Tom Walker
Robert Thomas Walker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: November 7, 1948 in 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
Final Game: July 23, 1977
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Chip Lang
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1972 23 MON NL 2 2 .500 2.89 46 0 24 0 0 2 74.2 71 27 24 4 22 2 42 1 0 2 310 122 1.246 8.6 0.5 2.7 5.1 1.91
1973 24 MON NL 7 5 .583 3.63 54 0 27 0 0 4 91.2 95 52 37 7 42 12 68 3 1 2 414 105 1.495 9.3 0.7 4.1 6.7 1.62
1974 25 MON NL 4 5 .444 3.83 33 8 15 1 0 2 91.2 96 45 39 7 28 5 70 2 0 5 396 100 1.353 9.4 0.7 2.7 6.9 2.50
1975 26 DET AL 3 8 .273 4.45 36 9 17 1 0 0 115.1 116 69 57 16 40 3 60 5 0 4 505 90 1.353 9.1 1.2 3.1 4.7 1.50
1976 27 STL NL 1 2 .333 4.12 10 0 5 0 0 3 19.2 22 10 9 2 3 1 11 0 0 0 87 86 1.271 10.1 0.9 1.4 5.0 3.67
1977 28 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 5.14 12 0 3 0 0 0 21.0 18 12 12 4 7 0 11 0 0 0 83 74 1.190 7.7 1.7 3.0 4.7 1.57
1977 28 MON NL 1 1 .500 4.74 11 0 3 0 0 0 19.0 15 10 10 2 7 0 10 0 0 0 75 80 1.158 7.1 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.43
1977 28 CAL AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 43 1.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 4.5
6 Seasons 18 23 .439 3.87 191 17 91 2 0 11 414.0 418 215 178 40 142 23 262 11 1 13 1795 99 1.353 9.1 0.9 3.1 5.7 1.85
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .439 3.87 62 6 30 1 0 4 135 137 70 58 13 46 8 86 4 0 4 587 99 1.353 9.1 0.9 3.1 5.7 1.85
MON (4 yrs) 14 13 .519 3.57 144 8 69 1 0 8 277.0 277 134 110 20 99 19 190 6 1 9 1195 105 1.357 9.0 0.6 3.2 6.2 1.92
STL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.12 10 0 5 0 0 3 19.2 22 10 9 2 3 1 11 0 0 0 87 86 1.271 10.1 0.9 1.4 5.0 3.67
CAL (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 43 1.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 4.5
DET (1 yr) 3 8 .273 4.45 36 9 17 1 0 0 115.1 116 69 57 16 40 3 60 5 0 4 505 90 1.353 9.1 1.2 3.1 4.7 1.50
NL (5 yrs) 15 15 .500 3.61 154 8 74 1 0 11 296.2 299 144 119 22 102 20 201 6 1 9 1282 103 1.352 9.1 0.7 3.1 6.1 1.97
AL (2 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.53 37 9 17 1 0 0 117.1 119 71 59 18 40 3 61 5 0 4 513 89 1.355 9.1 1.4 3.1 4.7 1.53

