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Jerry Walker

Jerry Allen Walker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1939 in Ada, OK
High School: Byng HS (Byng, OK)
Signed
by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1957
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Athletics/Indians 1957-1964

Final Game: September 25, 1964
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1957 18 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 2.93 13 3 6 1 1 1 27.2 24 9 9 1 14 1 13 0 0 1 114 123 1.373 7.8 0.3 4.6 4.2 0.93
1958 19 BAL AL 0 0 6.97 6 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 16 8 8 2 5 0 6 0 0 1 52 54 2.032 13.9 1.7 4.4 5.2 1.20
1959 20 BAL AL 11 10 .524 2.92 30 22 6 7 2 4 182.0 160 68 59 13 52 9 100 3 1 2 736 130 1.165 7.9 0.6 2.6 4.9 1.92 AS
1960 21 BAL AL 3 4 .429 3.74 29 18 8 1 0 5 118.0 107 53 49 15 56 0 48 3 0 0 502 103 1.381 8.2 1.1 4.3 3.7 0.86
1961 22 KCA AL 8 14 .364 4.82 36 24 10 4 0 2 168.0 161 100 90 23 96 2 56 10 0 9 758 86 1.530 8.6 1.2 5.1 3.0 0.58
1962 23 KCA AL 8 9 .471 5.90 31 21 3 3 1 0 143.1 165 101 94 27 78 4 57 7 0 3 670 71 1.695 10.4 1.7 4.9 3.6 0.73
1963 24 CLE AL 6 6 .500 4.91 39 2 13 0 0 1 88.0 92 53 48 15 36 6 41 2 0 2 392 74 1.455 9.4 1.5 3.7 4.2 1.14
1964 25 CLE AL 0 1 .000 4.66 6 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 9 5 5 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 39 81 1.345 8.4 0.9 3.7 4.7 1.25
8 Yrs 37 44 .457 4.36 190 90 49 16 4 13 747.0 734 397 362 97 341 22 326 25 1 18 3263 90 1.439 8.8 1.2 4.1 3.9 0.96
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .457 4.36 46 22 12 4 1 3 181 178 96 88 24 83 5 79 6 0 4 792 90 1.439 8.8 1.2 4.1 3.9 0.96
BAL (4 yrs) 15 14 .517 3.33 78 43 22 9 3 10 338.0 307 138 125 31 127 10 167 6 1 4 1404 114 1.284 8.2 0.8 3.4 4.4 1.32
KCA (2 yrs) 16 23 .410 5.32 67 45 13 7 1 2 311.1 326 201 184 50 174 6 113 17 0 12 1428 79 1.606 9.4 1.4 5.0 3.3 0.65
CLE (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 4.88 45 2 14 0 0 1 97.2 101 58 53 16 40 6 46 2 0 2 431 75 1.444 9.3 1.5 3.7 4.2 1.15

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1957 18 BAL AL 27.2 13 3 9 2.93 4.14 0.29 0.00 89.5 3.44 2 0.2 .0 -0.1 0.3 4 .515 .501 $
1958 19 BAL AL 10.1 6 0 8 6.97 4.56 -0.09 0.00 97.0 4.52 -3 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.1 -2 .451 .498 $
1959 20 BAL AL 182.0 30 22 68 3.36 4.40 0.06 0.00 99.6 4.32 21 2.3 1.9 -0.0 3.7 35 .578 .514 $8,500 AS
1960 21 BAL AL 118.0 29 18 53 4.04 4.36 0.33 0.04 99.8 4.07 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.9 11 .504 .501 $13,500
1961 22 KCA AL 168.0 36 24 100 5.36 4.68 -0.28 0.04 103.3 5.17 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.9 13 .493 .498 $
1962 23 KCA AL 143.1 31 21 101 6.34 4.40 0.00 0.04 105.8 4.70 -24 -2.4 .5 -0.0 -1.3 -13 .423 .485 $
1963 24 CLE AL 88.0 39 2 53 5.42 4.14 -0.09 -0.16 101.1 4.11 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.2 -0.8 -5 .467 .492 $
1964 25 CLE AL 9.2 6 0 5 4.66 4.31 -0.34 -0.17 100.1 4.48 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 1 .499 .500 $
