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Vito Valentinetti

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Full Name: Vito John Valentinetti Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195 First Game: June 20, 1954
Birthdate: September 16, 1928 Final Game: May 11, 1959
Birthplace: West New York, New Jersey MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Born on September 16, 1928 in West New York, New Jersey, Vito Valentinetti (Vito John Valentinetti) played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career. Valentinetti broke into the bigs on June 20, 1954 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.78 ERA in 95.1 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Vito Valentinetti's best season was 1956, when he posted a 3.78 ERA.

[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
1954 CHI A 1 0 0 0 54.00 1 6 6 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0
1956 CHI N 42 2 6 4 3.78 26 47 40 0 0 1 95.1 84 10 36 7 4 1
1957 CLE A 11 2 2 2 4.94 9 14 13 1 0 0 23.2 26 3 13 0 2 1
1957 CHI N 9 0 0 0 2.25 8 5 3 0 0 0 12 12 1 7 1 0 0
1957 Total 20 2 2 2 4.04 17 19 16 1 0 0 35.2 38 4 20 1 2 1
1958 WAS A 23 10 4 6 5.08 33 54 54 2 0 0 95.2 106 16 49 7 2 2
1958 DET A 15 0 1 0 3.38 10 7 7 0 0 2 18.2 18 4 5 0 0 1
1958 TOT A 38 10 5 6 4.80 43 61 61 2 0 2 114.1 124 20 54 7 2 3
1959 WAS A 7 1 0 2 1.12 7 12 12 0 0 0 10.2 16 0 10 0 1 1
Total NL 51 2 6 4 3.61 34 52 43 0 0 1 107.1 96 11 43 8 4 1
Total AL 57 13 7 10 5.53 60 93 92 3 0 2 149.2 170 24 79 7 5 5
Total 108 15 13 14 4.73 94 145 135 3 0 3 257 266 35 122 15 9 6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1954 CHI A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1956 CHI N P 42 0 0 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1957 CLE A P 11 2 23.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
1957 CHI N P 9 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1957 Total P 20 2 35.2 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1.000
1958 WAS A P 23 10 95.2 8 21 0 5 0 1 2 3 1 1.000
1958 DET A P 15 0 18.2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1958 TOT A P 38 10 114.1 8 23 1 5 0 1 2 3 1 .969
1959 WAS A P 7 1 10.2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 108 13 160.2 16 44 2 5 0 2 6 4 1 .968

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1954 CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHI N 42 20 0 2 0 0 .100 .143 .100 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 0
1957 CLE A 11 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHI N 9 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 Total 20 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .250 .143 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1958 WAS A 23 28 1 9 0 0 .321 .345 .321 0 0 1 7 0 2 0 0 0
1958 DET A 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 TOT A 38 28 1 9 0 0 .321 .345 .321 0 0 1 7 0 2 0 0 0
1959 WAS A 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 51 22 0 2 0 0 .091 .167 .091 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 57 33 1 10 0 0 .303 .343 .303 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 0
Total 108 55 1 12 0 0 .218 .271 .218 0 0 4 20 0 3 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1950).
  • Selected by Chicago Cubs from Toronto (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1955).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jackie Collum to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Don Elston (May 23, 1957).
  • Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cleveland Indians (August 24, 1957).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Milt Bolling to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Pete Wojey and $20000 (March 27, 1958).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators in exchange for Al Cicotte (June 23, 1958).
  • Traded by Washington Senators to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Billy Loes (April 1, 1959); trade voided (April 8, 1959).

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