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Bruce Walton

Bruce Kenneth Walton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 25, 1962 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: North Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA)
School: University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, HI)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 16th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1991
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rockies/Expos 1991-1994

Final Game: July 4, 1994
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1985	22	OAK-min	Rk	3	7	.300	4.11	18	9	6	2	0	3	76.2	89	46	35	2	27	3	69	1	0	2			1.513	10.4	0.2	3.2	8.1	2.56	PCT · PION
1986	23	OAK-min	A	13	7	.650	4.13	28	28	0	4	0	0	181.0	209	99	83	16	42	1	108	9	1	7			1.387	10.4	0.8	2.1	5.4	2.57	MOD,MAD · CALL,MIDW
1987	24	OAK-min	A,AA	10	8	.556	2.96	34	18	6	3	1	2	164.1	158	68	54	10	40	1	124	5	2	6			1.205	8.7	0.5	2.2	6.8	3.10	MOD,HVL · CALL,SOUL
1988	25	OAK-min	AA	4	5	.444	4.56	42	3	17	0	0	3	116.1	126	64	59	10	23	7	82	5	6	2			1.281	9.7	0.8	1.8	6.3	3.57	HVL · SOUL
1989	26	OAK-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.76	32	14	7	1	1	0	107.2	118	59	45	7	27	1	76	1	2	3			1.347	9.9	0.6	2.3	6.4	2.81	TAC · PCL
1990	27	OAK-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.11	46	5	21	0	0	7	98.1	103	42	34	12	23	5	67	2	5	1			1.281	9.4	1.1	2.1	6.1	2.91	TAC · PCL
1991	28	OAK-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.35	38	0	38	0	0	20	46.2	39	11	7	0	5	1	49	0	0	2	184		0.943	7.5	0.0	1.0	9.4	9.80	TAC · PCL
1991	28	OAK	AL	1	0	1.000	6.23	12	0	5	0	0	0	13.0	11	9	9	3	6	0	10	1	0	3	56	63	1.308	7.6	2.1	4.2	6.9	1.67
1992	29	OAK-min	AAA	8	2	.800	2.77	35	7	22	2	1	8	81.1	76	29	25	6	21	4	60	3	0	1	333		1.193	8.4	0.7	2.3	6.6	2.86	TAC · PCL
1992	29	OAK	AL	0	0		9.90	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	17	11	11	1	3	0	7	0	1	0	49	39	2.000	15.3	0.9	2.7	6.3	2.33
1993	30	WSN-HOU-min	AAA	6	4	.600	1.25	53	0	50	0	0	23	57.2	44	16	8	2	11	3	54	0	0	1	226		0.954	6.9	0.3	1.7	8.4	4.91	OTT,TUC · IL,PCL
1993	30	MON	NL	0	0		9.53	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	11	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	47	2.471	17.5	1.6	4.8	0.0	0.00
1994	31	COL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.84	51	0	33	0	0	13	57.2	74	34	31	5	16	2	39	0	0	2	259		1.561	11.5	0.8	2.5	6.1	2.44	CSP · PCL
1994	31	COL	NL	1	0	1.000	8.44	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	5	5	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	26	62	1.688	10.1	1.7	5.1	1.7	0.33
4 Yrs				2	0	1.000	8.21	27	0	12	0	0	0	34.0	45	31	31	6	15	1	18	1	2	3	163	51	1.765	11.9	1.6	4.0	4.8	1.20
162 Game Avg.				5	0	1.000	8.21	68	0	30	0	0	0	86	113	78	78	15	38	3	45	3	5	8	411	51	1.765	11.9	1.6	4.0	4.8	1.20

OAK (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	7.83	19	0	7	0	0	0	23.0	28	20	20	4	9	0	17	1	1	3	105	50	1.609	11.0	1.6	3.5	6.7	1.89
COL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	8.44	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	5	5	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	26	62	1.688	10.1	1.7	5.1	1.7	0.33
MON (1 yr)				0	0		9.53	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	11	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	47	2.471	17.5	1.6	4.8	0.0	0.00

