Danny Walton
Daniel James Walton (Mickey)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 14, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Bishop Amat (La Puente, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 10th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1968
Final Game: June 6, 1980
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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
1968 20 HOU NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1969 21 SEP AL 23 102 92 12 20 1 2 3 10 2 0 5 26 .217 .275 .370 .644 82 34 5 3 0 2 0 7
1970 22 MIL AL 117 455 397 32 102 20 1 17 66 2 3 51 126 .257 .349 .441 .790 117 175 6 6 0 1 4 *7
1971 23 TOT AL 35 91 83 6 16 3 0 3 11 0 0 7 29 .193 .264 .337 .601 72 28 3 1 0 0 0 7/95
1971 23 MIL AL 30 77 69 5 14 3 0 2 9 0 0 7 22 .203 .286 .333 .619 77 23 3 1 0 0 0 7/5
1971 23 NYY AL 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 .143 .143 .357 .500 42 5 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1973 25 MIN AL 37 113 96 13 17 1 1 4 8 0 0 17 28 .177 .301 .333 .634 76 32 3 0 0 0 0 7D/95
1975 27 MIN AL 42 67 63 4 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 18 .175 .224 .254 .478 34 16 3 0 0 0 2 /3D2
1976 28 LAD NL 18 17 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .133 .176 .133 .310 -10 2 0 0 0 1 0
1977 29 HOU NL 13 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .190 .190 .190 .381 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1980 32 TEX AL 10 13 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .200 .385 .200 .585 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 /D
9 Seasons 297 881 779 69 174 27 4 28 107 4 3 88 240 .223 .309 .376 .685 91 293 21 10 0 4 6
162 Game Avg. 162 481 425 38 95 15 2 15 58 2 2 48 131 .223 .309 .376 .685 91 160 11 5 0 2 3
MIL (3 yrs) 170 634 558 49 136 24 3 22 85 4 3 63 174 .244 .330 .416 .745 107 232 14 10 0 3 4
MIN (2 yrs) 79 180 159 17 28 3 1 5 16 0 0 21 46 .176 .272 .302 .574 60 48 6 0 0 0 2
HOU (2 yrs) 15 23 23 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .174 .174 .174 .348 -2 4 1 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 10 13 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .200 .385 .200 .585 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 18 17 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .133 .176 .133 .310 -10 2 0 0 0 1 0
NYY (1 yr) 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 .143 .143 .357 .500 42 5 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 264 841 741 69 168 27 4 28 104 4 3 87 232 .227 .315 .387 .702 95 287 20 10 0 3 6
NL (3 yrs) 33 40 38 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .158 .175 .158 .333 -5 6 1 0 0 1 0

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
1968 20 HOU NL 2 3 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .248 .000 .306 .000 .350 .000 .657 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1969 21 SEP AL 102 79 9 3.1 92 .262 .217 .251 .275 .327 .370 .378 .644 .706 82 .358 -2.7 -0.3 .571 .228 .152 2.4
1970 22 MIL AL 455 305 63 5.6 98 .333 .257 .258 .349 .332 .441 .394 .790 .726 117 .615 9.8 1.0 .760 .310 .184 3.6
1971 23 TOT AL 91 70 7 2.7 90 .255 .193 .252 .264 .324 .337 .374 .601 .698 72 .323 -3.4 -0.4 .514 .229 .145 .0
1971 23 MIL AL 77 58 6 2.8 91 .267 .203 .253 .286 .324 .333 .375 .619 .700 77 .337 -2.2 -0.2 .534 .232 .130 .0
1971 23 NYY AL 14 12 1 2.2 87 .167 .143 .248 .143 .319 .357 .368 .500 .687 42 .255 -1.2 -0.1 .417 .214 .214 .0
1973 25 MIN AL 113 82 10 3.3 97 .203 .177 .264 .301 .334 .333 .388 .634 .722 76 .373 -3.3 -0.3 .598 .333 .156 .0
