Ismael Valdez

Full Name: Ismael (Alvarez) Valdez	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185	First Game: June 15, 1994
Birthdate: August 21, 1973	Final Game: October 1, 2005
Birthplace: Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas (Mexico)	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on August 21, 1973 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas (Mexico), Ismael Valdez (Ismael (Alvarez) Valdez) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Anaheim Angels, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and Florida Marlins over the course of his 12 year career. Valdez broke into the bigs on June 15, 1994 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 3.05 ERA in 197.2 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ismael Valdez's best season was 1996, when he posted a 3.32 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 173 batters.

[edit] Mitchell Report

Ismael Valdez was named in the Mitchell Report -- According to [the San Francisco Chronicle], on September 7, 2002, while he was playing with the Mariners, Valdez "used a credit to card to buy nearly $2,500 worth of human growth hormone," which was shipped to him at the Texas Rangers ballpark in Arlington, Texas where Valdez had been playing until he was traded to the Mariners the prior month. Ten days later, Valdez reportedly purchased Novarel, clomiphene, and Arimidex from the center, all of which are used to counteract the effects of steroid abuse.502 The article reported that "Valdez's prescriptions were written by the same dentist who prescribed drugs to [Paul] Byrd, [Jose] Guillen and [retired infielder Matt] Williams."

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1994	LA	N	21	1	3	1	3.18	28	10	10	0	0	0	28.1	21	2	10	2	1	0
1995	LA	N	33	27	13	11	3.05	150	76	67	6	2	1	197.2	168	17	51	5	1	1
1996	LA	N	33	33	15	7	3.32	173	94	83	0	0	0	225	219	20	54	10	1	3
1997	LA	N	30	30	10	11	2.65	140	68	58	0	0	0	196.2	171	16	47	1	3	3
1998	LA	N	27	27	11	10	3.98	122	82	77	2	2	0	174	171	17	66	4	4	2
1999	LA	N	32	32	9	14	3.98	143	97	90	2	1	0	203.1	213	32	58	2	6	6
2000	LA	N	9	8	0	3	6.07	29	29	27	0	0	0	40	53	5	13	0	0	1
2000	CHI	N	12	12	2	4	5.37	45	40	40	0	0	0	67	71	17	27	2	0	2
2000	TOT	N	21	20	2	7	5.64	74	69	67	0	0	0	107	124	22	40	2	0	3
2001	ANA	A	27	27	9	13	4.45	100	82	81	1	0	0	163.2	177	20	50	3	3	8
2002	TEX	A	23	23	6	9	3.93	75	65	64	0	0	0	146.2	135	19	36	1	0	9
2002	SEA	A	8	8	2	3	4.93	27	29	27	1	0	0	49.1	59	7	11	0	0	0
2002	TOT	A	31	31	8	12	4.18	102	94	91	1	0	0	196	194	26	47	1	0	9
2003	TEX	A	22	22	8	8	6.10	47	83	78	0	0	0	115	148	23	29	0	2	5
2004	SD	N	23	20	9	6	5.53	37	75	70	1	1	0	114	141	21	31	1	1	2
2004	FLA	N	11	11	5	3	4.50	30	30	28	0	0	0	56	61	12	18	2	0	0
2004	TOT	N	34	31	14	9	5.19	67	105	98	1	1	0	170	202	33	49	3	1	2
2005	FLA	N	14	7	2	2	5.33	27	32	30	0	0	0	50.2	64	6	22	6	1	5
Total	NL		245	208	79	72	3.86	924	633	580	11	6	1	1352.2	1353	165	397	35	18	25
Total	AL		80	80	25	33	4.74	249	259	250	2	0	0	474.2	519	69	126	4	5	22
Total			325	288	104	105	4.09	1173	892	830	13	6	1	1827.1	1872	234	523	39	23	47

