Rube Walker
Albert Bluford Walker
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 16, 1926 in Lenoir, NC
High School: Lenior (Lenior, NC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Final Game: June 15, 1958
Died: December 12, 1992 in Morganton, NC
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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
1948 22 CHC NL 79 197 171 17 47 8 0 5 26 0 24 17 .275 .371 .409 .780 114 70 8 2 0 2
1949 23 CHC NL 56 181 172 11 42 4 1 3 22 0 9 18 .244 .282 .331 .613 66 57 4 0 0 2
1950 24 CHC NL 74 231 213 19 49 7 1 6 16 0 18 34 .230 .290 .357 .647 70 76 3 0 0 2
1951 25 TOT NL 73 200 181 15 43 8 0 4 14 0 0 18 27 .238 .307 .348 .655 74 63 7 0 1 2
1951 25 CHC NL 37 119 107 9 25 4 0 2 5 0 0 12 13 .234 .311 .327 .638 70 35 4 0 0 2
1951 25 BRO NL 36 81 74 6 18 4 0 2 9 0 0 6 14 .243 .300 .378 .678 80 28 3 0 1 2
1952 26 BRO NL 46 150 139 9 36 8 0 1 19 0 0 8 17 .259 .304 .338 .642 77 47 3 1 2 2
1953 27 BRO NL 43 103 95 5 23 6 0 3 9 0 0 7 11 .242 .301 .400 .701 79 38 1 1 0 2
1954 28 BRO NL 50 183 155 12 28 7 0 5 23 0 0 24 17 .181 .291 .323 .614 58 50 5 1 1 2 2
1955 29 BRO NL 48 120 103 6 26 5 0 2 13 1 0 15 11 .252 .342 .359 .701 84 37 8 0 0 2 4 2
1956 30 BRO NL 54 156 146 5 31 6 1 3 20 0 1 7 18 .212 .245 .329 .574 48 48 3 0 1 2 2 2
1957 31 BRO NL 60 187 166 12 30 8 0 2 23 2 0 15 33 .181 .243 .265 .508 32 44 7 0 2 4 4 2
1958 32 LAD NL 25 50 44 3 5 2 0 1 7 0 0 5 10 .114 .200 .227 .427 11 10 2 0 0 1 2 2
11 Seasons 608 1758 1585 114 360 69 3 35 192 3 1 150 213 .227 .294 .341 .635 68 540 51 5 7 11 12
162 Game Avg. 162 468 422 30 96 18 1 9 51 1 40 57 .227 .294 .341 .635 68 144 14 1 2
LAD (8 yrs) 362 1030 922 58 197 46 1 19 123 3 1 87 131 .214 .281 .328 .608 59 302 32 3 7 11 12
CHC (4 yrs) 246 728 663 56 163 23 2 16 69 0 0 63 82 .246 .313 .359 .672 81 238 19 2 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1948 22 CHC NL 197 132 25 5.0 99 .282 .275 .264 .371 .338 .409 .391 .780 .729 114 .556 4.4 0.4 .727 .275 .135 .0
1949 23 CHC NL 181 134 16 3.2 101 .258 .244 .267 .282 .340 .331 .399 .613 .739 66 .340 -8.9 -0.9 .493 .140 .087 .0
1950 24 CHC NL 231 167 22 3.5 107 .249 .230 .268 .290 .345 .357 .416 .647 .761 70 .368 -10.0 -1.0 .563 .211 .127 .0
1951 25 TOT NL 200 146 19 3.5 105 .260 .238 .270 .307 .344 .348 .409 .655 .753 74 .385 -6.7 -0.7 .559 .210 .110 .0
1951 25 CHC NL 119 86 11 3.4 105 .250 .234 .270 .311 .344 .327 .409 .638 .753 70 .378 -4.4 -0.4 .547 .206 .093 .0
1951 25 BRO NL 81 60 8 3.6 105 .276 .243 .270 .300 .344 .378 .409 .678 .753 80 .396 -2.3 -0.2 .576 .216 .135 .0
1952 26 BRO NL 150 108 14 3.5 98 .289 .259 .263 .304 .336 .338 .391 .642 .727 77 .419 -4.3 -0.4 .528 .137 .079 .0
1953 27 BRO NL 103 73 11 4.0 112 .247 .242 .278 .301 .349 .400 .433 .701 .782 79 .414 -3.1 -0.3 .630 .232 .158 .0
