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Nico
Valderama		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 220
 
Born: January 11, 1985 in Puerto Rico
 
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
2004 19 MS FF   0 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2
2005 20 MS FF   0 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2
2006 21 MS FF   1 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 22 MS FF   1 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 23 MS FF   1 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   1 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  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 24 MS FF     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 4 4 4
2010 25 MS FF     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4
2011 26 MS FF     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
2012 27 MS FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
2013 28 MS FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2014 29 MS FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2015 30 VIR FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2016 31 VIR FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2017 32 ON FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
2018 33 ON FF $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2019 34 ON FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2020 35 ON FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2021 36 ON FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2022 37 NJ FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2023 38 NJ FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4
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
2004 19 AA   136 465 23 88 21 1 0 34 4 3 13 129 .189 .211 .239 .450 17.1  
2005 20 AA   65 277 16 57 13 1 0 15 1 3 10 59 .206 .233 .260 .493 13.4  
    A   50 93 10 27 4 0 0 12 2 2 5 18 .290 .327 .333 .660 9.5  
2006 21 A   138 564 91 179 26 1 6 46 15 10 36 113 .317 .358 .399 .757 76.2  
2007 22 A   110 437 54 138 25 1 3 48 10 12 25 74 .316 .353 .398 .751 55.6  
2008 23 A   136 523 71 177 30 2 1 62 9 10 40 106 .338 .385 .409 .795 75.9  
2009 24 A   138 539 59 161 37 3 1 51 12 14 53 75 .299 .361 .384 .746 70.6  
2010 25 A   138 528 55 149 25 6 8 46 5 8 44 51 .282 .337 .398 .735 67.7  
2011 26 A   138 518 52 142 22 4 7 37 9 12 58 73 .274 .347 .373 .720 66.0  
2012 27 AA   138 538 58 147 21 1 11 48 14 9 62 71 .273 .348 .377 .726 72.2  
2013 28 AA   137 539 71 143 15 4 2 30 8 13 64 70 .265 .343 .319 .662 59.9  
2014 29 AAA   135 489 42 112 25 4 6 40 7 12 47 72 .229 .297 .333 .630 46.5  
2015 30 A   134 513 76 141 22 4 6 47 9 14 74 81 .275 .366 .368 .735 69.7  
2016 31 AAA   94 267 30 62 12 0 2 17 10 4 19 54 .232 .283 .300 .583 22.8  
    A   31 121 14 36 4 2 0 8 2 2 17 23 .298 .384 .364 .748 17.3  
2017 32 AAA   126 374 39 103 11 0 3 34 7 8 40 57 .275 .345 .329 .674 43.0  
2018 33 ON FF 44 41 8 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 .195 .298 .195 .493 2.7 0.1
    AAA   40 129 13 29 1 0 1 8 4 2 13 17 .225 .296 .256 .552 10.6  
2019 34 ON FF 71 91 18 22 4 1 0 13 0 0 5 14 .242 .278 .308 .586 6.7 0.3
2020 35 ON FF 79 204 21 48 8 2 0 18 0 0 15 38 .235 .290 .294 .584 15.8 1.0
2021 36 ON FF 103 260 31 46 4 2 1 13 1 1 16 61 .177 .222 .219 .441 9.6 0.0
2022 37 NJ FF 53 104 5 21 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .202 .217 .221 .438 3.7 0.0
2023 38 NJ FF 78 188 14 34 5 0 1 17 0 0 7 35 .181 .211 .223 .434 6.2 0.0
6 Years Sim 428 888 97 179 23 5 2 67 1 1 49 171 .202 .244 .245 .490 44.7 1.3
4 Years AAA 395 1259 124 306 49 4 12 99 28 26 119 200 .243 .318 .317 .634 122.9  
4 Years AA 476 1819 168 435 70 7 13 127 27 28 149 329 .239 .302 .307 .608 162.6  
9 Years A 1013 3836 482 1150 195 23 32 357 73 84 352 614 .300 .365 .388 .753 508.5  
