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Chico Walker
Cleotha Walker

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 179 lb.

Debut September 2, 1980
  vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1993
Born November 25, 1957 in Jackson, MS

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 22 BOS AL  19   57    3   12   0  0   1    5   3  2   6  10  .211  .292  .263   50   15   1   1   1   1   1
 1981 23 BOS AL   6   17    3    6   0  0   0    2   0  2   1   2  .353  .389  .353  110    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 25 BOS AL   4    5    2    2   0  2   0    1   0  0   0   0  .400  .400 1.200  310    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 26 BOS AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   1   0   0   0
 1985 27 CHC NL  21   12    3    1   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   5  .083  .083  .083  -55    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1986 28 CHC NL  28  101   21   28   3  2   1    7  15  4  10  20  .277  .339  .376   92   38   0   1   0   0   3
 1987 29 CHC NL  47  105   15   21   4  0   0    7  11  4  12  23  .200  .277  .238   37   25   2   2   1   0   1
 1988 30 CAL AL  33   78    8   12   1  0   0    2   2  1   6  15  .154  .214  .167   10   13   2   0   0   0   2
 1991 33 CHC NL 124  374   51   96  10  1   6   34  13  5  33  57  .257  .315  .337   81  126   1   3   2   0   3
 1992 34 TOT NL 126  253   26   73  12  1   4   38  15  1  27  50  .289  .351  .391  111   99   0   5   3   0   9
         CHC NL  19   26    2    3   0  0   0    2   1  0   3   4  .115  .200  .115   -9    3   0   1   0   0   0
         NYM NL 107  227   24   70  12  1   4   36  14  1  24  46  .308  .369  .423  125   96   0   4   3   0   9
 1993 35 NYM NL 115  213   18   48   7  1   5   19   7  0  14  29  .225  .271  .338   63   72   0   2   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     526 1217  150  299  37  7  17  116  67 19 109 212  .246  .305  .329   75  401   6  15   7   1  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        375   46   92  11  2   5   36  21  6  34  65  .246  .305  .329   75  124   2   5   2   0   7
 Career High    126  374   51   96  12  2   6   38  15  5  33  57  .289  .351  .391  111  126   2   5   3   1   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1980 22 BOS AL   66   50    5   2.7   104| .211  .276| .292  .339| .263  .409| .555  .749|  50  .273  -4.0  -0.4  60%
 1981 23 BOS AL   18   13    2   4.1    94| .353  .264| .389  .330| .353  .384| .742  .713| 110  .504   0.2   0.0   0%
 1983 25 BOS AL    5    3    2  17.9   104| .400  .274| .400  .336|1.200  .413|1.600  .749| 310  .924   1.2   0.1   0%
 1984 26 BOS AL    3    3    0   0.0   101| .000  .270| .000  .333| .000  .406| .000  .739|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1985 27 CHC NL   12   11    0   0.0   103| .083  .271| .083  .341| .083  .404| .166  .745| -55  .000  -2.6  -0.3 100%
 1986 28 CHC NL  112   81   14   4.7   103| .277  .269| .339  .341| .376  .406| .715  .747|  92  .536  -1.3  -0.1  78%
 1987 29 CHC NL  121   93    8   2.3   108| .200  .273| .277  .343| .238  .425| .515  .767|  37  .211  -9.5  -0.9  73%
 1988 30 CAL AL   86   71    3   1.1    92| .154  .256| .214  .320| .167  .385| .381  .706|  10  .076  -9.4  -1.0  66%
 1991 33 CHC NL  411  290   42   3.9    97| .257  .262| .315  .330| .337  .393| .652  .723|  81  .466 -10.0  -1.0  72%
 1992 34 TOT NL  285  195   38   5.3    92| .289  .258| .351  .324| .391  .380| .742  .704| 111  .609   4.7   0.5  93%
         CHC NL   30   24    1   1.1    94| .115  .261| .200  .327| .115  .385| .315  .712|  -9  .085  -3.8  -0.4 100%
         NYM NL  255  171   37   5.8    91| .308  .258| .369  .323| .423  .380| .792  .703| 125  .653   8.4   0.9  93%
