Jerry Walker
Jerry Allen Walker
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1939 in Ada, OK
High School: Byng (Byng, OK)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1957
Final Game: September 25, 1964
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Standard Pitching

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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 1 114 122 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 51 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 0 502 102 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 77 1.345 8.4 0.9 3.7 4.7 1.25
8 Seasons 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 113 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 78 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 74 1.444 9.3 1.5 3.7 4.2 1.15

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS 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 1 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*

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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
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
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
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
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
1961 22 KCA AL 36 758 637 100 161 25 6 23 8 2 96 56 .253 .356 .419 .775 .244 267 14 10 7 8 2
1962 23 KCA AL 31 650 552 101 165 33 4 27 4 2 78 57 .299 .388 .520 .908 .291 287 13 7 6 7 4
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
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
8 Seasons 190 3244 2818 397 734 130 18 97 24 16 341 326 .260 .342 .423 .765 .263 1191 74 25 32 28 22
162 Game Avg. 46 788 684 96 178 32 4 24 6 4 83 79 .260 .342 .423 .765 .263 289 18 6 8 7 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 56 111 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 2 3 1 0 7 39% 50 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% 45 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 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% 26 34 17 16 7 2 0 1.0 0.0 2.7
6 Seasons 178 90 28 36 26 4 11 46 44 .511 9 10 16 4 39 43% 48 111 12 91 38 20 47 4.6 4.5 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.700 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 0.188 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 1.169 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 1.067 3 0 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 0.942 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 0.932 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 0.878 11 4 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 0.451 2 0 4 1 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 0 4.8
8 Seasons 190 100 49 9 8 17 13 4 76% 17 0 56 21 38% 0.977 26 9 62 21 9 70 31 69 61 18 63 13 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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 29% 0.9% 11.3% 12.2% 2.6% 13% 1.19 75% 18 4 22%
1958 19 BAL AL 52 21% 3.9% 11.5% 9.6% 11.5% 38% 0.60 75% 9 0 0%
1959 20 BAL AL 736 39% 1.8% 13.6% 7.1% 6.1% 28% 1.02 76% 146 22 15%
1960 21 BAL AL 502 37% 3.0% 9.6% 11.2% 7.6% 36% 0.85 74% 101 13 13%
1961 22 KCA AL 758 39% 3.0% 7.4% 12.7% 7.1% 34% 0.70 75% 156 14 9%
1962 23 KCA AL 648 43% 4.2% 8.8% 12.0% 9.9% 39% 0.84 73% 135 13 10%
1963 24 CLE AL 392 39% 3.8% 10.5% 9.2% 7.9% 34% 0.86 75% 84 7 8%
1964 25 CLE AL 39 49% 2.6% 12.8% 10.3% 10.3% 44% 1.30 74% 7 1 14%
8 Seasons 3242 39% 3.0% 10.1% 10.5% 7.6% 33% 0.86 75% 656 74 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 718 161 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 40
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 14
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 Seasons 3188 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 54
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 1 114 122 1.373 7.8 0.3 4.6 4.2 0.93 122
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 89 1.553 9.5 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00 89
1959 20 12 10 .545 3.11 49 25 14 8 3 5 220.0 200 85 76 16 71 10 119 3 1 4 902 120 1.232 8.2 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.68 120
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 113 1.284 8.2 0.8 3.4 4.4 1.32 113
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 92 1.438 8.8 1.1 4.2 3.9 0.93 92
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

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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 3.18 181.0 169 71 64 14 55 99 3 1.238 8.4 2.7 4.9 1.80 0.7 30
1960 21 6 7 .462 4.08 117.0 114 59 53 16 60 48 3 1.487 8.8 4.6 3.7 0.80 1.2 29
1961 22 7 11 .389 4.69 165.0 159 96 86 23 95 55 10 1.539 8.7 5.2 3.0 0.58 1.3 36
1962 23 5 10 .333 5.68 141.0 163 99 89 27 77 56 7 1.702 10.4 4.9 3.6 0.73 1.7 31
1963 24 3 6 .333 5.51 85.0 98 58 52 16 38 40 2 1.600 10.4 4.0 4.2 1.05 1.7 39
1964 25 0 0 5.00 9.0 9 6 5 1 4 5 0 1.444 9.0 4.0 5.0 1.25 1.0 6
8 Seasons 34 44 .436 4.52 734.0 756 411 369 100 350 321 25 1.507 9.3 3.9 0.92 1.2 190

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-2 (P)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1959 AL--2.918--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--.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

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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