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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 PHI NL 26 OF 119 106 957.1 240 220 17 3 4 .988 8.9 11.2 4.9 4.7 0.2 4 2.23 1.99 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 PHI NL 26 RF 117 102 925.2 231 213 15 3 4 .987 7.4 9.6 3.4 3.0 0.4 4 2.22 1.95 .979 1.99 1.76
1960 PHI NL 26 LF 5 3 23.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 25.4 0.5 0.7 -0.2 0 2.66 1.40 .971 1.98 1.54
1960 PHI NL 26 CF 2 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 150.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 4.50 2.00 .975 2.59 2.30
1961 PHI NL 27 OF 56 38 339.1 79 73 4 2 0 .975 0.5 1.8 1.5 3.5 -2.0 -1 2.04 1.38 .977 2.16 1.86
1961 PHI NL 27 RF 53 36 318.2 74 68 4 2 0 .973 0.8 3.0 0.8 2.6 -1.8 0 2.03 1.36 .974 1.93 1.60
1961 PHI NL 27 1B 5 3 28.2 26 23 3 0 3 1.000 0.1 4.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 8.16 5.20 .988 9.83 8.56
1961 PHI NL 27 CF 5 2 20.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -17.4 0.7 0.9 -0.2 -1 2.18 1.00 .980 2.61 2.28
1961 PHI NL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
1963 CIN NL 29 OF 21 11 117.0 18 16 0 2 0 .889 -3.7 -37.9 -2.7 -3.6 0.8 -1 1.23 0.76 .978 2.01 1.75
1963 CIN NL 29 LF 11 7 68.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.4 -7.1 -0.4 -1.3 0.8 0 1.85 1.27 .973 1.80 1.38
1963 CIN NL 29 RF 10 4 49.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -3.3 -80.8 -2.3 -2.3 0.0 -1 0.73 0.40 .980 1.84 1.61
1963 CIN NL 29 1B 1 1 6.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 12.00 8.00 .988 9.75 8.40
3 Seasons OF 196 155 1413.2 337 309 21 7 4 .979 5.7 4.8 3.7 4.6 -1.0 2 2.10 1.68 .978 2.17 1.89
3 Seasons RF 180 142 1293.1 310 285 19 6 4 .981 4.9 4.5 1.9 3.3 -1.4 3 2.12 1.69 .978 1.97 1.70
2 Seasons LF 16 10 91.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 0.1 1.3 0.1 -0.6 0.6 0 2.06 1.31 .973 1.85 1.43
2 Seasons CF 7 3 28.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 29.3 1.7 1.9 -0.2 -1 2.83 1.29 .978 2.61 2.29
2 Seasons 1B 6 4 34.2 34 31 3 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -3.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 8.83 5.67 .988 9.81 8.53
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
3 Seasons TOT 203 159 1448.1 371 340 24 7 7 .981 5.6 4.6 3.6 4.4 -0.9 2 0 2.26 1.79 .960 2.36 2.09

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 PHI NL 26 124 106 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 117 119 13 3
1961 PHI NL 27 86 41 86 86 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 5 53 56 21 13
1963 CIN NL 29 49 12 49 49 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 10 21 32 1
3 Seasons 259 159 259 259 0 0 6 0 1 0 16 7 180 196 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 42 22 2 21 4 1 16 10 1 22 3 1 17 15 1 118 54 45.8% 58 6 5.1% 9 4058 53% 81% 31% 458 49%
1961 PHI NL 27 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 10 4 1 12 1 0 5 4 0 3 2 0 6 3 0 36 14 38.9% 21 1 2.8% 3 1422 57% 78% 27% 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% 0 205 58% 78% 30% 9 44%
3 Seasons 6 0 4 2 1 19 0 7 6 3 55 26 3 33 5 1 21 14 1 25 5 1 24 18 1 158 68 43.0% 83 7 4.4% 12 5685 54% 80% 30% 595 50%
MLB Averages 41.7% 3.0% 61% 77% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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% 0 111 63% 71% 24% 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 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 290 53% 72% 26% 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 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 0 401 56% 72% 26% 39 54%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.2% 61% 77% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 87 40% 68% 17% 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% 0 120 41% 72% 19% 11 82%
MLB Averages 41.0% 1.8% 61% 77% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 29 62% 79% 24% 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 157 63% 82% 25% 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 61% 77% 27% 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 1954 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.

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