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Luke
Walker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 192
 
Born: September 2, 1943 in Usa, TX, DEKALB
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 21 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 9
1966 22 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 9
1967 23 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 9
1968 24 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1969 25 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 5 3 4 9 9 9
1970 26 MIN AL $ 385,714 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 10 9 9
1971 27 MIN AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 10 9 9
1972 28 MIN AL $ 1,192,857 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 10 9 9
1973 29 NYG NL $ 3,003,003 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 9
1974 30 NYG NL $ 3,003,003 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 9 8 8
1975 31 WAS NL $ 3,003,003 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 8
1976 32 WAS NL $ 3,003,003 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 8
1977 33 WAS NL   7 5 4 4 4 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 4 4 4 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,003,003 8 6 5 6 5 4 4 10 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 21 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 22 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 23 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 26 MIN AL $ 385,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 28 MIN AL $ 1,192,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 29 NYG NL $ 3,003,003   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 30 NYG NL $ 3,003,003   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 31 WAS NL $ 3,003,003   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 32 WAS NL $ 3,003,003   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 33 WAS NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,003,003   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1965 21 MON NL 8 4 .667 52 0 0 0 12 58.7 53 28 4 26 44 4.30 .236 .313 .329 .642 5.5
    AAA   4 6 .400 12 12 1 0 0 82.0 80 36 8 45 66 3.95 .256 .350 .388 .738  
1966 22 MON NL 9 3 .750 69 0 0 0 5 76.7 72 38 5 52 62 4.46 .249 .363 .349 .713 4.3
1967 23 MON NL 4 2 .667 6 6 1 0 0 44.3 41 17 3 14 25 3.45 .248 .307 .364 .671 4.1
    AAA   9 8 .529 34 23 2 1 1 162.7 120 56 5 87 148 3.10 .201 .302 .281 .583  
1968 24 MON NL 6 11 .353 24 24 3 0 0 173.3 150 68 9 77 114 3.53 .237 .320 .332 .653 9.7
1969 25 MON NL 15 13 .536 33 33 3 0 0 233.0 236 119 20 109 121 4.60 .263 .341 .389 .730 10.9
1970 26 MON NL 5 2 .714 24 7 0 0 3 47.7 44 21 2 21 33 3.96 .250 .332 .330 .661 4.3
  MIN AL 8 4 .667 20 6 0 0 1 103.0 99 40 4 47 61 3.50 .254 .334 .334 .668 8.3
  TOT   13 6 .684 44 13 0 0 4 150.7 143 61 6 68 94 3.64 .253 .333 .333 .666 12.6
1971 27 MIN AL 11 12 .478 33 33 1 0 0 235.7 224 109 9 135 140 4.16 .253 .351 .358 .710 13.0
1972 28 MIN AL 8 11 .421 27 27 1 0 0 179.3 179 83 10 102 136 4.17 .264 .357 .365 .722 9.4
1973 29 NYG NL 13 12 .520 34 34 1 1 0 212.3 227 113 22 118 132 4.79 .270 .359 .402 .761 11.4
1974 30 NYG NL 5 5 .500 28 5 1 0 6 57.7 74 41 6 38 31 6.40 .316 .406 .462 .868 0.0
1975 31 AA   4 3 .571 79 0 0 0 12 58.0 46 22 4 39 49 3.41 .220 .343 .349 .692  
1976 32 AA   3 4 .429 79 0 0 0 13 72.3 50 20 4 33 60 2.49 .202 .295 .310 .606  
1977 33 AA   2 2 .500 29 0 0 0 0 46.0 50 26 3 26 28 5.09 .278 .369 .389 .758  
10 Years Sim 92 79 .538 350 175 11 1 27 1421.6 1399 677 94 739 899 4.29 .259 .346 .368 .715 81.1
2 Years AAA 13 14 .481 46 35 3 1 1 244.7 200 92 13 132 214 3.38 .220 .319 .318 .636  
3 Years AA 9 9 .500 187 0 0 0 25 176.3 146 68 11 98 137 3.47 .229 .332 .345 .677  
5 Years Minors 22 23 .489 233 35 3 1 26 421.0 346 160 24 230 351 3.42 .224 .324 .329 .653  
Season Average 9 7 .563 35 17 1 0 2 142.2 139 67 9 73 89 4.29 .259 .346 .368 .715  
Career Highs 15 13 .750 69 34 3 1 12 235.7 236 119 22 135 140 6.40 .316 .406 .462 .868  
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   1059 491 72 522 581   .275 .361 .393 .754
vs LH   340 186 22 217 318   .219 .314 .308 .622
Home 46 37 .554 178 83 6 1 15 692.0 670 305 37 378 449 3.97 .255 .349 .358 .706
