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Alberto
Val		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 12, 1935 in Cerritos Ca
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1966    1967   
All-Star Selections 1962    1964   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 22 AAA   29 118 11 28 6 1 1 12 3 1 9 16 .237 .291 .331 .622 11.4  
    AA   102 417 67 139 24 2 21 68 9 5 36 48 .333 .386 .552 .938 81.2  
1959 23 PIT NL 48 174 27 66 11 2 5 25 0 0 9 21 .379 .411 .552 .963 33.6 7.7
    AAA   105 425 71 143 35 1 25 79 8 3 37 37 .336 .390 .600 .990 89.2  
1960 24 PIT NL 146 541 54 157 31 5 5 64 2 0 38 44 .290 .337 .394 .730 67.7 10.9
1961 25 PIT NL 135 448 78 139 27 2 8 61 5 0 68 35 .310 .403 .433 .836 76.0 14.5
1962 26 PIT NL 149 548 94 174 31 3 10 67 9 1 81 65 .318 .405 .440 .845 97.9 24.2
1963 27 PIT NL 148 566 84 149 22 3 9 49 5 2 79 57 .263 .351 .360 .711 78.0 15.5
1964 28 PIT NL 157 622 98 183 33 1 12 81 7 5 80 67 .294 .374 .408 .782 95.5 21.9
1965 29 PIT NL 153 587 93 178 31 5 16 70 3 1 69 84 .303 .376 .455 .831 99.2 22.6
1966 30 PIT NL 147 522 84 151 34 8 14 61 3 3 85 51 .289 .388 .466 .853 95.2 22.2
1967 31 PIT NL 154 574 75 154 20 2 9 44 5 0 77 72 .268 .354 .357 .711 78.7 17.7
1968 32 PIT NL 154 554 75 146 19 4 4 32 2 3 93 60 .264 .368 .334 .702 75.0 15.8
1969 33 PIT NL 154 587 103 156 20 0 3 55 7 3 112 69 .266 .381 .315 .696 86.0 14.7
1970 34 PIT NL 155 572 115 174 29 4 5 61 12 2 115 59 .304 .423 .395 .818 104.2 23.4
1971 35 PIT NL 135 455 77 137 22 3 4 49 3 4 68 59 .301 .392 .389 .781 71.8 18.0
1972 36 PIT NL 102 234 27 54 9 0 0 17 1 1 25 41 .231 .309 .269 .578 21.1 2.8
1973 37 PIT NL 52 88 9 15 3 2 0 7 0 1 8 21 .170 .235 .250 .485 5.7 0.0
15 Years Sim 1989 7072 1093 2033 342 44 104 743 64 26 1007 805 .287 .376 .392 .768 1085.5 231.7
2 Years AAA 134 543 82 171 41 2 26 91 11 4 46 53 .315 .368 .541 .909 100.7  
1 Years AA 102 417 67 139 24 2 21 68 9 5 36 48 .333 .387 .552 .938 81.2  
3 Years Minors 236 960 149 310 65 4 47 159 20 9 82 101 .323 .376 .546 .922 181.8  
162 Game Average 576 89 165 27 3 8 60 5 2 82 65 .287 .376 .392 .768 88.4  
Career Highs 157 622 115 183 34 8 16 81 12 5 115 84 .379 .423 .552 .963 104.2  
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   5458 869 1623 268 37 87 607 54 20 795 576 .297 .386 .408 .794 877.7
vs LH   1614 224 410 74 7 17 136 10 6 212 229 .254 .342 .340 .682 197.4
Home 1008 3492 565 1019 169 22 52 368 31 10 527 390 .292 .384 .397 .782 551.6
Away 981 3580 528 1014 173 22 52 375 33 16 480 415 .283 .368 .387 .755 523.5
RISP   1475 0 440 67 14 26 622 0 0 221 169 .298 .381 .416 .796 242.5
Pinch Hitting   133 14 29 4 0 0 13 0 0 25 19 .218 .346 .248 .594 13.9
Close/Late   819 74 248 35 4 10 99 0 0 132 93 .303 .399 .392 .791 133.3
Mar/Apr 229 837 123 234 39 5 9 83 6 5 103 105 .280 .359 .370 .729 113.4
May 357 1249 210 361 67 11 18 136 15 6 204 146 .289 .388 .404 .792 203.0
June 347 1193 186 345 61 4 22 124 10 3 180 120 .289 .381 .402 .783 189.4
July 346 1272 179 345 53 6 16 134 12 4 173 163 .271 .358 .360 .718 173.1
August 360 1281 196 391 59 12 19 132 13 4 171 130 .305 .388 .415 .803 206.6
Sep/Oct 350 1240 199 357 63 6 20 134 8 4 176 141 .288 .375 .397 .772 189.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 23 PIT NL 3B 46 46 389.3 23 78 3 6 .971 2.33   1.3
    2B 4 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 .800 6.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1960 24 PIT NL 3B 137 134 1190.0 91 248 20 20 .944 2.56   5.4
    2B 3 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1961 25 PIT NL 3B 104 94 829.0 53 162 17 9 .927 2.33   1.7
    2B 22 18 164.7 24 49 1 8 .986 3.99   0.3
    SS 4 0 11.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.0
1962 26 PIT NL 2B 140 135 1159.0 215 314 14 77 .974 4.11   2.6
    SS 8 0 16.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 27 PIT NL 2B 143 142 1243.0 216 328 18 72 .968 3.94   2.7
    SS 2 0 2.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.73   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1964 28 PIT NL 2B 153 146 1332.0 263 359 11 79 .983 4.20   5.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 29 PIT NL 2B 149 142 1262.7 216 348 25 69 .958 4.02   2.0
1966 30 PIT NL 2B 140 134 1185.7 217 357 12 74 .980 4.36   5.6
    SS 4 0 12.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 5.25   0.1
    3B 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 31 PIT NL 2B 151 147 1313.0 242 358 17 72 .972 4.11   3.6
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 32 PIT NL 2B 148 147 1311.0 247 411 13 75 .981 4.52   7.0
