John
Valverde
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 230
 
Born: April 4, 1981 in Usa
 
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
2000 19 NC FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2001 20 MN GE   0 0 0 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2002 21 MN GE   1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2003 22 MN GE   3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2004 23 MN GE   3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2005 24 MN GE   3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2006 25 MN GE   3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2007 26 MN GE   3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
2008 27 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
                                             
  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
2009 28 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2010 29 MN GE     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2011 30 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2012 31 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2013 32 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2014 33 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
2015 34 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4
2016 35 MN GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
2017 36 MN GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
2018 37 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
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
2000 19 A   162 558 37 121 20 1 5 49 6 5 25 113 .217 .250 .283 .534 36.2  
2001 20 AAA   10 39 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 10 .128 .190 .128 .319 -0.1  
    A   115 374 32 72 9 1 9 35 1 2 15 63 .193 .224 .294 .518 22.6  
2002 21 A   138 472 58 110 22 2 13 53 2 6 23 90 .233 .269 .371 .639 44.6  
2003 22 A   136 530 63 158 39 3 6 67 8 5 42 95 .298 .350 .417 .767 73.2  
2004 23 AA   132 515 54 133 38 3 12 52 4 3 32 92 .258 .302 .414 .715 61.7  
2005 24 AA   138 549 65 149 39 2 20 77 2 3 39 99 .271 .320 .459 .779 77.2  
2006 25 AA   138 527 59 161 53 1 16 81 3 2 49 92 .306 .365 .501 .866 89.2  
2007 26 AA   136 547 73 150 38 1 5 61 3 9 41 92 .274 .325 .375 .700 62.1  
2008 27 MN GE 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 1.7 0.6
    AAA   78 270 35 77 26 3 5 29 3 1 19 58 .285 .332 .459 .791 38.7  
    AA   54 212 33 70 25 2 9 39 2 3 17 34 .330 .380 .594 .974 41.6  
2009 28 MN GE 12 32 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .281 .324 .313 .636 2.9 0.4
    AAA   113 397 55 127 30 2 10 60 5 5 34 40 .320 .374 .481 .855 65.5  
2010 29 AAA   138 512 72 141 30 2 20 73 7 6 58 62 .275 .349 .459 .808 80.4  
2011 30 MN GE 25 57 9 16 4 0 1 6 0 0 3 5 .281 .339 .404 .742 6.7 1.4
    AAA   113 449 74 151 28 2 19 72 5 8 37 29 .336 .387 .535 .921 82.9  
2012 31 MN GE 100 164 12 42 5 0 4 18 0 0 5 29 .256 .281 .360 .640 14.8 1.8
2013 32 MN GE 100 177 14 38 12 0 5 23 0 0 12 37 .215 .275 .367 .642 17.5 2.6
2014 33 MN GE 124 188 22 45 15 0 4 22 1 0 9 33 .239 .273 .383 .656 17.1 3.5
2015 34 MN GE 58 208 16 51 13 0 2 19 0 0 11 39 .245 .291 .337 .628 18.0 2.3
    AAA   81 333 46 81 11 0 21 44 2 3 31 49 .243 .308 .465 .773 48.4  
2016 35 MN GE 24 60 6 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 .217 .277 .250 .527 4.3 0.5
    AAA   84 213 19 44 6 0 1 16 1 1 13 42 .207 .252 .249 .501 12.3  
2017 36 MN GE 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
    AAA   123 408 36 88 15 1 12 40 0 0 33 63 .216 .274 .346 .620 39.6  
