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Dixie Walker

Fred Walker (The Peoples Cherce)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 24, 1910 in Villa Rica, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1931
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/WhiteSox/Tigers/Yankees 1931-1949

Final Game: September 22, 1949
Died: May 17, 1982 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
Relatives: Brother of Harry Walker, Son of Dixie Walker and Nephew of Ernie Walker
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 NYY AL 20 OF 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .970 2.40
1931 NYY AL 20 LF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.20
1931 NYY AL 20 RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1933 NYY AL 22 OF 77 68 66 209 194 7 8 1 .962 2.61 .970 2.37
1933 NYY AL 22 CF 60 59 57 184 170 6 8 1 .957 2.93 .976 2.75
1933 NYY AL 22 LF 15 8 8 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 .971 2.27
1933 NYY AL 22 RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1934 NYY AL 23 LF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.20
1934 NYY AL 23 OF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.30
1935 NYY AL 24 LF 2 2 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .968 2.25
1935 NYY AL 24 OF 2 2 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .970 2.40
1936 TOT AL 25 OF 22 20 18 57 55 2 0 0 1.000 2.59 .968 2.38
1936 TOT AL 25 CF 21 20 18 56 54 2 0 0 1.000 2.67 .974 2.82
1936 NYY AL 25 CF 5 4 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 .974 2.82
1936 NYY AL 25 OF 5 4 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 .968 2.38
1936 CHW AL 25 OF 17 16 15 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.82 .968 2.38
1936 CHW AL 25 CF 16 16 15 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.94 .974 2.82
1936 CHW AL 25 RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.20
1937 CHW AL 26 OF 154 154 151 294 270 10 14 1 .952 1.82 .969 2.35
1937 CHW AL 26 RF 154 154 151 294 270 10 14 1 .952 1.82 .964 2.04
1938 DET AL 27 OF 114 112 101 237 224 8 5 1 .979 2.04 .972 2.35
1938 DET AL 27 LF 95 87 82 170 158 8 4 1 .976 1.75 .972 2.17
1938 DET AL 27 CF 25 25 19 67 66 0 1 0 .985 2.64 .972 2.82
1939 TOT MLB 28 OF 96 93 84 254 237 9 8 4 .969 2.56 .973 2.37
1939 TOT MLB 28 CF 64 62 55 172 160 5 7 3 .959 2.58 .977 2.71
1939 DET AL 28 OF 37 36 34 100 93 4 3 1 .970 2.62 .969 2.44
1939 DET AL 28 LF 22 20 19 54 51 2 1 1 .981 2.41 .966 2.38
1939 DET AL 28 RF 11 11 10 28 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.55 .962 2.08
1939 DET AL 28 CF 5 5 5 18 16 0 2 0 .889 3.20 .977 2.88
1939 BRO NL 28 CF 59 57 50 154 144 5 5 3 .968 2.53 .977 2.70
1939 BRO NL 28 OF 59 57 50 154 144 5 5 3 .968 2.53 .975 2.32
1940 BRO NL 29 OF 136 131 115 376 360 6 10 3 .973 2.69 .977 2.32 MVP-6
1940 BRO NL 29 CF 116 113 102 337 324 5 8 3 .976 2.84 .981 2.66 MVP-6
1940 BRO NL 29 RF 17 8 7 16 13 1 2 0 .875 0.82 .974 2.04 MVP-6
1940 BRO NL 29 LF 12 10 6 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 .974 2.25 MVP-6
1941 BRO NL 30 OF 146 130 120 336 309 19 8 8 .976 2.25 .975 2.31 MVP-10
1941 BRO NL 30 RF 105 92 83 214 189 17 8 7 .963 1.96 .968 1.95 MVP-10
1941 BRO NL 30 CF 24 19 19 63 62 1 0 0 1.000 2.63 .980 2.63 MVP-10
1941 BRO NL 30 LF 21 19 18 59 58 1 0 1 1.000 2.81 .976 2.34 MVP-10
1942 BRO NL 31 OF 110 98 83 218 207 8 3 2 .986 1.95 .981 2.34
1942 BRO NL 31 RF 104 91 77 201 191 7 3 2 .985 1.90 .981 2.08
1942 BRO NL 31 CF 7 7 6 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 .978 2.61
1943 BRO NL 32 OF 136 133 121 291 262 20 9 2 .969 2.07 .977 2.41 AS,MVP-24
1943 BRO NL 32 RF 84 80 76 190 168 13 9 2 .953 2.15 .976 2.21 AS,MVP-24
1943 BRO NL 32 LF 55 53 45 101 94 7 0 0 1.000 1.84 .977 2.26 AS,MVP-24
1944 BRO NL 33 OF 140 139 123 288 260 17 11 4 .962 1.98 .980 2.47 AS,MVP-3
1944 BRO NL 33 RF 126 125 112 252 229 14 9 4 .964 1.93 .974 2.10 AS,MVP-3
1944 BRO NL 33 LF 19 14 11 36 31 3 2 0 .944 1.79 .981 2.35 AS,MVP-3
1945 BRO NL 34 OF 153 153 144 367 346 18 3 4 .992 2.38 .978 2.45 MVP-9
1945 BRO NL 34 RF 153 153 144 367 346 18 3 4 .992 2.38 .978 2.15 MVP-9
1946 BRO NL 35 OF 149 148 138 260 237 15 8 3 .969 1.69 .977 2.38 AS,MVP-2
1946 BRO NL 35 RF 149 148 138 258 235 15 8 3 .969 1.68 .976 2.09 AS,MVP-2
1947 BRO NL 36 OF 147 147 136 280 261 9 10 0 .964 1.84 .977 2.42 AS,MVP-19
1947 BRO NL 36 RF 147 147 136 281 262 9 10 0 .964 1.84 .978 2.14 AS,MVP-19
1948 PIT NL 37 OF 112 110 83 176 168 4 4 0 .977 1.54 .978 2.39 MVP-28
1948 PIT NL 37 RF 109 109 82 177 168 5 4 0 .977 1.59 .976 2.00 MVP-28
1948 PIT NL 37 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 MVP-28
1948 PIT NL 37 CF 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .985 2.80 MVP-28
