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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1949 CIN NL 19 OF 3 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00 .975 2.27 1-1-1
1951 CIN NL 21 OF 9 27 25 1 1 0 .963 2.89 .981 2.23 0-9-0
1952 CIN NL 22 OF 16 39 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.44 .979 2.10 15-1-0
1953 CIN NL 23 OF 11 25 22 2 1 0 .960 2.18 .980 2.11 0-4-7
1954 CIN NL 24 OF 116 112 992.1 255 231 13 11 2 .957 -4.9 -5.9 -7.9 -2.1 -5.8 3 2.21 2.10 .975 2.36 2.18
1954 CIN NL 24 RF 115 112 991.1 255 229 15 11 2 .957 -5.2 -6.3 -8.2 -2.1 -6.1 3 2.22 2.12 .971 1.99 1.80
1954 CIN NL 24 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
1955 CIN NL 25 OF 154 154 1356.2 318 298 13 7 2 .978 0.6 0.5 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 2 2.06 2.02 .977 2.30 2.10 MVP-12
1955 CIN NL 25 RF 154 154 1356.2 320 299 14 7 1 .978 0.6 0.5 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 2 2.08 2.03 .976 2.07 1.86 MVP-12
1956 CIN NL 26 OF 136 133 1201.1 318 292 16 10 1 .969 7.7 7.7 3.7 3.4 0.3 4 2.31 2.26 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 CIN NL 26 RF 135 133 1193.1 310 285 15 10 2 .968 7.3 7.3 3.3 3.0 0.3 4 2.26 2.22 .974 2.00 1.80
1956 CIN NL 26 LF 1 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.02 1.70
1957 CIN NL 27 RF 126 108 1005.2 270 255 11 4 4 .985 10.7 12.8 7.7 3.8 3.9 3 2.38 2.11 .971 1.98 1.72
1957 CIN NL 27 OF 124 108 1005.2 268 252 12 4 4 .985 10.7 12.8 7.7 3.8 3.9 3 2.36 2.13 .980 2.29 2.07
1958 PHI NL 28 OF 91 90 804.1 207 185 12 10 0 .952 -4.7 -7.0 -6.7 -1.8 -4.9 2 2.20 2.16 .981 2.26 1.95
1958 PHI NL 28 RF 90 88 789.1 199 177 12 10 0 .950 -4.3 -6.5 -6.3 -1.4 -4.9 2 2.15 2.10 .978 2.02 1.73
1958 PHI NL 28 LF 2 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -32.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.80 1.50 .967 1.98 1.55
1959 PHI NL 29 OF 120 120 1031.1 240 226 12 2 3 .992 -6.0 -7.0 -4.0 -0.4 -3.7 -2 2.08 1.98 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 PHI NL 29 RF 116 116 999.1 226 213 11 2 3 .991 -6.1 -7.3 -4.1 0.0 -4.1 -2 2.02 1.93 .978 1.96 1.64
1959 PHI NL 29 LF 4 4 32.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.8 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0 2.53 2.25 .967 2.05 1.60
1960 TOT NL 30 OF 89 80 721.0 179 168 9 2 0 .989 4.6 7.7 2.6 2.0 0.8 2 2.21 1.99 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 TOT NL 30 LF 60 51 460.2 119 113 5 1 0 .992 4.6 12.0 3.6 3.8 -0.1 1 2.31 1.97 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 TOT NL 30 RF 31 29 260.4 58 53 4 1 0 .983 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -1.8 0.9 1 1.97 1.84 .979 1.99 1.76
1960 PHI NL 30 OF 22 19 148.0 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.5 20.3 2.5 2.6 0.0 0 2.68 2.00 .977 2.20 1.92
1960 PHI NL 30 LF 18 15 119.1 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.8 28.2 2.8 2.9 0.0 0 2.64 1.94 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 PHI NL 30 RF 5 4 28.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -12.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.26 0.80 .975 1.98 1.76
1960 CIN NL 30 OF 67 61 573.0 135 125 8 2 0 .985 2.1 4.4 0.1 -0.6 0.8 2 2.09 1.99 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 CIN NL 30 LF 42 36 341.1 84 79 4 1 0 .988 1.8 6.3 0.8 0.9 -0.1 1 2.19 1.98 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 CIN NL 30 RF 26 25 231.2 54 49 4 1 0 .981 0.3 1.6 -0.7 -1.5 0.9 1 2.06 2.04 .980 1.99 1.76
