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Lee Walls

Ray Lee Walls

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 6, 1933 in San Diego, CA
High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1952
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Dodgers/Phillies/Reds 1952-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
Died: October 11, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1952 19 PIT NL 32 88 80 6 15 0 1 2 5 0 0 8 22 .188 .261 .288 .549 51 23 1 0 0 O8/79
1956 23 PIT NL 143 537 474 72 130 20 11 11 54 3 5 50 83 .274 .345 .432 .777 111 205 11 2 9 2 0 *798/5
1957 24 TOT NL 125 426 388 45 92 11 5 6 33 6 3 29 72 .237 .290 .338 .627 69 131 9 1 5 3 1 78/95
1957 24 PIT NL 8 24 22 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .182 .250 .227 .477 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1957 24 CHC NL 117 402 366 42 88 10 5 6 33 5 3 27 67 .240 .292 .344 .636 72 126 9 1 5 3 1 78/95
1958 25 CHC NL 136 576 513 80 156 19 3 24 72 4 4 47 62 .304 .370 .493 .863 128 253 10 8 6 2 0 *9 AS
1959 26 CHC NL 120 409 354 43 91 18 3 8 33 0 2 42 73 .257 .342 .393 .734 97 139 6 5 5 3 1 *9
1960 27 TOT NL 94 302 265 31 59 9 3 4 26 5 2 31 52 .223 .300 .325 .625 72 86 8 0 2 4 2 579/3
1960 27 CIN NL 29 103 84 12 23 3 2 1 7 2 0 17 20 .274 .392 .393 .785 115 33 4 0 1 1 1 79/3
1960 27 PHI NL 65 199 181 19 36 6 1 3 19 3 2 14 32 .199 .253 .293 .545 50 53 4 0 1 3 1 5/739
1961 28 PHI NL 91 285 261 32 73 6 4 8 30 2 2 19 48 .280 .329 .425 .754 101 111 9 0 5 0 1 357/98
1962 29 LAD NL 60 121 109 9 29 3 1 0 17 1 0 10 21 .266 .325 .312 .637 77 34 2 0 1 1 0 73/59
1963 30 LAD NL 64 94 86 12 20 1 0 3 11 0 0 7 25 .233 .290 .349 .639 90 30 4 0 1 0 1 /7935
1964 31 LAD NL 37 30 28 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .179 .233 .214 .448 31 6 1 0 0 0 0 /792
10 Yrs 902 2868 2558 331 670 88 31 66 284 21 18 245 470 .262 .329 .398 .726 96 1018 61 16 34 15 6
162 Game Avg. 162 515 459 59 120 16 6 12 51 4 3 44 84 .262 .329 .398 .726 96 183 11 3 6
PIT (3 yrs) 183 649 576 81 149 21 12 13 59 4 5 60 110 .259 .330 .405 .734 99 233 12 2 9 2 0
LAD (3 yrs) 161 245 223 22 54 5 1 3 31 1 0 19 58 .242 .300 .314 .614 76 70 7 0 2 1 1
CHC (3 yrs) 373 1387 1233 165 335 47 11 38 138 9 9 116 202 .272 .339 .420 .759 102 518 25 14 16 8 2
PHI (2 yrs) 156 484 442 51 109 12 5 11 49 5 4 33 80 .247 .297 .371 .668 80 164 13 0 6 3 2
CIN (1 yr) 29 103 84 12 23 3 2 1 7 2 0 17 20 .274 .392 .393 .785 115 33 4 0 1 1 1

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 Awards
1952 19 PIT NL 32 88 -6 -1 -0 0 -0 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .477 .495 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ O8/79
1956 23 PIT NL 143 537 10 -0 0 3 -6 7 0.4 18 25 2.2 .505 .504 2.2 -0.5 22 $ *798/5
1957 24 PIT NL 8 24 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /7
1957 24 CHC NL 117 402 -12 -0 0 -5 -4 -21 -2.3 13 -7 -1.0 .481 .486 -0.4 -1.0 -2 $ 78/95
1958 25 CHC NL 136 576 22 0 3 3 -6 22 2.2 19 41 4.1 .517 .514 3.9 -0.3 38 $ *9 AS
1959 26 CHC NL 120 409 1 -0 0 1 -5 -2 -0.2 14 11 1.1 .498 .498 1.0 -0.3 10 $ *9
1960 27 CIN NL 29 103 2 1 -0 1 -1 2 0.2 4 5 0.5 .507 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $ 79/3
1960 27 PHI NL 65 199 -11 -0 -0 -2 -0 -14 -1.6 7 -8 -0.9 .475 .490 -0.7 -0.3 -6 $ 5/739
1961 28 PHI NL 91 285 3 -0 -0 -4 -2 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .496 .498 1.0 -0.6 10 $ 357/98
1962 29 LAD NL 60 121 -4 0 -0 0 -2 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .491 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 73/59
1963 30 LAD NL 64 94 0 0 -1 3 -1 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .503 .501 0.2 0.2 2 $22,000 /7935
1964 31 LAD NL 37 30 -2 -0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .492 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ /792
10 Seasons 902 2868 2 -1 2 1 -27 -24 -3.2 97 73 6.5 .497 .499 6.9 -3.0 72 $22,000
PIT (3 yrs) 183 649 4 -1 0 4 -6 0 -0.4 22 22 1.9 .500 .500 1.8 -0.5 18 $
LAD (3 yrs) 161 245 -6 1 -1 3 -3 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .496 .499 -0.1 0.2 -1 $22,000
CHC (3 yrs) 373 1387 11 -1 4 -1 -14 -1 -0.4 46 45 4.2 .499 .500 4.5 -1.6 46 $
PHI (2 yrs) 156 484 -8 -1 -1 -6 -2 -18 -2.0 16 -2 -0.3 .488 .494 0.3 -0.9 5 $