 1993 35 NYM NL  229  170   21   3.3   103| .225  .270| .271  .335| .338  .411| .609  .746|  63  .350 -11.8  -1.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     1348  980  135   3.7    98| .246  .265| .305  .332| .329  .398| .634  .729|  75  .428 -43.0  -4.4  77%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 22 BOS AL 2B 11 15 31 2 7 .958 .981 4.18 4.91 5.05 5.60 7 82.0 DH 7 1981 23 BOS AL 2B 5 4 10 0 1 1.000 .979 2.80 4.92 3.60 5.53 3 35.0 1983 25 BOS AL LF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.90 4.09 2.29 0 11.0 1984 26 BOS AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 1985 27 CHC NL OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.88 1.80 2.22 1 15.0 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.67 1.80 1.98 1 10.0 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.50 1.80 1.98 0 5.0 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.80 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 1986 28 CHC NL OF 26 42 1 2 0 .956 .979 1.65 1.82 1.80 2.19 24 215.0 RF 22 24 1 1 0 .962 .977 1.14 1.63 1.70 1.99 14 132.0 CF 11 15 0 1 0 .938 .987 1.36 2.05 1.67 2.59 10 81.0 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.45 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1987 29 CHC NL OF 33 37 0 1 0 .974 .981 1.12 1.83 1.47 2.19 23 226.0 LF 25 29 0 1 0 .967 .980 1.16 1.58 1.46 2.04 19 179.0 RF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.68 0.33 2.00 2 27.0 CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.03 2.25 2.52 2 20.0 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.35 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1988 30 CAL AL OF 17 27 1 2 0 .933 .979 1.65 2.14 2.21 2.47 10 114.0 CF 12 20 1 2 0 .913 .986 1.75 2.52 2.10 2.91 8 90.0 2B 7 6 18 0 1 1.000 .984 3.43 4.40 5.27 5.11 4 41.0 LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.84 2.25 2.25 2 24.0 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.34 2.69 0 6.7 1991 33 CHC NL 3B 57 22 69 7 7 .929 .950 1.60 2.31 2.17 2.74 47 376.7 OF 53 73 4 1 1 .987 .983 1.45 1.88 2.09 2.28 31 331.0 CF 36 62 4 0 1 1.000 .985 1.83 2.12 2.24 2.59 29 265.0 LF 20 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 0.50 1.67 1.99 2.19 2 45.3 RF 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 1.65 0.43 2.04 0 20.7 2B 6 11 16 0 1 1.000 .982 4.50 4.28 7.15 5.14 2 34.0 1992 34 TOT NL 3B 38 14 58 3 2 .960 .952 1.89 2.29 2.58 2.67 31 251.4 TOT NL OF 21 29 1 1 0 .968 .984 1.43 1.96 2.43 2.34 11 111.0 TOT NL 2B 18 11 26 4 4 .902 .981 2.06 4.27 4.90 5.19 7 68.0 TOT NL LF 15 18 1 1 0 .950 .979 1.27 1.65 2.60 2.16 6 65.7 TOT NL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.67 1.50 2.05 2 18.0 CHC NL LF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.65 4.74 2.18 2 19.0 OF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.97 4.50 2.34 2 20.0 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.25 6.32 5.21 0 5.7 3B 2 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.30 3.08 2.69 1 11.7 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 NYM NL 3B 36 14 54 2 2 .971 .952 1.89 2.29 2.55 2.67 30 239.7 2B 16 9 24 4 4 .892 .982 2.06 4.27 4.77 5.19 7 62.3 OF 15 19 1 1 0 .952 .985 1.33 1.96 1.98 2.34 9 91.0 LF 9 8 1 1 0 .900 .978 1.00 1.64 1.73 2.16 4 46.7 CF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.45 2.64 2.80 3 27.3 RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.65 1.59 2.06 2 17.0 1993 35 NYM NL 2B 24 40 43 2 8 .976 .980 3.46 4.49 6.31 5.16 11 118.3 3B 23 12 37 5 3 .907 .944 2.13 2.31 2.69 2.70 15 164.0 OF 15 16 2 1 0 .947 .978 1.20 2.00 2.44 2.33 7 66.3 LF 15 15 2 1 0 .944 .977 1.13 1.69 2.34 2.11 7 65.3 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 22 BOS AL 2B 11 15 31 2 7 .958 .981 4.18 4.91 5.05 5.60 7 82.0 1981 23 BOS AL 2B 5 4 10 0 1 1.000 .979 2.80 4.92 3.60 5.53 3 35.0 1984 26 BOS AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.40 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 1985 27 CHC NL 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.80 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 1988 30 CAL AL 2B 7 6 18 0 1 1.000 .984 3.43 4.40 5.27 5.11 4 41.0 1991 33 CHC NL 2B 6 11 16 0 1 1.000 .982 4.50 4.28 7.15 5.14 2 34.0 1992 34 TOT NL 2B 18 11 26 4 4 .902 .981 2.06 4.27 4.90 5.19 7 68.0 CHC NL 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.25 6.32 5.21 0 5.7 NYM NL 2B 16 9 24 4 4 .892 .982 2.06 4.27 4.77 5.19 7 62.3 1993 35 NYM NL 2B 24 40 43 2 8 .976 .980 3.46 4.49 6.31 5.16 11 118.3 1987 29 CHC NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.35 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1988 30 CAL AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.34 2.69 0 6.7 1991 33 CHC NL 3B 57 22 69 7 7 .929 .950 1.60 2.31 2.17 2.74 47 376.7 1992 34 TOT NL 3B 38 14 58 3 2 .960 .952 1.89 2.29 2.58 2.67 31 251.4 CHC NL 3B 2 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 