Ellis Valentine
American baseball player (born 1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ellis Clarence Valentine (born July 30, 1954) is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is remembered for having one of the all-time great throwing arms. "There's a plateau where you can't throw the ball any harder and you can't be any more accurate", said former Montreal manager Felipe Alou. "That was Ellis Valentine."[1]
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Ellis Valentine | |
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Right fielder | |
Born: (1954-07-30) July 30, 1954 (age 69) Helena, Arkansas, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 3, 1975, for the Montreal Expos | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 2, 1985, for the Texas Rangers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .278 |
Home runs | 123 |
Runs batted in | 474 |
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