1949 PIT NL 38 OF 39 36 21 61 58 2 1 0 .984 1.54 .977 2.48
1949 PIT NL 38 RF 39 36 21 64 60 3 1 0 .984 1.62 .977 2.08
1949 PIT NL 38 1B 3 3 3 30 24 3 3 2 .900 9.00 .991 9.63
18 Seasons OF 1736 1677 1509 3712 3455 154 103 33 .972 2.08 .976 2.38
15 Seasons RF 1203 1156 1039 2343 2158 114 71 23 .970 1.89 .974 2.08
8 Seasons CF 318 306 277 903 860 19 24 7 .973 2.76 .978 2.71
11 Seasons LF 245 215 193 476 446 22 8 3 .983 1.91 .974 2.25
1 Season 1B 3 3 3 30 24 3 3 2 .900 9.00 .991 9.63
18 Seasons TOT 1739 1680 1512 3742 3479 157 106 35 .972 2.09 .976 2.40
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1931 NYY AL 20 LF
1931 NYY AL 20 RF
1933 NYY AL 22 CF
1933 NYY AL 22 LF
1933 NYY AL 22 RF
1934 NYY AL 23 LF
1935 NYY AL 24 LF
1936 NYY AL 25 CF
1936 CHW AL 25 CF
1936 CHW AL 25 RF
1937 CHW AL 26 RF
1938 DET AL 27 LF
1938 DET AL 27 CF
1939 DET AL 28 LF
1939 DET AL 28 RF
1939 DET AL 28 CF
1939 BRO NL 28 CF
1940 BRO NL 29 CF
1940 BRO NL 29 RF
1940 BRO NL 29 LF
1941 BRO NL 30 RF
1941 BRO NL 30 CF
1941 BRO NL 30 LF
1942 BRO NL 31 RF
1942 BRO NL 31 CF
1943 BRO NL 32 RF
1943 BRO NL 32 LF
1944 BRO NL 33 RF
1944 BRO NL 33 LF
1945 BRO NL 34 RF
1946 BRO NL 35 RF
1947 BRO NL 36 RF
1948 PIT NL 37 RF
1948 PIT NL 37 LF
1948 PIT NL 37 CF
1949 PIT NL 38 RF
1949 PIT NL 38 1B
15 Seasons RF
8 Seasons CF
11 Seasons LF
1 Season 1B
18 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1931 NYY AL 20 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
1933 NYY AL 22 98 68 98 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 60 3 77 0 21 3
1934 NYY AL 23 17 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 2
1935 NYY AL 24 8 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 1
1936 CHW AL 25 27 16 27 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 17 0 9 1
1936 NYY AL 25 6 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 0
1937 CHW AL 26 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 0 0
1938 DET AL 27 127 112 127 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 25 0 114 0 13 0
1939 BRO NL 28 61 57 61 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 59 0 2 0
1939 DET AL 28 43 36 43 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 11 37 0 5 1
1940 BRO NL 29 143 131 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 116 17 136 0 7 0
1941 BRO NL 30 148 130 148 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 24 105 146 0 2 0
1942 BRO NL 31 118 98 118 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 104 110 0 8 0
1943 BRO NL 32 138 133 138 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 84 136 0 2 0
1944 BRO NL 33 147 139 147 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 126 140 0 7 0
1945 BRO NL 34 154 153 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 153 0 1 0
1946 BRO NL 35 150 148 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 149 0 1 0
1947 BRO NL 36 148 147 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 0 1 0
1948 PIT NL 37 129 110 129 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 109 112 0 17 0
1949 PIT NL 38 88 39 88 42 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 39 0 46 0
18 Seasons 1906 1680 1906 1739 0 0 3 0 0 0 245 318 1203 1736 0 162 8
Lg 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1948 PIT NL 37 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 15 8 0 12 4 0 5 3 1 5 1 0 7 4 0 44 20 45.5% 23 1 2.3% 1 1552 61% 84% 31% 133 49%
1949 PIT NL 38 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 17 9 2 5 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 31 14 45.2% 15 2 6.5% 1 671 67% 81% 30% 74 51%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 2 32 17 2 17 5 0 10 5 1 6 1 0 10 6 0 75 34 45.3% 38 3 4.0% 2 2223 63% 83% 31% 207 50%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.9% 61% 82% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1949 PIT NL 38 128 67% 93% 34% 11 82% 0 24 3 21 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season 128 67% 93% 34% 11 82% 0 24 3 21 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 61% 82% 27% 93% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1948 PIT NL 37 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 5 60% 100% 20% 1 0%
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 5 60% 100% 20% 1 0%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.7% 61% 82% 31% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1948 PIT NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 54% 81% 30% 4 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 54% 81% 30% 4 100%
MLB Averages 46.5% 2.6% 61% 82% 31% 59%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1968 BBWAA ( 2.1%)
1969 BBWAA ( 2.6%)

