Rube Walker

Albert Bluford Walker

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 16, 1926 in Lenoir, NC
High School: Lenoir HS (Lenoir, NC)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs 1948-1958

Final Game: June 15, 1958
Died: December 12, 1992 in Morganton, NC
Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, NC
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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
1944	18	CHC-min	D	55	182	182		48	4	4	1						.264	.264	.346	.610		63							ERW · APPY
1945	19	CHC-min	B,A1	91	276	276		69	15	3	7						.250	.250	.402	.652		111							PTH,NVL · PIED,SOUA
1946	20	CHC-min	B	96	356	356		126	18	6	13						.354	.354	.548	.902		195							DAV · IIIL
1947	21	CHC-min	AA	128	435	435		144	20	1	22						.331	.331	.533	.864		232							NVL · SOUA
1948	22	CHC	NL	79	196	171	17	47	8	0	5	26	0		24	17	.275	.371	.409	.780	115	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	67	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	76	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	78	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	47	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
1959	33	LAD-min	AAA	103	327	280	26	75	10	0	5	36	0		41	43	.268	.360	.357	.717		100		1	2	3	10		STP,HSN · AA
1960	34	LAD-min	AA	62	176	147	22	37	3	0	5	29	0		29	20	.252	.375	.374	.749		55							ATA · SOUA
11 Yrs				608	1757	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	727	663	56	163	23	2	16	69	0	0	63	82	.246	.313	.359	.672	81	238	19	2	0

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
1948	22	CHC	NL	79	196	4	-0	0	0	2	6	0.6	7	13	1.3	.507	.504	1.3	0.2	13	$	2
1949	23	CHC	NL	56	181	-8	-0	-0	-2	1	-9	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.484	.495	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	2
1950	24	CHC	NL	74	231	-10	1	-1	0	2	-7	-0.8	8	1	0.0	.490	.496	0.0	0.2	1	$	2
1951	25	CHC	NL	37	119	-4	0	-0	0	1	-3	-0.4	4	1	0.0	.491	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1951	25	BRO	NL	36	81	-2	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.495	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1952	26	BRO	NL	46	150	-4	-1	0	0	1	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.491	.497	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1953	27	BRO	NL	43	103	-2	-1	-0	0	1	-2	-0.3	3	1	0.1	.494	.498	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1954	28	BRO	NL	50	183	-12	-1	-1	2	2	-10	-1.0	6	-4	-0.4	.480	.494	-0.6	0.4	-6	$	2
1955	29	BRO	NL	48	120	-4	0	-2	-1	1	-5	-0.5	4	-0	-0.1	.490	.497	0.0	-0.0	0	$	2
1956	30	BRO	NL	54	156	-12	-1	-0	0	2	-12	-1.4	5	-7	-0.9	.475	.492	-0.8	0.1	-7	$	2
1957	31	BRO	NL	60	187	-20	0	-0	5	2	-12	-1.4	6	-6	-0.8	.478	.492	-1.2	0.7	-11	$	2
1958	32	LAD	NL	25	50	-7	-0	-0	-1	1	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.466	.495	-0.6	-0.0	-5	$	2
11 Seasons				608	1757	-79	-2	-5	3	16	-68	-7.6	60	-8	-1.6	.488	.496	-1.6	1.7	-11	$

LAD (8 yrs)				362	1030	-62	-4	-4	5	10	-55	-6.1	35	-20	-2.6	.484	.495	-2.9	1.4	-25	$
CHC (4 yrs)				246	727	-17	1	-1	-2	6	-13	-1.5	25	12	1.0	.494	.498	1.3	0.4	14	$

