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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 (Age 31)
Team: Reds 1948-1949

Final Game: May 1, 1949 (Age 32)
Died: April 21, 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA
Buried: Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, LA
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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 (v2.2): 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%
1948	31	CIN	NL	60.0	30	2	32	4.80	4.62	-0.20	99.5	4.80	-0	-0.0	.8	-0.1	0.6	7	.500	.500
1949	32	CIN	NL	2.0	3	0	0	0.00	4.21	-0.06	103.0	4.40	1	0.1	1.0	-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	.8	-0.1	0.7	8	.503	.500

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1939	22	BOS-min	D	22	44	44		11	0	0	0					.250	.250	.250	.500		11					CTV · ESHL
1940	23	BOS-min	D,B,C	28	90	90		27	4	2	2					.300	.300	.456	.756		41					DSC,RKM,CAN · BIST,PIED,MATL
1941	24	BOS-min	B	35	57	57		10	1	0	0					.175	.175	.193	.368		11					GBO · PIED
1942	25	TTO	AA	5																		0				TTO · IL
1946	29	BOS-min	B	35	75	75		20	3	2	1					.267	.267	.400	.667		30					LYN · NENL
1947	30	BOS-min	AA,AAA	25	63	63		15	2	1	0					.238	.238	.302	.540		19					NOR,LOU · SOUA,AA
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-min	AA	34	66	66		17	3	0	0					.258	.258	.303	.561		20					TUL · TL
1949	32	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1950	33	CIN-min	AA	42	95	95		23	5	0	0					.242	.242	.295	.537		28					TUL · TL
1951	34	CHW-min	AAA,AA	7	15	13	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	1	4	.385	.429	.462	.890		6		0	1		SAC,MEM · PCL,SOUA
2 Yrs				34	10	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	191	4	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	48	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 (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Pos
1948	31	CIN	NL	31	10	1	1	2	0.2	3	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	3	1
1949	32	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0	/1
2 Seasons				34	10	1	1	2	0.2	3	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	3

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1948	CIN	NL	31	P	30	2	1	60.0	10	8	2	.800	1.20	0.27	.963	2.11	2.08	3	2	40%
1949	CIN	NL	32	P	3	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	.000	0.00	0.00	.950	2.25	2.03	1	0	0%	43%
	2 Seasons			P	33	2	1	62.0	11	8	3	.727	1.16	0.24	.962	2.12	2.08	4	2	33%	7%
	2 Seasons			TOT	33	2	1	62.0	11	8	3	.727	1.16	0.24	.962	2.12	2.08	4	2	33%	7%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

December 4, 1950: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1950 minor league draft.

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Name and misspellings: Walker Foots James Walker Cress

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