Roy Walker

James Roy Walker (Dixie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 13, 1893 in Lawrenceburg, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1912
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Indians/Cubs/Naps 1912-1922

Final Game: July 4, 1922
Died: February 10, 1962 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Garden of Memories, Metairie, LA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1912	19	BRS	D	17	11	.607		31						240.0	166	61			44							0.875	6.2		1.6			BRS · APPY
1912	19	CLE	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50

1913	20	NOR,TOL	A,AA	7	10	.412		28						181.0	187	114			89							1.525	9.3		4.4			NOR,TOL · SOUA,AA
1914	21	NOR	A	15	11	.577		32						243.0	178	85			107							1.173	6.6		4.0			NOR · SOUA
1915	22	NOR	A	7	2	.778		10						79.0	44	18			35							1.000	5.0		4.0			NOR · SOUA
1915	22	CLE	AL	4	9	.308	3.98	25	15	6	4	0	1	131.0	122	73	58	1	65	57	7	1	6	539	77	1.427	8.4	0.1	4.5	3.9	0.88

1916	23	NOR	A	16	14	.533		39						294.0	229	94			118							1.180	7.0		3.6			NOR · SOUA
1917	24	NOR	A	19	11	.633	1.64	36						297.0	170	75	54		162							1.118	5.2		4.9			NOR · SOUA
1917	24	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	3.86	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	5	3	0	5	4	0	0	1	34	80	1.857	10.3	0.0	6.4	5.1	0.80
1918	25	CHC	NL	1	3	.250	2.70	13	7	4	2	0	1	43.1	50	27	13	1	15	20	1	0	0	190	104	1.500	10.4	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.33

1919	26	CLB,NOR	AA,A	12	13	.480	2.76	34						222.0	202	93	68		96							1.342	8.2		3.9			CLB,NOR · AA,SOUA
1920	27	NOR	A	26	11	.703		47						363.0	281	104			98							1.044	7.0		2.4			NOR · SOUA
1921	28	STL	NL	11	12	.478	4.22	38	23	8	11	0	3	170.2	194	93	80	10	53	52	1	1	4	731	86	1.447	10.2	0.5	2.8	2.7	0.98
1922	29	NOR	A	12	1	.923	1.58	19						120.0	104	30	21		35							1.158	7.8		2.6			NOR · SOUA
1922	29	STL	NL	1	2	.333	4.78	12	2	6	0	0	0	32.0	34	20	17	1	15	14	0	1	2	139	82	1.531	9.6	0.3	4.2	3.9	0.93
1923	30	NOR	A	21	9	.700	2.61	41						296.0	274	109	86		94							1.243	8.3		2.9			NOR · SOUA
1924	31	MLW	AA	5	13	.278	5.95	36						186.0	238	139	123		77							1.694	11.5		3.7			MLW · AA
1925	32	BIR,KNX,SHV	A,B	6	13	.316	4.88	27						129.0	163	98	70		59							1.721	11.4		4.1			BIR,KNX,SHV · SOUA,SALL,TL
6 Yrs				17	27	.386	3.99	91	48	25	17	0	5	386.0	408	218	171	13	155	148	9	3	13	1641	84	1.459	9.5	0.3	3.6	3.5	0.95
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.386	3.99	45	23	12	8	0	2	189	200	107	84	6	76	72	4	1	6	803	84	1.459	9.5	0.3	3.6	3.5	0.95

STL (2 yrs)				12	14	.462	4.31	50	25	14	11	0	3	202.2	228	113	97	11	68	66	1	2	6	870	85	1.461	10.1	0.5	3.0	2.9	0.97
CHC (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	2.86	15	8	4	2	0	1	50.1	58	32	16	1	20	24	1	0	1	224	99	1.550	10.4	0.2	3.6	4.3	1.20
CLE (2 yrs)				4	9	.308	3.92	26	15	7	4	0	1	133.0	122	73	58	1	67	58	7	1	6	547	78	1.421	8.3	0.1	4.5	3.9	0.87

NL (4 yrs)				13	18	.419	4.02	65	33	18	13	0	4	253.0	286	145	113	12	88	90	2	2	7	1094	87	1.478	10.2	0.4	3.1	3.2	1.02
AL (2 yrs)				4	9	.308	3.92	26	15	7	4	0	1	133.0	122	73	58	1	67	58	7	1	6	547	78	1.421	8.3	0.1	4.5	3.9	0.87

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1912	19	CLE	AL	2.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.45	-0.01	0.00	103.0	4.60	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.616	.501	$

