NAME     : Jose Valentin
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  ORIGIN   : Puerto Rico
 
  BIRTHDAY : 10/12/1969
  AGE      : 33
  HEIGHT   : 5"10
  WEIGHT   : 185
 
  POSITION : Third Base
  BATS     : Both
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $3,420,000 through 2003
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Strong
  LOYALTY                  : Loyal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Third Base : C (Fielding Pct. : .957) Range at Shortstop : D (Fielding Pct. : .953) Outfield Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Speed : C Stealing Ability : C Sacrifice Bunt : B Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Pull Hitter Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Fair) Hitting Doubles : 5 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Hitting Homeruns : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 8, Talent Good) Getting BB's : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 7, Talent Average) Avoiding Strikeouts : 3 (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .264 17 55 258 68 8 3 50 3 4 34 69 .348 .516 vs RHP .253 9 32 158 40 4 1 30 1 3 21 41 .337 .462 vs LHP .280 8 23 100 28 4 2 20 2 1 13 28 .365 .600 At Home .246 7 20 126 31 3 0 20 2 2 16 31 .324 .437 Away .280 10 35 132 37 5 3 30 1 2 18 38 .365 .591 R.I.S.P. .281 5 39 64 18 2 0 0 0 0 11 18 .366 .547 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .167 2 3 36 6 1 0 5 0 0 4 8 .244 .361 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .292 2 6 24 7 1 0 4 0 1 0 7 .292 .583 Apr/Mar .281 2 10 32 9 2 2 7 0 1 4 5 .342 .656 May .421 3 9 19 8 2 0 8 1 0 1 2 .450 1.000 June .253 4 11 87 22 3 1 15 0 1 13 25 .350 .448 July .235 6 19 81 19 0 0 15 2 1 16 25 .356 .457 August .256 2 6 39 10 1 0 5 0 1 0 12 .256 .436
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1992 .000 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 MIL 1993 .245 1 7 19 53 13 1 2 10 1 0 7 16 .333 .396 MIL 1994 .239 11 46 97 285 68 19 0 47 12 3 38 75 .328 .421 MIL 1995 .219 11 49 112 338 74 23 3 62 16 8 37 83 .296 .402 MIL 1996 .259 24 95 154 552 143 33 7 90 17 4 66 145 .338 .475 MIL 1997 .253 17 58 136 494 125 23 1 58 19 8 39 109 .308 .407 MIL 1998 .224 16 49 151 428 96 24 0 65 10 7 63 105 .324 .393 ML4 1999 .227 10 38 89 256 58 9 5 45 3 2 48 52 .349 .418 ML4 2000 .273 25 92 144 568 155 37 6 107 19 2 59 106 .341 .491 CHA 2001 .258 28 68 124 438 113 22 2 74 9 6 50 114 .334 .509 CHA 2002 .193 10 55 128 429 83 10 3 50 13 3 46 95 .272 .301 CHA Total AB : 4102 Total AVG : .243 Total Hits: 996 Total HR : 170 Total RBI : 613 Total Runs: 659 Total SB : 122
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Chicago (A) to Seattle on 1/27/2003 (Going to CHA: P N. Bierbrodt, C D. Wilson, P J. Pope. Going to SEA: C J. Paul, 3B J. Valentin)...