1954 28 BRO NL 183 135 15 3.0 112 .170 .181 .279 .291 .351 .323 .431 .614 .782 58 .295 -9.9 -1.0 .568 .297 .142 .0
1955 29 BRO NL 120 87 11 3.4 109 .261 .252 .270 .342 .342 .359 .428 .701 .769 84 .355 -1.8 -0.2 .624 .262 .107 1.3
1956 30 BRO NL 156 122 11 2.4 110 .220 .212 .274 .245 .343 .329 .433 .574 .775 48 .244 -11.6 -1.2 .454 .158 .116 .0
1957 31 BRO NL 187 149 10 1.8 110 .207 .181 .279 .243 .344 .265 .432 .508 .775 32 .153 -16.4 -1.6 .427 .187 .084 2.0
1958 32 LAD NL 50 42 2 1.3 109 .118 .114 .274 .200 .343 .227 .428 .427 .771 11 .086 -5.8 -0.6 .366 .227 .114 .0
11 Seasons 1758 1295 156 3.2 106 .241 .227 .271 .294 .343 .341 .415 .635 .758 68 .346 -74.2 -7.4 .546 .209 .114 5.5
162 Game Avg. 468 345 42 3.2 106 .241 .227 .271 .294 .343 .341 .415 .635 .758 68 .346 -74.2 -7.4 .546 .209 .114 1
LAD (8 yrs) 1030 776 82 2.8 108 .227 .214 .274 .281 .344 .328 .423 .608 .767 59 .293 -55.2 -5.5 .520 .210 .114 5.2
CHC (4 yrs) 728 519 74 3.8 103 .260 .246 .267 .313 .342 .359 .404 .672 .746 81 .416 -19.0 -1.9 .584 .208 .113 .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
1956 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1948 22 CHC NL 197 2.5% 8.6% 12.2% 6.6% 28% 0.71 10.1 34.2 6.6 76%
1949 23 CHC NL 181 1.7% 9.9% 5.0% 4.4% 19% 2.00 9.6 57.3 7.8 83%
1950 24 CHC NL 231 2.6% 14.7% 7.8% 6.1% 29% 1.89 6.3 35.5 13.3 75%
1951 25 TOT NL 200 2.0% 13.5% 9.0% 6.0% 28% 1.50 6.7 45.3 12.9 75%
1951 25 CHC NL 119 1.7% 10.9% 10.1% 5.0% 24% 1.08 8.2 53.5 21.4 77%
1951 25 BRO NL 81 2.5% 17.3% 7.4% 7.4% 33% 2.33 5.3 37.0 8.2 72%
1952 26 BRO NL 150 0.7% 11.3% 5.3% 6.0% 25% 2.13 8.2 139.0 7.3 81%
1953 27 BRO NL 103 2.9% 10.7% 6.8% 8.7% 39% 1.57 8.6 31.7 10.6 79%
1954 28 BRO NL 183 2.7% 9.3% 13.1% 6.6% 43% 0.71 9.1 31.0 6.7 0.85 74%
1955 29 BRO NL 120 1.7% 9.2% 12.5% 5.8% 27% 0.73 9.4 51.5 7.9 1.20 77%
1956 30 BRO NL 156 1.9% 11.5% 4.5% 6.4% 32% 2.57 8.1 48.7 7.3 1.10 81%
1957 31 BRO NL 187 1.1% 17.7% 8.0% 5.4% 33% 2.20 5.0 83.0 7.2 1.25 72%
1958 32 LAD NL 50 2.0% 20.0% 10.0% 6.0% 60% 2.00 4.4 44.0 6.3 0.94 68%
11 Seasons 1758 2.0% 12.1% 8.5% 6.1% 30% 1.42 7.4 45.3 8.3 1.06 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 28 BRO NL 0 0 15% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 33% 8 4 3 0 0 0 4 2 1
1955 29 BRO NL 1 0 10% 41 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 30 BRO NL 1 0 6% 28 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
1957 31 BRO NL 0 0 23% 30 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 70% 3 2 1 1 1 0 6 0 6
1958 32 LAD NL 0 0 22% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
11 Seasons 2 0 17% 150 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 7 37% 22 16 5 1 1 0 15 3 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 28 BRO NL 183 90% 28 3 0 0 0 2.84 5 0 4 3 2 1 4 0 1 1 100% 42 5 12% 18 5 28% 114 18 16% 11 6 55% 10 5 50% 0
