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Wally Gilbert

Walter John Gilbert

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 19, 1900 in Oscoda, MI
High School: Denham HS (Denham, MN)
School: Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1928 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Robins/Reds 1928-1932

Final Game: September 24, 1932 (Age 31)
Died: September 7, 1958 in Duluth, MN
Buried: Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown, MN
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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
1928 27 BRO NL 39 171 153 26 31 4 0 0 3 2 14 8 .203 .274 .229 .503 34 35 1 3 5
1929 28 BRO NL 143 641 569 88 173 31 4 3 58 7 42 29 .304 .359 .388 .748 87 221 7 23 *5
1930 29 BRO NL 150 688 623 92 183 34 5 3 67 7 47 33 .294 .345 .379 .724 75 236 2 16 *5
1931 30 BRO NL 145 608 552 60 147 25 6 0 46 3 39 38 .266 .322 .333 .655 76 184 6 11 *5
1932 31 CIN NL 114 450 420 35 90 18 2 1 40 2 20 23 .214 .252 .274 .526 44 115 1 9 *5
5 Yrs 591 2558 2317 301 624 112 17 7 214 21 162 131 .269 .322 .341 .663 70 791 17 62
162 Game Avg. 162 701 635 83 171 31 5 2 59 6 44 36 .269 .322 .341 .663 70 217 5 17
BRO (4 yrs) 477 2108 1897 266 534 94 15 6 174 19 142 108 .281 .337 .356 .693 76 676 16 53
CIN (1 yr) 114 450 420 35 90 18 2 1 40 2 20 23 .214 .252 .274 .526 44 115 1 9

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 Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1928 27 BRO NL 39 171 -14 -0 0 2 1 -11 -1.2 5 -6 -0.6 .470 .493 -0.8 0.3 -8 5
1929 28 BRO NL 143 641 -10 -1 0 2 4 -4 -0.4 19 15 1.5 .497 .498 1.4 0.5 13 *5
1930 29 BRO NL 150 688 -23 -1 0 11 4 -8 -0.8 20 12 1.3 .495 .496 0.4 1.3 1 *5
1931 30 BRO NL 145 608 -17 -0 0 2 3 -11 -1.3 19 8 0.7 .492 .493 0.6 0.5 6 *5
1932 31 CIN NL 114 450 -31 0 0 -2 2 -31 -3.3 14 -17 -1.8 .472 .480 -1.6 0.0 -15 *5
5 Seasons 591 2558 -94 -1 0 15 15 -66 -6.9 78 12 1.0 .489 .492 -0.1 2.6 -3
BRO (4 yrs) 477 2108 -63 -1 0 17 12 -35 -3.7 64 29 2.8 .493 .495 1.5 2.6 12
CIN (1 yr) 114 450 -31 0 0 -2 2 -31 -3.3 14 -17 -1.8 .472 .480 -1.6 0.0 -15

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1928 BRO NL 27 3B 39 37 35 115 30 81 4 7 .965 2.85 .943 3.06
1929 BRO NL 28 3B 142 142 140 427 137 271 19 16 .956 2.87 .953 2.88
1930 BRO NL 29 3B 150 150 145 468 130 312 26 27 .944 2.95 .950 2.85
1931 BRO NL 30 3B 145 143 140 443 125 295 23 24 .948 2.90 .944 2.85
1932 CIN NL 31 3B 111 107 99 310 90 198 22 16 .929 2.59 .945 2.88
5 Seasons 3B 587 579 559 1763 512 1157 94 90 .947 2.84 .948 2.88
5 Seasons TOT 587 579 559 1763 512 1157 94 90 .947 2.84 .948 2.88
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1930 NL  1.3 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1930 NL  623 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1930 NL  688 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1929 NL  135 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 NL  7 (3rd)
1931 NL  6 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1929 NL  23 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1930 NL  456 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1929 NL  142 (2nd)
1930 NL  150 (1st)
1931 NL  145 (3rd)
1932 NL  111 (3rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1929 NL  137 (3rd)
1930 NL  130 (3rd)
1931 NL  125 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1929 NL  271 (2nd)
1930 NL  312 (2nd)
1931 NL  295 (1st)
1932 NL  198 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1929 NL  19 (3rd)
1930 NL  26 (1st)
1931 NL  23 (3rd)
1932 NL  22 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1930 NL  27 (2nd)
1931 NL  24 (2nd)
1932 NL  16 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1929 NL  2.87 (5th)
1930 NL  2.95 (3rd)
1931 NL  2.90 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1929 NL  .956 (4th)
1930 NL  .944 (4th)
1931 NL  .948 (3rd)
1932 NL  .929 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (413th), 1.0 career WAR/1.0 7yr-peak WAR/1.0 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

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