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John Valentin 2026 Season · NYM

John Valentin played in the majors from 1992 to 2002. His career NUT is +8.8, #742 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1995 (+3.5). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .279/.360/.454, 124 HR, 1093 H in 1105 games.

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John Valentin

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SS · NYM

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+8.8Career NUT

+6.2 to Great

Career

.279AVG124HR558RBI1093H614R47SB

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 0", 180 lb · b. Feb 18, 1967 · Mineola, NY · Draft 1988 (5th Rd, #121)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1992	25	BOS	+0.5	58	212	185	21	51	13	0	5	25	20	2	0	17	1	0	1	4	5	.276	.351	.427	.151	.778	.280
1993	26	BOS	+0.6	144	539	468	50	130	40	3	11	66	49	2	2	77	3	4	4	16	9	.278	.346	.447	.169	.793	.310
1994	27	BOS	+1.6	84	355	301	53	95	26	2	9	49	42	3	1	38	3	1	4	5	3	.316	.400	.505	.189	.905	.333
1995	28	BOS	+3.5	135	621	520	108	155	37	2	27	102	81	10	2	67	20	5	6	4	7	.298	.399	.533	.235	.932	.296
1996	29	BOS	+1.1	131	606	527	84	156	29	3	13	59	63	7	0	59	9	10	7	2	15	.296	.374	.436	.140	.810	.310
1997	30	BOS	+2.3	143	644	575	95	176	47	5	18	77	58	5	5	66	7	4	5	1	21	.306	.372	.499	.193	.871	.319
1998	31	BOS	+0.6	153	681	588	113	145	44	1	23	73	77	9	3	82	4	5	5	2	9	.247	.340	.442	.195	.782	.250
1999	32	BOS	-1.2	113	503	450	58	114	27	1	12	70	40	4	2	68	0	1	8	1	11	.253	.315	.398	.145	.713	.270
2000	33	BOS	—	10	38	35	6	9	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	.257	.297	.457	.200	.754	.250
2001	34	BOS	—	20	70	60	8	12	2	0	1	5	9	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.314	.283	.083	.597	.216
2002	35	NYM	-0.2	114	242	208	18	50	15	0	3	30	22	10	0	37	0	0	2	0	6	.240	.339	.356	.116	.695	.276
Career	—	11 yrs	+8.8	1105	4511	3917	614	1093	281	17	124	558	463	53	15	524	47	31	42	36	91	.279	.360	.454	.175	.814	.293

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Valentin's career NUT of +8.8

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.5

929394959697989902

NUT by Season

+0.5

+0.6

+1.6

+3.5

+1.1

+2.3

+0.6

-1.2

-0.2

Awards

1995AL Player of the Week · AL Silver Slugger

1997AL Player of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1989	22	A+	55	234	215	27	58	13	1	3	18	13	1	0	29	4	4	3	2	7	.270	.310	.381	.111	.691	.296
1989	22	A+	75	311	264	47	65	7	2	8	34	41	2	1	40	5	2	2	2	8	.246	.350	.379	.133	.729	.261
1989	22	A+	130	545	479	74	123	20	3	11	52	54	3	1	69	9	6	5	4	15	.257	.333	.380	.123	.713	.277
1990	23	AA	94	351	312	20	68	18	1	2	31	25	0	1	46	1	2	3	11	5	.218	.274	.301	.083	.575	.247
1991	24	AA	23	91	81	8	16	3	0	0	5	9	0	0	14	1	1	0	1	2	.198	.278	.235	.037	.513	.239
1991	24	AAA	100	399	329	52	87	22	4	9	49	60	0	2	42	0	1	4	6	9	.264	.374	.438	.174	.812	.277
1992	25	AAA	97	388	331	47	86	18	1	9	29	48	3	1	50	1	2	1	5	9	.260	.358	.402	.142	.760	.282
1993	26	AAA	2	9	9	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	.334	1.000	.286
1994	27	AAA	5	22	18	2	6	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.409	.500	.167	.909	.357
2001	34	AA	3	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.077	.445	.200
2001	34	AAA	10	44	36	7	9	1	0	2	4	8	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.386	.444	.194	.830	.233

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