Junior Valentine has 139 home-plate games in our MLB database. His games average 8.55 combined runs against a league average of 8.89 — the tables below break that down by season and show his most recent games. Umpire tendencies are one small input to our MLB totals model, never a betting rule on their own.
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| Season | Games | Avg total runs | Over 8.5 % | Home win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 8.50 | 46.2% | 46.2% |
| 2025 | 22 | 10.05 | 59.1% | 45.5% |
| 2024 | 26 | 8.27 | 34.6% | 65.4% |
| 2023 | 29 | 8.76 | 44.8% | 44.8% |
| 2022 | 36 | 7.72 | 36.1% | 58.3% |
| Date | Matchup | Score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | Cincinnati Reds @ Atlanta Braves | 7–6 | 13 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians | 3–5 | 8 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | San Diego Padres @ San Francisco Giants | 6–4 | 10 |
| Sep 09, 2026 | Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners | 2–3 | 5 |
| Sep 05, 2026 | Washington Nationals @ Los Angeles Dodgers | 3–5 | 8 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Seattle Mariners @ New York Yankees | 5–10 | 15 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | St. Louis Cardinals @ Toronto Blue Jays | 1–3 | 4 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers @ New York Yankees | 2–1 | 3 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Colorado Rockies @ San Francisco Giants | 2–8 | 10 |
| Jul 05, 2026 | Miami Marlins @ Athletics | 9–8 | 17 |
Method: every number on this page is computed from the finished MLB games in our own model database (2022 onwards) where Junior Valentine was the recorded home-plate umpire. "Over 8.5 %" is the share of his games with 9+ combined runs; "Home win %" is how often the home team won with him behind the plate. Only umpires with at least 30 plate games get a page — smaller samples are noise. One honest caveat applies to everything here: even several seasons of plate games is a modest sample, and most deviation from the league average is variance, not a hidden edge.