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Walter Alston

Walter Emmons Alston (Smokey)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 1, 1911 in Venice, OH
High School: Milford HS (Darrtown, OH)
School: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1936
Team: Cardinals 1936

Final Game: September 27, 1936
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 1983.
   View Walter Alston Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: October 1, 1984 in Oxford, OH
Buried: Darrtown Cemetery, Darrtown, OH
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Standard Batting

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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
1936 24 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /3
1 Yr 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1936 24 STL NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /3
1 Season 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

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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 Awards
1936 STL NL 24 1B 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .990 10.20
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .990 10.20
1 Season TOT 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .990 10.20
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1983
by Veteran's Committee

                                         

Transactions

  • June, 1935: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
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Name and misspellings: Walter Emmons Smokey Walter Alston

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