Danny Valencia Notable

b. September 19, 1984 · Minnesota Twins 2010–2012, Boston Red Sox 2012, Baltimore Orioles 2013, 2018, Kansas City Royals 2014, Toronto Blue Jays 2014–2015, Oakland Athletics 2015–2016, Seattle Mariners 2017

Danny Valencia played for seven clubs across nine seasons as a third baseman, opening with the Minnesota Twins in 2010 and closing with the Baltimore Orioles in 2018.

Across 865 games he batted .268, with 795 hits and 360 runs. He finished with 96 home runs, 154 doubles and 11 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 0.00 earned run average, pitching 0.3 innings in 1 game. He struck out 1.

He played 507 games at third base, with 939 assists and 52 errors. He turned 80 double plays. He also played 163 games at first base and 104 games in the outfield.

He hit three home runs in a game in 2016.

He was born in Miami, FL, USA on September 19, 1984. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
2010	MIN	85	299	30	93	18	1	7	40	20	46	2	.311
2011	MIN	154	564	63	139	28	2	15	72	40	102	2	.246
2012	BOS/MIN	44	154	14	29	6	1	3	21	3	38	0	.188
2013	BAL	52	161	20	49	14	1	8	23	8	33	0	.304
2014	KCR/TOR	86	264	20	68	16	1	4	30	14	62	1	.258
2015	OAK/TOR	105	345	59	100	23	1	18	66	29	80	2	.290
2016	OAK	130	471	72	135	22	1	17	51	41	115	1	.287
2017	SEA	130	450	54	115	19	3	15	66	40	122	2	.256
2018	BAL	79	255	28	67	8	1	9	28	22	53	1	.263
Career	—	865	2963	360	795	154	12	96	397	217	651	11	.268

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2018	BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.00

On this day & linked events

1984

Born September 19, 1984

Miami, FL, USA

2016

Danny Valencia's Three-Home-Run Game, 2016

Danny Valencia hit three home runs for the Oakland Athletics against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 15, 2016.

Image: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0