2.30 3.08 2.69 1 11.7 NYM NL 3B 36 14 54 2 2 .971 .952 1.89 2.29 2.55 2.67 30 239.7 1993 35 NYM NL 3B 23 12 37 5 3 .907 .944 2.13 2.31 2.69 2.70 15 164.0 1986 28 CHC NL CF 11 15 0 1 0 .938 .987 1.36 2.05 1.67 2.59 10 81.0 1987 29 CHC NL CF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.03 2.25 2.52 2 20.0 1988 30 CAL AL CF 12 20 1 2 0 .913 .986 1.75 2.52 2.10 2.91 8 90.0 1991 33 CHC NL CF 36 62 4 0 1 1.000 .985 1.83 2.12 2.24 2.59 29 265.0 1992 34 NYM NL CF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.45 2.64 2.80 3 27.3 1980 22 BOS AL DH 7 1983 25 BOS AL LF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.90 4.09 2.29 0 11.0 1985 27 CHC NL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.50 1.80 1.98 0 5.0 1986 28 CHC NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.45 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1987 29 CHC NL LF 25 29 0 1 0 .967 .980 1.16 1.58 1.46 2.04 19 179.0 1988 30 CAL AL LF 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.84 2.25 2.25 2 24.0 1991 33 CHC NL LF 20 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 0.50 1.67 1.99 2.19 2 45.3 1992 34 TOT NL LF 15 18 1 1 0 .950 .979 1.27 1.65 2.60 2.16 6 65.7 CHC NL LF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.65 4.74 2.18 2 19.0 NYM NL LF 9 8 1 1 0 .900 .978 1.00 1.64 1.73 2.16 4 46.7 1993 35 NYM NL LF 15 15 2 1 0 .944 .977 1.13 1.69 2.34 2.11 7 65.3 1983 25 BOS AL OF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.17 4.09 2.54 0 11.0 1985 27 CHC NL OF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.88 1.80 2.22 1 15.0 1986 28 CHC NL OF 26 42 1 2 0 .956 .979 1.65 1.82 1.80 2.19 24 215.0 1987 29 CHC NL OF 33 37 0 1 0 .974 .981 1.12 1.83 1.47 2.19 23 226.0 1988 30 CAL AL OF 17 27 1 2 0 .933 .979 1.65 2.14 2.21 2.47 10 114.0 1991 33 CHC NL OF 53 73 4 1 1 .987 .983 1.45 1.88 2.09 2.28 31 331.0 1992 34 TOT NL OF 21 29 1 1 0 .968 .984 1.43 1.96 2.43 2.34 11 111.0 CHC NL OF 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.97 4.50 2.34 2 20.0 NYM NL OF 15 19 1 1 0 .952 .985 1.33 1.96 1.98 2.34 9 91.0 1993 35 NYM NL OF 15 16 2 1 0 .947 .978 1.20 2.00 2.44 2.33 7 66.3 1985 27 CHC NL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.67 1.80 1.98 1 10.0 1986 28 CHC NL RF 22 24 1 1 0 .962 .977 1.14 1.63 1.70 1.99 14 132.0 1987 29 CHC NL RF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.68 0.33 2.00 2 27.0 1991 33 CHC NL RF 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 1.65 0.43 2.04 0 20.7 1992 34 TOT NL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.67 1.50 2.05 2 18.0 CHC NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 NYM NL RF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.65 1.59 2.06 2 17.0 1993 35 NYM NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 174 231 10 8 1 .968 .981 1.39 1.91 1.99 2.28 107 1089.3 88 66 42# 3B* 122 48 165 15 12 .934 .950 1.75 2.30 2.39 2.71 93 801.7 LF* 88 83 4 4 0 .956 .980 0.99 1.65 1.97 2.11 36 397.3 2B* 74 88 145 8 22 .967 .981 3.15 4.51 5.49 5.29 34 382.3 CF* 66 110 5 3 1 .975 .985 1.74 2.20 2.14 2.66 52 483.3 RF* 42 32 1 1 0 .971 .979 0.79 1.65 1.42 2.00 19 208.7 DH 7 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 370 367 320 31 35 .957 .971 1.86 2.56 2.72 2.94 234 2273
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Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 22nd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

October 15, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

November 9, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 16, 1987: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the California Angels for Todd Fischer (minors).

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

January 28, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 22, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

April 25, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 20, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

May 7, 1992: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Chicago Cubs.

October 4, 1993: Released by the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988California Angels$88,000
1992Chicago Cubs$275,000
1993New York Mets$635,000
Career (may be incomplete)$998,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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