Héctor Jose Valle (born October 27, 1940) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Héctor Valle
Catcher
Born: (1940-10-27) October 27, 1940 (age 84)
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 6, 1965, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1965, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average.308
Home runs0
Runs batted in2
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Teams
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1959 Chicago Team

Professional career

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Valle was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1960. His MLB career consists of the nine games he played for the 1965 Dodgers, appearing six times behind the plate. Valle batted .308 (4-for-13), scoring one run, with two runs batted in (RBI), and achieving an on-base percentage of .400. Defensively, he handled 21 chances flawlessly for a fielding percentage of 1.000.

Valle's four major league hits (all singles) came against Denny Lemaster, Bob Veale, and Bob Sadowski.

Valle was later acquired by the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers, but never again appeared in another regular season big league game. He played in several other farm systems and the Mexican League, finally hanging up his spikes following the 1981 season.

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