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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:58AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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

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 Awards
1960 26 PHI NL 451 -24 -1 0 0 9 -6 16 -6 -0.9 -15 -1.7 0.8 $ *9/78
1961 27 PHI NL 190 -12 -1 2 -1 1 -2 7 -6 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ 9/385
1963 29 CIN NL 80 -6 0 1 0 -4 -1 3 -6 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ 79/3
3 Seasons 721 -42 -2 3 -1 6 -9 26 -18 -2.3 -25 -2.7 0.4 $
PHI (2 yrs) 641 -36 -2 2 -1 10 -8 23 -12 -1.6 -22 -2.4 0.8 $
CIN (1 yr) 80 -6 0 1 0 -4 -1 3 -6 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $

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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 1.98 1.98
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 1.96
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 1.96 1.95
2 Seasons LF 16 10 3 91.2 22 20 1 1 0 .955 0 1 2.06 1.31 .972 1.85 1.84
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1960 NL  0.8 (8th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1960 NL  17 (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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