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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 PHI NL 26 OF 119 106 97 957.1 240 220 17 3 4 .988 9 11 2.23 1.99 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 PHI NL 26 RF 117 102 96 925.2 231 213 15 3 4 .987 7 10 2.22 1.95 .979 1.99 1.99
1960 PHI NL 26 LF 5 3 1 23.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 25 2.66 1.40 .974 1.98 2.00
1960 PHI NL 26 CF 2 1 0 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 150 4.50 2.00 .980 2.59 2.60
1961 PHI NL 27 OF 56 38 28 339.1 79 73 4 2 0 .975 0 2 2.04 1.38 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 PHI NL 27 RF 53 36 27 318.2 74 68 4 2 0 .973 1 3 2.03 1.36 .974 1.93 1.91
1961 PHI NL 27 1B 5 3 1 28.2 26 23 3 0 3 1.000 0 4 8.16 5.20 .990 9.83 9.72
1961 PHI NL 27 CF 5 2 1 20.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 2.18 1.00 .980 2.61 2.60
1961 PHI NL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1963 CIN NL 29 OF 21 11 4 117.0 18 16 0 2 0 .889 -4 -38 1.23 0.76 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 CIN NL 29 LF 11 7 2 68.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0 -7 1.85 1.27 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 CIN NL 29 RF 10 4 2 49.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -3 -81 0.73 0.40 .976 1.84 1.82
1963 CIN NL 29 1B 1 1 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 12.00 8.00 .989 9.75 9.80
3 Seasons OF 196 155 129 1413.2 337 309 21 7 4 .979 6 5 2.10 1.68 .978 2.17 2.16
3 Seasons RF 180 142 125 1293.1 310 285 19 6 4 .981 5 5 2.12 1.69 .978 1.97 1.96
2 Seasons LF 16 10 3 91.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 0 1 2.06 1.31 .972 1.85 1.86
2 Seasons CF 7 3 1 28.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 29 2.83 1.29 .980 2.61 2.60
2 Seasons 1B 6 4 1 34.2 34 31 3 0 3 1.000 -0 -3 8.83 5.67 .990 9.81 9.73
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
3 Seasons TOT 203 159 130 1448.1 371 340 24 7 7 .981 6 5 2.26 1.79 .979 2.36 2.39
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1960 PHI NL 26 RF 7 10 3 0 3 4
1960 PHI NL 26 LF 0 25 0 -0 1 0
1960 PHI NL 26 CF 1 150 1 0 1 0
1961 PHI NL 27 RF 1 3 1 -2 3 0
1961 PHI NL 27 1B 0 4 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 27 CF -0 -17 1 -0 1 -1
1961 PHI NL 27 3B
1963 CIN NL 29 LF -0 -7 -0 1 -1 0
1963 CIN NL 29 RF -3 -81 -2 0 -2 -1
1963 CIN NL 29 1B -0 -40 -0 0 -0 0
3 Seasons RF 5 5 2 -1 3 3
2 Seasons LF 0 1 0 1 -1 0
2 Seasons CF 1 29 2 -0 2 -1
2 Seasons 1B -0 -3 -0 0 -0 0
1 Season 3B
3 Seasons TOT 6 5 4 -1 4 0 2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 PHI NL 26 124 106 124 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 117 119 0 13 3
1961 PHI NL 27 86 41 86 61 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 53 56 0 21 13
1963 CIN NL 29 49 12 49 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 10 21 0 32 1
3 Seasons 259 159 259 202 0 0 7 0 0 0 16 7 180 196 0 66 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 PHI NL 26 3 0 2 1 0 15 0 5 4 3 51 23 3 21 4 1 16 10 1 22 3 1 22 16 1 132 56 42.4% 69 7 5.3% 8 3912 55% 84% 32% 458 49%
1961 PHI NL 27 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 14 5 1 12 1 0 5 4 0 3 2 0 7 4 0 41 16 39.0% 24 1 2.4% 3 1370 59% 81% 28% 128 56%
1963 CIN NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 202 59% 79% 31% 9 44%
3 Seasons 6 0 4 2 1 19 0 7 6 3 68 28 4 33 5 1 21 14 1 25 5 1 30 20 1 177 72 40.7% 97 8 4.5% 11 5484 56% 83% 31% 595 50%
MLB Averages 40.5% 3.0% 63% 79% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 107 65% 74% 25% 14 50%
1963 CIN NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 278 56% 76% 27% 25 56%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 9 5 55.6% 3 1 11.1% 0 385 58% 75% 27% 39 54%
MLB Averages 58.5% 2.4% 63% 79% 28% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 42% 82% 24% 5 80%
1961 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 84 42% 70% 18% 6 83%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 117 42% 74% 20% 11 82%
MLB Averages 41.9% 2.1% 63% 79% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 PHI NL 27 128 63% 83% 25% 6 100% 0 23 3 20 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
1963 CIN NL 29 24 75% 96% 29% 2 100% 0 9 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 152 65% 85% 26% 8 100% 0 32 4 27 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  117 (4th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  213 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  15 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1960 NL  17 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  7 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1960 NL  2.22 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  1.95 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 NL  .987 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1960 NL  9 (4th)

                                         

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