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Jose Valverde 2026 Season · Rieleros de Aguascalientes

Career: 27-33, 3.27 ERA, 692 K in 630.1 IP.

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Jose Valverde

#47

P · Rieleros de Aguascalientes

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+4.8Career NUT

+3.2 to Great

Career

3.27ERA1.20WHIP27W692K630.1IP288SV

R/R · 6' 4", 265 lb · b. Mar 24, 1978 · San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic · Signed International FA, 2010 (DET)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2003	25	ARI	+0.8	2	1	2.15	54	33	10	8	1	11	204	50.1	24	12	26	2	71	0.99
2004	26	ARI	-0.3	1	2	4.25	29	20	8	5	2	10	131	29.2	23	14	17	1	38	1.35
2005	27	ARI	+1.2	3	4	2.44	61	34	15	7	2	17	268	66.1	51	18	20	2	75	1.07
2006	28	ARI	+0.6	2	3	5.84	44	35	18	1	4	22	223	49.1	50	32	22	2	69	1.46
2007	29	ARI	+0.6	1	4	2.66	65	59	47	0	7	54	265	64.1	46	19	26	3	78	1.12
2008	30	HOU	+0.5	6	3	3.38	74	71	44	0	7	51	303	72.0	62	27	23	2	83	1.18
2009	31	HOU	+0.5	4	2	2.33	52	45	25	1	4	29	219	54.0	40	14	21	2	56	1.13
2010	32	DET	+0.2	2	4	3.00	60	55	26	0	3	29	259	63.0	41	21	32	3	63	1.16
2011	33	DET	+0.3	2	4	2.24	75	70	49	0	0	49	301	72.1	52	18	34	3	69	1.19
2012	34	DET	+0.3	3	4	3.78	71	67	35	0	5	40	294	69.0	59	29	27	4	48	1.25
2013	35	DET	—	0	1	5.59	20	18	9	0	3	12	84	19.1	18	12	6	2	19	1.24
2014	36	NYM	—	1	1	5.66	21	13	2	0	2	4	95	20.2	24	13	10	0	23	1.65
Career	—	12 yrs	+4.8	27	33	3.27	626	520	288	22	40	328	2646	630.1	490	229	264	26	692	1.20

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Valverde's career NUT of +4.8

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

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+1.2

+0.6

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+0.3

Awards

2003NL Player of the Week

2007NL Player of the Week · NL All-Star · NL Relief Man Award

2008DHL Delivery Man of the Month · Astros Pitcher of the Year

2010AL All-Star

2011AL All-Star · DHL Delivery Man of the Year · AL Relief Man Award · Closer of the Year - MLB.com Awards

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	HLD	BS	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1999	21	A	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2.2	2	0	2	1	3	1.50
2000	22	A	0	5	5.40	31	0	21	14	0	0	0	152	31.2	31	19	25	3	39	1.77
2001	23	AA	2	2	3.92	39	0	28	13	0	0	0	193	41.1	36	18	27	4	72	1.52
2002	24	AAA	2	4	5.85	49	0	24	5	0	0	0	214	47.2	45	31	23	5	65	1.43
2003	25	AAA	1	1	3.10	22	0	14	5	0	0	0	127	29.0	26	10	14	0	26	1.38
2004	26	AAA	1	1	4.22	10	1	4	3	0	0	0	48	10.2	9	5	5	2	5	1.31
2005	27	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2.0	1	0	1	0	3	1.00
2006	28	AAA	1	0	3.06	15	0	9	3	2	0	3	75	17.2	13	6	10	0	18	1.30
2009	31	AA	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	2.0	0	0	2	0	2	1.00
2013	35	A+	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	3.0	1	0	2	0	4	1.00
2013	35	AAA	0	0	4.09	11	0	11	7	0	0	7	50	11.0	14	5	6	1	10	1.82
2015	37	AAA	0	0	2.39	27	0	16	10	2	0	10	104	26.1	21	7	3	3	21	0.91
2017	39	AAA	2	4	2.81	52	0	46	25	0	3	28	249	57.2	58	18	17	3	72	1.30
2019	41	AAA	2	2	6.16	40	0	9	0	10	4	4	171	38.0	47	26	13	2	29	1.58

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