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Lee
Walls		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 6, 1933 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
All-Star Selections 1957    1959    1960    1961    1963    1965    1966    1967   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 19 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5
1953 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6
1954 21 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1955 22 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1956 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1957 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7
1958 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1959 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1960 27 TAM AL $ 2,200,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7
1961 28 TAM AL $ 3,092,857   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1962 29 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1963 30 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7
1964 31 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1965 32 BSN NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1966 33 BSN NL $ 4,250,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1967 34 BSN NL $ 4,250,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1968 35 TAM AL $ 4,250,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
1969 36 NYA AL $ 4,250,000   2 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,250,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
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
1952 19 AA   137 503 83 144 18 8 22 95 17 10 99 81 .286 .404 .485 .889 100.0  
1953 20 AAA   136 553 78 152 26 3 18 66 12 15 67 81 .275 .353 .430 .784 81.9  
1954 21 AAA   137 511 73 136 16 1 21 68 13 7 61 86 .266 .344 .425 .769 76.6  
1955 22 TAM AL 99 330 42 75 12 3 9 44 0 2 29 63 .227 .289 .364 .653 33.6 3.5
    AAA   31 124 17 29 3 1 6 13 4 1 15 22 .234 .317 .419 .736 17.7  
1956 23 TAM AL 26 90 8 19 3 1 1 16 0 0 10 13 .211 .287 .300 .587 7.4 0.1
    AAA   135 551 82 170 19 4 31 84 8 8 56 89 .309 .372 .526 .899 101.8  
1957 24 TAM AL 151 558 84 178 23 4 16 82 0 1 61 87 .319 .385 .461 .845 92.2 19.0
1958 25 TAM AL 137 526 61 155 24 5 13 60 1 1 45 95 .295 .347 .433 .781 76.6 14.7
1959 26 TAM AL 151 571 72 157 22 7 16 59 1 1 50 99 .275 .334 .422 .756 76.1 13.4
1960 27 TAM AL 154 594 81 182 28 8 12 76 4 0 61 114 .306 .371 .441 .812 94.9 23.0
1961 28 TAM AL 154 628 76 164 27 5 7 50 0 0 50 113 .261 .319 .354 .672 70.1 11.9
1962 29 TAM AL 154 634 90 189 26 3 14 70 2 0 64 107 .298 .364 .415 .778 94.4 19.2
1963 30 TAM AL 156 625 101 181 21 9 18 76 2 1 52 103 .290 .343 .438 .782 90.8 18.9
1964 31 TAM AL 140 501 89 154 20 2 10 59 1 1 60 84 .307 .382 .415 .797 77.9 18.8
1965 32 TAM AL 26 97 17 26 3 3 3 12 1 1 12 17 .268 .345 .454 .799 14.8 3.4
  BSN NL 128 492 56 152 21 2 8 59 6 7 37 74 .309 .357 .409 .766 66.7 13.8
  TOT   154 589 73 178 24 5 11 71 7 8 49 91 .302 .355 .416 .771 81.5 17.3
1966 33 BSN NL 156 619 85 194 22 7 17 71 12 9 45 95 .313 .359 .454 .813 94.1 22.3
1967 34 BSN NL 154 589 79 177 27 2 17 59 4 8 58 75 .301 .368 .440 .808 87.4 18.7
1968 35 BSN NL 90 344 42 105 14 3 4 44 4 1 21 67 .305 .346 .398 .744 43.6 7.9
  TAM AL 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3
  TOT   95 347 43 106 15 3 4 44 4 1 21 69 .305 .346 .401 .746 44.2 8.1
    A   23 28 1 9 1 0 1 3 0 1 6 7 .321 .441 .464 .905 5.6  
1969 36 NYA AL 23 55 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .109 .123 .145 .268 -0.8 0.0
    A   105 389 38 89 18 2 2 42 2 0 45 91 .229 .309 .301 .610 38.3  
15 Years Sim 1904 7256 985 2115 296 64 165 841 38 33 656 1230 .291 .350 .418 .769 1020.5 209.1
4 Years AAA 439 1739 250 487 64 9 76 231 37 31 199 278 .280 .357 .458 .815 278.1  
1 Years AA 137 503 83 144 18 8 22 95 17 10 99 81 .286 .403 .485 .888 100.0  
2 Years A 128 417 39 98 19 2 3 45 2 1 51 98 .235 .319 .312 .631 43.8  
7 Years Minors 704 2659 372 729 101 19 101 371 56 42 349 457 .274 .360 .440 .800 421.9  
162 Game Average 617 83 179 25 5 14 71 3 2 55 104 .291 .350 .418 .769 86.8  
Career Highs 156 634 101 194 28 9 18 82 12 9 64 114 .319 .385 .461 .845 94.9  
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   4741 639 1349 195 40 94 525 24 14 389 793 .285 .339 .402 .741 633.8