8 Seasons 747.0 190 90 397 4.78 4.42 -0.00 0.00 101.4 4.49 -18 -1.6 .9 -0.4 3.6 43 .492 .499 $22,000
BAL (4 yrs) 338.0 78 43 138 3.67 4.37 0.17 0.01 98.7 4.16 21 2.3 .7 -0.1 4.8 48 .530 .504 $22,000
KCA (2 yrs) 311.1 67 45 201 5.81 4.55 -0.15 0.04 104.5 4.95 -27 -2.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .461 .492 $
CLE (2 yrs) 97.2 45 2 58 5.34 4.15 -0.11 -0.16 101.0 4.15 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.2 -0.8 -5 .471 .496 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1959 BAL AL 20 1 1 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1957 18 BAL AL 13 115 99 9 24 2 0 1 2 2 14 13 .242 .333 .293 .626 .267 29 4 0 1 1 1 1
1958 19 BAL AL 6 52 47 8 16 3 1 2 0 1 5 6 .340 .404 .574 .978 .359 27 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 20 BAL AL 30 736 668 68 160 30 2 13 2 5 52 100 .240 .295 .349 .644 .263 233 22 3 8 5 9 6
1960 21 BAL AL 29 502 433 53 107 18 5 15 3 2 56 48 .247 .335 .416 .751 .247 180 13 3 7 3 0 4
1961 22 KCA AL 36 724 637 100 161 25 6 23 8 2 96 56 .253 .356 .419 .775 .244 267 14 10 7 8 2 11
1962 23 KCA AL 31 634 571 101 165 33 4 27 4 2 78 57 .289 .377 .503 .880 .279 287 13 7 6 7 4 9
1963 24 CLE AL 39 392 347 53 92 16 0 15 5 2 36 41 .265 .334 .441 .775 .261 153 7 2 3 4 6 8
1964 25 CLE AL 6 39 35 5 9 3 0 1 0 0 4 5 .257 .333 .429 .762 .276 15 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 190 3194 2837 397 734 130 18 97 24 16 341 326 .259 .340 .420 .760 .261 1191 74 25 32 28 22 40
162 Game Avg. 46 776 689 96 178 32 4 24 6 4 83 79 .259 .340 .420 .760 .261 289 18 6 8 7 5 10
MLB Averages .255 .321 .388 .709 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1957 18 BAL AL 2.7 0.3 121 0.5 1.5 -1.0 .68 0.5 0.3 3.8 0.4 0.68 3.5 0 0 8
1958 19 BAL AL -3.5 -0.4 54 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .16 -0.3 -0.8 -2.9 -0.3 0.16 -3.9 0 1 5
1959 20 BAL AL 17.6 1.8 747 3.3 15.4 -12.1 1.15 2.0 0.8 20.2 2.1 1.15 18.4 5 2 1
1960 21 BAL AL 2.1 0.2 507 -0.2 9.3 -9.5 1.06 -0.2 0.0 5.6 0.6 1.06 -2.2 2 1 8
1961 22 KCA AL -11.0 -1.1 777 -0.8 12.0 -12.8 .93 -1.9 1.0 -8.1 -0.8 0.92 -19.1 4 2 5
1962 23 KCA AL -23.4 -2.3 660 -1.6 10.0 -11.6 .92 -3.5 1.7 -28.6 -2.7 0.93 -38.7 1 0 9
1963 24 CLE AL -11.9 -1.2 405 -1.6 5.1 -6.7 .83 -1.3 -0.6 -17.7 -1.8 0.83 -12.4 9 6 22
1964 25 CLE AL -0.7 -0.1 39 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .42 -0.0 -0.2 1.0 0.1 0.42 1.1 2 0 4
8 Yrs -28.1 -2.6 3310 -0.6 53.8 -54.4 .96 -4.7 4.0 -26.6 -2.3 0.96 -53.3 23 12 62

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1957 18 BAL AL 13 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 33% 55.3 86 37 5 2 1 1 3.6 1.4 5.0
1959 20 BAL AL 30 22 10 9 3 0 2 12 10 .545 1 2 7 2 13 59% 56.2 111 22 15 3 2 17 3.9 3.9 7.3
1960 21 BAL AL 29 18 3 4 11 0 2 12 6 .667 4 3 1 0 7 39% 49.6 71 31 19 10 4 11 4.6 3.9 5.6
1961 22 KCA AL 36 24 6 13 5 0 5 9 15 .375 4 2 4 0 12 50% 44.7 73 22 19 13 5 11 4.3 4.2 6.1
1962 23 KCA AL 31 21 8 8 5 4 2 10 11 .476 2 2 3 1 6 29% 42.3 72 12 17 3 6 7 5.9 6.8 5.9
1963 24 CLE AL 39 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.5 34 17 16 7 2 0 1.0 0.0 2.7
