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Walt
Bond		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 243
 
Born: October 19, 1937 in Usa, TN, DENMARK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
All-Star Selections 1965    1967    1968    1970    1971    1972    1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1961 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1962 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1963 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1964 26 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1965 27 DET AL $ 2,285,714   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1966 28 DET AL $ 5,750,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1967 29 DET AL $ 5,750,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1968 30 WAS NL $ 5,750,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1969 31 WAS NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8
1970 32 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8
1971 33 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   9 9 8 8 9 8 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 7
1972 34 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8
1973 35 WAS NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7
1974 36 COL NL     8 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 5 4 5 4 7 7 7
1975 37 LAD NL $ 2,000,000   8 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1976 38 LAD NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1977 39 LAD NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   9 9 8 8 9 8 6 7 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
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
1960 22 SDP NL 25 95 11 23 3 2 0 2 1 3 3 13 .242 .273 .316 .589 6.9 0.5
    AAA   135 530 92 162 25 4 41 102 13 10 63 93 .306 .379 .600 .979 112.4  
1961 23 SDP NL 147 485 74 124 19 6 14 48 12 7 33 70 .256 .315 .406 .721 62.7 11.5
1962 24 SDP NL 153 507 57 140 19 4 12 72 3 4 36 68 .276 .328 .400 .729 60.6 11.5
1963 25 SDP NL 108 359 52 108 16 4 12 66 5 1 20 37 .301 .336 .468 .804 53.8 10.3
    AAA   31 122 17 46 5 1 6 24 3 2 12 9 .377 .433 .582 1.015 27.0  
1964 26 SDP NL 86 278 43 75 10 0 9 39 4 1 24 28 .270 .325 .403 .728 36.3 5.3
  DET AL 52 195 23 52 9 0 4 24 2 1 11 20 .267 .305 .374 .679 20.9 2.8
  TOT   138 473 66 127 19 0 13 63 6 2 35 48 .268 .317 .391 .708 57.2 8.1
1965 27 DET AL 155 575 71 161 26 4 30 82 9 5 50 84 .280 .340 .496 .836 91.8 20.0
1966 28 DET AL 157 594 90 153 28 5 24 81 13 3 46 75 .258 .316 .443 .759 80.1 13.4
1967 29 DET AL 155 582 85 167 35 8 30 100 2 2 47 81 .287 .342 .529 .871 97.8 19.4
1968 30 WAS NL 156 573 79 159 25 5 27 87 4 4 54 75 .277 .342 .480 .822 88.0 20.0
1969 31 WAS NL 154 564 81 158 25 7 23 99 6 8 52 65 .280 .348 .472 .819 85.4 17.0
1970 32 WAS NL 156 562 99 157 19 4 32 107 9 2 58 58 .279 .353 .498 .852 94.8 19.4
1971 33 WAS NL 155 586 85 176 29 3 24 100 3 4 55 81 .300 .364 .483 .847 96.3 20.0
1972 34 WAS NL 154 563 93 168 23 5 28 88 8 1 58 81 .298 .367 .506 .873 94.5 20.1
1973 35 WAS NL 156 586 89 163 28 4 21 82 8 7 56 60 .278 .344 .447 .791 86.7 15.6
1974 36 COL NL 157 572 88 176 33 2 26 89 1 0 40 80 .308 .353 .509 .861 95.4 18.2
1975 37 LAD NL 158 576 67 167 14 4 18 84 0 0 41 104 .290 .337 .422 .758 81.7 16.9
1976 38 LAD NL 156 591 81 164 11 4 29 89 2 1 36 75 .277 .323 .457 .780 85.9 14.9
1977 39 LAD NL 18 64 6 19 5 0 1 6 1 0 1 11 .297 .308 .422 .730 7.2 1.5
18 Years Sim 2458 8907 1274 2510 377 71 364 1345 93 54 721 1166 .282 .339 .463 .801 1326.7 258.3
2 Years AAA 166 652 109 208 30 5 47 126 16 12 75 102 .319 .395 .597 .992 139.4  
162 Game Average 587 83 165 24 4 23 88 6 3 47 76 .282 .339 .463 .801 87.4  
Career Highs 158 594 99 176 35 8 32 107 13 8 58 104 .308 .367 .529 .873 97.8  
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   5834 863 1715 242 46 241 922 71 37 513 693 .294 .354 .475 .829 942.1
vs LH   3073 411 795 135 25 123 423 22 17 208 473 .259 .309 .439 .748 406.9
Home 1228 4398 641 1269 188 36 189 672 46 28 364 601 .289 .347 .477 .824 695.7
Away 1230 4509 633 1241 189 35 175 673 47 26 357 565 .275 .331 .449 .780 653.3
RISP   2181 0 614 98 14 91 938 0 0 236 305 .282 .344 .464 .809 351.5
Pinch Hitting   161 28 50 5 3 10 39 2 1 4 13 .311 .329 .565 .895 27.9
