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Ellis Valentine as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records

I wrote the original version of this article on Valentine's Day 2014, mostly inspired by the idea of doing a "Valentine" themed article for Valentine's Day and partly inspired by a very interesting interview with Ellis Valentine by Jeff Pearlman that is well worth a read.

Five highlights of Ellis Valentine's career:

Ellis Valentine was a second-round draft pick of the Montreal Expos in the 1972 draft.

Valentine was an All-Star in 1977, the first season in which he played more than 100 games.

Valentine won a Gold Glove in 1978 when he led all NL outfielders in assists.

From 1975 - 1980, Valentine's first six major-league seasons, he had a batting line of .290/.332/.480 with 35 doubles, 25 home runs, 15 stolen bases, and 91 RBI per 162 games.

Valentine had a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of Fantasy Island in the 1977-78 offseason.

The first two tables below present Ellis Valentine's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1975	MON	20	12	0.7	0.8	-0.2	-0.2
1976	MON	21	94	10.4	10.9	-0.1	-1.2
1977	MON	22	127	16.7	15.8	1.1	-0.5
1978	MON	23	150	21.1	17.3	4.3	2.4
1979	MON	24	146	21.7	17.1	5.0	3.1
1980	MON	25	86	13.4	10.0	3.9	2.7
+– 1981		26	70	9.0	8.6	0.7	-0.2
	MON		22	3.7	2.2	1.6	1.3
	NYN		48	5.3	6.3	-0.9	-1.5
1982	NYN	27	111	10.3	11.2	-0.7	-1.7
1983	CAL	28	86	9.3	9.3	0.6	-0.3