2018 37 AAA   138 531 49 86 16 1 8 48 0 2 50 97 .162 .234 .241 .475 28.2  
9 Years Sim 451 892 83 217 52 0 17 95 1 0 46 159 .243 .287 .359 .646 83.5 13.4
9 Years AAA 878 3152 388 800 162 11 96 383 23 27 278 450 .254 .319 .404 .723 396.0  
5 Years AA 598 2350 284 663 193 9 62 310 14 20 178 409 .282 .336 .451 .787 331.8  
4 Years A 551 1934 190 461 90 7 33 204 17 18 105 361 .238 .280 .343 .624 176.7  
18 Years Minors 2027 7436 862 1924 445 27 191 897 54 65 561 1220 .259 .315 .403 .717 904.5  
162 Game Average 320 29 77 18 0 6 34 0 0 16 57 .243 .287 .359 .646 30.0  
Career Highs 124 208 22 51 15 0 5 23 1 0 12 39 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 18.0  
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   662 59 168 44 0 11 66 0 0 33 128 .254 .296 .370 .666 67.8
vs LH   230 24 49 8 0 6 29 1 0 13 31 .213 .260 .326 .586 19.1
Home 230 456 40 113 28 0 7 44 0 0 25 74 .248 .293 .355 .648 44.8
Away 217 436 43 104 24 0 10 51 1 0 21 85 .239 .280 .362 .643 42.1
RISP   213 0 55 11 0 3 70 0 0 8 39 .258 .293 .352 .645 20.3
Pinch Hitting   214 17 51 13 0 4 26 0 0 6 38 .238 .257 .355 .612 18.5
Close/Late   155 10 37 9 0 3 15 0 0 4 28 .239 .256 .355 .611 13.3
Mar/Apr 90 212 18 41 8 0 1 15 0 0 14 39 .193 .247 .245 .492 11.5
May 75 155 15 50 14 0 4 16 1 0 11 23 .323 .371 .490 .862 25.7
June 61 118 6 24 5 0 2 15 0 0 5 28 .203 .244 .297 .541 7.7
July 53 68 5 11 6 0 1 9 0 0 3 10 .162 .194 .294 .489 3.3
August 84 190 26 50 11 0 5 21 0 0 8 28 .263 .310 .400 .710 21.4
Sep/Oct 88 149 13 41 8 0 4 19 0 0 5 31 .275 .301 .409 .711 17.4
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   DWS
2008 27 MN GE 2B 3 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
2009 28 MN GE 2B 8 6 59.0 13 30 1 5 .977 6.56   0.5
    3B 3 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
2011 30 MN GE 3B 21 18 154.0 13 42 4 3 .932 3.21   0.6
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2012 31 MN GE 2B 20 18 156.3 35 51 2 12 .977 4.95   0.8
    3B 12 6 60.3 3 18 0 2 1.000 3.13   0.3
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
2013 32 MN GE 3B 34 27 245.7 18 71 3 6 .967 3.26   0.8
    2B 5 5 43.0 10 8 0 3 1.000 3.77   0.1
    CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
2014 33 MN GE 3B 29 22 196.3 7 49 4 4 .933 2.57   0.6
    2B 9 6 55.0 11 18 1 7 .967 4.75   0.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2015 34 MN GE SS 31 31 272.7 40 62 5 16 .953 3.37   0.5
    3B 25 24 211.0 18 44 2 2 .969 2.64   0.8
    2B 1 1 3.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.0
2016 35 MN GE 2B 20 16 142.7 30 63 1 10 .989 5.87   1.0
    SS 1 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
2017 36 MN GE 3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
    2B 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 126 97 877.3 61 226 14 17 .953 2.94   3.1
  2B 71 53 478.3 103 175 5 37 .982 5.23   2.6
  SS 36 31 288.7 44 65 5 18 .956 3.40   0.6
  CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   235 181 1650.3 210 466 24 72 .966 3.69   6.3
Career Highs   57 56 487.0 58 108 7 18 1.000 6.27    
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History
Drafted in 42nd round, 996th overall pick, by N. Carolina Clippers in 2000
Traded from North Carolina to Minnesota on 7/27/2001 (Going to NC: P L. Jarboe, 2B D. Celestin. Going to MIN: CF D. Holleman, 2B J. Valverde)
Injured on 6/25/2004 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/29/2007 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 10/5/2008, off Mark Torrence (Ore)
Injured on 8/29/2015 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks