Duane Walker
Duane Allen Walker
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 13, 1957 in Pasadena, TX
High School: Deer Park (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
Final Game: July 18, 1988
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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
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
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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .421 -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 -0.9 .549 .191 .089 3.0
1984 27 CIN NL 231 145 43 8.0 97 .309 .292 .268 .391 .334 .528 .389 .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 Seasons 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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.60 5 0 6 5 0 3 2 0 4 3 75% 28 1 4% 17 10 59% 135 17 13% 12 8 67% 19 9 47% 0
1983 26 CIN NL 247 92% 53 48 16 0 8 1.29 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 31 0 0% 20 7 35% 153 29 19% 17 9 53% 20 9 45% 0
1984 27 CIN NL 231 93% 57 14 4 1 1 2.03 10 0 2 10 0 6 4 0 1 1 100% 34 1 3% 19 10 53% 122 18 15% 14 7 50% 16 11 69% 0
1985 28 TOT MLB 202 97% 31 38 7 1 4 1.32 7 0 3 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 45 3 7% 22 1 5% 124 10 8% 13 3 23% 14 7 50% 0
1985 28 CIN NL 54 98% 8 26 3 1 2 1.38 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 13% 5 1 20% 31 4 13% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1985 28 TEX AL 148 96% 23 12 4 0 2 1.20 5 0 3 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 37 2 5% 17 0 0% 93 6 6% 10 3 30% 10 5 50% 0
1988 31 STL NL 24 100% 4 0 0 19 4 0 1 1.67 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 3 0 0% 24 3 13% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 979 93% 197 0 0 133 33 2 17 1.47 24 0 26 24 0 14 10 0 5 4 80% 145 6 4% 81 28 35% 558 77 14% 59 28 47% 69 36 52% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Season 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

Cumulative Batting

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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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 25 86 283 246 28 59 11 0 6 24 10 31 58 .240 .325 .358 .683 28 86
1983 26 109 251 228 15 56 13 1 2 30 6 21 43 .246 .307 .338 .644 24 109
1984 27 83 236 199 36 61 11 3 11 29 7 35 35 .307 .407 .558 .965 45 83
1985 28 90 204 181 19 32 4 1 7 17 3 22 47 .177 .270 .326 .596 16 90
1988 31 24 24 22 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 7 .182 .250 .227 .477 1 24
5 Seasons 392 998 876 99 212 40 5 26 103 26 111 190 .242 .327 .388 .715 114 392
162 Game Avg. 162 412 362 41 88 17 2 11 43 11 46 79 .242 .327 .388 .715 47 392

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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