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Dixie Walker
Fred Walker (The Peoples Cherce)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 24, 1910 in Villa Rica, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1931
Final Game: September 22, 1949
Died: May 17, 1982 in Birmingham, AL
Relatives: Brother of Harry Walker, Son of Dixie Walker and Nephew of Ernie Walker
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Standard Batting

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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
1931 20 NYY AL 2 10 10 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .500 .800 111 5 0 0 /O
1933 22 NYY AL 98 359 328 68 90 15 7 15 51 2 2 26 28 .274 .330 .500 .830 123 164 1 4 O
1934 23 NYY AL 17 19 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .118 .167 .118 .284 -23 2 0 1 /O
1935 24 NYY AL 8 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .231 .385 0 3 0 0 /O
1936 25 TOT AL 32 106 90 15 26 2 2 1 16 2 1 15 9 .289 .396 .389 .785 93 35 1 0 O
1936 25 NYY AL 6 21 20 3 7 0 2 1 5 1 1 1 3 .350 .381 .700 1.081 165 14 0 0 /O
1936 25 CHW AL 26 85 70 12 19 2 0 0 11 1 0 14 6 .271 .400 .300 .700 72 21 1 0 O
1937 26 CHW AL 154 688 593 105 179 28 16 9 95 1 2 78 26 .302 .383 .449 .832 109 266 0 17 *O
1938 27 DET AL 127 526 454 84 140 27 6 6 43 5 4 65 32 .308 .396 .434 .830 102 197 1 6 *O
1939 28 TOT MLB 104 429 379 57 110 10 9 6 57 5 1 35 18 .290 .350 .412 .762 96 156 11 0 15 O
1939 28 DET AL 43 177 154 30 47 4 5 4 19 4 1 15 8 .305 .367 .474 .841 108 73 5 0 8 O
1939 28 BRO NL 61 252 225 27 63 6 4 2 38 1 20 10 .280 .339 .369 .708 87 83 6 0 7 O
1940 29 BRO NL 143 605 556 75 171 37 8 6 66 3 42 21 .308 .357 .435 .793 112 242 7 1 6 *O MVP-6
1941 30 BRO NL 148 606 531 88 165 32 8 9 71 4 70 18 .311 .391 .452 .843 133 240 6 0 5 *O MVP-10
1942 31 BRO NL 118 451 393 57 114 28 1 6 54 1 47 15 .290 .367 .412 .780 126 162 2 1 10 *O
1943 32 BRO NL 138 596 540 83 163 32 6 5 71 3 49 24 .302 .363 .411 .774 123 222 10 3 4 *O AS,MVP-24
1944 33 BRO NL 147 611 535 77 191 37 8 13 91 6 72 27 .357 .434 .529 .963 172 283 6 1 3 *O AS,MVP-3
1945 34 BRO NL 154 688 607 102 182 42 9 8 124 6 75 16 .300 .381 .438 .820 128 266 10 5 1 *O MVP-9
1946 35 BRO NL 150 646 576 80 184 29 9 9 116 14 67 28 .319 .391 .448 .839 137 258 9 1 2 *O AS,MVP-2
1947 36 BRO NL 148 637 529 77 162 31 3 9 94 6 97 26 .306 .415 .427 .842 120 226 9 1 10 *O AS,MVP-19
1948 37 PIT NL 129 465 408 39 129 19 3 2 54 1 52 18 .316 .393 .392 .786 111 160 7 0 5 *O MVP-28
1949 38 PIT NL 88 211 181 26 51 4 1 1 18 0 26 11 .282 .372 .331 .703 89 60 4 0 4 O/3
18 Seasons 1905 7666 6740 1037 2064 376 96 105 1023 59 10 817 325 .306 .383 .437 .820 121 2947 81 16 93
162 Game Avg. 162 652 573 88 176 32 8 9 87 5 69 28 .306 .383 .437 .820 121 251 1 8
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
BRO (9 yrs) 1207 5092 4492 666 1395 274 56 67 725 44 539 185 .311 .386 .441 .827 129 1982 65 13 48
NYY (5 yrs) 131 422 388 75 104 18 9 16 58 3 3 28 39 .268 .319 .485 .803 114 188 1 5
PIT (2 yrs) 217 676 589 65 180 23 4 3 72 1 78 29 .306 .387 .374 .760 104 220 11 0 9
DET (2 yrs) 170 703 608 114 187 31 11 10 62 9 5 80 40 .308 .389 .444 .833 103 270 5 1 14
CHW (2 yrs) 180 773 663 117 198 30 16 9 106 2 2 92 32 .299 .385 .433 .818 105 287 1 17
NL (11 yrs) 1424 5768 5081 731 1575 297 60 70 797 45 617 214 .310 .386 .433 .819 126 2202 76 13 57
AL (8 yrs) 481 1898 1659 306 489 79 36 35 226 14 10 200 111 .295 .372 .449 .821 106 745 5 3 36