Close/Late   1133 166 326 47 15 55 170 0 0 107 145 .288 .353 .501 .854 192.0
Mar/Apr 409 1496 217 440 63 13 56 212 21 7 131 196 .294 .355 .466 .821 238.2
May 436 1566 250 436 65 13 78 230 16 15 133 217 .278 .337 .486 .823 247.5
June 397 1430 198 391 65 12 59 220 15 7 124 199 .273 .335 .459 .794 214.6
July 399 1491 196 408 58 9 60 227 9 8 101 178 .274 .323 .445 .768 207.5
August 397 1415 209 382 60 11 57 238 15 5 113 180 .270 .326 .449 .774 204.1
Sep/Oct 420 1509 204 453 66 13 54 218 17 12 119 196 .300 .356 .469 .824 237.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1960 22 SDP NL LF 25 25 203.0 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1961 23 SDP NL LF 101 94 821.0 174 7 0 1 1.000 1.98   3.1
    CF 39 25 240.0 71 0 2 0 .973 2.66    
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 24 SDP NL CF 134 123 1100.7 310 2 4 2 .987 2.55   2.9
    RF 4 4 46.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.54    
    LF 5 2 23.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    1B 3 2 16.0 16 1 0 2 1.000 9.56   0.0
1963 25 SDP NL LF 88 81 731.7 156 3 0 1 1.000 1.96   2.2
    CF 7 2 29.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    RF 5 2 21.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.91    
    1B 4 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1964 26 SDP NL LF 39 34 292.0 68 1 1 0 .986 2.13   1.7
    CF 32 32 272.2 61 1 1 0 .984 2.05   0.0
    RF 9 6 50.5 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
  DET AL LF 23 21 199.4 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   1.0
    CF 20 20 185.8 42 0 1 0 .977 2.03   0.0
    RF 5 4 34.5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 62 55 491.4 114 1 1 0 .991 2.11   2.7
      CF 52 52 458.0 103 1 2 0 .981 2.04   0.0
      RF 14 10 85.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
      1B 3 0 6.7 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.75   0.0
1965 27 DET AL RF 87 85 771.7 167 0 8 0 .954 1.95   3.6
    CF 65 62 559.0 172 1 1 0 .994 2.79    
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
1966 28 DET AL CF 128 126 1119.7 294 3 7 1 .977 2.39   1.5
    RF 24 24 219.0 66 1 3 0 .957 2.75    
    1B 5 0 14.0 16 2 0 3 1.000 11.57   0.0
1967 29 DET AL RF 149 148 1306.7 290 4 12 2 .961 2.03   2.6
    LF 1 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    1B 3 0 5.0 6 2 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 30 WAS NL LF 94 91 798.0 128 1 1 0 .992 1.45   0.9
    1B 57 54 481.0 587 34 8 49 .987 11.62   0.3
    RF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1969 31 WAS NL LF 116 115 1023.3 209 5 3 1 .986 1.88   4.2
    RF 35 32 285.0 56 1 1 1 .983 1.80    
    1B 2 0 5.3 4 0 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 32 WAS NL LF 90 88 781.7 128 4 1 2 .992 1.52   2.4
    1B 63 59 528.0 673 50 14 73 .981 12.32   1.0
    CF 3 0 11.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32    
1971 33 WAS NL LF 148 147 1308.3 214 2 1 0 .995 1.49   2.7
    1B 7 0 15.3 25 2 1 0 .964 15.85   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 34 WAS NL LF 138 137 1219.7 214 4 2 2 .991 1.61   3.0
    1B 14 10 94.3 121 11 0 11 1.000 12.59   0.2
    CF 2 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50    
1973 35 WAS NL LF 150 148 1349.0 249 6 1 1 .996 1.70   3.6
    CF 2 1 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1974 36 COL NL 1B 12 9 80.7 100 4 0 6 1.000 11.60   0.1
    LF 6 3 35.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.2
    CF 9 1 29.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.93    
    RF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1975 37 LAD NL RF 70 70 609.7 122 3 12 2 .912 1.85   0.7
    1B 2 1 11.3 11 2 0 3 1.000 10.33   0.0
    CF 5 0 9.3 3 0 1 0 .750 2.89    
    LF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 38 LAD NL RF 56 51 449.7 96 2 4 1 .961 1.96   1.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1977 39 LAD NL 1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
  LF 1028 987 8802.4 1646 34 10 8 .994 1.72   25.2
  RF 451 427 3818.6 836 11 41 6 .954 2.00   7.9
  CF 452 392 3590.3 976 7 17 3 .983 2.46   4.4
  1B 185 135 1277.7 1589 109 23 152 .987 11.96   1.8
Career Totals   2116 1941 17489.0 5047 161 91 169 .983 2.68   39.3
Career Highs   157 150 1372.0 804 54 15 75 1.000 12.00    
