Valentin
Serna
 
Nickname: Hook
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 155
 
Born: July 19, 1996 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2027   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2019 22 IL GE     6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
2020 23 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
2021 24 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
2022 25 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
2023 26 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
2024 27 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
2025 28 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
2026 29 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
2027 30 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
2028 31 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
2029 32 IL GE $ 1,760,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,760,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2019 22 AAA   98 373 64 113 15 2 11 49 12 10 38 35 .303 .367 .442 .810 58.1  
    AA   31 117 18 38 4 0 2 17 5 3 16 16 .325 .406 .410 .816 19.6  
2020 23 IL GE 150 486 52 134 17 2 7 52 6 2 29 46 .276 .317 .362 .679 52.5 8.5
2021 24 IL GE 156 560 79 167 14 4 11 62 13 7 25 41 .298 .334 .396 .731 68.7 17.0
2022 25 IL GE 159 544 52 150 26 5 10 88 11 7 46 33 .276 .334 .397 .731 72.8 12.4
2023 26 IL GE 156 586 81 167 28 7 6 69 8 5 42 49 .285 .336 .387 .723 73.0 12.7
2024 27 IL GE 158 557 73 148 24 3 9 71 9 9 36 46 .266 .311 .368 .679 62.4 8.2
2025 28 IL GE 142 255 32 66 9 0 3 20 1 5 20 22 .259 .318 .329 .647 27.4 3.4
2026 29 IL GE 102 226 30 65 9 0 2 25 9 6 17 18 .288 .339 .354 .693 25.4 3.8
2027 30 IL GE 95 172 18 48 9 1 4 25 3 4 7 18 .279 .304 .413 .717 20.6 2.1
2028 31 IL GE 113 187 24 47 9 2 5 28 7 5 10 11 .251 .291 .401 .693 19.4 2.1
2029 32 IL GE 99 135 20 37 6 0 7 21 5 3 15 11 .274 .344 .474 .818 21.0 3.4
10 Years Sim 1330 3708 461 1029 151 24 64 461 72 53 247 295 .278 .325 .383 .708 443.1 73.7
1 Years AAA 98 373 64 113 15 2 11 49 12 10 38 35 .303 .367 .442 .809 58.1  
1 Years AA 31 117 18 38 4 0 2 17 5 3 16 16 .325 .407 .410 .818 19.6  
2 Years Minors 129 490 82 151 19 2 13 66 17 13 54 51 .308 .377 .435 .812 77.7  
162 Game Average 451 56 125 18 2 7 56 8 6 30 35 .278 .325 .383 .708 54.0  
Career Highs 159 586 81 167 28 7 11 88 13 9 46 49 .298 .344 .474 .818 73.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2676 313 732 103 19 49 360 56 37 172 212 .274 .319 .381 .700 315.1
vs LH   1032 148 297 48 5 15 101 16 16 75 83 .288 .341 .388 .728 128.6
Home 669 1811 241 522 73 11 32 244 39 32 123 133 .288 .335 .394 .729 227.9
Away 661 1897 220 507 78 13 32 217 33 21 124 162 .267 .315 .373 .688 215.7
RISP   962 0 275 48 5 19 384 0 0 68 76 .286 .326 .405 .731 125.8
Pinch Hitting   398 56 105 14 1 7 45 7 7 23 26 .264 .299 .357 .656 41.4
Close/Late   529 65 155 23 2 5 50 0 0 32 40 .293 .335 .372 .707 63.3
Mar/Apr 187 528 63 142 13 2 10 59 7 5 38 51 .269 .321 .358 .679 59.9
May 235 651 83 180 30 5 9 78 15 9 43 46 .276 .325 .379 .705 77.0
June 221 589 63 156 21 4 5 68 13 9 40 42 .265 .311 .340 .651 61.0
July 202 580 77 149 27 3 13 74 12 8 45 49 .257 .310 .381 .691 67.8
August 233 654 85 198 33 2 15 84 16 15 39 45 .303 .342 .428 .770 89.0
Sep/Oct 252 706 90 204 27 8 12 98 9 7 42 62 .289 .336 .401 .737 89.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2020 23 IL GE LF 75 72 637.7 143 3 4 1 .973 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 31 31 231.0 46 4 2 0 .962 1.95 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 31 12 138.7 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2021 24 IL GE CF 101 98 864.3 273 10 0 3 1.000 2.95 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 31 30 236.0 55 2 3 0 .950 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 19 11 117.0 41 1 1 0 .977 3.23 0 0 .000 0  
2022 25 IL GE RF 94 91 796.7 209 5 3 2 .986 2.42 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 52 52 446.0 123 1 1 0 .992 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 15 10 93.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
2023 26 IL GE RF 118 114 1008.3 268 6 5 1 .982 2.45 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 35 35 312.7 78 3 1 2 .988 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
2024 27 IL GE RF 149 142 1232.7 315 6 7 3 .979 2.34 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    LF 5 5 42.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2025 28 IL GE LF 40 34 288.0 69 3 2 0 .973 2.25 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 10 4 48.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.17 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 1 25.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2026 29 IL GE LF 25 24 199.0 41 0 1 0 .976 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 16 16 131.0 39 0 1 0 .975 2.68 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 4 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2027 30 IL GE LF 17 15 117.7 20 2 0 1 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 12 9 77.0 19 0 1 0 .950 2.22 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 9 7 66.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
2028 31 IL GE 1B 11 11 101.0 110 10 1 6 .992 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 15 11 97.0 30 1 1 0 .969 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 8 6 53.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 7.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 6.43 1 0 .000 2 0.0
2029 32 IL GE 1B 11 11 105.0 121 3 2 4 .984 10.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 4 33.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 1 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 1 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 472 435 3769.7 958 23 22 6 .978 2.34 0 0 .000 0 9.6
  LF 288 260 2275.0 563 15 11 4 .981 2.29 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  CF 188 145 1343.3 419 10 0 3 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  1B 23 22 208.0 231 14 3 10 .988 10.60 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  C 2 0 11.0 7 2 0 0 1.000 7.36 3 0 .000 2 0.0
  3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   976 862 7614.0 2178 66 36 23 .984 2.65 3 0 .000 2 17.8
Career Highs   161 153 1335.7 369 13 7 6 .990 7.23 2 0 .000 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2024 27 IL GE 9 25 5 11 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 1 .440 .481 .440 .921
2026 29 IL GE 8 8 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .250 .400 .625 1.025
2027 30 IL GE 11 9 3 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .556 .600 .778 1.378
2028 31 IL GE 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .286 .444 .286 .730
2029 32 IL GE 11 37 5 13 3 1 0 10 0 2 1 3 .351 .368 .486 .855
Career Post-Season Batting 47 86 15 33 5 1 1 21 1 3 8 7 .384 .436 .500 .936
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
2022-2-159
2024-4-158
Triples
2023-10-7
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Illinois in 2019
Injured on 6/14/2019 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/6/2020, off John Andujar (NM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/2020, off Roberto Villagomez (TX)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2021, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won National Cup Series with Illinois in 2027