vs LH   2515 346 766 101 24 71 316 14 19 267 437 .305 .371 .449 .820 404.2
Home 941 3484 488 1055 133 37 76 415 23 16 336 586 .303 .364 .428 .792 528.3
Away 963 3772 497 1060 163 27 89 426 15 17 320 644 .281 .338 .409 .747 509.8
RISP   1579 0 451 69 12 28 623 0 0 168 284 .286 .349 .398 .746 222.3
Pinch Hitting   63 12 18 2 2 2 10 0 0 8 11 .286 .384 .476 .860 10.8
Close/Late   886 103 244 29 9 18 98 0 0 91 152 .275 .345 .389 .735 119.5
Mar/Apr 300 1145 180 334 43 16 33 151 9 9 98 189 .292 .349 .444 .792 170.3
May 343 1314 175 391 59 7 30 165 6 0 123 218 .298 .357 .422 .778 194.8
June 325 1269 158 372 47 13 22 134 6 11 95 230 .293 .343 .403 .746 167.8
July 309 1182 170 349 49 12 30 150 5 5 122 190 .295 .363 .433 .796 180.8
August 304 1167 154 336 46 10 26 117 5 3 100 195 .288 .346 .411 .757 162.1
Sep/Oct 323 1179 148 333 52 6 24 124 7 5 118 208 .282 .345 .398 .743 162.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1955 22 TAM AL 2B 99 99 840.0 208 368 10 87 .983 6.17 0 0 .000 0 4.8
1956 23 TAM AL 3B 26 26 225.0 18 57 1 4 .987 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1957 24 TAM AL 3B 150 149 1309.7 80 358 14 28 .969 3.01 0 0 .000 0 6.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 25 TAM AL 3B 134 132 1194.3 69 285 10 27 .973 2.67 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 26 TAM AL 3B 146 143 1268.7 75 297 7 22 .982 2.64 0 0 .000 0 6.6
    RF 2 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 27 TAM AL 3B 76 75 686.7 40 163 4 10 .981 2.66 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    2B 72 71 635.3 137 260 10 55 .975 5.62 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 2 1 13.0 3 7 0 1 1.000 6.92 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1961 28 TAM AL 3B 151 149 1344.0 80 331 7 31 .983 2.75 0 0 .000 0 6.0
    RF 2 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 29 TAM AL 2B 77 74 677.7 142 292 5 54 .989 5.76 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    3B 74 73 651.0 28 167 5 9 .975 2.70 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 30 TAM AL 3B 139 138 1228.3 74 323 19 29 .954 2.91 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 9 6 63.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 5 4 41.0 8 17 0 3 1.000 5.49 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 2 1 10.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 31 TAM AL 3B 115 111 988.7 48 252 5 23 .984 2.73 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    2B 10 10 93.0 24 42 1 7 .985 6.39 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 1 1 8.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    RF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 32 TAM AL 2B 21 20 181.7 38 72 2 14 .982 5.45 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 5 4 37.6 3 12 0 1 1.000 3.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BSN NL 2B 103 101 888.7 186 351 7 70 .987 5.44 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    3B 22 22 183.7 12 57 1 7 .986 3.38 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 124 121 1070.4 224 423 9 84 .986 5.44   4.3
      3B 27 26 221.3 15 69 1 8 .988 3.42   1.3
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1966 33 BSN NL 2B 133 129 1165.7 238 473 9 80 .988 5.49 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    1B 16 16 143.7 183 11 0 13 1.000 12.15 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 34 BSN NL 2B 147 143 1301.7 261 486 9 80 .988 5.16 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    3B 3 0 8.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1968 35 BSN NL 2B 80 76 708.3 146 265 10 65 .976 5.22 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    LF 5 4 45.6 6 0 1 0 .857 1.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL 2B 4 4 5.7 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 84 80 714.0 147 267 10 66 .976 5.22   5.6
      LF 5 4 46.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.17   0.1
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1969 36 NYA AL 1B 8 6 52.0 71 7 0 5 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 7 3 39.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 3 2 17.0 3 8 1 2 .917 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 2 15.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1048 1024 9146.9 529 2308 73 191 .975 2.79 0 0 .000 0 35.6