    3B 4 0 12.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.50   0.1
1969 33 PIT NL 2B 153 152 1346.3 233 416 20 67 .970 4.34   3.9
1970 34 PIT NL 2B 154 151 1311.0 235 433 14 80 .979 4.59   5.6
1971 35 PIT NL 2B 113 106 955.3 180 299 14 50 .972 4.51   3.6
    SS 7 3 34.3 3 8 1 1 .917 2.88   0.1
    LF 2 2 18.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00   0.0
1972 36 PIT NL 2B 67 40 403.0 77 125 3 35 .985 4.51   1.6
    3B 10 9 76.0 5 15 1 4 .952 2.37   0.3
    SS 4 1 13.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
1973 37 PIT NL 2B 21 12 118.0 28 42 2 8 .972 5.34   0.4
    SS 27 7 98.0 18 40 0 8 1.000 5.33   0.9
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  2B 1561 1472 13117.6 2397 3842 165 766 .974 4.28   44.1
  3B 310 284 2518.3 172 508 41 40 .943 2.43   8.9
  SS 62 11 199.3 26 67 1 11 .989 4.20   1.3
  LF 2 2 18.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00   0.0
Career Totals   1935 1769 15853.3 2599 4417 208 817 .971 3.98   54.3
Career Highs   156 152 1346.3 264 433 25 80 .985 5.18    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 30 PIT NL 5 22 7 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .409 .409 .682 1.091
1967 31 PIT NL 7 28 5 9 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .321 .345 .464 .809
1968 32 PIT NL 7 28 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .250 .313 .321 .634
1969 33 PIT NL 5 20 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .300 .333 .400 .733
1970 34 PIT NL 11 46 7 13 4 0 1 5 1 0 3 5 .283 .340 .435 .775
1971 35 PIT NL 10 29 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .138 .219 .138 .357
Career Post-Season Batting 45 173 24 48 15 0 2 18 1 0 11 25 .277 .323 .399 .721
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1961-10-.310
1962-9-.318
1965-8-.303
 On-Base Pct
1961-7-.403
1962-6-.405
1964-8-.374
1965-8-.376
1966-6-.388
1968-6-.368
1970-3-.423
1971-7-.392
CAR-25-.376
 Slugging Pct
1966-10-.466
 OPS
1966-5-.853
 XR
1965-6-99.2
1966-8-95.2
 At-Bats
1964-4-622
Runs
1964-8-98
1965-9-93
1970-4-115
 Hits
1962-10-174
1964-9-183
1965-8-178
 Singles
1960-9-116
1962-8-130
1964-7-137
1965-7-126
1969-10-133
 Doubles
1960-6-31
1961-10-27
1962-6-31
1964-5-33
1966-1-34
CAR-49-342
 Triples
1966-10-8
 Walks
1963-5-79
1964-5-80
1965-9-69
1966-3-85
1967-6-77
1968-2-93
1969-3-112
1970-3-115
CAR-31-1007
 
   Black Ink Test: 2
   Gray Ink Test: 61
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1957
Injured on 4/17/1957 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Cleveland to Chicago (N) on 5/16/1957 (Going to CHN: 3B Alberto Val. Going to CLE: P Carl Deshong, C Gordon Cogdill)
Injured on 6/30/1957 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/27/1957 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Chicago (N) to Baltimore on 4/16/1958 (Going to BAL: P Adam Sardina, 3B Emerson Meggs, 3B Alberto Val. Going to CHN: 3B Boris Zimyanin, P Jack Garvin, P Tom Sackett)
Traded from Baltimore to Pittsburgh on 3/2/1959 (Going to BAL: P Gene Houk, LF Anthony Carver, RF Ronnie Kwok. Going to PIT: 3B Alberto Val, P Alex Jones, P Bud Ulrich)
Injured on 4/12/1959 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/1/1959, off Matt Keyes Jr. (MLN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/2/1959, off Mike Walker (MLN)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/8/1959, hitting .615 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 4/22/1961 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/7/1962, hitting .452 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis on 6/30/1962
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Injured on 8/27/1962 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/29/1964, hitting .485 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/1965, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cincinnati on 9/6/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 5/9/1966, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Injured on 6/15/1966 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1966
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1967
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 9/25/1970
Injured on 7/24/1971 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/20/1972 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Had 2000th career hit on 7/27/1972, off William Donohoe (NYM)
Released by Pittsburgh on 8/26/1973
 
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