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Salvatore
Valencia		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 1, 1980 in Mexico
 
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
2002 22 COL VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5
2003 23 CAP VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5
2004 24 DAK VL $ 250,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5
2005 25 DES GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5
2006 26 DES GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5
2007 27 PAS VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5
2008 28 PAS VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 4
2009 29 PAS VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4
2010 30 PAS VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 4
2011 31 PAS VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 4
2012 32 VIR GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
2013 33 AWN VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
2014 34 AWN VL $ 100,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
2015 35 HOL GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 6 1 1 1 3 4 4
2016 36 RIC GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 3 4 4
Min Ratings $ 100,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4
Max Ratings $ 250,000 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 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
2002 22 COL VL 10 30 5 7 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 5 .233 .233 .400 .633 2.8 0.0
    AAA   63 271 31 67 13 3 5 29 6 4 11 40 .247 .277 .373 .649 26.6  
2003 23 AAA   117 421 49 80 11 2 16 38 8 7 11 63 .190 .211 .340 .550 28.7  
2004 24 DAK VL 20 25 8 5 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 7 .200 .222 .440 .662 3.5 0.0
    AAA   30 139 20 29 5 1 6 13 1 0 4 20 .209 .231 .388 .619 12.8  
2005 25 AAA   162 605 73 151 36 8 19 72 6 5 12 76 .250 .264 .430 .694 65.6  
2006 26 AAA   162 657 71 148 34 1 28 89 6 2 6 88 .225 .232 .408 .640 62.0  
2007 27 PAS VL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   47 170 14 39 5 0 7 22 3 2 3 30 .229 .243 .382 .625 15.5  
    AA   102 400 48 109 13 1 17 49 11 4 18 69 .273 .304 .438 .741 52.8  
2008 28 AA   161 635 67 153 21 0 35 84 7 3 28 103 .241 .273 .439 .712 77.6  
2009 29 PAS VL 102 295 26 59 10 1 7 26 3 2 10 47 .200 .232 .312 .544 20.4 0.0
2010 30 PAS VL 53 193 11 26 7 0 5 11 0 0 5 33 .135 .164 .249 .413 5.6 0.0
2011 31 PAS VL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   94 371 34 69 13 0 14 41 6 1 14 59 .186 .216 .334 .550 27.0  
2012 32 VIR GL 2 4 1 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 .750 .833 1.250 2.083 2.7 0.9
2013 33 AWN VL 14 16 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .188 .316 .250 .566 1.6 0.0
    AAA   6 26 4 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .269 .269 .423 .692 2.8  
    A   78 314 50 97 17 0 19 52 3 3 20 53 .309 .350 .545 .895 55.6  
2014 34 AWN VL 13 21 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .286 .318 .381 .699 2.4 0.2
    AAA   113 414 43 77 19 1 19 66 5 1 6 83 .186 .198 .374 .572 31.3  
2015 35 HOL GL 161 486 49 104 17 2 18 55 7 5 20 129 .214 .253 .368 .621 42.4 3.6
2016 36 AA   137 566 85 154 19 1 43 118 3 3 14 96 .272 .290 .537 .827 86.9  
10 Years Sim 381 1072 105 213 45 4 31 103 15 7 42 229 .199 .235 .335 .570 81.2 4.8
9 Years AAA 794 3074 339 667 137 16 115 371 41 22 67 463 .217 .238 .384 .622 272.4  
3 Years AA 400 1601 200 416 53 2 95 251 21 10 60 268 .260 .288 .473 .762 217.3  
1 Years A 78 314 50 97 17 0 19 52 3 3 20 53 .309 .354 .545 .899 55.6  
13 Years Minors 1272 4989 589 1180 207 18 229 674 65 35 147 784 .237 .262 .423 .685 545.3  
162 Game Average 455 44 90 19 1 13 43 6 2 17 97 .199 .235 .335 .570 34.5  
Career Highs 161 486 49 104 17 2 18 55 7 5 20 129 .750 .833 1.250 2.083 42.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   796 76 160 35 2 20 67 12 5 26 167 .201 .235 .325 .560 55.9
vs LH   276 29 53 10 2 11 36 3 2 16 62 .192 .236 .362 .599 24.1
Home 189 536 58 122 26 3 19 60 10 3 21 111 .228 .261 .394 .655 54.4
Away 190 536 47 91 19 1 12 43 5 4 21 118 .170 .209 .276 .485 25.5
RISP   220 0 45 7 0 4 69 0 0 6 45 .205 .230 .291 .521 13.0
Pinch Hitting   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Close/Late   96 8 14 4 1 1 12 0 0 5 22 .146 .194 .240 .434 3.2
Mar/Apr 62 205 15 32 8 0 7 14 1 0 7 41 .156 .191 .298 .488 10.3
May 69 191 12 35 3 2 3 16 1 1 4 33 .183 .203 .267 .470 8.3
June 42 103 16 18 5 0 2 12 2 0 2 30 .175 .198 .282 .480 4.9
July 33 81 11 20 2 2 4 7 3 2 3 22 .247 .299 .469 .768 10.3
August 75 203 20 36 4 0 3 13 3 0 11 42 .177 .228 .241 .470 9.9
Sep/Oct 97 289 31 72 23 0 12 41 5 4 15 61 .249 .287 .453 .740 36.2
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
2002 22 COL VL CF 9 7 62.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.4
2004 24 DAK VL 1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 8.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 3 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 6 1 20.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 27 PAS VL CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2009 29 PAS VL CF 98 74 677.7 214 3 0 1 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 30 PAS VL CF 53 53 443.0 132 2 0 0 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2011 31 PAS VL CF 3 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 32 VIR GL CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2013 33 AWN VL CF 12 3 43.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2014 34 AWN VL CF 13 6 64.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2015 35 HOL GL CF 161 161 1333.0 453 11 2 5 .996 3.13 0 0 .000 0 4.9
  CF 359 306 2661.7 865 16 2 6 .998 2.98 0 0 .000 0 6.4
  C 1 0 8.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 3 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   365 306 2677.7 874 18 2 6 .998 3.00 3 0 .000 0 6.5
Career Highs   161 161 1333.0 453 11 2 5 1.000 5.23 3 0 .000 0  
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  1. Eric Shen (978)
  2. Marcus Tenney (973)
  3. Joseph Hattaway (973)
  4. Derek Casiano (961)
  5. Albert Ruark (960)
  6. Rodney Cook (959)
  7. Stan Martinez (958)
  8. Tim Agin (958)
  9. Denver Secrist (957)
  10. John Stribling (956)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 49th overall pick, by Columbus in the 2002 Supplemental Draft
Traded from Des Moines to Pasadena on 3/2/2007
Injured on 6/27/2008 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Was selected to the 2009 All-Rookie Team
Injured on 6/2/2010 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/21/2011 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from New Orleans to Virginia on 3/2/2012 (Going to VIR: 2B J. McDonald, P A. Goodman, CF S. Valencia. Going to NRL: P M. Young)
Released by Virginia on 3/2/2012
 
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