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Luke Walker
James Luke Walker
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 192 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
Final Game: October 1, 1974
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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
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 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 79 2.300 7.2 0.0 13.5 6.3 0.47
1968 24 PIT NL 0 3 .000 2.04 39 2 14 0 0 3 61.2 42 18 14 1 39 0 66 1 0 5 264 142 1.314 6.1 0.1 5.7 9.6 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
9 Seasons 45 47 .489 3.65 243 100 51 16 7 9 824.2 763 375 334 43 408 28 558 10 0 41 3559 97 1.420 8.3 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.37
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .489 3.65 48 20 10 3 1 2 163 151 74 66 9 81 6 111 2 0 8 706 97 1.420 8.3 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.37
PIT (8 yrs) 40 42 .488 3.48 215 91 42 16 7 9 732.2 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.388 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) 40 42 .488 3.48 215 91 42 16 7 9 732.2 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.388 8.1 0.4 4.3 6.2 1.43
AL (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

Postseason Pitching

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

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
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 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
9 Seasons 215 218 188 4 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 12 107 .059 .115 .059 .174 -50 11 1 0 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 164 142 3 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 81 .059 .115 .059 .174 -50 8 1 0 14 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1970 26 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 PIT NL WS BAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 28 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 PIT NL 21 P 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.16 0.80
1966 PIT NL 22 P 10 1 10.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.80 0.20 .967 1.98 0.74
1968 PIT NL 24 P 39 2 62.1 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.17 0.38 .953 2.01 0.85
1969 PIT NL 25 P 31 15 118.2 28 2 24 2 0 .929 1.97 0.84 .961 1.95 0.78
1970 PIT NL 26 P 42 19 163.0 28 3 24 1 3 .964 1.49 0.64 .950 1.85 0.71 CYA-10,MVP-25
1971 PIT NL 27 P 28 24 159.2 22 3 18 1 3 .955 1.18 0.75 .955 1.90 0.78
1972 PIT NL 28 P 26 12 92.2 19 3 13 3 3 .842 1.55 0.62 .958 1.78 0.73
1973 PIT NL 29 P 37 18 122.0 22 4 16 2 1 .909 1.48 0.54 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 DET AL 30 P 28 9 92.0 18 6 11 1 0 .944 1.66 0.61 .944 1.81 0.83
9 Seasons P 243 100 825.1 156 25 120 11 10 .929 1.58 0.60 .954 1.88 0.77
9 Seasons TOT 243 100 825.1 156 25 120 11 10 .929 1.58 0.60 .883 1.88 0.77

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 (1469th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (10, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (264th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 NL  3.037 (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  .331 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 NL  128 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1445), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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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