Ismael Valdez
[edit] Biography
Born on August 21, 1973 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas (Mexico), Ismael Valdez (Ismael (Alvarez) Valdez) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Anaheim Angels, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and Florida Marlins over the course of his 12 year career. Valdez broke into the bigs on June 15, 1994 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 3.05 ERA in 197.2 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ismael Valdez's best season was 1996, when he posted a 3.32 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 173 batters.
[edit] Mitchell Report
Ismael Valdez was named in the Mitchell Report -- According to [the San Francisco Chronicle], on September 7, 2002, while he was playing with the Mariners, Valdez "used a credit to card to buy nearly $2,500 worth of human growth hormone," which was shipped to him at the Texas Rangers ballpark in Arlington, Texas where Valdez had been playing until he was traded to the Mariners the prior month. Ten days later, Valdez reportedly purchased Novarel, clomiphene, and Arimidex from the center, all of which are used to counteract the effects of steroid abuse.502 The article reported that "Valdez's prescriptions were written by the same dentist who prescribed drugs to [Paul] Byrd, [Jose] Guillen and [retired infielder Matt] Williams."
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1994
| LA
| N
| 21
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 3.18
| 28
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28.1
| 21
| 2
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1995
| LA
| N
| 33
| 27
| 13
| 11
| 3.05
| 150
| 76
| 67
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 197.2
| 168
| 17
| 51
| 5
| 1
| 1
|
| 1996
| LA
| N
| 33
| 33
| 15
| 7
| 3.32
| 173
| 94
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 225
| 219
| 20
| 54
| 10
| 1
| 3
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 30
| 30
| 10
| 11
| 2.65
| 140
| 68
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 196.2
| 171
| 16
| 47
| 1
| 3
| 3
|
| 1998
| LA
| N
| 27
| 27
| 11
| 10
| 3.98
| 122
| 82
| 77
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 174
| 171
| 17
| 66
| 4
| 4
| 2
|
| 1999
| LA
| N
| 32
| 32
| 9
| 14
| 3.98
| 143
| 97
| 90
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 203.1
| 213
| 32
| 58
| 2
| 6
| 6
|
| 2000
| LA
| N
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 6.07
| 29
| 29
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 53
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2000
| CHI
| N
| 12
| 12
| 2
| 4
| 5.37
| 45
| 40
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 67
| 71
| 17
| 27
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 2000
| TOT
| N
| 21
| 20
| 2
| 7
| 5.64
| 74
| 69
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 124
| 22
| 40
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 2001
| ANA
| A
| 27
| 27
| 9
| 13
| 4.45
| 100
| 82
| 81
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 163.2
| 177
| 20
| 50
| 3
| 3
| 8
|
| 2002
| TEX
| A
| 23
| 23
| 6
| 9
| 3.93
| 75
| 65
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 146.2
| 135
| 19
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| 2002
| SEA
| A
| 8
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 4.93
| 27
| 29
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 49.1
| 59
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| TOT
| A
| 31
| 31
| 8
| 12
| 4.18
| 102
| 94
| 91
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 196
| 194
| 26
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| 2003
| TEX
| A
| 22
| 22
| 8
| 8
| 6.10
| 47
| 83
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 115
| 148
| 23
| 29
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 2004
| SD
| N
| 23
| 20
| 9
| 6
| 5.53
| 37
| 75
| 70
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 114
| 141
| 21
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 2
|
| 2004
| FLA
| N
| 11
| 11
| 5
| 3
| 4.50
| 30
| 30
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 61
| 12
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| TOT
| N
| 34
| 31
| 14
| 9
| 5.19
| 67
| 105
| 98
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 170
| 202
| 33
| 49
| 3
| 1
| 2
|
| 2005
| FLA
| N
| 14
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 5.33
| 27
| 32
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 50.2
| 64
| 6
| 22
| 6
| 1
| 5
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 245
| 208
| 79
| 72
| 3.86
| 924
| 633
| 580
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 1352.2
| 1353
| 165
| 397
| 35
| 18
| 25
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 80
| 80
| 25
| 33
| 4.74
| 249
| 259
| 250
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 474.2
| 519
| 69
| 126
| 4
| 5
| 22
|
| Total
|
|
| 325
| 288
| 104
| 105
| 4.09
| 1173
| 892
| 830
| 13
| 6
| 1
| 1827.1
| 1872
| 234
| 523
| 39
| 23
| 47
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1994
| LA
| N
| P
| 21
| 1
| 28.1
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| LA
| N
| P
| 33
| 27
| 197.2
| 16
| 31
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 2
| .979
|
| 1996
| LA
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 225
| 19
| 27