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 23 MON NL 46 309 285 27 71 9 2 4 5 6 22 42 .249 .305 .337 .642 .280 96 3 1 1 0 2
1973 24 MON NL 54 414 347 52 95 11 3 7 4 1 42 68 .274 .349 .383 .732 .313 133 3 3 13 9 12
1974 25 MON NL 33 396 361 45 96 14 6 7 5 4 28 70 .266 .321 .396 .717 .311 143 5 2 3 2 5
1975 26 DET AL 36 505 445 69 116 14 7 16 20 4 40 60 .261 .325 .431 .756 .267 192 3 5 9 6 3
1976 27 STL NL 10 87 83 10 22 4 0 2 2 0 3 11 .265 .291 .386 .676 .286 32 0 0 1 0 1
1977 28 TOT MLB 12 83 76 12 18 3 1 4 1 0 7 11 .237 .301 .461 .762 .230 35 2 0 0 0 0
1977 28 CAL AL 1 8 8 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 1.125 1.500 .200 9 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 MON NL 11 75 68 10 15 3 1 2 1 0 7 10 .221 .293 .382 .676 .232 26 2 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 191 1794 1597 215 418 55 19 40 37 15 142 262 .262 .323 .395 .718 .288 631 16 11 27 17 23
162 Game Avg. 62 587 522 70 137 18 6 13 12 5 46 86 .262 .323 .395 .718 .288 206 5 4 9 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 25 MON NL 33 8 2 4 2 1 1 3 5 .375 0 1 1 0 4 50% 52 73 29 6 3 1 2 4.3 4.2 5.5
1975 26 DET AL 36 9 2 5 2 0 1 3 6 .333 1 0 1 0 4 44% 46 71 16 17 8 2 1 2.9 2.5 5.1
2 Seasons 69 17 4 9 4 1 2 6 11 .353 1 1 2 0 8 47% 49 73 16 23 11 3 3 3.6 3.3 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1972 23 MON NL 46 46 24 2 2 1 2 0 200% 1 0 15 2 13% 6 0.520 6 8 30 1 4 40 10 35 27 4 26 10 4.9
1973 24 MON NL 54 54 27 7 5 6 4 2 67% 6 0 33 16 48% 8 1.063 17 14 19 8 11 31 17 33 34 8 31 15 5.1
1974 25 MON NL 33 25 15 2 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 17 7 41% 7 0.858 7 4 14 3 3 19 9 16 18 2 18 3 5.8
1975 26 DET AL 36 27 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 30 13 43% 6 0.848 5 11 10 2 4 21 17 10 22 1 23 0 7.7
1976 27 STL NL 10 10 5 1 2 4 3 1 75% 4 0 14 5 36% 8 1.231 6 0 4 6 1 3 8 2 6 4 6 3 5.9
1977 28 TOT MLB 12 12 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0% 0.655 2 2 7 2 1 9 1 11 7 2 7 1 5.3
1977 28 MON NL 11 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0% 8 0.712 2 2 6 2 1 8 1 10 6 2 6 1 5.2
1977 28 CAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.120 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
6 Seasons 191 174 91 14 14 13 11 3 85% 17 3 111 43 39% 0.849 43 39 84 22 24 123 62 107 114 21 111 32 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1972 23 MON NL 310 41% 1.3% 13.6% 7.1% 4.9% 21% 0.95 77% 52 3 6%
1973 24 MON NL 414 42% 1.7% 16.4% 10.1% 5.1% 22% 1.17 68% 86 3 3%
1974 25 MON NL 396 47% 1.8% 17.7% 7.1% 6.8% 28% 1.02 72% 71 5 7%
1975 26 DET AL 505 49% 3.2% 11.9% 7.9% 7.3% 32% 0.82 74% 92 3 3%
1976 27 STL NL 87 33% 2.3% 12.6% 3.5% 6.9% 27% 0.41 80% 17 0 0%
1977 28 TOT MLB 83 49% 4.8% 13.3% 8.4% 9.6% 44% 0.67 73% 13 2 15%
1977 28 MON NL 75 48% 2.7% 13.3% 9.3% 8.0% 40% 0.80 75% 11 2 18%
1977 28 CAL AL 8 63% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 25.0% 67% 0.00 63% 2 0 0%
6 Seasons 1795 45% 2.2% 14.6% 7.9% 6.4% 27% 0.91 73% 331 16 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1972 23 MON NL 302 71 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 12 7 0 58% 7 2 2 116 5 6 45% 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
1973 24 MON NL 372 95 7 0 14 2 4 5 1 41 24 3 59% 7 2 4 164 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 42
1974 25 MON NL 395 96 7 1 11 4 3 4 3 27 11 3 41% 5 5 0 145 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
1975 26 DET AL 505 116 16 0 17 9 7 11 5 35 23 2 66% 12 4 0 195 20 4 83% 19 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1976 27 STL NL 87 22 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 4 4 0 100% 3 0 0 41 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 TOT MLB 83 18 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 28 MON NL 75 15 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 28 CAL AL 8 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1744 418 40 1 53 18 21 24 15 122 71 8 58% 35 13 6 681 37 15 71% 33 15 4 0 0 0 2 0 55 51
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1972 23 2 2 .500 2.89 46 0 24 0 0 2 74.2 71 27 24 4 22 2 42 1 0 2 310 122 1.246 8.6 0.5 2.7 5.1 1.91 122
1973 24 9 7 .563 3.30 100 0 51 0 0 6 166.1 166 79 61 11 64 14 110 4 1 4 724 112 1.383 9.0 0.6 3.5 6.0 1.72 112
1974 25 13 12 .520 3.49 133 8 66 1 0 8 258.0 262 124 100 18 92 19 180 6 1 9 1120 107 1.372 9.1 0.6 3.2 6.3 1.96 107
1975 26 16 20 .444 3.78 169 17 83 2 0 8 373.1 378 193 157 34 132 22 240 11 1 13 1625 101 1.366 9.1 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.82 101
1976 27 17 22 .436 3.80 179 17 88 2 0 11 393.0 400 203 166 36 135 23 251 11 1 13 1712 100 1.361 9.2 0.8 3.1 5.7 1.86 100
1977 28 18 23 .439 3.87 191 17 91 2 0 11 414.0 418 215 178 40 142 23 262 11 1 13 1795 99 1.353 9.1 0.9 3.1 5.7 1.85 99

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1972 23 5 3 .625 3.41 74.0 78 31 28 4 24 42 1 1.378 9.5 2.9 5.1 1.75 0.5 46
1973 24 5 5 .500 3.80 90.0 98 42 38 7 43 67 3 1.567 9.8 4.3 6.7 1.56 0.7 54
1974 25 5 4 .556 3.90 90.0 97 43 39 7 28 69 2 1.389 9.7 2.8 6.9 2.46 0.7 33
1975 26 5 7 .417 4.78 113.0 121 67 60 17 42 59 5 1.442 9.6 3.3 4.7 1.40 1.4 36
1976 27 1 1 .500 4.50 20.0 24 11 10 2 3 11 0 1.350 10.8 1.4 5.0 3.67 0.9 10
1977 28 1 1 .500 5.68 19.0 18 13 12 4 7 10 0 1.316 8.5 3.3 4.7 1.43 1.9 12
6 Seasons 22 21 .512 4.15 406.0 436 207 187 41 147 258 11 1.436 9.7 5.7 1.76 0.9 191

* 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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