Wally Post
Walter Charles Post
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 203 lb.

Born: July 9, 1929 in St. Wendelin, OH
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1949
Final Game: May 9, 1964
Died: January 6, 1982 in St.Henry, OH
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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
1949 19 CIN NL 6 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 2 1 0 0 /O
1951 21 CIN NL 15 44 41 6 9 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 4 .220 .273 .366 .639 69 15 2 0 0 /O
1952 22 CIN NL 19 63 58 5 9 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 20 .155 .222 .276 .498 37 16 1 1 0 O
1953 23 CIN NL 11 37 33 3 8 1 0 1 4 1 0 4 6 .242 .324 .364 .688 79 12 2 0 0 O
1954 24 CIN NL 130 485 451 46 115 21 3 18 83 2 2 26 70 .255 .297 .435 .731 87 196 10 3 0 5 *9/8
1955 25 CIN NL 154 668 601 116 186 33 3 40 109 7 4 60 102 .309 .372 .574 .946 142 345 15 2 2 3 5 *9 MVP-12
1956 26 CIN NL 143 586 539 94 134 25 3 36 83 6 0 37 124 .249 .301 .506 .807 107 273 10 4 4 2 2 *9/7
1957 27 CIN NL 134 507 467 68 114 26 2 20 74 2 2 33 84 .244 .291 .437 .727 88 204 12 0 1 6 5 *9
1958 28 PHI NL 110 420 379 51 107 21 3 12 62 0 2 32 74 .282 .340 .449 .788 108 170 3 3 2 4 5 9/7
1959 29 PHI NL 132 510 468 62 119 17 6 22 94 0 0 36 101 .254 .310 .457 .767 101 214 7 3 0 3 4 *9/7
1960 30 TOT NL 111 374 333 47 94 20 1 19 50 0 2 37 75 .282 .350 .520 .870 134 173 12 0 0 4 4 79
1960 30 PHI NL 34 94 84 11 24 6 1 2 12 0 0 9 24 .286 .351 .452 .803 119 38 1 0 0 1 1 7/9
1960 30 CIN NL 77 280 249 36 70 14 0 17 38 0 2 28 51 .281 .350 .542 .892 139 135 11 0 0 3 3 79
1961 31 CIN NL 99 306 282 44 83 16 3 20 57 0 1 22 61 .294 .346 .585 .932 140 165 7 1 0 1 1 79
1962 32 CIN NL 109 321 285 43 75 10 3 17 62 1 0 32 67 .263 .341 .498 .839 119 142 8 2 1 1 2 7/9
1963 33 TOT MLB 26 57 54 7 9 0 1 2 6 0 0 2 18 .167 .211 .315 .525 45 17 3 1 0 0 0 9/7
1963 33 CIN NL 5 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -61 0 2 1 0 0 0 /7
1963 33 MIN AL 21 49 47 6 9 0 1 2 6 0 0 2 17 .191 .224 .362 .586 60 17 1 0 0 0 0 9/7
1964 34 CLE AL 5 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .273 .000 .273 -15 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9
15 Seasons 1204 4397 4007 594 1064 194 28 210 699 19 13 331 813 .266 .323 .485 .808 110 1944 93 20 10 29 28
162 Game Avg. 162 592 539 80 143 26 4 28 94 3 45 109 .266 .323 .485 .808 110 262 13 3 1
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
CIN (12 yrs) 902 3313 3021 463 805 150 17 172 525 19 11 249 593 .266 .323 .498 .821 112 1505 81 14 8 21 18
PHI (3 yrs) 276 1024 931 124 250 44 10 36 168 0 2 77 199 .269 .326 .453 .779 105 422 11 6 2 8 10
MIN (1 yr) 21 49 47 6 9 0 1 2 6 0 0 2 17 .191 .224 .362 .586 60 17 1 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 5 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .273 .000 .273 -15 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 1178 4337 3952 587 1055 194 27 208 693 19 13 326 792 .267 .324 .488 .811 111 1927 92 20 10 29 28
AL (2 yrs) 26 60 55 7 9 0 1 2 6 0 0 5 21 .164 .233 .309 .542 50 17 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1949 19 CIN NL 8 7 1 3.8 105 .400 .250 .272 .250 .345 .250 .406 .500 .752 34 .418 -0.8 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
1951 21 CIN NL 44 34 4 3.2 105 .222 .220 .270 .273 .344 .366 .409 .639 .753 69 .342 -1.9 -0.2 .529 .220 .146 .0
