Duane Walker

Duane Allen Walker

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 13, 1957 in Pasadena, TX
High School: Deer Park HS (Pasadena, TX)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1982
Teams (by GP): Reds/Rangers/Cardinals 1982-1988

Final Game: July 18, 1988
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Standard Batting

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
1976	19	CIN-min	A-,A	75	263	263		68	12	5	10						.259	.259	.456	.715		120							EUG,TAM · NORW,FLOR
1977	20	CIN-min	A	122	521	466	67	116	13	7	2	37	40	12	48	75	.249	.319	.320	.639		149		1	4	2			TAM · FLOR
1978	21	CIN-min	AA	103	335	288	38	69	15	3	2	31	18	4	38	43	.240	.331	.333	.665		96		2	6	1			NVL · SOUL
1979	22	CIN-min	AA	143	641	545	97	165	28	15	9	57	46	10	89	67	.303	.401	.459	.860		250		2	3	2			NVL · SOUL
1980	23	CIN-min	AAA	109	409	351	41	87	16	4	6	30	18	6	54	62	.248	.347	.368	.715		129		0	3	1			INA · AA
1981	24	CIN-min	AAA	130	521	450	80	127	22	1	19	80	12	3	58	78	.282	.361	.462	.823		208		1	6	6	5		INA · AA
1982	25	CIN-min	AAA	36	142	115	21	33	6	1	4	19	4	2	22	29	.287	.396	.461	.857		53		0	3	2	2		INA · AA
1982	25	CIN	NL	86	275	239	26	52	10	0	5	22	9	3	27	58	.218	.298	.322	.620	73	77	1	2	3	4	0	79/8
1983	26	CIN	NL	109	247	225	14	53	12	1	2	29	6	3	20	43	.236	.296	.324	.620	70	73	0	0	0	2	4	79
1984	27	CIN	NL	83	231	195	35	57	10	3	10	28	7	3	33	35	.292	.391	.528	.920	153	103	1	0	1	2	2	78/9
1985	28	TOT	MLB	90	202	180	19	31	4	1	7	17	3	1	21	47	.172	.262	.322	.585	59	58	3	1	0	0	1	97D
1985	28	CIN	NL	37	54	48	5	8	2	1	2	6	1	0	6	18	.167	.259	.375	.634	73	18	1	0	0	0	1	/79
1985	28	TEX	AL	53	148	132	14	23	2	0	5	11	2	1	15	29	.174	.264	.303	.567	55	40	2	1	0	0	0	97D

1986	29	HOU-STL-min	AAA	113	407	358	56	104	27	7	7	52	17	7	43	72	.291	.363	.464	.827		166		0	2	4	3		TUC,LOU · PCL,AA
1987	30	STL-min	AAA	102	404	311	63	91	29	4	16	69	1	3	87	77	.293	.447	.566	1.013		176		2	1	3	10		LOU · AA
1988	31	STL-min	AAA	31	85	76	7	21	6	0	1	18	0	0	8	15	.276	.353	.395	.748		30		1	0	0	1		LOU · AA
1988	31	STL	NL	24	24	22	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	7	.182	.250	.227	.477	38	5	1	0	0	0	0	/793
5 Yrs				392	979	861	95	197	37	5	24	99	25	10	103	190	.229	.311	.367	.678	87	316	6	3	4	8	7
162 Game Avg.				162	405	356	39	81	15	2	10	41	10	4	43	79	.229	.311	.367	.678	87	131	2	1	2	3	3

CIN (4 yrs)				315	807	707	80	170	34	5	19	85	23	9	86	154	.240	.321	.383	.705	94	271	3	2	4	8	7
STL (1 yr)				24	24	22	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	7	.182	.250	.227	.477	38	5	1	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				53	148	132	14	23	2	0	5	11	2	1	15	29	.174	.264	.303	.567	55	40	2	1	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				339	831	729	81	174	35	5	19	88	23	9	88	161	.239	.319	.379	.698	93	276	4	2	4	8	7
AL (1 yr)				53	148	132	14	23	2	0	5	11	2	1	15	29	.174	.264	.303	.567	55	40	2	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1982	25	CIN	NL	86	275	-8	2	1	-2	-3	-10	-1.1	8	-2	-0.3	.486	.493	-0.1	-0.5	-0	$	79/8
1983	26	CIN	NL	109	247	-10	1	1	1	-3	-10	-1.1	8	-2	-0.3	.490	.493	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$35,000	79
1984	27	CIN	NL	83	231	14	-1	1	0	-3	12	1.4	7	19	2.1	.516	.508	2.0	-0.2	18	$	78/9
1985	28	CIN	NL	37	54	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/79
1985	28	TEX	AL	53	148	-8	0	0	2	-3	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.483	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-6	$185,000	97D

1988	31	STL	NL	24	24	-2	0	-0	-0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.487	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/793
5 Seasons				392	979	-16	3	2	0	-12	-23	-2.4	30	7	0.7	.493	.497	0.5	-1.1	7	$220,000