1975 27 MIN AL 67 55 3 1.5 94 .227 .175 .260 .224 .331 .254 .382 .478 .713 34 .123 -5.8 -0.6 .364 .143 .079 .0
1976 28 LAD NL 17 14 0 0.0 90 .143 .133 .260 .176 .326 .133 .371 .310 .697 -10 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
1977 29 HOU NL 21 17 1 1.6 95 .250 .190 .258 .190 .324 .190 .394 .381 .718 7 .124 -2.7 -0.3 .235 .000 .000
1980 32 TEX AL 13 8 1 3.4 96 .400 .200 .266 .385 .327 .200 .394 .585 .721 68 .361 -0.2 -0.0 .625 .300 .000
9 Seasons 881 633 94 4.0 96 .283 .223 .258 .309 .330 .376 .388 .685 .718 91 .469 -10.9 -1.1 .623 .267 .153 7.0
162 Game Avg. 481 345 51 4.0 96 .283 .223 .258 .309 .330 .376 .388 .685 .718 91 .469 -10.9 -1.1 .623 .267 .153 4
MIL (3 yrs) 634 442 78 4.7 96 .312 .244 .256 .330 .330 .416 .389 .745 .719 107 .550 4.9 0.5 .697 .287 .172 6.8
MIN (2 yrs) 180 137 13 2.5 96 .213 .176 .262 .272 .332 .302 .386 .574 .718 60 .275 -9.0 -0.9 .504 .258 .126 .0
HOU (2 yrs) 23 20 1 1.4 94 .235 .174 .257 .174 .323 .174 .390 .348 .713 -2 .098 -3.2 -0.3 .200 .000 .000
TEX (1 yr) 13 8 1 3.4 96 .400 .200 .266 .385 .327 .200 .394 .585 .721 68 .361 -0.2 -0.0 .625 .300 .000
LAD (1 yr) 17 14 0 0.0 90 .143 .133 .260 .176 .326 .133 .371 .310 .697 -10 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
NYY (1 yr) 14 12 1 2.2 87 .167 .143 .248 .143 .319 .357 .368 .500 .687 42 .255 -1.2 -0.1 .417 .214 .214 .0
AL (6 yrs) 841 599 93 4.2 96 .289 .227 .257 .315 .331 .387 .388 .702 .718 95 .490 -5.6 -0.6 .646 .279 .161 7.0
NL (3 yrs) 40 34 1 0.8 92 .194 .158 .259 .175 .324 .158 .382 .333 .707 -5 .043 -5.3 -0.5 .212 .026 .000

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
1968 20 HOU NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1969 21 SEP AL 102 2.9% 25.5% 4.9% 5.9% 30% 5.20 3.5 30.7 9.2 0.96 64%
1970 22 MIL AL 455 3.7% 27.7% 11.2% 8.4% 37% 2.47 3.2 23.4 6.0 0.83 56%
1971 23 TOT AL 91 3.3% 31.9% 7.7% 6.6% 38% 4.14 2.9 27.7 7.5 1.05 56%
1971 23 MIL AL 77 2.6% 28.6% 9.1% 6.5% 36% 3.14 3.1 34.5 7.7 1.24 58%
1971 23 NYY AL 14 7.1% 50.0% 0.0% 7.1% 50% 2.0 14.0 7.0 0.25 43%
1973 25 MIN AL 113 3.5% 24.8% 15.0% 5.3% 35% 1.65 3.4 24.0 12.0 0.88 57%
1975 27 MIN AL 67 1.5% 26.9% 6.0% 4.5% 27% 4.50 3.5 63.0 7.9 0.95 66%
1976 28 LAD NL 17 0.0% 11.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 2.00 7.5 7.5 0.50 82%
1977 29 HOU NL 21 0.0% 23.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.2 21.0 0.50 76%
1980 32 TEX AL 13 0.0% 38.5% 23.1% 0.0% 0% 1.67 2.0 10.0 0.50 38%
9 Seasons 881 3.2% 27.2% 10.0% 6.7% 34% 2.73 3.2 27.8 7.3 0.87 58%
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
1968 20 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 21 SEP AL 3 0 36% 30 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46% 5 3 2 0 0 0 6 3 3
1970 22 MIL AL 3 0 11% 141 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 7 17% 19 14 5 4 4 0 6 6 0
1971 23 TOT AL 0 0 14% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 MIL AL 0 0 15% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 NYY AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 MIN AL 6 0 30% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 50% 7 5 2 4 1 2 3 0 3
1975 27 MIN AL 0 0 21% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 28 LAD NL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 29 HOU NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 32 TEX AL 0 0 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 13 0 17% 228 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 13 11 34% 36 25 11 8 5 2 17 9 8
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
