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Harry Walker

Harry William Walker (Harry The Hat)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 22, 1916 in Pascagoula, MS
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1940
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Reds/Cubs 1940-1955

Final Game: August 19, 1955
Died: August 8, 1999 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Leeds, AL
Relatives: Brother of Dixie Walker, Son of Dixie Walker and Nephew of Ernie Walker
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:23PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1241. Mike Davis… #1242. Denny Walling… #1243. Wayne Gross… #1244. HARRY WALKER… #1245. Aaron Boone… #1246. Bob Brenly… #1247. Vic Davalillo… 

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
1940 23 STL NL 7 28 27 2 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 .185 .185 .259 .444 18 7 0 0 1 /O
1941 24 STL NL 7 17 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 .267 .353 .333 .686 89 5 0 0 0 /O
1942 25 STL NL 74 209 191 38 60 12 2 0 16 2 11 14 .314 .355 .398 .753 113 76 1 1 6 O/4
1943 26 STL NL 148 640 564 76 166 28 6 2 53 5 40 24 .294 .341 .376 .717 102 212 5 0 36 *O/4 AS
1946 29 STL NL 112 385 346 53 82 14 6 3 27 12 30 29 .237 .300 .338 .638 78 117 3 1 8 O/3 MVP-22
1947 30 TOT NL 140 598 513 81 186 29 16 1 41 13 63 39 .363 .436 .487 .924 149 250 10 4 18 *O8/37 AS,MVP-9
1947 30 STL NL 10 29 25 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 .200 .310 .240 .550 46 6 1 0 0 O/87
1947 30 PHI NL 130 569 488 79 181 28 16 1 41 13 59 37 .371 .443 .500 .943 154 244 9 4 18 *8O/3
1948 31 PHI NL 112 368 332 34 97 11 2 2 23 4 33 30 .292 .358 .355 .713 95 118 3 1 2 O/35
1949 32 TOT NL 128 525 473 73 142 21 5 2 37 6 45 23 .300 .361 .378 .739 99 179 8 0 7 *O978/3
1949 32 CHC NL 42 172 159 20 42 6 3 1 14 2 11 6 .264 .312 .358 .670 82 57 2 0 2 O97
1949 32 CIN NL 86 353 314 53 100 15 2 1 23 4 34 17 .318 .385 .389 .774 107 122 6 0 5 O897/3
1950 33 STL NL 60 168 150 17 31 5 0 0 7 0 18 12 .207 .292 .240 .532 39 36 2 0 0 O/3
1951 34 STL NL 8 28 26 6 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .308 .357 .346 .703 90 9 0 0 0 /O3
1955 38 STL NL 11 15 14 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .357 .400 .500 .900 139 7 0 0 0 0 0 /
11 Seasons 807 2981 2651 385 786 126 37 10 214 42 0 245 175 .296 .358 .383 .741 103 1016 32 7 78 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 598 532 77 158 25 7 2 43 8 49 35 .296 .358 .383 .741 103 204 6 1 16
STL (9 yrs) 437 1519 1358 199 366 66 14 5 113 19 0 108 85 .270 .324 .350 .674 87 475 12 2 51 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 242 937 820 113 278 39 18 3 64 17 92 67 .339 .409 .441 .850 131 362 12 5 20
CIN (1 yr) 86 353 314 53 100 15 2 1 23 4 34 17 .318 .385 .389 .774 107 122 6 0 5
CHC (1 yr) 42 172 159 20 42 6 3 1 14 2 11 6 .264 .312 .358 .670 82 57 2 0 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 Awards
1940 23 STL NL 28 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /O
1941 24 STL NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /O
1942 25 STL NL 209 4 2 0 0 0 -1 7 12 1.2 12 1.3 -0.1 $ O/4
1943 26 STL NL 640 -2 1 0 0 -2 -1 19 15 1.5 17 1.8 -0.3 $ *O/4 AS
1946 29 STL NL 385 -8 3 0 0 2 -1 14 10 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ O/3 MVP-22
1947 30 STL NL 29 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ O/87 AS,MVP-9
1947 30 PHI NL 569 38 2 0 0 2 -1 19 60 6.1 58 5.9 0.2 $ *8O/3 AS,MVP-9
1948 31 PHI NL 368 -3 -1 0 0 -2 -2 13 5 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $ O/35
1949 32 CHC NL 172 -5 1 0 0 -2 -2 6 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ O97
1949 32 CIN NL 353 3 1 0 0 0 -3 13 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ O897/3
1950 33 STL NL 168 -13 0 0 0 0 -1 6 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ O/3
1951 34 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /O3
1955 38 STL NL 15 1 0 0 1 -0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ /
11 Seasons 2981 10 9 0 1 -3 -12 102 107 10.7 110 11.3 -0.6 $
STL (9 yrs) 1519 -23 6 0 1 -1 -4 51 30 2.9 31 3.3 -0.4 $
PHI (2 yrs) 937 35 1 0 0 0 -3 32 65 6.6 65 6.6 -0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 353 3 1 0 0 0 -3 13 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $
CHC (1 yr) 172 -5 1 0 0 -2 -2 6 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $

