Walter French
Walter Edward French (Piggy and Fitz)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 155 lb.

Born: July 12, 1899 in Moorestown, NJ
High School: Moorestown (Moorestown, NJ)
Schools: United States Military Academy, Rutgers University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1923
Final Game: October 6, 1929
Died: May 13, 1984 in Mountain Home, AR
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Standard Batting

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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
1923 23 PHA AL 16 44 39 7 9 3 0 0 2 0 1 5 7 .231 .318 .308 .626 64 12 0 0 O
1925 25 PHA AL 67 104 100 20 37 9 0 0 14 1 1 1 9 .370 .376 .460 .836 105 46 0 3 O
1926 26 PHA AL 112 441 397 51 121 18 7 1 36 2 3 18 24 .305 .340 .393 .733 86 156 3 23 O
1927 27 PHA AL 109 356 326 48 99 10 5 0 41 9 1 16 14 .304 .338 .365 .703 78 119 1 13 O
1928 28 PHA AL 48 77 74 9 19 4 0 0 7 1 1 2 5 .257 .286 .311 .597 55 23 1 0 O
1929 29 PHA AL 45 49 45 7 12 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 3 .267 .298 .356 .653 65 16 0 2 O
6 Seasons 397 1071 981 142 297 45 12 2 109 13 7 44 62 .303 .336 .379 .715 81 372 5 41
162 Game Avg. 162 437 400 58 121 18 5 1 44 5 3 18 25 .303 .336 .379 .715 81 152 2 17

Advanced Batting

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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
1923 23 PHA AL 44 31 4 3.5 109 .281 .231 .291 .318 .361 .308 .403 .626 .764 64 .364 -1.9 -0.2 .516 .179 .077
1925 25 PHA AL 104 67 17 6.8 121 .407 .370 .308 .376 .380 .460 .432 .836 .812 105 .627 0.6 0.1 .734 .100 .090 .0
1926 26 PHA AL 441 302 51 4.5 115 .323 .305 .297 .340 .370 .393 .417 .733 .787 86 .481 -10.2 -1.0 .631 .131 .088 1.3
1927 27 PHA AL 356 241 41 4.5 116 .317 .304 .300 .338 .369 .365 .422 .703 .791 78 .470 -12.1 -1.2 .632 .135 .061 .0
1928 28 PHA AL 77 56 6 2.9 111 .275 .257 .292 .286 .358 .311 .415 .597 .773 55 .284 -5.0 -0.5 .464 .081 .054 .0
1929 29 PHA AL 49 35 5 3.8 116 .268 .267 .297 .298 .364 .356 .429 .653 .793 65 .382 -2.6 -0.2 .545 .133 .089 .0
6 Seasons 1071 732 124 4.5 115 .322 .303 .299 .336 .369 .379 .420 .715 .789 81 .472 -31.2 -3.0 .618 .127 .076 3.5
162 Game Avg. 437 299 51 4.5 115 .322 .303 .299 .336 .369 .379 .420 .715 .789 81 .472 -31.2 -3.0 .618 .127 .076 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 29 PHA AL WS CHC W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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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
1923 23 16 44 39 7 9 3 0 0 2 0 1 5 7 .231 .318 .308 .626 64 12 0 0
1924 24 16 44 39 7 9 3 0 0 2 0 1 5 7 .231 .318 .308 .626 64 12 0 0
1925 25 83 148 139 27 46 12 0 0 16 1 2 6 16 .331 .359 .417 .776 94 58 0 3
1926 26 195 589 536 78 167 30 7 1 52 3 5 24 40 .312 .345 .399 .744 88 214 3 26
1927 27 304 945 862 126 266 40 12 1 93 12 6 40 54 .309 .342 .386 .728 84 333 4 39
1928 28 352 1022 936 135 285 44 12 1 100 13 7 42 59 .304 .338 .380 .718 82 356 5 39
1929 29 397 1071 981 142 297 45 12 2 109 13 7 44 62 .303 .336 .379 .715 81 372 5 41

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1923 23 17 44 40 6 8 3 0 0 2 0 4 7 .200 .273 .275 .548 3 16
1925 25 70 101 100 17 34 8 0 0 12 1 1 9 .340 .347 .420 .767 15 67
1926 26 118 426 406 47 116 17 7 1 33 2 17 25 .286 .319 .369 .689 47 112
1927 27 114 350 333 42 96 10 5 0 36 9 16 15 .288 .323 .348 .671 37 109
1928 28 50 80 77 9 19 4 0 0 7 1 2 5 .247 .275 .299 .574 6 48
1929 29 48 48 46 6 11 1 0 1 8 0 2 3 .239 .271 .326 .597 4 45
6 Seasons 417 1049 1002 127 284 43 12 2 98 13 42 64 .283 .316 .356 .672 112 397
162 Game Avg. 162 408 389 49 110 17 5 1 38 5 16 25 .283 .316 .356 .672 44 397

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Walter Edward Piggy,Fitz Walter French

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