Bill Walker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: October 7, 1903 in East St. Louis, IL us

Died: June 14, 1966 in East St. Louis, IL

Buried: Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, IL

High School: East St. Louis HS (East St. Louis, IL)

Debut: September 13, 1927 (Age 23-341d, 6,599th in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 14, 1936 (Age 32-343d)
vs. NYG 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: William Henry Walker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.5

ERA

3.59

272

192

1489.2

626

WHIP

1.419

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 99 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 10 tying, 24 go ahead

2 Tms
NYG	67
STL	30

Platoon
vs RHB	57
vs LHB	40

Home/Road
Home	52
Away	45

Outs
0	38
2	30
1	29

8 Opps
PHI	24
PIT	14
BSN	12
STL	12
BRO	12
CHC	9
CIN	8
NYG	6

58 Batters
Wally Berger	6
Don Hurst	5
George Grantham	5
Chuck Klein	4
Tony Cuccinello	3
Pinky Whitney	3
Gabby Hartnett	3
Johnny Frederick	3
Arky Vaughan	3
Hal Lee	2
Del Bissonette	2
Harry Heilmann	2
Val Picinich	2
Jimmie Wilson	2
Dolph Camilli	2
Chick Hafey	2
Babe Herman	2
Virgil Davis	2
Ray Blades	2
Tony Piet	2
Jo-Jo Moore	2
Jim Bottomley	2
Wes Schulmerich	1
Al Spohrer	1
Denny Sothern	1
Johnny Moore	1
Ernie Lombardi	1
Charlie Gelbert	1
Lefty O'Doul	1
Al Todd	1
Eddie Phillips	1
Travis Jackson	1
Neal Finn	1
Bernie Friberg	1
Woody Jensen	1
Alex Kampouris	1
Kiki Cuyler	1
Gus Mancuso	1
Bill Dunlap	1
Augie Galan	1
Clarence Blair	1
Danny Taylor	1
Gus Suhr	1
Ernie Sulik	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Dave Barbee	1
Dizzy Dean	1
Buster Chatham	1
Charlie Grimm	1
Vince Barton	1
Hughie Critz	1
Woody English	1
Pepper Martin	1
Mel Ott	1
Earl Clark	1
Evar Swanson	1
George Sisler	1
Pie Traynor	1

8 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	48
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	12
Baker Bowl (PHI)	10
Braves Fld (BOS)	8
Forbes Fld (PIT)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2

Where Hit
7	43
9	41
89	3
78	2

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	16
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	60
1--	18
-2-	8
12-	5
1-3	4
--3	1
-23	1

144 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	60
1 on	27
2 on	10
Any on	37

Inning
1	6
2	15
3	11
4	18
5	14
6	4
7	5
8	14
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	32
4-6	36
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	11
+1	12
Tied	20
-1	9
-2	16
-3	7
-4..	17

Ahead	28
Tied	20
Behind	49

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	15
LF	15
CF	14
2B	13
C	13
RF	11
SS	7
3B	5
PH	2
P	2

