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2020 Hall of Fame Ballot Series: Jose Valverde

Five facts about Jose Valverde:

Jose Valverde was named to three All-Star teams in his career.

Valverde won the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award twice in his career. In 2007, Valverde won the Rolaids Award for the National League. In 2011, Valverde won the Rolaids Award for the American League.

Valverde led his league in games pitched once (75 in 2011), in games finished (in relief) three times, and in saves three times.

In 2011, Jose Valverde saved 49 games without a single blown save.

Valverde received Cy Young votes twice, finishing sixth in 2007 and fifth in 2011. He received MVP votes twice, in 2008 and 2011.

The first two tables below present Jose Valverde'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
2003	ARI	23	54	3.5	1.1	2.7	2.3
2004	ARI	24	29	2.3	2.1	0.5	0.1
2005	ARI	25	61	4.1	2.8	1.8	1.2
2006	ARI	26	44	3.9	3.0	1.4	0.7
2007	ARI	27	65	7.7	4.6	4.1	2.9
2008	HOU	28	74	6.8	3.6	4.0	3.0
2009	HOU	29	52	4.4	3.3	1.7	1.0
2010	DET	30	60	4.1	2.9	1.7	1.1
2011	DET	31	75	7.9	3.7	5.0	3.9
2012	DET	32	71	5.7	4.0	2.5	1.6
2013	DET	33	20	1.9	2.2	0.1	-0.3
2014	NYN	34	21	0.8	1.2	-0.2	-0.4
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			626	53.2	34.5	25.4	17.0
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			14	1.5	2.0	-0.2	-0.5
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			640	54.7	36.4	25.3	16.5

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
2003	ARI	23	54	2.8	1.8	1.3	0.9
2004	ARI	24	29	1.9	2.5	-0.2	-0.6
2005	ARI	25	61	3.9	2.9	1.5	0.9
2006	ARI	26	44	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.2
2007	ARI	27	65	7.0	5.3	2.7	1.5
2008	HOU	28	74	5.6	4.7	1.8	0.8
2009	HOU	29	52	4.4	3.3	1.6	0.9
2010	DET	30	60	3.7	3.2	1.1	0.5
2011	DET	31	75	6.3	5.3	2.1	1.0
2012	DET	32	71	5.0	4.7	1.2	0.2
2013	DET	33	20	1.7	2.4	-0.3	-0.7
2014	NYN	34	21	0.9	1.1	-0.1	-0.3
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			626	47.0	40.6	13.6	5.2
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			14	1.4	2.1	-0.4	-0.7
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			640	48.4	42.7	13.2	4.5

This is Jose Valverde's first year on the Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Vote Prediction

It is an honor for Jose Valverde simply to appear on a Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Player Won-Lost Records and Jose Valverde

Jose Valverde's 2011 season was outstanding. That season, Valverde saved 49 saves with no blown saves with 69 strikeouts and a 2.24 ERA in 72.1 IP in a league-leading 75 games (70 of which he finished, which also led the league). Looking at the first table of this article, Valverde's 2011 season was so good that he earned more pWins over positional average (pWOPA) than pLosses (which is a somewhat convoluted way to say he had more than twice as many pWins as pLosses).

The next table shows every player for whom I have calculated Player won-lost records with more pWOPA than pLosses and at least 7.0 pWins in a single season.


