Rube Walker

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

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

Born: May 16, 1926 in Lenoir, NC us

Died: December 12, 1992 in Morganton, NC

Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, NC

High School: Lenoir HS (Lenoir, NC)

Debut: April 20, 1948 (Age 21-340d, 10,468th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 15, 1958 (Age 32-030d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Albert Bluford Walker

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1955 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.4

1585

360

.227

114

RBI

192

OBP

.294

SLG

.341

OPS

.635

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-32 / in Starts: 20-20
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 181 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	125 (70-35-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 181 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	121 (63-38-19)

Most Driven In
A Pafko	6
Self	3
H Edwards	3
P Cavarretta	2
E Verban	2
H Sauer	1
H Reich	1
R Novotney	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
F Gustine	1
E Verban	1
E Kush	1
G Mauch	1
H Jeffcoat	1
R Smalley	1
D Lade	0

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	80	3 (2)	Apr 21	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.58	-0.061	6.70	-0.10%	-0.29	PH
2	81	5 (1)	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	W,11-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	2.33	0.179	6.35	0.29%	1.24	PH
3	82	6	Apr 24	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	9						PH
4	83	10 (3)	Apr 29	CHC		STL	W,5-4	12-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	5	2.26	0.000	5.38	0.00%	0.49	PH
5	84	11	Apr 30	CHC		STL	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	9	3.44	-0.087	8.96	-0.14%	-0.23	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	85	14 (2)	May 4	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	7	2.59	-0.071	6.57	-0.11%	-0.49	PH
7	86	15	May 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.400	.778	1.178	5	.51	0.061	1.13	0.08%	-0.52	C
8	87	16	May 7	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.308	.357	.615	.973	5	.76	-0.037	1.87	-0.05%	-0.84	C
9	88	17	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-10	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.333	.571	.905	2						PH
10	89	18	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.368	.556	.924	6	1.49	-0.150	3.40	-0.21%	-1.02	C
11	90	20 (1)	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876	7	4.49	-0.160	9.40	-0.20%	-0.68	PH
12	91	23 (2)	May 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.360	.500	.860	6	1.13	0.057	2.29	0.07%	0.66	C
13	92	25 (1)	May 17	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	1-GF(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.414	.714	6	1.44	-0.171	2.66	-0.19%	-1.18	C
14	93	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	L,5-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.265	.364	.628	7	.06	-0.006	.09	-0.01%	-1.27	C
15	94	27	May 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.237	.324	.561	6	.78	-0.070	1.14	-0.06%	-1.20	C
16	95	30 (2)	May 24	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.262	.415	.677	6	.69	0.195	.68	0.12%	2.14	C
17	96	32 (1)	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.261	.400	.661	6	.53	-0.029	.64	-0.02%	-0.48	C
18	97	34 (1)	May 29 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.245	.375	.620	6	.75	-0.060	.85	-0.04%	-0.56	C
19	98	35	May 29 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.245	.353	.598	6	.50	-0.046	.49	-0.03%	-0.34	C
20	99	36	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.246	.345	.591	6	1.25	-0.015	1.22	-0.01%	0.02	C
21	100	37	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.237	.262	.373	.635	5	.66	-0.049	.70	-0.03%	-0.39	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	101	38	Jun 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.262	.355	.616	5	.53	0.006	.66	0.01%	-0.24	C
23	102	42 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.265	.400	.665	6	.70	0.161	.58	0.08%	1.35	C
24	103	43	Jun 5 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.274	.391	.665	6	.82	0.008	.58	0.00%	1.27	C
25	104	45 (1)	Jun 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.260	.370	.630	6	.99	-0.108	.67	-0.04%	-0.90	C
26	105	46	Jun 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.263	.368	.631	6	.75	-0.063	.44	-0.02%	-0.71	C
27	106	48 (1)	Jun 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.271	.370	.641	6	1.53	-0.110	.57	-0.02%	-1.33	C
28	107	49	Jun 12 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.281	.400	.681	6	.77	0.176	.31	0.04%	2.55	C
29	108	51 (1)	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.280	.393	.673	6	.59	0.010	.23	0.00%	-0.49	C
30	109	52	Jun 15 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.287	.400	.687	9	1.14	0.054	.29	0.01%	1.00	PH
31	110	53	Jun 15 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.286	.387	.673	6	1.41	0.011	.31	0.00%	-0.30	C
32	111	54	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.247	.284	.381	.666	5						C
33	112	55	Jun 17	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.274	.366	.640	5	1.47	-0.153	.19	-0.01%	-0.84	C
34	113	56	Jun 18	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.264	.352	.616	5	.99	-0.105	.09	-0.01%	-0.81	C
35	114	57	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	W,8-2	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.270	.358	.629	6	1.63	0.107	.15	0.01%	1.06	C
36	115	58	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.278	.358	.636	5	.97	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.20	C
37	116	59	Jun 21	CHC		BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.269	.345	.614	6	.93	-0.035	.07	0.00%	-0.32	C
38	117	60	Jun 22	CHC		BSN	W,9-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.274	.342	.616	6	1.07	0.053	.05	0.00%	0.40	C
39	118	62 (1)	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.231	.273	.339	.612	6	.32	-0.002	.02	0.00%	0.20	C
40	119	65 (2)	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.273	.336	.609	6						C
41	120	68 (2)	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,12-5	GS-0	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.277	.338	.616	2						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	121	69	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.237	.275	.333	.608	2						C
43	122	70	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.281	.338	.619	2	1.11	0.069	.07	0.00%	0.73	C
44	123	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.279	.336	.615	9	.08	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
45	124	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.278	.329	.607	7	.34	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.50	C
46	125	75 (1)	Jul 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-23	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.276	.326	.603	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
47	126	76	Jul 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.275	.324	.599	9	4.78	-0.121	.06	0.00%	-0.78	PH
48	127	78 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.273	.322	.595	1	4.41	-0.122	.03	0.00%	-0.37	PH
49	128	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	5	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.289	.344	.634	6	.64	0.117	.00	0.00%	1.89	C
50	129	81 (1)	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.288	.342	.630	6	1.02	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
51	130	83 (1)	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.281	.333	.615	6	.54	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-1.11	C
52	131	87 (3)	Jul 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.242	.278	.329	.607	6	.90	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
53	132	88	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.276	.327	.604	9	3.75	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.77	PH
54	133	89	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-5	1-GF	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.282	.333	.615	8	1.56	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	C
55	134	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.274	.324	.597	6	.57	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-1.37	C
56	135	92 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.244	.282	.331	.613	8	1.43	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
							24-32		181	172	11	42	4	1	3	22	9	3	18	0	0		2	4	0	2	.244	.282	.331	.613		1.02	-0.827	.84	-0.58%	-5.91

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