6 Yrs 178 90 28 36 26 4 11 46 44 .511 11 10 16 4 39 43% 48 111 12 91 38 20 47 4.6 4.5 6.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 52 116 -14 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 18 BAL AL 13 10 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 9 .675 0 0 8 1 0 9 1 9 3 2 3 0 3.8
1958 19 BAL AL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .164 0 1 5 0 0 6 0 6 3 1 4 0 5.2
1959 20 BAL AL 30 8 6 1 1 4 4 0 100% 4 0 3 0 0% 9 1.152 5 2 1 4 3 1 2 6 6 0 6 0 8.1
1960 21 BAL AL 29 11 8 0 0 5 5 0 100% 5 0 6 2 33% 8 1.056 2 1 8 5 0 6 3 8 6 2 6 1 4.6
1961 22 KCA AL 36 12 10 2 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 6 1 17% 7 .931 4 2 5 3 1 8 4 8 9 1 9 2 5.3
1962 23 KCA AL 31 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 .923 1 0 9 0 1 9 2 8 8 1 8 2 5.7
1963 24 CLE AL 39 37 13 6 4 4 1 3 25% 4 0 28 14 50% 6 .829 9 6 22 7 3 27 15 22 23 9 23 8 6.7
1964 25 CLE AL 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 5 .422 2 0 4 1 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 0 4.8
8 Yrs 190 100 49 9 8 17 13 4 76% 17 0 56 21 38% .960 23 12 62 21 9 70 31 69 61 18 63 13 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 18 BAL AL 115 71% 0.9% 11.3% 12.2% 2.6% 13% 1.19 75% 18 4 22%
1958 19 BAL AL 52 79% 3.9% 11.5% 9.6% 11.5% 38% 0.60 75% 9 0 0%
1959 20 BAL AL 736 61% 1.8% 13.6% 7.1% 6.1% 28% 1.02 76% 146 22 15%
1960 21 BAL AL 502 63% 3.0% 9.6% 11.2% 7.6% 36% 0.85 74% 101 13 13%
1961 22 KCA AL 758 61% 3.2% 7.7% 13.3% 7.5% 34% 0.70 78% 156 14 9%
1962 23 KCA AL 669 57% 4.3% 9.0% 12.3% 10.1% 39% 0.84 78% 135 13 10%
1963 24 CLE AL 392 61% 3.8% 10.5% 9.2% 7.9% 34% 0.86 75% 84 7 8%
1964 25 CLE AL 39 51% 2.6% 12.8% 10.3% 10.3% 44% 1.30 74% 7 1 14%
8 Yrs 3263 61% 3.0% 10.2% 10.7% 7.7% 33% 0.86 76% 656 74 11%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 14.1% 8.6% 6.6% 29% 1.04 74% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 18 BAL AL 115 24 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 20% 1 1 0 37 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1958 19 BAL AL 52 16 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 100% 1 1 0 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 20 BAL AL 736 160 13 0 8 8 5 6 7 37 20 4 54% 6 2 1 264 2 5 29% 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 0
1960 21 BAL AL 502 107 15 0 5 9 6 6 9 19 12 2 63% 4 0 0 183 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 22 KCA AL 724 161 23 0 9 10 13 9 14 33 17 2 52% 11 9 1 309 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 34
1962 23 KCA AL 634 165 27 1 17 12 13 15 10 35 15 6 43% 9 3 2 266 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 35
1963 24 CLE AL 392 92 15 1 15 9 6 7 8 22 12 1 55% 8 2 0 158 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1964 25 CLE AL 39 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3194 734 97 2 57 50 45 44 51 155 79 16 51% 40 18 4 1253 24 16 60% 22 14 2 2 0 0 3 0 66 69
MLB Averages 51% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 18 1 0 1.000 2.93 13 3 6 1 1 1 27.2 24 9 9 1 14 1 13 0 0 1 114 123 1.373 7.8 0.3 4.6 4.2 0.93 123
1958 19 1 0 1.000 4.03 19 3 8 1 1 1 38.0 40 17 17 3 19 1 19 0 0 2 166 91 1.553 9.5 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00 91
