Born on July 24, 1979 in San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris (Dominican Republic), Jose Valverde (Jose Rafael Valverde) played for the Arizona Diamondbacks for his entire 4 year career. Valverde broke into the bigs on June 1, 2003 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and put up a 2.15 ERA in 50.1 innings pitched in 2003, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jose Valverde's best season was 2005, when he posted a 2.44 ERA, notched 15 saves and struck out 75 batters.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
2003
ARI
N
54
0
2
1
2.15
71
16
12
0
0
10
50.1
24
4
26
2
2
2
2004
ARI
N
29
0
1
2
4.25
38
17
14
0
0
8
29.2
23
7
17
4
4
1
2005
ARI
N
61
0
3
4
2.44
75
19
18
0
0
15
66.1
51
5
20
1
3
2
2006
ARI
N
44
0
2
3
5.84
69
32
32
0
0
18
49.1
50
6
22
3
2
2
Total
188
0
8
10
3.50
253
84
76
0
0
51
195.2
148
22
85
10
11
7
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2003
ARI
N
P
54
0
50.1
3
1
0
0
0
2
6
0
0
1.000
2004
ARI
N
P
29
0
29.2
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.750
2005
ARI
N
P
61
0
66.1
3
7
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
1.000
2006
ARI
N
P
44
0
49.1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1.000
Total
P
188
0
195.2
11
11
2
0
0
6
8
1
0
.917
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2003
ARI
N
54
1
1
1
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
ARI
N
29
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
ARI
N
61
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
ARI
N
44
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
188
1
1
1
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Transactions[]
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Arizona Diamondbacks (February 6, 1997).