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Val Picinich

Birthdate:

9/8/1896

Died:

12/5/1942

Height / Weight:

5' 9" / 165 lbs.

Place of Birth:

New York, NY, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Val Picinich was signed during baseball’s dead ball era by Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack and was used as a backup backstop his first two big league seasons, 1916-1917, before being traded to the Washington Senators in 1918. A right-handed free-swinger, Val Picinich compiled a .258 lifetime batting average, including a career-best .302 for Cincinnati in 1928. Seven times he hit over 10 doubles including 21 doubles twice with the Red Sox in 1923 and 1925. Baseball history buffs please note: Valentine Picinich starting catching in the legal spitball days prior to 1920 when unorthodox pitching deliveries and the spitball were used by many major league pitchers. Val Picinich career stats: .258 BA, 165 doubles, 25 Ts, 27 HRs, 382 Ks, 313 Walks, 741 hits in 2874 at bats, 1048 games… Phil Athletics 1916-17; Wash Senators 1918-22; Red Sox 1923-25; Cinc Reds 1926-28; Brooklyn Dodgers 1929-33; Pittsburgh 1933... baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
19 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1916	PHA (AL)	40	118	8	23	3	1	0	5	6	33	1	0	0	0	3	0	.195	.234	SLG
1917	PHA (AL)	2	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	SLG
1918	WSH (AL)	47	148	13	34	3	3	0	12	9	25	0	0	0	0	5	0	.230	.274	SLG
1919	WSH (AL)	80	212	18	58	12	3	3	22	17	43	6	0	0	1	11	0	.274	.330	SLG
1920	WSH (AL)	48	133	14	27	6	2	3	14	9	33	0	0	0	1	2	0	.203	.259	SLG
1921	WSH (AL)	45	141	10	39	9	0	0	12	16	21	0	3	0	1	5	0	.277	.354	SLG
1922	WSH (AL)	76	210	16	48	12	2	0	19	23	33	1	0	0	2	9	0	.229	.311	SLG
1923	BOS (AL)	87	268	33	74	21	1	2	31	46	32	3	5	0	2	11	0	.276	.386	SLG
1924	BOS (AL)	69	161	25	44	6	3	1	24	29	19	5	1	0	3	5	0	.273	.394	SLG
1925	BOS (AL)	90	251	31	64	21	0	1	25	33	21	2	0	0	1	12	0	.255	.344	SLG
1926	CIN (NL)	89	240	33	63	16	1	2	31	29	22	4	0	0	0	8	0	.263	.342	SLG
1927	CIN (NL)	65	173	16	44	8	3	0	12	24	15	3	0	0	0	8	0	.254	.345	SLG
1928	CIN (NL)	96	324	29	98	15	1	7	35	20	25	1	0	0	0	14	0	.302	.343	SLG
1929	BRO (NL)	93	273	28	71	16	6	4	31	34	24	3	0	0	0	8	0	.260	.342	SLG
1930	BRO (NL)	23	46	4	10	3	0	0	3	5	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.217	.294	SLG
1931	BRO (NL)	24	45	5	12	4	0	1	4	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.327	SLG
1932	BRO (NL)	41	70	8	18	6	0	1	11	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.297	SLG
1933	BRO (NL)	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	SLG
1933	PIT (NL)	16	52	6	13	4	0	1	7	5	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	.250	.316	SLG
19 years		1037	2877	298	743	166	26	26	298	314	382	31	9	0	11	106	0	.258	.334	.SLG

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