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Ellis Valentine

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Full Name: Ellis Clarence Valentine Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/205 First Game: September 3, 1975
Birthdate: July 30, 1954 Final Game: October 2, 1985
Birthplace: Helena, Arkansas MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ellis Valentine (Ellis Clarence Valentine) was born on July 30, 1954 in Helena, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1975 for the Montreal Expos. In 1976, his rookie year, he hit .279 with 7 home runs and 39 RBI. Valentine played for the Montreal Expos, New York Mets, California Angels and Texas Rangers over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Ellis Valentine's best season was 1978, when he slugged 25 home runs, hit for a .289 average and knocked in 76 runs.

[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
1975 MON N 12 33 2 12 1 3 .364 .400 .576 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1
1976 MON N 94 305 36 85 7 39 .279 .339 .410 15 2 30 51 0 2 14 0 5
1977 MON N 127 508 63 149 25 76 .293 .331 .504 28 2 30 58 0 1 13 3 18
1978 MON N 151 570 75 165 25 76 .289 .330 .489 35 2 35 88 2 0 13 3 9
1979 MON N 146 548 73 151 21 82 .276 .303 .454 29 3 22 74 1 1 11 3 23
1980 MON N 86 311 40 98 13 67 .315 .367 .524 22 2 25 44 3 0 5 0 3
1981 NY N 48 169 15 35 5 21 .207 .227 .355 8 1 5 38 0 0 0 0 2
1981 MON N 22 76 8 16 3 15 .211 .259 .368 3 0 6 11 0 0 0 0 2
1981 TOT N 70 245 23 51 8 36 .208 .238 .359 11 1 11 49 0 0 0 0 4
1982 NY N 111 337 33 97 8 48 .288 .294 .407 14 1 5 38 1 0 1 0 11
1983 CAL A 86 271 30 65 13 43 .240 .283 .435 10 2 18 48 0 1 2 0 6
1985 TEX A 11 38 5 8 2 4 .211 .250 .395 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 1
Total NL 797 2857 345 808 108 427 .283 .319 .461 158 13 160 406 7 4 57 9 74
Total AL 97 309 35 73 15 47 .236 .279 .430 11 2 20 56 0 1 2 0 7
Total 894 3166 380 881 123 474 .278 .315 .458 169 15 180 462 7 5 59 9 81

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1975 MON N OF 11 8 80 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .867
1975 MON N RF 11 8 80 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1976 MON N CF 56 55 488 110 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1976 MON N RF 31 25 228.2 53 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1976 MON N OF 88 80 717.1 162 12 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1976 MON N LF 2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 MON N OF 126 125 1082.1 232 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1977 MON N RF 126 125 1082.1 231 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1978 MON N RF 147 147 1247 288 25 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1978 MON N OF 147 147 1247 296 24 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1979 MON N OF 144 144 1243.2 281 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1979 MON N RF 144 144 1243.2 276 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1980 MON N OF 83 83 702.2 154 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1980 MON N RF 83 83 702.2 157 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1981 NY N RF 47 43 393 86 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1981 NY N OF 47 43 393 83 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1981 MON N OF 21 21 167 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 MON N RF 21 21 167 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 TOT N OF 68 64 560 115 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1981 TOT N RF 68 64 560 120 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1982 NY N LF 14 1 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 NY N OF 98 79 718 159 10 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1982 NY N CF 4 3 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 NY N RF 82 75 672 138 11 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1983 CAL A RF 79 62 588.1 138 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1983 CAL A LF 11 7 65 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1983 CAL A OF 85 69 653.1 152 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1985 TEX A RF 7 5 48.1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 TEX A DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 TEX A OF 7 5 48.1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 778 738 6453 1420 81 42 18 0 0 0 0 0 .973
Total LF 27 8 92.2 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
Total CF 60 58 507 120 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
Total OF 857 804 7052.2 1570 85 47 17 0 0 0 0 0 .972

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Mets in exchange for Jeff Reardon and Dan Norman (May 29, 1981).
  • Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
  • Signed by California Angels (January 21, 1983).
  • Released by California Angels (November 7, 1984).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (July 10, 1985).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (December 20, 1985).

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