Ellis Valentine

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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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.

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[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

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