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Walton Cruise
Walton Edwin Cruise

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 14, 1914
Final Game May 22, 1924
Born May 6, 1890 in Childersburg, AL
Died January 9, 1975 in Sylacauga, AL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 24 STL NL  95  256   20   58   9  3   4   28   3     25  42  .227  .303  .332   89   85   6           3    
 1916 26 STL NL   3    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .667  .750  .667  338    2   0           0    
 1917 27 STL NL 153  529   70  156  20 10   5   59  16     38  73  .295  .343  .399  130  211  21           1    
 1918 28 STL NL  70  240   34   65   5  4   6   39   2     30  26  .271  .359  .400  134   96   7           3    
 1919 29 TOT NL  82  262   23   54   8  0   1   21   8     18  35  .206  .257  .248   55   65   8           0    
         STL NL   9   21    0    2   1  0   0    0   0      1   6  .095  .136  .143  -14    3   0           0    
         BSN NL  73  241   23   52   7  0   1   21   8     17  29  .216  .267  .257   61   62   8           0    
 1920 30 BSN NL  91  288   40   80   7  5   1   21   5  3  31  26  .278  .352  .347  105  100  10           2    
 1921 31 BSN NL 108  344   47  119  16  7   8   55  10  8  48  24  .346  .429  .503  152  173   9           2    
 1922 32 BSN NL 104  352   51   98  15 10   4   46   4  4  44  20  .278  .360  .412  102  145  16           1    
 1923 33 BSN NL  21   38    4    8   2  0   0    0   1  0   3   2  .211  .268  .263   43   10   2           0    
 1924 34 BSN NL   9    9    4    4   1  0   1    3   0  0   0   2  .444  .444  .889  255    8   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     736 2321  293  644  83 39  30  272  49 15 238 250  .277  .348  .386  113  895  79   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        511   64  142  18  9   7   60  11  3  52  55  .277  .348  .386  113  197  17   0   0   3   0
 Career High    153  529   70  156  20 10   8   59  16  8  48  73  .346  .429  .503  152  211  21   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 24 STL NL  290  204   25   3.3    83| .227  .258| .303  .325| .332  .345| .635  .670|  89  .469  -3.5  -0.4     
 1916 26 STL NL    4    1    2  54.1    77| .667  .253| .750  .311| .667  .338|1.417  .649| 338  .994   1.0   0.1     
 1917 27 STL NL  589  394   72   4.9    76| .295  .253| .343  .310| .399  .334| .742  .644| 130  .671  17.9   2.1     
 1918 28 STL NL  280  182   34   5.1    77| .271  .258| .359  .315| .400  .333| .759  .648| 134  .670  10.3   1.2     
 1919 29 TOT NL  288  216   17   2.1    79| .206  .259| .257  .313| .248  .341| .505  .654|  55  .281 -13.7  -1.5     
         STL NL   22   19    0   0.0    77| .095  .257| .136  .311| .143  .338| .279  .648| -14  .000  -2.8  -0.3     
         BSN NL  266  197   17   2.3    79| .216  .260| .267  .313| .257  .341| .524  .654|  61  .315 -10.9  -1.2     
 1920 30 BSN NL  331  221   35   4.3    87| .278  .272| .352  .325| .347  .361| .699  .686| 105  .550   2.8   0.3  62%
 1921 31 BSN NL  403  242   72   8.0   101| .346  .290| .429  .340| .503  .400| .932  .740| 152  .732  28.2   2.7  55%
 1922 32 BSN NL  413  274   51   5.0   108| .278  .296| .360  .354| .412  .412| .772  .765| 102  .505   1.8   0.2  50%
 1923 33 BSN NL   43   32    3   2.5   104| .211  .288| .268  .346| .263  .401| .531  .748|  43  .239  -3.0  -0.3 100%
 1924 34 BSN NL    9    5    4  21.5   101| .444  .285| .444  .340| .889  .397|1.333  .737| 255  .945   1.8   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2650 1771  315   4.8    88| .277  .270| .348  .326| .386  .362| .734  .688| 113  .590  43.5   4.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 24 STL NL OF 81 158 6 4 1 .976 .957 2.02 1.97 43 38 0 1916 26 STL NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.00 1 1 0 1917 27 STL NL OF 152 285 15 11 6 .965 .963 1.97 2.08 49 85 26 1918 28 STL NL OF 65 103 4 4 0 .964 .962 1.65 2.13 48 0 17 1919 29 TOT NL OF 71 129 7 4 1 .971 .964 1.92 2.18 31 27 15 STL NL OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .962 1.00 2.18 0 4 1 1B 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 10.85 BSN NL OF 66 124 7 3 1 .978 .964 1.98 2.18 31 23 14 1920 30 BSN NL OF 82 122 10 7 3 .950 .964 1.61 2.21 0 0 82 1921 31 BSN NL OF 102 232 2 9 3 .963 .965 2.29 2.24 100 2 0 1B 2 20 2 0 1 1.000 .991 11.00 10.45 1922 32 BSN NL OF 100 212 9 12 3 .948 .962 2.21 2.26 37 0 64 1B 2 25 2 0 1 1.000 .989 13.50 10.20 1923 33 BSN NL OF 9 20 0 1 0 .952 .966 2.22 2.28 8 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 29 STL NL 1B 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 10.85 1921 31 BSN NL 1B 2 20 2 0 1 1.000 .991 11.00 10.45 1922 32 BSN NL 1B 2 25 2 0 1 1.000 .989 13.50 10.20 1914 24 STL NL OF 81 158 6 4 1 .976 .957 2.02 1.97 43 38 0 1916 26 STL NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.00 1 1 0 1917 27 STL NL OF 152 285 15 11 6 .965 .963 1.97 2.08 49 85 26 1918 28 STL NL OF 65 103 4 4 0 .964 .962 1.65 2.13 48 0 17 1919 29 TOT NL OF 71 129 7 4 1 .971 .964 1.92 2.18 31 27 15 STL NL OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .962 1.00 2.18 0 4 1 BSN NL OF 66 124 7 3 1 .978 .964 1.98 2.18 31 23 14 1920 30 BSN NL OF 82 122 10 7 3 .950 .964 1.61 2.21 0 0 82 1921 31 BSN NL OF 102 232 2 9 3 .963 .965 2.29 2.24 100 2 0 1922 32 BSN NL OF 100 212 9 12 3 .948 .962 2.21 2.26 37 0 64 1923 33 BSN NL OF 9 20 0 1 0 .952 .966 2.22 2.28 8 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 664 1263 53 52 17 .962 .963 1.98 2.15 317 153 205 1B 6 51 5 0 2 1.000 .989 9.33 10.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 670 1314 58 52 19 .963 .964 2.05 2.23
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1921 NL-.346-4

On-base %
1921 NL-.429-2

Slugging %
1917 NL-.399-8
1921 NL-.503-6

OPS
1921 NL-.932-2

Games
1917 NL-153-4

Hits
1917 NL-156-9

Total Bases
1917 NL-211-10

Home Runs
1917 NL-5-7
1918 NL-6-2

Strikeouts
1917 NL-73-2

Singles
1917 NL-121-10

Adjusted OPS+
1921 NL-152-2

Runs Created
1917 NL-72-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1917 NL-18-9
1921 NL-28-4

Batting Wins
1917 NL-2.1-9
1921 NL-2.7-4

Offensive Win%
1921 NL-.732-2

Sac. Hits
1917 NL-21-9

Power/Speed Number
1917 NL-7.6-8
1921 NL-8.9-10

At Bats per Home Run
1914 NL-64.0-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (928) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1824) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May, 1919: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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