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Name	Team	Age
Buddy Valentin	Retired (1977, Age 36)	Died (2027, Age 86)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9 (1959)	CF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Nomar Garciaparra League	0	12 years (44 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
74	52	96
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
90	91	80
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
58	57	13
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	5	4
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
85	100	100
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
68	0	9/19/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	3	6
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (---)
98 (98.9 %)	97 (97.9 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1959

Minors

65.00

3 / 3

8 / 11

8 / 12

5 / 9

5 / 10

5 / 6

13 / 14

47 / 65

1960

Minors

58.00

7 / 10

7 / 8

3 / 9

1 / 5

3 / 6

5 / 5

11 / 15

37 / 58

1961

Minors

64.00

4 / 9

2 / 9

4 / 10

7 / 10

7 / 11

5 / 6

6 / 9

35 / 64

1962

Minors

59.00

5 / 7

5 / 8

2 / 6

2 / 7

6 / 12

8 / 11

3 / 8

31 / 59

1963

Minors

71.00

3 / 8

4 / 12

4 / 13

2 / 11

1 / 8

6 / 9

7 / 10

27 / 71

1964

Minors

61.00

4 / 8

6 / 11

0 / 7

5 / 7

4 / 10

2 / 6

5 / 12

26 / 61

1965

Minors

69.00

3 / 13

4 / 8

0 / 9

3 / 9

3 / 10

6 / 12

3 / 8

22 / 69

1966

Majors

66.36

162

151

0

1 / 12

5 / 10

0 / 16

6 / 10

1 / 7

2 / 4

2 / 7

17 / 66

1967

Majors

69.85

162

151

0

0 / 11

2 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 5

7 / 16

1 / 4

0 / 13

11 / 69

1968

Majors

70.45

162

151

0

0 / 7

4 / 10

0 / 8

2 / 7

3 / 17

3 / 12

0 / 9

12 / 70

1969

Majors

69.72

162

151

0

0 / 9

3 / 15

0 / 10

3 / 14

0 / 3

2 / 6

0 / 12

8 / 69

1970

Majors

65.33

162

151

0

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 8

2 / 10

1 / 6

0 / 12

3 / 65

1971

Majors

65.33

162

151

0

0 / 4

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 11

1 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 65

1972

Majors

65.33

162

151

0

0 / 15

2 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 12

2 / 65

1973

Majors

65.33

162

151

0

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 14

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 7

2 / 65

1974

Majors

65.33

162

151

0

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 12

0 / 4

1 / 12

0 / 10

1 / 65

1975

Majors

65.33

162

151

0

-1 / 10

0 / 10

-1 / 10

-5 / 7

-8 / 13

1 / 7

-1 / 8

-15 / 65

1976

Majors

32.12

162

35

0

-6 / 3

-6 / 3

-5 / 10

-2 / 2

-4 / 3

-2 / 5

-2 / 6

-27 / 32

1977

Majors

30.45

162

32

0

-3 / 2

-6 / 8

-3 / 1

-4 / 1

-1 / 6

-3 / 6

-1 / 6

-21 / 30

Total

1944

1577

0

20 / 159

41 / 180

12 / 187

27 / 144

29 / 170

44 / 148

46 / 185

219 / 1173

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1977-11-01	Buddy Valentin has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1977-10-16	The New York Crimes have waived Buddy Valentin.
1976-04-01	A trade has been completed between the New York Crimes and the Detroit Dukes. The Detroit Dukes receive Lee Jacquez from the New York Crimes in exchange for Buddy Valentin.
1973-06-23	The Detroit Dukes have placed Buddy Valentin on the trade block.
1966-04-01	The Detroit Dukes have promoted Buddy Valentin to the major league team. The Detroit Dukes have promoted Jim Schulmerich to the major league team. The Detroit Dukes have promoted Johnny Curry to the major league team. The Detroit Dukes have designated Jose Kruger for assignment. The Detroit Dukes have designated Dickey Rodriguez for assignment. The Detroit Dukes have designated Cookie Davis for assignment.
1958-05-10	A trade has been completed between the Boston Braves and the Detroit Dukes. The Detroit Dukes receive Draft Pick 1959 Round 3 BOS (Cy Farrell), Draft Pick 1959 Round 1 BOS (Buddy Valentin) from the Boston Braves in exchange for Glenn Shellenback.