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 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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1969 SEP AL 21 LF 23 23 210.1 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -2.7 -15.4 -1.7 -0.5 -1.1 -1 1.71 1.74 .978 1.99 1.60
1969 SEP AL 21 OF 23 23 210.1 41 40 0 1 0 .976 -2.7 -15.4 -1.7 -0.5 -1.1 -1 1.71 1.74 .978 2.13 1.84
1970 MIL AL 22 LF 114 109 902.0 178 168 4 6 0 .966 -9.9 -13.2 -8.9 -1.5 -7.4 -1 1.72 1.51 .978 1.81 1.48
1970 MIL AL 22 OF 114 109 902.0 172 162 4 6 0 .965 -9.9 -13.2 -8.9 -1.5 -7.4 -1 1.66 1.46 .980 2.14 1.85
1971 TOT AL 23 OF 23 22 173.0 30 28 0 2 0 .933 -4.3 -29.8 -3.3 -1.3 -2.0 -1 1.46 1.22 .983 2.24 1.96
1971 TOT AL 23 LF 20 19 153.0 28 26 0 2 0 .929 -1.6 -12.5 -1.6 0.0 -1.6 0 1.53 1.30 .982 1.93 1.60
1971 MIL AL 23 LF 19 18 145.0 25 23 0 2 0 .920 -2.0 -16.6 -2.0 -0.4 -1.6 0 1.43 1.21 .984 1.93 1.60
1971 MIL AL 23 OF 19 18 145.0 26 24 0 2 0 .923 -2.0 -16.6 -2.0 -0.4 -1.6 0 1.49 1.26 .985 2.24 1.96
1971 MIL AL 23 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.70
1971 NYY AL 23 OF 4 4 28.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -98.6 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4 -1 1.29 1.00 .975 2.25 1.95
1971 NYY AL 23 RF 3 3 20.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -162.0 -1.7 -1.3 -0.4 -1 0.45 0.33 1.000 2.07 1.70
1971 NYY AL 23 LF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 60.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 1.91 1.60
1973 MIN AL 25 OF 18 16 132.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -4.2 -38.2 -3.2 -1.0 -2.2 -1 1.23 1.00 .978 2.29 2.02
1973 MIN AL 25 LF 15 13 109.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -25.3 -2.3 -0.1 -2.2 0 1.24 1.00 .973 2.00 1.68
1973 MIN AL 25 DH 11
1973 MIN AL 25 RF 3 3 23.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -99.1 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 -1 1.17 1.00 .967 2.07 1.73
1973 MIN AL 25 3B 1 1 7.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 3.86 3.00 .933 2.96 2.70
1975 MIN AL 27 1B 7 1 24.0 26 24 1 1 4 .962 -1.1 -55.0 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 0 9.38 3.57 .988 9.82 8.31
1975 MIN AL 27 DH 6
1975 MIN AL 27 C 2 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.50 .967 6.08 5.05 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 HOU NL 29 1B 5 3 32.1 45 41 2 2 1 .956 -0.9 -33.4 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 0 11.97 8.60 .991 9.88 8.32
1980 TEX AL 32 DH 1
4 Seasons OF 178 170 1417.1 261 248 4 9 0 .966 -21.1 -17.9 -17.1 -4.3 -12.7 -4 1.60 1.42 .980 2.17 1.88
4 Seasons LF 172 164 1374.1 262 249 4 9 0 .966 -16.5 -14.4 -14.5 -2.1 -12.3 -2 1.66 1.47 .978 1.87 1.53
3 Seasons DH 18
2 Seasons 1B 12 4 56.1 71 65 3 3 5 .958 -2.0 -42.6 -2.0 -1.1 -0.9 0 10.86 5.67 .990 9.86 8.32
2 Seasons RF 6 6 43.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -4.6 -128.4 -2.6 -2.2 -0.4 -2 0.84 0.67 .975 2.07 1.72
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 1.50 .933 3.00 2.70
1 Season C 2 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.50 .967 6.08 5.05 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons TOT 194 175 1486.2 338 316 10 12 5 .964 -22.9 -18.5 -18.9 -5.4 -13.4 -4 0 0 1.97 1.68 .946 2.47 2.32 0 0 0 1 100%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1968 HOU NL 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 SEP AL 21 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 0 0
1970 MIL AL 22 117 109 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 8 0
1971 MIL AL 23 30 18 30 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 0 19 11 0
1971 NYY AL 23 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 0
1973 MIN AL 25 37 25 37 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 3 18 8 9 2
1975 MIN AL 27 42 6 42 9 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 36 0
1976 LAD NL 28 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1977 HOU NL 29 13 3 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1980 TEX AL 32 10 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
9 Seasons 297 189 297 210 0 2 12 0 2 0 172 0 6 178 14 102 2
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 -- 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%
1969 SEP AL 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 0 13 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 31 16 51.6% 15 0 0.0% 0 933 62% 77% 26% 93 44%
1970 MIL AL 22 6 0 5 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 36 29 0 29 3 0 16 11 1 8 3 0 12 11 0 101 57 56.4% 43 1 1.0% 3 4080 56% 77% 25% 396 43%
1971 MIL AL 23 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 4 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 17 11 64.7% 6 0 0.0% 0 646 54% 73% 22% 54 43%
1971 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 60% 76% 26% 6 50%
1973 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 468 66% 81% 25% 35 43%
4 Seasons 9 0 8 1 2 4 0 2 0 1 56 45 0 52 7 0 23 14 1 11 5 0 20 19 0 162 90 55.6% 71 1 0.6% 3 6169 57% 77% 25% 584 43%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

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%
1975 MIN AL 27 112 59% 73% 29% 2 50% 0 24 1 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 29 148 55% 84% 30% 10 80% 0 41 2 39 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 260 57% 80% 30% 12 75% 0 65 3 62 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

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%
1971 NYY AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 99 79% 77% 19% 8 13%
1973 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 117 31% 80% 24% 14 21%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 216 53% 79% 22% 22 18%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 MIL AL 23 13 69% 85% 23% 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 MIN AL 25 27 56% 78% 33% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 40 60% 80% 30% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1975 MIN AL 27 13 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 13 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.66 4.13 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1975 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.14
1 Season 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.14
MLB Averages 36% 1.29 1.25

* 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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Name and misspellings: Daniel dan daniel Danny Denny James Mickey Walton


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