Joe Valentine

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1⁄3 innings of work. His time with the Warthogs was especially impressive – with them, he appeared in 27 games, saving eight games and posting a 5–1 record with a 1.01 ERA.

On December 13, 2001, Valentine was drafted in the rule 5 draft by the Montreal Expos. That same day, the Detroit Tigers purchased him. On April 5, 2002, he was returned to the White Sox by the Tigers.

In 2002, Valentine was a Double-A All-Star, Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star, and Southern League All-Star. He spent that entire season with the Birmingham Barons, making 55 relief appearances, posting a 4–1 record with a 1.97 ERA and saving 36 games. He also struck out 63 batters in 591⁄3 innings of work.

Following his outstanding 2002 season, Valentine was involved in a major trade that sent Keith Foulke, Mark Johnson, cash and himself to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named later and Billy Koch. The players to be named later ended up being Neal Cotts and minor leaguer Daylan Holt.

Major leagues

Pitching for the Sacramento River Cats, Valentine slumped to a 1–3 record and 4.82 ERA, and was traded to the Cincinnati Reds with minor leaguer Jeff Bruksch and Aaron Harang for José Guillén. In nine games with the Louisville Bats, he went 1–0 with a 0.79 ERA, prompting his promotion to the majors. Facing the Houston Astros on August 24, Valentine appeared in his first big league game, allowing one run in one inning of work. He appeared in two games in the majors in 2003, posting an ERA of 18.00. Overall in the minors, he went 2–3 with a 4.10 ERA.

2004 was the first season in which Valentine had ever started a game professionally. He made 24 appearances for the Reds that year, making one start (which he lost) and posting a 2–3 record with a 4.22 ERA. In 30 minor league appearances (nine starts), all with the Bats, he went 5–5 with a 5.01 ERA.

Valentine had a poor year in 2005. In 16 major league appearances with the Reds, he went 0–1 with an 8.16 ERA. In 49 relief appearances with the Bats, he went 0–7 with a 4.70 ERA. Combined, he went 0–8 with a 4.22 ERA. He was granted free agency in December.

Signed by the Houston Astros, Valentine made 20 appearances with their Triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express. With them, he went 1–2 with a 4.70 ERA. In June, he was released, and in early July he was picked up by the Milwaukee Brewers. In 22 games with their Double-A affiliate the Huntsville Stars, he went 2–0 with a 2.97 ERA, saving 13 games. Combined, he went 3–2 with a 3.84 ERA in 61 innings that season.

Despite pitching well during the second half of the 2006 season, Valentine was granted free agency by the Brewers. He was not picked up by any major league baseball team, so he went to pitch in Japan with the Chunichi Dragons (he never actually pitched for them; he pitched for their farm team). They released him in June, and the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League picked him up. In 37 relief appearances with them, he went 4–2 with a 1.54 ERA, striking out 37 batters in 35 innings of work.

Valentine started the 2008 season with the Ducks, making 14 appearances with them, saving six games and posting a 2–1 record and 1.62 ERA. In May, the Phillies signed him and assigned him to their Double-A affiliate, the Reading Phillies. After his release in June, Valentine re-signed with the Ducks, but on August 4 his contract was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds, where he was assigned to Double-A Chattanooga. He became a free agent at the end of the season. He returned to the Ducks in 2009, and in 2010 signed with Veracruz.

He was 2–4 with a 6.70 ERA in 42 games in a three-year major league career.

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Joe Valentine
Pitcher
Born: (1979-12-24) December 24, 1979 (age 44)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 23, 2003, for the Cincinnati Reds