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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1939	22	BOS-min	D	7	10	.412	3.27	22						132.0	124	76	48		66							1.439	8.5		4.5			CTV · ESHL
1940	23	BOS-min	D,C,B	15	6	.714	3.92	28						200.0	186	114	87		102							1.440	8.4		4.6			DSC,CAN,RKM · BIST,MATL,PIED
1941	24	BOS-min	B	8	12	.400	3.61	31						152.0	117	79	61		108							1.480	6.9		6.4			GBO · PIED
1942	25	TTO	AA	0	1	.000	7.07	5						14.0	18	12	11		11	7						2.071	11.6		7.1	4.5	0.64	TTO · IL
1946	29	BOS-min	B	19	3	.864	1.98	27	22					191.0	121	55	42		78							1.042	5.7		3.7			LYN · NENL
1947	30	BOS-min	AA,AAA	15	5	.750	3.89	25			0	0		155.0	157	70	67		86	3						1.568	9.1		5.0	0.2	0.03	NOR,LOU · SOUA,AA
1948	31	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	4.50	30	2	13	1	0	0	60.0	60	32	30	2	42	33	1	0	0	266	88	1.700	9.0	0.3	6.3	5.0	0.79
1949	32	CIN-min	AA	15	7	.682	4.85	33	21					165.0	167	102	89		118							1.727	9.1		6.4			TUL · TL
1949	32	CIN	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	10		2.500	9.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
1950	33	CIN-min	AA	18	11	.621	3.48	41	32					243.0	197	104	94		155							1.449	7.3		5.7			TUL · TL
1951	34	CHW-min	AAA,AA	2	5	.286	3.70	16	6		1	0		56.0	68	25	23		48	17	3	1	0			2.071	10.9		7.7	2.7	0.35	SAC,MEM · PCL,SOUA
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	4.35	33	2	15	1	0	0	62.0	62	32	30	2	45	33	1	0	0	276	91	1.726	9.0	0.3	6.5	4.8	0.73
162 Game Avg.				0	2	.000	4.35	64	4	29	2	0	0	120	120	62	58	4	87	64	2	0	0	536	91	1.726	9.0	0.3	6.5	4.8	0.73

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1948	31	CIN	NL	60.0	30	2	32	4.80	4.63	-0.20	99.5	4.81	-0	-0.0	.8	-0.1	0.5	7	.500	.500	$
1949	32	CIN	NL	2.0	3	0	0	0.00	4.23	-0.06	103.0	4.42	1	0.1	1.4	0.0	0.1	1	.534	.501	$
2 Seasons				62.0	33	2	32	4.65	4.61	-0.20	99.6	4.79	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.6	8	.503	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	31	CIN	NL	30	68	222	32	60	4	0	2	2	2	42	33	.270	.389	.315	.704	.310	70	1	1	3	0	0
1949	32	CIN	NL	3	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.286	.500	.286	.786	.286	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				33	72	229	32	62	4	0	2	2	2	45	33	.271	.393	.314	.707	.309	72	1	1	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				64	140	445	62	120	8	0	4	4	4	87	64	.271	.393	.314	.707	.309	140	2	2	6	0	0
MLB Averages																.263	.342	.365	.707	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1948	31	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	73	0.3	0.7	-0.4	.50	0.2	0.4	4.4	0.4	0.50	2.5	1	9
1949	32	CIN	NL	1.1	0.1	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.68	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.68	-0.6	1	0
2 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	78	0.2	0.8	-0.5	.58	0.2	0.3	3.8	0.4	0.58	1.9	2	9

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1948	31	CIN	NL	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	1	0	1	50%	57.0	72	42	3	2	0	0	3.5		8.0
1 Yr				30	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	1	0	1	50%	57	72	42	3	2	0	0	3.5		8.0
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	102	-9					4.7	4.8	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1948	31	CIN	NL	30	28	13	0	0	12	3	25%	.504	1	9	0	10	6	4	14	10	5	5	4.7
1949	32	CIN	NL	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	100%	1.680	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.0
2 Yrs				33	31	15	1	1	13	4	31%	.569	2	9	1	10	7	4	14	12	5	5	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	31	CIN	NL	269	69%	2.9%	48.5%	61.8%	8.8%	10%	0.77	275%	16	1	6%
1949	32	CIN	NL	10	25%	0.0%	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	175%	0	0
2 Yrs				279	67%	2.8%	45.8%	62.5%	8.3%	10%	0.78	269%	16	1	6%
MLB Averages					48%	2.6%	14.4%	15.8%	7.7%	22%	0.95	118%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1948	31	CIN	NL	68	60			2	0	3	1	0	0	1	10	4	2	40%	0	0	0	29	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	201
1949	32	CIN	NL	4	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
2 Yrs				72	62			2	0	3	1	0	0	1	10	4	2	40%	0	0	0	33	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	207
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1948	31	0	1	.000	4.50	30	2	13	1	0	0	60.0	60	32	30	2	42		33	1	0	0	266	88	1.700	9.0	0.3	6.3	5.0	0.79	88
1949	32	0	1	.000	4.35	33	2	15	1	0	0	62.0	62	32	30	2	45		33	1	0	0	276	91	1.726	9.0	0.3	6.5	4.8	0.73	91

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1948	31	2	4	.333	4.89	57.0	62	34	31	2	43	32	1	1.842	9.8	6.8	5.1	0.74	0.3	30
1949	32	0	0		0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.500	9.0	13.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	3
2 Yrs		2	4	.333	4.73	59.0	64	34	31	2	46	32	1	1.864	9.8		4.9	0.70	0.3	33

* 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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Name and misspellings: Walker Foots James Walker Cress

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