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Luke Walker

James Luke Walker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 2, 1943 in DeKalb, TX
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1965
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers 1965-1974

Final Game: October 1, 1974
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1963	19	BOS-min	AA,A	4	6	.400	4.43	18	10					67.0	74	49	33	4	36		37						1.642	9.9	0.5	4.8	5.0	1.03	REA,WLO · EL,MIDW
1964	20	PIT-min	AA	8	14	.364	3.72	29	28					184.0	185	111	76	11	122		164						1.668	9.0	0.5	6.0	8.0	1.34	AVL · SOUL
1965	21	PIT-min	AA,AAA	12	9	.571	2.43	29	27		0	0		189.0	128	64	51	9	109	0	203	0	0	1			1.254	6.1	0.4	5.2	9.7	1.86	AVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
1965	21	PIT	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	18		0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
1966	22	PIT-min	AAA	11	11	.500	2.77	25	25		8	2		172.0	155	59	53	8	80	1	132	6	0	16			1.366	8.1	0.4	4.2	6.9	1.65	CLB · IL
1966	22	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	4.50	10	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	8	9	5	0	15	2	7	1	0	2	55	83	2.300	7.2	0.0	13.5	6.3	0.47

1968	24	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	2.02	39	2	14	0	0	3	62.1	42	18	14	1	39	0	66	1	0	5	264	144	1.299	6.1	0.1	5.6	9.5	1.69
1969	25	PIT	NL	4	6	.400	3.64	31	15	6	3	1	0	118.2	98	51	48	5	57	3	96	2	0	6	500	96	1.306	7.4	0.4	4.3	7.3	1.68
1970	26	PIT	NL	15	6	.714	3.04	42	19	13	5	3	3	163.0	129	56	55	6	89	8	124	1	0	6	684	128	1.337	7.1	*0.3*	4.9	6.8	1.39	CYA-10,MVP-25
1971	27	PIT	NL	10	8	.556	3.55	28	24	1	4	2	0	159.2	157	69	63	9	53	2	86	2	0	5	666	98	1.315	8.8	0.5	3.0	4.8	1.62
1972	28	PIT	NL	4	6	.400	3.40	26	12	5	2	0	2	92.2	98	41	35	4	34	4	48	0	0	2	399	99	1.424	9.5	0.4	3.3	4.7	1.41
1973	29	PIT	NL	7	12	.368	4.65	37	18	1	2	1	1	122.0	129	75	63	9	66	8	74	1	0	8	553	76	1.598	9.5	0.7	4.9	5.5	1.12
1974	30	DET	AL	5	5	.500	4.99	28	9	9	0	0	0	92.0	100	56	51	9	54	1	52	2	0	6	420	76	1.674	9.8	0.9	5.3	5.1	0.96
1975	31	HOU-min	AAA	7	7	.500	4.33	20	18		2	0	0	106.0	124	60	51	4	65	3	84	1	0	6			1.783	10.5	0.3	5.5	7.1	1.29	IWA · AA
9 Seasons				45	47	.489	3.64	243	100	51	16	7	9	825.1	763	375	334	43	408	28	558	10	0	41	3559	98	1.419	8.3	0.5	4.4	6.1	1.37
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.489	3.64	48	20	10	3	1	2	164	151	74	66	9	81	6	111	2	0	8	706	98	1.419	8.3	0.5	4.4	6.1	1.37

PIT (8 yrs)				40	42	.488	3.47	215	91	42	16	7	9	733.1	663	319	283	34	354	27	506	8	0	35	3139	102	1.387	8.1	0.4	4.3	6.2	1.43
DET (1 yr)				5	5	.500	4.99	28	9	9	0	0	0	92.0	100	56	51	9	54	1	52	2	0	6	420	76	1.674	9.8	0.9	5.3	5.1	0.96

NL (8 yrs)			NL	40	42	.488	3.47	215	91	42	16	7	9	733.1	663	319	283	34	354	27	506	8	0	35	3139	102	1.387	8.1	0.4	4.3	6.2	1.43
AL (1 yr)			AL	5	5	.500	4.99	28	9	9	0	0	0	92.0	100	56	51	9	54	1	52	2	0	6	420	76	1.674	9.8	0.9	5.3	5.1	0.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1965	21	PIT	NL	5.0	0	0	3	0	.2	3	0.2	$
1966	22	PIT	NL	10.0	1	9	5	0	1.5	-4	-0.5	$

1968	24	PIT	NL	62.1	2	18	26	2	1.0	8	0.7	$
1969	25	PIT	NL	118.2	15	51	61	0	.8	10	0.9	$
1970	26	PIT	NL	163.0	19	56	87	4	1.1	31	3.3	$	CYA-10,MVP-25
1971	27	PIT	NL	159.2	24	69	82	2	1.1	13	1.5	$
1972	28	PIT	NL	92.2	12	41	43	1	.9	2	0.1	$
1973	29	PIT	NL	122.0	18	75	66	-1	.9	-9	-1.2	$
1974	30	DET	AL	92.0	9	56	55	-2	.7	-1	-0.3	$
9 Seasons				825.1	100	375	428	6	1.0	53	4.7	$

