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Neil Walker

Neil Martin Walker (twitter: @NeilWalker18)

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 10, 1985 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Pine-Richland HS (Gibsonia, PA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2009
Team: Pirates 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.166, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: DSchaer, KChristman / Diamond Talent [*]
Relatives: Son of Tom Walker and Nephew of Chip Lang
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Standard Batting

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
2004	18	PIT-min	Rk,A-	60	244	225	30	62	15	3	4	27	4	3	12	34	.276	.316	.422	.738		95	2	3	0	4	2		BRD,WPT · GULF,NYPL
2005	19	PIT-min	A,A+	129	563	527	82	157	35	3	12	80	7	4	20	83	.298	.325	.444	.769		234	10	6	0	10	2		HCK,LBG · SALL,CARL
2006	20	PIT-min	A+,AA	82	326	295	37	80	22	1	5	38	3	5	20	45	.271	.329	.403	.733		119	7	6	4	1	1		LBG,ATO · CARL,EL
2007	21	PIT-min	AA,AAA	136	559	495	84	137	33	3	13	66	10	5	55	86	.277	.349	.434	.784		215	8	3	1	5	3		ATO,INA · EL,IL
2008	22	PIT-min	AAA	133	550	505	69	122	25	7	16	80	10	6	29	102	.242	.280	.414	.694		209	11	2	4	10	0		INA · IL
2009	23	PIT-min	AAA,Rk	103	422	386	40	99	33	2	15	70	5	3	27	65	.256	.304	.469	.773		181	13	2	1	6	1		INA,BRD · IL,GULF
2009	23	PIT	NL	17	40	36	5	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	.194	.275	.222	.497	35	8	1	0	0	0	0	/5
2010	24	PIT-min	AAA	43	189	168	25	54	18	2	6	26	10	1	19	31	.321	.392	.560	.951		94	2	1	0	1	0		INA · IL
2010	24	PIT	NL	110	469	426	57	126	29	3	12	66	2	3	34	83	.296	.349	.462	.811	119	197	4	3	2	4	1	4/5	RoY-5
2011	25	PIT	NL	159	662	596	76	163	36	4	12	83	9	6	54	112	.273	.334	.408	.742	106	243	15	4	0	8	5	*4
2012	26	PIT	NL	49	193	173	13	44	8	0	2	17	2	0	16	36	.254	.313	.335	.648	80	58	6	0	1	3	1	*4/D
4 Yrs				335	1364	1231	151	340	74	7	26	166	14	9	108	242	.276	.334	.411	.745	105	506	26	7	3	15	7
162 Game Avg.				162	660	595	73	164	36	3	13	80	7	4	52	117	.276	.334	.411	.745	105	245	13	3	1	7	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2009	23	PIT	NL	17	40	-3	-0	0	-3	0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.461	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$	/5
2010	24	PIT	NL	110	469	11	-2	1	-6	2	6	0.6	13	19	1.9	.506	.504	2.5	-0.4	25	$	4/5	RoY-5
2011	25	PIT	NL	159	662	3	1	0	-3	3	4	0.5	18	22	2.3	.503	.503	2.5	0.1	25	$437,000	*4
2012	26	PIT	NL	49	193	-4	1	-1	0	1	-4	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.492	.498	0.2	0.2	2	$	*4/D
4 Seasons				335	1364	6	-1	1	-12	6	0	0.2	38	38	3.8	.500	.500	4.9	-0.4	50	$437,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2009	23	PIT	NL	40	30	2	1.8	105	.280	.194	.263	.275	.336	.222	.418	.497	.755	35	.140	-3.4	-0.3	.433	.167	.028	.0
2010	24	PIT	NL	469	313	70	6.0	101	.340	.296	.260	.349	.329	.462	.409	.811	.738	119	.620	11.5	1.1	.759	.244	.167	3.4
2011	25	PIT	NL	662	462	80	4.7	96	.315	.273	.256	.334	.322	.408	.398	.742	.720	106	.522	6.1	0.6	.670	.230	.134	10.3
2012	26	PIT	NL	193	139	18	3.5	97	.304	.254	.255	.313	.322	.335	.402	.648	.724	80	.379	-4.1	-0.4	.563	.185	.081	2.0
4 Yrs				1364	944	170	4.8	98	.321	.276	.257	.334	.325	.411	.403	.745	.728	105	.531	10.1	1.0	.676	.227	.135	18.2
162 Game Avg.				660	457	82	4.8	98	.321	.276	.257	.334	.325	.411	.403	.745	.728	105	.531	5	0	.676	.227	.135	9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	23	PIT	NL	40	0.0%	27.5%	10.0%	2.5%	14%	2.75	3.3			0.47	0.46	63%	20%	0.0%	0%
2010	24	PIT	NL	469	2.6%	17.7%	7.3%	9.4%	35%	2.44	5.1	35.5	6.5	0.56	0.65	71%	22%	5.8%	6%
2011	25	PIT	NL	662	1.8%	16.9%	8.2%	7.9%	32%	2.07	5.3	49.7	7.2	0.81	1.06	73%	19%	4.9%	10%
2012	26	PIT	NL	193	1.0%	18.7%	8.3%	5.2%	23%	2.25	4.8	86.5	10.2	0.72	0.92	72%	17%	2.8%	10%
4 Yrs				1364	1.9%	17.7%	7.9%	7.8%	32%	2.24	5.1	47.3	7.4	0.70	0.87	72%	20%	4.8%	8%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	23	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.3	41	-0.7	0.3	-0.9	1.03	-0.4	-0.3	-4.2	-0.4	0.97	-3.8	1.16	8
2010	24	PIT	NL	11.5	1.1	483	1.3	9.0	-7.7	.96	1.2	0.2	22.2	2.2	0.94	15.7	1.11	1
2011	25	PIT	NL	5.2	0.5	685	1.5	13.0	-11.4	1.03	1.1	0.4	15.7	1.6	1.03	10.8	0.85	1
2012	26	PIT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	198	0.4	3.9	-3.5	1.08	-0.1	0.4	1.5	0.1	0.91	-1.0	2.95	1
4 Yrs				9.3	0.9	1407	2.6	26.1	-23.6	1.02	1.9	0.6	35.1	3.5	0.98	21.7	1.29	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	23	PIT	NL	0	46%	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	17%	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
2010	24	PIT	NL	3	30%	153	2	3	40%	2	3	0	3	1	5	13	41%	17	10	7	10	6	4	12	7	5
2011	25	PIT	NL	4	31%	270	9	6	60%	7	6	2	1	0	3	18	48%	32	20	12	11	6	5	15	4	11
2012	26	PIT	NL	2	19%	73	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	67%	7	2	5	2	1	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				9	29%	515	14	9	61%	12	9	2	4	1	11	36	46%	59	35	24	24	14	10	29	12	17

