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Lanny
Valdez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 21, 1976 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2002   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 25 NRW GL $ 1,940,000 5 6 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 5 5 8 9 8 4 4 4
2002 26 NRW GL $ 1,940,000 5 6 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 4 4
2003 27 NRW GL $ 1,940,000 4 5 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 9 9 5 4 5
2004 28 NRW GL $ 1,940,000 4 5 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 9 8 5 4 4
2005 29 NRW GL $ 4,020,000 4 6 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 9 8 5 4 4
2006 30 NRW GL $ 4,020,000 5 6 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 9 8 5 4 4
2007 31 IND VL $ 5,000,000 3 4 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 3 4
2008 32 IND VL $ 5,000,000 3 5 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 3 4
2009 33 IND VL $ 5,000,000 3 5 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 3 3
2010 34 IND VL $ 330,000 3 5 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 3 3
2011 35 IND VL $ 330,000 3 5 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 3 3
2012 36 IND VL $ 330,000 3 4 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 2 2
Min Ratings $ 330,000 3 4 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 2 2
Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 5 6 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 5 5 8 9 9 5 4 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 25 NRW GL 159 535 87 173 26 0 13 85 12 14 87 120 .323 .427 .445 .872 97.7 11.8
2002 26 NRW GL 144 603 102 164 13 0 14 59 19 8 84 147 .272 .367 .363 .731 85.1 7.6
2003 27 NRW GL 160 644 123 181 18 0 23 75 17 9 107 130 .281 .390 .416 .806 111.5 15.9
2004 28 NRW GL 158 620 131 192 21 0 21 69 17 20 111 145 .310 .418 .445 .863 116.1 14.2
2005 29 NRW GL 157 517 85 111 12 0 11 62 6 6 85 100 .215 .332 .302 .633 57.5 3.7
2006 30 NRW GL 158 594 108 165 23 0 16 59 8 9 85 98 .278 .378 .397 .775 94.8 10.8
2007 31 IND VL 151 564 119 163 17 0 18 82 9 3 90 98 .289 .392 .415 .806 95.5 16.3
2008 32 IND VL 122 430 75 116 16 0 12 57 8 6 58 71 .270 .366 .391 .757 63.0 10.8
2009 33 IND VL 103 372 60 92 8 0 12 44 12 8 49 71 .247 .356 .366 .721 52.4 8.2
2010 34 IND VL 61 189 29 50 4 0 4 22 3 2 32 50 .265 .374 .349 .723 28.9 4.2
    AAA   46 169 25 50 6 0 6 21 5 2 20 38 .296 .370 .438 .808 27.6  
2011 35 IND VL 162 594 89 150 15 0 14 52 7 2 66 126 .253 .337 .348 .685 74.4 10.8
2012 36 IND VL 31 110 9 17 1 2 2 10 0 0 9 30 .155 .238 .255 .492 6.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 1566 5772 1017 1574 174 2 160 676 118 87 863 1186 .273 .375 .387 .762 883.5 114.3
1 Years AAA 46 169 25 50 6 0 6 21 5 2 20 38 .296 .375 .438 .813 27.6  
162 Game Average 597 105 162 18 0 16 69 12 9 89 122 .273 .375 .387 .762 91.4  
Career Highs 162 644 131 192 26 2 23 85 19 20 111 147 .323 .427 .445 .872 116.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4339 800 1214 140 0 124 524 100 67 680 936 .280 .386 .398 .783 682.1
vs LH   1433 217 360 34 2 36 152 16 20 183 250 .251 .343 .353 .696 178.1
Home 783 2820 492 765 72 1 72 335 52 52 418 607 .271 .373 .374 .747 404.1
Away 783 2952 525 809 102 1 88 341 64 35 445 579 .274 .377 .399 .776 456.1
RISP   1318 0 352 41 1 35 506 0 0 196 292 .267 .364 .379 .743 192.4
Pinch Hitting   17 1 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 .235 .278 .294 .572 1.5
Close/Late   532 77 136 12 0 9 56 0 0 78 102 .256 .356 .329 .685 67.6
Mar/Apr 250 910 150 217 20 2 29 96 16 11 138 209 .238 .346 .360 .707 121.0
May 222 817 142 235 24 0 17 108 12 19 122 151 .288 .386 .379 .765 120.4
June 241 872 169 266 25 0 24 104 20 13 141 160 .305 .413 .416 .829 150.3
July 203 761 116 190 20 0 23 83 17 10 118 154 .250 .355 .367 .721 106.2
August 267 990 184 271 36 0 30 123 22 15 136 209 .274 .374 .401 .775 148.0
Sep/Oct 383 1422 256 395 49 0 37 162 29 19 208 303 .278 .376 .390 .766 214.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 25 NRW GL LF 157 155 1341.3 287 7 0 1 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2002 26 NRW GL LF 144 142 1263.0 285 10 0 2 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0 3.2
2003 27 NRW GL LF 160 160 1414.3 354 11 5 2 .986 2.32 0 0 .000 0 2.2
2004 28 NRW GL LF 155 154 1356.3 306 13 8 5 .976 2.12 0 0 .000 0 1.2
2005 29 NRW GL LF 156 152 1311.7 348 9 6 2 .983 2.45 0 0 .000 0 2.9
2006 30 NRW GL LF 158 157 1399.7 397 9 9 6 .978 2.61 0 0 .000 0 4.4
2007 31 IND VL LF 151 151 1277.7 345 11 2 3 .994 2.51 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
2008 32 IND VL LF 117 110 950.3 249 4 6 2 .977 2.40 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2009 33 IND VL LF 101 96 843.0 227 2 1 1 .996 2.44 0 0 .000 0 3.8
2010 34 IND VL C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    LF 58 56 456.3 109 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 1.7
2011 35 IND VL LF 162 162 1412.7 343 7 5 1 .986 2.23 0 0 .000 0 3.1
2012 36 IND VL LF 31 31 265.3 74 3 4 1 .951 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  LF 1550 1526 13291.7 3324 86 46 26 .987 2.31 0 0 .000 0 35.4
  SS 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1555 1526 13301.7 3326 86 46 26 .987 2.31 0 0 .000 1 35.4
Career Highs   162 162 1414.3 397 13 9 6 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 31 IND VL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .167 .375 .167 .542
2008 32 IND VL 13 53 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 10 .113 .203 .151 .354
2009 33 IND VL 11 42 3 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 10 .190 .292 .286 .577
2010 34 IND VL 7 18 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .111 .304 .167 .471
Career Post-Season Batting 33 119 8 17 4 0 1 6 1 1 14 28 .143 .261 .202 .463
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2011-1-162
 Runs
2003-6-123
2004-9-131
 Singles
2003-7-140
 Caught Stealing
2004-7-20
 Walks
2004-7-111
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Shawn Winfield (922)
  2. James Maker (893)
  3. Scott Conlan (893)
  4. Tony Ruiz (875)
  5. Henry Spence (870)
  6. Francis Renz (870)
  7. Mike Auclair (870)
  8. Ronald Padillo (867)
  9. Christian Caceres (867)
  10. Benton White (865)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 101st overall pick, by Columbia in 2001
Won GL Gold Glove in 2002
Injured on 5/21/2007 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston on 9/19/2007
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Orono on 5/11/2008
Injured on 4/21/2009 with a Broken Foot, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 9/16/2010 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 5/7/2012 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
 
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