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Bill
Walker		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 7, 1903 in Usa, IL, EAST ST. LOUI
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 CIN NL $ 2,385,714 81 59 57 57 43 41 41 56 56 56
1931 27 CIN NL $ 2,385,714 9 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1932 28 CIN NL $ 3,821,429 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1933 29 CIN NL $ 650,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1934 30 CIN NL $ 650,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1935 31 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1936 32 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,821,429 81 59 57 57 43 41 41 56 56 56
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 CIN NL $ 2,385,714   5 5 6 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
1931 27 CIN NL $ 2,385,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1932 28 CIN NL $ 3,821,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1933 29 CIN NL $ 650,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1934 30 CIN NL $ 650,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 31 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 32 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,821,429   5 5 6 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 26 CIN NL 13 13 .500 29 29 8 0 0 221.0 259 130 22 86 81 5.29 .297 .359 .443 .802 3.2
1931 27 CIN NL 12 11 .522 32 32 12 1 0 255.7 242 103 23 97 95 3.63 .254 .323 .379 .702 17.0
1932 28 CIN NL 8 15 .348 32 32 8 1 0 228.7 266 126 14 92 63 4.96 .290 .353 .403 .756 6.1
1933 29 CIN NL 11 12 .478 30 30 5 1 0 218.0 221 101 10 81 74 4.17 .268 .330 .358 .688 12.1
1934 30 CIN NL 7 8 .467 61 1 0 0 15 74.3 88 45 7 39 29 5.45 .294 .376 .418 .794 4.4
1935 31 AA   1 3 .250 74 0 0 0 7 68.0 63 25 7 19 77 3.31 .242 .294 .365 .659  
1936 32 AA   2 2 .500 68 0 0 0 7 53.3 36 10 0 23 47 1.69 .195 .284 .232 .516  
5 Years Sim 51 59 .464 184 124 33 3 15 997.7 1076 505 76 395 342 4.56 .278 .344 .398 .742 42.8
2 Years AA 3 5 .375 142 0 0 0 14 121.3 99 35 7 42 124 2.60 .222 .290 .310 .600  
Season Average 10 11 .476 36 24 6 0 3 199.5 215 101 15 79 68 4.56 .278 .344 .398 .742  
Career Highs 13 15 .522 61 32 12 1 15 255.7 266 130 23 97 95 5.45 .297 .376 .443 .802  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   786 345 49 270 243   .299 .365 .418 .783
vs LH   290 160 27 125 99   .234 .304 .356 .660
Home 26 28 .481 94 63 18 3 7 514.0 558 252 37 181 195 4.41 .278 .338 .387 .725
Away 25 31 .446 90 61 15 0 8 483.7 518 253 39 214 147 4.71 .279 .353 .410 .763
Mar/Apr 4 10 .286 21 13 4 0 2 103.3 116 58 11 43 35 5.05 .293 .362 .412 .774
May 7 13 .350 28 21 6 1 3 164.7 173 98 9 70 54 5.36 .272 .345 .386 .731
June 8 12 .400 30 23 5 1 4 176.7 180 84 11 75 67 4.28 .269 .343 .363 .706
July 10 9 .526 30 21 5 0 5 165.0 182 83 15 64 55 4.53 .279 .343 .418 .761
August 11 8 .579 40 25 9 1 1 214.0 210 81 15 80 63 3.41 .263 .330 .382 .713
Sep/Oct 11 7 .611 35 21 4 0 0 174.0 215 101 15 63 68 5.22 .301 .358 .433 .791
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 26 CIN NL 29 84 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 37 .083 .093 .083 .176 -2.7 0.0
1931 27 CIN NL 32 90 6 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 22 .111 .138 .111 .249 -1.0 0.0
1932 28 CIN NL 32 72 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .111 .123 .125 .248 -0.8 0.0
1933 29 CIN NL 30 73 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 23 .137 .171 .137 .308 0.1 0.0
1934 30 CIN NL 61 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1935 31 AA   5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
5 Years Sim 184 323 16 36 1 0 0 14 0 1 7 101 .111 .132 .115 .247 -4.1 0.0
1 Years AA 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 284 14 31 0 0 0 12 0 0 6 88 .111 .132 .115 .247 -3.6  
Career Highs 61 90 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 37 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   240 11 28 1 0 0 12 0 1 6 74 .117 .141 .121 .262 -4.4
vs LH   83 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 27 .096 .106 .096 .202 -2.9
Home 94 155 9 16 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 48 .103 .114 .110 .224 -4.8
Away 90 168 7 20 0 0 0 9 0 0 5 53 .119 .149 .119 .268 -2.5
RISP   80 0 8 0 0 0 14 0 0 3 28 .100 .129 .100 .229 -1.9
Close/Late   30 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .067 .067 .067 .133 -1.7
Mar/Apr 13 30 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .100 .129 .100 .229 -0.8
May 28 53 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .075 .109 .075 .185 -2.4
June 30 61 3 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 16 .164 .177 .164 .341 0.4
July 21 55 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18 .091 .123 .091 .214 -1.9
August 25 71 5 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 .141 .164 .155 .319 0.0
Sep/Oct 21 53 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 .075 .073 .075 .148 -2.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 26 CIN NL P 29 29 221.0 9 56 2 2 .970 2.65    
1931 27 CIN NL P 32 32 255.7 13 46 2 3 .967 2.08    
1932 28 CIN NL P 32 32 228.7 11 55 2 3 .971 2.60    
1933 29 CIN NL P 30 30 218.0 10 45 2 4 .965 2.27    
1934 30 CIN NL P 61 1 74.3 5 12 3 2 .850 2.06    
Career Totals   184 124 997.7 48 214 11 14 .960 2.36    
Career Highs   61 32 255.7 13 56 3 4 .971 2.65    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1930 26 CIN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1931 27 CIN NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 13 7 1 5 2 7.88 .406 .486 .531 1.018
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 3 1 0 0 0 9.0 13 7 1 5 3 7.00 .371 .450 .486 .936
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 27 CIN NL 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1934-2-15
 Games Pitched
1934-10-61
 Shutouts
1932-6-1
1933-9-1
 Homeruns Allowed
1930-5-22
1931-5-23
 Hits per 9IP
1931-6-8.5
1933-8-9.1
 OAVG
1933-10-.268
OSLG
1933-6-.358
 OOPS
1933-9-.688
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Hal Wiltse (968)
  2. Dave Stewart (964)
  3. Pete Vuckovich (962)
  4. Fernando Valenzuela (959)
  5. Lefty Mills (957)
  6. Bubba Church (957)
  7. Joe Hesketh (953)
  8. Tiny Bonham (952)
  9. Fred Frankhouse (950)
  10. Ed Lopat (949)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Rube Melton (989)
  2. Masanori Murakami (988)
  3. Bill Singer (986)
  4. Joe Horlen (986)
  5. Ken Raffensberger (985)
  6. Johnny Murphy (984)
  7. Mickey Lolich (983)
  8. Bill Henry (982)
  9. Cecil Butler (980)
  10. Mike Cuellar (979)
History
Had first career hit on 4/28/1930, off Hugh Mcquillan (NYA)
Earned first career win on 4/28/1930
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/29/1931 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,821,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/6/1933 to a 2-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/10/1935 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 7/5/1936 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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