OrderPos
5th	21
3rd	14
7th	13
6th	12
1st	11
4th	10
8th	7
2nd	5
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	39
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1928-05-26	Bernie Friberg	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	6	10%	67%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
2	2	2	2	1928-05-26	Don Hurst	PHI	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	3	1928-05-26	Pinky Whitney	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 3-2	t 4	2	---	1	6	5	11%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1928-06-02	Del Bissonette	BRO	@	NYG	tied 4-4	t 10	0	-2-	2	5	3	25%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Carey Scores
5	5	5	1	1928-06-11	Val Picinich	CIN	@	NYG	tied 5-5	t 9	2	1--	2	7	2	48%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Pittenger Scores
6	6	6	1	1928-07-04 (1)	Babe Herman	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	2	1928-07-04 (1)	Del Bissonette	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	---	1	5	3	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1928-07-25	George Grantham	PIT	@	NYG	behind 3-5	t 8	2	1--	2	5	3	32%	42%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Wright Scores
9	9	9	1	1928-07-31 (2)	Woody English	CHC	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	-23	3	1	6	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Beck Scores; C. Root Scores
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1929-05-06	Jimmie Wilson	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-3	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	5%	9%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	1929-05-13	Evar Swanson	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	1	8	16%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Luque Scores
12	12	3	1	1929-05-18 (2)	Earl Clark	BSN		NYG	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1--	2	6	8	22%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Dugan Scores
13	13	4	1	1929-06-21	Pinky Whitney	PHI		NYG	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	9%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	1929-06-27	Denny Sothern	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-4	t 5	0	1--	2	1	8	12%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Roy Scores
15	15	6	1	1929-09-02 (1)	Chuck Klein	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	9	11%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	7	2	1929-09-02 (1)	Don Hurst	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	10%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
17	17	8	1	1929-09-25	Bill Dunlap	BSN	@	NYG	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---	1	6	7	10%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	9	1	1929-09-29	Virgil Davis	PHI	@	NYG	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	18%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	10	1	1929-10-05 (2)	Virgil Davis	PHI		NYG	behind 0-6	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	4%	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	11	2	1929-10-05 (2)	Don Hurst	PHI		NYG	behind 1-9	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	2%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1930-05-05	George Grantham	PIT		NYG	behind 0-9	b 9	0	---	1	2	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1930-05-13	Chick Hafey	STL		NYG	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	---	1	5	7	9%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	1930-05-18 (1)	George Sisler	BSN	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	1	3	3	11%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	4	1	1930-05-22	Don Hurst	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	6	3	14%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Klein Scores/unER
25	25	5	2	1930-05-22	Lefty O'Doul	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	1--	2	3	7	15%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Sothern Scores
26	26	6	1	1930-06-01 (1)	Wally Berger	BSN		NYG	behind 3-9	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	1%	1%		Home Run
27	27	7	1	1930-06-04	Harry Heilmann	CIN	@	NYG	behind 4-8	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	8	1	1930-06-29 (1)	Jim Bottomley	STL		NYG	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	1	7	3			IPHR
29	29	9	1	1930-07-04 (2)	Neal Finn	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	-2-	2	2	4	12%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Clark Scores
30	30	10	1	1930-07-19 (1)	Charlie Gelbert	STL	@	NYG	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	1--	2	6	6	14%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Hafey Scores
31	31	11	1	1930-08-02	Johnny Frederick	BRO		NYG	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---	1	1	8	10%	43%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	12	1	1930-08-13	Harry Heilmann	CIN		NYG	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	---	1	5	9	7%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	13	1	1930-08-21	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		NYG	behind 0-6	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	4%	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	14	2	1930-08-21	Clarence Blair	CHC		NYG	behind 1-6	b 3	0	---	1	1	4	6%	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	15	1	1930-08-27	Johnny Frederick	BRO	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 5	2	1--	2	1	8	24%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Elliott Scores
36	36	16	1	1930-09-03 (2)	Wally Berger	BSN		NYG	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	9%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	17	2	1930-09-03 (2)	Buster Chatham	BSN		NYG	behind 1-3	b 4	0	1--	2	6	5	18%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Clark Scores
38	38	18	1	1930-09-11	Chick Hafey	STL	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	7	22%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Adams Scores; F. Frisch Scores
39	39	19	1	1930-09-14 (2)	Pie Traynor	PIT	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	5	9%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1931-04-24	Hal Lee	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	1	6	7	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	2	1	1931-07-01	Pepper Martin	STL	@	NYG	behind 1-4	t 8	2	1--	2	7	8	11%	16%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Roettger Scores
42	42	3	1	1931-07-27	George Grantham	PIT		NYG	ahead 7-6	b 8	2	---	1	2	4	8%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	4	1	1931-07-29	George Grantham	PIT		NYG	behind 2-5	b 5	2	---	1	3	4	9%	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	5	2	1931-07-29	Eddie Phillips	PIT		NYG	behind 3-5	b 8	2	---	1	7	2	10%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	6	1	1931-08-26 (1)	Vince Barton	CHC	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	4	9	14%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Cuyler Scores
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1932-04-23	Chuck Klein	PHI		NYG	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	3	9	6%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Bressler Scores