NL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	9.00	8	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	17	11	11	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	58	54	2.091	13.9	1.6	4.9	0.8	0.17
AL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	7.83	19	0	7	0	0	0	23.0	28	20	20	4	9	0	17	1	1	3	105	50	1.609	11.0	1.6	3.5	6.7	1.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1991	28	OAK	AL	13.0	12	0	9	6.23	4.58	0.10	-0.35	95.8	3.96	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.472	.498	$
1992	29	OAK	AL	10.0	7	0	11	9.90	4.37	0.09	-0.34	99.4	3.91	-7	-0.7	.8	0.0	-0.5	-6	.407	.496	$111,000
1993	30	MON	NL	5.2	4	0	6	9.53	4.47	-0.22	-0.34	112.7	4.89	-3	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.2	-2	.426	.498	$115,000
1994	31	COL	NL	5.1	4	0	5	8.44	4.40	-0.35	-0.34	121.2	5.34	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.454	.499	$
4 Seasons				34.0	27	0	31	8.21	4.47	-0.02	-0.34	103.7	4.32	-15	-1.5	.7	0.2	-1.1	-11	.446	.498	$226,000

OAK (2 yrs)				23.0	19	0	20	7.83	4.49	0.10	-0.34	97.4	3.94	-10	-1.0	.6	0.1	-0.7	-7	.448	.497	$111,000
COL (1 yr)				5.1	4	0	5	8.44	4.40	-0.35	-0.34	121.2	5.34	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.454	.499	$
MON (1 yr)				5.2	4	0	6	9.53	4.47	-0.22	-0.34	112.7	4.89	-3	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.2	-2	.426	.498	$115,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1991	28	OAK	AL	12	56	48	9	11	2	0	3	2	0	6	10	.229	.321	.458	.780	.222	22	1	1	0	1	0	0
1992	29	OAK	AL	7	49	45	11	17	4	0	1	0	0	3	7	.378	.408	.533	.941	.421	24	0	0	0	1	0	0
1993	30	MON	NL	4	32	27	6	11	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	.407	.467	.556	1.022	.385	15	0	0	2	0	0	0
1994	31	COL	NL	4	26	22	5	6	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	.273	.360	.500	.860	.250	11	0	0	1	0	1	1
4 Yrs				27	163	142	31	45	9	0	6	3	0	15	18	.317	.381	.507	.888	.325	72	1	1	3	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				68	411	358	78	113	23	0	15	8	0	38	45	.317	.381	.507	.888	.325	181	3	3	8	5	3	3
MLB Averages																.261	.329	.396	.725	.290

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	28	OAK	AL	-3.2	-0.3	61	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.39	-0.2	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.39	-1.6	2	1	6
1992	29	OAK	AL	-6.5	-0.6	50	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.45	-0.1	0.4	-4.9	-0.5	0.45	-7.2	2	1	4
1993	30	MON	NL	-2.8	-0.3	32	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.22	-0.4	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.22	-3.2	0	0	3
1994	31	COL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	28	0.0	0.6	-0.5	1.60	-0.2	0.2	-2.7	-0.2	1.60	-1.3	2	0	1
4 Yrs				-13.8	-1.3	171	-0.0	1.5	-1.5	.57	-0.8	0.8	-13.6	-1.3	0.57	-13.3	6	2	14

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1991	28	OAK	AL	12	12	5	1	1	1	0%	2	1	10	3	30%	8	.390	2	1	6	5	0	7	6	6	3	2	5	1	3.3	20
1992	29	OAK	AL	7	7	2	0	0	0		2	2	4	0	0%	6	.446	2	1	4	3	0	4	2	5	3	2	4	1	4.3	25
1993	30	MON	NL	4	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	5	.220	0	0	3	1	0	3	1	3	2	1	3	2	4.3	26
1994	31	COL	NL	4	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	1.597	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	4	2	0	2	1	4.0	23
4 Yrs				27	27	12	2	1	1	0%	4	3	16	3	19%		.566	6	2	14	9	2	16	9	18	10	5	14	5	3.8	23