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1994	LA	N	P	21	1	28.1	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1995	LA	N	P	33	27	197.2	16	31	1	0	0	10	4	2	.979
1996	LA	N	P	33	33	225	19	27	1	3	1	23	4	1	.979
1997	LA	N	P	30	30	196.2	17	28	3	3	0	16	6	2	.938
1998	LA	N	P	27	27	174	12	24	1	1	1	11	5	0	.973
1999	LA	N	P	32	32	203.1	12	33	1	1	1	26	9	4	.978
2000	LA	N	P	9	8	40	3	4	1	1	0	2	3	1	.875
2000	CHI	N	P	12	12	67	7	9	0	1	0	0	1	2	1.000
2000	TOT	N	P	21	20	107	10	13	1	2	0	2	4	3	.958
2001	ANA	A	P	27	27	163.2	7	34	0	2	3	9	9	4	1.000
2002	TEX	A	P	23	23	146.2	10	19	1	1	1	2	2	0	.967
2002	SEA	A	P	8	8	49.1	2	13	0	1	0	3	1	0	1.000
2002	TOT	A	P	31	31	196	12	32	1	2	1	5	3	0	.978
2003	TEX	A	P	22	22	115	4	20	4	1	0	10	3	1	.857
2004	SD	N	P	23	20	114	6	15	1	0	0	2	1	1	.955
2004	FLA	N	P	11	11	56	6	4	0	0	1	6	1	1	1.000
2004	TOT	N	P	34	31	170	12	19	1	0	1	8	2	2	.969
2005	FLA	N	P	14	7	50.2	5	7	0	1	0	5	1	0	1.000
Total			P	325	288	1827.1	127	276	14	16	8	129	50	19	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1994	LA	N	21	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1995	LA	N	33	62	2	6	0	1	.097	.111	.097	0	1	26	7	1	0
1996	LA	N	33	70	6	10	0	2	.143	.155	.157	1	1	25	13	0	1
1997	LA	N	30	57	0	5	0	1	.088	.133	.105	1	3	17	7	1	2
1998	LA	N	27	48	3	8	0	2	.167	.216	.188	1	3	6	8	0	0
1999	LA	N	32	58	1	5	0	2	.086	.102	.086	0	1	18	10	1	2
2000	LA	N	9	11	1	1	1	1	.091	.091	.364	0	0	7	2	0	0
2000	CHI	N	13	14	1	4	0	2	.286	.333	.429	2	1	3	5	0	0
2000	TOT	N	22	25	2	5	1	3	.200	.231	.400	2	1	10	7	0	0
2001	ANA	A	27	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	2	0	1	0
2002	TEX	A	23	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	1	0	0
2002	SEA	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	TOT	A	31	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	1	0	0
2003	TEX	A	22	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
2004	SD	N	23	35	4	6	0	5	.171	.211	.257	3	2	9	3	0	1
2004	FLA	N	11	17	2	4	0	0	.235	.278	.294	1	1	4	0	0	0
2004	TOT	N	34	52	6	10	0	5	.192	.232	.269	4	3	13	3	0	1
2005	FLA	N	14	13	0	2	0	0	.154	.154	.154	0	0	2	3	0	0
Total	NL		246	387	20	51	1	16	.132	.160	.163	9	13	118	58	3	6
Total	AL		80	12	0	1	0	1	.083	.083	.083	0	0	4	3	1	0
Total			326	399	20	52	1	17	.130	.157	.160	9	13	122	61	4	6

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 14, 1991).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Eric Young to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Terry Adams, Chad Ricketts and a player to be named later (December 12, 1999); Los Angeles Dodgers received Brian Stephenson (December 16, 1999).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jamie Arnold, Jorge Piedra and cash (July 26, 2000).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2000).
Signed by Anaheim Angels (January 4, 2001).
Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 28, 2002).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Jermaine Clark and Derrick Van Dusen (August 19, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 20, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).
Signed by San Diego Padres (December 18, 2003).
Traded by San Diego Padres to Florida Marlins in exchange for Travis Chick (July 31, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
Signed by Florida Marlins (January 6, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).

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