Jose Valverde

Jose Rafael Valverde

(Papa Grande)


Bats: R, Throws: R
Height: 6'4", Weight: 254 lb.
Born: 7/24/1979 in San Pedro De Macoris
Debut: 06/01/2003
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    Year Tm Lg G AB R H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO IBB HBP SH SF GIDP BA OBP SLG OPS TB
    2003 ARI NL 54 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2
    2004 ARI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2005 ARI NL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2006 ARI NL 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2007 ARI NL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2008 HOU NL 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
    2009 HOU NL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2010 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    2011 DET AL 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5 seasons ARI NL 253 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2
    2 seasons HOU NL 126 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
    2 seasons DET AL 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Total
    (9 seasons)     		457 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .000 .500 2

    Year Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
    2003 ARI NL 2 1 .667 2.15 54 0 33 0 0 10 50.33 24 16 12 4 26 2 71 2 2 204 0.993 4.3 0.7 4.6 12.7 2.73
    2004 ARI NL 1 2 .333 4.25 29 0 20 0 0 8 29.67 23 17 14 7 17 4 38 1 4 131 1.348 7.0 2.1 5.2 11.5 2.24
    2005 ARI NL 3 4 .429 2.44 61 0 34 0 0 15 66.33 51 19 18 5 20 1 75 2 3 268 1.070 6.9 0.7 2.7 10.2 3.75
    2006 ARI NL 2 3 .400 5.84 44 0 35 0 0 18 49.33 50 32 32 6 22 3 69 2 2 223 1.459 9.1 1.1 4.0 12.6 3.14
    2007 ARI NL 1 4 .200 2.66 65 0 59 0 0 47 64.33 46 21 19 7 26 1 78 3 1 265 1.119 6.4 1.0 3.6 10.9 3.00
    2008 HOU NL 6 3 .667 3.38 74 0 71 0 0 44 72.00 62 28 27 10 23 6 83 2 3 303 1.181 7.8 1.2 2.9 10.4 3.61
    2009 HOU NL 4 2 .667 2.33 52 0 45 0 0 25 54.00 40 15 14 5 21 1 56 2 1 219 1.130 6.7 0.8 3.5 9.3 2.67
    2010 DET AL 2 4 .333 3.00 60 0 55 0 0 26 63.00 41 24 21 5 32 1 63 3 3 259 1.159 5.9 0.7 4.6 9.0 1.97
    2011 DET AL 2 4 .333 2.24 75 0 70 0 0 49 72.33 52 21 18 5 34 4 69 3 3 301 1.189 6.5 0.6 4.2 8.6 2.03
    5 seasons ARI NL 9 14 .036 3.29 253 0 181 0 0 98 260.00 194 105 95 29 111 11 331 10 12 1091 1.173 6.7 1.0 3.8 11.5 3.0
    2 seasons HOU NL 10 5 .079 2.93 126 0 116 0 0 69 126.00 102 43 41 15 44 7 139 4 4 522 1.159 7.3 1.1 3.1 9.9 3.2
    2 seasons DET AL 4 8 .030 2.59 135 0 125 0 0 75 135.33 93 45 39 10 66 5 132 6 6 560 1.175 6.2 0.7 4.4 8.8 2.0
    Total
    (9 seasons)     		23 27 .460 3.02 514 0 422 0 0 242 521.33 389 193 175 54 221 23 602 20 22 2173 1.170 6.7 0.9 3.8 10.4 2.72
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