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
1942 25 STL NL WS NYY W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 26 STL NL WS NYY L 5 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .222 .389 4 0 0 0 0 0
1946 29 STL NL WS BOS W 7 22 17 3 7 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 2 .412 .524 .529 1.053 9 0 0 1 0 2
3 Seasons (3 Series) 13 41 36 3 10 3 0 0 6 0 1 4 5 .278 .350 .361 .711 13 0 0 1 0 2
3 WS 13 41 36 3 10 3 0 0 6 0 1 4 5 .278 .350 .361 .711 13 0 0 1 0 2

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
1940 STL NL 23 OF 7 23 21 2 0 0 1.000 3.29 .977 2.31
1940 STL NL 23 CF 5 4 4 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.40 .981 2.66
1940 STL NL 23 LF 2 2 2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .973 2.25
1940 STL NL 23 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1941 STL NL 24 OF 5 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.40 .975 2.32
1941 STL NL 24 LF 5 3 3 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.40 .976 2.34
1942 STL NL 25 OF 56 125 115 6 4 0 .968 2.16 .981 2.34
1942 STL NL 25 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .970 5.60
1942 STL NL 25 CF 43 34 29 114 106 4 4 0 .965 2.56 .978 2.62
1942 STL NL 25 LF 12 3 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .982 2.32
1942 STL NL 25 RF 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .980 2.07
1943 STL NL 26 OF 144 347 321 14 12 4 .965 2.33 .977 2.41 AS
1943 STL NL 26 2B 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .970 5.80 AS
1943 STL NL 26 CF 143 141 134 347 321 14 12 4 .965 2.34 .978 2.75 AS
1943 STL NL 26 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 AS
1946 STL NL 29 OF 92 232 215 11 6 2 .974 2.46 .977 2.38 MVP-22
1946 STL NL 29 1B 8 63 58 4 1 3 .984 7.75 .991 9.98 MVP-22
1946 STL NL 29 CF 80 65 58 210 194 10 6 2 .971 2.55 .979 2.85 MVP-22
1946 STL NL 29 LF 12 9 8 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.92 .975 2.26 MVP-22
1947 TOT NL 30 OF 137 133 125 394 365 15 14 2 .964 2.77 .977 2.42 AS,MVP-9
1947 TOT NL 30 CF 134 133 125 389 361 15 13 2 .967 2.81 .978 2.79 AS,MVP-9
1947 STL NL 30 OF 10 6 4 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.50 .977 2.42
1947 STL NL 30 CF 7 6 4 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 .978 2.79
1947 STL NL 30 LF 2 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 .976 2.30 AS,MVP-9
1947 PHI NL 30 CF 127 127 121 378 350 15 13 2 .966 2.87 .978 2.79
1947 PHI NL 30 OF 127 127 121 378 350 15 13 2 .966 2.87 .977 2.42
1947 PHI NL 30 1B 4 1 1 18 18 0 0 2 1.000 4.50 .991 9.62 AS,MVP-9
1948 PHI NL 31 OF 81 208 198 6 4 1 .981 2.52 .978 2.39
1948 PHI NL 31 1B 4 23 22 1 0 1 1.000 5.75 .990 9.60
1948 PHI NL 31 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.10
1948 PHI NL 31 CF 57 54 53 164 155 6 3 0 .982 2.82 .984 2.84
1948 PHI NL 31 LF 22 17 16 43 42 0 1 0 .977 1.91 .970 2.32
1948 PHI NL 31 RF 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .980 2.00
1949 TOT NL 32 OF 116 112 95 267 246 10 11 1 .959 2.21 .977 2.48
1949 TOT NL 32 RF 51 44 38 109 95 7 7 0 .936 2.00 .978 2.08
1949 TOT NL 32 LF 41 38 34 95 90 1 4 0 .958 2.22 .974 2.47
1949 CHC NL 32 OF 39 38 33 76 69 3 4 0 .947 1.85 .977 2.48
1949 CHC NL 32 RF 21 20 16 35 30 2 3 0 .914 1.52 .978 2.08
1949 CHC NL 32 LF 19 18 17 44 42 1 1 0 .977 2.26 .974 2.47
1949 CIN NL 32 OF 77 74 62 191 177 7 7 1 .963 2.39 .977 2.48
1949 CIN NL 32 CF 30 30 23 73 70 2 1 1 .986 2.40 .979 2.97
1949 CIN NL 32 RF 30 24 22 74 65 5 4 0 .946 2.33 .978 2.08
1949 CIN NL 32 LF 22 20 17 51 48 0 3 0 .941 2.18 .974 2.47
1949 CIN NL 32 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.60
1950 STL NL 33 OF 46 98 92 3 3 0 .969 2.07 .978 2.31
1950 STL NL 33 1B 2 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 5.00 .990 9.60
