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Name	Team	Age
Mark Valdes	Retired (1998, Age 35)	Died (2053, Age 90)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 71 (1985)	RP	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Andres Galarraga League	0	3 years (120 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	F
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D-	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	D+	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C-	B	B
Leadership	Mentor Value
A	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	2/20/1963
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1985	Minors	62.00	5 / 5	19 / 28	14 / 29	38 / 62
1986	Minors	72.00	0 / 2	5 / 29	9 / 41	14 / 72
1987	Minors	61.00	1 / 5	2 / 26	2 / 30	5 / 61
1988	Minors	58.00	1 / 5	3 / 21	4 / 32	8 / 58
1989	Minors	66.00	0 / 4	1 / 30	1 / 32	2 / 66
1990	Minors	15.00	0 / 1	0 / 6	1 / 8	1 / 15
1990	Majors	6.99	0 / 0	0 / 2	1 / 4	1 / 6
1991	Minors	60.00	1 / 4	2 / 34	1 / 22	4 / 60
1992	Minors	65.00	2 / 4	1 / 26	1 / 35	4 / 65
1993	Minors	61.00	0 / 7	1 / 31	0 / 23	1 / 61
1994	Minors	78.00	0 / 5	1 / 34	1 / 39	2 / 78
1995	Majors	22.15	0 / 0	0 / 12	0 / 10	0 / 22
1996	Majors	12.76	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 8	0 / 12
1997	Majors	5.09	-2 / 0	-5 / 2	-4 / 3	-11 / 5
1998	Majors	25.00	0 / 0	1 / 13	2 / 12	3 / 25
Total			8 / 42	31 / 298	33 / 328	72 / 668

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1998-11-01	Mark Valdes has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1998-03-25	The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Mark Valdes.
1995-06-23	The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed Mark Valdes on the trade block.
1995-03-25	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Mark Valdes to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Franklin Norwalk.
1990-08-16	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Rex Donoso to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Mark Valdes to the minors.
1990-04-01	The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Mark Valdes to the major league team.