Show classic player card
Lou Whitaker League
4-1-2080
Lefty Valle Shortstop
Retired (1970, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .269 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .746 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 1102 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 10-27-1935
HR 102 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1953)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(21 games)
RBI 497
SB 45
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B C+ (47.5%) LF B- (56.0%) Arm A- WS Appearances 4
2B (88.1%) CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 5
3B A+ (96.0%) RF (65.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Minors 18 23.00 5 / 5 5 / 5 2 / 2 2 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 3 3 / 3 21 / 23
1954 Minors 19 23.00 3 / 3 7 / 7 0 / 1 3 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 1 3 / 3 19 / 23
1955 Minors 20 25.00 1 / 1 4 / 4 3 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 2 8 / 8 20 / 25
1956 Minors 21 60.00 5 / 8 8 / 11 6 / 8 5 / 10 10 / 11 6 / 6 5 / 6 45 / 60
1956 Pos (2B) 21 33.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 19 / 33
1957 Minors 22 37.00 2 / 3 4 / 5 7 / 12 1 / 3 3 / 4 4 / 5 4 / 5 25 / 37
1957 Majors 22 3.38 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 3
1957 Pos (3B) 22 46.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 46
1958 Minors 23 3.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 3
1958 Majors 23 53.22 8 / 12 3 / 7 2 / 4 3 / 5 2 / 5 4 / 7 7 / 13 29 / 53
1959 Majors 24 60.34 4 / 6 3 / 8 6 / 10 7 / 9 4 / 9 6 / 9 5 / 9 35 / 60
1960 Majors 25 55.20 4 / 10 3 / 9 2 / 7 3 / 9 3 / 9 0 / 6 4 / 5 19 / 55
1961 Majors 26 34.22 0 / 1 1 / 2 3 / 8 2 / 6 1 / 4 2 / 8 2 / 5 11 / 34
1962 Majors 27 31.35 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 3 2 / 31
1963 Majors 28 29.20 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 3 2 / 7 4 / 29
1964 Majors 29 35.12 118 34 19 0 / 3 1 / 7 2 / 11 0 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 4 / 35
1965 Majors 30 40.77 134 39 28 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 40
1966 Majors 31 64.41 162 135 0 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 10 1 / 13 0 / 10 0 / 4 3 / 64
1967 Majors 32 51.57 127 107 33 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 5 1 / 4 3 / 51
1968 Majors 33 32.58 162 22 0 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 8 1 / 32
1969 Majors 34 32.26 162 13 0 -3 / 4 -6 / 2 -3 / 4 -4 / 6 -2 / 11 -1 / 1 -1 / 4 -20 / 32
1970 Majors 35 29.25 162 3 0 -3 / 5 -5 / 2 -3 / 8 -7 / 3 -3 / 2 -1 / 3 -2 / 6 -24 / 29
Total 1027 353 80 29 / 101 30 / 106 27 / 115 19 / 102 26 / 112 27 / 82 43 / 101 236 / 798
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Lefty Valle has retired from the Detroit Sharks
1968-04-01A trade has been completed between the Texas Trench Maggots and the Detroit Sharks . The Detroit Sharks receive Lefty Valle, Damian Ripley, Sergio De La Cerda from the Texas Trench Maggots in exchange for Franklin Law, Joel Esparque, Carlos Weiss, Jay Moren, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 2 (TEX), Draft Pick - 1971 Round 2 (DET).
1967-08-31Lefty Valle of the Texas Trench Maggots is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1967-07-16Lefty Valle of the Texas Trench Maggots is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1965-06-20Lefty Valle of the St. Louis Ravioli is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1964-06-16Lefty Valle of the St. Louis Ravioli is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1963-09-24Lefty Valle of the St. Louis Ravioli is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1963-04-15A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Ravioli and the Chicago Saints. The Chicago Saints receive Dickie Carmel, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 1 (STL) from the St. Louis Ravioli in exchange for Bert Kremers, Lefty Valle.
1958-06-18Lefty Valle of the Chicago Saints is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1958-04-16A trade has been completed between the Chicago Saints and the Milwaukee Sausage Eaters. The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters receive Josias Norman, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 3 (CHN) from the Chicago Saints in exchange for Lefty Valle, Charles Brosnan.
1957-07-18The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have sent Lefty Valle to the minors.
1957-06-18The Milwaukee Sausage Eaters have promoted Lefty Valle to the major league team.