PIT (8 yrs)				733.1	91	319	373	8	1.0	54	5.0	$
DET (1 yr)				92.0	9	56	55	-2	.7	-1	-0.3	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1970	26	PIT	NL	NLCS	L	CIN	1	.000	1.29	1	1	7.0	5	2	1	1	1	1	5	1	27	0.857	6.4	1.3	1.3	6.4	5.00
1971	27	PIT	NL	WS	W	BAL	0		40.50	1	1	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	6	6.000	40.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
1972	28	PIT	NL	NLCS	L	CIN	0		18.00	1	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							1	.000	6.23	3	2	8.2	11	7	6	1	2	2	5	1	39	1.500	11.4	1.0	2.1	5.2	2.50
2 NLCS							1	.000	3.38	2	1	8.0	8	4	3	1	1	1	5	1	33	1.125	9.0	1.1	1.1	5.6	5.00
1 WS							0		40.50	1	1	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	6	6.000	40.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1963	19	BOS-min	AA,A	18	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.077	.250	.077	.327		1						REA,WLO · EL,MIDW
1964	20	PIT-min	AA	29	63	56	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	32	.054	.159	.054	.212		3						AVL · SOUL
1965	21	PIT-min	AA,AAA	29	59	51	4	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	8	21	.235	.339	.275	.613		14		0	0	0		AVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
1965	21	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1966	22	PIT-min	AAA	25	67	56	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	26	.054	.100	.054	.154		3		0	7	1		CLB · IL
1966	22	PIT	NL	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1968	24	PIT	NL	39	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
1969	25	PIT	NL	31	37	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	19	.000	.059	.000	.059	-82	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
1970	26	PIT	NL	42	57	46	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	26	.130	.184	.130	.314	-13	6	0	0	8	0	0	1	CYA-10,MVP-25
1971	27	PIT	NL	28	54	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	30	.022	.135	.022	.156	-53	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1972	28	PIT	NL	26	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.083	.120	.083	.203	-41	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1973	29	PIT	NL	37	33	30	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.067	.067	.067	.133	-62	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1974	30	DET	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	31	HOU-min	AAA	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		IWA · AA
9 Seasons				243	218	188	4	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	12	107	.059	.115	.059	.174	-50	11	1	0	18	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	145	125	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	71	.059	.115	.059	.174	-50	7	1	0	12	0	0

PIT (8 yrs)				215	218	188	4	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	12	107	.059	.115	.059	.174	-50	11	1	0	18	0	0
DET (1 yr)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				215	218	188	4	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	12	107	.059	.115	.059	.174	-50	11	1	0	18	0	0
AL (1 yr)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	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
1966	22	PIT	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1

1968	24	PIT	NL	9	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1969	25	PIT	NL	37	-8	0	0	0	0	3	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
1970	26	PIT	NL	57	-7	0	-1	0	0	5	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1	CYA-10,MVP-25
1971	27	PIT	NL	54	-9	0	0	0	0	4	2	-3	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	1
1972	28	PIT	NL	26	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1973	29	PIT	NL	33	-6	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$36,000	1
7 Seasons				218	-37	0	-1	0	0	18	6	-14	-1.9	-14	-1.4	-0.5	$36,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1970	26	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1971	27	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	1	0	0	0
1972	28	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	1	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 NLCS							2	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1965	PIT	NL	21	P	2	0	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.50	.960	2.16	2.10	0	0		0
1966	PIT	NL	22	P	10	1	0	10.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	1.80	0.20	.947	1.98	1.96	3	0	0%	0
1968	PIT	NL	24	P	39	2	0	62.1	15	3	12	0	0	1.000	2.17	0.38	.958	2.01	2.02	3	4	57%	1
1969	PIT	NL	25	P	31	15	3	118.2	28	2	24	2	0	.929	1.97	0.84	.958	1.95	1.94	11	1	8%	0
1970	PIT	NL	26	P	42	19	5	163.0	28	3	24	1	3	.964	1.49	0.64	.951	1.85	1.84	7	4	36%	1	CYA-10,MVP-25
1971	PIT	NL	27	P	28	24	4	159.2	22	3	18	1	3	.955	1.18	0.75	.954	1.90	1.90	4	3	43%	0
1972	PIT	NL	28	P	26	12	2	92.2	19	3	13	3	3	.842	1.55	0.62	.950	1.78	1.78	1	2	67%	0
1973	PIT	NL	29	P	37	18	2	122.0	22	4	16	2	1	.909	1.48	0.54	.950	1.88	1.88	9	2	18%	1
1974	DET	AL	30	P	28	9	0	92.0	18	6	11	1	0	.944	1.66	0.61	.947	1.81	1.80	11	5	31%	0
	9 Seasons			P	243	100	16	825.1	156	25	120	11	10	.929	1.58	0.60	.953	1.88	1.89	49	21	30%	3
	9 Seasons			TOT	243	100	16	825.1	156	25	120	11	10	.929	1.58	0.60	.953	1.88	1.89	49	21	30%	3

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1970 NL (25, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1498th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1970 NL (10, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (283rd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1970 NL 3.04 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1970 NL .714 (4th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1970 NL 7.123 (3rd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1970 NL 6.847 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1970 NL 3 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1970 NL 0.331 (1st)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1970 NL 128 (7th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1970 NL 28.13 (7th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1970 NL 3.0 (7th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
December 2, 1963: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Red Sox in the 1963 first-year draft.
December 5, 1973: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 6, 1975: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1973	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	$36,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1974	30	Detroit Tigers	$38,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$74,000

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