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Greg Walker

Gregory Lee Walker

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 6, 1959 in Douglas, GA
High School: Coffee (Douglas, GA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1982
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles 1982-1990

Final Game: July 1, 1990
Relatives: Cousin of Harry Spilman
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:58AM
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

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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 22 CHW AL 11 19 17 3 7 2 1 2 7 0 0 2 3 .412 .474 1.000 1.474 293 17 0 0 0 0 0 /D
1983 23 CHW AL 118 340 307 32 83 16 3 10 55 2 1 28 57 .270 .332 .440 .772 108 135 3 2 0 3 3 3D
1984 24 CHW AL 136 482 442 62 130 29 2 24 75 8 5 35 66 .294 .346 .532 .878 135 235 9 2 0 3 3 3D
1985 25 CHW AL 163 650 601 77 155 38 4 24 92 5 2 44 100 .258 .309 .454 .763 103 273 16 2 0 3 6 *3/D
1986 26 CHW AL 78 316 282 37 78 10 6 13 51 1 2 29 44 .277 .345 .493 .838 122 139 4 2 0 3 4 3/D
1987 27 CHW AL 157 652 566 85 145 33 2 27 94 2 1 75 112 .256 .346 .465 .810 110 263 12 5 1 5 7 *3/D
1988 28 CHW AL 99 412 377 45 93 22 1 8 42 0 1 29 77 .247 .304 .374 .678 90 141 7 3 1 2 3 3
1989 29 CHW AL 77 263 233 25 49 14 0 5 26 0 0 23 50 .210 .286 .335 .621 77 78 8 3 1 3 2 3D
1990 30 TOT AL 16 43 39 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 11 .154 .233 .154 .386 12 6 2 1 0 0 0 D/3
1990 30 CHW AL 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
1990 30 BAL AL 14 38 34 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 .147 .237 .147 .384 12 5 2 1 0 0 0 D
9 Seasons 855 3177 2864 368 746 164 19 113 444 19 12 268 520 .260 .326 .449 .775 108 1287 61 20 3 22 28
162 Game Avg. 162 602 543 70 141 31 4 21 84 4 2 51 99 .260 .326 .449 .775 108 244 12 4 1 4 5
CHW (9 yrs) 841 3139 2830 366 741 164 19 113 442 18 12 265 511 .262 .327 .453 .780 109 1282 59 19 3 22 28
BAL (1 yr) 14 38 34 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 .147 .237 .147 .384 12 5 2 1 0 0 0

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 Awards
1982 22 CHW AL 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ /D
1983 23 CHW AL 340 4 1 -1 1 -0 -5 11 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ 3D
1984 24 CHW AL 482 16 -1 -3 0 -4 -8 15 15 1.6 19 2.0 -0.4 $ 3D
1985 25 CHW AL 650 7 -2 -5 -2 -3 -10 21 6 0.6 9 0.9 -0.3 $195,000 *3/D
1986 26 CHW AL 316 10 -2 3 0 5 -5 10 21 2.1 16 1.6 0.5 $400,000 3/D
1987 27 CHW AL 652 7 2 -3 -1 -2 -10 20 13 1.3 15 1.5 -0.2 $500,000 *3/D
1988 28 CHW AL 412 -6 2 -2 -1 -6 -6 13 -7 -0.8 0 0.0 -0.8 $730,000 3
1989 29 CHW AL 263 -7 0 0 -2 2 -5 8 -4 -0.4 -6 -0.6 0.2 $718,810 3D
1990 30 CHW AL 5 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /3D
1990 30 BAL AL 38 -4 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ D
9 Seasons 3177 30 -1 -11 -5 -9 -50 100 55 5.5 63 6.4 -0.9 $2,543,810
CHW (9 yrs) 3139 34 0 -11 -5 -9 -49 99 60 6.0 68 6.9 -0.9 $2,543,810
BAL (1 yr) 38 -4 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1983 23 CHW AL ALCS BAL L 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 CHW AL 22 DH 4 4
1983 CHW AL 23 1B 59 57 11 410.0 452 426 19 7 40 .985 -0 -1 9.77 7.54 .992 9.90 9.82
1983 CHW AL 23 DH 19 19
1984 CHW AL 24 1B 101 96 49 768.2 846 791 51 4 66 .995 -4 -6 9.86 8.34 .991 9.75 9.68
1984 CHW AL 24 DH 17 17
1985 CHW AL 25 1B 151 146 142 1311.1 1322 1217 97 8 116 .994 -3 -3 9.02 8.70 .991 9.76 9.67
1985 CHW AL 25 DH 6 6
1986 CHW AL 26 1B 77 74 70 658.2 732 670 57 5 57 .993 5 8 9.93 9.44 .991 9.42 9.33
1986 CHW AL 26 DH 1 1
1987 CHW AL 27 1B 154 150 145 1335.1 1491 1402 80 9 135 .994 -2 -2 9.99 9.62 .992 9.58 9.48
1987 CHW AL 27 DH 2 2
1988 CHW AL 28 1B 98 98 97 874.1 983 935 41 7 93 .993 -6 -9 10.05 9.96 .992 9.57 9.49
1989 CHW AL 29 1B 48 46 28 361.2 395 373 17 5 38 .987 2 5 9.71 8.13 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 CHW AL 29 DH 20 20
1990 TOT AL 30 DH 11 11
1990 CHW AL 30 1B 1 1 0 8.0 15 14 1 0 2 1.000 1 90 16.88 15.00 .992 9.67 9.50
1990 CHW AL 30 DH 1 1
1990 BAL AL 30 DH 10 10
8 Seasons 1B 689 668 542 5728.0 6236 5828 363 45 547 .993 -9 -2 9.73 8.99 .992 9.66 9.58
9 Seasons TOT 689 668 542 5728.0 6236 5828 363 45 547 .993 -9 -2 9.73 8.99 .992 9.66 9.58
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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.
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1984 AL  .532 (10th)**

Games Played s c a p y
1985 AL  163 (1st)

Doubles s c a p y
1985 AL  38 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1985 AL  66 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1984 AL  12.0 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1987 AL  1,402 (1st)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1987 AL  154 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1987 AL  1,402 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1986 AL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1987 AL  9.99 (2nd)
1988 AL  10.05 (3rd)
Career  9.73 (48th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1987 AL  9.62 (3rd)
1988 AL  9.96 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1984 AL  .995 (2nd)
1985 AL  .994 (4th)
1987 AL  .994 (4th)
Career  .993 (78th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Rico Brogna (970)
  2. Jay Gibbons (952)
  3. Willie Aikens (945)
  4. Dale Long (943)
  5. Nick Johnson (941)
  6. Ryan Ludwick (940)
  7. Brad Fullmer (936)
  8. John Jaha (935)
  9. Sid Bream (934)
  10. Craig Monroe (934)
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  1. Adrian Gonzalez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Adrian Gonzalez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mo Vaughn (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee May (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tino Martinez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Andres Galarraga (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rico Brogna (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198525Chicago White Sox$195,0003/3/86 TSN
198626Chicago White Sox$400,0001986 USA Today survey
198727Chicago White Sox$500,000*
198828Chicago White Sox$730,000*
198929Chicago White Sox$718,8101989 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,543,810
Disputed Salaries
*1987 - $550,000 - Proofing corrections -
*1988 - $686,264 - 12/13/88 NYT - 4/1/88 TSN: $730,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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