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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1941	22	PIT-min	D	16	10	.615	3.83	30						207.0	202	132	88		108							1.498	8.8		4.7			OIL · PASA
1942	23	PIT-min	C	11	13	.458		39						196.0	188	131			101							1.474	8.6		4.6			HUT · WA
1943	24	PIT-min	B,A	7	9	.438	5.35	21						116.0	120	76	69		87							1.784	9.3		6.8			YOR,ALB · ISLG,EL
1946	27	PIT-min	B,AA	7	12	.368	4.33	32	8					133.0	120	76	64		83							1.526	8.1		5.6			YOR,BIR · ISLG,SOUA
1946	27	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	5.23	4	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	6	0	10	2	1	0	0	49	70	1.839	7.8	0.0	8.7	1.7	0.20

1947	28	PIT-min	B,A,AAA	12	6	.667	2.52	23			0	0		161.0	127	57	45		74	3						1.248	7.1		4.1	0.2	0.04	YOR,ALB,INA · ISLG,EL,AA
1948	29	PIT-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.79	13			2	1		47.0	51	31	25		23	26	1	0	2			1.574	9.8		4.4	5.0	1.13	INA · AA
1948	29	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	10.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	4	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	22	43	2.077	8.3	2.1	10.4	0.0	0.00
1949	30	PIT-min	AAA	15	4	.789	3.88	24			12	1		181.0	181	90	78		93	94	2	0	1			1.514	9.0		4.6	4.7	1.01	INA · AA
1949	30	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	5.06	9	7	0	1	1	0	42.2	40	27	24	5	16	24	0	0	1	180	84	1.313	8.4	1.1	3.4	5.1	1.50
1950	31	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	5.05	38	2	17	0	0	2	62.1	56	36	35	6	34	33	1	1	1	269	87	1.444	8.1	0.9	4.9	4.8	0.97
1951	32	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	6.87	36	1	10	0	0	0	73.1	92	66	56	9	46	32	1	1	2	356	61	1.882	11.3	1.1	5.6	3.9	0.70
1952	33	PIT-min	Opn	10	9	.526	3.19	36	19		8	2		172.0	151	70	61		78	93	0	0	3			1.331	7.9		4.1	4.9	1.19	HOL · PCL
1953	34	HOL	Opn	16	9	.640	3.13	41	26		14	3		189.2	179	70	66	4	75	81	0	0	2			1.339	8.5	0.2	3.6	3.8	1.08	HOL · PCL
1954	35	PIT-min	Opn	10	7	.588	3.21	47	14		5	2		168.0	165	72	60	9	65	53	3	0	4			1.369	8.8	0.5	3.5	2.8	0.82	HOL · PCL
1955	36	SFR	Opn	8	10	.444	4.29	32	22		8	1		165.2	161	82	79	8	71	60	6	1	13			1.400	8.7	0.4	3.9	3.3	0.85	SFR · PCL
1956	37	BFL	AAA	0	0			2																								BFL · IL
5 Yrs				4	10	.286	5.88	89	12	30	1	1	2	193.0	201	140	126	21	111	91	3	2	4	876	72	1.617	9.4	1.0	5.2	4.2	0.82
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.286	5.88	60	8	20	1	1	1	130	135	94	85	14	75	61	2	1	3	590	72	1.617	9.4	1.0	5.2	4.2	0.82

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1946	27	PIT	NL	10.1	4	2	6	5.23	3.75	-0.24	0.00	99.6	3.98	-1	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.461	.499	$

1948	29	PIT	NL	4.1	2	0	5	10.38	4.09	0.21	0.00	99.5	3.85	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.356	.498	$
1949	30	PIT	NL	42.2	9	7	27	5.70	4.22	-0.04	0.00	103.6	4.42	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.433	.496	$
1950	31	PIT	NL	62.1	38	2	36	5.20	4.80	-0.08	0.00	105.2	5.14	-0	0.0	.8	-0.1	0.5	7	.500	.500	$
1951	32	PIT	NL	73.1	36	1	66	8.10	4.59	-0.15	0.00	105.2	4.99	-25	-2.5	.6	0.3	-1.5	-17	.431	.485	$
5 Seasons				193.0	89	12	140	6.53	4.52	-0.10	0.00	104.4	4.83	-36	-3.5	.7	0.2	-1.6	-15	.460	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1948	29	PIT	NL	2	22	17	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	.235	.409	.412	.821	.188	7	0	0	0	0	0
1949	30	PIT	NL	9	144	164	27	40	5	2	5	0	2	16	24	.244	.311	.390	.701	.259	64	0	0	0	0	1
1950	31	PIT	NL	38	182	229	36	56	9	1	6	0	1	34	33	.245	.345	.371	.716	.263	85	2	1	6	0	2
1951	32	PIT	NL	36	259	302	66	92	8	2	9	2	0	46	32	.305	.398	.434	.832	.318	131	6	1	6	0	5
4 Yrs				85	607	712	134	192	22	5	21	2	3	101	89	.270	.362	.403	.765	.284	287	8	2	12	0	8
162 Game Avg.				61	434	510	96	137	16	4	15	1	2	72	64	.270	.362	.403	.765	.284	205	6	1	9	0	6
MLB Averages																.261	.338	.358	.696	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	29	PIT	NL	-2.5	-0.2	22	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.94	-1.7	0	2	0
1949	30	PIT	NL	-3.7	-0.4	147	-0.3	2.9	-3.2	1.23	-0.1	-0.2	-4.6	-0.4	1.23	-0.4	0	0	1
1950	31	PIT	NL	-2.6	-0.2	189	-0.7	1.3	-2.1	.49	0.0	-1.5	-8.8	-0.8	0.48	-0.9	4	3	14
1951	32	PIT	NL	-21.5	-2.1	262	-0.2	2.0	-2.2	.49	-0.3	-0.2	-15.4	-1.5	0.49	-10.9	2	6	18
5 Yrs				-31.5	-3.1	620	-1.4	6.5	-7.9	.68	-0.4	-1.6	-30.9	-2.9	0.68	-13.9	6	11	33

