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Bobby Valentine Bobby Valentine
Full name: Robert John Valentine
Born: May 13, 1950, Stamford, Connecticut
First Game: September 2, 1969; Final Game: September 30, 1979
Managed First Game: May 17, 1985; Managed Final Game: September 29, 2002
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 189
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1969 LA  N Daily Splits    5     0    3    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1969 LA  N
1971 LA  N Daily Splits  101   281   32   70  10   2   1   25   15   0   20   2   4   5   0   4   9    5   3  .249  .287  .310  -1.4 1971 LA  N
1972 LA  N Daily Splits  119   391   42  107  11   2   3   32   27   2   33   2   8   6   0   8  11    5   5  .274  .319  .335  -0.2 1972 LA  N
1973 CAL A Daily Splits   32   126   12   38   5   2   1   13    5   0    9   0   3   2   0   2   1    6   1  .302  .323  .397   0.3 1973 CAL A
1974 CAL A Daily Splits  117   371   39   97  10   3   3   39   25   0   25   3   8   7   0   9   7    8   5  .261  .308  .329  -0.3 1974 CAL A
1975 CAL A Daily Splits   26    57    5   16   2   0   0    5    4   0    3   1   1   3   0   0   1    0   2  .281  .323  .316  -0.3 1975 CAL A
1975 SD  N Daily Splits    7    15    1    2   0   0   1    1    4   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    1   0  .133  .316  .333  -0.1 1975 SD  N
1975 Total                33    72    6   18   2   0   1    6    8   0    3   1   2   3   0   0   1    1   2  .250  .321  .319  -0.4 1975 Total
1976 SD  N Daily Splits   15    49    3   18   4   0   0    4    6   0    2   0   2   0   0   1   2    0   1  .367  .436  .449   0.6 1976 SD  N
1977 SD  N Daily Splits   44    67    5   12   3   0   1   10    7   1   10   0   0   1   0   1   3    0   0  .179  .253  .269  -0.6 1977 SD  N
1977 NY  N Daily Splits   42    83    8   11   1   0   1    3    6   0    9   0   1   0   0   3   4    0   0  .133  .191  .181  -1.3 1977 NY  N
1977 TOT N                86   150   13   23   4   0   2   13   13   1   19   0   1   1   0   4   7    0   0  .153  .220  .220  -1.9 1977 TOT N
1978 NY  N Daily Splits   69   160   17   43   7   0   1   18   19   1   18   1   6   2   0   1   7    1   1  .269  .346  .331  -0.1 1978 NY  N
1979 SEA A Daily Splits   62    98    9   27   6   0   0    7   22   1    5   0   1   1   0   2   4    1   2  .276  .405  .337  -0.2 1979 SEA A
Total NL                 402  1046  111  263  36   4   8   93   84   4   92   5  22  14   0  18  36   12  10  .251  .306  .316  -3.1 Total NL        
Total AL                 237   652   65  178  23   5   4   64   56   1   42   4  13  13   0  13  13   15  10  .273  .328  .342  -0.5 Total AL        
Total            Splits  639  1698  176  441  59   9  12  157  140   5  134   9  35  27   0  31  49   27  20  .260  .315  .326  -3.6 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1971 LA  N Daily  SS   36   22   17   212.1    43   80    5   17   0                      .961
1971 LA  N        3B   24   23   16   198.1    17   50    7    1   0                      .905
1971 LA  N        2B   21   20   18   179.2    49   45    4   13   0                      .959
1971 LA  N        OF   11    9    8    79      14    1    0    0   0                     1.000     0    2    9 
1971 LA  N        RF    9    8    7    65       8    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1971 LA  N        CF    2    1    1    14       6    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1972 LA  N Daily  2B   49   43   41   395.1   110  132    6   28   0                      .976
1972 LA  N        3B   39   38   21   311.1    20   81   14    4   0                      .878
1972 LA  N        OF   16    8    8    95      25    0    0    0   0                     1.000     5    8    4 
1972 LA  N        SS   10   10   10    91      23   32    3    6   0                      .948
1972 LA  N        CF    8    5    5    47      13    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1972 LA  N        LF    5    1    1    28       6    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1972 LA  N        RF    4    2    2    20       5    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1973 CAL A Daily  SS   26   25   23   226      38   72    6   11   0                      .948
1973 CAL A        OF    8    7    5    56.2    25    3    0    0   0                     1.000     1    7    0 
1973 CAL A        CF    7    7    5    53.2    24    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1973 CAL A        LF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1974 CAL A Daily  OF   61   58   35   451     113    2    6    0   0                      .950    61    0    0 
1974 CAL A        LF   61   58   35   451     112    2    6    0   0                      .950
1974 CAL A        SS   36   22   21   219      42   82    6    6   0                      .954
1974 CAL A        3B   15   15   12   130       5   32    5    4   0                      .881
1974 CAL A        DH    5    4    4                                                          -
1974 CAL A        2B    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1975 CAL A Daily  DH   13    7    5                                                          -
1975 CAL A        1B    3    2    2    19      23    0    1    2   0                      .958
1975 CAL A        OF    2    0    0     4       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000     1    0    1 
1975 CAL A        3B    2    1    1    11       2    1    1    0   0                      .750
1975 CAL A        RF    1    0    0     3       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1975 CAL A        LF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1975 SD  N Daily  OF    4    4    3    32       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000     4    0    0 
1975 SD  N        LF    4    4    3    32       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1975 Total        LF    5    4    3    33       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1975 Total        OF    6    4    3    36       6    0    0    0   0                     1.000     5    0    1 