1950 STL NL 33 CF 36 33 22 268.1 81 77 1 3 0 .963 2.62 2.17 .980 2.76 2.73
1950 STL NL 33 LF 9 1 1 31.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.19 1.22 .977 2.29 2.27
1950 STL NL 33 RF 3 0 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.88 1.83
1951 STL NL 34 OF 6 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .981 2.42
1951 STL NL 34 1B 1 11 10 1 0 2 1.000 11.00 .989 9.70
1951 STL NL 34 CF 5 5 4 43.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 2.20 .984 2.89 2.88
1951 STL NL 34 LF 2 1 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 2.00 .978 2.34 2.30
1955 STL NL 38 OF 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 -0 3.00 .977 2.30
1955 STL NL 38 LF 1 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -13 3.00 3.00 .973 2.10 2.00
11 Seasons OF 691 245 220 1715 1592 68 55 11 .968 -0 2.40 .977 2.40
9 Seasons CF 533 499 452 311.1 1406 1311 53 42 9 .970 2.57 2.56 .979 2.78 2.79
10 Seasons LF 108 75 68 50.0 206 194 5 7 1 .966 -0 -2 3.24 1.84 .974 2.27 2.36
6 Seasons RF 62 46 39 11.0 111 97 7 7 0 .937 0.00 1.68 .978 1.88 2.06
6 Seasons 1B 20 1 1 125 118 6 1 9 .992 6.20 .991 9.76
2 Seasons 2B 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 .970 5.67
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.10
11 Seasons TOT 715 246 221 1844 1712 75 57 20 .969 -0 2.50 .978 2.62
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

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1943 (CF)
1947 (CF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 NL (22, 3%)
1947 NL (9, 13%)
0.16 Career Shares (804th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1947 NL  5.9 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1947 NL  5.9 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1947 NL  5.8 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1947 NL  .363 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1947 NL  .436 (1st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 NL  .487 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1947 NL  .924 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  166 (9th)
1947 NL  186 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1947 NL  16 (1st)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 NL  12 (6th)
1947 NL  13 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1943 NL  130 (7th)
1947 NL  140 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1947 NL  149 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1947 NL  109 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  38 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1947 NL  3.7 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1947 NL  253 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1947 NL  .738 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 NL  4 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  36 (1st)
1947 NL  18 (2nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1949 NL  20.6 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1943 NL  439 (8th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  42 (79th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  365 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  15 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1943 NL  12 (1st)
1947 NL  14 (1st)
1949 NL  11 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  2.55 (4th)
1947 NL  2.81 (2nd)
Career  2.56 (83rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 NL  .971 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  2.77 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1916-10-22 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 18 (1077), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (653), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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