Val
Echols
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 9, 1981 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 22 IL GE     0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2004 23 IL GE     0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2005 24 IL GE $ 300,000   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2006 25 IL GE $ 300,000   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2007 26 IL GE $ 300,000   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2008 27 IL GE $ 300,000   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 28 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2010 29 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2011 30 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2012 31 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2013 32 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2014 33 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2015 34 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2016 35 VIR FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2017 36 ON FF $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
2003 22 IL GE   4 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
2004 23 IL GE   5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 2
2005 24 IL GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
2006 25 IL GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3
2007 26 IL GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 9 8 8 4 4 4
2008 27 IL GE $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 9 8 8 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 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 5 5 5
2010 29 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
2011 30 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
2012 31 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
2013 32 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
2014 33 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
2015 34 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5
2016 35 VIR FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 9 8 8 5 5 5
2017 36 ON FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2005 24 IL GE 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 3 1 9.00 .333 .667 .333 1.000 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 3 1 9.00 .333 .667 .333 1.000 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 1 0 2 0   .500 .750 .500 1.250
vs LH   0 0 0 1 1   .000 .500 .000 .500
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 3 1 9.00 .333 .667 .333 1.000
June 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 3 1 9.00 .333 .667 .333 1.000
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
2003 22 AA   53 217 20 61 11 1 2 12 0 0 16 60 .281 .330 .369 .699 25.8  
    A   80 293 28 83 10 2 1 36 0 0 21 90 .283 .331 .341 .673 32.7  
2004 23 AAA   74 285 36 87 13 0 6 28 3 1 24 61 .305 .359 .414 .773 41.4  
    AA   61 242 24 62 13 1 1 16 1 0 20 53 .256 .313 .331 .644 25.0  
2005 24 IL GE 132 380 35 111 17 1 9 55 0 1 27 89 .292 .337 .413 .750 48.7 11.1
2006 25 IL GE 153 453 51 109 17 2 9 62 0 0 51 127 .241 .320 .347 .666 51.9 8.8
2007 26 IL GE 100 321 23 73 6 0 4 41 1 0 35 84 .227 .306 .283 .590 30.5 2.9
    AAA   31 113 15 40 10 0 3 19 1 0 16 19 .354 .434 .522 .956 23.6  
2008 27 IL GE 95 153 17 37 6 0 2 17 1 0 23 46 .242 .350 .320 .670 19.6 2.7
2009 28 IL GE 57 108 15 30 4 0 5 10 0 0 20 25 .278 .392 .454 .846 20.2 4.5
  VIR FF 60 209 30 51 12 1 8 26 1 0 26 55 .244 .329 .426 .755 29.9 5.5
  TOT   117 317 45 81 16 1 13 36 1 0 46 80 .256 .351 .435 .787 50.0 10.0
2010 29 VIR FF 154 502 53 108 18 1 13 52 4 1 81 88 .215 .331 .333 .663 59.1 11.3
2011 30 VIR FF 152 454 51 109 14 0 7 40 5 1 58 67 .240 .331 .317 .648 53.3 11.1
2012 31 VIR FF 149 474 64 127 26 0 10 60 0 2 74 77 .268 .370 .386 .756 70.6 16.5
2013 32 VIR FF 152 510 61 124 15 0 21 75 2 0 62 70 .243 .333 .396 .729 69.0 14.3
2014 33 VIR FF 158 530 40 116 13 0 17 65 0 2 50 85 .219 .296 .340 .636 54.1 6.8
2015 34 VIR FF 154 543 66 126 14 1 14 73 2 2 68 76 .232 .325 .339 .664 60.6 11.1
2016 35 VIR FF 31 101 8 24 3 0 0 6 0 0 14 13 .238 .331 .267 .598 11.5 1.8
    AAA   91 90 17 28 2 0 8 22 0 0 14 12 .311 .404 .600 1.004 20.8  
2017 36 AAA   121 239 28 67 8 0 7 24 2 4 34 39 .280 .370 .402 .772 36.0  