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	23	PIT	NL	40	100%	7	1	0	8	2	0	0	1.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	1	50%	27	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2010	24	PIT	NL	469	100%	126	11	3	1	0	0	0	1.11	12	0	15	9	3	5	7	0	5	2	40%	88	4	5%	37	12	32%	291	55	19%	26	17	65%	23	13	57%	0
2011	25	PIT	NL	662	99%	163	24	1	1	0	0	0	0.85	12	1	10	11	1	4	8	0	2	0	0%	130	15	12%	67	26	39%	402	73	18%	40	25	63%	30	16	53%	0
2012	26	PIT	NL	193	98%	44	7	3	1	0	0	0	2.95	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	5	1	20%	31	6	19%	17	8	47%	98	16	16%	8	5	63%	6	4	67%	0
4 Yrs				1364	99%	340	43	7	11	2	0	0	1.29	26	1	26	22	4	10	16	0	12	3	25%	256	26	10%	123	47	38%	818	144	18%	74	47	64%	60	34	57%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	23	PIT	NL	40	165	4.13	107	65%	25%	14%	37%	23%	75%	0%	48%	81%	20%	5%	2	0	20%	8	4	13%	5	4	9%	0	0	0
2010	24	PIT	NL	470	1791	3.81	1137	63%	29%	13%	27%	31%	71%	0%	45%	82%	24%	3%	16	0	14%	67	37	10%	49	36	28%	-1	0	0
2011	25	PIT	NL	663	2638	3.98	1669	63%	29%	11%	30%	29%	71%	2%	45%	84%	22%	5%	33	2	14%	90	38	10%	66	41	28%	-1	0	0
2012	26	PIT	NL	193	730	3.78	461	63%	30%	11%	28%	31%	70%	1%	44%	84%	25%	6%	11	0	10%	19	6	7%	14	8	31%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1366	5324	3.90	3374	63%	29%	12%	29%	30%	71%	1%	45%	83%	23%	5%	62	2	13%	184	85	10%	134	89	27%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	23	17	40	36	5	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	.194	.275	.222	.497	35	8	1	0	0	0	0
2010	24	127	509	462	62	133	30	3	12	66	3	3	38	94	.288	.343	.444	.787	112	205	5	3	2	4	1
2011	25	286	1171	1058	138	296	66	7	24	149	12	9	92	206	.280	.338	.423	.761	109	448	20	7	2	12	6
2012	26	335	1364	1231	151	340	74	7	26	166	14	9	108	242	.276	.334	.411	.745	105	506	26	7	3	15	7

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	23	17	40	36	5	7	1	0	0	0	1	4	11	.194	.275	.222	.497	2	17
2010	24	110	473	429	59	129	30	3	12	68	2	35	83	.301	.355	.469	.823	71	110
2011	25	159	677	607	84	174	38	4	13	92	10	58	112	.287	.349	.427	.775	90	159
2012	26	49	196	175	14	46	8	0	2	18	2	17	36	.263	.323	.343	.666	20	49
4 Yrs		335	1386	1247	162	356	77	7	27	178	15	114	242	.285	.345	.423	.768	183	335
162 Game Avg.		162	670	603	78	172	37	3	13	86	7	55	117	.285	.345	.423	.768	88	335

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2011 NL 159 (5th)	At Bats s c a p y 2011 NL 596 (9th)	Doubles s c a p y 2011 NL 36 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2011 NL 8 (3rd) 2012 NL 3 (4th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2012 NL 6 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2011 NL 462 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1868), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2225), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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