Javier Valentin

Full Name: Jose Javier (Rosario) Valentin	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/198	First Game: September 13, 1997
Birthdate: September 19, 1975	MLB Experience: 8 years
Birthplace: Manati, Puerto Rico
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Javier Valentin (Jose Javier (Rosario) Valentin) was born on September 19, 1975 in Manati, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1997 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1998, his rookie year, he hit .198 with 3 home runs and 18 RBI. Valentin played for the Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Javier Valentin's best season was 2005, when he hit for a .281 average and knocked in 50 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	IBB	GDP
1997	MIN	A	4	7	1	2	0	0	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1998	MIN	A	55	162	11	32	3	18	.198	.247	.309	7	1	11	30	0	3	1	7
1999	MIN	A	78	218	22	54	5	28	.248	.313	.381	12	1	22	39	1	1	0	2
2002	MIN	A	4	4	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	TB	A	49	135	13	30	3	15	.222	.254	.356	7	1	5	31	1	0	0	7
2004	CIN	N	82	202	18	47	6	20	.233	.293	.381	10	1	17	36	1	0	3	4
2005	CIN	N	76	221	36	62	14	50	.281	.362	.520	11	0	30	37	0	0	3	5
2006	CIN	N	92	186	24	50	8	27	.269	.313	.441	6	1	13	29	0	0	3	5
2007	CIN	N	97	243	19	67	2	34	.276	.328	.387	21	0	18	25	1	0	2	7
2008	CIN	N	94	129	10	33	4	18	.256	.326	.411	8	0	14	27	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		441	981	107	259	34	149	.264	.326	.429	56	2	93	154	2	0	11	23
Total	AL		190	526	47	120	11	61	.228	.279	.352	26	3	38	103	2	4	1	16
Total			631	1507	154	379	45	210	.251	.310	.402	82	5	131	257	4	4	12	39

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	MIN	A	C	4	1	15	11	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1998	MIN	A	C	53	42	403.2	281	17	5	0	7	34	10	1	.983
1998	MIN	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	MIN	A	C	76	59	553.2	387	27	1	4	6	25	21	0	.998
2002	MIN	A	C	4	0	11	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	TB	A	DH	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	TB	A	C	42	33	305.2	212	13	0	1	1	16	7	0	1.000
2004	CIN	N	C	55	44	409.2	305	31	4	2	1	27	12	0	.988
2004	CIN	N	1B	7	3	37	37	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
2005	CIN	N	C	62	58	508.1	341	28	3	2	3	25	10	0	.992
2005	CIN	N	1B	2	2	18	21	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	CIN	N	1B	2	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2006	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	CIN	N	C	46	32	312.2	244	20	7	1	2	10	8	0	.974
2007	CIN	N	C	73	49	471.2	341	19	1	4	8	40	5	1	.997
2007	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	CIN	N	1B	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
2008	CIN	N	C	17	6	67.2	67	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
2008	CIN	N	1B	11	10	81.2	75	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	1.000
2008	CIN	N	3B	4	1	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	23	15	140	138	5	0	18	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	432	324	3059	2203	163	21	14	29	179	75	2	.991
Total			DH	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	4	1	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 5, 1993).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Matt Kinney to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Matt Yeatman and Gerry Oakes (November 15, 2002).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for Jason Conti (March 24, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 15, 2003).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (January 8, 2004).

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