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Luke Walker
James Luke Walker

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 192 lb.

Debut September 7, 1965
  vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 1, 1974
Born September 2, 1943 in DeKalb, TX

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1965 21 PIT NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    5.0    2    0    0   0    1    5   0   1    18   0   0  0.00  3.50  inf 0.600
 1966 22 PIT NL   0   1  10   1   0   0   2  0   10.0    8    9    5   0   15    7   1   2    55   2   0  4.50  3.57   79 2.300
 1968 24 PIT NL   0   3  39   2   0   0  14  3   61.7   42   18   14   1   39   66   1   5   264   0   0  2.04  2.90  142 1.314
 1969 25 PIT NL   4   6  31  15   3   1   6  0  118.7   98   51   48   5   57   96   2   6   500   3   0  3.64  3.49   96 1.306
 1970 26 PIT NL  15   6  42  19   5   3  13  3  163.0  129   56   55   6   89  124   1   6   684   8   0  3.04  3.89  128 1.337 MVP-25,CYA-10
 1971 27 PIT NL  10   8  28  24   4   2   1  0  159.7  157   69   63   9   53   86   2   5   666   2   0  3.55  3.47   98 1.315
 1972 28 PIT NL   4   6  26  12   2   0   5  2   92.7   98   41   35   4   34   48   0   2   399   4   0  3.40  3.35   99 1.424
 1973 29 PIT NL   7  12  37  18   2   1   1  1  122.0  129   75   63   9   66   74   1   8   553   8   0  4.65  3.52   76 1.598
 1974 30 DET AL   5   5  28   9   0   0   9  0   92.0  100   56   51   9   54   52   2   6   420   1   0  4.99  3.77   76 1.674
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .489  45  47 243 100  16   7  51  9  824.7  763  375  334  43  408  558  10  41  3559  28   0  3.65  3.54   97 1.420
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  48  19   3   1  10  1  163.3  151   74   66   8   80  110   1   8   705   5   0  3.65  3.54   97 1.420
 Career High     15  12  42  24   5   3  14  3  163.0  157   75   63   9   89  124   2   8   684   8   0  2.04  3.89  142 1.306

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 22 PIT NL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1968 24 PIT NL  39    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   1
 1969 25 PIT NL  31   32    3    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  19  .000  .059  .000  -82    0   3   0   0   0   0
 1970 26 PIT NL  42   46    0    6   0  0   0    5   0  0   3  26  .130  .184  .130  -13    6   8   0   0   0   0 MVP-25
 1971 27 PIT NL  28   46    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   6  30  .022  .135  .022  -53    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1972 28 PIT NL  26   24    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  12  .083  .120  .083  -41    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1973 29 PIT NL  37   30    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  14  .067  .067  .067  -62    2   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      243  188    4   11   0  0   0    7   0  0  12 107  .059  .115  .059  -50   11  18   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        125    3    7   0  0   0    5   0  0   8  71  .059  .115  .059  -50    7  12   0   0   0   1
 Career High     42   46    3    6   0  0   0    5   0  0   6  30                           6   8   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 22 PIT NL    2    2    0   0.0    96| .000  .264| .000  .323| .000  .398| .000  .722|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1968 24 PIT NL    9   10    0   0.0    80| .000  .250| .000  .308| .000  .352| .000  .660|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1969 25 PIT NL   37   35    0   0.0    93| .000  .257| .059  .327| .000  .381| .059  .708| -82  .000  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1970 26 PIT NL   57   48    2   1.1   101| .130  .263| .184  .336| .130  .402| .314  .738| -13  .069  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1971 27 PIT NL   54   47    0   0.0    94| .022  .262| .135  .328| .022  .384| .157  .712| -53  .000  -9.5  -1.0   0%
 1972 28 PIT NL   26   23    0   0.0    91| .083  .255| .120  .323| .083  .377| .203  .701| -41  .000  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1973 29 PIT NL   33   31    0   0.0    95| .067  .260| .067  .329| .067  .387| .134  .716| -62  .000  -6.6  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       218  196    2   0.3    95| .059  .260| .115  .329| .059  .386| .174  .715| -50  .006 -38.3  -4.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 21 PIT NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.80 1.80 2.16 0 5.0 1966 22 PIT NL P 10 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.20 0.74 1.80 1.98 1 10.0 1968 24 PIT NL P 39 3 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.38 0.85 2.17 2.01 2 62.3 1969 25 PIT NL P 31 2 24 2 0 .929 .959 0.84 0.78 1.97 1.95 15 118.7 1970 26 PIT NL P 42 3 24 1 3 .964 .951 0.64 0.71 1.49 1.85 19 163.0 1971 27 PIT NL P 28 3 18 1 3 .955 .955 0.75 0.78 1.18 1.90 24 159.7 1972 28 PIT NL P 26 3 13 3 3 .842 .952 0.62 0.73 1.55 1.78 12 92.7 1973 29 PIT NL P 37 4 16 2 1 .909 .948 0.54 0.73 1.48 1.88 18 122.0 1974 30 DET AL P 28 6 11 1 0 .944 .944 0.61 0.83 1.66 1.81 9 92.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 21 PIT NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.80 1.80 2.16 0 5.0 1966 22 PIT NL P 10 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.20 0.74 1.80 1.98 1 10.0 1968 24 PIT NL P 39 3 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.38 0.85 2.17 2.01 2 62.3 1969 25 PIT NL P 31 2 24 2 0 .929 .959 0.84 0.78 1.97 1.95 15 118.7 1970 26 PIT NL P 42 3 24 1 3 .964 .951 0.64 0.71 1.49 1.85 19 163.0 1971 27 PIT NL P 28 3 18 1 3 .955 .955 0.75 0.78 1.18 1.90 24 159.7 1972 28 PIT NL P 26 3 13 3 3 .842 .952 0.62 0.73 1.55 1.78 12 92.7 1973 29 PIT NL P 37 4 16 2 1 .909 .948 0.54 0.73 1.48 1.88 18 122.0 1974 30 DET AL P 28 6 11 1 0 .944 .944 0.61 0.83 1.66 1.81 9 92.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 243 25 120 11 10 .929 .953 0.60 0.77 1.58 1.88 100 825.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 243 25 120 11 10 .929 .953 0.60 0.77 1.58 1.88 100 825
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1970   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   1   1.29  0  1  0  0   7     5   1   1   5 
 1971   WS    PIT BAL     W   1   1  40.50  0  0  0  0   0.2   3   3   1   0 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   0  18.00  0  0  0  0   1     3   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   2   1   3.38  0  1  0  0   8     8   3   1   5 
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   3   2   6.23  0  1  0  0   8.2  11   6   2   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1970   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   WS    PIT BAL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-NL-25-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-NL-10-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

ERA
1970 NL-3.04-3

Won-Loss %
1970 NL-.714-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1970 NL-7.12-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1970 NL-6.85-8

Shutouts
1970 NL-3-6

Adjusted ERA+
1970 NL-128-7

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1437) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1116) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1963: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Red Sox in the 1963 first-year draft.

December 5, 1973: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 6, 1975: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


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