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Bill Walker

William Henry Walker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 7, 1903 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: East St. Louis (East St. Louis, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1927
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals 1927-1936

Final Game: September 14, 1936
Died: June 14, 1966 in East St. Louis, IL
Buried: Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, IL
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:23AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #546. Esteban Loaiza… #547. Kevin Gross… #548. Syl Johnson… #549. BILL WALKER… #550. Shane Reynolds… #551. Ricky Romero… #552. Jim Devlin…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #546. Esteban Loaiza… #547. Kevin Gross… #548. Syl Johnson… #549. BILL WALKER… #550. Shane Reynolds… #551. Ricky Romero… #552. Jim Devlin…

Standard Pitching

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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1921	17	-min	D	11	16	.407		33						202.0	191	131			132							1.599	8.5		5.9			MIM · SWLG
1922	18	-min	C	1	4	.200	3.32	11						57.0	42	29	21		43							1.491	6.6		6.8			INP · SWLG
1923	19	-min	C	15	18	.455		36						251.0	242	164			163							1.614	8.7		5.8			SLI · SWLG
1924	20	-min	AA	0	4	.000		10						42.0	54				31							2.024	11.6		6.6			KCY · AA
1925	21	-min	B	9	16	.360	4.72	35						223.0	228	130	117		115							1.538	9.2		4.6			SPR,EVN · IIIL
1926	22	-min	A	14	9	.609		46						211.0	242	159			139							1.806	10.3		5.9			OMA,DEN · WL
1927	23	-min	A	19	9	.679		39						254.0	231	115			100							1.303	8.2		3.5			DEN · WL
1927	23	NYG	NL	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	6	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	23	47	2.750	13.5	0.0	11.3	9.0	0.80
1928	24	-min	AA	2	5	.286	3.81	7						52.0	51	26	22		23	35	1		1			1.423	8.8		4.0	6.1	1.52	TOL · AA
1928	24	NYG	NL	3	6	.333	4.72	22	8	10	1	0	0	76.1	79	43	40	9	31	39	1	0	2	330	83	1.441	9.3	1.1	3.7	4.6	1.26
1929	25	NYG	NL	14	7	.667	3.09	29	23	4	13	1	0	177.2	188	71	61	11	57	65	4	0	0	768	148	1.379	9.5	0.6	2.9	3.3	1.14
1930	26	NYG	NL	17	15	.531	3.93	39	34	4	13	2	1	245.1	258	133	107	19	88	105	7	1	2	1075	120	1.410	9.5	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.19
1931	27	NYG	NL	16	9	.640	2.26	37	28	7	19	6	3	239.1	212	78	60	6	64	121	3	0	2	991	163	1.153	8.0	0.2	2.4	4.6	1.89
1932	28	NYG	NL	8	12	.400	4.14	31	22	7	9	0	2	163.0	177	95	75	23	55	74	3	1	2	712	90	1.423	9.8	1.3	3.0	4.1	1.35
1933	29	STL	NL	9	10	.474	3.42	29	20	4	6	2	0	158.0	168	71	60	8	67	41	1	0	1	694	103	1.487	9.6	0.5	3.8	2.3	0.61
1934	30	STL	NL	12	4	.750	3.12	24	19	2	10	1	0	153.0	160	59	53	11	66	76	2	0	1	670	136	1.477	9.4	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.15
1935	31	STL	NL	13	8	.619	3.82	37	25	6	8	2	1	193.1	222	93	82	7	78	79	5	0	4	867	108	1.552	10.3	0.3	3.6	3.7	1.01	AS
1936	32	CIN-min	AA	4	2	.667		6																								TTO · IL
1936	32	STL	NL	5	6	.455	5.87	21	13	3	4	1	1	79.2	106	62	52	5	27	22	2	0	2	375	67	1.669	12.0	0.6	3.1	2.5	0.81
1937	33	STL-min	AA	12	11	.522	3.93	35	27					188.0	194	103	82		83							1.473	9.3		4.0			ROC · IL
1938	34	STL-min	AA	17	12	.586	2.95	31	28					226.0	222	92	74		59							1.243	8.8		2.3			SAC · PCL
1939	35	-min	AA	16	18	.471	3.32	42	33					241.0	239	105	89		76							1.307	8.9		2.8			SLE · PCL
1940	36	-min	AA	12	14	.462	4.19	36	27					202.0	320	98	94		72							1.941	14.3		3.2			SLE · PCL
10 Seasons				97	77	.557	3.59	272	192	49	83	15	8	1489.2	1576	711	594	99	538	626	28	2	16	6505	114	1.419	9.5	0.6	3.3	3.8	1.16
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.557	3.59	40	28	7	12	2	1	218	231	104	87	15	79	92	4	0	2	953	114	1.419	9.5	0.6	3.3	3.8	1.16