1955 29 BRO NL 120 98% 26 10 2 0 1 1.87 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 19 8 42% 14 2 14% 67 11 16% 7 3 43% 7 4 57% 0
1956 30 BRO NL 156 95% 31 9 2 0 2 2.30 3 0 9 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 50% 31 3 10% 14 4 29% 110 17 15% 11 6 55% 7 4 57% 0
1957 31 BRO NL 187 94% 30 10 3 0 2 2.27 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 67% 46 7 15% 22 9 41% 118 21 18% 11 10 91% 8 1 13% 0
1958 32 LAD NL 50 100% 5 5 1 1 2 1.67 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 2 18% 5 1 20% 34 6 18% 6 2 33% 4 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 696 94% 360 37 8 1 7 2.14 35 0 18 10 3 5 8 0 6 7 117% 149 51 34% 73 21 29% 443 73 16% 46 27 59% 36 14 39% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1948 22 79 197 171 17 47 8 0 5 26 0 24 17 .275 .371 .409 .780 114 70 8 2 0
1949 23 135 378 343 28 89 12 1 8 48 0 33 35 .259 .328 .370 .698 91 127 12 2 0
1950 24 209 609 556 47 138 19 2 14 64 0 51 69 .248 .314 .365 .679 82 203 15 2 0
1951 25 282 809 737 62 181 27 2 18 78 0 0 69 96 .246 .312 .361 .673 80 266 22 2 1
1952 26 328 959 876 71 217 35 2 19 97 0 0 77 113 .248 .311 .357 .668 80 313 25 3 3
1953 27 371 1062 971 76 240 41 2 22 106 0 0 84 124 .247 .310 .361 .671 80 351 26 4 3
1954 28 421 1245 1126 88 268 48 2 27 129 0 0 108 141 .238 .307 .356 .663 77 401 31 5 4 2
1955 29 469 1365 1229 94 294 53 2 29 142 1 0 123 152 .239 .310 .356 .666 77 438 39 5 4 4 4
1956 30 523 1521 1375 99 325 59 3 32 162 1 1 130 170 .236 .303 .353 .657 74 486 42 5 5 6 6
1957 31 583 1708 1541 111 355 67 3 34 185 3 1 145 203 .230 .297 .344 .641 69 530 49 5 7 10 10
1958 32 608 1758 1585 114 360 69 3 35 192 3 1 150 213 .227 .294 .341 .635 68 540 51 5 7 11 12

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
1948 22 83 208 180 18 50 9 0 5 28 0 26 18 .278 .375 .411 .786 27 79
1949 23 58 188 179 11 44 4 1 3 23 0 9 19 .246 .282 .330 .612 17 56
1950 24 77 239 221 19 50 7 1 6 16 0 18 36 .226 .285 .348 .633 22 74
1951 25 76 205 187 15 44 8 0 4 14 0 18 28 .235 .302 .342 .645 20 73
1952 26 48 157 147 10 39 9 0 1 21 0 9 18 .265 .312 .347 .659 16 46
1953 27 45 105 97 5 22 6 0 3 8 0 7 11 .227 .286 .381 .667 10 43
1954 28 53 191 163 12 29 7 0 5 23 0 25 18 .178 .288 .313 .601 15 50
1955 29 50 122 106 6 25 5 0 2 13 1 14 12 .236 .320 .340 .659 12 48
1956 30 56 160 151 5 31 6 1 3 21 0 7 19 .205 .238 .318 .555 11 54
1957 31 63 191 172 12 30 8 0 2 23 2 15 34 .174 .236 .256 .491 10 60
1958 32 26 52 46 3 5 2 0 1 8 0 5 11 .109 .192 .217 .410 2 25
11 Seasons 635 1818 1649 116 369 71 3 35 198 3 153 224 .224 .290 .334 .624 162 608
162 Game Avg. 162 464 421 30 94 18 1 9 51 1 39 57 .224 .290 .334 .624 41 608

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