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Ed Walsh

Edward Augustine Walsh (Big Ed)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: May 14, 1881 in Plains, PA
School: Fordham University (New York, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1904
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Braves 1904-1917

Final Game: September 11, 1917
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
   View Ed Walsh Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: May 26, 1959 in Pompano Beach, FL
Buried: Forest Lawn North Cemetery, Pompano Beach, FL
Relatives: Father of Ed Walsh
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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
1904 23 CHW AL 18 45 41 5 9 1 1 1 4 1 3 10 .220 .273 .366 .639 104 15 0 1 1
1905 24 CHW AL 29 64 58 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 4 20 .155 .222 .190 .412 33 11 1 1 1/O
1906 25 CHW AL 42 106 99 12 14 3 2 0 4 0 3 28 .141 .175 .212 .387 22 21 1 3 1
1907 26 CHW AL 57 156 154 7 25 8 2 1 10 2 0 44 .162 .168 .260 .427 38 40 1 1 1
1908 27 CHW AL 66 174 157 10 27 7 1 1 10 2 7 38 .172 .217 .248 .465 52 39 2 8 1
1909 28 CHW AL 32 91 84 5 18 5 0 0 11 4 6 26 .214 .267 .274 .540 74 23 0 1 1/O
1910 29 CHW AL 52 148 138 12 30 3 3 0 4 5 5 32 .217 .245 .283 .527 69 39 0 5 1
1911 30 CHW AL 63 160 155 22 34 3 0 0 9 0 1 29 .219 .229 .239 .468 32 37 1 3 1 MVP-2
1912 31 CHW AL 62 154 136 12 33 4 1 0 12 0 1 14 41 .243 .313 .287 .600 74 39 0 4 1 MVP-2
1913 32 CHW AL 17 34 32 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 .156 .182 .188 .369 9 6 0 1 1
1914 33 CHW AL 10 18 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .063 .118 .125 .243 -27 2 0 1 /1
1915 34 CHW AL 5 12 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727 115 4 0 1 /1
1916 35 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1917 36 BSN NL 4 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 139 1 1 0 /1
14 Yrs 459 1168 1085 92 210 38 10 3 68 14 1 46 282 .194 .231 .255 .486 51 277 7 30
162 Game Avg. 162 412 383 32 74 13 4 1 24 5 16 100 .194 .231 .255 .486 51 98 2 11
CHW (13 yrs) 455 1162 1081 91 209 38 10 3 68 14 1 45 280 .193 .230 .255 .485 50 276 6 30
BSN (1 yr) 4 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 139 1 1 0
AL (13 yrs) 455 1162 1081 91 209 38 10 3 68 14 1 45 280 .193 .230 .255 .485 50 276 6 30
NL (1 yr) 4 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 139 1 1 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 Awards
1904 23 CHW AL 18 45 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .520 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $1,800 1
1905 24 CHW AL 29 64 -4 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $1,800 1/O
1906 25 CHW AL 42 106 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 4 2 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 $1,800 1
1907 26 CHW AL 57 156 -11 0 0 0 10 -0 -0.1 5 5 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 5 $ 1
1908 27 CHW AL 66 174 -8 -0 0 0 12 3 0.4 6 9 0.4 .506 .502 0.4 0.0 9 $7,000 1
1909 28 CHW AL 32 91 -3 0 0 0 7 4 0.5 3 7 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $ 1/O
1910 29 CHW AL 52 148 -6 -0 0 0 10 5 0.5 5 10 0.5 .511 .503 0.6 -0.0 10 $ 1
1911 30 CHW AL 63 160 -14 0 0 0 14 0 0.0 6 6 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 6 $ 1 MVP-2
1912 31 CHW AL 62 154 -5 0 0 0 12 7 0.8 5 12 0.8 .512 .505 0.7 0.0 12 $8,000 1 MVP-2
1913 32 CHW AL 17 34 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1914 33 CHW AL 10 18 -2 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ /1
1915 34 CHW AL 5 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .525 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ /1
1916 35 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1917 36 BSN NL 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .521 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
14 Seasons 459 1168 -66 1 0 0 86 20 2.3 40 60 2.2 .505 .501 2.2 -0.0 60 $20,400
CHW (13 yrs) 455 1162 -66 1 0 0 86 20 2.2 39 59 2.1 .505 .501 2.1 -0.0 59 $20,400
BSN (1 yr) 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .521 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $

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 PwrSpd
1904 23 CHW AL 45 33 4 3.2 70 .267 .220 .247 .273 .298 .366 .324 .639 .622 104 .507 0.0 0.0 .594 .244 .146 1.0
1905 24 CHW AL 64 50 2 1.1 70 .237 .155 .243 .222 .302 .190 .318 .412 .620 33 .124 -4.2 -0.5 .327 .103 .034
1906 25 CHW AL 106 88 4 1.2 73 .197 .141 .253 .175 .308 .212 .323 .387 .631 22 .143 -9.1 -1.1 .294 .101 .071
1907 26 CHW AL 156 130 6 1.2 70 .220 .162 .251 .168 .306 .260 .313 .427 .619 38 .154 -11.3 -1.4 .333 .110 .097 1.3
1908 27 CHW AL 174 138 8 1.6 67 .220 .172 .244 .217 .300 .248 .310 .465 .610 52 .239 -8.3 -1.0 .385 .134 .076 1.3
1909 28 CHW AL 91 67 6 2.4 71 .310 .214 .248 .267 .308 .274 .315 .540 .623 74 .389 -2.4 -0.3 .500 .179 .060 .0
1910 29 CHW AL 148 113 10 2.4 71 .283 .217 .244 .245 .310 .283 .316 .527 .625 69 .370 -5.7 -0.7 .454 .138 .065 .0
1911 30 CHW AL 160 124 8 1.7 95 .270 .219 .279 .229 .345 .239 .367 .468 .711 32 .168 -14.6 -1.5 .322 .026 .019
1912 31 CHW AL 154 108 12 2.9 89 .347 .243 .269 .313 .337 .287 .354 .600 .691 74 .384 -4.3 -0.5 .500 .140 .044
1913 32 CHW AL 34 28 1 1.0 86 .200 .156 .263 .182 .335 .188 .346 .369 .681 9 .079 -3.8 -0.4 .259 .063 .031
1914 33 CHW AL 18 16 0 0.0 82 .083 .063 .255 .118 .328 .125 .334 .243 .663 -27 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .200 .125 .063
1915 34 CHW AL 12 8 1 3.4 86 .400 .364 .259 .364 .337 .364 .339 .727 .677 115 .489 0.1 0.0 .571 .000 .000
1917 36 BSN NL 6 3 0 0.0 74 .500 .250 .250 .500 .306 .250 .330 .750 .636 139 .000 0.5 0.0 1.000 .250 .000
14 Yrs 1168 906 62 1.8 77 .259 .194 .255 .231 .316 .255 .329 .486 .645 51 .248 -65.6 -7.6 .392 .116 .062 4.9
162 Game Avg. 412 320 22 1.8 77 .259 .194 .255 .231 .316 .255 .329 .486 .645 51 .248 -65.6 -7.6 .392 .116 .062 2
CHW (13 yrs) 1162 903 62 1.8 77 .258 .193 .255 .230 .316 .255 .329 .485 .645 50 .248 -66.0 -7.7 .389 .116 .062 4.9
BSN (1 yr) 6 3 0 0.0 74 .500 .250 .250 .500 .306 .250 .330 .750 .636 139 .000 0.5 0.0 1.000 .250 .000
AL (13 yrs) 1162 903 62 1.8 77 .258 .193 .255 .230 .316 .255 .329 .485 .645 50 .248 -66.0 -7.7 .389 .116 .062 4.9
NL (1 yr) 6 3 0 0.0 74 .500 .250 .250 .500 .306 .250 .330 .750 .636 139 .000 0.5 0.0 1.000 .250 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1906 25 CHW AL WS CHC W 2 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .429 .000 .429 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .429 .000 .429 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1904 23 18 45 41 5 9 1 1 1 4 1 3 10 .220 .273 .366 .639 104 15 0 1
1905 24 47 109 99 10 18 3 1 1 6 1 7 30 .182 .243 .263 .506 63 26 1 2
1906 25 89 215 198 22 32 6 3 1 10 1 10 58 .162 .210 .237 .447 43 47 2 5
1907 26 146 371 352 29 57 14 5 2 20 3 10 102 .162 .192 .247 .439 41 87 3 6
1908 27 212 545 509 39 84 21 6 3 30 5 17 140 .165 .200 .248 .447 44 126 5 14
1909 28 244 636 593 44 102 26 6 3 41 9 23 166 .172 .209 .251 .461 48 149 5 15
1910 29 296 784 731 56 132 29 9 3 45 14 28 198 .181 .216 .257 .473 52 188 5 20
1911 30 359 944 886 78 166 32 9 3 54 14 29 227 .187 .218 .254 .472 48 225 6 23
1912 31 421 1098 1022 90 199 36 10 3 66 14 1 43 268 .195 .232 .258 .490 52 264 6 27
1913 32 438 1132 1054 91 204 37 10 3 68 14 1 44 275 .194 .230 .256 .486 51 270 6 28
1914 33 448 1150 1070 91 205 38 10 3 68 14 1 45 279 .192 .228 .254 .483 50 272 6 29
1915 34 453 1162 1081 91 209 38 10 3 68 14 1 45 280 .193 .230 .255 .485 50 276 6 30
1916 35 455 1162 1081 91 209 38 10 3 68 14 1 45 280 .193 .230 .255 .485 50 276 6 30
1917 36 459 1168 1085 92 210 38 10 3 68 14 1 46 282 .194 .231 .255 .486 51 277 7 30