Starting Pitching*

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
1946	27	PIT	NL	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	43	39			1	1	7.5		3.2

1949	30	PIT	NL	9	7	1	4	2	0	1	1	6	.143	0	1	1	1	2	29%	50.9	81	32	4	3	2	4	2.8	2.9	5.8
1950	31	PIT	NL	38	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	30.0	34	26	6	3	1	1	10.6	0.0	3.2
1951	32	PIT	NL	36	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	7	4	1	0	1.0		3.3
4 Yrs				87	12	1	6	5	0	1	4	8	.333	0	2	1	1	2	17%	44	81	26	17	10	5	6	4.7	2.7	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.7	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1946	27	PIT	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														2	0		0	6.0

1948	29	PIT	NL	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	.935	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	6.5
1949	30	PIT	NL	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%		1.228	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.5
1950	31	PIT	NL	38	36	17	1	1	2	2	1	100%	2	0	12	8	67%		.489	4	3	14	2	2	19	6	17	16	10	14	7	4.7
1951	32	PIT	NL	36	35	10	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	17	11	65%		.486	2	6	18	0	2	25	9	18	23	2	19	7	6.0
5 Yrs				89	77	30	3	4	2	2	1	100%	2	0	31	20	65%		.679	6	11	33	2	4	47	17	36	43	14	35	14	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1946	27	PIT	NL	49		0.0%	4.1%	20.4%				73%

1948	29	PIT	NL	22	45%	4.6%	0.0%	22.7%	4.6%	25%	1.17	73%	5	0	0%
1949	30	PIT	NL	180	64%	3.5%	16.7%	11.1%	8.3%	30%	0.55	94%	29	0	0%
1950	31	PIT	NL	270	62%	3.3%	18.1%	18.7%	8.8%	29%	0.87	104%	30	2	7%
1951	32	PIT	NL	356	63%	3.5%	12.4%	17.8%	7.3%	21%	0.97	101%	77	6	8%
5 Yrs				877	62%	3.2%	13.9%	16.9%	7.3%	24%	0.83	97%	141	8	6%
MLB Averages					49%	2.1%	11.7%	11.9%	5.5%	20%	0.94	93%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1946	27	PIT	NL		9			0												0

1948	29	PIT	NL	22	4			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	30	PIT	NL	144	40			5	0	4	3	1	2	2	7	5	0	71%	1	1	0	51	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	36
1950	31	PIT	NL	182	56			6	0	10	3	2	2	3	9	6	1	67%	2	1	1	67	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	88
1951	32	PIT	NL	259	92			9	0	13	4	3	4	3	24	18	1	75%	5	2	0	126	2	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	97
5 Yrs				607	201			21	0	27	11	6	8	9	40	29	2	73%	8	4	1	255	2	3	40%	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	6	221
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1946	27	0	1	.000	5.23	4	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	6	0	10	2	1	0	0	49	70	1.839	7.8	0.0	8.7	1.7	0.20	70
1947	28	0	1	.000	5.23	4	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	6	0	10	2	1	0	0	49	70	1.839	7.8	0.0	8.7	1.7	0.20	70
1948	29	1	1	.500	6.75	6	2	3	0	0	0	14.2	13	11	11	1	15	2	1	0	0	71	58	1.909	8.0	0.6	9.2	1.2	0.13	58
1949	30	2	5	.286	5.49	15	9	3	1	1	0	57.1	53	38	35	6	31	26	1	0	1	251	76	1.465	8.3	0.9	4.9	4.1	0.84	76
1950	31	3	6	.333	5.26	53	11	20	1	1	2	119.2	109	74	70	12	65	59	2	1	2	520	81	1.454	8.2	0.9	4.9	4.4	0.91	81
1951	32	4	10	.286	5.88	89	12	30	1	1	2	193.0	201	140	126	21	111	91	3	2	4	876	72	1.617	9.4	1.0	5.2	4.2	0.82	72

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
1946	27	0	1	.000	6.30	10.0	10	8	7	0	11	2	1	2.100	9.0	9.9	1.8	0.18	0.0	4

1948	29	0	0		9.00	5.0	4	6	5	1	5	0	0	1.800	7.2	9.0	0.0	0.00	1.8	2
1949	30	2	2	.500	5.02	43.0	41	27	24	5	16	24	0	1.326	8.6	3.3	5.0	1.50	1.0	9
1950	31	3	4	.429	4.50	64.0	55	36	32	6	33	34	1	1.375	7.7	4.6	4.8	1.03	0.8	38
1951	32	2	6	.250	6.31	77.0	92	60	54	9	46	34	1	1.792	10.8	5.4	4.0	0.74	1.1	36
5 Yrs		7	13	.350	5.52	199.0	202	137	122	21	111	94	3	1.573	9.1		4.3	0.85	0.9	89

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