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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1948 CHC NL 22 C 44 204 178 22 4 3 .980 4.55 .980 4.41 4
1949 CHC NL 23 C 43 196 166 23 7 2 .964 4.40 .982 4.39 6
1950 CHC NL 24 C 62 281 240 34 7 6 .975 4.42 .982 4.53 2
1951 TOT NL 25 C 54 202 173 23 6 2 .970 3.63 .981 4.43 0
1951 CHC NL 25 C 31 130 111 15 4 2 .969 4.06 .982 4.43 0
1951 BRO NL 25 C 23 72 62 8 2 0 .972 3.04 .981 4.43 0
1952 BRO NL 26 C 40 236 217 16 3 2 .987 5.83 .984 4.84 4
1953 BRO NL 27 C 28 135 120 12 3 2 .978 4.71 .984 4.66 1
1954 BRO NL 28 C 47 46 404.0 279 259 19 1 4 .996 2.0 5.9 2 6.19 5.91 .986 5.36 4.57 0 9 8 10 56%
1955 BRO NL 29 C 35 27 248.0 159 147 10 2 3 .987 -1.0 -4.8 -1 5.70 4.49 .987 5.65 4.82 0 7 11 5 31%
1956 BRO NL 30 C 43 37 322.2 207 184 20 3 4 .986 0.0 0.0 0 5.69 4.74 .985 5.83 5.01 1 8 8 6 43%
1957 BRO NL 31 C 50 42 390.2 252 230 20 2 3 .992 5.0 15.4 5 5.76 5.00 .988 5.98 4.99 0 8 10 15 60%
1958 LAD NL 32 C 20 12 116.0 68 62 5 1 1 .985 -1.0 -10.3 -1 5.20 3.35 .988 6.06 5.19 2 7 2 3 60%
11 Seasons C 466 164 1481.1 2219 1976 204 39 32 .982 5.0 4.1 5 13.24 4.68 .984 5.73 4.68 20 39 39 39 50%
11 Seasons TOT 466 164 1481.1 2219 1976 204 39 32 .982 5.0 4.1 5 13.24 4.68 .967 5.73 4.68 20 39 39 39 50%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 CHC NL 22 79 79 79 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHC NL 23 56 56 56 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 24 74 74 74 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 25 37 37 37 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 25 36 36 36 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 26 46 46 46 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 27 43 43 43 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 28 50 46 50 50 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1955 BRO NL 29 48 27 48 48 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1956 BRO NL 30 54 37 54 54 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1957 BRO NL 31 60 42 60 60 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1958 LAD NL 32 25 12 25 25 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
11 Seasons 608 164 608 608 0 466 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 28 1775 4.59 4.97 33 97% 0 0 259 26 0 4 229 18 4 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 100%
1955 BRO NL 29 1105 4.03 4.72 12 100% 0 0 146 7 1 4 134 10 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 100%
1956 BRO NL 30 1402 3.68 4.30 27 89% 0 2 184 15 0 3 166 16 8 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 75%
1957 BRO NL 31 1648 3.25 3.64 26 92% 0 0 230 17 1 6 206 20 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 83%
1958 LAD NL 32 508 4.58 4.81 7 86% 0 0 64 5 0 2 57 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
5 Seasons 6438 3.94 4.42 105 93% 0 2 883 70 2 19 792 69 21 0 0 5 9 4 4 1 1 16 0 0 3 24 88%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.42 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 BRO NL 28 0 9 702 8 10 10 56% 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 10 0.99 1.33
1955 BRO NL 29 0 7 421 11 5 5 31% 6 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 23 8 1.47 1.03
1956 BRO NL 30 1 8 489 8 6 6 43% 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 10 1.16 1.12
1957 BRO NL 31 0 8 594 10 15 14 60% 8 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 25 20 1.36 0.83
1958 LAD NL 32 2 7 178 2 3 3 60% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 1.15 0.23
5 Seasons 3 39 2384 39 39 38 50% 32 35 5 4 2 0 1 0 107 51 1.26 0.98
MLB Averages 44% 1.18 1.17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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