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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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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 .946 143 345 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 .807 108 273 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 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 .821 113 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

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
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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 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 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 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--153rd

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--143--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--3.5--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--91st

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 36 (672), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (936), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Frank Thomas (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Conigliaro (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Preston Wilson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Mitchell (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

December 16, 1957: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Harvey Haddix.

June 15, 1960: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Fred Hopke (minors) and Harry Anderson to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Gonzalez and Lee Walls.

May 16, 1963: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Cincinnati Reds.

October 15, 1963: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

November 18, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

May 16, 1964: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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