1952 22 CIN NL 63 50 3 1.6 97 .194 .155 .262 .222 .335 .276 .389 .498 .724 37 .150 -5.2 -0.5 .420 .190 .121 .0
1953 23 CIN NL 37 27 4 3.9 110 .269 .242 .274 .324 .345 .364 .427 .688 .773 79 .406 -1.0 -0.1 .630 .273 .121 1.0
1954 24 CIN NL 485 353 57 4.3 111 .264 .255 .276 .297 .348 .435 .427 .731 .775 87 .453 -10.9 -1.1 .647 .237 .180 3.6
1955 25 CIN NL 668 439 125 7.6 110 .316 .309 .271 .372 .343 .574 .429 .946 .772 142 .709 35.7 3.4 .945 .369 .265 11.9
1956 26 CIN NL 586 421 81 5.1 108 .257 .249 .271 .301 .339 .506 .428 .807 .766 107 .564 2.7 0.3 .771 .338 .258 10.3
1957 27 CIN NL 507 374 57 4.1 108 .255 .244 .275 .291 .340 .437 .426 .727 .766 88 .448 -9.3 -0.9 .646 .263 .193 3.6
1958 28 PHI NL 420 283 59 5.6 105 .320 .282 .269 .340 .336 .449 .419 .788 .756 108 .583 4.5 0.4 .733 .245 .166 .0
1959 29 PHI NL 510 359 67 5.0 106 .279 .254 .271 .310 .338 .457 .420 .767 .757 101 .535 -1.7 -0.2 .711 .280 .203 .0
1960 30 TOT NL 374 257 57 6.0 100 .309 .282 .265 .350 .331 .520 .406 .870 .737 134 .640 15.6 1.5 .822 .342 .237 .0
1960 30 PHI NL 94 62 14 6.1 99 .373 .286 .263 .351 .329 .452 .404 .803 .733 119 .647 2.4 0.2 .770 .274 .167 .0
1960 30 CIN NL 280 195 43 5.9 101 .288 .281 .265 .350 .332 .542 .407 .892 .739 139 .637 13.2 1.3 .839 .365 .261 .0
1961 31 CIN NL 306 208 55 7.1 107 .312 .294 .272 .346 .339 .585 .424 .932 .763 140 .681 14.8 1.4 .903 .365 .291 .0
1962 32 CIN NL 321 220 48 5.8 106 .287 .263 .275 .341 .342 .498 .417 .839 .759 119 .611 6.7 0.7 .812 .351 .235 1.9
1963 33 TOT MLB 57 48 4 2.2 96 .206 .167 .258 .211 .323 .315 .396 .525 .720 45 .245 -4.4 -0.5 .417 .185 .148 .0
1963 33 CIN NL 8 9 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .257 .125 .320 .000 .385 .125 .705 -61 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1963 33 MIN AL 49 39 4 2.8 96 .250 .191 .258 .224 .324 .362 .398 .586 .722 60 .318 -3.0 -0.3 .487 .213 .170 .0
1964 34 CLE AL 11 8 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .254 .273 .323 .000 .395 .273 .718 -15 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .375 .000
15 Seasons 4397 3088 622 5.4 107 .283 .266 .271 .323 .340 .485 .422 .808 .762 110 .573 43.6 4.0 .755 .304 .220 34.8
162 Game Avg. 592 415 84 5.4 107 .283 .266 .271 .323 .340 .485 .422 .808 .762 110 .573 6 1 .755 .304 .220 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CIN (12 yrs) 3313 2337 478 5.5 108 .278 .266 .272 .323 .341 .498 .424 .821 .765 112 .580 42.6 4.0 .769 .317 .232 34.2
PHI (3 yrs) 1024 704 140 5.3 105 .304 .269 .269 .326 .336 .453 .418 .779 .754 105 .565 5.1 0.4 .725 .265 .185 .0
MIN (1 yr) 49 39 4 2.8 96 .250 .191 .258 .224 .324 .362 .398 .586 .722 60 .318 -3.0 -0.3 .487 .213 .170 .0
CLE (1 yr) 11 8 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .254 .273 .323 .000 .395 .273 .718 -15 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .375 .000
NL (14 yrs) 4337 3041 618 5.5 107 .284 .267 .272 .324 .340 .488 .422 .811 .762 111 .577 47.7 4.4 .759 .305 .221 34.8
AL (2 yrs) 60 47 4 2.3 96 .219 .164 .257 .233 .324 .309 .397 .542 .721 50 .248 -4.1 -0.4 .468 .236 .145 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 31 CIN NL WS NYY L 5 19 18 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .368 .556 .924 10 1 1 0 0 0
1 WS 5 19 18 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .368 .556 .924 10 1 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 19 CIN NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 8.0 63%