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
1948	22	CHC	NL	196	132	25	5.0	98	.282	.275	.263	.371	.336	.409	.389	.780	.726	115	.556	4.6	0.5	.727	.275	.135	.0
1949	23	CHC	NL	181	134	16	3.2	100	.258	.244	.266	.282	.338	.331	.397	.613	.736	67	.342	-8.6	-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	-4.5	-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	99	.289	.259	.264	.304	.337	.338	.393	.642	.730	76	.419	-4.5	-0.5	.528	.137	.079	.0
1953	27	BRO	NL	103	73	11	4.0	113	.247	.242	.278	.301	.349	.400	.433	.701	.782	78	.414	-3.2	-0.3	.630	.232	.158	.0
1954	28	BRO	NL	183	135	15	3.0	113	.170	.181	.279	.291	.351	.323	.431	.614	.782	58	.295	-9.8	-1.0	.568	.297	.142	.0
1955	29	BRO	NL	120	87	11	3.4	109	.261	.252	.270	.342	.342	.359	.428	.701	.770	84	.355	-1.8	-0.2	.624	.262	.107	1.3
1956	30	BRO	NL	156	122	11	2.4	111	.220	.212	.274	.245	.343	.329	.433	.574	.776	47	.244	-11.5	-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	110	.118	.114	.274	.200	.343	.227	.429	.427	.772	11	.086	-5.8	-0.6	.366	.227	.114	.0
11 Yrs				1757	1295	156	3.2	106	.241	.227	.271	.294	.343	.341	.415	.635	.758	68	.346	-73.9	-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	-73.9	-7.4	.546	.209	.114	1

LAD (8 yrs)				1030	776	82	2.8	109	.227	.214	.274	.281	.344	.328	.424	.608	.768	59	.293	-55.4	-5.5	.520	.210	.114	5.2
CHC (4 yrs)				727	519	74	3.8	103	.260	.246	.267	.313	.341	.359	.403	.672	.744	81	.416	-18.5	-1.8	.584	.208	.113	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	22	CHC	NL	196	2.6%	8.7%	12.2%	6.6%	28%	0.71	10.1	34.2	6.6	1.36	76%
1949	23	CHC	NL	181	1.7%	9.9%	5.0%	4.4%	19%	2.00	9.6	57.3	7.8	0.85	83%
1950	24	CHC	NL	231	2.6%	14.7%	7.8%	6.1%	29%	1.89	6.3	35.5	13.3	1.22	75%
1951	25	TOT	NL	200	2.0%	13.5%	9.0%	6.0%	28%	1.50	6.7	45.3	12.9	0.91	75%
1951	25	CHC	NL	119	1.7%	10.9%	10.1%	5.0%	24%	1.08	8.2	53.5	21.4	0.81	77%
1951	25	BRO	NL	81	2.5%	17.3%	7.4%	7.4%	33%	2.33	5.3	37.0	8.2	1.10	72%
1952	26	BRO	NL	150	0.7%	11.3%	5.3%	6.0%	25%	2.13	8.2	139.0	7.3	1.17	81%
1953	27	BRO	NL	103	2.9%	10.7%	6.8%	8.7%	39%	1.57	8.6	31.7	10.6	0.69	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 Yrs				1757	2.0%	12.1%	8.5%	6.1%	30%	1.42	7.4	45.3	8.3	1.04	77%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.9%	9.5%	6.5%	28%	1.15	8.1	42.4	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	22	CHC	NL	4.6	0.5	48	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.16	-0.6	-0.0	-6.6	-0.7	1.03	-6.3	1.21	14
1949	23	CHC	NL	-8.9	-0.9	102	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	1.04	-0.7	0.1	-6.4	-0.6	1.03	-7.6	2.75	5
1950	24	CHC	NL	-10.0	-1.0	194	-1.2	2.5	-3.7	1.00	-0.5	-0.7	-5.1	-0.5	0.92	-6.5	1.95	12
1951	25	TOT	NL	-6.7	-0.7	188	-1.7	2.3	-4.0	1.15	-0.9	-0.6	-6.7	-0.7	0.99	-5.9	2.54	17
1951	25	CHC	NL	-4.5	-0.4	107	-0.9	1.3	-2.2	1.12	-0.6	-0.2	-5.9	-0.6	0.94	-5.2	2.58	4
1951	25	BRO	NL	-2.3	-0.2	81	-0.8	1.1	-1.8	1.19	-0.3	-0.3	-0.8	-0.1	1.06	-0.7	2.52	13
1952	26	BRO	NL	-4.5	-0.5	153	-0.7	2.0	-2.7	1.01	-0.4	-0.2	3.7	0.4	0.98	-1.4	1.82	6
1953	27	BRO	NL	-3.2	-0.3	104	-0.2	1.6	-1.8	1.00	-0.4	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.91	-3.4	1.48	14
1954	28	BRO	NL	-9.8	-1.0	184	-0.9	2.0	-3.0	.89	-0.8	-0.3	-3.0	-0.3	0.95	-8.4	2.82	3
1955	29	BRO	NL	-1.8	-0.2	122	-0.8	1.8	-2.6	1.03	-0.3	-0.4	-5.8	-0.6	0.92	-4.0	1.85	10
1956	30	BRO	NL	-11.5	-1.2	158	-0.1	3.0	-3.1	1.14	-0.8	0.7	-6.2	-0.6	0.99	-8.8	2.33	9
1957	31	BRO	NL	-16.4	-1.6	191	-1.1	2.5	-3.6	1.07	-1.5	0.5	-5.9	-0.6	0.99	-15.0	2.26	10
1958	32	LAD	NL	-5.8	-0.6	50	-0.9	0.5	-1.3	1.05	-0.5	-0.3	-3.2	-0.3	0.97	-6.4	1.70	5
11 Yrs				-74.2	-7.4	1494	-8.8	20.0	-28.9	1.04	-7.3	-1.2	-48.4	-4.7	0.97	-73.7	1.98	105

