Bob Walk
Robert Vernon Walk
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: November 26, 1956 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: William S. Hart (Newhall, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed September 7, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1980
Final Game: September 29, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 PHI NL 23 P 27 27 151.2 33 17 15 1 2 .970 1.90 1.19 .952 1.91 0.69 RoY-7
1981 ATL NL 24 P 12 8 43.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.58 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 ATL NL 25 P 32 27 164.1 35 12 17 6 2 .829 1.59 0.91 .957 1.96 0.70
1983 ATL NL 26 P 1 1 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 2.00 .950 1.96 0.70
1984 PIT NL 27 P 2 2 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.92 0.65
1985 PIT NL 28 P 9 9 58.2 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 1.00 .956 1.92 0.68
1986 PIT NL 29 P 44 15 141.2 52 21 28 3 4 .942 3.11 1.11 .956 1.94 0.66
1987 PIT NL 30 P 39 12 117.0 33 9 22 2 2 .939 2.38 0.79 .955 1.91 0.62
1988 PIT NL 31 P 32 32 212.2 60 23 34 3 3 .950 2.41 1.78 .955 1.96 0.69 AS
1989 PIT NL 32 P 33 31 196.0 53 19 31 3 3 .943 2.30 1.52 .947 1.87 0.63
1990 PIT NL 33 P 26 24 129.2 26 12 11 3 0 .885 1.60 0.88 .962 1.80 0.58
1991 PIT NL 34 P 25 20 115.0 26 9 15 2 1 .923 1.88 0.96 .958 1.86 0.59
1992 PIT NL 35 P 36 19 135.0 39 10 28 1 1 .974 2.53 1.06 .954 1.94 0.60
1993 PIT NL 36 P 32 32 187.0 37 12 23 2 4 .946 1.68 1.09 .954 1.84 0.54
14 Seasons P 350 259 1666.0 412 154 232 26 22 .937 2.09 1.10 .954 1.90 0.63
14 Seasons TOT 350 259 1666.0 412 154 232 26 22 .937 2.09 1.10 .891 1.90 0.63

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
1980 PHI NL 23 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 ATL NL 24 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 ATL NL 25 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 ATL NL 26 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 27 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PIT NL 28 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 29 44 15 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PIT NL 30 39 12 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PIT NL 31 34 32 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1989 PIT NL 32 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 PIT NL 33 26 24 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 PIT NL 34 25 20 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 PIT NL 35 36 19 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 PIT NL 36 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 352 259 352 350 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1980 PHI NL 23 719 77% 20% 18 89% 1 17 2 14 16 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 100%
1981 ATL NL 24 197 80% 28% 4 100% 0 4 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 ATL NL 25 765 81% 22% 20 75% 0 13 0 10 18 11 4 6 0 3 3 2 3 2 3 0 6 100%
1983 ATL NL 26 23 74% 17% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 27 45 69% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PIT NL 28 264 78% 32% 2 100% 0 7 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 29 630 77% 35% 26 88% 1 20 1 16 30 17 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 3 1 4 75%
1987 PIT NL 30 531 75% 33% 17 94% 2 9 0 8 21 12 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1988 PIT NL 31 921 84% 41% 34 94% 1 22 1 18 33 25 2 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 6 83%
1989 PIT NL 32 891 83% 35% 33 88% 1 19 6 10 31 17 3 3 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 2 9 89%
1990 PIT NL 33 581 81% 35% 14 86% 0 11 1 9 12 9 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1991 PIT NL 34 510 79% 34% 18 94% 0 9 3 4 15 13 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1992 PIT NL 35 597 82% 39% 28 100% 1 10 3 7 28 21 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10 100%
1993 PIT NL 36 851 82% 36% 32 78% 3 13 3 8 24 17 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 3 1 9 78%
14 Seasons 7525 80% 33% 247 89% 10 154 20 115 238 156 20 26 0 5 21 7 22 9 15 7 58 90%
MLB Averages 78% 29% 92% 88%

* 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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