Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1975
- NL Gold Glove
- 1978
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1975
- NL Gold Glove
- 1978
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 894
- AB
- 3,166
- R
- 380
- H
- 881
- HR
- 123
- RBI
- 474
- SB
- 59
- AVG
- .278
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | WSH | 12 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .364 |
| 1976 | WSH | 94 | 305 | 36 | 85 | 7 | 39 | 14 | .279 |
| 1977 | WSH | 127 | 508 | 63 | 149 | 25 | 76 | 13 | .293 |
| 1978 | WSH | 151 | 570 | 75 | 165 | 25 | 76 | 13 | .289 |
| 1979 | WSH | 146 | 548 | 73 | 151 | 21 | 82 | 11 | .276 |
| 1980 | WSH | 86 | 311 | 40 | 98 | 13 | 67 | 5 | .315 |
| 1981 |  WSH/NYM | 70 | 245 | 23 | 51 | 8 | 36 | 0 | .208 |
| 1982 | NYM | 111 | 337 | 33 | 97 | 8 | 48 | 1 | .288 |
| 1983 | LAA | 86 | 271 | 30 | 65 | 13 | 43 | 2 | .240 |
| 1985 | TEX | 11 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .211 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,392
- TB
- 1,449
- XBH
- 307
- HBP
- 7
- IBB
- 9
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | WSH | 35 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | WSH | 341 | 125 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | WSH | 541 | 256 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | WSH | 612 | 279 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | WSH | 575 | 249 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | WSH | 343 | 163 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | WSH/NYM | 261 | 88 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM | 350 | 137 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | LAA | 294 | 118 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | TEX | 40 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 15.8
- RC
- 467.8
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .179
- SECA
- .243
- BB/K
- 0.39
- AB/HR
- 25.7
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | WSH | 0.0 | 7.2 | 9.3 | .212 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 33 | 0 |
| 1976 | WSH | 1.3 | 47.5 | 5.6 | .131 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 43.6 | 0 |
| 1977 | WSH | 3.5 | 86.1 | 6.3 | .211 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 20.3 | 0 |
| 1978 | WSH | 5.4 | 93.1 | 6 | .200 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 22.8 | 0 |
| 1979 | WSH | 1.9 | 75.7 | 5 | .179 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 26.1 | 0 |
| 1980 | WSH | 3.8 | 59.3 | 7.2 | .209 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 23.9 | 0 |
| 1981 | WSH/NYM | -0.2 | 20 | 2.7 | .151 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 30.6 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM | -0.1 | 40.6 | 4.4 | .119 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 42.1 | 0 |
| 1983 | LAA | 0.4 | 35.2 | 4.5 | .196 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 1985 | TEX | -0.2 | 3.5 | 3 | .184 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 19 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Ellis Valentine's career stats?
Ellis Valentine played 10 seasons for the Nationals, the Mets, the Angels and the Rangers. He was a career .278 hitter with 881 hits, 123 home runs and 474 RBI. His best season was 1975: a .364 batting average, 1 home run and 3 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1975 to 1985
Awards
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