1959 20 12 10 .545 3.11 49 25 14 8 3 5 220.0 200 85 76 16 71 10 119 3 1 4 902 121 1.232 8.2 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.68 121
1960 21 15 14 .517 3.33 78 43 22 9 3 10 338.0 307 138 125 31 127 10 167 6 1 4 1404 114 1.284 8.2 0.8 3.4 4.4 1.32 114
1961 22 23 28 .451 3.82 114 67 32 13 3 12 506.0 468 238 215 54 223 12 223 16 1 13 2162 102 1.366 8.3 1.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 102
1962 23 31 37 .456 4.28 145 88 35 16 4 12 649.1 633 339 309 81 301 16 280 23 1 16 2832 93 1.438 8.8 1.1 4.2 3.9 0.93 93
1963 24 37 43 .463 4.36 184 90 48 16 4 13 737.1 725 392 357 96 337 22 321 25 1 18 3224 90 1.440 8.8 1.2 4.1 3.9 0.95 90
1964 25 37 44 .457 4.36 190 90 49 16 4 13 747.0 734 397 362 97 341 22 326 25 1 18 3263 90 1.439 8.8 1.2 4.1 3.9 0.96 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 18 1 1 .500 3.46 26.0 26 11 10 1 15 12 0 1.577 9.0 5.2 4.2 0.80 0.3 13
1958 19 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 18 11 10 2 6 6 0 2.400 16.2 5.4 5.4 1.00 1.8 6
1959 20 12 8 .600 3.15 180.0 170 70 63 14 55 99 3 1.250 8.5 2.8 5.0 1.80 0.7 30
1960 21 6 7 .462 4.00 117.0 114 58 52 16 60 48 3 1.487 8.8 4.6 3.7 0.80 1.2 29
1961 22 8 10 .444 4.61 166.0 156 94 85 22 93 55 10 1.500 8.5 5.0 3.0 0.59 1.2 36
1962 23 5 10 .333 5.58 142.0 160 98 88 26 76 57 7 1.662 10.1 4.8 3.6 0.75 1.6 31
1963 24 3 6 .333 5.51 85.0 96 58 52 16 38 40 2 1.576 10.2 4.0 4.2 1.05 1.7 39
1964 25 0 0 5.00 9.0 9 6 5 1 4 4 0 1.444 9.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 1.0 6
8 Yrs 35 43 .449 4.47 735.0 749 406 365 98 347 321 25 1.491 9.2 3.9 0.93 1.2 190

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1959 AL  3.7 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1959 AL  2.92 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1959 AL  1.165 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  7.912 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1962 AL  27 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  96 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1959 AL  1.923 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  0.643 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1961 AL  14 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 AL  9 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL  10 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1959 AL  130 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1959 AL  18 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1959 AL  1.9 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
1959 AL  20.16 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1959 AL  3.3 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1959 AL  2.0 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
1959 AL  2.1 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1957 AL  born 1939-02-12 (5th)
1958 AL  born 1939-02-12 (6th)
1959 AL  born 1939-02-12 (7th)
1960 AL  born 1939-02-12 (10th)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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