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
1941 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 5 20 18 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .333 .633 6 0 0 0 0 0
1947 36 BRO NL WS NYY L 7 30 27 1 6 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 1 .222 .300 .370 .670 10 2 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 50 45 4 10 3 0 1 4 1 0 5 2 .222 .300 .356 .656 16 2 0 0 0 0
2 WS 12 50 45 4 10 3 0 1 4 1 0 5 2 .222 .300 .356 .656 16 2 0 0 0 0

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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1931 NYY AL 20 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.25 1-0-1
1933 NYY AL 22 OF 77 209 194 7 8 1 .962 2.61 .970 2.21 15-60-3
1934 NYY AL 23 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.20 1-0-0
1935 NYY AL 24 OF 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .975 2.30 2-0-0
1936 TOT AL 25 OF 22 57 55 2 0 0 1.000 2.59 .967 2.29 0-21-1
1936 NYY AL 25 OF 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 .967 2.28 0-5-0
1936 CHW AL 25 OF 17 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.82 .967 2.29 0-16-1
1937 CHW AL 26 OF 154 294 270 10 14 1 .952 1.82 .969 2.28 0-0-154
1938 DET AL 27 OF 114 237 224 8 5 1 .979 2.04 .972 2.28 94-26-0
1939 TOT MLB 28 OF 96 254 237 9 8 4 .969 2.56 .973 2.24 23-63-11
1939 DET AL 28 OF 37 100 93 4 3 1 .970 2.62 .969 2.35 23-4-11
1939 BRO NL 28 OF 59 154 144 5 5 3 .968 2.53 .975 2.17 0-59-0
1940 BRO NL 29 OF 136 376 360 6 10 3 .973 2.69 .977 2.17 14-112-20 MVP-6
1941 BRO NL 30 OF 146 336 309 19 8 8 .976 2.25 .975 2.15 22-22-105 MVP-10
1942 BRO NL 31 OF 110 218 207 8 3 2 .986 1.95 .981 2.15 0-7-104
1943 BRO NL 32 OF 136 291 262 20 9 2 .969 2.07 .977 2.27 57-0-82 AS,MVP-24
1944 BRO NL 33 OF 140 288 260 17 11 4 .962 1.98 .980 2.31 19-0-125 AS,MVP-3
1945 BRO NL 34 OF 153 367 346 18 3 4 .992 2.38 .978 2.33 0-0-153 MVP-9
1946 BRO NL 35 OF 149 260 237 15 8 3 .969 1.69 .977 2.16 0-0-149 AS,MVP-2
1947 BRO NL 36 OF 147 280 261 9 10 0 .964 1.84 .977 2.19 0-0-147 AS,MVP-19
1948 PIT NL 37 OF 112 176 168 4 4 0 .977 1.54 .978 2.20 1-1-110 MVP-28
1949 PIT NL 38 OF 39 61 58 2 1 0 .984 1.54 .977 2.25 0-0-39
1949 PIT NL 38 1B 3 30 24 3 3 2 .900 9.00 .993 8.97
18 Seasons OF 1736 3712 3455 154 103 33 .972 2.08 .976 2.23 249-312-1204
1 Season 1B 3 30 24 3 3 2 .900 9.00 .993 8.97
18 Seasons TOT 1739 3742 3479 157 106 35 .972 2.09 .948 2.24 249-312-1204
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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
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 (146th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 NL  .308 (8th)
1941 NL  .311 (8th)
1943 NL  .302 (10th)
1944 NL  .357 (1st)
1946 NL  .319 (3rd)
1947 NL  .306 (8th)
1948 NL  .316 (6th)
Career  .306 (141st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1941 NL  .391 (10th)
1944 NL  .434 (2nd)
1945 NL  .381 (8th)
1946 NL  .391 (5th)
1947 NL  .415 (4th)
1948 NL  .393 (6th)
Career  .383 (155th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1944 NL  .529 (4th)
1946 NL  .448 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1944 NL  .963 (3rd)
1945 NL  .820 (8th)
1946 NL  .839 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1937 AL  154 (7th)
1945 NL  154 (2nd)
1946 NL  150 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1945 NL  607 (5th)
1946 NL  576 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1945 NL  688 (8th)
1946 NL  646 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1941 NL  88 (9th)
1943 NL  83 (8th)
1945 NL  102 (7th)
1946 NL  80 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1940 NL  171 (6th)
1941 NL  165 (8th)
1943 NL  163 (10th)
1944 NL  191 (4th)
1945 NL  182 (5th)
1946 NL  184 (2nd)
Career  2064 (228th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1944 NL  283 (4th)
1945 NL  266 (4th)
1946 NL  258 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1940 NL  37 (5th)
1941 NL  32 (7th)
1943 NL  32 (6th)
1944 NL  37 (4th)
1945 NL  42 (2nd)
1946 NL  29 (8th)
1947 NL  31 (6th)
Career  376 (204th)