All-Star Games
1943 *
1944 (RF)
1945--not played
1946 (RF)
1947 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (6, 21%)
1941 NL (10, 10%)
1943 NL (24, 1%)
1944 NL (3, 43%)
1945 NL (9, 20%)
1946 NL (2, 47%)
1947 NL (19, 4%)
1948 NL (28, 1%)
1.47 Career Shares (148th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  8 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1940 NL  116 (2nd)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1940 NL  324 (2nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  8 (4th)
1939 NL  5 (3rd)
1940 NL  8 (1st)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  154 (1st)
1941 NL  105 (5th)
1942 NL  104 (5th)
1944 NL  126 (3rd)
1945 NL  153 (1st)
1946 NL  149 (2nd)
1947 NL  147 (3rd)
Career  1,203 (47th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  270 (2nd)
1941 NL  189 (4th)
1942 NL  191 (5th)
1944 NL  229 (4th)
1945 NL  346 (1st)
1946 NL  235 (3rd)
1947 NL  262 (4th)
Career  2,158 (51st)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  10 (5th)
1941 NL  17 (2nd)
1943 NL  13 (5th)
1944 NL  14 (3rd)
1945 NL  18 (1st)
1946 NL  15 (3rd)
1947 NL  9 (4th)
Career  114 (30th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  14 (2nd)
1941 NL  8 (5th)
1943 NL  9 (1st)
1944 NL  9 (1st)
1946 NL  8 (1st)
1947 NL  10 (1st)
Career  71 (20th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1937 AL  154 (2nd)
1940 NL  136 (5th)
1941 NL  146 (3rd)
1945 NL  153 (3rd)
1946 NL  149 (2nd)
1947 NL  147 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1940 NL  360 (2nd)
1941 NL  309 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1941 NL  19 (1st)
1943 NL  20 (2nd)
1944 NL  17 (5th)
1945 NL  18 (2nd)
1946 NL  15 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1940 NL  10 (5th)
1943 NL  9 (3rd)
1944 NL  11 (1st)
1946 NL  8 (4th)
1947 NL  10 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  .976 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1940 NL  2.84 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  1.96 (3rd)
1942 NL  1.90 (4th)
1943 NL  2.15 (4th)
1944 NL  1.93 (5th)
1945 NL  2.38 (1st)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1942 NL  .985 (4th)
1945 NL  .992 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1940 NL  2.69 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1945 NL  .992 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 NL  born 1910-09-24 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1931 AL  born 1910-09-24 (9th)

             

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