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Walt Alexander

Walter Ernest Alexander

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 5, 1891 in Atlanta, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1912
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Browns 1912-1917

Final Game: September 8, 1917
Died: December 29, 1978 in Fort Worth, TX
Buried: Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1912 21 SLB AL 37 111 97 5 17 4 0 0 5 1 3 8 34 .175 .245 .216 .462 35 21 1 5 2
1913 22 SLB AL 43 118 110 5 15 2 1 0 7 1 4 36 .136 .174 .173 .347 3 19 1 3 2
1915 24 TOT AL 26 86 69 7 17 4 0 1 5 2 1 13 16 .246 .366 .348 .714 114 24 0 4 2
1915 24 SLB AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
1915 24 NYY AL 25 85 68 7 17 4 0 1 5 2 1 13 16 .250 .370 .353 .723 116 24 0 4 2
1916 25 NYY AL 36 93 78 8 20 6 1 0 3 0 0 13 20 .256 .376 .359 .735 119 28 2 0 2
1917 26 NYY AL 20 59 51 1 7 2 1 0 4 1 4 11 .137 .200 .216 .416 26 11 0 4 2
5 Seasons 162 467 405 26 76 18 3 1 24 5 4 42 117 .188 .271 .254 .525 56 103 4 16
162 Game Avg. 162 467 405 26 76 18 3 1 24 5 42 117 .188 .271 .254 .525 56 103 4 16
NYY (3 yrs) 81 237 197 16 44 12 2 1 12 3 1 30 47 .223 .332 .320 .652 95 63 2 8
SLB (3 yrs) 81 230 208 10 32 6 1 0 12 2 3 12 70 .154 .207 .192 .400 17 40 2 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 21 SLB AL 111 -9 -1 0 0 0 2 4 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 2
1913 22 SLB AL 118 -14 0 0 0 -1 3 4 -8 -1.0 -7 -0.8 -0.2 $ 2
1915 24 SLB AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1915 24 NYY AL 85 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 2
1916 25 NYY AL 93 1 -1 0 0 0 2 3 5 0.5 5 0.6 -0.1 $ 2
1917 26 NYY AL 59 -5 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
5 Seasons 467 -26 -2 0 0 -1 10 16 -3 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $
NYY (3 yrs) 237 -3 -1 0 0 0 5 8 9 0.8 9 1.0 -0.2 $
SLB (3 yrs) 230 -23 -1 0 0 -1 5 8 -12 -1.5 -11 -1.2 -0.3 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1912 SLB AL 21 C 37 192 140 46 6 2 .969 5.03 .961 6.78 6 54 29 35%
1913 SLB AL 22 C 43 207 125 71 11 7 .947 4.56 .967 6.56 8 41 47 53%
1915 TOT AL 24 C 25 182 132 44 6 5 .967 7.04 .965 6.46 5 28 26 48%
1915 SLB AL 24 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.50 0 0 0
1915 NYY AL 24 C 24 182 132 44 6 5 .967 7.33 .965 6.46 5 28 26 48%
1916 NYY AL 25 C 27 149 100 43 6 2 .960 5.30 .974 6.33 0 19 25 57%
1917 NYY AL 26 C 20 103 82 16 5 2 .951 4.90 .971 5.71 0 12 10 45%
5 Seasons C 152 833 579 220 34 18 .959 5.26 .967 6.44 19 154 137 47%
5 Seasons TOT 152 833 579 220 34 18 .959 5.26 .967 6.44 19 154 137 47%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1913 AL  53.4 (1st)
1915 AL  48.1 (3rd)
1916 AL  56.8 (3rd)
Career  47.1 (52nd)

                                         

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