NYG (6 yrs)				58	49	.542	3.45	161	115	34	55	9	6	905.2	920	426	347	68	300	408	18	2	8	3899	121	1.347	9.1	0.7	3.0	4.1	1.36
STL (4 yrs)				39	28	.582	3.81	111	77	15	28	6	2	584.0	656	285	247	31	238	218	10	0	8	2606	104	1.531	10.1	0.5	3.7	3.4	0.92

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1927	23	NYG	NL	4.0	0	6	2	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
1928	24	NYG	NL	76.1	8	43	45	2	1.0	2	-0.1	$
1929	25	NYG	NL	177.2	23	71	122	4	1.0	51	4.1	$
1930	26	NYG	NL	245.1	34	133	180	6	1.0	47	3.0	$
1931	27	NYG	NL	239.1	28	78	137	4	1.0	59	5.3	$
1932	28	NYG	NL	163.0	22	95	95	-1	1.0	0	-0.4	$
1933	29	STL	NL	158.0	20	71	80	-1	1.0	9	1.4	$
1934	30	STL	NL	153.0	19	59	92	0	1.0	33	3.5	$
1935	31	STL	NL	193.1	25	93	117	1	1.0	24	2.5	$	AS
1936	32	STL	NL	79.2	13	62	48	-1	1.0	-14	-1.4	$
10 Seasons				1489.2	192	711	918	14	1.0	207	17.5	$

NYG (6 yrs)				905.2	115	426	581	15	1.0	155	11.5	$
STL (4 yrs)				584.0	77	285	337	-1	1.0	52	6.0	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1934	30	STL	NL	WS	W	DET	0	2	.000	7.11	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	7	5	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	34	1.895	8.5	0.0	8.5	2.8	0.33
1 WS							0	2	.000	7.11	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	7	5	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	34	1.895	8.5	0.0	8.5	2.8	0.33

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1921	17	-min	D	33	74	74		7	0	0	0					.095	.095	.095	.189		7				MIM · SWLG
1922	18	-min	C,D	11	18	18		2	0	1	0					.111	.111	.222	.333		4				INP,DCN · SWLG,OKSL
1923	19	-min	C	38	100	100		20	3	0	2					.200	.200	.290	.490		29				SLI · SWLG
1924	20	-min	AA	11	13	13		0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000		0				KCY · AA
1925	21	-min	B	35	72	72		11	1	2	0					.153	.153	.222	.375		16				SPR,EVN · IIIL
1926	22	-min	A	48	90	90		17	1	1	0					.189	.189	.222	.411		20				OMA,DEN · WL
1927	23	-min	A	41	93	93		15	1	1	2					.161	.161	.258	.419		24				DEN · WL
1927	23	NYG	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	/1
1928	24	-min	AA	7	17	17		3	0	0	0					.176	.176	.176	.353		3				TOL · AA
1928	24	NYG	NL	22	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	2		0	2	1
1929	25	NYG	NL	29	70	61	4	7	0	0	1	4	1	2	21	.115	.143	.164	.307	-24	10		0	7	1
1930	26	NYG	NL	40	91	86	4	16	0	2	2	11	0	0	21	.186	.186	.302	.488	16	26		0	5	1
1931	27	NYG	NL	37	84	77	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	4	22	.065	.111	.065	.176	-51	5		0	3	1
1932	28	NYG	NL	31	55	52	1	7	0	1	0	2	0	2	20	.135	.167	.173	.340	-8	9		0	1	1
1933	29	STL	NL	29	57	53	2	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	16	.132	.148	.189	.337	-7	10	3	0	3	1
1934	30	STL	NL	24	58	54	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	26	.093	.109	.111	.220	-43	6	2	0	3	1
1935	31	STL	NL	38	68	59	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	2	21	.102	.131	.119	.250	-33	7	1	0	7	1	AS
1936	32	CIN-min	AA	6																					TTO · IL
1936	32	STL	NL	22	29	25	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.280	.333	.320	.653	77	8	1	1	2	1
1937	33	STL-min	AA	35	62	62		4	0	0	0					.065	.065	.065	.129		4				ROC · IL
1938	34	STL-min	AA	30	78	78		13	2	0	0					.167	.167	.192	.359		15				SAC · PCL
1939	35	-min	AA	42	80	80		12	1	1	0					.150	.150	.188	.338		15				SLE · PCL
1940	36	-min	AA	36	71	71		10	3	0	0					.141	.141	.183	.324		13				SLE · PCL
10 Seasons				275	536	489	22	62	3	3	4	26	1	13	162	.127	.151	.170	.321	-16	83	7	1	33
162 Game Avg.				162	316	288	13	37	2	2	2	15	1	8	95	.127	.151	.170	.321	-16	49		1	19

NYG (6 yrs)				162	324	298	12	37	0	3	3	20	1	8	92	.124	.147	.174	.322	-18	52		0	18
STL (4 yrs)				113	212	191	10	25	3	0	1	6	0	5	70	.131	.157	.162	.320	-14	31	7	1	15