1961 CIN NL 31 OF 81 72 606.1 146 133 7 6 3 .959 4.9 9.7 1.9 4.5 -2.6 3 2.08 1.73 .977 2.16 1.86
1961 CIN NL 31 LF 44 36 313.0 70 62 5 3 2 .957 -1.7 -6.5 -2.7 1.0 -3.7 1 1.93 1.52 .973 1.88 1.50
1961 CIN NL 31 RF 37 36 293.1 82 77 2 3 1 .963 6.6 27.0 4.6 3.5 1.1 2 2.42 2.14 .974 1.93 1.60
1962 CIN NL 32 OF 90 73 647.0 123 110 5 8 0 .935 -9.1 -16.9 -7.1 -6.6 -0.5 -2 1.60 1.28 .975 2.07 1.79
1962 CIN NL 32 LF 86 69 615.0 113 103 4 6 0 .947 -6.2 -12.1 -5.2 -4.7 -0.5 -1 1.57 1.24 .969 1.81 1.37
1962 CIN NL 32 RF 4 4 32.0 9 7 0 2 0 .778 -2.9 -108.8 -1.9 -1.9 0.0 -1 1.97 1.75 .978 1.91 1.65
1963 TOT MLB 33 OF 13 11 84.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 22.9 1.6 1.1 0.5 0 1.82 1.31 .976 2.14 1.90
1963 TOT MLB 33 LF 3 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 56.0 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 3.00 1.67 .980 1.86 1.50
1963 CIN NL 33 LF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 1.80 1.40
1963 CIN NL 33 OF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.02 1.80
1963 MIN AL 33 OF 12 10 76.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 18.9 1.2 0.7 0.5 0 1.66 1.17 .979 2.16 1.91
1963 MIN AL 33 RF 10 10 69.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 15.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 1.96 1.50 .980 2.01 1.72
1963 MIN AL 33 LF 2 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 51.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 2.57 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.55
1964 CLE AL 34 OF 2 2 14.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
1964 CLE AL 34 RF 2 2 14.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.93 1.50 1.000 1.86 1.60
15 Seasons OF 1055 955 8464.0 2169 2002 103 64 15 .970 5.4 0.8 -9.6 4.2 -13.7 15 2.24 2.00 .978 2.25 2.00 216-16-828
11 Seasons (incomplete) RF 820 792 7004.1 1748 1613 84 51 13 .971 7.6 1.3 -6.4 3.9 -10.2 14 2.18 2.07 .975 2.00 1.76
7 Seasons (incomplete) LF 200 163 1458.2 322 298 14 10 2 .969 -2.5 -2.1 -3.5 0.3 -3.8 1 1.93 1.56 .972 1.89 1.46
1 Season (incomplete) CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
15 Seasons TOT 1055 955 8464.0 2169 2002 103 64 15 .970 5.4 0.8 -9.6 4.2 -13.7 15 2.24 2.00 .948 2.25 2.00 216-16-828
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 CIN NL 19 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
1951 CIN NL 21 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
1952 CIN NL 22 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 16
1953 CIN NL 23 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 11
1954 CIN NL 24 130 112 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 115 116 15 0
1955 CIN NL 25 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 0
1956 CIN NL 26 143 133 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 135 136 6 2
1957 CIN NL 27 134 108 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 124 11 1
1958 PHI NL 28 110 90 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 90 91 20 0
1959 PHI NL 29 132 120 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 116 120 12 0
1960 CIN NL 30 77 61 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 26 67 14 0
1960 PHI NL 30 34 19 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 5 22 15 0
1961 CIN NL 31 99 72 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 37 81 25 0
1962 CIN NL 32 109 73 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 4 90 31 0
