John Valentin

Full Name: John William Valentin	Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: July 27, 1992
Birthdate: February 18, 1967	Final Game: September 29, 2002
Birthplace: Mineola, New York	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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John Valentin (John William Valentin) was born on February 18, 1967 in Mineola, New York. He made his Major League debut on July 27, 1992 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1992, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 5 home runs and 25 RBI. Valentin played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that John Valentin's best season was 1995, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .298 average and knocked in 102 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1992	BOS	A	58	185	21	51	5	25	.276	.351	.427	13	0	20	17	2	4	1	0	5
1993	BOS	A	144	468	50	130	11	66	.278	.346	.447	40	3	49	77	2	16	3	2	9
1994	BOS	A	84	301	53	95	9	49	.316	.400	.505	26	2	42	38	3	5	3	1	3
1995	BOS	A	135	520	108	155	27	102	.298	.399	.533	37	2	81	67	10	4	20	2	7
1996	BOS	A	131	527	84	156	13	59	.296	.374	.436	29	3	63	59	7	2	9	0	15
1997	BOS	A	143	575	95	176	18	77	.306	.372	.499	47	5	58	66	5	1	7	5	21
1998	BOS	A	153	588	113	145	23	73	.247	.340	.442	44	1	77	82	9	2	4	3	9
1999	BOS	A	113	450	58	114	12	70	.253	.315	.398	27	1	40	68	4	1	0	2	11
2000	BOS	A	10	35	6	9	2	2	.257	.297	.457	1	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	1
2001	BOS	A	20	60	8	12	1	5	.200	.314	.283	2	0	9	8	1	0	0	0	4
2002	NY	N	114	208	18	50	3	30	.240	.339	.356	15	0	22	37	10	0	0	0	6
Total	NL		114	208	18	50	3	30	.240	.339	.356	15	0	22	37	10	0	0	0	6
Total	AL		991	3709	596	1043	121	528	.281	.361	.460	266	17	441	487	43	36	47	15	85
Total			1105	3917	614	1093	124	558	.279	.360	.454	281	17	463	524	53	36	47	15	91

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1992	BOS	A	SS	58	55	491.2	79	182	10	45	0	.963
1993	BOS	A	SS	144	138	1222.2	238	432	20	96	0	.971
1994	BOS	A	SS	83	82	719.2	134	242	8	56	1	.979
1994	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	BOS	A	SS	135	134	1192.2	227	414	18	95	0	.973
1996	BOS	A	SS	118	117	1043.1	194	347	16	87	0	.971
1996	BOS	A	3B	12	11	96	8	10	1	1	0	.947
1996	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	BOS	A	2B	79	79	707.1	180	259	11	67	0	.976
1997	BOS	A	3B	64	63	552.2	59	121	11	15	0	.942
1998	BOS	A	2B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	BOS	A	3B	153	153	1325	121	292	15	28	0	.965
1999	BOS	A	3B	111	110	952.1	84	208	14	16	0	.954
1999	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	BOS	A	3B	10	10	81	6	9	0	0	0	1.000
2001	BOS	A	SS	18	15	138.1	22	42	2	9	0	.970
2001	BOS	A	3B	3	1	14	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2002	NY	N	SS	24	13	133	20	48	2	9	0	.971
2002	NY	N	2B	3	1	12	4	3	0	2	0	1.000
2002	NY	N	1B	22	11	104	106	6	3	12	0	.974
2002	NY	N	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	NY	N	3B	18	14	126.1	9	27	5	3	0	.878
Total			2B	83	80	719.2	184	262	11	69	0	.976
Total			SS	580	554	4941.1	914	1707	76	397	1	.972
Total			3B	371	362	3147.1	288	668	46	63	0	.954
Total			1B	22	11	104	106	6	3	12	0	.974
Total			DH	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 27, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
Signed by New York Mets (January 30, 2002).

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