47	47	2	1	1932-05-05	Ray Blades	STL		NYG	behind 3-5	b 5	1	12-	3	5	9	33%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Watkins Scores; R. Collins Scores
48	48	3	1	1932-05-28	Tony Cuccinello	BRO	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 6	1	-2-	2	5	4	24%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Wilson Scores
49	49	4	1	1932-06-01	Chuck Klein	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	3	9	12%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1932-06-07	Ernie Lombardi	CIN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	20%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Grantham Scores
51	51	6	2	1932-06-07	George Grantham	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	4	9%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	1932-06-11	Gus Suhr	PIT	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	8	2	1932-06-11	Dave Barbee	PIT	@	NYG	behind 3-6	t 9	2	---	1	9	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	9	1	1932-06-19	Jim Bottomley	STL	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3
55	55	10	2	1932-06-19	Gus Mancuso	STL	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1-3	3	7	2
56	56	11	1	1932-06-28 (2)	Johnny Frederick	BRO		NYG	tied 3-3	b 8	2	-2-	2	1	8	35%	93%		Home Run; A. Lopez Scores
57	57	12	1	1932-07-09	Babe Herman	CIN		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	9	21%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Gilbert Scores; H. Hendrick Scores
58	58	13	1	1932-07-27 (1)	Arky Vaughan	PIT	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	6	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Waner Scores
59	59	14	2	1932-07-27 (1)	Tony Piet	PIT	@	NYG	tied 3-3	t 4	0	---	1	7	4	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	15	1	1932-08-05	Ray Blades	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-4	t 5	1	---	1	7	7	5%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	16	2	1932-08-05	Jimmie Wilson	STL	@	NYG	behind 1-4	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	8%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	17	1	1932-08-14 (2)	Val Picinich	BRO	@	NYG	behind 2-4	t 5	1	---	1	9	PH
63	63	18	2	1932-08-14 (2)	Tony Cuccinello	BRO	@	NYG	behind 3-8	t 8	2	---	1	5	4
64	64	19	1	1932-08-20 (1)	Arky Vaughan	PIT		NYG	behind 1-2	b 3	2	1--	2	3	6	23%	64%		Inside-the-park Home Run (CF-RF); P. Waner Scores
65	65	20	1	1932-08-24	Dizzy Dean	STL		NYG	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1-3	3	9	1	25%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Martin Scores; G. Mancuso Scores
66	66	21	1	1932-09-17	Tony Piet	PIT	@	NYG	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	6	4	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	22	1	1932-09-24 (1)	Pinky Whitney	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	-2-	2	5	5	10%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hurst Scores
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1933-05-05	Chuck Klein	PHI		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	14%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	2	1	1933-05-13	Al Spohrer	BSN		STL	behind 0-5	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	3	2	1933-05-13	Wally Berger	BSN		STL	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	1	5	8	7%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	4	1	1933-06-19	Danny Taylor	BRO		STL	behind 0-3	b 3	1	1--	2	1	8	18%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Thurston Scores
72	72	5	1	1933-07-05	Arky Vaughan	PIT		STL	behind 1-5	b 5	2	1-3	3	5	6	24%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Waner Scores; P. Traynor Scores
73	73	6	1	1933-07-21	Hal Lee	BSN	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 8	1	12-	3	6	7	18%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Berger Scores; P. Whitney Scores
74	74	7	1	1933-08-16 (1)	Wes Schulmerich	PHI		STL	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	30%	61%		Home Run
75	75	8	1	1933-09-19	Mel Ott	NYG	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	6%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1934-04-29	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	11%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	2	2	1934-04-29	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		STL	behind 2-9	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	3	1	1934-05-04	Don Hurst	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	10%	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
79	79	4	1	1934-06-25	Travis Jackson	NYG	@	STL	ahead 9-7	t 9	2	---	1	5	6			IPHR
80	80	5	1	1934-07-14	Tony Cuccinello	BRO		STL	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	1	6	4	11%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	6	1	1934-07-22 (1)	Wally Berger	BSN		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	8	18%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Urbanski Scores
82	82	7	1	1934-07-26 (2)	Hughie Critz	NYG		STL	ahead 2-0	b 7	2	1--	2	2	4	9%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Fitzsimmons Scores
83	83	8	1	1934-07-31	Charlie Grimm	CHC		STL	ahead 5-2	b 8	1	--3	2	7	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Cuyler Scores
84	84	9	1	1934-09-14	Hal Schumacher	NYG		STL	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	1	9	1	7%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
85	85	10	1	1934-09-24	Kiki Cuyler	CHC		STL	behind 0-3	b 9	0	---	1	3	8	5%	9%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
86	86	1	1	1935-05-13	Jo-Jo Moore	NYG		STL	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
87	87	2	2	1935-05-13	Jo-Jo Moore	NYG		STL	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1	1	7	11%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
88	88	3	1	1935-05-29	Alex Kampouris	CIN	@	STL	behind 1-5	t 4	1	---	1	8	4	6%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
89	89	4	1	1935-07-28 (2)	Woody Jensen	PIT		STL	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	1	1	7	29%	61%		Home Run (CF-RF)
90	90	5	1	1935-08-20	Wally Berger	BSN		STL	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	8	11%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
91	91	6	1	1935-08-28 (2)	Al Todd	PHI		STL	behind 3-11	b 7	1	1--	2	7	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Vergez Scores
92	92	7	1	1935-09-04	Wally Berger	BSN	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 8	2	---	1	4	8	28%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
93	93	1	1	1936-05-23	Augie Galan	CHC	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	1	3	8	9%	84%		Home Run (LF-CF)
94	94	2	1	1936-06-14	Dolph Camilli	PHI	@	STL	behind 7-9	t 8	1	1--	2	4	3	31%	45%		Home Run (CF-RF); E. Sulik Scores
95	95	3	1	1936-06-22	Ernie Sulik	PHI		STL	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	10%	45%		Home Run
96	96	4	1	1936-06-25 (2)	Dolph Camilli	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	3	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Moore Scores; C. Klein Scores
97	97	5	1	1936-08-01	Johnny Moore	PHI		STL	ahead 8-3	b 8	2	12-	3	2	7	1%	100%		Home Run; S. Sperry Scores/unER; E. Sulik Scores/unER; J. Moore Scores/unER

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