1963 MIN AL 33 21 10 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 12 9 0
1963 CIN NL 33 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
1964 CLE AL 34 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0
15 Seasons 1204 955 1204 1204 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 16 828 1055 165 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1954 CIN NL 24 11 0 11 0 4 15 0 6 4 2 35 16 1 20 2 2 9 6 0 16 4 0 26 23 0 106 51 48.1% 52 3 2.8% 12 4417 61% 81% 32% 368 65%
1955 CIN NL 25 7 0 7 0 3 14 0 6 2 0 37 21 2 25 4 0 9 4 0 12 3 0 32 29 0 115 61 53.0% 52 2 1.7% 12 5878 64% 82% 32% 471 64%
1956 CIN NL 26 10 0 9 1 2 15 0 4 6 3 57 21 6 34 7 2 19 12 0 15 1 0 28 28 0 153 69 45.1% 76 8 5.2% 7 5155 62% 81% 30% 502 59%
1957 CIN NL 27 4 0 4 0 1 11 1 3 3 3 45 22 2 31 9 2 18 11 0 15 2 1 19 13 2 128 57 44.5% 64 7 5.5% 4 4424 62% 81% 32% 487 54%
1958 PHI NL 28 10 0 10 0 2 12 0 3 5 3 50 24 3 26 7 2 20 13 1 9 1 0 15 11 0 120 56 46.7% 58 6 5.0% 6 3501 62% 80% 33% 393 48%
1959 PHI NL 29 2 0 2 0 1 11 0 2 2 4 47 16 0 38 6 2 22 14 1 18 5 0 18 12 0 143 53 37.1% 87 3 2.1% 8 4457 54% 79% 29% 450 49%
1960 CIN NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 14 3 2 7 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 31 10 32.3% 19 2 6.5% 2 993 62% 79% 31% 100 53%
1960 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 133 60% 74% 25% 10 40%
1961 CIN NL 31 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 10 5 0 7 1 1 4 3 0 8 4 0 5 3 1 34 16 47.1% 16 2 5.9% 0 1249 61% 76% 29% 139 56%
1962 CIN NL 32 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 177 60% 77% 23% 29 24%
1963 MIN AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 294 62% 73% 25% 25 60%
1964 CLE AL 34 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 62 71% 73% 21% 7 43%
11 Seasons 51 0 50 1 17 84 2 27 24 16 301 128 16 197 42 11 109 68 2 97 20 1 152 125 3 856 383 44.7% 440 33 3.9% 51 30740 61% 80% 31% 2981 56%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1956 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 81% 94% 45% 6 50%
1958 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 66 65% 73% 58% 7 43%
1959 PHI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 147 46% 78% 30% 18 50%
1960 CIN NL 30 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 1 22 17 1 8 0 2 8 5 0 3 0 0 9 9 0 50 31 62.0% 16 3 6.0% 1 1460 58% 82% 29% 180 47%
1960 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 1 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 17 10 58.8% 6 1 5.9% 0 542 48% 76% 30% 66 53%
1961 CIN NL 31 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 21 19 0 15 2 1 4 3 0 6 0 0 3 2 1 49 26 53.1% 21 2 4.1% 3 1390 53% 78% 31% 135 48%
1962 CIN NL 32 6 0 6 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 23 19 0 18 4 1 6 1 0 5 1 0 4 3 0 56 28 50.0% 27 1 1.8% 3 2714 58% 75% 28% 203 53%
1963 MIN AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 27 81% 74% 30% 5 40%
1963 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 38% 74% 31% 3 100%
7 Seasons 10 0 10 0 3 14 0 5 5 3 73 60 2 47 6 4 20 11 0 16 2 0 21 19 1 177 98 55.4% 72 7 4.0% 7 6419 56% 77% 30% 623 50%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1954 CIN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 100% 67% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 100% 67% 1 100%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.1% 62% 78% 28% 56%

* 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.

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