  2B 751 729 6517.7 1384 2620 65 515 .984 5.53 0 0 .000 0 30.9
  1B 33 23 222.7 286 20 0 19 1.000 12.37 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  RF 26 9 131.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  LF 11 4 57.0 10 0 2 0 .833 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 8 5 55.0 11 25 0 4 1.000 5.89 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 1 1 8.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1878 1795 16138.6 2258 4973 140 729 .981 4.03 0 0 .000 1 68.1
Career Highs   155 149 1360.0 421 492 19 93 .990 7.36 0 0 .000 1  
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
1956 23 TAM AL 13 46 3 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 14 .283 .327 .391 .718
1957 24 TAM AL 10 39 6 15 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 4 .385 .419 .462 .880
1958 25 TAM AL 7 25 5 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .360 .429 .520 .949
1959 26 TAM AL 12 47 7 12 1 2 1 3 0 1 3 7 .255 .314 .426 .739
1962 29 TAM AL 12 57 7 19 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 7 .333 .377 .421 .798
1963 30 TAM AL 7 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .111 .200 .111 .311
1964 31 TAM AL 5 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 .158 .238 .211 .449
Career Post-Season Batting 66 260 30 74 13 2 3 24 0 2 20 51 .285 .339 .385 .724
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
1957-1-.319
1960-2-.306
1962-8-.298
1964-7-.307
1965-4-.309
1966-2-.313
1967-5-.301
 On-Base Pct
1957-7-.385
1960-6-.371
1964-5-.382
1967-9-.368
 XR
1960-6-94.9
1962-7-94.4
1963-8-90.8
 Games
1963-9-156
1966-9-156
 At-Bats
1959-8-571
1960-9-594
1961-2-628
1962-2-634
1963-1-625
1966-1-619
1967-6-589
 Runs
1962-6-90
1963-4-101
1964-6-89
Hits
1957-4-178
1960-4-182
1962-2-189
1963-5-181
1966-1-194
1967-4-177
 Total Bases
1962-10-263
1963-9-274
1966-8-281
 Singles
1957-2-135
1959-9-112
1960-2-134
1961-4-125
1962-1-146
1963-8-133
1964-7-122
1965-10-121
1966-2-148
1967-3-131
 Triples
1959-4-7
1960-4-8
1963-1-9
1966-6-7
 Caught Stealing
1966-10-9
1967-9-8
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Lou Whitaker (884)
  5. Tony Cuccinello (881)
  6. Harvey Kuenn (880)
  7. Lee Lacy (879)
  8. Bump Wills (878)
  9. Alex Kampouris (878)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1952
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: 3B Rocky Krsnich, LF Lee Walls. Going to PIT: P Hoyt Wilhelm)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1955, off Herb Score (BOS)
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
Injured on 3/19/1958 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1958, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 5/4/1959 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1960, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/20/1960
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,092,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1961: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1961
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/15/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1962, hitting .567 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/29/1962
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Montreal on 4/15/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1963, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 5/1/1965 (Going to BSN: RF Pancho Herrera, P Leo Kiely, 3B Lee Walls. Going to TAM: 3B Rich Rollins, P Dave Morehead, LF Al Pilarcik, LF Gino Cimoli, P Rob Gardner)
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 9/22/1965
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 9/28/1967, off Bob Veale (CLN)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 5/7/1968
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 5/23/1968
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1968 (Going to BSN: P Jim Coates. Going to TAM: 2B Lee Walls)
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 6/1/1969 (Going to NYA: C Earl Battey, 2B Lee Walls, LF George Altman. Going to TAM: P Jerry Crider)
 
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