1951 21 CIN NL 44 2.3% 9.1% 6.8% 9.1% 44% 1.33 10.3 41.0 5.9 82%
1952 22 CIN NL 63 3.2% 31.8% 6.4% 4.8% 33% 5.00 2.9 29.0 8.3 57%
1953 23 CIN NL 37 2.7% 16.2% 10.8% 5.4% 25% 1.50 5.5 33.0 8.3 70%
1954 24 CIN NL 485 3.7% 14.4% 5.4% 8.7% 37% 2.69 6.4 25.1 5.4 0.88 76%
1955 25 CIN NL 668 6.0% 15.3% 9.0% 11.4% 41% 1.70 5.9 15.0 5.5 0.64 69%
1956 26 CIN NL 586 6.1% 21.2% 6.3% 10.9% 48% 3.35 4.3 15.0 6.5 0.64 65%
1957 27 CIN NL 507 3.9% 16.6% 6.5% 9.5% 42% 2.55 5.6 23.4 6.3 0.73 73%
1958 28 PHI NL 420 2.9% 17.6% 7.6% 8.6% 34% 2.31 5.1 31.6 6.1 0.70 71%
1959 29 PHI NL 510 4.3% 19.8% 7.1% 8.8% 38% 2.81 4.6 21.3 5.0 0.61 68%
1960 30 TOT NL 374 5.1% 20.1% 9.9% 10.7% 43% 2.03 4.4 17.5 6.7 0.58 65%
1960 30 PHI NL 94 2.1% 25.5% 9.6% 9.6% 38% 2.67 3.5 42.0 7.0 0.50 63%
1960 30 CIN NL 280 6.1% 18.2% 10.0% 11.1% 44% 1.82 4.9 14.6 6.6 0.61 66%
1961 31 CIN NL 306 6.5% 19.9% 7.2% 12.8% 47% 2.77 4.6 14.1 4.9 0.68 66%
1962 32 CIN NL 321 5.3% 20.9% 10.0% 9.4% 40% 2.09 4.3 16.8 4.6 0.77 63%
1963 33 TOT MLB 57 3.5% 31.6% 3.5% 5.3% 33% 9.00 3.0 27.0 9.0 1.42 60%
1963 33 CIN NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 1.67 75%
1963 33 MIN AL 49 4.1% 34.7% 4.1% 6.1% 33% 8.50 2.8 23.5 7.8 1.33 57%
1964 34 CLE AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 27.3% 0.0% 1.33 2.0 0.33 36%
15 Seasons 4397 4.8% 18.5% 7.5% 9.8% 41% 2.46 4.9 19.1 5.7 0.70 69%
MLB Averages
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 24 CIN NL 7 0 22% 141 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 53% 20 10 9 2 2 0 12 2 9
1955 25 CIN NL 11 0 37% 247 7 4 64% 5 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 8 12 53% 38 24 14 11 7 4 28 2 23
1956 26 CIN NL 12 0 42% 172 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 15 49% 27 15 11 2 2 0 20 7 13
1957 27 CIN NL 13 0 38% 168 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7 55% 26 15 10 6 2 4 17 4 13
1958 28 PHI NL 5 0 30% 132 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 53% 21 13 7 5 2 3 14 3 11
1959 29 PHI NL 9 0 29% 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 12 45% 20 10 9 12 9 3 6 0 5
1960 30 TOT NL 4 0 25% 134 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 29% 20 15 4 4 2 2 11 5 4
1960 30 PHI NL 0 0 29% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 2
1960 30 CIN NL 4 0 24% 100 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 27% 16 12 3 3 1 2 7 4 2
1961 31 CIN NL 5 0 28% 110 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 22% 17 15 1 5 5 0 10 3 6
1962 32 CIN NL 9 0 28% 123 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 53% 19 12 7 4 3 1 13 1 11
1963 33 TOT MLB 1 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 33 CIN NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 33 MIN AL 1 0 44% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 34 CLE AL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 76 0 32% 1388 19 13 59% 13 12 3 1 1 0 11 0 45 86 47% 210 130 73 51 34 17 132 27 96
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 24 CIN NL 486 35% 115 13 3 0 2 1.93 18 0 23 12 6 8 10 0 0 0 103 10 10% 54 19 35% 364 67 18% 40 22 55% 30 9 30% 0
1955 25 CIN NL 668 35% 186 0 0 0 0 40 0 16 23 17 25 15 0 2 2 100% 138 15 11% 41 11 27% 441 74 17% 25 12 48% 23 5 22% 0
1956 26 CIN NL 586 31% 134 6 0 0 0 1.54 36 1 14 25 11 23 13 0 5 4 80% 137 10 7% 68 16 24% 359 51 14% 35 15 43% 28 3 11% 0