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1928	24	NYG	NL	24	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1929	25	NYG	NL	70	-13	0	0	0	0	5	2	-6	-0.5	-6	-0.6	0.1	$	1
1930	26	NYG	NL	91	-14	0	0	0	0	7	3	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$	1
1931	27	NYG	NL	84	-17	0	0	0	0	6	2	-9	-0.9	-9	-0.9	0.0	$	1
1932	28	NYG	NL	55	-8	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1
1933	29	STL	NL	57	-7	0	0	0	0	4	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1934	30	STL	NL	58	-11	0	0	0	0	5	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	1
1935	31	STL	NL	68	-12	0	0	0	0	4	2	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$	1	AS
1936	32	STL	NL	29	-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
9 Seasons				536	-88	0	0	0	0	39	17	-32	-3.2	-32	-3.2	0.0	$

NYG (5 yrs)				324	-57	0	0	0	0	24	10	-23	-2.2	-23	-2.3	0.1	$
STL (4 yrs)				212	-31	0	0	0	0	15	7	-9	-1.0	-9	-0.9	-0.1	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1934	30	STL	NL	WS	DET	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1927	NYG	NL	23	P	3	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
1928	NYG	NL	24	P	22	76.1	18	0	17	1	0	.944	2.00	0.77	.966	2.42	2.41
1929	NYG	NL	25	P	29	177.2	36	10	23	3	1	.917	1.67	1.14	.964	2.39	2.35
1930	NYG	NL	26	P	39	245.1	58	10	44	4	1	.931	1.98	1.38	.964	2.21	2.18
1931	NYG	NL	27	P	37	239.1	43	8	31	4	1	.907	1.47	1.05	.959	2.22	2.19
1932	NYG	NL	28	P	31	163.0	51	10	39	2	1	.961	2.71	1.58	.957	2.29	2.29
1933	STL	NL	29	P	29	158.0	55	11	40	4	0	.927	2.91	1.76	.964	2.36	2.33
1934	STL	NL	30	P	24	153.0	32	8	23	1	2	.969	1.82	1.29	.960	2.27	2.24
1935	STL	NL	31	P	37	193.1	50	4	42	4	0	.920	2.14	1.24	.959	2.31	2.28	AS
1936	STL	NL	32	P	21	79.2	27	3	23	1	1	.963	2.94	1.24	.950	2.32	2.31
	10 Seasons			P	272	1489.2	370	64	282	24	7	.935	2.09	1.27	.961	2.29	2.28
	10 Seasons			TOT	272	1489.2	370	64	282	24	7	.935	2.09	1.27	.961	2.29	2.28

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1935 (P)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1929 NL 4.1 (8th) 1931 NL 5.3 (1st) 1934 NL 3.5 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1929 NL 3.09 (1st) 1930 NL 3.93 (3rd) 1931 NL 2.26 (1st)	Wins s c a p y 1930 NL 17 (4th) 1931 NL 16 (9th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1929 NL .667 (6th) 1931 NL .640 (5th) 1934 NL .750 (2nd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1929 NL 1.379 (10th) 1931 NL 1.153 (2nd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1929 NL 9.524 (10th) 1930 NL 9.465 (6th) 1931 NL 7.972 (2nd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1929 NL 3.293 (10th) 1930 NL 3.852 (8th) 1931 NL 4.550 (6th) 1932 NL 4.086 (9th)
Saves s c a p y 1931 NL 3 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1930 NL 245.3 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1930 NL 105 (6th) 1931 NL 121 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1930 NL 34 (4th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1931 NL 19 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1930 NL 2 (5th) 1931 NL 6 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1932 NL 23 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1930 NL 88 (5th) 1934 NL 66 (9th) 1935 NL 78 (6th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1931 NL 1.891 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1931 NL 0.226 (3rd) 1935 NL 0.326 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1930 NL 15 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1930 NL 7 (3rd)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1930 NL 1,075 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1929 NL 148 (2nd) 1930 NL 120 (6th) 1931 NL 163 (1st) Career 114 (236th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1929 NL 30 (5th) 1930 NL 19 (6th) 1931 NL 36 (1st) 1934 NL 19 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1929 NL 2.9 (5th) 1930 NL 1.7 (6th) 1931 NL 3.8 (1st) 1934 NL 2.0 (9th)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1930 NL 4 (3rd) 1931 NL 4 (3rd) 1933 NL 4 (3rd) 1935 NL 4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 9 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 54 (469), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 17 (689), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Ralph Birkofer (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Milnar (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug Rau (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cliff Melton (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Shantz (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doug Rau (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Leibrandt (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Ojeda (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

October 10, 1932: Traded by the New York Giants with Ethan Allen, Jim Mooney and Bob O'Farrell to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gus Mancuso and Ray Starr.
August 6, 1936: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Si Johnson.

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