Pat Valaika #7

Selected by the Colorado Rockies in the ninth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft...Claimed off waivers by the Orioles from the Rockies on Oct. 30, 2019...Claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Orioles on Jan. 16, 2020...Claimed off waivers by the Orioles from the Diamondbacks on Jan. 30, 2020...Signed as a minor league free agent with Atlanta on March 18, 2022.

2021

Played 90 games for Baltimore in 2021, batting .201 (52-for-259) with five home runs and 25 RBI...Also scored 17 runs...Hasn't played in the minors since competing for Colorado's Triple-A Albuquerque club in 2019.

2020

Appeared in 52 games, tied for the third-most on the Orioles...Seven of his eight home runs came in the 7th-inning-or-later, tied for the most in the majors...Batted .323 (21-for-65) with six extra-base hits in 22 games in September; his 21 hits were the fifth-most on the O’s during the month...Hit .400 (14-for-35) with five home runs when leading off an inning... Collected a hit in six-straight at-bats (8/28-9/2); the first Oriole to do so since Santander (8/25-27/19)...Homered in three-straight games (8/20-22) for the first time in his career...Hit safely in a career-high-tying five-straight games from 8/18-22 (also: July 18-24, 2017)... Recorded at least one RBI in four-straight games from 8/19-22, matching his career-high (also: 7/19-24/17)...Recorded his sixth career pinch-hit home run (first as an Oriole) on 8/8 at WSH...Recorded a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning on 8/1 vs. TB; his first career-walk off hit...Committed errors in consecutive games for the first time in his career (8/25-26); committed two errors (at SS) on 8/25 at TB and 9/20 vs. TB for his first two career multi-error games...Made starts at five different positions; 15-SS, 8-2B, 8-1B, 4-3B, 3-LF...Appeared on his second career Opening Day roster (2018, 2020).

2019

Appeared in 40 games for Colorado around four separate stints with the Rockies, batting .190 (15-for-79) with seven extra-base hits...Appeared in at least one game at all four infield spots while with the Rockies...Hit a pinch-hit home run on 6/28 vs. LAD, snapping a career-long 0-for-30 hitless streak; the second-longest hitless streak in Rockies history...Recorded two hits in the same inning (pinch-hit home run and a single) for the first time in his career on 6/28 vs. LAD...Recorded back-to-back multi-hit games on 6/28-29 for the first time in his career...Collected his first career triple on 9/13 vs. SF; was also his third career game with a multi- extra-base hit game (double and triple)...Recorded a pinch-hit double in the eighth inning on 9/17 vs. NYM, snapping the Rockies 0-for-24 hitless streak in pinch hit situations; was the longest pinch-hit hitless streak in franchise history...Appeared in 84 games for Triple-A Albuquerque, hitting .320 (112-for-350) with 26 doubles, a career-high 22 home runs, 60 runs scored, and 75 RBI...Named a Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star.

2018

Made his first career Opening Day roster and appeared in 68 games across four stints with the Rockies ... Batted .161 (5-for-27) with two doubles and two RBI as a pinch-hitter ... Made his first career Opening Day roster but was optioned May 8 after batting .103 (6-for-58) in his first 28 games … recalled on May 14 and optioned again on May 26 … recalled for a third time June 23 and optioned on Aug. 18 … recalled for the last time on Sept. 1 ... Started 11 games at first base, 10 at second, three at third and one at shortstop … the Rockies went 17-8 in his 25 starts, including winning each of his last 11 starts of the season ... Season-high-tying two hits July 28 vs. Oakland, including a home run and season-high two RBI ... Batted .216 (30-for-139) with four doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 20 RBI in 37 games with Triple-A Albuquerque ... Went 0-for-1 in a pinch-hit appearance in the National League Wild Card Game at Chicago-NL.

2017

Appeared in 110 games for the Rockies following his April 18 recall from Triple-A Albuquerque ... Batted .328 (19-for-58) with 12 runs, eight doubles, four home runs, 16 RBI, two walks and 24 strikeouts in 66 pinch-hit appearances ... His 16 pinch-hit RBI were the most by a rookie since 1958, the first season with the official rookie rule ... Led all MLB pinch-hitters in RBI (16), runs (12), doubles (eight) and extra-base hits (12) … tied for first in home runs (four) … second in hits (19) and sixth in batting average (.328) … second in appearances (66) ... His 12 extra-base hits as a pinch-hitter tied for the most in Rockies history (John Vander Wal, 1995 and Greg Norton, 2003) ... Among Rockies pinch-hitters all-time, tied for first in runs, doubles and extra-base hits, fourth in hits, tied for second in home runs and fourth in RBI ... Hit a pinch-hit grand slam on Sept. 16 vs. San Diego, his first career grand slam … 11th pinch-hit grand slam in Rockies history, the first since Ryan Raburn in 2016 ... Hit home runs in consecutive pinch-hit appearances July 23 vs. Pittsburgh and July 24 at St. Louis, the second Rockies player to accomplish the feat (Mark Sweeney, August, 2004) ... Hit for the cycle for the second time for Albuquerque on April 8 vs. Salt Lake.

2016

Made his Major League debut Sept. 6 vs. San Francisco after splitting his Minor League season between Double-A Hartford and Triple-A Albuquerque...Had his contract selected from Triple-A Albuquerque on Sept. 6 … made his Major League debut that night vs. San Francisco as a pinch-runner...Recorded his first Major League hit in his first career plate appearance Sept. 8, a double off San Diego pitcher Keith Hessler...Hit his first Major League home run in his first start, Sept. 24 at Los Angeles-NL, a solo home run off Jesse Chavez...Prior to joining the Rockies, split the season between Double-A Hartford and Triple-A Albuquerque … was selected as a Midseason All-Star with Hartford, where he batted .269 (116-for-431) with 66 runs, 33 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs and 67 RBI as the club's starting shortstop...Played for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League following the season, batting .263 (20-for-76) over 19 games with three doubles and 12 RBI.

2015

Spent the entire season with Double-A New Britain, playing in a career-high 124 games ... Made his Double-A debut April 10 at New Hampshire.

2014

Split time between Low-A Asheville and High-A Modesto in his first full professional season ... Played 34 games at Asheville and batted .370 (47-for-127) with 25 runs, 12 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 23 RBI, nine walks and 12 stolen bases ... With Modesto, played 86 games and batted .272 (90-for-331) with 46 runs, 14 doubles, five triples, eight home runs, 47 RBI, 24 walks and seven stolen bases.

2013

Made his professional debut with Short-Season Tri-City after being selected in the ninth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft ... Made 41 starts and saw time at shortstop (26 games) and second base (12 games) for the Dust Devils.