Junior Walsh

James Gerald Walsh

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 7, 1919 in Newark, NJ
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1946
Team: Pirates 1946-1951

Final Game: September 9, 1951
Died: November 12, 1990 in Olyphant, PA
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Throop, PA
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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	Pos	Awards
1941	22	PIT-min	D	30	78	78		6	1	0	1						.077	.077	.128	.205		10						OIL · PASA
1942	23	PIT-min	C	40	74	74		9	1	1	0						.122	.122	.162	.284		12						HUT · WA
1943	24	PIT-min	B,A	12	27	27		3	0	1	0						.111	.111	.185	.296		5						YOR,ALB · ISLG,EL
1946	27	PIT-min	B,AA	33	36	36		3	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167		3						YOR,BIR · ISLG,SOUA
1946	27	PIT	NL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1

1947	28	PIT-min	B,A,AAA	14	23	23		4	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348		4						YOR,ALB,INA · ISLG,EL,AA
1948	29	PIT-min	AAA	13	17	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192		1		0	1			INA · AA
1948	29	PIT	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1
1949	30	PIT-min	AAA	27	75	55	8	8	0	2	0	6	0		10	24	.145	.288	.218	.506		12	0	1	9			INA · AA
1949	30	PIT	NL	9	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	9	.000	.077	.000	.077	-78	0	0	0	0		/1
1950	31	PIT	NL	38	9	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0		3	4	.167	.444	.333	.778	105	2	0	0	0		1
1951	32	PIT	NL	36	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.143	.333	.143	.476	32	1	0	0	0		1
1952	33	PIT-min	Opn	37	62	52	4	9	0	1	0	1	0		2	23	.173	.204	.212	.415		11		0	8			HOL · PCL
1953	34	HOL	Opn	41	71	55	4	7	0	0	0	3	0		9	20	.127	.250	.127	.377		7	0	0	7			HOL · PCL
1954	35	PIT-min	Opn	47	54	46	1	2	0	0	0	5	0		2	25	.043	.082	.043	.125		2	0	0	5	1		HOL · PCL
1955	36	SFR	Opn	32	61	54	2	6	2	0	1	4	0		3	26	.111	.158	.204	.362		11	0	0	4	0		SFR · PCL
1956	37	BFL	AAA	2	0	0		0	0	0	0											0						BFL · IL
5 Yrs				89	37	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	22	.065	.216	.097	.313	-14	3	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	67	56	4	4	2	0	0	2	0		11	40	.065	.216	.097	.313	-14	5	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
1946	27	PIT	NL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1

1948	29	PIT	NL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1949	30	PIT	NL	9	13	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.479	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/1
1950	31	PIT	NL	38	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1951	32	PIT	NL	36	9	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
5 Seasons				89	37	-5	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$

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
1946	27	PIT	NL	4	4	0	0.0	95		.000	.266	.000	.342	.000	.372	.000	.714	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1948	29	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.000	.346	.000	.402	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1949	30	PIT	NL	13	12	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.273	.077	.347	.000	.408	.077	.755	-78	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.083	.083	.000
1950	31	PIT	NL	9	5	1	5.3	111	.500	.167	.273	.444	.351	.333	.424	.778	.774	105	.555	0.3	0.0	1.000	.667	.167
1951	32	PIT	NL	9	6	0	0.0	105	.500	.143	.270	.333	.344	.143	.409	.476	.753	32	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.286	.000
5 Yrs				37	29	1	0.9	105	.222	.065	.271	.216	.346	.097	.406	.313	.753	-14	.051	-5.0	-0.5	.310	.226	.032
162 Game Avg.				67	53	2	0.9	105	.222	.065	.271	.216	.346	.097	.406	.313	.753	-14	.051	-5.0	-0.5	.310	.226	.032

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	27	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1948	29	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1949	30	PIT	NL	13	0.0%	69.2%	7.7%	0.0%		9.00	1.3			1.00	23%
1950	31	PIT	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	33.3%	11.1%	100%	1.33	1.5		6.0		22%
1951	32	PIT	NL	9	0.0%	55.6%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	2.50	1.4				22%
5 Yrs				37	0.0%	59.5%	16.2%	2.7%	50%	3.67	1.4		31.0	2.50	24%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.9%	6.3%	27%	0.98	9.1	50.9	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1946	27	PIT	NL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	29	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.20	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.95	-0.6	0
1949	30	PIT	NL	-3.1	-0.3	11	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.09	-0.2	-0.0	-2.7	-0.3	1.00	-2.6	0
1950	31	PIT	NL	0.3	0.0	5	0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.00	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.00	0.4	0
1951	32	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	8	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.06	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.80	-0.3	0
5 Yrs				-5.0	-0.5	26	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	.99	-0.3	0.2	-2.7	-0.3	0.93	-3.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	CS3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1948	29	PIT	NL		0		0	0		0	0	0	0
1949	30	PIT	NL	0%	0		0	0		0	0	0	0
1950	31	PIT	NL	50%	3		1	0	50%	1	1	1	1
1951	32	PIT	NL	0%	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				25%	6	0	1	1	50%	1	1	1	1

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
1948	29	PIT	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	30	PIT	NL	13	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	31	PIT	NL	9	75%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1951	32	PIT	NL	9	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				33	13%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	14	1	7%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			168%			20%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1946	27	4	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1947	28	4	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1948	29	6	6	6	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1949	30	15	19	18	0	0	0	0		1	13	.000	.053	.000	.053	-85	0
1950	31	53	28	24	2	1	1	1		4	17	.042	.179	.083	.262	-28	2
1951	32	89	37	31	2	2	1	1	0	6	22	.065	.216	.097	.313	-14	3

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
1946	27	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1948	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1949	30	9	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	9
1950	31	40	9	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	.167	.444	.333	.778	1	38
1951	32	37	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	36
5 Yrs		92	37	31	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	22	.032	.189	.065	.254	1	89
162 Game Avg.		162	65	55	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	11	39	.032	.189	.065	.254	2	89

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