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1904 23 19 47 43 6 10 1 1 1 5 1 3 10 .233 .283 .372 .655 5 18
1905 24 31 70 63 7 11 2 0 0 3 0 5 21 .175 .246 .206 .453 3 29
1906 25 44 113 106 15 16 3 2 0 5 0 3 30 .151 .182 .217 .399 4 42
1907 26 60 167 165 9 29 9 2 1 13 2 0 46 .176 .181 .273 .453 8 57
1908 27 69 187 168 14 33 9 1 1 14 2 9 39 .196 .246 .280 .526 11 66
1909 28 33 99 91 7 22 6 0 0 15 5 7 27 .242 .296 .308 .604 8 32
1910 29 54 157 146 16 35 4 4 0 5 6 6 33 .240 .270 .322 .592 12 52
1911 30 66 167 162 22 35 3 0 0 9 0 1 31 .216 .226 .235 .460 8 63
1912 31 65 163 144 13 36 4 1 0 13 0 15 43 .250 .321 .292 .612 14 62
1913 32 18 35 33 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 .152 .176 .182 .358 1 17
1914 33 10 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 10
1915 34 5 13 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .417 .417 .417 .833 2 5
1917 36 4 9 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .400 .667 .400 1.067 1 4
13 Yrs 478 1245 1154 113 239 42 11 3 84 16 53 294 .207 .247 .270 .517 77 457
162 Game Avg. 162 422 391 38 81 14 4 1 28 5 18 100 .207 .247 .270 .517 26 457

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 8.8%)
1937 BBWAA (27.9%)
1938 BBWAA (42.0%)
1939 BBWAA (48.2%)
1942 BBWAA (48.5%)
1945 BBWAA (55.5%)
1946 Final Ballot (40.3%)
1946 Nominating Vote (56.9%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946
by Old Timers Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (2, 55%)
1912 AL (2, 47%)
1.02 Career Shares (233rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1907 AL  7.0 (4th)
1908 AL  10.0 (1st)
1909 AL  6.3 (4th)
1910 AL  11.0 (2nd)
1911 AL  8.7 (3rd)
1912 AL  11.6 (2nd)
Career  61.7 (130th)

Oldest s c a p y
1917 NL  born 1881-05-14 (8th)

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