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Ken Walters

Kenneth Rogers Walters

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 11, 1933 in Fresno, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1960
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds 1960-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
Died: January 26, 2010 in San Ramon, CA
Cremated
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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
1952	18	DET-min	D	125	488	488		133	32	3	3						.273	.273	.369	.641		180							JAM · PONY
1953	19	DET-min	D	122	503	503		161	31	6	13						.320	.320	.483	.803		243							JAM · PONY
1956	22	DET-min	A,AAA	124	479	467	20	117	27	4	20	23	1		11	27	.251	.269	.454	.723		212	3	1	0	0			AUG,CHL · SALL,AA
1957	23	DET-min	AA	138	491	491		135	27	8	17						.275	.275	.466	.741		229							BIR · SOUA
1958	24	DET-min	AAA	123	354	329	37	84	19	1	8	50	2		15	33	.255	.287	.392	.679		129		1	5	4	3		CHL · AA
1959	25	CHC-min	AAA	152	640	605	78	176	24	2	21	92	4		21	54	.291	.313	.441	.755		267		2	5	7	3		FTW · AA
1960	26	PHI	NL	124	451	426	42	102	10	0	8	37	4	3	16	50	.239	.266	.319	.585	61	136	11	1	4	4	3	*9/78
1961	27	PHI	NL	86	190	180	23	41	8	2	2	14	2	2	5	25	.228	.251	.328	.579	55	59	6	1	3	1	0	9/385

1962	28	CIN-min	AAA	152	633	583	87	175	43	6	22	96	1	1	34	34	.300	.338	.508	.846		296		3	6	7			SDG · PCL
1963	29	CIN	NL	49	80	75	6	14	2	0	1	7	0	2	4	14	.187	.238	.253	.491	40	19	0	1	0	0	1	79/3
1964	30	CIN-min	AAA	137	499	464	59	122	17	2	16	62	6	5	29	47	.263	.306	.412	.717		191		1	2	3			SDG · PCL
1965	31	CIN-min	AAA	122	410	392	38	89	13	2	9	39	3	5	7	45	.227	.240	.339	.579		133		1	6	4			SDG · PCL
3 Yrs				259	721	681	71	157	20	2	11	58	6	7	25	89	.231	.259	.314	.573	57	214	17	3	7	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	451	426	44	98	13	1	7	36	4	4	16	56	.231	.259	.314	.573	57	134	11	2	4	3	3

PHI (2 yrs)				210	641	606	65	143	18	2	10	51	6	5	21	75	.236	.262	.322	.584	59	195	17	2	7	5	3
CIN (1 yr)				49	80	75	6	14	2	0	1	7	0	2	4	14	.187	.238	.253	.491	40	19	0	1	0	0	1

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
1960	26	PHI	NL	124	451	-22	0	0	9	-5	-18	-2.1	15	-3	-0.6	.484	.488	-1.5	0.4	-12	$	*9/78
1961	27	PHI	NL	86	190	-9	-1	-1	1	-2	-13	-1.4	6	-6	-0.7	.484	.492	-0.8	-0.2	-7	$	9/385

1963	29	CIN	NL	49	80	-5	-0	0	-4	-1	-10	-1.2	3	-7	-0.9	.476	.493	-0.5	-0.5	-3	$	79/3
3 Seasons				259	721	-37	-1	-0	6	-9	-41	-4.6	24	-17	-2.2	.483	.491	-2.8	-0.3	-22	$

PHI (2 yrs)				210	641	-32	-1	-1	9	-7	-31	-3.4	22	-9	-1.3	.484	.490	-2.3	0.2	-19	$
CIN (1 yr)				49	80	-5	-0	0	-4	-1	-10	-1.2	3	-7	-0.9	.476	.493	-0.5	-0.5	-3	$

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
1960	26	PHI	NL	451	346	34	2.6	98	.253	.239	.262	.266	.328	.319	.402	.585	.730	61	.286	-24.1	-2.5	.456	.120	.080	5.3
1961	27	PHI	NL	190	151	13	2.3	103	.253	.228	.266	.251	.333	.328	.415	.579	.748	55	.216	-12.1	-1.2	.442	.128	.100	2.0

