#90 Jose "Papa Grande" Valverde, Closer, 23 yrs, Cincinnati Reds

#90 Jose "Papa Grande" Valverde, Closer, 23 yrs, Cincinnati Reds
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Jose Valverde
Papa Grande
7/24/1979
23
D.R.,,San Pedro De M
6"4
255

Closer
R
R

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4.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
2003 (Possible Arbitration)
2 Year(s), 98 Days (442 total Days)
74 Day(s)
2 Year(s), 98 Days (442 total Days)
8 Year(s)

3 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	6	6	98-100 Mph
Versus LHB	10	6	6
Versus RHB	10	6	6
Talent	10	3	5

Pitching Ratings
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1
52
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	4	6	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	6	1	1	2
Versus RHP	5	6	1	1	2
Talent	4	3	1	1	2

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3
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/21	@SF	W 4-3		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV
5/23	@SF	L 7-10		1	0	0	0	0	2
5/26	@FLO	L 3-4		1	0	0	0	1	1
5/28	STL	L 3-9		1.1	0	0	0	1	1
5/29	STL	L 7-11		1	1	0	0	0	3
6/2	PIT	L 2-8		0.2	1	0	0	2	0
6/3	PIT	L 6-8		1.1	0	0	0	0	0
6/4	@STL	L 6-7		1	1	1	0	0	3
6/6	@STL	L 0-7		0.2	0	0	0	0	1
6/7	CLE	L 4-5		1.2	2	0	0	1	4

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	27	0	1	1	4	2.00	27.0	19	7	6	14	43	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	69	0	3	3	10	2.00	69.0	49	18	15	36	111

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	6	0	100.0	27	10	11.3	6.3	14.3	4.7	14	1	7.1	10	2	20.0	2.99

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	53	8	0	0	1	2	2	9	27	0	0	1	.151	.277	.208	.484
vs. RHB	44	11	1	1	2	6	5	5	16	0	0	0	.250	.327	.455	.781

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	16	0	1	1	2	2.87	15.2	11	5	5	10	24
Road	11	0	0	0	2	0.79	11.1	8	2	1	4	19
This Week	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.2	2	0	0	1	4
Last Week	4	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.2	2	1	0	2	4

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	11	0	1	1	3	3.00	12.0	10	4	4	4	18
May	11	0	0	0	1	1.86	9.2	5	2	2	7	17
June	5	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.1	4	1	0	3	8

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2000	7	0	1	0	1	9.00	7.0	7	7	7	3	7	6	0	0	2.00	.222	HOU
2001	79	0	2	5	6	7.55	76.1	87	65	64	17	51	91	0	0	1.81	.361	HOU
2002	73	0	6	4	14	2.81	93.0	64	32	29	8	39	117	0	0	1.11	.280	HOU
2003	27	0	1	1	4	2.00	27.0	19	7	6	3	14	43	0	0	1.22	.314	CIN
Total	186	0	10	10	25	4.69	203.1	177	111	106	31	111	257	0	0	1.42	.315

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1996, A	11	0	1	3	6	3.18	11.1	11	4	4	2	4	14	0	0	1.32	.300
1996, AA	28	0	1	5	12	6.28	28.2	34	20	20	5	21	30	0	0	1.92	.377
1997, A	49	0	7	8	24	2.24	56.1	47	16	14	2	15	56	0	0	1.10	.304
1998, A	36	0	3	2	7	3.20	45.0	31	16	16	4	16	55	0	0	1.04	.267
1998, AA	18	0	0	2	7	6.62	17.2	24	16	13	6	7	20	0	0	1.75	.340
1999, A	16	0	1	1	10	0.50	18.0	5	1	1	1	8	18	0	0	0.72	.108
1999, AA	30	0	1	5	15	2.64	30.2	20	9	9	5	14	41	0	0	1.11	.263
2000, AAA	47	0	1	7	13	5.07	49.2	44	29	28	6	25	80	0	0	1.39	.376

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2000	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	HOU
2001	79	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	HOU
2002	73	14	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	10	0	0	.071	.235	.143	.378	HOU
2003	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	CIN
Total	186	23	3	1	0	0	1	2	4	13	0	0	.130	.259	.174	.433

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

27.0

1.67

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 3/3/1996 to a minor league contract.
Earned first career win on 9/14/2000...
Had first career hit on 8/7/2001, off Dwight Gooden (PIT)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2002 - 14 - 10th

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