Gene Walter

Gene Winston Walter

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 22, 1960 in Chicago, IL
School: Eastern Kentucky University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 29th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1985
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets/Mariners 1985-1988

Final Game: September 30, 1988
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1982	21	SDP-min	A-	4	4	.500	4.83	17	9	3	2	0	0	72.2	73	55	39	5	46	0	61	1	0	10			1.638	9.0	0.6	5.7	7.6	1.33	WWA · NORW
1983	22	SDP-min	A	6	13	.316	3.78	42	10	15	4	0	3	121.1	114	73	51	2	61	4	105	11	2	12			1.442	8.5	0.1	4.5	7.8	1.72	MIA · FLOR
1984	23	SDP-min	AA,A	10	8	.556	2.47	43	15	16	1	1	9	135.0	96	47	37	4	67	0	71	2	1	7			1.207	6.4	0.3	4.5	4.7	1.06	BMT,MIA · TL,FLOR
1985	24	SDP-min	AAA	7	5	.583	2.75	45	2	27	0	0	12	95.0	75	34	29	3	35	5	107	5	2	6			1.158	7.1	0.3	3.3	10.1	3.06	LVG · PCL
1985	24	SDP	NL	0	2	.000	2.05	15	0	7	0	0	3	22.0	12	6	5	0	8	1	18	0	0	0	86	178	0.909	4.9	0.0	3.3	7.4	2.25
1986	25	SDP	NL	2	2	.500	3.86	57	0	19	0	0	1	98.0	89	47	42	7	49	7	84	4	0	6	422	95	1.408	8.2	0.6	4.5	7.7	1.71
1987	26	NYM-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.93	33	3	12	0	0	4	49.1	37	33	27	9	23	0	43	4	0	8			1.216	6.8	1.6	4.2	7.8	1.87	TID · IL
1987	26	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	3.20	21	0	6	0	0	0	19.2	18	10	7	1	13	3	11	1	0	1	89	121	1.576	8.2	0.5	5.9	5.0	0.85
1988	27	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		2.08	8	0	4	0	0	2	8.2	9	5	2	1	1	0	11	0	0	0			1.154	9.3	1.0	1.0	11.4	11.00	CGY · PCL
1988	27	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	4.60	35	0	9	0	0	0	43.0	42	25	22	0	26	5	27	2	9	1	195	84	1.581	8.8	0.0	5.4	5.7	1.04
1988	27	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	3.78	19	0	5	0	0	0	16.2	21	9	7	0	11	1	14	0	3	0	80	88	1.920	11.3	0.0	5.9	7.6	1.27
1988	27	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	5.13	16	0	4	0	0	0	26.1	21	16	15	0	15	4	13	2	6	1	115	83	1.367	7.2	0.0	5.1	4.4	0.87
1990	29	KCR-HOU-min	AAA,A	5	1	.833	2.79	25	9	9	1	1	3	71.0	59	28	22	2	36	2	55	1	2	7			1.338	7.5	0.3	4.6	7.0	1.53	OMA,APP,TUC · AA,MIDW,PCL
1991	30	STL-BOS-min	AAA,AA	4	4	.500	4.30	29	6	10	0	0	3	69.0	68	39	33	5	31	2	41	3	0	4	301		1.435	8.9	0.7	4.0	5.3	1.32	PAW,LOU,NBR · IL,AA,EL
1992	31	TOR-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.83	39	0	26	0	0	9	57.1	51	25	18	2	28	3	46	4	2	5	252		1.378	8.0	0.3	4.4	7.2	1.64	SYR · IL
1993	32	FLA-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	7.88	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	13	7	7	1	3	0	4	0	0	2	37		2.000	14.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.33	EDM · PCL
4 Seasons				4	7	.364	3.74	128	0	41	0	0	4	182.2	161	88	76	8	96	16	140	7	9	8	792	100	1.407	7.9	0.4	4.7	6.9	1.46
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.364	3.74	68	0	22	0	0	2	97	86	47	40	4	51	9	74	4	5	4	421	100	1.407	7.9	0.4	4.7	6.9	1.46

NYM (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	3.47	40	0	11	0	0	0	36.1	39	19	14	1	24	4	25	1	3	1	169	105	1.734	9.7	0.2	5.9	6.2	1.04
SDP (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	3.53	72	0	26	0	0	4	120.0	101	53	47	7	57	8	102	4	0	6	508	104	1.317	7.6	0.5	4.3	7.7	1.79
SEA (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.13	16	0	4	0	0	0	26.1	21	16	15	0	15	4	13	2	6	1	115	83	1.367	7.2	0.0	5.1	4.4	0.87