Triples s c a p y
1937 AL  16 (1st)
1940 NL  8 (9th)
1941 NL  8 (9th)
1945 NL  9 (6th)
1946 NL  9 (4th)
Career  96 (170th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 AL  15 (7th)
1944 NL  13 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1943 NL  71 (9th)
1944 NL  91 (9th)
1945 NL  124 (1st)
1946 NL  116 (2nd)
1947 NL  94 (8th)
Career  1023 (242nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  70 (10th)
1944 NL  72 (9th)
1945 NL  75 (8th)
1947 NL  97 (5th)
Career  817 (224th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1940 NL  120 (5th)
1941 NL  116 (8th)
1944 NL  133 (3rd)
1946 NL  137 (2nd)
1947 NL  119 (10th)
Career  1487 (199th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 NL  172 (2nd)
1945 NL  128 (8th)
1946 NL  137 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1941 NL  94 (10th)
1944 NL  123 (2nd)
1945 NL  100 (6th)
1946 NL  101 (3rd)
1947 NL  94 (10th)
Career  1123 (239th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1941 NL  25 (9th)
1944 NL  54 (2nd)
1945 NL  25 (8th)
1946 NL  29 (4th)
Career  210 (245th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1941 NL  2.6 (9th)
1944 NL  5.5 (2nd)
1945 NL  2.6 (8th)
1946 NL  3.0 (4th)
Career  21.4 (235th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  58 (7th)
1945 NL  59 (2nd)
1946 NL  47 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1941 NL  235 (7th)
1944 NL  264 (6th)
1945 NL  262 (5th)
1946 NL  252 (4th)
1947 NL  260 (4th)
Career  2897 (221st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 NL  .705 (10th)
1944 NL  .813 (2nd)
1945 NL  .659 (9th)
1946 NL  .717 (2nd)
1947 NL  .648 (9th)
Career  .643 (228th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 NL  3 (7th)
1945 NL  5 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1937 AL  17 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1944 NL  8.2 (8th)
1946 NL  11.0 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1937 AL  22.8 (7th)
1940 NL  26.5 (7th)
1941 NL  29.5 (3rd)
1942 NL  26.2 (7th)
1945 NL  37.9 (4th)
1946 NL  20.6 (10th)
1947 NL  20.3 (8th)
1948 NL  22.7 (5th)
Career  20.7 (95th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1937 AL  433 (9th)
1945 NL  436 (9th)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (246), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 126 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 82 (212), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 35 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

May 1, 1936: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the New York Yankees.

December 2, 1937: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Vern Kennedy and Tony Piet to the Detroit Tigers for Marv Owen, Mike Tresh and Gee Walker.

July 24, 1939: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.

December 8, 1947: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Hal Gregg and Vic Lombardi to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Billy Cox, Gene Mauch and Preacher Roe.

October 1, 1949: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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