Tom Walker

Robert Thomas Walker

Position: Pitcher
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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1968	19	BAL-min	A	7	4	.636	2.62	18	15					103.0	92	34	30	2	29								1.175	8.0	0.2	2.5			MIA · FLOR
1969	20	BAL-min	A	9	5	.643	2.82	16	14					118.0	93	42	37	3	33								1.068	7.1	0.2	2.5			MIA · FLOR
1970	21	BAL-min	A	8	8	.500	2.81	21	16		9	0	1	125.0	113	53	39	12	39	3	129	2	0	7			1.216	8.1	0.9	2.8	9.3	3.31	STK · CALL
1971	22	BAL-min	AA	13	9	.591	2.25	31	22		8	3	2	168.0	130	61	42	8	36	2	123	2	0	3			0.988	7.0	0.4	1.9	6.6	3.42	DFW · TL
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	123	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	106	1.495	9.3	0.7	4.1	6.7	1.62
1974	25	WSN-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	1.35	5	5		3	2	0	40.0	26	6	6	1	7	0	37	1	0	0			0.825	5.8	0.2	1.6	8.3	5.29	MEM · IL
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	101	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	91	1.353	9.1	1.2	3.1	4.7	1.50
1976	27	STL-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.76	21	16		5	2	2	115.0	132	62	48	11	24	4	80	2	1	0			1.357	10.3	0.9	1.9	6.3	3.33	TUL · AA
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	88	1.271	10.1	0.9	1.4	5.0	3.67
1977	28	WSN-ANA-min	AAA	8	1	.889	3.67	32	0		0	0	8	49.0	43	24	20	4	23	3	44	0	0	3			1.347	7.9	0.7	4.2	8.1	1.91	DEN,SLC · AA,PCL
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	77	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	82	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	52	1.500	13.5	9.0	0.0	4.5
1978	29	PIT-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.88	6	0		0	0	0	8.0	13	7	7	0	2	0	4	0	0	0			1.875	14.6	0.0	2.2	4.5	2.00	CLB · IL
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	88	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	52	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	91	1.353	9.1	1.2	3.1	4.7	1.50

NL (5 yrs)			NL	15	15	.500	3.61	154	8	74	1	0	11	296.2	299	144	119	22	102	20	201	6	1	9	1282	104	1.352	9.1	0.7	3.1	6.1	1.97
AL (2 yrs)			AL	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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1972	23	MON	NL	74.2	0	27	38	1	.4	11	0.5	$
1973	24	MON	NL	91.2	0	52	49	3	1.0	-3	-0.9	$
1974	25	MON	NL	91.2	8	45	52	2	.8	7	0.4	$
1975	26	DET	AL	115.1	9	69	77	-5	.8	8	0.4	$
1976	27	STL	NL	19.2	0	10	10	0	1.2	0	-0.1	$
1977	28	MON	NL	19.0	0	10	10	0	.7	0	-0.1	$
1977	28	CAL	AL	2.0	0	2	1	0	.1	-1	0.0	$
6 Seasons				414.0	17	215	237	1	.8	22	0.2	$

MON (4 yrs)				277.0	8	134	149	6	.8	15	-0.1	$
STL (1 yr)				19.2	0	10	10	0	1.2	0	-0.1	$
CAL (1 yr)				2.0	0	2	1	0	.1	-1	0.0	$
DET (1 yr)				115.1	9	69	77	-5	.8	8	0.4	$

Standard Batting

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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
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1972	23	MON	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1973	24	MON	NL	9	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1974	25	MON	NL	18	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$24,500	1

1976	27	STL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1977	28	MON	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
5 Seasons				39	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$24,500

MON (4 yrs)				34	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$24,500
STL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1972	MON	NL	23	P	46	0	0	74.2	19	6	10	3	1	.842	1.93	0.35	.950	1.78	1.78	5	6	55%	0
1973	MON	NL	24	P	54	0	0	91.2	18	5	12	1	0	.944	1.67	0.31	.950	1.89	1.88	4	2	33%	0
1974	MON	NL	25	P	33	8	1	91.2	14	5	9	0	1	1.000	1.37	0.42	.944	1.89	1.88	5	4	44%	0
1975	DET	AL	26	P	36	9	1	115.1	17	3	12	2	0	.882	1.17	0.42	.940	1.87	1.86	20	4	17%	0
1976	STL	NL	27	P	10	0	0	19.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.46	0.10	.950	1.88	1.87	2	0	0%	0
1977	TOT	MLB	28	P	12	0	0	21.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.29	0.25	.950	1.84	1.86	1	0	0%	1
1977	MON	NL	28	P	11	0	0	19.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.27	.950	1.85	1.85	1	0	0%	1
1977	CAL	AL	28	P	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90	0	0		0
	6 Seasons			P	191	17	2	414.0	72	21	45	6	2	.917	1.43	0.35	.947	1.86	1.85	37	16	30%	1
	6 Seasons			TOT	191	17	2	414.0	72	21	45	6	2	.917	1.43	0.35	.947	1.86	1.85	37	16	30%	1

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Transactions

January 27, 1968: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January).
November 29, 1971: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1971 rule 5 draft.
December 4, 1974: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Terry Humphrey to the Detroit Tigers for Woodie Fryman.
February 3, 1976: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Detroit Tigers.
March 24, 1977: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
April 10, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
July 13, 1977: Selected off waivers by the California Angels from the Montreal Expos.
September 28, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1974	25	Montreal Expos	$24,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1975	26	Detroit Tigers	$27,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$52,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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