Eric Valent
| Eric Valent | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: April 4, 1977 La Mirada, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 8, 2001, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 27, 2005, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .234 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 37 | ||
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Eric Valent (born April 4, 1977) is a former Major League Baseball player and current Scout in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
Valent was an All-American at Canyon High School in Anaheim, California . On June 1, 1995, he was drafted in the 26th round of the amateur draft by the Detroit Tigers, but he did not sign and instead elected to attend college at UCLA.
He had a standout career at UCLA alongside teammates Troy Glaus, Eric Byrnes, Chase Utley, and Garrett Atkins. He helped lead UCLA to the college world series in 1997.
Valent has the most career home runs in Pac-10 history with 69, and is the UCLA career RBI (219), in only three years of play.
He was the Pac-10 Player of the year in 1998. On June 2, 1998, Valent was selected in the first round of the supplemental draft by the Philadelphia Phillies (42nd overall).
Of his collegiate career, Valent perhaps prophetically said:
"College baseball was fun, but it's a little deceiving because of the aluminum bats. If you hit home runs in college, you aren't necessarily going to hit them as a professional."
In his brief playing career, he provided good power from the left side of the plate. A solid pinch-hitter and valuable utility man; he was a competent first baseman who could play either left or right field effectively.
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