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Walker Cress

Walker James Cress (Foots)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 6, 1917 in Ben Hur, VA
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1948
Team: Reds 1948-1949

Final Game: May 1, 1949
Died: April 21, 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA
Buried: Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, LA
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Standard Batting

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
1948 31 CIN NL 31 10 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 191 4 0 0 1 1
1949 32 CIN NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2 Yrs 34 11 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 191 4 0 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 52 38 0 19 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 191 19 0 0 5

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
1948 31 CIN NL 31 10 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 3 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1949 32 CIN NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2 Seasons 34 11 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 3 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $

Advanced Batting

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
1948 31 CIN NL 10 5 2 10.6 99 .500 .500 .265 .556 .339 .500 .393 1.056 .732 191 .831 1.1 0.1 1.250 .125 .000
1949 32 CIN NL 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs 11 5 2 10.6 99 .500 .500 .265 .556 .339 .500 .393 1.056 .732 191 .830 1.1 0.1 1.250 .125 .000
162 Game Avg. 52 24 10 10.6 99 .500 .500 .265 .556 .339 .500 .393 1.056 .732 191 .830 5 0 1.250 .125 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 31 CIN NL 10 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 8.0 80%
1949 32 CIN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
2 Yrs 11 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 0.00 8.0 2.00 73%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.4% 10.2% 6.3% 27% 0.91 9.4 51.8 8.0 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1948 31 CIN NL 1.1 0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.14 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.82 -0.6 0
1949 32 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .09 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0.09 1
2 Yrs 1.1 0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .79 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.84 -0.9 0.09 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 31 CIN NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 32 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

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
1948 31 CIN NL 10 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1949 32 CIN NL 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 11 67% 4 1 0 0 0 0.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 52% 122% 15% 34% 15% 51% 56%

Cumulative Batting

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
1948 31 31 10 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 191 4 0 0 1
1949 32 34 11 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 191 4 0 0 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 31 32 10 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 2 31
2 Yrs 35 10 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 2 34
162 Game Avg. 162 46 37 0 19 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056 9 34

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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