12 Years Sim 1547 4738 514 1145 165 6 119 582 16 9 589 902 .242 .330 .354 .685 579.0 108.5
4 Years AAA 317 727 96 222 33 0 24 93 6 5 88 131 .305 .385 .450 .835 121.7  
2 Years AA 114 459 44 123 24 2 3 28 1 0 36 113 .268 .323 .349 .671 50.8  
1 Years A 80 293 28 83 10 2 1 36 0 0 21 90 .283 .337 .341 .679 32.7  
7 Years Minors 511 1479 168 428 67 4 28 157 7 5 145 334 .289 .357 .397 .754 205.3  
162 Game Average 496 53 119 17 0 12 60 1 0 61 94 .242 .330 .354 .685 60.6  
Career Highs 158 543 66 127 26 2 21 75 5 2 81 127 .292 .370 .435 .787 70.6  
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   3476 365 838 121 6 87 413 14 5 422 666 .241 .329 .354 .683 421.8
vs LH   1262 149 307 44 0 32 169 2 4 167 236 .243 .335 .354 .689 157.4
Home 776 2361 253 560 93 2 60 288 6 7 271 446 .237 .321 .355 .675 276.0
Away 771 2377 261 585 72 4 59 294 10 2 318 456 .246 .340 .354 .694 303.2
RISP   1148 0 289 35 1 33 449 0 0 186 211 .252 .354 .370 .724 164.5
Pinch Hitting   155 20 44 8 0 3 19 1 0 27 34 .284 .396 .394 .789 25.3
Close/Late   647 46 156 22 1 9 61 0 0 78 127 .241 .322 .320 .641 71.2
Mar/Apr 241 771 96 191 34 1 17 101 1 1 109 150 .248 .344 .361 .705 100.7
May 275 822 72 185 20 0 15 94 3 1 88 168 .225 .303 .304 .607 80.0
June 248 791 87 186 28 1 17 100 3 2 93 152 .235 .322 .338 .660 89.1
July 245 710 77 177 30 2 23 87 3 4 90 122 .249 .338 .394 .733 96.5
August 254 783 101 196 23 1 28 85 5 0 97 152 .250 .343 .390 .732 107.4
Sep/Oct 284 861 81 210 30 1 19 115 1 1 112 158 .244 .334 .347 .681 105.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2005 24 IL GE 1B 124 119 961.7 909 61 8 89 .992 9.08 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    P 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0  
2006 25 IL GE 1B 145 142 1205.3 1108 56 9 95 .992 8.69 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 26 IL GE 1B 99 99 857.0 857 39 4 69 .996 9.41 0 0 .000 0 1.0
2008 27 IL GE 1B 47 33 307.3 314 21 3 22 .991 9.81 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
2009 28 IL GE 1B 46 39 254.3 286 27 2 28 .994 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  VIR FF 1B 48 41 464.0 521 50 3 51 .995 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  TOT   1B 94 80 718.3 807 77 5 79 .994 11.08   1.6
2010 29 VIR FF 1B 144 141 1247.7 1432 116 9 141 .994 11.17 0 0 .000 0 2.2
2011 30 VIR FF 1B 135 124 1112.3 1324 101 18 112 .988 11.53 0 0 .000 0 1.2
2012 31 VIR FF 1B 140 131 1184.7 1390 102 13 116 .991 11.33 0 0 .000 0 2.8
2013 32 VIR FF 1B 144 137 1230.0 1376 84 9 95 .994 10.68 0 0 .000 0 2.0
2014 33 VIR FF 1B 154 145 1292.7 1413 104 11 106 .993 10.56 0 0 .000 0 3.0
2015 34 VIR FF 1B 151 149 1310.3 1474 89 8 146 .995 10.74 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 35 VIR FF 1B 31 30 250.7 288 16 3 16 .990 10.92 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  1B 1408 1330 11677.9 12692 866 100 1086 .993 10.45 0 0 .000 0 20.2
  CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1415 1330 11689.9 12697 867 101 1087 .993 10.44 0 0 .000 0 20.3
Career Highs   154 149 1312.3 1475 116 18 146 .996 11.53 0 0 .000 0  
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
2006 25 IL GE 11 36 3 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 13 .194 .293 .306 .598
2007 26 IL GE 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2008 27 IL GE 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661
2012 31 VIR FF 5 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .133 .188 .133 .321
Career Post-Season Batting 17 64 5 11 1 0 1 5 0 0 7 20 .172 .250 .234 .484
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.
On-Base Pct
2012-10-.370
Games
2014-7-158
Walks
2010-4-81
2012-5-74
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Illinois in 2003
Injured on 6/28/2003 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/4/2005, off Mark Torrence (Ore)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/2005, off Mark Torrence (Ore)
Injured on 6/17/2005 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Illinois to Virginia on 7/28/2009 (Going to Vir: P Dirk Carr, 1B Val Echols. Going to Ill: C James Easson, 1B John Gleaves, 2B Joshua Heavener)
Hit 3 homeruns against Maryland, driving in 6 runs on 5/1/2014
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Florida on 9/26/2014