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 4
| 1
| .979
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| P
| 30
| 30
| 196.2
| 17
| 28
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 6
| 2
| .938
|
| 1998
| LA
| N
| P
| 27
| 27
| 174
| 12
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 5
| 0
| .973
|
| 1999
| LA
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 203.1
| 12
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 9
| 4
| .978
|
| 2000
| LA
| N
| P
| 9
| 8
| 40
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| .875
|
| 2000
| CHI
| N
| P
| 12
| 12
| 67
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| TOT
| N
| P
| 21
| 20
| 107
| 10
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 3
| .958
|
| 2001
| ANA
| A
| P
| 27
| 27
| 163.2
| 7
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 9
| 4
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| TEX
| A
| P
| 23
| 23
| 146.2
| 10
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .967
|
| 2002
| SEA
| A
| P
| 8
| 8
| 49.1
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| TOT
| A
| P
| 31
| 31
| 196
| 12
| 32
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .978
|
| 2003
| TEX
| A
| P
| 22
| 22
| 115
| 4
| 20
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 3
| 1
| .857
|
| 2004
| SD
| N
| P
| 23
| 20
| 114
| 6
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| .955
|
| 2004
| FLA
| N
| P
| 11
| 11
| 56
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| TOT
| N
| P
| 34
| 31
| 170
| 12
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 2
| .969
|
| 2005
| FLA
| N
| P
| 14
| 7
| 50.2
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 325
| 288
| 1827.1
| 127
| 276
| 14
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 129
| 50
| 19
| .966
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1994
| LA
| N
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| LA
| N
| 33
| 62
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .097
| .111
| .097
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| LA
| N
| 33
| 70
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .155
| .157
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1997
| LA
| N
| 30
| 57
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .088
| .133
| .105
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1998
| LA
| N
| 27
| 48
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .167
| .216
| .188
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| LA
| N
| 32
| 58
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .086
| .102
| .086
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 2000
| LA
| N
| 9
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| .091
| .091
| .364
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| CHI
| N
| 13
| 14
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .333
| .429
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 25
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 3
| .200
| .231
| .400
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| ANA
| A
| 27
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| TEX
| A
| 23
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| SEA
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| TOT
| A
| 31
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| TEX
| A
| 22
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| SD
| N
| 23
| 35
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 5
| .171
| .211
| .257
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2004
| FLA
| N
| 11
| 17
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .235
| .278
| .294
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| TOT
| N
| 34
| 52
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 5
| .192
| .232
| .269
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2005
| FLA
| N
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 246
| 387
| 20
| 51
| 1
| 16
| .132
| .160
| .163
| 9
| 0
| 13
| 118
| 0
| 58
| 3
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 80
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 326
| 399
| 20
| 52
| 1
| 17
| .130
| .157
| .160
| 9
| 0
| 13
| 122
| 0
| 61
| 4
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 14, 1991).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Eric Young to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Terry Adams, Chad Ricketts and a player to be named later (December 12, 1999); Los Angeles Dodgers received Brian Stephenson (December 16, 1999).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jamie Arnold, Jorge Piedra and cash (July 26, 2000).
- Granted free agency (October 30, 2000).
- Signed by Anaheim Angels (January 4, 2001).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 28, 2002).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Jermaine Clark and Derrick Van Dusen (August 19, 2002).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 20, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (December 18, 2003).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to Florida Marlins in exchange for Travis Chick (July 31, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
- Signed by Florida Marlins (January 6, 2005).
- Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
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