Away 46 42 .523 172 92 5 0 12 729.7 729 372 57 361 450 4.59 .262 .347 .378 .725
Mar/Apr 16 10 .615 46 29 1 0 0 225.0 226 102 11 119 159 4.08 .266 .356 .366 .722
May 15 7 .682 53 27 3 0 6 227.0 218 104 20 110 144 4.12 .250 .334 .368 .702
June 19 15 .559 68 28 1 1 6 237.6 213 93 9 134 150 3.52 .240 .340 .330 .670
July 11 15 .423 57 21 1 0 7 197.6 209 108 16 97 118 4.92 .272 .353 .382 .736
August 11 16 .407 64 32 1 0 5 246.6 240 122 19 144 167 4.45 .257 .356 .381 .737
Sep/Oct 20 16 .556 62 38 4 0 3 287.6 293 148 19 135 161 4.63 .266 .347 .381 .727
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
1965 21 MON NL 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1966 22 MON NL 69 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1967 23 MON NL 6 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .143 .214 -0.4 0.0
1968 24 MON NL 24 55 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .055 .071 .073 .144 -2.9 0.0
4 Years Sim 151 74 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 29 .054 .067 .081 .148 -3.8 0.0
162 Game Average 79 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 31 .054 .067 .081 .148 -4.0  
Career Highs 69 55 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .071 .071 .143 .214 -0.1  
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   45 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .067 .067 .111 .178 -2.1
vs LH   29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .034 .067 .034 .101 -1.8
Home 77 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .000 .027 .000 .027 -3.1
Away 50 38 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.8
RISP   12 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .083 .237 -0.2
Close/Late   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Mar/Apr 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
May 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
June 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
July 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
August 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7
Sep/Oct 9 18 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .111 .111 .222 .333 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 21 MON NL P 52 0 58.7 2 10 1 0 .923 1.84    
1966 22 MON NL P 69 0 76.7 4 13 1 2 .944 2.00    
1967 23 MON NL P 6 6 44.3 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.44    
1968 24 MON NL P 24 24 173.3 6 24 3 2 .909 1.56    
1969 25 MON NL P 33 33 233.0 23 27 1 2 .980 1.93    
1970 26 MON NL P 24 7 47.7 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.94    
  MIN AL P 20 6 103.0 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.14    
  TOT   P 44 13 150.7 1 17 0 3 1.000 1.08    
1971 27 MIN AL P 33 33 235.7 11 30 1 1 .976 1.57    
1972 28 MIN AL P 27 27 179.3 10 26 1 3 .973 1.81    
1973 29 NYG NL P 34 34 212.3 10 28 5 2 .884 1.61    
1974 30 NYG NL P 28 5 57.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.09    
Career Totals   350 175 1421.6 71 190 13 16 .953 1.65    
Career Highs   69 34 235.7 23 30 5 3 1.000 2.44    
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
1970 26 MIN AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 2 2 9.00 .250 .400 .500 .900
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 2 2 9.00 .250 .400 .500 .900
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1969-9-15
 Saves
1965-7-12
 Games Pitched
1966-10-69
 Games Started
1973-7-34
 Walks Allowed
1969-4-109
1971-2-135
1973-5-118
 Hits per 9IP
1968-10-7.8
OSLG
1968-7-.332
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Montreal in 1965
Earned first career win on 6/9/1965
Had first career hit (double) on 9/6/1967, off Ralph Terry (NYG)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 7/1/1970 (Going to MIN: C Duane Josephson, CF Bill White, P Luke Walker. Going to MON: P John Tsitouris)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,192,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/20/1972 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/6/1973 to a 4-year deal worth $3,003,003 per year
4/2/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 2/1/1975 (Going to NYG: P Jack Billingham, P Bill Hepler, C Manny Sanguillen. Going to WAS: P Glenn Abbott, P Luke Walker, C Milt May, RF Mike Anderson, 2B Bobby Valentine)
 
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