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Bobby Valentine Biography

Bobby Valentine is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Manager who was born on May 13, 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. The team was managed by The Texas Rangers from 1985 to 1992, and managed the New York Mets from 1996 until 2002. He also managed the New York Mets for a single year. period as director of the Boston Red Sox in 2012.

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Valentine was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Joseph and Grace Valentine. He attended Rippowam High School in Stamford, Connecticut, where he was an All-State player in football, baseball and track. He is one of just a handful of three-time All-State football players in Connecticut history. He set state records for career touchdowns (53), career interceptions for TD (5) and 60-yard dash. The career interception for TD record remains, having later been tied by two other players. As a sophomore in 1965, he averaged 5.6 yards a carry, scored 21 touchdowns and led Rippowam to a 9-0 record and a state championship. He was also a champion ballroom dancer as a teenager, winning a regional competition with his partner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York and took part in the opening ceremonies of the 1964 New York World’s Fair. He was president of the student council.

He was recruited by the University of Nebraska, the University of Notre Dame and the University of Southern California as a star in football and baseball, but ultimately chose USC. In 1967, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth Indians of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted him fifth overall in the 1968 Major League Baseball draft and he signed with the Dodgers, receiving a $65,000 signing bonus. He attended both USC and Arizona State University while in the Dodgers organization and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. His roommate at USC was Bill Buckner who was the Dodgers second round pick in 1968.

He got married to Mary Branca in 1977 and the couple were blessed with a son.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Back with the Spokane Indians for 1970, Valentine was again his league’s MVP after batting .340 with fourteen home runs and leading the Pacific Coast League in eight offensive categories. Led by Valentine and manager Lasorda, Spokane won the league championship over the Hawaii Islanders. He suffered a fractured cheekbone when he was beaned in the PCL playoffs that season and also had right knee surgery to repair a ruptured ligament in January 1971.

Bobby Valentine Net Worth

Bobby Valentine is one of the richest Baseball Manager from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bobby Valentine's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a standout football player in high school and was a student at USC.

ESPN produced a documentary on Bobby V. It was titled”The Zen of Bobby V.

Robert John Valentine (born May 13, 1950), nicknamed “Bobby V”, is a former American professional baseball player and manager. He is currently the athletic director at Sacred Heart University. Valentine played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969, 1971–72), California Angels (1973–75), New York Mets (1977–78), and Seattle Mariners (1979) in MLB. He managed the Texas Rangers (1985–92), the New York Mets (1996–2002), and the Boston Red Sox (2012) of MLB, as well as the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (1995, 2004–09).

Valentine made the Dodgers out of Spring Training in 1971 and batted .249 with one home run and 25 RBIs in 101 games. His first career MLB hit came on April 25, 1971, an RBI single off Milt Wilcox, scoring Steve Garvey in a 4-2 Dodgers win over the Reds. The following season in 1972, he managed to play in 119 games by playing many different positions—including shortstop, second base, third and all three outfield positions and his batting average improved to .274. He missed time after sustaining a broken nose. Following the season on November 28, 1972, he was packaged in a trade along with Frank Robinson, Billy Grabarkewitz, Bill Singer and Mike Strahler to the California Angels for Andy Messersmith and Ken McMullen.

As a regular starter for the Angels, Valentine had a strong start, leading the Angels with a .302 batting average. Four days after his 23rd birthday, he suffered a multiple compound leg fracture on May 17, 1973 at Anaheim Stadium in a game against the Oakland Athletics after his spikes got caught in the outfield’s chain link fence while attempting to catch a home run ball hit by Dick Green, one of only three home runs hit by Green during the season. He missed the remainder of the 1973 season and never regained his speed as the bones did not heal properly. Two days prior to the injury, Valentine was playing center field when Nolan Ryan threw his first career No-hitter. Valentine would later be Ryan’s manager in Texas for his last two No-hitters (6th and 7th). In 1974, despite still recovering from his leg injury, Valentine made 414 plate appearances, the second most of his career, and batted .261 with three home runs. On April 4, 1975, the Angels loaned him to the Charleston Charlies, a AAA Pittsburgh Pirates organization where he played in 56 games before returning to the Angels organization on June 20, 1975. He was assigned to the Angels AAA affiliate Salt Lake City Bees and played in 46 games batting .306 before being called back up to the Angels On September 17, 1975, he was traded to the San Diego Padres with Rudy Meoli for Gary Ross (baseball). On September 19, 1975, in his first game as a Padre, Valentine homered off Mike Caldwell (baseball) in a 3-1 loss to the Giants.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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At age 18, Valentine made his professional debut playing with the Ogden Dodgers of the Rookie Pioneer League, winning the league’s MVP Award, hitting .281 with a .460 slugging percentage and leading the league with 20 stolen bases. He was one of only three players in the league to appear in every game. His roommate was Tom Paciorek and was also teammates with Bill Buckner and Steve Garvey. The manager at Ogden was Tommy Lasorda, the start of a friendship that has lasted four decades. In 1969, Valentine impressive enough in Spring Training that he was promoted to the Class AAA Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League. After the PCL season ended, he debuted with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a September call-up in 1969 at 19 years old. Though he did not record a major league at-bat that season, he appeared in 5 games as a pinch runner, scoring three runs.

In 1976, Valentine spent most of the season with Padres AAA affiliate, the Hawaii Islanders, playing in 120 games batting .304 with 13 home runs. On June 15, 1977, after playing 44 games with the Padres, he was part of the New York Mets infamous “Midnight Massacre”, when the Mets traded Dave Kingman to San Diego for minor league pitcher Paul Siebert and Valentine, sent Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman, and Mike Phillips to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joel Youngblood.

Who is Bobby Valentine Dating?

According to our records, Bobby Valentine married to Mary Branca . As of December 1, 2023, Bobby Valentine’s is not dating anyone.

Prior to the start of the 1973 season, Valentine was named Caribbean Series MVP playing shortstop for the series champions from the Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey. The team was managed by Tommy Lasorda.

Facts & Trivia

Bobby Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Manager. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bobby Valentine celebrates birthday on May 13 of every year.

Valentine’s role with the Mets became even more limited, and he was released in spring training, 1979. He signed with the Seattle Mariners shortly afterwards, and made his debut as a catcher that season. Following the season, he retired from baseball at 29 years of age.

Where is Bobby Valentine now?

Ultimately, his heart took him back to his baseball passion. Valentine has relocated to Southern California, where he serves as a pregame and postgame analyst for Bally Sports West’s Angels coverage.

Was Bobby Valentine a good manager?

Grade: B+. Bobby returned to the Tides and, in his most successful managerial stint to date, led the minor league club to an 82-59 record and a second place in the team’s division. At the end of the year, he was promoted to managing the big league club. Grade: A-.

Is Bobby Valentine Italian?

While Valentine captured the hearts and minds of those in attendance with his tremendous display of pride for his Italian-American heritage, a new wave of Italians in Major League Baseball was making their pitch to carry on the tradition, including current New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo.

What is Bobby Valentine known for?

Valentine, who managed the New York Mets from 1996 to 2002, including a World Series loss to the Yankees, and lasted one tumultuous season as the skipper of the Boston Red Sox. That Bobby Valentine, the former ESPN commentator whose managerial career took him from the employ of George W.

Is Bobby Valentine still married?

The divorce ended his 42-year marriage with Mary Ellen Branca Valentine.

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