Frank Walker

Charles Franklin Walker

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 22, 1894 in Enoree, SC
School: Randolph-Macon College (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1917
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/Giants 1917-1925

Final Game: August 8, 1925
Died: September 16, 1974 in Bristol, TN
Buried: Glenwood Shelby Hills Cemetery, Bristol, TN
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1915	20	-min	C	101	378	378		84	12	3	2						.222	.222	.286	.508		108			NNW · VIRL
1916	21	-min	C	69	251	251		80	13	6	1						.319	.319	.430	.749		108			NNW · VIRL
1917	22	-min	B	114	435	435		161	23	13	10						.370	.370	.552	.922		240			SGD · CENL
1917	22	DET	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1918	23	DET	AL	55	179	167	10	33	10	3	1	20	3		7	29	.198	.234	.311	.546	67	52	1	4	O

1920	25	-min	B	71	252	252		93	17	12	6						.369	.369	.603	.972		152			RKM · VIRL
1920	25	PHA	AL	24	100	91	10	21	2	2	0	10	0	2	5	14	.231	.286	.297	.582	54	27	2	2	8O
1921	26	-min	B	77	299	299		106	23	6	9						.355	.355	.562	.916		168			RKM · VIRL
1921	26	PHA	AL	19	76	66	6	15	3	0	1	6	1	0	8	11	.227	.311	.318	.629	61	21	0	2	O8/7

1925	30	-min	AA	1	0	0																			INA · AA
1925	30	NYG	NL	39	93	81	12	18	1	0	1	5	1	1	9	11	.222	.308	.272	.579	52	22	1	2	8O/9
1926	31	-min	B	129	476	476		158	22	6	10						.332	.332	.466	.798		222			GRV · SALL
1927	32	-min	B	114	412	412		138	24	2	5						.335	.335	.439	.774		181			GRV · SALL
1928	33	-min	B	77	264	264		77	10	3	5						.292	.292	.409	.701		108			GRV · SALL
1929	34	-min	B	80	261	261		97	13	0	5						.372	.372	.479	.851		125			GRV · SALL
1930	35	-min	A	88	280	280		80	11	5	1						.286	.286	.371	.657		104			CNG,ATA · SOUA
1931	36	-min	D	4	14	14		5	3	0	0						.357	.357	.571	.929		8			FLR · PALM
5 Seasons				139	450	407	38	87	16	5	3	41	5	3	29	66	.214	.273	.300	.572	58	122	4	10
162 Game Avg.				162	524	474	44	101	19	6	3	48	6		34	77	.214	.273	.300	.572	58	142	5	12

PHA (2 yrs)				43	176	157	16	36	5	2	1	16	1	2	13	25	.229	.297	.306	.602	57	48	2	4
DET (2 yrs)				57	181	169	10	33	10	3	1	20	3		7	30	.195	.232	.308	.539	65	52	1	4
NYG (1 yr)				39	93	81	12	18	1	0	1	5	1	1	9	11	.222	.308	.272	.579	52	22	1	2

AL (4 yrs)				100	357	326	26	69	15	5	2	36	4	2	20	55	.212	.264	.307	.570	60	100	3	8
NL (1 yr)				39	93	81	12	18	1	0	1	5	1	1	9	11	.222	.308	.272	.579	52	22	1	2

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
1917	22	DET	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
1918	23	DET	AL	179	-8	0	0	0	-2	-2	6	-6	-0.8	-4	-0.5	-0.3	$	O

1920	25	PHA	AL	100	-6	0	0	0	0	-1	3	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	8O
1921	26	PHA	AL	76	-5	0	0	0	0	-1	2	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$	O8/7

1925	30	NYG	NL	93	-6	0	0	0	-2	-1	3	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	8O/9
5 Seasons				450	-26	0	0	0	-4	-5	14	-21	-2.2	-17	-1.8	-0.4	$

PHA (2 yrs)				176	-11	0	0	0	0	-2	5	-8	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$
DET (2 yrs)				181	-9	0	0	0	-2	-2	6	-7	-0.9	-5	-0.6	-0.3	$
NYG (1 yr)				93	-6	0	0	0	-2	-1	3	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1918	DET	AL	23	OF	45			116	102	5	9	0	.922	2.38	.962	2.26	3-34-9
1920	PHA	AL	25	CF	24	24	24	59	57	1	1	0	.983	2.42	.966	2.55
1920	PHA	AL	25	OF	24	24	24	59	57	1	1	0	.983	2.42	.962	2.25
1921	PHA	AL	26	OF	19	17	16	51	46	3	2	1	.961	2.58	.960	2.33
1921	PHA	AL	26	CF	17	16	15	42	38	3	1	1	.976	2.41	.962	2.67
1921	PHA	AL	26	LF	2	1	1	4	3	0	1	0	.750	1.50	.958	2.40
1925	NYG	NL	30	CF	21	19	16	50	45	3	2	1	.960	2.29	.967	2.92
1925	NYG	NL	30	OF	21	19	16	50	45	3	2	1	.960	2.29	.967	2.48
1925	NYG	NL	30	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30
	4 Seasons			OF	109	60	56	276	250	12	14	2	.949	2.40	.963	2.31	5-96-10
	3 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	62	59	55	151	140	7	4	2	.974	2.37	.965	2.71
	1 Season (incomplete)			LF	2	1	1	4	3	0	1	0	.750	1.50	.958	2.40
	1 Season (incomplete)			RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30
	5 Seasons			TOT	109	60	56	276	250	12	14	2	.949	2.40	.963	2.31	5-96-10

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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