Walt Kinney

Walter William Kinney

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: September 9, 1893 in Denison, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1918
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1918-1923

Final Game: May 9, 1923
Died: July 1, 1971 in Escondido, CA
Cremated
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1914	20	DNI	D	10	9	.526		27						187.1	123	58			57							0.961	5.9		2.7			DNI · TXOK
1915	21	DNI	D	15	14	.517	1.94	38						251.0	120	77	54		106							0.900	4.3		3.8			DNI · WA
1916	22	DNI,OLD	D,AA	22	16	.579	2.76	57						323.0	251	137	99		192							1.372	7.0		5.3			DNI,OLD · WA,PCL
1918	24	DAL	B	8	6	.571		17						112.0	122				51							1.545	9.8		4.1			DAL · TL
1918	24	BOS	AL	0	0		1.80	5	0	5	0	0	0	15.0	5	3	3	0	8	4	2	0	0	57	155	0.867	3.0	0.0	4.8	2.4	0.50
1919	25	PHA	AL	9	15	.375	3.64	43	21	21	13	0	2	202.2	199	110	82	7	91	97	8	2	4	858	93	1.431	8.8	0.3	4.0	4.3	1.07
1920	26	PHA	AL	2	4	.333	3.10	10	8	2	5	1	0	61.0	59	38	21	3	28	19	1	0	0	255	130	1.426	8.7	0.4	4.1	2.8	0.68

1923	29	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	7.50	5	1	2	0	0	0	12.0	11	13	10	0	9	9	0	0	0	59	56	1.667	8.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1927	33	POR	AA	9	9	.500	4.50	35						172.0	189	112	86		72							1.517	9.9		3.8			POR · PCL
1928	34	HOL	AA	17	8	.680	4.67	38						210.0	242	122	109		92							1.590	10.4		3.9			HOL · PCL
1929	35	HOL	AA	12	12	.500	4.26	41						203.0	222	124	96		104							1.606	9.8		4.6			HOL · PCL
1930	36	DAL	A	1	4	.200	5.95	13						56.0	56	45	37		58							2.036	9.0		9.3			DAL · TL
1931	37	MIS	AA	0	0			2						4.0																		MIS · PCL
1932	38	HOL	AA	0	0			2						11.0																		HOL · PCL
4 Yrs				11	20	.355	3.59	63	30	30	18	1	2	290.2	274	164	116	10	136	129	11	2	4	1229	98	1.411	8.5	0.3	4.2	4.0	0.95
162 Game Avg.				8	15	.355	3.59	46	22	22	13	1	1	213	200	120	85	7	99	94	8	1	3	899	98	1.411	8.5	0.3	4.2	4.0	0.95

PHA (3 yrs)				11	20	.355	3.69	58	30	25	18	1	2	275.2	269	161	113	10	128	125	9	2	4	1172	97	1.440	8.8	0.3	4.2	4.1	0.98
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		1.80	5	0	5	0	0	0	15.0	5	3	3	0	8	4	2	0	0	57	155	0.867	3.0	0.0	4.8	2.4	0.50

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1918	24	BOS	AL	15.0	5	0	3	1.80	3.57	0.31	0.00	97.3	3.18	2	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.557	.502	$
1919	25	PHA	AL	203.0	43	21	110	4.88	4.24	-0.47	0.00	104.7	4.93	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.6	20	.498	.500	$
1920	26	PHA	AL	60.0	10	8	38	5.70	4.96	-0.38	0.00	103.3	5.51	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	5	.485	.499	$4,000

1923	29	PHA	AL	12.0	5	1	13	9.75	4.57	-0.05	0.00	102.7	4.75	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.381	.496	$
4 Seasons				290.0	63	30	164	5.09	4.37	-0.40	0.00	104.0	4.95	-7	-0.5	1.0	-0.2	1.8	23	.492	.499	$4,000

PHA (3 yrs)				275.0	58	30	161	5.27	4.41	-0.43	0.00	104.3	5.05	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.2	1.4	20	.486	.498	$4,000
BOS (1 yr)				15.0	5	0	3	1.80	3.57	0.31	0.00	97.3	3.18	2	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	3	.557	.502	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	24	BOS	AL	57	0.0%	7.0%	14.0%			75%
1919	25	PHA	AL	881	0.8%	11.0%	10.3%	2.7%	12%	74%
1920	26	PHA	AL	261	1.2%	7.3%	10.7%	5.4%	24%	78%

1923	29	PHA	AL	59	0.0%	15.3%	15.3%			66%
4 Yrs				1258	0.8%	10.3%	10.8%	3.0%	14%	75%
MLB Averages					0.8%	7.6%	7.4%	2.7%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1918	24	0	0		1.80	5	0	5	0	0	0	15.0	5	3	3	0	8	4	2	0	0	57	155	0.867	3.0	0.0	4.8	2.4	0.50	155
1919	25	9	15	.375	3.51	48	21	26	13	0	2	217.2	204	113	85	7	99	101	10	2	4	915	95	1.392	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.2	1.02	95
1920	26	11	19	.367	3.42	58	29	28	18	1	2	278.2	263	151	106	10	127	120	11	2	4	1170	102	1.400	8.5	0.3	4.1	3.9	0.94	102
1921	27	11	19	.367	3.42	58	29	28	18	1	2	278.2	263	151	106	10	127	120	11	2	4	1170	102	1.400	8.5	0.3	4.1	3.9	0.94	102
1922	28	11	19	.367	3.42	58	29	28	18	1	2	278.2	263	151	106	10	127	120	11	2	4	1170	102	1.400	8.5	0.3	4.1	3.9	0.94	102
1923	29	11	20	.355	3.59	63	30	30	18	1	2	290.2	274	164	116	10	136	129	11	2	4	1229	98	1.411	8.5	0.3	4.2	4.0	0.95	98

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1918	24	1	0	1.000	2.65	17.0	7	6	5	0	11	5	3	1.059	3.7	5.8	2.6	0.45	0.0	5
1919	25	11	12	.478	4.12	214.0	234	109	98	8	107	103	9	1.593	9.8	4.5	4.3	0.96	0.3	43
1920	26	4	2	.667	2.85	60.0	58	21	19	3	28	19	1	1.433	8.7	4.2	2.9	0.68	0.5	10

1923	29	0	1	.000	5.79	14.0	11	10	9	0	9	10	0	1.429	7.1	5.8	6.4	1.11	0.0	5
4 Yrs		16	15	.516	3.87	305.0	310	146	131	11	155	137	13	1.525	9.1		4.0	0.88	0.3	63

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1919 AL 4.308 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1919 AL 43 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y 1919 AL 2 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1919 AL 7 (7th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1919 AL 91 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1919 AL 15 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1919 AL 82 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1919 AL 8 (6th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1919 AL 21 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Bunny Hearn (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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