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Danny Walton

Daniel James Walton (Mickey)

Positions: Leftfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 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
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Twins/Pilots/Dodgers/Astros/... 1968-1980

Final Game: June 6, 1980
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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
1965	17	HOU-min	A,Rk	25	51	51		6	1	0	0						.118	.118	.137	.255		7						COC,AST · FLOR,FLRL
1966	18	HOU-min	A,AA	122	462	458	2	139	27	5	20	0	0	0	4	12	.303	.310	.515	.825		236						SBY,AMA · WCRS,TL
1967	19	HOU-min	A	120	481	411	76	124	14	3	25	78	8	2	70	84	.302	.403	.533	.936		219						AVL · CARL
1968	20	HOU-min	AA,AAA	84	309	289	33	72	7	4	9	41	1	2	19	71	.249	.298	.394	.692		114		1	0	0		DFW,OKC · TL,PCL
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	HOU-min	AAA	132	554	482	74	160	34	7	25	119	4	2	58	100	.332	.405	.587	.993		283		5	4	5		OKC · AA
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	NYY-min	AAA	61	192	157	21	38	7	0	8	25	1	1	30	67	.242	.370	.439	.810		69		2	3	0		SYR · IL
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-min	AAA	49	193	157	27	48	6	0	13	38	0	0	32	30	.306	.430	.592	1.022		93		3	0	1		TAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	60	255	219	40	64	13	2	8	45	5	1	34	45	.292	.388	.479	.868		105		1	0	1		ABQ · PCL
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	LAD-min	AAA	136	596	492	117	142	25	0	42	122	2	1	87	106	.289	.398	.596	.994		293		8	1	8		ABQ · PCL
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-min	AAA	104	419	341	42	77	13	0	15	54	0	0	68	83	.226	.361	.396	.757		135		6	1	3		CHL · IL
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	90	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	90	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

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
1968	20	HOU	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
1969	21	SEP	AL	102	-2	0	0	-1	-3	-1	3	-4	-0.5	-1	-0.1	-0.4	$8,500	7
1970	22	MIL	AL	454	10	-3	0	0	-10	-5	15	7	0.8	17	1.9	-1.1	$	*7
1971	23	MIL	AL	77	-2	0	0	0	-2	-1	3	-2	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$18,000	7/5
1971	23	NYY	AL	14	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$	/97

1973	25	MIN	AL	113	-3	0	3	0	-4	-2	4	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$15,500	7D/95

1975	27	MIN	AL	67	-6	0	0	-1	-1	-1	2	-7	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$	/3D2
1976	28	LAD	NL	17	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
1977	29	HOU	NL	21	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	/3

1980	32	TEX	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/D
9 Seasons				880	-9	-3	4	-2	-23	-10	28	-15	-1.7	8	1.0	-2.7	$42,000