1957 27 CIN NL 507 37% 114 10 2 0 1 0.79 20 2 12 17 3 13 7 0 2 1 50% 118 12 10% 58 11 19% 362 56 15% 32 19 59% 34 7 21% 0
1958 28 PHI NL 420 34% 107 20 6 3 5 1.48 12 1 19 7 5 5 7 1 2 2 100% 95 3 3% 42 13 31% 322 54 17% 31 17 55% 31 9 29% 0
1959 29 PHI NL 510 41% 119 12 3 1 2 2.82 22 0 15 10 12 11 11 0 0 0 103 7 7% 54 17 31% 376 77 20% 52 32 62% 42 14 33% 0
1960 30 TOT NL 374 50% 94 24 2 2 2 1.84 19 0 5 6 13 11 8 0 1 0 0% 78 12 15% 33 8 24% 250 32 13% 27 12 44% 17 5 29% 0
1960 30 PHI NL 94 50% 24 14 0 0 0 1.83 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0% 18 1 6% 7 1 14% 76 10 13% 7 3 43% 2 1 50% 0
1960 30 CIN NL 280 50% 70 10 2 2 2 1.86 17 0 3 5 12 11 6 0 0 0 60 11 18% 26 7 27% 174 22 13% 20 9 45% 15 4 27% 0
1961 31 CIN NL 306 66% 83 25 7 1 5 1.69 20 0 2 4 16 9 11 0 0 0 57 7 12% 31 2 6% 181 38 21% 16 5 31% 18 3 17% 0
1962 32 CIN NL 321 57% 75 27 9 3 6 1.77 17 0 14 4 13 10 7 0 1 1 100% 69 8 12% 40 8 20% 247 47 19% 28 14 50% 21 8 38% 0
1963 33 TOT MLB 57 74% 9 12 0 0 0 2.13 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 3 25% 3 0 0% 41 4 10% 5 2 40% 3 0 0% 0
1963 33 CIN NL 8 100% 0 3 0 0 0 1.83 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1963 33 MIN AL 49 69% 9 9 0 0 0 2.23 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 14% 2 0 0% 31 4 13% 4 2 50% 3 0 0% 0
1964 34 CLE AL 11 91% 0 3 0 0 0 1.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 4246 41% 1064 152 32 10 23 1.77 210 4 121 108 98 116 90 1 13 10 77% 911 93 10% 424 105 25% 2950 500 17% 291 150 52% 247 63 26% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 19 6 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 2 1 0 0
1950 20 6 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 2 1 0 0
1951 21 21 52 49 7 11 3 0 1 8 0 0 3 7 .224 .269 .347 .616 63 17 3 0 0
1952 22 40 115 107 12 20 4 0 3 15 0 0 7 27 .187 .243 .308 .552 49 33 4 1 0
1953 23 51 152 140 15 28 5 0 4 19 1 0 11 33 .200 .263 .321 .585 57 45 6 1 0
1954 24 181 637 591 61 143 26 3 22 102 3 2 37 103 .242 .289 .408 .697 80 241 16 4 0 5
1955 25 335 1305 1192 177 329 59 6 62 211 10 6 97 205 .276 .332 .492 .823 112 586 31 6 2 8 5
1956 26 478 1891 1731 271 463 84 9 98 294 16 6 134 329 .267 .322 .496 .818 110 859 41 10 6 10 7
1957 27 612 2398 2198 339 577 110 11 118 368 18 8 167 413 .263 .315 .484 .799 106 1063 53 10 7 16 12
1958 28 722 2818 2577 390 684 131 14 130 430 18 10 199 487 .265 .319 .478 .797 106 1233 56 13 9 20 17
1959 29 854 3328 3045 452 803 148 20 152 524 18 10 235 588 .264 .318 .475 .793 105 1447 63 16 9 23 21
1960 30 965 3702 3378 499 897 168 21 171 574 18 12 272 663 .266 .321 .480 .800 108 1620 75 16 9 27 25
1961 31 1064 4008 3660 543 980 184 24 191 631 18 13 294 724 .268 .323 .488 .811 110 1785 82 17 9 28 26
1962 32 1173 4329 3945 586 1055 194 27 208 693 19 13 326 791 .267 .324 .488 .813 111 1927 90 19 10 29 28
1963 33 1199 4386 3999 593 1064 194 28 210 699 19 13 328 809 .266 .323 .486 .809 110 1944 93 20 10 29 28
1964 34 1204 4397 4007 594 1064 194 28 210 699 19 13 331 813 .266 .323 .485 .808 110 1944 93 20 10 29 28

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 19 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1951 21 16 45 42 6 9 3 0 1 7 0 3 4 .214 .267 .357 .624 4 15
1952 22 20 66 61 6 10 1 0 2 9 0 4 21 .164 .227 .279 .506 4 19
1953 23 11 38 34 3 8 1 0 1 4 1 4 6 .235 .316 .353 .669 4 11
1954 24 137 504 470 46 117 21 3 18 84 2 26 74 .249 .290 .421 .711 58 130
1955 25 162 687 622 114 185 33 3 40 107 7 60 107 .297 .360 .553 .913 123 154
