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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
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed September 7, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1980
Final Game: September 29, 1993
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 23 PHI NL 11 7 .611 4.57 27 27 0 2 0 0 151.2 163 82 77 8 71 2 94 2 3 6 673 83 1.543 9.7 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.32 RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 1 4 .200 4.57 12 8 1 0 0 0 43.1 41 25 22 6 23 0 16 0 0 1 189 79 1.477 8.5 1.2 4.8 3.3 0.70
1982 25 ATL NL 11 9 .550 4.87 32 27 1 3 1 0 164.1 179 101 89 19 59 2 84 6 0 7 717 77 1.448 9.8 1.0 3.2 4.6 1.42
1983 26 ATL NL 0 0 7.36 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 20 53 2.455 17.2 0.0 4.9 9.8 2.00
1984 27 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 5 3 1 4 1 10 0 0 0 44 139 1.161 7.0 0.9 3.5 8.7 2.50
1985 28 PIT NL 2 3 .400 3.68 9 9 0 1 1 0 58.2 60 27 24 3 18 2 40 0 3 2 248 98 1.330 9.2 0.5 2.8 6.1 2.22
1986 29 PIT NL 7 8 .467 3.75 44 15 7 1 1 2 141.2 129 66 59 14 64 7 78 3 1 12 592 102 1.362 8.2 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.22
1987 30 PIT NL 8 2 .800 3.31 39 12 6 1 1 0 117.0 107 52 43 11 51 2 78 3 3 7 498 124 1.350 8.2 0.8 3.9 6.0 1.53
1988 31 PIT NL 12 10 .545 2.71 32 32 0 1 1 0 212.2 183 75 64 6 65 5 81 2 9 13 881 125 1.166 7.7 0.3 2.8 3.4 1.25 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 13 10 .565 4.41 33 31 1 2 0 0 196.0 208 106 96 15 65 1 83 4 4 7 843 76 1.393 9.6 0.7 3.0 3.8 1.28
1990 33 PIT NL 7 5 .583 3.75 26 24 1 1 1 1 129.2 136 59 54 17 36 2 73 4 3 5 549 96 1.326 9.4 1.2 2.5 5.1 2.03
1991 34 PIT NL 9 2 .818 3.60 25 20 0 0 0 0 115.0 104 53 46 10 35 2 67 5 2 11 484 100 1.209 8.1 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.91
1992 35 PIT NL 10 6 .625 3.20 36 19 7 1 0 2 135.0 132 54 48 10 43 5 60 6 2 7 567 107 1.296 8.8 0.7 2.9 4.0 1.40
1993 36 PIT NL 13 14 .481 5.68 32 32 0 3 0 0 187.0 214 121 118 23 70 5 80 5 3 2 822 71 1.519 10.3 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.14
14 Seasons 105 81 .565 4.03 350 259 24 16 6 5 1666.0 1671 829 746 143 606 36 848 40 33 80 7127 91 1.367 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .565 4.03 39 29 3 2 1 1 186 187 93 83 16 68 4 95 4 4 9 796 91 1.367 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40
PIT (10 yrs) 82 61 .573 3.83 278 196 22 11 5 5 1303.0 1281 618 555 110 451 32 650 32 30 66 5528 95 1.329 8.8 0.8 3.1 4.5 1.44
ATL (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 4.85 45 36 2 3 1 0 211.1 227 129 114 25 84 2 104 6 0 8 926 77 1.472 9.7 1.1 3.6 4.4 1.24
PHI (1 yr) 11 7 .611 4.57 27 27 0 2 0 0 151.2 163 82 77 8 71 2 94 2 3 6 673 83 1.543 9.7 0.5 4.2 5.6 1.32

