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John Valentin played 11 major-league seasons (1992-2002) as a SS (580), 3B (371), 2B (83), 1B (22). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 25 | BOS | 58 | 185 | 21 | 51 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 17 | .276 | .778 | 118 |
| 1993 | 26 | BOS | 144 | 468 | 50 | 130 | 11 | 66 | 3 | 49 | 77 | .278 | .793 | 112 |
| 1994 | 27 | BOS | 84 | 301 | 53 | 95 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 42 | 38 | .316 | .905 | 132 |
| 1995 | 28 | BOS | 135 | 520 | 108 | 155 | 27 | 102 | 20 | 81 | 67 | .298 | .931 | 141 |
| 1996 | 29 | BOS | 131 | 527 | 84 | 156 | 13 | 59 | 9 | 63 | 59 | .296 | .811 | 105 |
| 1997 | 30 | BOS | 143 | 575 | 95 | 176 | 18 | 77 | 7 | 58 | 66 | .306 | .871 | 126 |
| 1998 | 31 | BOS | 153 | 588 | 113 | 145 | 23 | 73 | 4 | 77 | 82 | .247 | .782 | 103 |
| 1999 | 32 | BOS | 113 | 450 | 58 | 114 | 12 | 70 | 0 | 40 | 68 | .253 | .713 | 81 |
| 2000 | 33 | BOS | 10 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .257 | .754 | 88 |
| 2001 | 34 | BOS | 20 | 60 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .200 | .598 | 60 |
| 2002 | 35 | NYN | 114 | 208 | 18 | 50 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 37 | .240 | .695 | 89 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | SS | 58 | 55 | 79 | 182 | 10 | 45 |
| 1993 | SS | 144 | 138 | 238 | 432 | 20 | 96 |
| 1994 | SS | 83 | 82 | 134 | 242 | 8 | 56 |
| 1995 | SS | 135 | 134 | 227 | 414 | 18 | 95 |
| 1996 | SS | 118 | 117 | 194 | 347 | 16 | 87 |
| 1996 | 3B | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2B | 79 | 79 | 180 | 259 | 11 | 67 |
| 1997 | 3B | 64 | 63 | 59 | 121 | 11 | 15 |
| 1998 | 3B | 153 | 153 | 121 | 292 | 15 | 28 |
| 1998 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3B | 111 | 110 | 84 | 208 | 14 | 16 |
| 2000 | 3B | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | SS | 18 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 2 | 9 |
| 2001 | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | SS | 24 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 2 | 9 |
| 2002 | 1B | 22 | 11 | 106 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 2002 | 3B | 18 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
John Valentin won: Silver Slugger 1995 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1995.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 57 / 392 | 0 |
John Valentin ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #109 | shortstops | 1995 | 141 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.