1968 20 HOU NL 2 50% 0 2 0 0 0 0.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 21 SEP AL 102 29% 20 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0% 24 5 21% 10 2 20% 67 9 13% 7 4 57% 7 2 29% 0
1970 22 MIL AL 454 40% 102 6 2 0 1 2.09 17 0 11 10 7 6 11 0 0 0 94 6 6% 42 6 14% 317 50 16% 29 12 41% 30 8 27% 0
1971 23 TOT AL 91 57% 16 10 2 0 3 1.60 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 16 3 19% 10 2 20% 50 8 16% 5 3 60% 3 2 67% 0
1971 23 MIL AL 77 53% 14 9 2 0 3 1.69 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 3 21% 9 2 22% 43 7 16% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1971 23 NYY AL 14 79% 2 1 0 0 0 0.82 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1973 25 MIN AL 113 73% 17 5 0 0 0 2.02 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 27 3 11% 12 0 0% 77 6 8% 4 1 25% 6 0 0% 0
1975 27 MIN AL 67 45% 11 32 7 1 5 2.05 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 3 17% 6 2 33% 65 8 12% 4 4 100% 1 0 0% 0
1976 28 LAD NL 17 41% 2 15 2 0 2 1.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 1 100% 14 2 14% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1977 29 HOU NL 21 19% 4 8 2 0 1 1.58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 1 11% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1980 32 TEX AL 13 38% 2 7 2 0 1 1.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
9 Seasons 880 45% 174 85 17 1 13 1.72 28 1 18 14 14 11 17 0 1 0 0% 189 21 11% 85 13 15% 610 85 14% 53 25 47% 53 14 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
1968 20 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1969 21 25 104 94 12 20 1 2 3 10 2 0 5 27 .213 .269 .362 .631 78 34 6 3 0 2 0
1970 22 142 559 491 44 122 21 3 20 76 4 3 56 153 .248 .335 .426 .760 110 209 12 9 0 3 4
1971 23 177 650 574 50 138 24 3 23 87 4 3 63 182 .240 .325 .413 .738 105 237 15 10 0 3 4
1972 24 177 650 574 50 138 24 3 23 87 4 3 63 182 .240 .325 .413 .738 105 237 15 10 0 3 4
1973 25 214 763 670 63 155 25 4 27 95 4 3 80 210 .231 .321 .401 .723 101 269 18 10 0 3 4
1974 26 214 763 670 63 155 25 4 27 95 4 3 80 210 .231 .321 .401 .723 101 269 18 10 0 3 4
1975 27 256 830 733 67 166 27 4 28 103 4 3 84 228 .226 .313 .389 .702 95 285 21 10 0 3 6
1976 28 274 847 748 67 168 27 4 28 105 4 3 85 230 .225 .311 .384 .694 93 287 21 10 0 4 6
1977 29 287 868 769 67 172 27 4 28 106 4 3 85 235 .224 .308 .378 .686 91 291 21 10 0 4 6
1978 30 287 868 769 67 172 27 4 28 106 4 3 85 235 .224 .308 .378 .686 91 291 21 10 0 4 6
1979 31 287 868 769 67 172 27 4 28 106 4 3 85 235 .224 .308 .378 .686 91 291 21 10 0 4 6
1980 32 297 881 779 69 174 27 4 28 107 4 3 88 240 .223 .309 .376 .685 91 293 21 10 0 4 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 20 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1969 21 23 105 94 14 22 1 2 3 12 2 6 26 .234 .295 .383 .678 10 23
1970 22 117 465 404 34 109 21 1 18 70 2 54 126 .270 .363 .460 .824 67 117
1971 23 35 92 84 7 17 3 0 3 13 0 7 29 .202 .272 .345 .617 8 35
1973 25 37 115 97 14 18 1 1 4 9 0 18 28 .186 .313 .340 .653 11 37
1975 27 42 66 62 4 10 2 0 1 8 0 4 18 .161 .212 .242 .454 3 42
1976 28 18 19 16 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 .188 .263 .188 .451 1 18
1977 29 13 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 13
1980 32 10 13 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .200 .385 .200 .585 1 10
9 Seasons 297 898 790 75 181 28 4 29 118 4 94 240 .229 .317 .385 .702 102 297
162 Game Avg. 162 490 431 41 99 15 2 16 64 2 51 131 .229 .317 .385 .702 56 297

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Strikeouts s c a p y
1970 AL  126 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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