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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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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

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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

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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%

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Andy Pafko, Johnny Schmitz and Wayne Terwilliger to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Gene Hermanski and Eddie Miksis.

June 23, 1958: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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