Javier Valentín

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Jose Javier Valentín (born September 19, 1975 in Manati, Puerto Rico) is a catcher in Major League Baseball. He currently plays for the Cincinnati Reds (2004-present) after playing with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003) and playing in four brief stints for the Minnesota Twins from 1997-2002. He is the younger brother of New York Mets starting second baseman José Valentín. In 2005 he hit .281 with a career-high 14 home runs as a backup catcher for the Reds. He is a switch hitter. Valentín also has played a little first base in his time with Cincinnati.

[edit] Career Stats

Yr   Ag Tm  Lg G   AB   R   H   2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB  K    AVG  OBP  SLG TB  SH SF IBB HBP GIDP
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1997 21 MIN AL 4   7    1   2   0  0  0  0   0  0  0   3   .286 .286 .286 2   0  0   0   0   0
1998 22 MIN AL 55  162  11  32  7  1  3  18  0  0  11  30  .198 .247 .309 50  3  1   1   0   7
1999 23 MIN AL 78  218  22  54  12 1  5  28  0  0  22  39  .248 .313 .381 83  1  5   0   1   2
2002 26 MIN AL 4   4    0   2   0  0  0  0   0  0  0   0   .500 .500 .500 2   0  0   0   0   0
2003 27 TB  AL 49  135  13  30  7  1  3  15  0  0  5   31  .222 .254 .356 48  0  1   0   1   7
2004 28 CIN NL 82  202  18  47  10 1  6  20  0  0  17  36  .233 .293 .381 77  0  2   3   1   4
2005 29 CIN NL 76  221  36  62  11 0  14 50  0  0  30  37  .281 .362 .520 115 0  3   3   0   5
2006 30 CIN NL 63  132  14  29  4  1  2  16  0  0  12  20  .220 .281 .311 41  0  2   3   0   3
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TOTALS         411 1081 115 258 51 5  33 147 0  0  97  196 .239 .299 .387 418 4  14  10  2   28
7 Seasons

Stats as of August 4, 2006