Negro League Baseball player (1898–1929)
Also known as Valentin Dreke
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Valentín Dreke was a Cuban baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1919 to 1927, doing so with the Cuban Stars (East) and Cuban Stars (West). He also played winter ball with the famed Almendares team on three occasions. He led the Negro National League in batting average in 1924, hitting .389 in 46 games played. In his eight years of Negro league ball, he batted at least .296 in each season. He died of tuberculosis in 1929. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.
9 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Cuban Stars East | 17 | 65 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | — | .231 | .296 | .292 | .588 |
| 1920 | Cuban Stars West | 51 | 206 | 35 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .316 | .368 | .359 | .727 |
| 1921 | Cincinnati Cuban Stars | 72 | 296 | 46 | 88 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 0 | .297 | .331 | .395 | .726 |
| 1922 | Cuban Stars West | 55 | 217 | 45 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 1 | .290 | .364 | .373 | .737 |
| 1923 | Cuban Stars West | 62 | 258 | 47 | 89 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 19 | — | .345 | .394 | .453 | .848 |
| 1924 | Cuban Stars West | 46 | 190 | 32 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 16 | 1 | .389 | .448 | .484 | .932 |
| 1925 | Cuban Stars West | 43 | 186 | 43 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 12 | — | .349 | .389 | .484 | .873 |
| 1926 | Cuban Stars West | 55 | 214 | 29 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .341 | .392 | .449 | .841 |
| 1927 | Cuban Stars West | 62 | 232 | 38 | 77 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 29 | — | .332 | .417 | .431 | .848 |
| Career | 463 | 1,864 | 323 | 609 | 84 | 24 | 15 | 255 | 65 | 142 | 2 | .327 | .382 | .422 | .804 |