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	22	CHC	NL	0	18%	14	0			0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	23	CHC	NL	1	17%	30	0			0	1	0	0	1	2	0%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	24	CHC	NL	3	21%	54	0			0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	9	5	4	1	1	2	0	2
1951	25	TOT	NL	4	19%	62	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	55%	5	3	2	0	0	6	1	4
1951	25	CHC	NL	2	20%	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	2
1951	25	BRO	NL	2	18%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	80%	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	2
1952	26	BRO	NL	3	18%	65	0	0		0	0	0	1	2	2	39%	8	6	1	0	0	5	1	4
1953	27	BRO	NL	3	7%	15	0	0		0	0	0	1	4	0	0%	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0
1954	28	BRO	NL	0	15%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	3	2	33%	8	4	3	0	0	4	2	1
1955	29	BRO	NL	1	10%	41	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	2	25%	7	6	1	0	0	1	0	1
1956	30	BRO	NL	1	6%	28	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	4	1	17%	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	1
1957	31	BRO	NL	0	23%	30	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	2	70%	3	2	1	1	1	6	0	6
1958	32	LAD	NL	0	22%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
11 Yrs				16	17%	390	3	1	75%	3	1	1	2	18	14	37%	50	34	12	4	4	29	6	19

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
1948	22	CHC	NL	196	96%	47			14	2	0	1	1.21	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		10	8	80%	6	2	33%	41	5	12%	6	4	67%	1	1	100%	0
1949	23	CHC	NL	181	91%	42			5	1	0	1	2.75	3	0	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	0		29	4	14%	9	1	11%	79	9	11%	7	3	43%	5	3	60%	0
1950	24	CHC	NL	231	94%	49			12	1	0	0	1.95	6	1	8	5	0	2	4	0	0	0		38	3	8%	15	1	7%	106	10	9%	11	3	27%	3	0	0%	0
1951	25	TOT	NL	200	93%	43			17	4	0	2	2.54	4	0	3	2	1	1	3	0	2	1	50%	42	7	17%	19	6	32%	128	11	9%	14	3	21%	12	6	50%	0
1951	25	CHC	NL	119	90%	25			4	1	0	0	2.58	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0%	20	4	20%	10	2	20%	61	2	3%	5	0	0%	6	2	33%	0
1951	25	BRO	NL	81	96%	18			13	3	0	2	2.52	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	22	3	14%	9	4	44%	67	9	13%	9	3	33%	6	4	67%	0
1952	26	BRO	NL	150	86%	36			6	1	0	0	1.82	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	30	3	10%	9	5	56%	105	19	18%	6	5	83%	3	3	100%	0
1953	27	BRO	NL	103	97%	23			14	5	0	1	1.48	3	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0		24	1	4%	12	2	17%	63	8	13%	4	1	25%	5	3	60%	0
1954	28	BRO	NL	183	90%	28			3	0	0	0	2.82	5	0	4	3	2	1	4	0	1	1	100%	42	5	12%	18	5	28%	114	18	16%	11	6	55%	7	4	57%	0
