Javier
Valenza
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 25, 1985 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Nolan Ryan Award 2010   
All-Star Selections 2010   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 CCC KL   7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5
2005 19 SRS KL   7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5
2006 20 SRS KL   7 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 5 5
2007 21 SRS KL   7 3 4 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
2008 22 SRS KL   7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 6
2009 23 SRS KL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 7 8 8
2010 24 SRS KL $ 300,000 7 9 10 9 10 10 10 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 9 10 9 10 10 10 7 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 18 CCC KL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 19 SRS KL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2006 20 SRS KL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 21 SRS KL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 22 SRS KL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 23 SRS KL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 24 SRS KL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nolan Ryan Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 18 AA   16 9 .640 30 30 4 2 0 215.3 214 76 15 39 162 3.18 .255 .288 .367 .655  
2005 19 AA   8 14 .364 30 30 2 0 0 196.7 209 89 18 59 162 4.07 .270 .322 .398 .721  
2006 20 AA   3 5 .375 13 13 0 0 0 82.7 83 42 9 30 69 4.57 .256 .319 .392 .711  
    A   8 8 .500 16 16 3 2 0 110.0 103 43 15 34 61 3.52 .245 .302 .402 .704  
2007 21 AAA   2 4 .333 7 7 1 0 0 45.0 70 34 7 13 23 6.80 .363 .403 .518 .921  
    AA   4 12 .250 20 20 0 0 0 117.0 150 83 22 39 77 6.38 .311 .363 .519 .881  
2008 22 AAA   6 13 .316 26 26 0 0 0 167.0 220 89 26 62 111 4.80 .318 .374 .501 .875  
    AA   2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 21.7 28 10 0 5 22 4.16 .326 .363 .384 .746  
2009 23 SRS KL 9 12 .429 31 31 1 1 0 201.7 199 81 17 37 167 3.61 .256 .289 .386 .675 9.6
    AAA   0 3 .000 3 3 0 0 0 19.7 29 12 4 8 11 5.49 .341 .398 .565 .963  
2010 24 SRS KL 25 3 .893 35 35 3 0 0 250.3 178 57 22 26 260 2.05 .195 .222 .313 .535 26.8
2 Years Sim 34 15 .694 66 66 4 1 0 452.0 377 138 39 63 427 2.75 .223 .253 .347 .600 36.4
3 Years AAA 8 20 .286 36 36 1 0 0 231.7 319 135 37 83 145 5.24 .329 .382 .510 .892  
5 Years AA 33 41 .446 96 96 6 2 0 633.3 684 300 64 172 492 4.26 .273 .320 .410 .730  
1 Years A 8 8 .500 16 16 3 2 0 110.0 103 43 15 34 61 3.52 .245 .302 .402 .704  
9 Years Minors 49 69 .415 148 148 10 4 0 975.0 1106 478 116 289 698 4.41 .284 .333 .434 .767  
Season Average 17 7 .708 33 33 2 0 0 226.0 188 69 19 31 213 2.75 .223 .253 .347 .600  
Career Highs 25 12 .893 35 35 3 1 0 250.3 199 81 22 37 260 3.61 .256 .289 .386 .675  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   187 75 20 34 235   .208 .237 .332 .569
vs LH   190 63 19 29 192   .240 .266 .363 .630
Home 17 7 .708 29 29 2 1 0 200.7 169 65 16 33 176 2.92 .226 .258 .352 .611
Away 17 8 .680 37 37 2 0 0 251.3 208 73 23 30 251 2.61 .221 .245 .342 .587
Mar/Apr 4 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 41.3 25 11 2 8 32 2.40 .170 .213 .231 .444
May 7 1 .875 12 12 0 0 0 76.0 81 28 5 16 71 3.32 .268 .305 .391 .696
June 8 2 .800 12 12 2 1 0 87.7 71 24 9 10 92 2.46 .222 .245 .356 .602
July 4 3 .571 10 10 0 0 0 61.3 62 33 11 11 49 4.84 .253 .285 .473 .759
August 4 4 .500 12 12 0 0 0 83.3 61 16 4 9 83 1.73 .201 .224 .280 .503
Sep/Oct 7 5 .583 14 14 2 0 0 102.3 77 26 8 9 100 2.29 .206 .225 .319 .544
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 23 SRS KL 31 60 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 .050 .095 .083 .179 -2.2 0.0
2010 24 SRS KL 35 79 3 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 37 .101 .143 .139 .282 -0.7 0.0
2 Years Sim 66 139 4 11 3 1 0 4 0 0 5 70 .079 .122 .115 .238 -3.0 0.0
162 Game Average 341 9 27 7 2 0 9 0 0 12 171 .079 .122 .115 .238 -7.3  
Career Highs 35 79 3 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 37 .101 .143 .139 .282 -0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   104 3 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 5 51 .087 .143 .125 .268 -1.9
vs LH   35 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .057 .057 .086 .143 -1.9
Home 29 56 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 29 .071 .119 .125 .244 -2.0
Away 37 83 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 41 .084 .125 .108 .233 -1.9
RISP   32 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .031 .030 .031 .062 -2.5
Close/Late   7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
Mar/Apr 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3
May 12 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.5
June 12 25 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .080 .143 .120 .263 -1.0
July 10 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.2
August 12 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .083 .154 .125 .279 -0.2
Sep/Oct 14 33 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 13 .152 .222 .212 .434 1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2009 23 SRS KL P 31 31 201.7 7 21 2 3 .933 1.25    
2010 24 SRS KL P 35 35 250.3 11 23 1 0 .971 1.22    
Career Totals   66 66 452.0 18 44 3 3 .954 1.23    
Career Highs   35 35 250.3 11 23 2 3 .971 1.25    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2010 24 SRS KL 1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 37.0 38 14 4 7 33 3.41 .268 .302 .408 .710
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 37.0 38 14 4 7 33 3.41 .268 .302 .408 .710
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2010 24 SRS KL 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2010-4-2.05
Wins
2010-1-25
Winning Pct
2010-1-.893
Innings Pitched
2010-6-250.3
Strikeouts
2010-7-260
Walks per 9IP
2009-10-1.7
2010-2-0.9
Hits per 9IP
2010-3-6.4
WHiP
2010-1-0.81
OAVG
2010-3-.195
OOBP
2010-1-.222
OSLG
2010-6-.313
OOPS
2010-3-.535
 
   Black Ink Test: 7
   Gray Ink Test: 24
 
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History
Drafted in 33rd round, 645th overall pick, by Coy City in 2004
Earned first career win on 4/25/2009
Had first career hit on 6/19/2009, off Joe Haveman (FCO)
Struck out 15 batters against Jacksonville on 6/8/2010
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2010, going 3-0, 0.98
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/2010, winning 2 games with a 1.80 ERA
Won Nolan Ryan Award in 2010, going 25-3, 2.05 ERA