CIN (1 yr) 29 103 2 1 -0 1 -1 2 0.2 4 5 0.5 .507 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1952 PIT NL 19 OF 19 18 17 158.0 46 44 2 0 1 1.000 2.62 2.42 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 PIT NL 19 CF 17 17 16 150.0 45 43 2 0 1 1.000 2.70 2.65 .983 2.75 2.73
1952 PIT NL 19 LF 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1952 PIT NL 19 RF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 1.00 .980 2.02 2.00
1956 PIT NL 23 OF 133 124 111 1094.0 304 284 10 10 1 .967 3 4 2.42 2.21 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 PIT NL 23 LF 73 66 62 585.2 167 159 4 4 0 .976 0 0 2.50 2.23 .973 2.06 2.04
1956 PIT NL 23 RF 55 48 43 437.1 113 104 4 5 1 .956 4 12 2.22 1.96 .974 1.98 1.96
1956 PIT NL 23 CF 11 10 6 71.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -1 -20 3.04 2.18 .982 2.76 2.73
1956 PIT NL 23 3B 1 0 0 4.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 1.00 .955 3.15 3.00
1957 TOT NL 24 OF 101 94 80 841.0 197 187 7 3 0 .985 -4 -6 2.08 1.92 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 TOT NL 24 LF 72 65 55 582.0 114 106 6 2 0 .982 -5 -10 1.73 1.56 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 PIT NL 24 LF 7 6 4 47.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.68 2.00 .978 2.03 2.04
1957 PIT NL 24 OF 7 6 4 47.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.68 2.00 .980 2.30 2.31
1957 CHC NL 24 OF 94 88 76 794.0 183 174 6 3 0 .984 -5 -7 2.04 1.91 .980 2.29 2.31
1957 CHC NL 24 LF 65 59 51 535.0 100 93 5 2 0 .980 -5 -12 1.65 1.51 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 CHC NL 24 CF 30 28 24 242.2 77 75 1 1 0 .987 1 4 2.82 2.53 .985 2.81 2.83
1957 CHC NL 24 RF 8 1 1 16.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 1.65 0.38 .973 1.98 1.99
1957 CHC NL 24 3B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .950 3.15 3.00
1958 CHC NL 25 OF 132 131 127 1136.1 253 241 10 2 1 .992 3 3 1.99 1.90 .980 2.26 2.25 AS
1958 CHC NL 25 RF 132 131 127 1136.1 249 237 10 2 1 .992 3 3 1.96 1.87 .978 2.02 2.01 AS
1959 CHC NL 26 OF 119 100 90 893.1 211 203 1 7 0 .967 1 2 2.06 1.71 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 CHC NL 26 RF 119 100 90 893.1 207 199 1 7 0 .966 1 2 2.01 1.68 .978 1.95 1.93
1960 TOT NL 27 OF 37 33 20 291.2 71 66 2 3 1 .958 1 5 2.10 1.84 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 TOT NL 27 LF 20 20 10 165.0 42 38 2 2 1 .952 1 9 2.18 2.00 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 TOT NL 27 RF 17 13 10 126.2 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -0 -1 1.99 1.65 .979 1.99 1.99
1960 TOT NL 27 1B 9 3 2 53.2 42 39 2 1 5 .976 -1 -20 6.88 4.56 .990 9.58 9.56
1960 CIN NL 27 OF 24 22 13 196.2 50 46 2 2 1 .960 1 5 2.20 2.00 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 CIN NL 27 LF 12 12 5 99.0 27 24 2 1 1 .963 2 18 2.36 2.17 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 CIN NL 27 RF 12 10 8 97.2 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -1 -9 2.03 1.83 .979 1.99 1.99
1960 CIN NL 27 1B 2 1 0 12.0 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.75 4.50 .990 9.60 9.55
1960 PHI NL 27 3B 34 29 17 233.0 76 25 47 4 4 .947 -2 -9 2.78 2.12 .952 2.97 2.96
1960 PHI NL 27 OF 13 11 7 95.0 21 20 0 1 0 .952 0 4 1.89 1.54 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 PHI NL 27 LF 8 8 5 66.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0 -5 1.91 1.75 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 PHI NL 27 1B 7 2 2 41.2 33 30 2 1 4 .970 -1 -26 6.91 4.57 .990 9.57 9.56
1960 PHI NL 27 RF 5 3 2 29.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 25 1.86 1.20 .978 1.99 2.00
1961 PHI NL 28 1B 28 24 22 219.2 224 202 19 3 29 .987 0 2 9.05 7.89 .990 9.82 9.72
1961 PHI NL 28 3B 26 24 17 199.1 66 22 39 5 3 .924 -3 -20 2.75 2.35 .948 2.92 2.89
1961 PHI NL 28 OF 17 15 10 122.1 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -9 1.77 1.41 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 PHI NL 28 LF 11 11 6 77.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -16 1.99 1.55 .973 1.88 1.86
1961 PHI NL 28 RF 8 4 4 43.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.45 0.88 .974 1.93 1.91
1961 PHI NL 28 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.60