1955	29	BRO	NL	120	98%	26			10	2	0	1	1.85	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		19	8	42%	14	2	14%	67	11	16%	7	3	43%	3	1	33%	0
1956	30	BRO	NL	156	95%	31			9	2	0	2	2.33	3	0	9	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	100%	31	3	10%	13	3	23%	110	17	15%	11	6	55%	2	2	100%	0
1957	31	BRO	NL	187	94%	30			10	3	0	2	2.26	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	2	67%	46	7	15%	22	9	41%	118	21	18%	11	10	91%	1	0	0%	0
1958	32	LAD	NL	50	100%	5			5	1	1	2	1.70	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	5	1	20%	34	6	18%	6	2	33%	1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				1757	93%	360			105	22	1	12	1.98	35	1	39	22	5	13	22	0	9	7	78%	322	51	16%	142	37	26%	965	135	14%	94	46	49%	43	23	53%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			89%			12%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1948	22	79	196	171	17	47	8	0	5	26	0		24	17	.275	.371	.409	.780	115	70	8	2	0
1949	23	135	377	343	28	89	12	1	8	48	0		33	35	.259	.328	.370	.698	91	127	12	2	0
1950	24	209	608	556	47	138	19	2	14	64	0		51	69	.248	.314	.365	.679	83	203	15	2	0
1951	25	282	808	737	62	181	27	2	18	78	0	0	69	96	.246	.312	.361	.673	81	266	22	2	1
1952	26	328	958	876	71	217	35	2	19	97	0	0	77	113	.248	.311	.357	.668	80	313	25	3	3
1953	27	371	1061	971	76	240	41	2	22	106	0	0	84	124	.247	.310	.361	.671	80	351	26	4	3
1954	28	421	1244	1126	88	268	48	2	27	129	0	0	108	141	.238	.307	.356	.663	77	401	31	5	4	2
1955	29	469	1364	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	1520	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	1707	1541	111	355	67	3	34	185	3	1	145	203	.230	.297	.344	.641	70	530	49	5	7	10	10
1958	32	608	1757	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	209	181	19	51	9	0	5	29	0	26	18	.282	.378	.414	.792	28	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	206	187	15	44	8	0	4	14	0	18	28	.235	.302	.342	.645	20	73
1952	26	48	159	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	192	163	12	29	7	0	5	23	0	25	18	.178	.288	.313	.601	15	50
1955	29	50	124	107	6	26	5	0	2	13	1	15	12	.243	.331	.346	.676	13	48
1956	30	56	161	151	5	31	6	1	3	19	0	7	19	.205	.238	.318	.555	11	54
1957	31	63	193	172	11	30	8	0	2	22	2	15	34	.174	.236	.256	.491	10	60
1958	32	26	52	46	3	5	2	0	1	7	0	5	11	.109	.192	.217	.410	2	25
11 Yrs		635	1828	1651	116	371	71	3	35	195	3	154	224	.225	.291	.335	.626	164	608
162 Game Avg.		162	466	421	30	95	18	1	9	50	1	39	57	.225	.291	.335	.626	42	608

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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