17 Years Minors 1884 6914 774 1891 314 34 57 583 128 138 620 1143 .274 .340 .353 .693 794.0  
162 Game Average 336 36 67 8 1 0 25 0 0 18 64 .202 .244 .245 .490 16.9  
Career Highs 103 260 31 48 8 2 1 18 1 1 16 61 .242 .298 .308 .586 15.8  
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   698 68 145 18 4 2 46 1 1 37 144 .208 .249 .254 .502 39.9
vs LH   190 29 34 5 1 0 21 0 0 12 27 .179 .229 .216 .445 7.7
Home 206 408 49 82 11 1 2 31 1 1 23 81 .201 .246 .248 .494 22.2
Away 222 480 48 97 12 4 0 36 0 0 26 90 .202 .243 .244 .487 25.4
RISP   201 0 43 8 0 0 61 0 0 19 48 .214 .272 .254 .526 14.6
Pinch Hitting   54 4 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 8 .167 .220 .222 .443 1.5
Close/Late   155 19 29 4 0 1 13 0 0 7 33 .187 .230 .232 .463 6.6
Mar/Apr 61 127 12 29 4 0 0 11 1 1 5 27 .228 .254 .260 .514 7.5
May 57 134 18 21 3 2 0 5 0 0 4 29 .157 .180 .209 .389 2.8
June 76 139 20 27 4 0 0 6 0 0 9 31 .194 .253 .223 .476 6.7
July 71 142 17 32 3 2 0 11 0 0 7 23 .225 .258 .275 .533 9.6
August 77 167 11 27 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 40 .162 .202 .210 .412 4.8
Sep/Oct 86 179 19 43 4 1 1 23 0 0 16 21 .240 .305 .291 .595 16.2
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
2018 33 ON FF CF 34 1 79.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.3
    LF 2 2 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    RF 3 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
2019 34 ON FF CF 45 14 183.7 81 0 0 0 1.000 3.97   1.2
    1B 13 0 28.3 35 2 0 2 1.000 11.75   0.0
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    RF 2 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92    
2020 35 ON FF 1B 61 49 412.0 433 27 3 35 .994 10.05   0.8
    CF 9 6 66.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.1
    RF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2021 36 ON FF CF 83 63 594.3 203 1 1 1 .995 3.09   1.1
    LF 5 3 30.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.10    
    1B 7 3 29.0 31 4 0 2 1.000 10.86   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2022 37 NJ FF CF 30 18 159.0 63 2 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.6
    RF 5 2 25.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    1B 3 1 9.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2023 38 NJ FF CF 24 19 161.0 56 1 0 0 1.000 3.19   1.2
    RF 20 16 136.7 33 1 1 0 .971 2.24    
    LF 9 9 79.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.26    
    1B 1 1 7.0 13 0 0 2 1.000 16.71   0.0
  CF 225 121 1243.0 441 4 1 1 .998 3.22   4.6
  1B 85 54 485.3 521 33 3 41 .995 10.27   0.9
  RF 35 19 185.7 48 1 1 0 .980 2.38    
  LF 20 15 142.0 32 0 1 0 .970 2.03    
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   367 209 2059.0 1042 40 6 42 .994 4.73   5.5
Career Highs   97 69 656.7 451 27 3 35 1.000 8.83    
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
2019 34 ON FF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dave Sermon (974)
  2. Jim Melendrez (971)
  3. Andrew Halftree (970)
  4. John Barrington (970)
  5. Glenn Hennessey (967)
  6. Kenneth Biel (966)
  7. Pedro Bianco (963)
  8. Tim Macy (961)
  9. Benjamin Loranger (961)
  10. David Dussault (960)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 92nd overall pick, by Mississippi in 2004
Injured on 5/27/2005 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Injured on 4/3/2007 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 6/22/2009 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/28/2013 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Traded from Mississippi to Virginia on 3/3/2015 (Going to Vir: RF Nico Valderama. Going to Mis: RF Guillermo Guapo)
Injured on 4/14/2018 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 5/28/2018, off Jose Quintero (MS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/2021, off Chale Crespa (VA)
 
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