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1991	28	OAK	AL	56	70%	5.4%	17.9%	10.7%	8.9%	46%	0.95	1.23	64%	10%	20.0%	25%	14	1	7%
1992	29	OAK	AL	49	65%	2.0%	14.3%	6.1%	10.2%	29%	0.39	0.53	78%	41%	4.2%	14%	8	0	0%
1993	30	MON	NL	32	59%	3.1%	0.0%	9.4%	6.3%	18%	1.70	1.83	81%	17%	11.1%	10%	12	0	0%
1994	31	COL	NL	26	54%	3.9%	3.9%	11.5%	11.5%	50%	0.75	0.88	77%	32%	9.1%	8%	3	0	0%
4 Yrs				163	64%	3.7%	11.0%	9.2%	9.2%	33%	0.80	1.00	74%	25%	10.2%	16%	37	1	3%
MLB Averages					42%	2.2%	15.2%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.5%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	28	OAK	AL	56	240	4.29	142	59%	30%	11%	32%	27%	70%	0%	42%	85%	55%	4%	2	2	21%	12	6	0	20%	0	0	0	0	0
1992	29	OAK	AL	49	177	3.61	108	61%	33%	18%	13%	36%	67%	0%	41%	74%	69%	2%	1	1	18%	9	4	2	14%	1	0	0	0	0
1993	30	MON	NL	32	104	3.25	72	69%	24%	10%	26%	40%	76%	0%	53%	87%	75%	3%	1	0	19%	6	3	2		0	1	0	0	0
1994	31	COL	NL	26	91	3.50	50	55%	14%	12%	30%	44%	86%	10%	47%	86%	38%	8%	2	1	12%	3	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				163	612	3.75	372	61%	27%	13%	25%	35%	73%	2%	44%	83%	61%	4%	6	4	18%	30	13	4	17%	1	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.66		61%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1991	28	OAK	AL	56	11	3	0	3	1	1	3	0	2	1	4	3	1	75%	0	3	0	24	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1992	29	OAK	AL	49	17	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1993	30	MON	NL	32	11	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	31	COL	NL	26	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				163	45	12	0	6	1	4	5	1	4	2	11	8	1	73%	1	3	0	71	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1991	28	1	1.000	6.23	12	5	13.0	11	9	9	3	6	0	10	1	0	3	56	63	1.308	7.6	2.1	4.2	6.9	1.67	63
1992	29	1	1.000	7.83	19	7	23.0	28	20	20	4	9	0	17	1	1	3	105	50	1.609	11.0	1.6	3.5	6.7	1.89	50
1993	30	1	1.000	8.16	23	10	28.2	39	26	26	5	12	0	17	1	1	3	137	49	1.779	12.2	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.42	49
1994	31	2	1.000	8.21	27	12	34.0	45	31	31	6	15	1	18	1	2	3	163	51	1.765	11.9	1.6	4.0	4.8	1.20	51

Neutralized Pitching

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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	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1991	28	1	.000	7.50	12.0	12	11	10	3	7	9	1	1.583	9.0	5.3	6.8	1.29	2.3	12
1992	29	1	.000	12.00	9.0	18	13	12	1	3	7	0	2.333	18.0	3.0	7.0	2.33	1.0	7
1993	30	0		9.00	6.0	11	7	6	1	3	0	0	2.333	16.5	4.5	0.0	0.00	1.5	4
1994	31	0		6.75	8.0	8	7	6	1	4	2	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	2.3	0.50	1.1	4
4 Yrs		2	.000	8.74	35.0	49	38	34	6	17	18	1	1.886	12.6		4.6	1.06	1.5	27

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