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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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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

More Stats

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	-min	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

1915	22	-min	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

1917	24	-min	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	81	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	105	1.500	10.4	0.2	3.1	4.2	1.33

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	-min	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	-min	A	21	9	.700	2.61	41						296.0	274	109	86		94							1.243	8.3		2.9			NOR · SOUA
1924	31	-min	AA	5	13	.278	5.95	36						186.0	238	139	123		77							1.694	11.5		3.7			MLW · AA
1925	32	-min	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 Seasons				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	100	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)			NL	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)			AL	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: 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
1912	19	CLE	AL	2.0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0.1	$

1915	22	CLE	AL	131.0	15	73	66	-1	1.0	-7	-0.3	$

1917	24	CHC	NL	7.0	1	5	3	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
1918	25	CHC	NL	43.1	7	27	19	0	1.0	-8	-0.9	$

1921	28	STL	NL	170.2	24	93	98	1	1.0	5	0.2	$
1922	29	STL	NL	32.0	2	20	20	-1	1.0	0	0.0	$
6 Seasons				386.0	49	218	207	-1	1.0	-11	-1.1	$

STL (2 yrs)				202.2	26	113	118	0	1.0	5	0.2	$
CHC (2 yrs)				50.1	8	32	22	0	1.0	-10	-1.1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				133.0	15	73	67	-1	1.0	-6	-0.2	$

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	HBP	SH	Pos
1912	19	-min	D	32	94	94		20	1	0	2						.213	.213	.287	.500		27			BRS · APPY
1912	19	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	/1

1915	22	-min	A	10	26	26		3	0	1	0						.115	.115	.192	.308		5			NOR · SOUA
1915	22	CLE	AL	25	43	38	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	18	.132	.175	.132	.307	-9	5	1	3	1

1917	24	-min	A	38	104	104		19	5	0	1						.183	.183	.260	.442		27			NOR · SOUA
1917	24	CHC	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1918	25	CHC	NL	13	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.083	.000	.083	-74	0	0	1	1

1921	28	STL	NL	38	60	54	2	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	20	.204	.232	.241	.473	27	13	0	4	1
1922	29	-min	A	19	44	44		11	1	1	0						.250	.250	.318	.568		14			NOR · SOUA
1922	29	STL	NL	12	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-25	1	0	1	1
1923	30	-min	A	41	107	107		23	3	0	0						.215	.215	.243	.458		26			NOR · SOUA
1924	31	-min	AA	37	74	74		14	1	0	0						.189	.189	.203	.392		15			MLW · AA
1925	32	-min	B,A	46	104	104		22	5	2	0						.212	.212	.298	.510		31			KNX,BIR,SHV · SALL,SOUA,TL
6 Seasons				91	125	111	4	17	2	0	0	4	0	1	4	46	.153	.190	.171	.361	1	19	1	9
162 Game Avg.				162	223	198	7	30	4	0	0	7	0		7	82	.153	.190	.171	.361	1	34	2	16

STL (2 yrs)				50	68	61	2	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	23	.197	.222	.230	.452	21	14	0	5
CHC (2 yrs)				15	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	-76	0	0	1
CLE (2 yrs)				26	43	38	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	18	.132	.175	.132	.307	-9	5	1	3

NL (4 yrs)				65	82	73	2	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	28	.164	.197	.192	.389	6	14	0	6
AL (2 yrs)				26	43	38	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	18	.132	.175	.132	.307	-9	5	1	3

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
1915	22	CLE	AL	43	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1

1917	24	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1918	25	CHC	NL	13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1

1921	28	STL	NL	60	-7	0	0	0	0	4	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1922	29	STL	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				125	-16	0	0	0	0	7	3	-6	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$

STL (2 yrs)				68	-8	0	0	0	0	5	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$
CHC (2 yrs)				14	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				43	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	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
1912	CLE	AL	19	P	1			2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		3.15	2.90
1915	CLE	AL	22	P	25			131.0	32	6	25	1	1	.969	2.13	1.24	.937	3.01	3.00
1917	CHC	NL	24	P	2			7.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29	0.50	.960	2.83	2.85
1918	CHC	NL	25	P	13			43.1	13	1	12	0	1	1.000	2.70	1.00	.965	2.93	2.94
1921	STL	NL	28	P	38	23	11	170.2	47	6	38	3	1	.936	2.32	1.16	.953	2.67	2.66
1922	STL	NL	29	P	12	2	0	32.0	4	1	1	2	0	.500	0.56	0.17	.958	2.39	2.36
	6 Seasons			P	91	25	11	386.0	97	14	77	6	3	.938	2.12	1.00	.949	2.80	2.76
	6 Seasons			TOT	91	25	11	386.0	97	14	77	6	3	.938	2.12	1.00	.949	2.80	2.76

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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