Wally Judnich

Walter Franklin Judnich

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 24, 1916 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Mission HS (Fremont, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Teams (by GP): Browns/Indians/Pirates 1940-1949

Final Game: May 12, 1949
Died: July 10, 1971 in Glendale, CA
Buried: Bayou Meto Cemetery, Jacksonville, AR
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1940	SLB	AL	24	CF	133	129	127		367	356	7	4	4	.989		2.73	.976		2.78	MVP-18
1940	SLB	AL	24	OF	133	129	127		367	356	7	4	4	.989		2.73	.970		2.40	MVP-18
1941	SLB	AL	25	CF	140	138	134		402	383	11	8	3	.980		2.81	.976		2.79
1941	SLB	AL	25	OF	140	138	134		402	383	11	8	3	.980		2.81	.973		2.41
1942	SLB	AL	26	CF	122	121	113		337	330	4	3	0	.991		2.74	.981		2.80	MVP-16
1942	SLB	AL	26	OF	122	121	113		337	330	4	3	0	.991		2.74	.976		2.38	MVP-16
1946	SLB	AL	30	OF	137	134	130		417	409	6	2	2	.995		3.03	.977		2.36
1946	SLB	AL	30	CF	131	129	126		407	399	6	2	2	.995		3.09	.984		2.74
1946	SLB	AL	30	LF	6	4	3		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.974		2.23
1946	SLB	AL	30	RF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.10
1947	SLB	AL	31	1B	129	128	122		1156	1067	76	13	118	.989		8.86	.990		9.64
1947	SLB	AL	31	OF	15	14	13		39	38	1	0	0	1.000		2.60	.979		2.47
1947	SLB	AL	31	CF	14	13	12		35	35	0	0	0	1.000		2.50	.983		2.95
1947	SLB	AL	31	RF	1	1	1		4	3	1	0	0	1.000		4.00	.978		2.10
1948	CLE	AL	32	OF	49	47	38		100	93	4	3	0	.970		1.98	.975		2.51
1948	CLE	AL	32	CF	35	34	28		83	76	5	2	0	.976		2.31	.978		3.01
1948	CLE	AL	32	1B	20	16	13		155	147	7	1	19	.994		7.70	.991		9.69
1948	CLE	AL	32	RF	14	13	10		17	16	0	1	0	.941		1.14	.971		2.14
1949	PIT	NL	33	CF	8	8	7		29	29	0	0	0	1.000		3.63	.978		2.89
1949	PIT	NL	33	OF	8	8	7		27	27	0	0	0	1.000		3.38	.977		2.48
	7 Seasons			OF	604	591	562		1689	1636	33	20	9	.988		2.76	.974		2.40
	7 Seasons			CF	583	572	547		1660	1608	33	19	9	.989		2.81	.979		2.80
	2 Seasons			1B	149	144	135		1311	1214	83	14	137	.989		8.70	.990		9.65
	3 Seasons			RF	16	15	12		22	20	1	1	0	.955		1.31	.972		2.14
	1 Season			LF	6	4	3		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.974		2.23
	7 Seasons			TOT	753	735	697		3000	2850	116	34	146	.989		3.94	.981		3.83
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1940	SLB	AL	24	CF
1941	SLB	AL	25	CF
1942	SLB	AL	26	CF
1946	SLB	AL	30	CF
1946	SLB	AL	30	LF
1946	SLB	AL	30	RF
1947	SLB	AL	31	1B
1947	SLB	AL	31	CF
1947	SLB	AL	31	RF
1948	CLE	AL	32	CF
1948	CLE	AL	32	1B
1948	CLE	AL	32	RF
1949	PIT	NL	33	CF
	7 Seasons			CF
	2 Seasons			1B
	3 Seasons			RF
	1 Season			LF
	7 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH
1940	SLB	AL	24	137	129	137	133	0	0	133	0	133	5
1941	SLB	AL	25	146	138	146	140	0	0	140	0	140	7
1942	SLB	AL	26	132	121	132	122	0	0	122	0	122	10
1946	SLB	AL	30	142	134	142	137	0	6	131	1	137	5
1947	SLB	AL	31	144	142	144	142	129	0	14	1	15	2
1948	CLE	AL	32	79	63	79	67	20	0	35	14	49	13
1949	PIT	NL	33	10	8	10	8	0	0	8	0	8	2
	7 Seasons			790	735	790	749	149	6	583	16	604	44

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	CLE	AL	32	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	2	21	11	2	16	2	1	3	0	1	5	2	0	7	7	0	52	22	42.3%	26	4	7.7%	1	1290	59%	80%	26%	167	49%
1949	PIT	NL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	4	3	75.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	151	63%	81%	33%	19	95%
	2 Seasons			2	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	2	21	11	2	16	2	1	3	0	1	6	2	0	10	10	0	56	25	44.6%	27	4	7.1%	1	1441	60%	80%	27%	186	53%
	MLB Averages																														46.5%			2.6%			61%	82%	31%		59%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1948	CLE	AL	32	610	56%	81%	28%	27	100%	0	146	5	141	1	14	8	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	1	100%
	1 Season			610	56%	81%	28%	27	100%	0	146	5	141	1	14	8	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	1	100%
	MLB Averages				61%	82%	27%		93%																											88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	CLE	AL	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	11	5	45.5%	6	0	0.0%	0	431	51%	82%	30%	38	42%
	1 Season			1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	11	5	45.5%	6	0	0.0%	0	431	51%	82%	30%	38	42%
	MLB Averages																														43.5%			2.9%			61%	82%	31%		52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1940 AL (18, 2%) 1942 AL (16, 4%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1947 AL 13 (5th)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 133 (4th) 1941 AL 140 (4th) 1942 AL 122 (5th) 1946 AL 131 (3rd)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 356 (4th) 1941 AL 383 (4th) 1942 AL 330 (5th) 1946 AL 399 (2nd)
Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1941 AL 11 (4th)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1941 AL 8 (4th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1940 AL 356 (5th) 1941 AL 383 (4th) 1946 AL 409 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 2.73 (5th) 1941 AL 2.81 (4th) 1942 AL 2.74 (4th) 1946 AL 3.09 (1st) Career 2.81 (21st)
Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL .989 (1st) 1941 AL .980 (4th) 1942 AL .991 (1st) 1946 AL .995 (1st) Career .989 (50th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1940 AL 2.73 (5th) 1941 AL 2.81 (3rd) 1942 AL 2.74 (4th) 1946 AL 3.03 (1st) Career 2.76 (14th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1940 AL .989 (1st) 1942 AL .991 (1st) 1946 AL .995 (1st) Career .988 (85th)

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