1963	29	CIN	NL	80	63	4	1.7	92	.217	.187	.257	.238	.320	.253	.385	.491	.705	40	.180	-6.0	-0.6	.349	.093	.067	.0
3 Yrs				721	560	51	2.4	99	.249	.231	.263	.259	.328	.314	.404	.573	.732	57	.255	-42.2	-4.3	.440	.119	.084	7.8
162 Game Avg.				451	350	32	2.4	99	.249	.231	.263	.259	.328	.314	.404	.573	.732	57	.255	-42.2	-4.3	.440	.119	.084	5

PHI (2 yrs)				641	497	47	2.5	100	.253	.236	.263	.262	.329	.322	.406	.584	.735	59	.264	-36.2	-3.7	.452	.122	.086	7.5
CIN (1 yr)				80	63	4	1.7	92	.217	.187	.257	.238	.320	.253	.385	.491	.705	40	.180	-6.0	-0.6	.349	.093	.067	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	26	PHI	NL	451	1.8%	11.1%	3.6%	4.0%	18%	3.13	8.5	53.3	11.5	0.81	82%
1961	27	PHI	NL	190	1.1%	13.2%	2.6%	6.3%	29%	5.00	7.2	90.0	12.9	1.13	81%

1963	29	CIN	NL	80	1.3%	17.5%	5.0%	3.8%	21%	3.50	5.4	75.0	10.7	0.44	75%
3 Yrs				721	1.5%	12.3%	3.5%	4.6%	21%	3.56	7.7	61.9	11.7	0.83	81%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.2%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.65	6.3	38.0	8.5	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	26	PHI	NL	-24.7	-2.5	462	-3.6	6.8	-10.4	1.15	-1.9	-1.2	-26.8	-2.8	0.99	-20.6	2.25	12
1961	27	PHI	NL	-12.3	-1.2	197	-1.1	2.6	-3.7	1.01	-1.1	0.0	-12.0	-1.2	0.90	-12.4	1.38	19

1963	29	CIN	NL	-6.0	-0.6	82	-0.5	1.2	-1.7	1.16	-0.4	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.00	-4.3	1.56	29
3 Yrs				-43.0	-4.4	741	-5.2	10.5	-15.7	1.12	-3.4	-1.2	-40.8	-4.2	0.97	-37.3	1.64	60

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	26	PHI	NL	6	0	31%	145	4	3	57%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	59%	22	11	10	4	1	3	13	2	10
1961	27	PHI	NL	5	0	47%	62	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	57%	9	5	4	2	0	2	10	3	6

1963	29	CIN	NL	2	0	28%	19	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				13	0	35%	226	6	7	46%	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	11	59%	35	17	17	6	1	5	23	5	16

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
1960	26	PHI	NL	451	45%	102			12	1	0	0	2.25	8	0	12	3	5	4	4	0	8	4	50%	103	11	11%	52	14	27%	304	30	10%	29	11	38%	16	7	44%	0
1961	27	PHI	NL	190	56%	41			19	5	0	1	1.38	2	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	100%	35	6	17%	17	7	41%	107	12	11%	10	4	40%	9	4	44%	0

1963	29	CIN	NL	80	89%	14			29	5	0	2	1.56	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		18	0	0%	5	0	0%	59	6	10%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	0
3 Yrs				721	52%	157			60	11	0	3	1.64	11	0	16	4	7	6	5	0	11	7	64%	156	17	11%	74	21	28%	470	48	10%	42	16	38%	27	13	48%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

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
1960	26	124	451	426	42	102	10	0	8	37	4	3	16	50	.239	.266	.319	.585	61	136	11	1	4	4	3
1961	27	210	641	606	65	143	18	2	10	51	6	5	21	75	.236	.262	.322	.584	59	195	17	2	7	5	3
1962	28	210	641	606	65	143	18	2	10	51	6	5	21	75	.236	.262	.322	.584	59	195	17	2	7	5	3
1963	29	259	721	681	71	157	20	2	11	58	6	7	25	89	.231	.259	.314	.573	57	214	17	3	7	5	4

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
1960	26	130	474	448	46	109	11	0	9	40	4	17	52	.243	.270	.328	.598	40	124
1961	27	90	198	188	25	43	8	2	2	15	2	5	26	.229	.251	.324	.576	16	86

1963	29	49	81	76	7	15	2	0	1	8	0	4	14	.197	.247	.263	.510	5	49
3 Yrs		269	753	712	78	167	21	2	12	63	6	26	92	.235	.263	.320	.583	61	259
162 Game Avg.		162	453	429	47	101	13	1	7	38	4	16	55	.235	.263	.320	.583	37	259

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