Ken Walters
Kenneth Rogers Walters
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 11, 1933 in Fresno, CA
High School: Fremont (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1960
Final Game: September 29, 1963
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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 Awards
1960 26 PHI NL 124 451 426 42 102 10 0 8 37 4 3 16 50 .239 .266 .319 .585 60 136 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 54 59 6 1 3 1 0 9/385
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
3 Seasons 259 721 681 71 157 20 2 11 58 6 7 25 89 .231 .259 .314 .573 56 214 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 56 134 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 58 195 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

Advanced Batting

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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 99 .253 .239 .263 .266 .329 .319 .404 .585 .733 60 .286 -24.6 -2.5 .456 .120 .080 5.3
1961 27 PHI NL 190 151 13 2.3 104 .253 .228 .268 .251 .334 .328 .417 .579 .751 54 .216 -12.3 -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 Seasons 721 560 51 2.4 100 .249 .231 .264 .259 .329 .314 .405 .573 .734 56 .255 -42.9 -4.4 .440 .119 .084 7.8
162 Game Avg. 451 350 32 2.4 100 .249 .231 .264 .259 .329 .314 .405 .573 .734 56 .255 -42.9 -4.4 .440 .119 .084 5
PHI (2 yrs) 641 497 47 2.5 101 .253 .236 .264 .262 .330 .322 .408 .584 .738 58 .264 -36.9 -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*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 721 1.5% 12.3% 3.5% 4.6% 21% 3.56 7.7 61.9 11.7 0.83 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 2.26 8 0 12 3 5 4 4 0 8 4 50% 103 11 11% 52 14 27% 304 30 10% 29 11 38% 20 6 30% 0
1961 27 PHI NL 190 56% 41 19 5 0 1 1.42 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 100% 35 6 17% 17 7 41% 107 12 11% 10 4 40% 10 2 20% 0
1963 29 CIN NL 80 89% 14 29 5 0 2 1.64 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 0% 5 0 0% 59 6 10% 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 0
3 Seasons 721 52% 157 60 11 0 3 1.69 11 0 16 4 7 6 5 0 11 7 64% 156 17 11% 74 21 28% 470 48 10% 42 16 38% 35 9 26% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 60 136 11 1 4 4 3
1961 27 210 641 606 65 143 18 2 10 51 6 5 21 75 .236 .262 .322 .584 58 195 17 2 7 5 3
1962 28 210 641 606 65 143 18 2 10 51 6 5 21 75 .236 .262 .322 .584 58 195 17 2 7 5 3
1963 29 259 721 681 71 157 20 2 11 58 6 7 25 89 .231 .259 .314 .573 56 214 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 26 130 464 443 45 104 10 0 8 40 4 16 52 .235 .261 .312 .572 37 124
1961 27 90 192 185 24 40 8 2 2 15 2 5 26 .216 .240 .314 .553 14 86
1963 29 49 81 76 7 15 2 0 1 8 0 4 14 .197 .247 .263 .510 5 49
3 Seasons 269 737 704 76 159 20 2 11 63 6 25 92 .226 .254 .307 .561 56 259
162 Game Avg. 162 444 424 46 96 12 1 7 38 4 15 55 .226 .254 .307 .561 34 259

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