#90 Jose "Papa Grande" Valverde, Closer, 38 yrs, Cincinnati Reds

#90 Jose "Papa Grande" Valverde, Closer, 38 yrs, Cincinnati Reds
Monday, 7/12/2018

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Jose Valverde
Papa Grande
7/24/1979
38
Dominican Republic
6"4
260

Closer
R
R

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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,811,001
2018
17 Year(s), 128 Days (3052 total Days)
104 Day(s)
17 Year(s), 128 Days (3052 total Days)
23 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	6	7	95-99 Mph
Versus LHB	10	6	7
Versus RHB	10	6	7
Talent	10	5	7

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

1
52
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	4	8	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	8	1	1	2
Versus RHP	5	8	1	1	2
Talent	4	3	1	1	2

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1
3
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/10	BOS	W 10-7		0.2	0	0	0	0	2	SV
6/16	PHI	W 4-1		1	0	0	0	0	3	SV
6/17	PHI	W 9-6		1.1	2	1	1	0	1
6/22	@LAD	W 7-6		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
6/23	@LAD	W 6-3		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SV
6/30	@SD	W 6-5		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV
7/2	ATL	W 5-2		1	0	0	0	1	3	SV
7/6	@NYM	W 2-1		0.2	2	1	1	0	1
7/7	@NYM	W 2-1		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
7/9	@SF	W 5-2		1	0	0	0	0	3	SV

Pitching Stats 2018

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	25	0	2	2	15	4.50	24.0	19	14	12	7	38	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	46	0	4	4	28	4.50	44.0	35	26	22	13	70

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	22	6	71.4	25	19	9.8	7.1	14.3	2.6	4	3	75.0	15	9	60.0	3.38

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	36	7	1	0	4	8	8	1	18	0	0	0	.194	.205	.556	.761
vs. RHB	51	12	2	0	2	12	6	6	20	0	0	0	.235	.310	.392	.703

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	16	0	2	1	9	5.60	17.2	15	11	11	6	29
Road	9	0	0	1	6	1.42	6.1	4	3	1	1	9
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	3	0	0	0	2	3.38	2.2	2	1	1	0	5

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	7	0	1	0	5	4.70	7.2	6	4	4	2	12
May	6	0	1	1	2	6.35	5.2	5	4	4	3	9
June	8	0	0	1	5	3.86	7.0	6	5	3	1	9
July	4	0	0	0	3	2.45	3.2	2	1	1	1	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	54	0	3	5	9	3.25	55.1	41	21	20	10	27	91	0	0	1.23	.313	CIN
2004	55	0	2	0	22	1.81	54.2	37	11	11	4	15	73	0	0	0.95	.280	CIN
2005	54	0	3	5	19	5.28	58.0	54	40	34	15	27	86	0	0	1.40	.325	MIL DET
2006	64	0	3	2	5	5.18	88.2	67	57	51	16	54	110	0	0	1.36	.259	DET ARI
2007	44	0	4	1	4	4.17	36.2	30	18	17	4	15	47	0	0	1.23	.306	CHW
2008	58	0	5	1	15	2.78	64.2	51	20	20	9	19	80	0	0	1.08	.280	CHW SD
2009	81	0	4	4	3	4.76	79.1	73	45	42	15	30	105	0	0	1.30	.314	SD
2010	88	1	5	5	8	3.41	87.0	62	35	33	9	41	105	0	0	1.18	.265	SD
2011	58	0	4	4	30	2.47	62.0	43	17	17	5	30	69	0	0	1.18	.259	SD
2012	78	0	4	2	2	2.89	74.2	54	28	24	7	20	113	0	0	0.99	.313	FLO
2013	83	0	2	2	0	5.60	72.1	79	51	45	13	27	97	0	0	1.47	.371	FLO
2014	77	0	4	3	0	2.41	82.0	57	23	22	6	28	110	0	0	1.04	.282	FLO
2015	68	0	2	3	2	4.13	61.0	42	33	28	7	31	83	0	0	1.20	.271	FLO
2016	55	0	1	3	14	4.00	54.0	41	24	24	9	19	48	0	0	1.11	.222	CIN
2017	54	0	5	4	24	3.78	52.1	39	24	22	8	23	59	0	0	1.18	.274	CIN
2018	25	0	2	2	15	4.50	24.0	19	14	12	6	7	38	0	0	1.08	.302	CIN
Total	1155	1	62	55	193	3.97	1183.0	947	565	522	171	510	1528	0	0	1.23	.293

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
2006	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2007	2	0	0	1	0	3.86	2.1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0
2010	8	0	0	1	0	2.08	8.2	5	2	2	2	14	0	0
2011	5	0	0	0	2	2.08	4.1	4	1	1	1	6	0	0
2012	3	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.2	1	1	1	2	3	0	0
2014	3	0	0	0	0	7.36	3.2	3	3	3	3	5	0	0
2015	6	0	0	0	0	4.91	7.1	11	6	4	2	13	0	0
Total	28	0	0	2	2	3.48	31.0	26	14	12	10	45	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	54	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	CIN
2004	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN
2005	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIL DET
2006	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	DET ARI
2007	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHW
2008	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHW SD
2009	81	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	SD
2010	88	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SD
2011	58	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	SD
2012	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	FLO
2013	83	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	FLO
2014	77	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	FLO
2015	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	FLO
2016	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN
2017	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN
Total	1130	53	5	1	0	0	2	3	5	30	0	0	.094	.172	.113	.286

Fielding Stats 2018

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

24.0

1.13

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)...
2/2/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,177,143 through salary arbitration...
2/2/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Milwaukee to Detroit on 6/5/2005 (Going to MIL: P Brad Lidge, P Eduardo Sanchez, C Dave Nilsson, 1B Willy Aybar. Going to DET: P Chad Gaudin, P Jose Valverde, DH Logan Morrison, C W
ilson Ramos)...
2/2/2006: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Detroit to Arizona on 7/6/2006 (Going to ARI: P Jose Valverde, 2B Jose Vidro. Going to DET: P Cesar Carrillo, P Logan Ondrusek, P Donovan Osborne)...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (W) on 2/10/2007 to a 5-year deal worth $2,050,000 per year...
Traded from Chicago (W) to San Diego on 7/12/2008 (Going to SD: P Jarrod Washburn, P Jose Valverde, P Brian Wilson. Going to CHW: P Mat Latos, 1B Yuli Gurriel, SS Marcus Semien)...
Signed as a free agent by Florida on 2/17/2012 to a 4-year deal worth $3,851,649 per year...
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/4/2016 to a 3-year deal worth $2,811,001 per year...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

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2002 - 14 - 10th
2004 - 22 - 9th
2005 - 19 - 9th
2011 - 30 - 5th
2017 - 24 - 10th

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