#44 Bill Walker, Starting Pitcher, 26 yrs, St. Louis (A) Browns Friday, 10/20/1929 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Walker
10/7/1903 26 USA,IL,EAST ST. LOUI 6"0 175
Starting Pitcher R L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 0 / 6 (Unknown) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good GREAT Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 300,000 1929 (Possible Arbitration) 2 Year(s), 90 Days (434 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 2 Year(s)
2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 7 | 9 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
Talent | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 50 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/13 | PHA | L 3-7 | * | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | L | | | | |
8/18 | @CHA | L 7-8 | * | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/23 | CLE | L 3-7 | * | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | L | | | | |
8/29 | @WAS | W 6-3 | * | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/3 | @NYY | W 2-0 | * | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/8 | BOS | W 5-4 | * | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | W | | | | |
9/15 | DET | L 2-7 | * | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/20 | WAS | W 1-0 | * | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
9/27 | @NYY | W 7-4 | * | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | W | | | | |
10/2 | @CLE | W 9-8 | * | 9 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 31 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 4.56 | 254.1 | 261 | 155 | 129 | 87 | 108 | 23 | 74.2 | 2 | 13 | 41.9 |
Projected | 31 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 4.56 | 254.0 | 261 | 155 | 129 | 87 | 108 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.72 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 254 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 42 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .321 | .421 | .743 |
vs. RHB | 740 | 188 | 49 | 7 | 13 | 107 | 113 | 71 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 | .316 | .392 | .708 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4.86 | 133.1 | 143 | 87 | 72 | 52 | 56 |
Road | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4.24 | 121.0 | 118 | 68 | 57 | 35 | 52 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.34 | 35.0 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 13 |
May | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.68 | 44.0 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 21 |
June | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9.44 | 34.1 | 51 | 41 | 36 | 20 | 15 |
July | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.38 | 39.0 | 36 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 19 |
August | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.88 | 48.0 | 53 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 14 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.83 | 54.0 | 54 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 26 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1927 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5.18 | 123.1 | 149 | 78 | 71 | 12 | 43 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1.56 | .318 | SLA |
1928 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 4.24 | 269.1 | 280 | 154 | 127 | 27 | 92 | 106 | 25 | 2 | 1.38 | .273 | SLA |
1929 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 4.56 | 254.1 | 261 | 155 | 129 | 19 | 87 | 108 | 23 | 2 | 1.37 | .279 | SLA |
Total | 78 | 78 | 33 | 39 | 0 | 4.55 | 647.0 | 690 | 387 | 327 | 58 | 222 | 265 | 58 | 5 | 1.41 | .284 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1927, AAA | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3.73 | 101.1 | 111 | 48 | 42 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1.40 | .290 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1927 | 15 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .081 | .125 | .162 | .287 | SLA |
1928 | 32 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .075 | .095 | .086 | .181 | SLA |
1929 | 31 | 92 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .149 | .163 | .312 | SLA |
Total | 78 | 222 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 84 | 0 | 0 | .099 | .122 | .131 | .253 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 31 | 31 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 43 | 1 | .977 | 254.1 | 1.52 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1927... Earned first career win on 4/8/1927... Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/13/1927, off Walt Kinney (PHA)... Injured on 8/28/1927 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1929, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Losses 1928 - 17 - 5th
| BB 1928 - 92 - 7th
| CG 1928 - 25 - 9th
| SHO 1928 - 2 - 9th
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