1915	22	CLE	AL	131.0	25	15	73	5.02	4.03	-0.10	0.00	104.0	4.29	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.456	.493	$

1917	24	CHC	NL	7.0	2	1	5	6.43	3.53	-0.26	0.00	106.0	4.02	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.394	.499	$
1918	25	CHC	NL	43.1	13	7	27	5.61	3.60	0.00	0.00	100.4	3.61	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.416	.493	$

1921	28	STL	NL	170.2	38	23	93	4.90	4.53	0.06	0.00	97.6	4.36	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.3	6	.474	.494	$
1922	29	STL	NL	32.0	12	2	20	5.63	4.98	-0.39	0.00	94.4	5.07	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.482	.499	$
6 Seasons				386.0	91	48	218	5.08	4.27	-0.04	0.00	100.0	4.31	-33	-3.5	1.0	-0.3	-0.6	3	.462	.496	$

STL (2 yrs)				202.2	50	25	113	5.02	4.60	-0.01	0.00	97.1	4.47	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	0.3	8	.476	.496	$
CHC (2 yrs)				50.1	15	8	32	5.72	3.59	-0.04	0.00	101.2	3.67	-11	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-8	.413	.496	$
CLE (2 yrs)				133.0	26	15	73	4.94	4.04	-0.10	0.00	104.0	4.30	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	.462	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	25	CHC	NL	190	0.5%	10.5%	7.9%	2.1%	8%	77%

1921	28	STL	NL	731	1.4%	7.1%	7.3%			82%
1922	29	STL	NL	139	0.7%	10.1%	10.8%			73%
3 Yrs				1060	1.1%	8.1%	7.8%	0.4%	1%	80%
MLB Averages					0.7%	7.6%	7.3%	2.6%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	19	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
1913	20	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
1914	21	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
1915	22	4	9	.308	3.92	26	15	7	4	1	133.0	122	73	58	1	67	58	7	1	6	547	78	1.421	8.3	0.1	4.5	3.9	0.87	78
1916	23	4	9	.308	3.92	26	15	7	4	1	133.0	122	73	58	1	67	58	7	1	6	547	78	1.421	8.3	0.1	4.5	3.9	0.87	78
1917	24	4	10	.286	3.92	28	16	7	4	1	140.0	130	78	61	1	72	62	7	1	7	581	78	1.443	8.4	0.1	4.6	4.0	0.86	78
1918	25	5	13	.278	3.63	41	23	11	6	2	183.1	180	105	74	2	87	82	8	1	7	771	83	1.456	8.8	0.1	4.3	4.0	0.94	83
1919	26	5	13	.278	3.63	41	23	11	6	2	183.1	180	105	74	2	87	82	8	1	7	771	83	1.456	8.8	0.1	4.3	4.0	0.94	83
1920	27	5	13	.278	3.63	41	23	11	6	2	183.1	180	105	74	2	87	82	8	1	7	771	83	1.456	8.8	0.1	4.3	4.0	0.94	83
1921	28	16	25	.390	3.92	79	46	19	17	5	354.0	374	198	154	12	140	134	9	2	11	1502	85	1.452	9.5	0.3	3.6	3.4	0.96	85
1922	29	17	27	.386	3.99	91	48	25	17	5	386.0	408	218	171	13	155	148	9	3	13	1641	84	1.459	9.5	0.3	3.6	3.5	0.95	84

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
1912	19	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	0.0	1

1915	22	5	8	.385	4.96	118.0	132	72	65	1	70	51	8	1.712	10.1	5.3	3.9	0.73	0.1	25

1917	24	0	0		5.14	7.0	9	4	4	0	6	4	0	2.143	11.6	7.7	5.1	0.67	0.0	2
1918	25	3	2	.600	3.60	50.0	71	22	20	1	21	23	1	1.840	12.8	3.8	4.1	1.10	0.2	13

1921	28	8	10	.444	4.50	170.0	206	94	85	11	56	52	1	1.541	10.9	3.0	2.8	0.93	0.6	38
1922	29	1	2	.333	4.78	32.0	34	19	17	1	15	14	0	1.531	9.6	4.2	3.9	0.93	0.3	12
6 Yrs		17	22	.436	4.54	379.0	452	211	191	14	170	145	10	1.641	10.7		3.4	0.85	0.3	91

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1921 NL 3 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1915 AL 6 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1912 AL born 1893-04-13 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1921 NL 3 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1915 AL 6 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1912 AL born 1893-04-13 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Jaime Cocanower (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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