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Dan Walters

Daniel Gene Walters

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 15, 1966 in Brunswick, ME
High School: Santana HS (Santee, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1992 (Age 25)
Team: Padres 1992-1993

Final Game: May 23, 1993 (Age 26)
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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
1985	18	HOU-min	A-,A	59	186	172	16	31	6	0	0	11	1	0	9	34	.180	.222	.215	.437		37		1	1	3	0		AUB,AVL · NYPL,SALL
1986	19	HOU-min	A	101	384	366	42	96	21	1	8	46	1	1	14	59	.262	.290	.391	.681		143		1	1	2	0		AVL · SALL
1987	20	HOU-min	A	99	381	338	23	84	8	0	1	30	2	4	33	42	.249	.311	.281	.592		95		0	5	5	2		OSC · FLOR
1988	21	HOU-min	AA,AAA	100	348	312	31	71	10	1	7	28	1	0	26	44	.228	.290	.333	.623		104		3	3	4	0		CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1989	22	SDP-min	AA	89	333	300	30	82	15	0	6	45	0	2	25	31	.273	.333	.383	.717		115		3	3	2	2		WCH · TL
1990	23	SDP-min	AA,AAA	111	423	383	44	106	21	0	10	66	0	0	34	45	.277	.333	.410	.743		157		1	0	5	2		WCH,LVG · TL,PCL
1991	24	SDP-min	AAA	96	315	293	39	93	22	0	4	44	0	0	22	35	.317	.365	.433	.799		127	12	0	0	0	5		LVG · PCL
1992	25	SDP-min	AAA	35	142	127	16	50	9	0	2	25	0	0	10	12	.394	.440	.512	.952		65	5	2	1	2	1		LVG · PCL
1992	25	SDP	NL	57	194	179	14	45	11	1	4	22	1	0	10	28	.251	.295	.391	.686	92	70	3	2	1	2	0	2
1993	26	SDP-min	AAA	66	239	223	26	64	14	0	5	39	1	2	14	26	.287	.331	.417	.748		93	13	1	0	1	0		LVG · PCL
1993	26	SDP	NL	27	102	94	6	19	3	0	1	10	0	0	7	13	.202	.255	.266	.521	40	25	2	0	0	1	2	2
1995	28	COL-min	AAA	52	165	155	15	44	9	2	3	23	0	0	7	20	.284	.317	.426	.743		66	6	1	1	1	1		CSP · PCL
1996	29	OAK-min	AAA	25	69	64	5	16	5	0	1	8	0	0	4	7	.250	.294	.375	.669		24	5	0	1	0	0		EDM · PCL
2 Yrs				84	296	273	20	64	14	1	5	32	1	0	17	41	.234	.281	.348	.629	73	95	5	2	1	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	571	527	39	123	27	2	10	62	2	0	33	79	.234	.281	.348	.629	73	183	10	4	2	6	4

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1992	25	SDP	NL	57	194	-2	-0	3	1	0.1	6	7	0.6	.502	.501	0.6	0.3	7		2
1993	26	SDP	NL	27	102	-10	-1	2	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.467	.494	-0.6	0.2	-5	$132,500	2
2 Seasons				84	296	-12	-1	5	-8	-0.8	9	1	0.1	.490	.497	0.0	0.5	1	$132,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1992	SDP	NL	25	C	55	49	44	432.1	357	329	25	3	5	.992	7.37	6.44	.991	6.67	6.67	2	6	47	18	28%	32%
1993	SDP	NL	26	C	26	26	24	234.2	164	138	21	5	1	.970	6.10	6.12	.989	6.74	6.69	4	4	27	13	33%	32%
	2 Seasons			C	81	75	68	667.0	521	467	46	8	6	.985	6.92	6.33	.990	6.70	6.68	6	10	74	31	30%	32%
	2 Seasons			TOT	81	75	68	667.0	521	467	46	8	6	.985	6.92	6.33	.990	6.70	6.68	6	10	74	31	30%	32%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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.
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Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
December 13, 1988: Traded by the Houston Astros to the San Diego Padres for Ed Vosberg.
November 22, 1993: 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
1993	26	San Diego Padres	$132,500	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$132,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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