	Players with more pWOPA than pLosses (min. 7.0 pWins) (ranked by pWins over Replacement Level)
	Player	Season	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Babe Ruth	1923	31.7	14.3	16.5	18.9
2	Babe Ruth	1927	31.4	14.8	15.5	18.0
3	Lefty Grove	1931	22.8	11.6	12.1	14.2
4	Barry Bonds	2004	23.7	11.4	11.5	13.3
5	Dwight Gooden	1985	21.1	11.0	11.2	13.1
6	Urban Shocker	1919	17.8	8.1	10.2	11.9
7	Greg Maddux	1995	16.5	7.4	10.1	11.6
8	Pedro J. Martinez	1999	16.3	6.5	10.0	11.5
9	Pedro J. Martinez	2000	16.4	7.1	9.5	11.1
10	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	1995	16.4	7.4	9.2	10.9
11	Slim Sallee	1917	14.7	7.2	8.0	9.4
12	Pedro J. Martinez	2002	14.8	7.5	7.6	9.2
13	John Hiller	1973	12.2	5.1	6.8	8.4
14	Clayton Kershaw	2016	12.1	6.3	6.7	7.9
15	Willie Hernandez	1984	9.8	3.1	6.4	7.5
16	John Smoltz	2002	10.3	4.0	6.0	7.4
17	Joe 'Moon' Harris	1919	10.8	4.2	6.4	7.2
18	Keith Foulke	2000	9.1	2.9	6.0	7.1
19	Mariano Rivera	1996	9.6	3.6	5.8	7.0
20	Blake Treinen	2018	9.3	3.5	5.5	6.8
21	Edwin O. Diaz	2018	9.1	3.3	5.6	6.8
22	Mariano Rivera	2004	9.4	3.6	5.5	6.7
23	Eric Gagne	2002	9.2	3.5	5.4	6.7
24	Mark W. Davis	1989	10.7	5.1	5.3	6.7
25	Zach Britton	2016	7.8	1.8	5.7	6.6
26	Eric Gagne	2003	8.4	2.6	5.5	6.6
27	John Wetteland	1993	10.1	4.7	5.2	6.5
28	Stu Miller	1965	9.8	4.5	5.2	6.5
29	Doug Jones	1988	9.6	4.1	5.3	6.5
30	Kenley Jansen	2017	7.8	2.1	5.5	6.4
31	Bruce Sutter	1977	10.0	4.8	5.0	6.3
32	Frankie Rodriguez	2006	8.8	3.5	5.1	6.3
33	Roberto M. Hernandez	1999	9.2	4.0	5.0	6.3
34	Andrew Miller	2016	7.8	2.3	5.2	6.2
35	Trevor Hoffman	1996	9.7	4.7	4.9	6.2
36	Jeff Montgomery	1993	9.6	4.5	4.9	6.2
37	Dan Quisenberry	1984	9.8	4.7	4.8	6.1
38	Heath Bell	2010	8.5	3.3	4.9	6.1
39	Kirby Yates	2019	8.6	3.4	4.9	6.1
40	Terry Forster	1972	9.3	4.4	4.7	5.9
41	Ray Narleski	1955	8.7	3.9	4.8	5.9
42	Kris Medlen	2012	8.8	4.1	5.0	5.9
43	Francisco Cordero	2004	9.0	4.1	4.6	5.9
44	Tim Burke	1987	7.5	2.3	4.9	5.8
45	Brian Wilson	2010	7.9	3.0	4.7	5.8
46	Frank Walker	1918	9.8	4.6	5.0	5.7
47	Jim R. Johnson	2012	7.5	2.5	4.8	5.7
48	Mariano Rivera	2001	8.8	4.0	4.5	5.7
49	Mariano Rivera	2008	7.5	2.6	4.7	5.7
50	Dennis Eckersley	1992	7.4	2.4	4.8	5.7
51	Rod Beck	1993	8.2	3.4	4.6	5.6
52	Robb Nen	2002	8.2	3.4	4.5	5.6
53	Tom Gordon	1998	8.6	3.9	4.4	5.6
54	Trevor Hoffman	1998	7.3	2.4	4.7	5.6
55	Al Hrabosky	1975	8.7	4.1	4.4	5.5
56	Cal Eldred	1992	8.1	3.5	4.7	5.5
57	Randy Myers	1997	7.9	3.2	4.5	5.5
58	Lee Smith	1990	8.8	4.2	4.3	5.5
59	Troy Percival	1996	8.1	3.5	4.4	5.4
60	Greg Holland	2013	7.7	3.1	4.4	5.4
61	Will M. Smith	2019	7.1	2.5	4.5	5.4
62	Mark Melancon	2015	7.3	2.6	4.4	5.4
63	Eric Gagne	2004	8.0	3.4	4.3	5.4
64	Billy Wagner	1999	7.3	2.7	4.4	5.3
65	Alex Colome	2017	8.3	3.9	4.1	5.3
66	Joe Nathan	2004	7.5	3.0	4.3	5.3
67	Josh Hader	2018	8.1	3.7	4.2	5.3
68	Mariano Rivera	2005	7.6	3.2	4.2	5.2
69	Craig Kimbrel	2012	7.0	2.4	4.3	5.2
70	Jonathan Papelbon	2009	7.8	3.4	4.1	5.2
71	Keith Foulke	2003	7.9	3.6	4.1	5.2
72	Craig Kimbrel	2018	7.5	3.1	4.2	5.2
73	Troy Percival	2001	7.1	2.6	4.3	5.2
74	John Wetteland	1996	8.2	3.9	4.0	5.2
75	Tom Burgmeier	1980	7.9	3.5	4.1	5.1
76	John Smoltz	2004	7.8	3.5	4.0	5.1
77	Frankie Rodriguez	2007	8.0	3.9	3.9	5.1
78	Fernando Rodney	2012	7.6	3.3	4.0	5.1
79	Brad Lidge	2008	7.3	3.0	4.1	5.0
80	Jeremy Jeffress	2018	7.2	3.0	4.1	5.0
81	Jose Valverde	2011	7.9	3.7	3.9	5.0
82	Mariano Rivera	2003	7.1	2.9	4.0	5.0
83	John Wetteland	1999	7.6	3.5	3.9	5.0
84	Bryan Harvey	1993	7.7	3.5	3.9	5.0
85	Frankie Rodriguez	2004	7.8	3.7	3.9	4.9
86	Joakim Soria	2010	7.2	3.1	3.9	4.9
87	Derek Lowe	1999	7.7	3.7	3.8	4.9
88	Clay Buchholz	2013	7.5	3.6	4.1	4.9
89	Jonathan Broxton	2009	7.1	3.0	3.9	4.8
90	Rick Aguilera	1990	7.5	3.5	3.8	4.8
91	B.J. Ryan	2006	7.1	3.0	3.8	4.8
92	Rich Gossage	1985	7.2	3.2	3.8	4.8
93	Jason Isringhausen	2004	7.2	3.2	3.8	4.7
94	Jose Mesa	2001	7.4	3.6	3.6	4.6
95	Troy Percival	2002	7.1	3.4	3.5	4.6
96	Armando Benitez	2002	7.0	3.3	3.5	4.5
97	Mariano Rivera	2006	7.0	3.4	3.4	4.4
98	Jay Howell	1989	7.0	3.3	3.4	4.4

Article last updated: December 29, 2019

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