CIN (4 yrs)				315	807	-6	2	2	-1	-9	-12	-1.2	25	13	1.3	.496	.498	1.3	-1.0	14	$35,000
STL (1 yr)				24	24	-2	0	-0	-0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.487	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$
TEX (1 yr)				53	148	-8	0	0	2	-3	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.483	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-6	$185,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1982	25	CIN	NL	275	198	26	3.6	96	.261	.218	.268	.298	.331	.322	.389	.620	.721	73	.422	-8.4	-0.9	.586	.243	.105	6.4
1983	26	CIN	NL	247	177	23	3.5	99	.280	.236	.267	.296	.336	.324	.395	.620	.731	70	.412	-9.2	-1.0	.549	.191	.089	3.0
1984	27	CIN	NL	231	145	43	8.0	97	.309	.292	.268	.391	.334	.528	.390	.920	.723	153	.766	14.6	1.5	.986	.426	.236	8.2
1985	28	TOT	MLB	202	153	16	2.8	99	.190	.172	.263	.262	.330	.322	.404	.585	.734	59	.297	-10.8	-1.1	.536	.278	.150	4.2
1985	28	CIN	NL	54	41	5	3.3	98	.214	.167	.264	.259	.333	.375	.394	.634	.727	73	.389	-2.1	-0.2	.610	.354	.208	1.3
1985	28	TEX	AL	148	112	11	2.6	100	.184	.174	.262	.264	.328	.303	.407	.567	.736	55	.265	-8.8	-0.9	.509	.250	.129	2.9

1988	31	STL	NL	24	19	1	1.4	90	.267	.182	.257	.250	.321	.227	.378	.477	.699	38	.131	-1.8	-0.2	.368	.136	.045
5 Yrs				979	692	109	4.2	98	.264	.229	.266	.311	.332	.367	.394	.678	.726	87	.497	-15.6	-1.6	.643	.275	.138	24.5
162 Game Avg.				405	286	45	4.2	98	.264	.229	.266	.311	.332	.367	.394	.678	.726	87	.497	-15.6	-1.6	.643	.275	.138	10

CIN (4 yrs)				807	561	97	4.7	97	.279	.240	.267	.321	.333	.383	.392	.705	.725	94	.546	-5.1	-0.5	.679	.284	.143	20.8
STL (1 yr)				24	19	1	1.4	90	.267	.182	.257	.250	.321	.227	.378	.477	.699	38	.131	-1.8	-0.2	.368	.136	.045
TEX (1 yr)				148	112	11	2.6	100	.184	.174	.262	.264	.328	.303	.407	.567	.736	55	.265	-8.8	-0.9	.509	.250	.129	2.9

NL (5 yrs)				831	580	98	4.6	97	.278	.239	.267	.319	.333	.379	.391	.698	.724	93	.536	-6.8	-0.7	.669	.280	.140	20.8
AL (1 yr)				148	112	11	2.6	100	.184	.174	.262	.264	.328	.303	.407	.567	.736	55	.265	-8.8	-0.9	.509	.250	.129	2.9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1982	25	CIN	NL	275	1.8%	21.1%	9.8%	5.5%	29%	2.15	4.1	47.8	10.9		0.76	65%
1983	26	CIN	NL	247	0.8%	17.4%	8.1%	6.1%	28%	2.15	5.2	112.5	7.8		0.59	74%
1984	27	CIN	NL	231	4.3%	15.2%	14.3%	10.0%	40%	1.06	5.6	19.5	7.0		0.66	66%
1985	28	TOT	MLB	202	3.5%	23.3%	10.4%	5.9%	39%	2.24	3.8	25.7	10.6		0.58	62%
1985	28	CIN	NL	54	3.7%	33.3%	11.1%	9.3%	63%	3.00	2.7	24.0	8.0		0.53	52%
1985	28	TEX	AL	148	3.4%	19.6%	10.1%	4.7%	30%	1.93	4.6	26.4	12.0		0.60	66%

1988	31	STL	NL	24	0.0%	29.2%	8.3%	4.2%	25%	3.50	3.1		7.3	0.25	0.44	63%	40%	0.0%	17%
5 Yrs				979	2.5%	19.4%	10.5%	6.7%	34%	1.84	4.5	35.9	8.7	0.25	0.64	67%	40%	0.0%	17%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.3%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.69	6.2	40.2	8.3	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	25	CIN	NL	-8.4	-0.9	290	-1.7	3.8	-5.5	1.07	-0.6	-1.0	-7.1	-0.7	0.90	-6.5	1.53	14
1983	26	CIN	NL	-9.2	-1.0	260	0.2	4.7	-4.4	1.09	-0.8	1.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-6.3	1.25	48
1984	27	CIN	NL	14.6	1.5	247	1.0	4.7	-3.7	1.04	1.6	-0.6	17.2	1.7	0.93	17.0	1.98	14
1985	28	TOT	MLB	-10.8	-1.1	207	-0.9	3.1	-3.9	.99	-1.0	0.1	-10.2	-1.0	0.94	-10.0	1.25	40
1985	28	CIN	NL	-2.1	-0.2	56	-0.0	1.1	-1.1	1.01	-0.2	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.90	-1.3	1.30	26
1985	28	TEX	AL	-8.8	-0.9	151	-0.8	2.0	-2.8	.98	-0.8	-0.1	-9.7	-1.0	0.95	-8.6	1.17	14

