worked a couple of times.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1969 LA N 5 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LA N 101 281 32 70 1 25 .249 .287 .310 10 2 15 20 2 4 5 0 9
1972 LA N 119 391 42 107 3 32 .274 .319 .335 11 2 27 33 2 8 5 2 11
1973 CAL A 32 126 12 38 1 13 .302 .323 .397 5 2 5 9 0 3 6 0 1
1974 CAL A 117 371 39 97 3 39 .261 .308 .329 10 3 25 25 3 8 8 0 7
1975 SD N 7 15 1 2 1 1 .133 .316 .333 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0
1975 CAL A 26 57 5 16 0 5 .281 .323 .316 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
1975 Total 33 72 6 18 1 6 .250 .321 .319 2 0 8 3 1 2 1 0 1
1976 SD N 15 49 3 18 0 4 .367 .436 .449 4 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 2
1977 SD N 44 67 5 12 1 10 .179 .253 .269 3 0 7 10 0 0 0 1 3
1977 NY N 42 83 8 11 1 3 .133 .191 .181 1 0 6 9 0 1 0 0 4
1977 TOT N 86 150 13 23 2 13 .153 .220 .220 4 0 13 19 0 1 0 1 7
1978 NY N 69 160 17 43 1 18 .269 .346 .331 7 0 19 18 1 6 1 1 7
1979 SEA A 62 98 9 27 0 7 .276 .405 .337 6 0 22 5 0 1 1 1 4
Total NL 402 1046 111 263 8 93 .251 .306 .316 36 4 84 92 5 22 12 4 36
Total AL 237 652 65 178 4 64 .273 .328 .342 23 5 56 42 4 13 15 1 13
Total 639 1698 176 441 12 157 .260 .315 .326 59 9 140 134 9 35 27 5 49

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 LA N SS 36 22 212.1 43 80 5 17 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1971 LA N OF 11 9 79 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 LA N 3B 24 23 198.1 17 50 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1971 LA N RF 9 8 65 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 LA N 2B 21 20 179.2 49 45 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1971 LA N CF 2 1 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 LA N 2B 49 43 395.1 110 132 6 28 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1972 LA N SS 10 10 91 23 32 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1972 LA N RF 4 2 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 LA N 3B 39 38 311.1 20 81 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 .878
1972 LA N CF 8 5 47 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 LA N OF 16 8 95 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 LA N LF 5 1 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CAL A OF 8 7 56.2 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CAL A CF 7 7 53.2 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CAL A SS 26 25 226 38 72 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1973 CAL A LF 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 CAL A OF 61 58 451 113 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1974 CAL A 3B 15 15 130 5 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .881
1974 CAL A LF 61 58 451 112 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1974 CAL A DH 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 CAL A SS 36 22 219 42 82 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1974 CAL A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 SD N OF 4 4 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 SD N LF 4 4 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CAL A DH 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 CAL A 3B 2 1 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1975 CAL A 1B 3 2 19 23 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1975 CAL A RF 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CAL A OF 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CAL A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 Total LF 5 4 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 Total OF 6 4 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 SD N LF 7 5 40 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 SD N RF 5 5 34.2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 SD N OF 10 10 74.2 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 SD N 1B 4 3 35.2 37 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 SD N 3B 10 7 60.2 3 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1977 SD N SS 10 1 39.2 11 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1977 SD N 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 NY N 1B 15 9 82 94 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 NY N SS 14 8 78.2 9 29 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1977 NY N 3B 4 0 9 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 TOT N 1B 16 9 83 95 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 TOT N 3B 14 7 69.2 4 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1977 TOT N SS 24 9 118.1 20 43 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1978 NY N 2B 45 33 278.1 76 92 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1978 NY N 3B 9 7 59 2 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1979 SEA A LF 7 5 45.1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 SEA A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 SEA A OF 15 12 99.1 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 SEA A 3B 4 3 28 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1979 SEA A C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 SEA A RF 8 7 54 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 SEA A 2B 4 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 SEA A SS 28 7 86.2 11 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total 2B 120 96 861.1 235 271 14 54 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total CF 17 13 114.2 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 127 108 891.2 218 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .974
Total 3B 107 94 807.1 54 208 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 .894
Total DH 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 27 22 176.2 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 23 14 137.2 155 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .994
Total C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 86 73 600.1 137 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
Total SS 160 95 953.1 177 332 23 50 0 0 0 0 0 .957

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler and Billy Grabarkewitz to California Angels in exchange for Andy Messersmith and Ken McMullen (November 28, 1972).
  • Traded by California Angels with a player to be named later to San Diego Padres in exchange for Gary Ross (September 17, 1975); San Diego Padres received Rudy Meoli (November 4, 1975).
  • Traded by San Diego Padres with Paul Siebert to New York Mets in exchange for Dave Kingman (June 15, 1977).
  • Released by New York Mets (March 26, 1979).
  • Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 10, 1979).
  • Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).

[edit] Trivia

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