1956 26 149 606 562 96 139 26 3 37 85 6 38 130 .247 .299 .502 .800 84 143
1957 27 140 519 481 68 112 26 2 20 74 2 32 88 .233 .277 .420 .697 56 134
1958 28 116 442 401 55 115 23 3 13 66 0 34 78 .287 .344 .456 .800 63 110
1959 29 138 534 490 64 125 18 6 23 97 0 38 106 .255 .311 .457 .768 69 132
1960 30 116 388 346 51 96 20 1 19 54 0 38 78 .277 .345 .506 .851 62 111
1961 31 103 315 291 44 83 16 3 20 58 0 22 64 .285 .337 .567 .904 55 99
1962 32 109 316 282 40 72 10 3 16 58 1 31 67 .255 .332 .482 .815 45 109
1963 33 26 58 55 8 10 0 1 2 7 0 2 18 .182 .224 .327 .551 4 26
1964 34 5 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .273 .000 .273 0 5
15 Seasons 1254 4537 4153 601 1081 198 28 212 710 19 335 848 .260 .317 .475 .791 631 1204
162 Game Avg. 162 586 537 78 140 26 4 27 92 2 43 110 .260 .317 .475 .791 82 1204

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-NL-12-7%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1955 NL--.309--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1955 NL--.372--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1955 NL--.574--7th
Career--.485--154th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 NL--.946--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL--154--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1955 NL--601--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1955 NL--668--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1955 NL--116--3rd
1956 NL--94--8th

Hits s c a p y
1955 NL--186--4th

Total Bases s c a p y
1955 NL--345--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1955 NL--33--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--40--6th
1956 NL--36--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1955 NL--109--6th
1959 NL--94--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL--102--1st
1956 NL--124--1st
1957 NL--84--10th
1959 NL--101--1st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1955 NL--142--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1955 NL--125--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--36--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1955 NL--3.4--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1955 NL--76--4th
1956 NL--64--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1955 NL--248--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1955 NL--.709--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL--4--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL--6--8th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL--15--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 NL--11.9--7th
1956 NL--10.3--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1955 NL--15.025--7th
1956 NL--14.972--5th
1959 NL--21.273--9th
Career--19.081--92nd

Youngest s c a p y
1949 NL--born 1929-07-09--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (666), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (955), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (958), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Preston Wilson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jeromy Burnitz (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gus Zernial (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Walter Charles Wally walt walter Post

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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