Tom Walker

Robert Thomas Walker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: November 7, 1948 in Tampa, FL
High School: Chamberlain HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1972
Teams (by GP): Expos/Tigers/Cardinals/Angels 1972-1977

Final Game: July 23, 1977
Relatives: Father of Neil Walker and Brother-In-Law of Chip Lang
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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
1968	19	BAL-min	A	18	32	32		5	1	0	0						.156	.156	.188	.344		6							MIA · FLOR
1969	20	BAL-min	A	16	49	47	5	14	4	0	1	15	0	0	2	6	.298	.327	.447	.773		21							MIA · FLOR
1970	21	BAL-min	A	21	47	46	1	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	13	.109	.109	.174	.283		8		0	1	0			STK · CALL
1971	22	BAL-min	AA	31	57	51	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	19	.118	.132	.176	.309		9		0	4	1			DFW · TL
1972	23	MON	NL	46	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	24	MON	NL	54	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1974	25	WSN-min	AAA	6	17	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.154	.214	.154	.368		2		0	3	0			MEM · IL
1974	25	MON	NL	33	18	16	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.250	.485	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1975	26	DET	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	27	STL-min	AAA	21	48	47	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	.106	.125	.106	.231		5		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1976	27	STL	NL	10	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	127	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	28	WSN-ANA-min	AAA	32	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.200	.250	.450		1		0	0	1			DEN,SLC · AA,PCL
1977	28	TOT	MLB	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1977	28	MON	NL	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1977	28	CAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1978	29	PIT-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CLB · IL
6 Yrs				191	39	33	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.152	.200	.182	.382	6	6	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	33	28	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.152	.200	.182	.382	6	5	0	0	3	0	0

MON (4 yrs)				144	34	28	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.107	.167	.143	.310	-14	4	0	0	4	0	0
STL (1 yr)				10	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	127	2	0	0	0	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				154	39	33	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.152	.200	.182	.382	6	6	0	0	4	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	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
1972	23	MON	NL	46	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1973	24	MON	NL	54	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1974	25	MON	NL	33	18	-2	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$24,500	1
1975	26	DET	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$27,500	1
1976	27	STL	NL	10	5	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1977	28	MON	NL	11	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.494	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1977	28	CAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				191	39	-5	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	1	$52,000

MON (4 yrs)				144	34	-5	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	-0	$24,500
STL (1 yr)				10	5	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CAL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$27,500

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
1972	23	MON	NL	3	3	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.258	.000	.326	.000	.381	.000	.707	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1973	24	MON	NL	9	8	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.125	.336	.000	.395	.125	.731	-63	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
1974	25	MON	NL	18	14	1	1.9	99	.250	.188	.268	.235	.341	.250	.388	.485	.728	34	.190	-1.5	-0.2	.385	.125	.063

1976	27	STL	NL	5	3	1	9.0	93	.400	.400	.264	.400	.330	.400	.376	.800	.706	127	.808	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1977	28	TOT	MLB	4	4	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.332	.000	.403	.000	.734	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1977	28	MON	NL	4	4	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.332	.000	.403	.000	.734	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				39	32	2	1.7	97	.200	.152	.266	.200	.336	.182	.388	.382	.724	6	.155	-4.3	-0.4	.286	.091	.030
162 Game Avg.				33	27	2	1.7	97	.200	.152	.266	.200	.336	.182	.388	.382	.724	6	.155	-4.3	-0.4	.286	.091	.030

MON (4 yrs)				34	29	1	0.9	98	.150	.107	.266	.167	.337	.143	.390	.310	.727	-14	.057	-4.4	-0.5	.240	.107	.036
STL (1 yr)				5	3	1	9.0	93	.400	.400	.264	.400	.330	.400	.376	.800	.706	127	.808	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				39	32	2	1.7	97	.200	.152	.266	.200	.336	.182	.388	.382	.724	6	.155	-4.3	-0.4	.286	.091	.030

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1972	23	MON	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%
1973	24	MON	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%		3.00	2.3			0.67	44%
1974	25	MON	NL	18	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	5.6%	33%	4.00	4.0			9.00	67%

1976	27	STL	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					2.00	100%
1977	28	TOT	MLB	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						3.00	50%
1977	28	MON	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						3.00	50%
6 Yrs				39	0.0%	20.5%	5.1%	2.6%	20%	4.00	4.1			2.43	64%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.4%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.56	6.6	47.2	8.9	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1972	23	MON	NL	-0.8	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.73	-0.5	0
1973	24	MON	NL	-1.6	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.51	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.80	-1.7	0
1974	25	MON	NL	-1.5	-0.2	18	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.57	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.76	-2.0	0
1975	26	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1976	27	STL	NL	0.1	0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.33	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.72	-0.1	0
1977	28	TOT	MLB	-0.6	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.53	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.92	-0.7	0
1977	28	MON	NL	-0.6	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.53	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.92	-0.7	0
1977	28	CAL	AL	0.0	0.0
6 Yrs				-4.3	-0.4	38	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.60	-0.5	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	0.78	-4.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1972	23	MON	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	24	MON	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	25	MON	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1976	27	STL	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	28	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	28	MON	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0	0	0%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1972	23	MON	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1973	24	MON	NL	9	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	25	MON	NL	18	17%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1976	27	STL	NL	5	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	28	TOT	MLB	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1977	28	MON	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				39	16%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	6	0	0%	8	2	25%	17	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1972	23	46	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1973	24	100	12	10	0	0	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	1
1974	25	133	30	26	3	1	2	8	.115	.179	.154	.332	-8	4	2
1975	26	169	30	26	3	1	2	8	.115	.179	.154	.332	-8	4	2
1976	27	179	35	31	5	1	2	8	.161	.212	.194	.406	13	6	2
1977	28	191	39	33	5	1	2	8	.152	.200	.182	.382	6	6	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1972	23	48	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	46
1973	24	54	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	54
1974	25	33	18	16	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.250	.485	1	33

1976	27	10	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	10
1977	28	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
5 Yrs		157	39	33	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	.152	.200	.182	.382	2	155
162 Game Avg.		162	40	34	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	.152	.200	.182	.382	2	155

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