MIL (3 yrs)				633	6	-3	0	-1	-15	-7	21	1	0.0	16	1.8	-1.8	$26,500
MIN (2 yrs)				180	-9	0	3	-1	-5	-3	6	-8	-0.8	-4	-0.4	-0.4	$15,500
HOU (2 yrs)				23	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$
TEX (1 yr)				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
LAD (1 yr)				17	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
NYY (1 yr)				14	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1969	SEP	AL	21	LF	23	23	21	210.1	41	40	0	1	0	.976	-3	-15	1.71	1.74	.978	1.99	1.99
1969	SEP	AL	21	OF	23	23	21	210.1	41	40	0	1	0	.976	-3	-15	1.71	1.74	.978	2.13	2.13
1970	MIL	AL	22	LF	114	109	76	902.0	178	168	4	6	0	.966	-10	-13	1.72	1.51	.978	1.81	1.80
1970	MIL	AL	22	OF	114	109	76	902.0	172	162	4	6	0	.965	-10	-13	1.66	1.46	.980	2.14	2.13
1971	TOT	AL	23	OF	23	22	12	173.0	30	28	0	2	0	.933	-4	-30	1.46	1.22	.982	2.24	2.22
1971	TOT	AL	23	LF	20	19	11	153.0	28	26	0	2	0	.929	-2	-13	1.53	1.30	.981	1.93	1.92
1971	MIL	AL	23	LF	19	18	10	145.0	25	23	0	2	0	.920	-2	-17	1.43	1.21	.981	1.93	1.92
1971	MIL	AL	23	OF	19	18	10	145.0	26	24	0	2	0	.923	-2	-17	1.49	1.26	.982	2.24	2.22
1971	MIL	AL	23	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-240	0.00	0.00		3.15	3.00
1971	NYY	AL	23	OF	4	4	2	28.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-99	1.29	1.00	.982	2.25	2.22
1971	NYY	AL	23	RF	3	3	1	20.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-3	-162	0.45	0.33	.980	2.07	2.03
1971	NYY	AL	23	LF	1	1	1	8.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	3.38	3.00	.980	1.91	1.90
1973	MIN	AL	25	OF	18	16	8	132.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	-4	-38	1.23	1.00	.979	2.29	2.27
1973	MIN	AL	25	LF	15	13	6	109.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-25	1.24	1.00	.977	2.00	1.99
1973	MIN	AL	25	DH	13	8
1973	MIN	AL	25	RF	3	3	2	23.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-99	1.17	1.00	.977	2.07	2.07
1973	MIN	AL	25	3B	1	1	0	7.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1	103	3.86	3.00	.950	2.96	3.00
1975	MIN	AL	27	1B	7	1	1	24.0	26	24	1	1	4	.962	-1	-55	9.38	3.57	.990	9.82	9.81
1975	MIN	AL	27	DH	5	5
1975	MIN	AL	27	C	2	0	0	4.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.75	1.50	.983	6.08	6.00	0	0	0	1	100%	0
1977	HOU	NL	29	1B	5	3	3	32.1	45	41	2	2	1	.956	-1	-33	11.97	8.60	.991	9.88	9.88
1980	TEX	AL	32	DH	1	1
	4 Seasons			OF	178	170	117	1417.1	261	248	4	9	0	.966	-21	-18	1.60	1.42	.980	2.17	2.16
	4 Seasons			LF	172	164	114	1374.1	262	249	4	9	0	.966	-16	-14	1.66	1.47	.978	1.87	1.86
	2 Seasons			1B	12	4	4	56.1	71	65	3	3	5	.958	-2	-43	10.86	5.67	.991	9.86	9.84
	2 Seasons			RF	6	6	3	43.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-5	-128	0.84	0.67	.978	2.07	2.05
	2 Seasons			3B	2	1	0	9.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	27	3.00	1.50	.950	3.00	3.00
	1 Season			C	2	0	0	4.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.75	1.50	.983	6.08	6.00	0	0	0	1	100%	0
	9 Seasons			TOT	194	175	121	1486.2	338	316	10	12	5	.964	-23	-18	1.97	1.68	.982	2.47	2.68	0	0	0	1	100%	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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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.
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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)

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

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 10th round of the 1965 amateur draft.
August 30, 1969: Traded by the Houston Astros with Sandy Valdespino to the Seattle Pilots for Tommy Davis.
June 7, 1971: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the New York Yankees for Bobby Mitchell and Frank Tepedino.
October 27, 1972: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Minnesota Twins for Rick Dempsey.
December 23, 1975: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bob Randall.
September 5, 1977: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later and Alex Taveras. The Houston Astros sent Bob Detherage (September 16, 1977) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
March 27, 1978: Released by the Houston Astros.
March 30, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
March 25, 1980: Released by the Seattle Mariners.
April 6, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
December 15, 1980: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Greg Mahlberg to the Cincinnati Reds for Greg Hughes (minors) and Don Werner.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1969	21	Seattle Pilots	$8,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1971	23	Milwaukee Brewers	$18,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1973	25	Minnesota Twins	$15,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$42,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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