NL (4 yrs)			NL	3	7	.300	3.51	112	0	37	0	0	4	156.1	140	72	61	8	81	12	127	5	3	7	677	104	1.414	8.1	0.5	4.7	7.3	1.57
AL (1 yr)			AL	1	0	1.000	5.13	16	0	4	0	0	0	26.1	21	16	15	0	15	4	13	2	6	1	115	83	1.367	7.2	0.0	5.1	4.4	0.87

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1985	24	SDP	NL	22.0	0	6	12	0	.7	6	0.4	$
1986	25	SDP	NL	98.0	0	47	56	-2	.6	9	0.2	$70,000
1987	26	NYM	NL	19.2	0	10	11	0	.8	1	0.0	$
1988	27	NYM	NL	16.2	0	9	9	0	.5	0	-0.1	$111,600
1988	27	SEA	AL	26.1	0	16	16	0	.4	0	-0.2	$
4 Seasons				182.2	0	88	104	-2	.6	16	0.3	$181,600

NYM (2 yrs)				36.1	0	19	20	0	.7	1	-0.1	$111,600
SDP (2 yrs)				120.0	0	53	68	-2	.6	15	0.6	$70,000
SEA (1 yr)				26.1	0	16	16	0	.4	0	-0.2	$

Standard Batting

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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
1982	21	SDP-min	A-	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	WWA · NORW
1983	22	SDP-min	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	MIA · FLOR
1984	23	SDP-min	AA,A	43	18	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333		3		0	0	0	0	BMT,MIA · TL,FLOR
1985	24	SDP-min	AAA	46	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125		0		0	0	0	0	LVG · PCL
1985	24	SDP	NL	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	25	SDP	NL	57	13	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.273	.300	.573	60	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1987	26	NYM-min	AAA	34	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	TID · IL
1987	26	NYM	NL	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1988	27	SEA-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CGY · PCL
1988	27	TOT	MLB	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	27	NYM	NL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	27	SEA	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	29	HOU-KCR-min	A,AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TUC,APP,OMA · PCL,MIDW,AA
1991	30	BOS-STL-min	AA,AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW,NBR,LOU · IL,EL,AA
1992	31	TOR-min	AAA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1993	32	FLA-min	AAA	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0	EDM · PCL
4 Seasons				128	18	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.167	.333	.250	.583	65	3	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	23	15	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.167	.333	.250	.583	65	4	0	0	4	0	0

NYM (2 yrs)				40	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	1	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				72	15	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.273	.580	64	3	0	0	2	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				112	18	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.167	.333	.250	.583	65	3	0	0	3	0	0
AL (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1985	24	SDP	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1986	25	SDP	NL	13	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$70,000	1
1987	26	NYM	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				18	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$70,000

SDP (2 yrs)				15	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$70,000
NYM (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1985	SDP	NL	24	P	15	22.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.05	0.33	.952	1.92	1.92	2	1	33%	0
1986	SDP	NL	25	P	57	98.0	26	8	17	1	1	.962	2.30	0.44	.955	1.94	1.94	10	5	33%	1
1987	NYM	NL	26	P	21	19.2	5	2	2	1	1	.800	1.83	0.19	.956	1.92	1.90	3	0	0%	0
1988	TOT	MLB	27	P	35	43.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.05	0.14	.958	1.84	1.87	8	0	0%	0
1988	NYM	NL	27	P	19	16.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.08	0.11	.955	1.94	1.96	1	0	0%	0
1988	SEA	AL	27	P	16	26.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.03	0.19	.960	1.78	1.77	7	0	0%	0
	4 Seasons			P	128	182.2	41	13	26	2	2	.951	1.92	0.30	.955	1.91	1.91	23	6	21%	1
	4 Seasons			TOT	128	182.2	41	13	26	2	2	.951	1.92	0.30	.955	1.91	1.91	23	6	21%	1

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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 25th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 7, 1982: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 29th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
December 11, 1986: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Adam Ging (minors) and Kevin McReynolds to the New York Mets for Kevin Armstrong (minors), Kevin Brown (minors), Shawn Abner, Stan Jefferson and Kevin Mitchell.
July 11, 1988: Traded by the New York Mets to the Seattle Mariners for Ed Nunez.

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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	Notes
1986	25	San Diego Padres	$70,000	1986 USA Today survey

1988	27	New York Mets	$111,600	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	28	Seattle Mariners	$120,000	1989 USA Today survey	Missed entire season with injury

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$301,600

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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