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Walt Bond
Walter Franklin Bond

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 228 lb.

Born: October 19, 1937 in Denmark, TN
School: Lane College
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1960
Final Game: May 7, 1967
Died: September 14, 1967 in Houston, TX
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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
1960	22	CLE	AL	40	149	131	19	29	2	1	5	18	4	1	13	14	.221	.302	.366	.668	83	48	2	3	0	2	2	98/7
1961	23	CLE	AL	38	60	52	7	9	1	1	2	7	1	0	6	10	.173	.267	.346	.613	65	18	1	1	0	1	0	9/8
1962	24	CLE	AL	12	54	50	10	19	3	0	6	17	1	0	4	9	.380	.426	.800	1.226	226	40	1	0	0	0	1	9/7

1964	26	HOU	NL	148	597	543	63	138	16	7	20	85	2	2	38	90	.254	.310	.420	.730	108	228	11	8	4	4	8	397/8
1965	27	HOU	NL	117	458	407	46	107	17	2	7	47	2	1	42	51	.263	.337	.366	.703	106	149	6	5	1	3	8	397

1967	29	MIN	AL	10	20	16	4	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	1	.313	.400	.563	.963	173	9	0	0	0	1	0	/7
6 Seasons				365	1338	1199	149	307	40	11	41	179	10	4	106	175	.256	.323	.410	.733	109	492	21	17	5	11	19
162 Game Avg.				162	594	532	66	136	18	5	18	79	4	2	47	78	.256	.323	.410	.733	109	218	9	8	2	5	8

CLE (3 yrs)				90	263	233	36	57	6	2	13	42	6	1	23	33	.245	.319	.455	.774	109	106	4	4	0	3	3
HOU (2 yrs)				265	1055	950	109	245	33	9	27	132	4	3	80	141	.258	.322	.397	.719	107	377	17	13	5	7	16
MIN (1 yr)				10	20	16	4	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	1	.313	.400	.563	.963	173	9	0	0	0	1	0

AL (4 yrs)				100	283	249	40	62	7	2	14	47	6	1	26	34	.249	.325	.462	.787	114	115	4	4	0	4	3
NL (2 yrs)				265	1055	950	109	245	33	9	27	132	4	3	80	141	.258	.322	.397	.719	107	377	17	13	5	7	16

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1960	22	CLE	AL	149	107	15	3.8	99	.211	.221	.260	.302	.333	.366	.398	.668	.731	83	.422	-3.3	-0.3	.638	.267	.145	4.4
1961	23	CLE	AL	60	45	5	3.0	101	.171	.173	.260	.267	.335	.346	.405	.613	.740	65	.304	-2.8	-0.3	.591	.308	.173	1.3
1962	24	CLE	AL	54	32	17	14.3	100	.371	.380	.260	.426	.331	.800	.404	1.226	.736	226	.890	8.4	0.8	1.406	.520	.420	1.7

1964	26	HOU	NL	597	426	70	4.4	89	.270	.254	.257	.310	.314	.420	.382	.730	.697	108	.534	5.0	0.5	.656	.236	.166	3.6
1965	27	HOU	NL	458	311	52	4.5	87	.284	.263	.249	.337	.311	.366	.376	.703	.687	106	.540	4.9	0.5	.642	.209	.103	3.1

1967	29	MIN	AL	20	12	4	9.0	91	.267	.313	.252	.400	.322	.563	.377	.963	.700	173	.833	1.8	0.2	1.091	.438	.250	.0
6 Seasons				1338	933	163	4.7	91	.268	.256	.255	.323	.317	.410	.384	.733	.701	109	.552	13.9	1.4	.677	.248	.154	16.1
162 Game Avg.				594	414	72	4.7	91	.268	.256	.255	.323	.317	.410	.384	.733	.701	109	.552	6	1	.677	.248	.154	7

CLE (3 yrs)				263	184	37	5.4	100	.232	.245	.260	.319	.333	.455	.401	.774	.734	109	.579	2.3	0.2	.762	.330	.210	8.2
HOU (2 yrs)				1055	737	122	4.5	88	.276	.258	.254	.322	.313	.397	.380	.719	.693	107	.536	9.8	1.0	.650	.224	.139	7.0
MIN (1 yr)				20	12	4	9.0	91	.267	.313	.252	.400	.322	.563	.377	.963	.700	173	.833	1.8	0.2	1.091	.438	.250	.0

AL (4 yrs)				283	196	41	5.6	99	.234	.249	.259	.325	.332	.462	.399	.787	.731	114	.602	4.1	0.4	.781	.337	.213	8.4
NL (2 yrs)				1055	737	122	4.5	88	.276	.258	.254	.322	.313	.397	.380	.719	.693	107	.536	9.8	1.0	.650	.224	.139	7.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	22	CLE	AL	149	3.4%	9.4%	8.7%	5.4%	28%	1.08	9.4	26.2	7.3	0.91	77%
1961	23	CLE	AL	60	3.3%	16.7%	10.0%	6.7%	44%	1.67	5.2	26.0	7.4	1.06	68%
1962	24	CLE	AL	54	11.1%	16.7%	7.4%	16.7%	47%	2.25	5.6	8.3	2.9	1.63	65%