1988	31	STL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	24	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	1.91	-0.3	-0.1	-2.4	-0.3	1.15	-2.1	1.58	19
5 Yrs				-15.6	-1.6	1028	-2.1	16.7	-18.8	1.07	-1.0	-0.9	-4.5	-0.5	0.94	-7.9	1.40	135

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	25	CIN	NL	3	0	28%	98	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	58%	8	4	4	3	1	2	8	3	5
1983	26	CIN	NL	2	0	17%	77	6	3	67%	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	50%	5	4	1	2	2	0	7	1	6
1984	27	CIN	NL	3	0	31%	95	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	48%	11	7	4	6	2	4	8	4	4
1985	28	TOT	MLB	2	0	26%	66	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	30%	15	9	5	3	2	1	5	3	1
1985	28	CIN	NL	0	0	25%	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
1985	28	TEX	AL	2	0	27%	50	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	35%	11	6	4	3	2	1	3	2	1

1988	31	STL	NL	0	0	17%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				10	0	25%	343	25	10	71%	25	9	0	0	0	1	2	0	11	25	45%	40	25	14	14	7	7	28	11	16

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1982	25	CIN	NL	275	92%	52			14	2	0	3	1.53	5	0	6	5	0	3	2	0	4	3	75%	28	1	4%	17	10	59%	135	17	13%	12	8	67%	10	5	50%	0
1983	26	CIN	NL	247	92%	53			48	16	0	8	1.25	2	0	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		31	0	0%	20	7	35%	153	29	19%	17	9	53%	11	4	36%	0
1984	27	CIN	NL	231	93%	57			14	4	1	1	1.98	10	0	2	10	0	6	4	0	1	1	100%	34	1	3%	19	10	53%	122	18	15%	14	7	50%	7	6	86%	0
1985	28	TOT	MLB	202	97%	31			40	7	1	4	1.25	7	0	3	7	0	4	3	0	0	0		45	3	7%	22	1	5%	124	10	8%	13	3	23%	6	2	33%	0
1985	28	CIN	NL	54	98%	8			26	3	1	2	1.30	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		8	1	13%	5	1	20%	31	4	13%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1985	28	TEX	AL	148	96%	23			14	4	0	2	1.17	5	0	3	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		37	2	5%	17	0	0%	93	6	6%	10	3	30%	3	1	33%	0

1988	31	STL	NL	24	100%	4	0	0	19	4	0	1	1.58	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	3	0	0%	24	3	13%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				979	93%	197	0	0	135	33	2	17	1.40	24	0	26	24	0	14	10	0	5	4	80%	145	6	4%	81	28	35%	558	77	14%	59	28	47%	35	18	51%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	31	STL	NL	24	96	4.00	56	58%	34%	14%	25%	27%	66%	0%	39%	78%	4%	4%	1	0	8%	2	1	4%	1	1	43%	0	0	0
1 Yr				24	96	4.00	56	58%	34%	14%	25%	27%	66%	0%	39%	78%	4%	4%	1	0	8%	2	1	4%	1	1	43%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1982	25	86	275	239	26	52	10	0	5	22	9	3	27	58	.218	.298	.322	.620	73	77	1	2	3	4	0
1983	26	195	522	464	40	105	22	1	7	51	15	6	47	101	.226	.297	.323	.620	71	150	1	2	3	6	4
1984	27	278	753	659	75	162	32	4	17	79	22	9	80	136	.246	.326	.384	.710	96	253	2	2	4	8	6
1985	28	368	955	839	94	193	36	5	24	96	25	10	101	183	.230	.312	.371	.683	88	311	5	3	4	8	7
1986	29	368	955	839	94	193	36	5	24	96	25	10	101	183	.230	.312	.371	.683	88	311	5	3	4	8	7
1987	30	368	955	839	94	193	36	5	24	96	25	10	101	183	.230	.312	.371	.683	88	311	5	3	4	8	7
1988	31	392	979	861	95	197	37	5	24	99	25	10	103	190	.229	.311	.367	.678	87	316	6	3	4	8	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	25	86	277	240	27	53	10	0	5	23	9	28	58	.221	.303	.325	.628	24	86
1983	26	109	250	227	15	55	12	1	2	31	6	21	43	.242	.304	.330	.634	23	109
1984	27	83	234	197	37	59	10	3	10	30	7	34	35	.299	.399	.533	.932	43	83
1985	28	90	202	180	19	31	4	1	7	17	3	21	47	.172	.262	.322	.585	15	90

1988	31	24	24	22	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	.182	.250	.227	.477	1	24
5 Yrs		392	987	866	99	202	37	5	24	103	25	106	190	.233	.316	.371	.687	106	392
162 Game Avg.		162	408	358	41	83	15	2	10	43	10	44	79	.233	.316	.371	.687	44	392

* 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.

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Name and misspellings: Duane Allen Duane Walker

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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