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Harry
Walker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 22, 1916 in Usa, MS, PASCAGOULA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1941   
All-Star Selections 1941   
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
1940 23 PIT NL     8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 3 5 4 8 8 8
1941 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 5 4 8 8 8
1942 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8
1943 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1944 27 PIT NL $ 964,286   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
1945 28 PIT NL $ 964,286   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1946 29 PIT NL $ 964,286   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 4 7 8 8
1947 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 5 4 7 8 8
1948 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 8 7 3 5 4 7 8 8
1949 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 3 5 4 7 7 7
1950 33 BRK NL $ 468,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 3 5 4 7 7 7
1951 34 BRK NL $ 468,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
1952 35 NYG NL $ 500,500   6 6 5 1 1 1 5 7 6 2 4 3 6 7 7
1953 36 NYG NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 7 6 2 4 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 7 6 2 4 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 964,286   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 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
1940 23 AAA   134 526 69 171 19 10 6 53 11 8 57 36 .325 .391 .433 .825 85.4  
1941 24 PIT NL 144 466 79 164 37 6 6 69 5 2 35 39 .352 .396 .496 .891 77.1 18.8
1942 25 PIT NL 142 445 67 129 25 12 0 42 9 1 35 44 .290 .341 .400 .741 57.7 8.4
1943 26 PIT NL 116 224 36 57 15 0 1 25 3 2 24 22 .254 .329 .335 .664 22.1 2.6
1944 27 PIT NL 111 150 19 35 10 1 3 20 5 1 18 17 .233 .315 .373 .689 15.7 1.4
1945 28 PIT NL 83 119 19 35 4 0 2 19 2 2 7 14 .294 .333 .378 .711 13.2 1.9
1946 29 AAA   132 533 88 181 27 5 22 72 13 17 62 46 .340 .408 .533 .941 104.0  
1947 30 PIT NL 94 73 15 14 3 1 2 10 1 0 6 7 .192 .253 .342 .596 4.4 0.0
1948 31 PIT NL 129 429 53 118 17 4 8 38 5 5 36 45 .275 .331 .389 .720 53.1 8.0
1949 32 PIT NL 85 151 20 40 10 0 1 17 1 1 13 19 .265 .321 .351 .672 14.7 1.5
1950 33 BRK NL 108 339 30 81 12 2 2 33 2 0 35 41 .239 .309 .304 .613 33.2 2.6
1951 34 BRK NL 110 335 56 102 18 2 4 30 11 4 31 42 .304 .364 .406 .770 46.0 6.9
1952 35 NYG NL 126 421 42 113 24 2 2 30 20 4 23 49 .268 .308 .349 .657 42.7 3.8
1953 36 AAA   137 522 74 162 29 5 4 55 12 4 40 59 .310 .359 .408 .767 73.8  
11 Years Sim 1248 3152 436 888 175 30 31 333 64 22 263 339 .282 .337 .386 .723 379.8 55.8
3 Years AAA 403 1581 231 514 75 20 32 180 36 29 159 141 .325 .386 .459 .844 263.2  
162 Game Average 409 56 115 22 3 4 43 8 2 34 44 .282 .337 .386 .723 49.3  
Career Highs 144 466 79 164 37 12 8 69 20 5 36 49 .352 .396 .496 .891 77.1  
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   2739 385 803 150 26 28 304 60 17 236 280 .293 .349 .398 .747 374.6
vs LH   413 51 85 25 4 3 29 4 5 27 59 .206 .254 .308 .561 29.8
Home 619 1576 226 440 89 13 17 163 30 10 139 179 .279 .338 .385 .722 203.0
Away 629 1576 210 448 86 17 14 170 34 12 124 160 .284 .336 .387 .723 201.4
RISP   730 0 208 40 8 8 269 0 0 72 73 .285 .347 .395 .742 99.0
Pinch Hitting   359 54 92 16 5 3 63 1 0 34 36 .256 .322 .354 .676 41.1
Close/Late   432 77 106 20 7 3 44 0 0 42 46 .245 .312 .345 .657 47.0
Mar/Apr 208 568 64 148 30 2 2 45 14 5 36 60 .261 .304 .331 .635 56.4
May 211 525 80 151 31 6 6 58 14 2 51 52 .288 .350 .404 .754 74.5
June 213 562 73 175 38 8 6 72 12 5 48 68 .311 .366 .440 .806 85.5
July 194 484 67 121 19 5 6 43 9 5 34 56 .250 .299 .347 .646 49.8
August 230 565 91 162 30 3 6 67 10 3 49 55 .287 .346 .382 .728 73.7
Sep/Oct 192 448 61 131 27 6 5 48 5 2 45 48 .292 .356 .413 .769 64.5
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
1941 24 PIT NL CF 123 104 960.0 246 10 9 2 .966 2.40   2.3
    LF 14 0 30.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1942 25 PIT NL LF 114 100 901.3 174 7 10 3 .948 1.81   1.2
    CF 19 3 56.3 14 1 1 1 .938 2.40    
1943 26 PIT NL LF 45 38 326.3 67 3 2 2 .972 1.93   1.6
    CF 55 8 167.0 52 1 1 1 .981 2.86    
1944 27 PIT NL CF 45 19 210.7 62 3 1 1 .985 2.78   1.0
    LF 16 6 65.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
1945 28 PIT NL LF 16 11 99.7 23 1 0 1 1.000 2.17   0.8
    CF 14 10 96.0 33 1 0 0 1.000 3.19    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 30 PIT NL CF 4 0 9.7 2 0 1 0 .667 1.86   0.0
    LF 5 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1948 31 PIT NL LF 93 82 676.3 151 7 8 4 .952 2.10   2.2
    CF 27 17 169.7 51 4 3 1 .948 2.92    
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1949 32 PIT NL CF 16 15 132.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.66   0.7
    LF 16 16 131.0 19 1 1 1 .952 1.37    
1950 33 BRK NL LF 91 87 752.7 158 4 6 1 .964 1.94   1.0
    CF 5 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 34 BRK NL LF 86 84 701.0 117 3 12 1 .909 1.54   1.0
    CF 6 0 8.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.48    
    RF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1952 35 NYG NL LF 80 79 665.0 128 7 11 2 .925 1.83   3.5
    CF 35 25 224.7 60 0 1 0 .984 2.40    
  LF 576 503 4357.3 858 33 50 15 .947 1.84   11.2
  CF 349 201 2039.3 564 21 17 6 .972 2.58   4.0
  RF 5 0 11.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.27    
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   932 704 6411.6 1426 56 67 22 .957 2.08   15.2
Career Highs   138 104 993.0 250 12 12 6 1.000 2.65    
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
1941-1-.352
 On-Base Pct
1941-5-.396
 Slugging Pct
1941-5-.496
 OPS
1941-3-.891
 Doubles
1941-4-37
 Triples
1942-2-12
Stolen Bases
1952-9-20
 Caught Stealing
1948-9-5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Kiddo Davis (958)
  4. Bert Haas (954)
  5. Enos Cabell (948)
  6. Dick Siebert (947)
  7. Russ Scarritt (945)
  8. Bob Seeds (943)
  9. Showboat Fisher (943)
  10. Willie McGee (941)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1940
Had first career hit on 4/2/1941, off Van Mungo (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1941, off Dizzy Dean (BSN)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 5/25/1941
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1941, hitting .688 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1941, hitting .352 with 6 HR, 69 RBI
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
4/2/1946: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 6/25/1946 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
3/3/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/20/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $468,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/14/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $500,500 per year
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
 
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