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Kevin Walker

Kevin Michael Walker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 20, 1976 in Irving, TX
High School: Grand Prairie HS (Grand Prairie, TX)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 2000 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Padres/WhiteSox/Giants 2000-2005

Final Game: July 9, 2005 (Age 28)
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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
2000 23 SDP NL 7 1 .875 4.19 70 0 14 0 0 0 66.2 49 35 31 5 38 6 56 5 1 2 287 102 1.305 6.6 0.7 5.1 7.6 1.47
2001 24 SDP NL 0 0 3.00 16 0 5 0 0 0 12.0 5 4 4 0 8 2 17 0 1 0 49 137 1.083 3.8 0.0 6.0 12.8 2.13
2002 25 SDP NL 0 1 .000 5.63 11 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 12 6 5 2 5 1 11 0 0 1 42 70 2.125 13.5 2.3 5.6 12.4 2.20
2003 26 SDP NL 0 0 5.40 11 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 5 4 4 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 30 77 1.500 6.8 1.4 6.8 6.8 1.00
2004 27 SFG NL 0 0 16.20 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 10 33 3.000 16.2 5.4 10.8 5.4 0.50
2005 28 CHW AL 0 1 .000 9.00 9 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 10 7 7 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 35 52 2.143 12.9 1.3 6.4 6.4 1.00
6 Yrs 7 3 .700 4.76 122 0 25 0 0 0 102.0 84 59 54 10 63 10 95 6 2 3 453 90 1.441 7.4 0.9 5.6 8.4 1.51
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .700 4.76 68 0 14 0 0 0 57 47 33 30 6 35 6 53 3 1 2 252 90 1.441 7.4 0.9 5.6 8.4 1.51
SDP (4 yrs) 7 2 .778 4.24 108 0 22 0 0 0 93.1 71 49 44 8 56 9 89 5 2 3 408 100 1.361 6.8 0.8 5.4 8.6 1.59
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 16.20 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 10 33 3.000 16.2 5.4 10.8 5.4 0.50
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 9 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 10 7 7 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 35 52 2.143 12.9 1.3 6.4 6.4 1.00
NL (5 yrs) 7 2 .778 4.45 113 0 22 0 0 0 95.0 74 52 47 9 58 9 90 6 2 3 418 95 1.389 7.0 0.9 5.5 8.5 1.55
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 9 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 10 7 7 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 35 52 2.143 12.9 1.3 6.4 6.4 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2000 23 SDP NL 66.2 70 0 35 4.73 5.20 -0.05 -0.40 94.4 4.59 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.2 0.3 5 .498 .499
2001 24 SDP NL 12.0 16 0 4 3.00 5.03 -0.18 -0.38 96.3 4.65 2 0.2 1.1 -0.0 0.3 3 .514 .501 $255,000
2002 25 SDP NL 8.0 11 0 6 6.75 4.68 -0.46 -0.35 105.2 5.04 -2 -0.2 1.5 -0.1 -0.1 -1 .486 .499 $267,000
2003 26 SDP NL 6.2 11 0 4 5.40 5.10 0.00 -0.38 98.8 4.66 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.0 -0.0 0 .495 .500 $450,000
2004 27 SFG NL 1.2 5 0 3 16.20 6.45 -0.33 -0.48 99.8 6.29 -2 -0.2 .8 0.0 -0.2 -2 .464 .499 $450,000
2005 28 CHW AL 7.0 9 0 7 9.00 4.82 0.29 -0.36 106.0 4.41 -4 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.2 -3 .461 .498
6 Seasons 102.0 122 0 59 5.21 5.13 -0.08 -0.39 96.7 4.65 -7 -0.7 1.3 -0.2 0.1 3 .495 .499 $1,422,000
SDP (4 yrs) 93.1 108 0 49 4.73 5.13 -0.10 -0.39 95.9 4.64 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.2 0.5 8 .499 .500 $972,000
SFG (1 yr) 1.2 5 0 3 16.20 6.45 -0.33 -0.48 99.8 6.29 -2 -0.2 .8 0.0 -0.2 -2 .464 .499 $450,000
CHW (1 yr) 7.0 9 0 7 9.00 4.82 0.29 -0.36 106.0 4.41 -4 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.2 -3 .461 .498

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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
2000 23 SDP NL 70 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 24 SDP NL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 25 SDP NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 26 SDP NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 27 SFG NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2005 28 CHW AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 122 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (4 yrs) 108 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 113 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2000 23 SDP NL 70 4 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 1
2001 24 SDP NL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $255,000 1
2002 25 SDP NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $267,000 1
2003 26 SDP NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $450,000 1
2004 27 SFG NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $450,000 /1
2005 28 CHW AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
6 Seasons 122 4 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $1,422,000
SDP (4 yrs) 108 4 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $972,000
SFG (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $450,000
CHW (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2000 SDP NL 23 P 70 0 0 66.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.14 .962 1.74 1.72 2 1 33% 32% 0
2001 SDP NL 24 P 16 0 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.06 .960 1.72 1.73 0 0 0
2002 SDP NL 25 P 11 0 0 8.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.62 0.45 .964 1.80 1.81 0 0 0
2003 SDP NL 26 P 11 0 0 6.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.70 0.18 .955 1.89 1.83 1 0 0% 31% 0
2004 SFG NL 27 P 5 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 1.82 0 0 0
2005 CHW AL 28 P 9 0 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.29 0.11 .950 1.67 1.68 0 0 0
6 Seasons P 122 0 0 102.0 19 2 17 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.68 0.16 .961 1.75 1.74 3 1 25% 32% 0
6 Seasons TOT 122 0 0 102.0 19 2 17 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.68 0.16 .961 1.75 1.74 3 1 25% 32% 0
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

  • June 1, 1995: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1995.
  • March 31, 2004: Selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the San Diego Padres.
  • October 4, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 23, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
  • October 3, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
  • October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 4, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
  • April 3, 2007: Released by the Houston Astros.
  • June 14, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
  • October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200124San Diego Padres$255,0004/6/01 USA Today
200225San Diego Padres$267,0004/3/02 AP
200326San Diego Padres$450,0004/3/03 AP
200427San Francisco Giants$450,0004/7/04 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,422,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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