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John Valentin

Red Sox Career team 1992 to 2001
Number #4
Position Shortstop
Bats Right
Throws Right
Height 6' 0"
Weight 185 lbs
Birth Place Mineola, NY
Born Feb 18, 1967

Key Insights

2002
One opponent brings the best out of him

Valentin has hit .400/.538/1.000 against LaTroy Hawkins in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

4 for 10 with 2 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .786 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Valentin is 11 for 18 against Buddy Groom, a .611 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

19 career plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Valentin carries a .813 career OPS; against Allen Watson it is 1.500, over 16 plate appearances.

5 for 13 with 2 home runs.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the ARI, Valentin has hit .402 and slugged .701 over 122 plate appearances, his best of any club.

43 hits, 7 home runs and 6 strikeouts, against a .448 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Valentin more often than Mike Mussina: 59 plate appearances, in which Valentin has hit .226/.288/.321.

12 hits, 1 home run and 5 strikeouts across 59 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Valentin swings through more against John Wasdin than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 116 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 18, 1967
Birth Place Mineola, NY
Height 6' 0"
Weight 185 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Seton Hall