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1980 23 PHI NL WS W KCR 1 0 1.000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.571 10.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1982 25 ATL NL NLCS L STL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1990 33 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 1 1 .500 4.85 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 11 7 7 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 50 1.000 7.6 1.4 1.4 5.5 4.00
1991 34 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 1.93 3 0 1 0 0 1 9.1 5 2 2 1 3 1 5 0 1 0 35 0.857 4.8 1.0 2.9 4.8 1.67
1992 35 PIT NL NLCS L ATL 1 0 1.000 3.86 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.2 6 5 5 1 7 1 6 0 0 0 48 1.114 4.6 0.8 5.4 4.6 0.86
5 Seasons (5 Series) 3 1 .750 4.50 9 4 2 1 0 1 42.0 32 21 21 7 16 3 23 0 1 1 171 1.143 6.9 1.5 3.4 4.9 1.44
4 NLCS 2 1 .667 3.86 8 3 2 1 0 1 35.0 24 15 15 4 13 3 20 0 1 0 140 1.057 6.2 1.0 3.3 5.1 1.54
1 WS 1 0 1.000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 6 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 31 1.571 10.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
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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
1980 23 PHI NL 27 62 50 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 20 .140 .218 .160 .378 5 8 2 1 7 0 0 1 RoY-7
1981 24 ATL NL 12 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -19 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1982 25 ATL NL 32 63 51 2 10 0 0 0 6 0 1 6 17 .196 .281 .196 .477 34 10 0 0 6 0 0 1
1983 26 ATL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 27 PIT NL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 28 PIT NL 9 22 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .056 .000 .056 -83 0 0 1 4 0 0 /1
1986 29 PIT NL 44 42 39 2 6 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 11 .154 .171 .231 .402 9 9 0 0 1 1 0 1
1987 30 PIT NL 39 27 26 6 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .231 .231 .231 .462 23 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1988 31 PIT NL 34 76 69 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 31 .087 .137 .101 .238 -30 7 0 2 3 0 0 1 AS
1989 32 PIT NL 33 76 70 2 13 2 2 0 9 0 0 1 18 .186 .197 .271 .469 36 19 2 0 5 0 0 1
1990 33 PIT NL 26 49 37 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 13 .162 .205 .189 .394 12 7 1 1 10 0 0 1
1991 34 PIT NL 25 42 39 2 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 11 .205 .225 .308 .533 50 12 1 0 2 0 0 1
1992 35 PIT NL 36 44 43 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .093 .093 .116 .209 -41 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1993 36 PIT NL 32 66 58 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .121 .136 .138 .274 -26 8 0 1 7 0 0 1
14 Seasons 352 583 510 30 74 11 2 1 48 0 4 16 167 .145 .180 .180 .361 1 92 8 6 50 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 268 235 14 34 5 1 0 22 0 2 7 77 .145 .180 .180 .361 1 42 4 3 23 0 0
PIT (10 yrs) 280 447 401 22 56 10 2 1 39 0 3 6 127 .140 .162 .182 .344 -3 73 6 5 34 1 0
ATL (3 yrs) 45 74 59 3 11 0 0 0 7 0 1 6 20 .186 .262 .186 .448 26 11 0 0 9 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 27 62 50 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 20 .140 .218 .160 .378 5 8 2 1 7 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
1990 33 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 34 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 35 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 9 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 NLCS 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 PHI NL 23 P 27 27 151.2 33 17 15 1 2 .970 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.58 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 ATL NL 25 P 32 27 164.1 35 12 17 6 2 .829 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 4.91 2.00 .950 1.96 0.70
1984 PIT NL 27 P 2 2 10.1 0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 1.38 1.00 .956 1.92 0.68
1986 PIT NL 29 P 44 15 141.2 52 21 28 3 4 .942 0.0 0.0 3.11 1.11 .956 1.94 0.66
1987 PIT NL 30 P 39 12 117.0 33 9 22 2 2 .939 0.0 0.0 2.38 0.79 .955 1.91 0.62
1988 PIT NL 31 P 32 32 212.2 60 23 34 3 3 .950 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.30 1.52 .947 1.87 0.63
1990 PIT NL 33 P 26 24 129.2 26 12 11 3 0 .885 0.0 0.0 1.60 0.88 .962 1.80 0.58
1991 PIT NL 34 P 25 20 115.0 26 9 15 2 1 .923 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.96 .958 1.86 0.59
1992 PIT NL 35 P 36 19 135.0 39 10 28 1 1 .974 0.0 0.0 2.53 1.06 .954 1.94 0.60
1993 PIT NL 36 P 32 32 187.0 37 12 23 2 4 .946 0.0 0.0 1.68 1.09 .954 1.84 0.54
14 Seasons P 350 259 1666.0 412 154 232 26 22 .937 0.0 0.0 2.09 1.10 .954 1.90 0.63
14 Seasons TOT 350 259 1666.0 412 154 232 26 22 .937 0.0 0.0 2.09 1.10 .891 1.90 0.63

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1988 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1988 NL--2.708--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 NL--.611--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1982 NL--19--10th
1993 NL--23--8th

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL--208--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL--.254--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 NL--89--10th
1989 NL--96--2nd
1993 NL--118--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 NL--12--4th
1988 NL--13--1st
1991 NL--11--5th
Career--80--159th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL--6--3rd
1992 NL--6--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1988 NL--125--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1990 NL--10--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1718), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  10. Dave Wickersham (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  13. Russ Meyer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jim Hearn (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

January 9, 1975: Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed September 7, 1976.

March 25, 1981: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Gary Matthews.

March 26, 1984: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 3, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

November 27, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 4, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 31, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 1, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$175,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$285,000
1988Pittsburgh Pirates$450,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$800,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$850,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$850,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$2,025,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$2,175,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,610,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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