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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 CLE AL 22 OF 36 33 297.1 78 76 2 0 1 1.000 4.9 19.8 2.9 0.1 2.8 2 2.36 2.17 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 CLE AL 22 RF 20 19 178.1 40 38 2 0 1 1.000 2.6 17.5 1.6 -0.3 1.9 1 2.02 2.00 .972 1.95 1.68
1960 CLE AL 22 CF 11 10 81.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.6 38.5 1.6 0.3 1.3 1 3.33 2.73 .987 2.66 2.30
1960 CLE AL 22 LF 5 4 38.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -9.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 1.89 1.60 .988 2.13 1.68
1961 CLE AL 23 OF 12 7 74.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 2.19 1.50 .978 2.25 1.98
1961 CLE AL 23 RF 11 7 70.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 2.19 1.55 .976 2.06 1.75
1961 CLE AL 23 CF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1962 CLE AL 24 OF 12 12 107.2 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -3.1 -34.6 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 -3 2.09 2.08 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 CLE AL 24 RF 10 10 88.2 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -14.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 -2 2.44 2.40 .979 2.00 1.71
1962 CLE AL 24 LF 3 2 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -126.3 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 -1 0.95 0.67 1.000 1.99 1.60
1964 HOU NL 26 1B 76 76 650.0 733 685 40 8 46 .989 -7.4 -13.7 -6.4 -5.1 -1.3 -1 10.04 9.54 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 HOU NL 26 OF 71 70 591.0 117 111 1 5 0 .957 -3.7 -7.5 -3.7 -2.2 -1.5 0 1.71 1.58 .974 1.99 1.72
1964 HOU NL 26 RF 41 41 352.2 70 67 1 2 0 .971 -1.8 -6.1 -0.8 -1.6 0.8 -1 1.74 1.66 .974 1.90 1.62
1964 HOU NL 26 LF 29 28 232.1 49 45 1 3 1 .939 -1.8 -9.3 -2.8 -0.5 -2.3 1 1.78 1.59 .965 1.71 1.34
1964 HOU NL 26 CF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.10
1965 HOU NL 27 1B 74 68 629.1 711 650 49 12 52 .983 -7.0 -13.3 -7.0 -2.6 -4.5 0 10.00 9.45 .990 10.02 8.60
1965 HOU NL 27 OF 38 36 306.0 56 54 0 2 0 .964 -7.4 -29.0 -5.4 -3.9 -1.5 -2 1.59 1.42 .975 2.00 1.75
1965 HOU NL 27 RF 21 20 158.0 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -22.8 -2.0 -2.1 0.1 -1 1.94 1.62 .976 1.96 1.73
1965 HOU NL 27 LF 18 16 148.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -4.4 -35.7 -3.4 -1.8 -1.6 -1 1.28 1.17 .970 1.71 1.38
1967 MIN AL 29 LF 3 3 22.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.7 -38.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 -1 2.86 2.33 .975 1.88 1.40
1967 MIN AL 29 OF 3 3 22.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.7 -38.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 -1 2.86 2.33 .988 2.05 1.77
6 Seasons OF 172 161 1398.0 302 290 4 8 1 .974 -10.2 -8.8 -6.2 -6.3 0.1 -4 1.89 1.71 .977 2.08 1.81
2 Seasons 1B 150 144 1279.1 1444 1335 89 20 98 .986 -14.4 -13.5 -13.4 -7.7 -5.8 -1 10.02 9.49 .990 10.02 8.72
5 Seasons RF 103 97 847.2 185 179 4 2 1 .989 -3.3 -4.7 -0.3 -3.3 3.0 -3 1.94 1.78 .975 1.95 1.68
5 Seasons LF 58 53 459.1 90 83 1 6 1 .933 -9.2 -24.0 -7.2 -3.0 -4.2 -2 1.65 1.45 .970 1.76 1.40
3 Seasons CF 13 11 91.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 30.3 1.3 0.0 1.3 1 3.16 2.46 .988 2.64 2.28
6 Seasons TOT 322 305 2677.1 1746 1625 93 28 99 .984 -24.6 -11.0 -19.6 -14.0 -5.7 -4 -1 5.78 5.34 .972 5.87 5.03
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 CLE AL 22 40 33 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 20 36 6 0
1961 CLE AL 23 38 7 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 12 26 0
1962 CLE AL 24 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 12 0 0
1964 HOU NL 26 148 146 148 148 0 0 76 0 0 0 29 1 41 71 2 0
1965 HOU NL 27 117 104 117 117 0 0 74 0 0 0 18 0 21 38 11 0
1967 MIN AL 29 10 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 0
6 Seasons 365 305 365 365 0 0 150 0 0 0 58 13 103 172 52 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1964 HOU NL 26 2862 55% 80% 29% 160 89% 1 688 42 641 6 63 40 31 7 1 0 9 2 7 0 6 45 1 0 0 41 1 4 0 4 19 74%
1965 HOU NL 27 2708 55% 78% 27% 146 92% 0 645 40 601 6 56 49 37 5 0 5 12 3 8 1 8 53 0 0 2 49 3 3 3 0 5 100%
2 Seasons 5570 55% 79% 28% 306 90% 1 1333 82 1242 12 119 89 68 12 1 5 21 5 15 1 14 98 1 0 2 90 4 7 3 4 24 79%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 6 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15 7 46.7% 8 0 0.0% 2 758 66% 75% 28% 63 62%
1961 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0.0% 5 1 16.7% 0 309 55% 80% 28% 27 63%
1962 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 16 2 12.5% 14 0 0.0% 0 401 56% 75% 25% 55 44%
1964 HOU NL 26 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 4 0 9 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 8 7 0 40 18 45.0% 22 0 0.0% 1 1496 57% 80% 28% 135 50%
1965 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 3 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 0 713 55% 80% 24% 45 76%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 25 9 0 28 3 1 11 9 0 10 0 0 16 11 0 90 32 35.6% 57 1 1.1% 3 3677 58% 78% 27% 325 56%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 173 72% 77% 28% 19 42%
1962 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 86 60% 86% 36% 7 29%
1964 HOU NL 26 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 12 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 4 0 24 17 70.8% 6 1 4.2% 0 1015 55% 82% 27% 86 52%
1965 HOU NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 684 59% 76% 20% 30 70%
1967 MIN AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 108 54% 76% 18% 16 44%
5 Seasons 6 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18 15 0 7 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 5 5 0 38 21 55.3% 16 1 2.6% 0 2066 58% 79% 25% 158 53%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.4% 61% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 364 58% 75% 27% 54 56%
1961 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 71% 71% 14% 2 50%
1964 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 42% 83% 8% 3 33%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 409 58% 75% 25% 59 54%
MLB Averages 40.1% 2.0% 61% 77% 27% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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