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
1962 24 SDP NL 7 20 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .450 .750
1963 25 SDP NL 6 28 4 5 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 1 .179 .207 .429 .635
1964 26 DET AL 7 25 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .120 .115 .160 .275
1969 31 WAS NL 7 26 2 5 3 1 0 4 1 0 2 5 .192 .241 .385 .626
1970 32 WAS NL 12 44 4 8 1 1 3 8 0 0 6 8 .182 .280 .455 .735
1971 33 WAS NL 6 25 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .240 .240 .320 .560
1972 34 WAS NL 6 24 4 9 1 0 2 6 0 0 3 4 .375 .444 .667 1.111
1973 35 WAS NL 4 16 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .188 .278 .375 .653
1974 36 COL NL 9 23 7 6 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 2 .261 .414 .565 .979
Career Post-Season Batting 64 231 28 51 10 2 11 40 1 1 19 27 .221 .281 .424 .705
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1971-10-.300
 Slugging Pct
1965-3-.496
1967-4-.529
1968-10-.480
1970-9-.498
1971-8-.483
1972-8-.506
1974-5-.509
 OPS
1965-8-.836
1967-5-.871
1970-9-.852
1971-9-.847
1972-7-.873
1974-6-.861
 XR
1965-4-91.8
1967-4-97.8
1970-10-94.8
1971-7-96.3
1972-8-94.5
1974-5-95.4
CAR-45-1326.7
 Games
1966-2-157
1968-7-156
1969-10-154
1970-5-156
1971-8-155
1973-10-156
1974-4-157
1975-1-158
1976-7-156
CAR-27-2458
 At-Bats
1966-5-594
1967-7-582
1971-9-586
1976-10-591
CAR-26-8907
Runs
1966-10-90
1970-5-99
1972-9-93
 Hits
1965-9-161
1967-8-167
1971-3-176
1972-9-168
1974-5-176
CAR-32-2510
 Total Bases
1965-3-285
1966-10-263
1967-3-308
1968-8-275
1970-8-280
1971-6-283
1972-6-285
1974-4-291
1976-7-270
CAR-31-4121
 Singles
1975-7-131
CAR-31-1698
 Doubles
1967-7-35
 Triples
1961-3-6
1967-4-8
1968-7-5
1969-3-7
Homeruns
1965-4-30
1966-7-24
1967-4-30
1968-9-27
1970-4-32
1972-7-28
1974-8-26
1976-4-29
 RBIs
1967-4-100
1968-9-87
1969-8-99
1970-7-107
 Stolen Bases
1961-5-12
 Caught Stealing
1961-6-7
1962-5-4
1969-10-8
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 118    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by San Diego in 1960
Injured on 8/9/1960 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/23/1960 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/1/1960, off Johnny Antonelli (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1961, off Ryne Duren (NYA)
Hit for the cycle against St. Louis on 9/19/1961
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against St. Louis on 9/19/1961
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/30/1964
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 7/31/1964 (Going to SDP: P Danny Mcdevitt. Going to DET: P Jack Aker, LF Walt Bond)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,285,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1965, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1965, hitting .378 with 7 HR, 18 RBI
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1967, hitting .270 with 10 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1967, hitting .381 with 8 HR, 19 RBI
Traded from Detroit to Washington on 2/1/1968 (Going to WAS: P Herman Starrette, 2B Jerry Lumpe, RF Walt Bond. Going to DET: P Aubrey Gatewood, SS Pedro Gonzalez, SS Chico Ruiz)
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
7/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1969, hitting .301 with 9 HR, 34 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1970, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1971, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1972, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Colorado, driving in 4 runs on 7/29/1972
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/8/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $4,958,912 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 4/16/1974, off Catfish Hunter (PIT)
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Released by Colorado on 10/31/1974
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/3/1975 to a 3-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1976, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 4/13/1977 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 5/10/1977 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season
 
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