#44 Bill Walker, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Detroit Tigers Friday, 10/20/1934 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Walker
10/7/1903 31 USA,IL,EAST ST. LOUI 6"0 180
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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 4 / 6 (Popular) 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 $ 3,000,000 1936 7 Year(s), 9 Days (1213 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days) 7 Year(s) Not eligible Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 7 | 9 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Talent | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
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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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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 27 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4.62 | 210.1 | 220 | 117 | 108 | 88 | 99 | 17 | 63.0 | 2 | 12 | 44.4 |
Projected | 27 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4.62 | 210.0 | 220 | 117 | 108 | 88 | 99 | | | | | |
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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 | 13.3 | 9.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.19 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 237 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 | .343 | .485 | .828 |
vs. RHB | 578 | 146 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 | .336 | .365 | .701 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3.98 | 104.0 | 106 | 50 | 46 | 38 | 44 |
Road | 14 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5.25 | 106.1 | 114 | 67 | 62 | 50 | 55 |
Postseason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
This Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.14 | 14.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
May | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.06 | 35.0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 13 |
June | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.44 | 43.1 | 54 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 21 |
July | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.72 | 43.0 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 30 |
August | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 | 41.0 | 48 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8.21 | 34.0 | 47 | 32 | 31 | 18 | 12 |
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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 |
1930 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 5.27 | 164.0 | 192 | 116 | 96 | 17 | 55 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 1.51 | .310 | SLA |
1931 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.79 | 6.1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.21 | .370 | SLA |
1932 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3.77 | 176.2 | 170 | 85 | 74 | 18 | 55 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 1.27 | .257 | SLA |
1933 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 5.66 | 254.1 | 325 | 177 | 160 | 23 | 97 | 128 | 20 | 1 | 1.66 | .338 | SLA |
1934 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4.62 | 210.1 | 220 | 117 | 108 | 16 | 88 | 99 | 17 | 2 | 1.46 | .291 | DET |
Total | 186 | 178 | 74 | 91 | 0 | 4.78 | 1458.2 | 1609 | 891 | 774 | 134 | 519 | 653 | 123 | 9 | 1.46 | .295 | |
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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 |
1931, AAA | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.25 | 40.1 | 60 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1.71 | .379 |
1932, AAA | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.94 | 111.1 | 87 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 33 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 1.08 | .241 |
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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 |
1934 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
1930 | 20 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .127 | .197 | .324 | SLA |
1931 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLA |
1932 | 21 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .125 | .127 | .252 | SLA |
1933 | 32 | 92 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .098 | .108 | .185 | .292 | SLA |
1934 | 27 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .108 | .167 | .275 | DET |
Total | 186 | 510 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 195 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .119 | .153 | .271 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 27 | 27 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 40 | 1 | .975 | 210.1 | 1.71 | | | | |
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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... 1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1932, going 5-0, 3.12... 1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration... Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/7/1934 to a 3-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1932 - 3.77 - 5th
| WHIP 1932 - 1.27 - 6th
| Losses 1928 - 17 - 5th 1933 - 19 - 7th
| BB 1928 - 92 - 7th 1933 - 97 - 9th
| CG 1928 - 25 - 9th
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SHO 1928 - 2 - 9th 1929 - 2 - 3rd
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