1964	26	HOU	NL	597	3.4%	15.1%	6.4%	7.2%	31%	2.37	6.0	27.2	6.4	1.05	73%
1965	27	HOU	NL	458	1.5%	11.1%	9.2%	5.7%	24%	1.21	8.0	58.1	8.7	1.02	77%

1967	29	MIN	AL	20	5.0%	5.0%	15.0%	10.0%	40%	0.33	16.0	16.0	3.2	1.40	75%
6 Seasons				1338	3.1%	13.1%	7.9%	6.9%	30%	1.65	6.9	29.2	6.7	1.04	74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	22	CLE	AL	2	0	35%	43	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	62%	6	4	2	3	1	2	4	0	4
1961	23	CLE	AL	2	0	36%	17	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1962	24	CLE	AL	2	0	24%	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	40%	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0

1964	26	HOU	NL	8	0	26%	225	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	11	42%	32	22	10	6	3	3	14	5	9
1965	27	HOU	NL	8	0	27%	187	2	1	67%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	31%	43	32	10	5	4	1	14	6	8

1967	29	MIN	AL	0	0	43%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
6 Seasons				22	0	28%	501	10	4	71%	9	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	11	29	39%	87	62	24	16	9	7	35	12	23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1960	22	CLE	AL	149	84%	29			5	0	0	0	1.60	5	0	3	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		32	2	6%	15	5	33%	99	13	13%	11	7	64%	13	6	46%	0
1961	23	CLE	AL	60	90%	9			23	2	1	1	1.19	2	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		14	1	7%	7	1	14%	38	5	13%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
1962	24	CLE	AL	54	87%	19			0	0	0	0		6	0	1	6	0	2	4	0	0	0		15	1	7%	3	0	0%	44	11	25%	4	3	75%	6	4	67%	0

1964	26	HOU	NL	597	65%	138			2	0	0	0	1.06	20	0	7	15	5	8	12	0	5	4	80%	126	11	9%	44	15	34%	402	70	17%	33	19	58%	33	13	39%	0
1965	27	HOU	NL	458	65%	107			7	1	0	3	2.63	7	0	7	6	1	1	6	0	2	1	50%	90	6	7%	35	12	34%	309	41	13%	28	15	54%	38	17	45%	0

1967	29	MIN	AL	20	95%	5			5	2	1	2	1.35	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	2	100%	18	4	22%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
6 Seasons				1338	69%	307			42	5	2	6	1.49	41	1	21	35	6	14	27	0	7	5	71%	280	21	8%	106	35	33%	910	144	16%	83	49	59%	93	41	44%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1960	22	40	149	131	19	29	2	1	5	18	4	1	13	14	.221	.302	.366	.668	83	48	2	3	0	2	2
1961	23	78	209	183	26	38	3	2	7	25	5	1	19	24	.208	.292	.361	.653	78	66	3	4	0	3	2
1962	24	90	263	233	36	57	6	2	13	42	6	1	23	33	.245	.319	.455	.774	109	106	4	4	0	3	3
1963	25	90	263	233	36	57	6	2	13	42	6	1	23	33	.245	.319	.455	.774	109	106	4	4	0	3	3
1964	26	238	860	776	99	195	22	9	33	127	8	3	61	123	.251	.313	.430	.743	109	334	15	12	4	7	11
1965	27	355	1318	1183	145	302	39	11	40	174	10	4	103	174	.255	.321	.408	.730	108	483	21	17	5	10	19
1966	28	355	1318	1183	145	302	39	11	40	174	10	4	103	174	.255	.321	.408	.730	108	483	21	17	5	10	19
1967	29	365	1338	1199	149	307	40	11	41	179	10	4	106	175	.256	.323	.410	.733	109	492	21	17	5	11	19

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1960	22	42	160	140	21	33	2	1	6	20	5	15	15	.236	.319	.393	.712	17	40
1961	23	38	60	52	7	9	1	1	2	7	1	6	10	.173	.267	.346	.613	5	38
1962	24	12	54	50	10	19	3	0	6	17	1	4	9	.380	.426	.800	1.226	17	12

1964	26	148	612	557	73	152	18	8	22	99	2	42	90	.273	.332	.452	.784	81	148
1965	27	116	477	420	54	122	19	2	8	56	2	48	51	.290	.369	.402	.771	62	117

1967	29	10	22	17	5	6	1	0	1	6	0	4	1	.353	.455	.588	1.043	5	10
6 Seasons		366	1385	1236	170	341	44	12	45	205	11	119	176	.276	.346	.440	.786	187	365
162 Game Avg.		162	613	547	75	151	19	5	20	91	5	53	78	.276	.346	.440	.786	83	365

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1964 NL--8--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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