Walt Kellner

Walter Joseph Kellner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 26, 1929 in Tucson, AZ
High School: Amphitheater HS (Tucson, AZ)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1952
Team: Athletics 1952-1953

Final Game: September 11, 1953
Died: June 19, 2006 in Tucson, AZ
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Tucson, AZ
Relatives: Brother of Alex Kellner
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1950	21	OAK-min	A	3	14	.176	5.70	31						131.0	133	105	83	11	89								1.695	9.1	0.8	6.1			LIN · WL
1952	23	PHA	AL	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	3		2	0	0	0	19	64	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
1953	24	OAK-min	A	7	14	.333	4.50	37	23					164.0	168	101	82	14	79								1.506	9.2	0.8	4.3			WPT · EL
1953	24	PHA	AL	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	0	4		4	1	0	0	14	80	1.667	3.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00
1954	25	OAK-min	AAA,A	9	15	.375	5.10	30	28		8	0		189.0	207	126	107	20	67		66	5	2	3			1.450	9.9	1.0	3.2	3.1	0.99	OTT,SAV · IL,SALL
1955	26	OAK-min	A,AAA	2	11	.154	3.73	34	16					128.0	141	69	53	13	38								1.398	9.9	0.9	2.7			SAV,CLB · SALL,IL
1956	27	BOS-CLE-min	AA,A	5	11	.313	5.52	28	13		7	0		137.0	158	91	84	20	52	3	50	0	2	3			1.533	10.4	1.3	3.4	3.3	0.96	OKC,MOB,REA · TL,SOUA,EL
1957	28	NYY-BOS-min	AA,AAA	9	14	.391	4.45	33	22		2	0		176.0	203	104	87	9	57	1	32	0	0	1			1.477	10.4	0.5	2.9	1.6	0.56	NOR,OKC,DEN · SOUA,TL,AA
1958	29	NYY-BAL-min	AA	5	12	.294	5.80	36	14					104.0	134	85	67	22	42								1.692	11.6	1.9	3.6			NOR,SAN · SOUA,TL
2 Yrs				0	0		6.43	3	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	5	5	5	0	7		6	1	0	0	33	70	1.714	6.4	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86
162 Game Avg.				0	0		6.43	68	0	68	0	0	0	159	113	113	113	0	159		136	23	0	0	748	70	1.714	6.4	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1952	23	PHA	AL	4.0	1	3	6.75	4.09	-0.10	114.0	4.78	-1	-0.1	.1	-1	.410	.499	$
1953	24	PHA	AL	3.0	2	2	6.00	4.47	-0.13	114.0	5.24	-0	-0.0	.1	0	.487	.500	$
2 Seasons				7.0	3	5	6.43	4.26	-0.11	114.0	4.98	-1	-0.1	.1	-1	.461	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1952	23	PHA	AL	1	19	16	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	.250	.368	.375	.743	.286	6	0	0	0	0	0
1953	24	PHA	AL	2	14	9	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	.111	.429	.111	.540	.200	1	1	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				3	33	25	5	5	2	0	0	2	0	7	6	.200	.394	.280	.674	.263	7	1	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	748	567	113	113	45	0	0	45	0	159	136	.200	.394	.280	.674	.263	159	23	23	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.258	.331	.378	.709	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1952	23	PHA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	19	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.1	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.05	-0.3	1
1953	24	PHA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	15	-0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.12	-0.7	2
2 Yrs				-1.1	-0.1	34	-0.0	-0.0	.08	-0.1	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.08	-0.9	3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1952	23	PHA	AL	1	1	1	5	.049	1	1	1	1	1	12.0
1953	24	PHA	AL	2	2	2	8	.118	2	2	2	1	1	4.5
2 Yrs				3	3	3		.078	3	3	3	2	2	7.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	23	PHA	AL	19	74%	0.0%	10.5%	15.8%	10.5%	50%	1.00	74%	5	0	0%
1953	24	PHA	AL	14	71%	0.0%	28.6%	28.6%	0.0%	0%	1.50	36%	7	1	14%
2 Yrs				33	73%	0.0%	18.2%	21.2%	6.1%	40%	1.14	58%	12	1	8%
MLB Averages					50%	2.2%	12.1%	10.3%	6.7%	26%	0.96	85%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1952	23	PHA	AL	19	4			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	24	PHA	AL	14	1			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	8	2	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				33	5			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	0	0	0	15	2	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1952	23	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	3		2	0	0	0	19	64	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67	64
1953	24	0	0		6.43	3	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	5	5	5	0	7		6	1	0	0	33	70	1.714	6.4	0.0	9.0	7.7	0.86	70

Neutralized Pitching

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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	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Gact
1952	23	6.75	4.0	4	3	3	3	2	0	1.750	9.0	6.8	4.5	0.67	1
1953	24	0.00	3.0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1.333	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	2
2 Yrs		3.86	7.0	4	3	3	7	6	1	1.571	5.1		7.7	0.86	3

* 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.

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