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Name Team Age
John Valentin Retired (1960, Age 37) Died (1990, Age 68)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9
(1950)		 LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Goose Goslin League 0 10 years (40 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ A- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D+ C  D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 12/24/1922
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 2 8
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (SS)
A+ (99.0 %) A  (90.9 %) C+ (49.6 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CIN 144 503 97 143 23 9 11 55 74 72 21 3 2 .808 .377 .431 .284
1951 CIN-STL 144 522 71 150 20 9 10 53 59 66 19 2 6 .782 .364 .418 .287
1952 STL 131 457 69 130 24 9 8 60 60 67 15 4 4 .798 .369 .429 .284
1953 STL 101 302 37 78 19 3 3 35 45 46 15 5 10 .724 .353 .371 .258
1954 STL 86 267 40 70 18 4 2 30 27 35 9 2 5 .710 .328 .382 .262
1955 STL 73 165 22 51 8 2 3 21 17 18 8 2 1 .813 .376 .436 .309
1956 STL 79 182 28 44 6 3 0 21 27 27 11 1 3 .657 .349 .308 .242
1957 STL 60 129 16 31 2 2 0 7 14 12 8 3 3 .606 .319 .287 .240
1958 STL 40 111 9 30 2 0 1 13 13 18 6 2 1 .662 .346 .315 .270
1959 BRO 106 293 35 74 12 4 1 44 38 49 7 4 2 .673 .342 .331 .253
1960 BRO-BOS-CIN-BRO-NYA 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .143 .143 .143
Total 973 2938 424 802 134 45 39 341 374 411 119 28 37 .746 .357 .389 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01John Valentin has retired from the New York Blackhearts
1960-07-27The New York Blackhearts have acquired John Valentin from the waiver wire.
1960-07-13The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have waived John Valentin.
1960-07-09The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have acquired John Valentin from the waiver wire.
1960-06-22The Cincinnati Starlets have waived John Valentin.
1960-06-17The Cincinnati Starlets have acquired John Valentin from the waiver wire.
1960-05-29The Boston Chaos have waived John Valentin.
1960-05-14The Boston Chaos have acquired John Valentin from the waiver wire.
1960-05-10The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have waived John Valentin.
1960-05-05The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have promoted Turk Warstler to the major league team. The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have promoted Charlie Lea to the major league team. The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have designated John Valentin for assignment. The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have designated Sam Bush for assignment.
1959-04-05The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have acquired John Valentin from the waiver wire.
1959-04-05The Brooklyn Traveling Wilburies have demoted Ed Brinkman Jr. to the minor leagues.
1959-04-01The St. Louis Redlegs have promoted August West to the major league team. The St. Louis Redlegs have designated John Valentin for assignment.
1951-04-05A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Redlegs and the Cincinnati Troopers. The Cincinnati Troopers receive Stephen McKean, Draft Pick - 1952 Round 3 (STL) from the St. Louis Redlegs in exchange for John Valentin.
1950-04-11The Cincinnati Troopers have renamed Fred Johnson to John Valentin.