Dave Valle
| Dave Valle | |||
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: October 30, 1960 Bayside, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 7, 1984, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 29, 1996, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .237 | ||
| Home runs | 77 | ||
| Runs batted in | 350 | ||
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David Valle (/ˈvæli/; born October 30, 1960 in Bayside, New York) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers from 1984 to 1996. He attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, NY. In 1995, Valle founded Esperanza International, a microfinance-plus organization that serves families in poverty in the Dominican Republic.
Valle was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the minor leagues for seven seasons before making his major league debut with the Mariners on September 7, 1984 at the age of 23. For the next two seasons, he split his playing time with the Mariners and the Calgary Cannons of the Pacific Coast League, producing a .312 batting average with 21 home runs and 71 runs batted in with Calgary during the 1986 season.
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