Sandy Valdespino
1965–1971 · bats L / throws L · Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, SE1
383G
.230AVG
.286OBP
.295SLG
More career statistics
176H
7HR
67RBI
14SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 129 | 128 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 838 | 839 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 383 | 838 | 765 | 96 | 176 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 57 | 129 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 226 | .230 | .286 | .295 | .581 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1971-09-02 to 1971-09-13
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1967-08-09 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1969-08-17 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1965-06-27 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 200 | 436 | 88 | 5 | 38 | 33 | 64 | .222 | .278 | .297 |
| Away | 183 | 403 | 88 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 64 | .239 | .278 | .293 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 99 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | .261 | .333 | .352 |
| May | 58 | 110 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | .235 | .282 | .275 |
| June | 75 | 169 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 22 | .201 | .266 | .268 |
| July | 57 | 114 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 11 | .264 | .307 | .283 |
| August | 64 | 144 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 24 | .200 | .236 | .269 |
| September | 87 | 193 | 44 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 25 | .243 | .275 | .337 |
| October | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| california-angels | 42 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .141 | .192 | .169 |
| new-york-yankees | 36 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .296 | .317 | .407 |
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .250 | .288 | .350 |
| chicago-white-sox | 35 | 72 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .265 | .278 | .368 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 31 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | .203 | .247 | .241 |
| cleveland-guardians | 30 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | .197 | .241 | .338 |
| baltimore-orioles | 26 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .229 | .308 | .229 |
| boston-red-sox | 22 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .174 | .174 | .174 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |  Minnesota Twins | 108 | 245 | 64 | 1 | 22 | 7 | .261 | – | – |
| 1966 | Minnesota Twins | 52 | 108 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .176 | – | – |
| 1967 | Minnesota Twins | 99 | 97 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .165 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Atlanta Braves | 36 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 4 | – | .233 | – | – |
| 1969 | Houston Astros, SE1 | 62 | 157 | 37 | – | 14 | 2 | .236 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Kansas City Royals | 18 | 63 | 20 | 2 | 15 | – | .317 | – | – |