#77 Ismael Valdez, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Chicago (W) White Sox
Sunday, 6/13/2003 |
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| Ismael Valdez
8/21/1973
29
Mexico,28,Ciudad Vic
6"3
190
Starting Pitcher
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R
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Minimal
Some ability
2 / 6 (Fair)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Very inconsistent
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Normal
2.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 4,100,000
2004
8 Year(s), 34 Days (1410 total Days)
79 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 34 Days (1410 total Days)
13 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 7 | 8 | 9 | 91-94 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Versus RHB | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Talent | 6 | 9 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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7
65
3
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Fastball
Changeup
Splitfinger-Fastball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 4/19 | MIN | W 5-4 | * | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4/24 | @CLE | W 6-1 | * | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | W | | | | |
| 4/29 | @MIN | W 6-5 | * | 8.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | W | | | | |
| 5/5 | @OAK | W 4-3 | * | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 5/10 | TEX | W 5-2 | * | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5/15 | BOS | L 4-10 | * | 0.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | L | | | | |
| 5/23 | SEA | W 5-1 | * | 7.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
| 5/28 | DET | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | | PoG | | | |
| 6/2 | MIN | W 5-4 | * | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | | | | | |
| 6/8 | @CHC | W 14-4 | * | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | W | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.77 | 74.0 | 75 | 36 | 31 | 19 | 67 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 6 | 50.0 |
| Projected | 31 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3.77 | 190.0 | 193 | 93 | 80 | 49 | 172 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.65 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 146 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .317 | .445 | .762 |
| vs. RHB | 140 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .257 | .314 | .321 | .635 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.46 | 34.1 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 37 |
| Road | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 39.2 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.77 | 28.2 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 25 |
| May | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 30.2 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| June | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 14.2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1995 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2.93 | 138.0 | 129 | 53 | 45 | 7 | 59 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | .296 | FLA |
| 1996 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 4.38 | 180.2 | 161 | 98 | 88 | 12 | 88 | 141 | 2 | 1 | 1.38 | .284 | FLA CHW |
| 1997 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4.90 | 178.0 | 196 | 110 | 97 | 13 | 74 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .322 | CHW |
| 1998 | 32 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3.14 | 217.2 | 184 | 80 | 76 | 12 | 65 | 157 | 3 | 0 | 1.14 | .270 | CHW |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4.04 | 216.1 | 208 | 109 | 97 | 11 | 58 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 1.23 | .302 | CHW,AL |
| 2000 | 32 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3.46 | 195.1 | 185 | 85 | 75 | 11 | 64 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 1.27 | .308 | CHW,AL |
| 2001 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3.80 | 187.1 | 173 | 87 | 79 | 15 | 65 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 1.27 | .278 | CHW |
| 2002 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4.77 | 149.0 | 155 | 83 | 79 | 6 | 47 | 151 | 2 | 2 | 1.36 | .344 | CHW |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.77 | 74.0 | 75 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1.27 | .324 | CHW |
| Total | 255 | 254 | 124 | 59 | 0 | 3.91 | 1536.1 | 1466 | 741 | 667 | 93 | 539 | 1199 | 11 | 5 | 1.31 | .300 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1991, A | 20 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4.46 | 119.0 | 116 | 67 | 59 | 14 | 56 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 1.45 | .286 |
| 1992, A | 21 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3.38 | 133.1 | 113 | 54 | 50 | 9 | 62 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | .281 |
| 1993, A | 28 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3.35 | 180.0 | 132 | 72 | 67 | 10 | 83 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | .237 |
| 1994, AA | 27 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4.76 | 160.2 | 163 | 88 | 85 | 14 | 75 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 1.48 | .327 |
| 1995, AAA | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.22 | 58.2 | 55 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | .277 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 3.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 5.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.04 | 25.0 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 46.1 | 49 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1995 | 23 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .022 | .137 | .044 | .182 | FLA |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | FLA CHW |
| 1997 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW,AL |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW,AL |
| 2001 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW |
| 2002 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHW |
| Total | 244 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .021 | .130 | .042 | .171 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 74.0 | 1.70 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 3/4/1991 to a minor league deal...
Injured on 7/31/1992 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days...
Earned first career win on 5/31/1995...
Had first career hit (double) on 7/27/1995, off Darryl Kile (LAD)...
Traded from Florida to Chicago (W) on 2/6/1996 (Going to FLA: P Joe Mays, 3B Mike Lowell, LF Ben Grieve. Going to CHW: P Alex Fernandez, P Ismael Valdez, RF Darryl Strawberry, CF Kenny Lofton)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1996, going 4-0, 1.60...
2/2/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1999 Allstar game...
2/2/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Chicago (W) in 2000...
2/2/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration...
9/1/2001: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (W), $4,100,000 per year, for 3 years.
Injured on 6/14/2002 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/2002, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1998 - 3.14 - 7th
2000 - 3.46 - 5th
| WHIP
1998 - 1.14 - 6th
1999 - 1.23 - 8th
2001 - 1.27 - 10th
| Wins
1998 - 20 - 5th
2000 - 20 - 4th
| IP
1998 - 217.2 - 8th
1999 - 216.1 - 8th
| SHO
1996 - 1 - 10th
2002 - 2 - 5th
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