Ed
Walsh
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 11, 1905 in Usa, CT, MERIDEN
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 CHA AL $ 300,000 95 38 42 40 43 49 46 20 26 23
1931 26 CHA AL $ 300,000 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1932 27 SEM AL   10 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 3
1935 30 ATL NL $ 300,000 10 4 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 3
1936 31 ATL NL $ 350,000 10 4 4 4 5 6 5 3 3 3
1937 32 BSN NL $ 350,000 10 4 4 4 5 6 5 3 3 3
1938 33 BSN NL $ 350,000 10 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   10 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 95 38 42 40 43 49 46 20 26 23
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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 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   32 32 32 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
1931 26 CHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1932 27 SEM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1935 30 ATL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1936 31 ATL NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1937 32 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1938 33 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   32 32 32 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 40 40 40
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 25 CHA AL 2 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 0 17.3 12 8 2 8 5 4.15 .194 .286 .290 .576 1.7
1931 26 CHA AL 3 1 .750 25 0 0 0 1 32.0 25 5 1 16 6 1.41 .219 .313 .307 .620 4.9
1932 27 SEM AL 10 13 .435 34 25 11 0 0 204.7 259 132 16 91 49 5.80 .314 .379 .441 .820 5.6
1935 30 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 9.0 10 4 2 3 3 4.00 .294 .342 .500 .842 0.9
    A   15 7 .682 30 30 8 3 0 241.7 157 54 15 58 215 2.01 .184 .235 .270 .506  
1936 31 AAA   14 10 .583 29 29 4 0 0 197.3 203 91 25 87 113 4.15 .270 .345 .421 .766  
1937 32 AAA   9 10 .474 24 24 3 2 0 146.0 163 80 21 74 75 4.93 .280 .361 .437 .798  
1938 33 AAA   4 14 .222 26 26 2 1 0 146.3 181 88 21 64 99 5.41 .300 .367 .437 .804  
4 Years Sim 16 14 .533 82 25 11 0 1 263.0 306 149 21 118 63 5.10 .295 .365 .419 .784 13.1
3 Years AAA 27 34 .443 79 79 9 3 0 489.7 547 259 67 225 287 4.76 .282 .357 .431 .788  
1 Years A 15 7 .682 30 30 8 3 0 241.7 157 54 15 58 215 2.01 .184 .235 .270 .506  
4 Years Minors 42 41 .506 109 109 17 6 0 731.3 704 313 82 283 502 3.85 .252 .321 .382 .702  
Season Average 4 3 .571 20 6 2 0 0 65.7 76 37 5 29 15 5.10 .295 .365 .419 .784  
Career Highs 10 13 1.000 34 25 11 0 1 204.7 259 132 16 91 49 5.80 .314 .379 .500 .842  
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   167 65 8 51 35   .306 .366 .400 .766
vs LH   139 84 13 67 28   .283 .369 .440 .809
Home 8 6 .571 49 12 5 0 1 138.0 153 71 9 62 30 4.63 .286 .360 .396 .756
Away 8 8 .500 33 13 6 0 0 125.0 153 78 12 56 33 5.62 .305 .375 .443 .818
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 12.3 11 6 1 4 2 4.38 .250 .313 .409 .722
May 3 2 .600 13 3 1 0 0 33.0 44 24 4 18 6 6.55 .326 .405 .489 .894
June 2 3 .400 16 4 1 0 1 38.3 47 34 4 21 8 7.99 .311 .395 .437 .832
July 3 3 .500 14 5 4 0 0 48.7 52 20 1 18 11 3.70 .272 .335 .351 .686
August 4 3 .571 11 7 4 0 0 65.3 77 32 2 28 18 4.41 .300 .368 .389 .758
Sep/Oct 3 3 .500 17 6 1 0 0 65.3 75 33 9 29 18 4.55 .291 .362 .453 .816
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 25 CHA AL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1931 26 CHA AL 25 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1932 27 SEM AL 34 72 9 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 18 .222 .237 .222 .459 4.6 0.0
1935 30 ATL NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 82 77 9 17 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 18 .221 .235 .221 .455 4.7 0.0
162 Game Average 152 17 33 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 35 .221 .235 .221 .455 9.3  
Career Highs 34 72 9 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 18 .333 .333 .333 .667 4.6  
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   57 6 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .211 .217 .211 .427 2.0
vs LH   20 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .250 .286 .250 .536 1.4
Home 49 36 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .194 .211 .194 .405 1.1
Away 26 41 6 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .244 .256 .244 .500 2.4
RISP   19 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .105 .095 .105 .201 -0.6
Close/Late   8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Mar/Apr 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
May 13 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.8
June 5 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.8
July 5 14 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .429 .467 .429 .895 2.6
August 8 23 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .087 .083 .087 .170 -1.0
Sep/Oct 11 19 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .105 .143 .105 .248 -0.3
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 25 CHA AL P 18 0 17.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1931 26 CHA AL P 25 0 32.0 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.94    
1932 27 SEM AL P 34 25 204.7 13 35 0 4 1.000 2.11    
1935 30 ATL NL P 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   82 25 263.0 18 48 0 4 1.000 2.26    
Career Highs   34 25 204.7 13 35 0 4 1.000 3.94    
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 25 CHA AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250
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History
Earned first career win on 4/14/1930
Had first career hit on 5/24/1931, off George Pipgras (HOU)
Released by Chicago (A) on 10/26/1931
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 4/6/1932 to a 1-year deal worth $640,000 per year
Released by Seattle (M) on 9/29/1932
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 3/4/1935 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/19/1936 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/11/1937 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/9/1938 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1938 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks