caption bats birth_place debutyear statyear statvalue team image_size position statlabel debutdate birth_date number image article_title debutteam name throws
valencia with the oakland athletics in 2015 right miami , florida 2010 august 24 , 2015 .266 443 49 228 oakland athletics 250 third baseman batting average hits home runs runs batted in june 3 19 september 1984 26 danny valencia on august 17 , 2015.jpg danny valencia
 minnesota twins danny valencia right
danny valencia

daniel paul `` danny '' valencia -lrb- born september 19 , 1984 -rrb- is an american professional baseball third baseman for the oakland athletics of major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .
he has also played for the minnesota twins , boston red sox , baltimore orioles , kansas city royals , and toronto blue jays .
in high school , valencia was all-county three times and all-state twice .
at the university of north carolina at greensboro , he was southern conference freshman of the year , second-team all-conference , and on his all-regional team .
he was drafted while he was a junior at the university of miami by the twins in the 19th round of the 2006 major league baseball draft , the 576th player overall .
in the minors , valencia was an all-star in the appalachian league -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , the midwest league -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , and the florida state league -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
he entered the 2010 season ranked as the sixth-best prospect of the twins by `` baseball america '' .
valencia made his major league debut with the twins in june 2010 .
he was named the third baseman on `` baseball america '' 's 2010 all-rookie team , and on the 2010 topps major league rookie all-star team .
in 2011 , he led the twins in rbis , and led all major league third basemen in assists .
in 2013 , he batted .371 vs. left-handed pitching , leading the american league , and ranked third in slugging percentage at .639 -lrb- minimum 100 plate appearances -rrb- .