1962 LAD NL 29 OF 17 10 6 100.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -2 -25 1.17 0.76 .974 2.07 2.05
1962 LAD NL 29 LF 15 10 6 95.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -2 -23 1.23 0.87 .968 1.81 1.80
1962 LAD NL 29 1B 11 11 6 83.0 90 85 4 1 4 .989 2 25 9.65 8.09 .990 9.79 9.70
1962 LAD NL 29 3B 4 2 1 21.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0 23 3.43 2.00 .949 2.96 2.92
1962 LAD NL 29 RF 3 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.87
1963 LAD NL 30 OF 18 2 2 47.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2 43 2.28 0.67 .977 2.02 2.00
1963 LAD NL 30 LF 9 2 2 36.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2 56 2.48 1.11 .971 1.81 1.79
1963 LAD NL 30 RF 9 0 0 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.64 0.22 .975 1.80 1.82
1963 LAD NL 30 1B 5 4 3 46.2 46 42 3 1 2 .978 0 13 8.68 9.00 .989 9.82 9.78
1963 LAD NL 30 3B 2 2 2 18.0 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 1 47 5.00 5.00 .941 2.95 2.90
1964 LAD NL 31 OF 6 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 1.50 0.17 .970 1.95 1.98
1964 LAD NL 31 LF 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1964 LAD NL 31 RF 3 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 3.00 0.33 .970 1.80 1.87
1964 LAD NL 31 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 7.20 6.80 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons OF 599 527 463 4690.0 1133 1073 34 26 5 .977 3 1 2.12 1.85 .978 2.25 2.23
10 Seasons RF 355 298 276 2680.1 612 582 15 15 2 .975 8 4 2.00 1.68 .977 1.99 1.96
8 Seasons LF 204 174 141 1544.0 364 341 14 9 2 .975 -5 -4 2.07 1.74 .974 2.01 1.99
6 Seasons 3B 68 57 37 477.1 163 50 103 10 8 .939 -4 -10 2.88 2.25 .950 2.95 2.93
4 Seasons CF 59 55 46 465.2 148 143 3 2 1 .986 -0 -0 2.82 2.47 .984 2.78 2.78
4 Seasons 1B 53 42 33 403.0 402 368 28 6 40 .985 2 5 8.84 7.47 .990 9.78 9.69
1 Season C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 7.20 6.80 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT 721 626 533 5571.1 1698 1491 165 42 53 .975 1 0 2.68 2.30 .978 2.85 2.85 0 0 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1958 *

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1958 NL  4.1 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1958 NL  3.9 (10th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 NL  .304 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 NL  .370 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 NL  .863 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1956 NL  11 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  24 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 NL  83 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 NL  129 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  21 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1958 NL  2.0 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 NL  .658 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (1st)
1959 NL  5 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 NL  21.4 (8th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  132 (2nd)
1959 NL  119 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  237 (2nd)
1959 NL  199 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 NL  7 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1956 NL  10 (5th)
1959 NL  7 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1956 NL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1958 NL  1.96 (4th)
1959 NL  2.01 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  1.87 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  .992 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1958 NL  .992 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 NL  born 1933-01-06 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Mark Whiten (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Whiten (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave May (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cito Gaston (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196330Los Angeles Dodgers$22,0002/23/63 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$22,000
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