1976 SD  N Daily  OF   10   10    3    74.2    18    2    0    1   0                     1.000     7    0    5 
1976 SD  N        LF    7    5    2    40       9    2    0    1   0                     1.000
1976 SD  N        RF    5    5    1    34.2    10    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1976 SD  N        1B    4    3    3    35.2    37    4    0    1   0                     1.000
1977 SD  N Daily  3B   10    7    4    60.2     3   15    1    2   0                      .947
1977 SD  N        SS   10    1    1    39.2    11   14    1    1   0                      .962
1977 SD  N        1B    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    1   0                     1.000
1977 NY  N Daily  1B   15    9    6    82      94    4    0    5   0                     1.000
1977 NY  N        SS   14    8    4    78.2     9   29    1    6   0                      .974
1977 NY  N        3B    4    0    0     9       1    2    0    1   0                     1.000
1977 TOT N        1B   16    9    6    83      95    4    0    6   0                     1.000
1977 TOT N        3B   14    7    4    69.2     4   17    1    3   0                      .955
1977 TOT N        SS   24    9    5   118.1    20   43    2    7   0                      .969
1978 NY  N Daily  2B   45   33   15   278.1    76   92    4   13   0                      .977
1978 NY  N        3B    9    7    4    59       2   17    2    0   0                      .905
1979 SEA A Daily  SS   28    7    2    86.2    11   23    1    3   0                      .971
1979 SEA A        OF   15   12    6    99.1    17    3    0    0   0                     1.000     7    0    8 
1979 SEA A        RF    8    7    4    54      11    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1979 SEA A        LF    7    5    2    45.1     6    2    0    0   0                     1.000
1979 SEA A        3B    4    3    3    28       4   10    1    2   0                      .933
1979 SEA A        2B    4    0    0     7       0    2    0    0   0                     1.000
1979 SEA A        DH    1    0    0                                                          -
1979 SEA A         C    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total             SS  160   95   78   953.1   177  332   23   50   0                      .957
Total             OF  127  108   68   891.2   218   11    6    1   0                      .974    86   17   27 
Total             2B  120   96   74   861.1   235  271   14   54   0                      .973
Total             3B  107   94   61   807.1    54  208   31   14   0                      .894
Total             LF   86   73   43   600.1   137    6    6    1   0                      .960
Total             RF   27   22   14   176.2    36    1    0    0   0                     1.000
Total             1B   23   14   11   137.2   155    8    1    9   0                      .994
Total             DH   19   11    9                                                          -
Total             CF   17   13   11   114.2    43    2    0    0   0                     1.000
Total              C    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Managerial RecordManagerial Record
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1985 TEX A  129   53   76  .411   505   627   5-17           7  7
1986 TEX A  162   87   75  .537   771   743                  2
1987 TEX A  162   75   87  .463   823   849                  6
1988 TEX A  161   70   91  .435   637   735                  6
1989 TEX A  162   83   79  .512   695   714                  4
1990 TEX A  162   83   79  .512   676   696                  3
1991 TEX A  162   85   77  .525   829   814                  3
1992 TEX A   86   45   41  .523   388   409          7- 8    3  4
1996 NY  N   31   12   19  .387   124   133   8-27           4  4
1997 NY  N  162   88   74  .543   777   709                  3
1998 NY  N  162   88   74  .543   706   645                  2
1999 NY  N   65   35   30  .538   329   303          6-16    2  2
1999 NY  N   96   60   36  .625   514   403   6-19           2  2
2000 NY  N  162   94   68  .580   807   738                  2
2001 NY  N  162   82   80  .506   642   713                  3
2002 NY  N  161   75   86  .466   690   703                  5
Total      2187 1115 1072  .510  9913  9934
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
Division Series Managerial RecordDivision Series Managerial Record
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1999 NY  N    4    3    1  .750    22    16
2000 NY  N    4    3    1  .750    13    11
Total         8    6    2  .750    35    27
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
League Championship Series Managerial RecordLeague Championship Series Managerial Record
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1999 NY  N    6    2    4  .333    21    24
2000 NY  N    5    4    1  .800    31    21
Total        11    6    5  .545    52    45
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
World Series Managerial RecordWorld Series Managerial Record
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
2000 NY  N    5    1    4  .200    16    19
All-Star Game Managerial RecordAll-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
2001 NL       1    0    1  .000     1     4

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the
free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).

Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler and
Billy Grabarkewitz to California Angels in exchange for Andy Messersmith and Ken
McMullen (November 28, 1972).

Traded by California Angels with a player to be named later to San Diego Padres in
exchange for Gary Ross (September 17, 1975); San Diego Padres received Rudy Meoli
(November 4, 1975).

Traded by San Diego Padres with Paul Siebert to New York Mets in exchange for Dave
Kingman (June 15, 1977).

Released by New York Mets (March 26, 1979).

Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 10, 1979).

Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).


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