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Jim Walkup
James Elton Walkup

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.
School University of Arkansas

Debut September 22, 1934
Final Game July 18, 1939
Born December 14, 1909 in Havana, AR
Died February 7, 1997 in Danville, AR

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1934 24 SLB AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    8.3    6    4    2   0    5    6   0   2    35       0  2.16  4.99  231 1.320
 1935 25 SLB AL   6   9  55  20   4   1  16  0  181.3  226  139  126  17  104   44   2   6   858       1  6.25  4.77   76 1.820
 1936 26 SLB AL   0   3   5   2   0   0   2  0   15.7   20   17   14   0    6    5   0   1    72       0  8.04  5.39   67 1.660
 1937 27 SLB AL   9  12  27  18   6   0   4  0  150.3  218  127  123  16   83   46   0   8   720       0  7.36  4.81   65 2.002
 1938 28 SLB AL   1  12  18  13   1   0   4  0   94.0  127   83   71  13   53   28   3   3   446       0  6.80  4.98   73 1.915
 1939 29 TOT AL   0   2   8   0   0   0   5  0   12.7   17   11   10   3    9    5   0   0    64       0  7.11  4.89   69 2.053
         SLB AL   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  0    0.7    2    1    0   0    1    0   0   0     5       0  0.00  4.85  inf 4.500
         DET AL   0   1   7   0   0   0   4  0   12.0   15   10   10   3    8    5   0   0    59       0  7.50  4.90   65 1.917
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .296  16  38 116  53  11   1  34  0  462.3  614  381  346  49  260  134   5  20  2195       1  6.74  4.85   72 1.890
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  15  46  21   4   0  13  0  186.0  247  153  139  19  104   53   2   8   883   0   0  6.74  4.85   72 1.890
 Career High      9  12  55  20   6   1  16  0  181.3  226  139  126  17  104   46   3   8   858   0   1  6.25  4.98   76 1.820

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 24 SLB AL   3    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   67    1   0           0    
 1935 25 SLB AL  55   47    4    6   1  0   0    4   0  0   4  18  .128  .196  .149  -11    7   4           0    
 1936 26 SLB AL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1937 27 SLB AL  27   58    8   14   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  19  .241  .241  .241   22   14   3           0    
 1938 28 SLB AL  18   29    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .138  .138  .138  -31    4   3           0    
 1939 29 TOT AL   8    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  149    1   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL   7    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  149    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      116  143   12   26   1  0   0    8   0  0   4  49  .182  .204  .189   -0   27  10   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        200   17   36   1  0   0   11   0  0   6  68  .182  .204  .189   -0   38  14   0   0   0   0
 Career High     55   58    8   14   1  0   0    4   0  0   4  19                          14   4   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 24 SLB AL    3    2    0   0.0   119| .333  .298| .333  .373| .333  .429| .666  .802|  67  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1935 25 SLB AL   55   45    1   0.6   115| .128  .292| .196  .366| .149  .422| .345  .788| -11  .020  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1936 26 SLB AL    4    4    0   0.0   124| .000  .302| .000  .378| .000  .444| .000  .823|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1937 27 SLB AL   61   47    3   1.7   117| .241  .290| .241  .365| .241  .432| .482  .797|  22  .112  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1938 28 SLB AL   32   28    1   0.9   118| .138  .290| .138  .369| .138  .432| .276  .801| -31  .041  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1939 29 TOT AL    2    1    1  26.5   120| .500  .295| .500  .371| .500  .436|1.000  .807| 149  .954   0.1   0.0   0%
         DET AL    2    1    1  26.5   120| .500  .295| .500  .371| .500  .436|1.000  .807| 149  .954   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       157  127    6   1.2   117| .182  .291| .204  .367| .189  .429| .393  .796|  -0  .069 -22.7  -2.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 24 SLB AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 2.17 0 8.3 1935 25 SLB AL P 55 11 28 2 2 .951 .949 0.71 1.12 1.94 2.15 20 181.3 1936 26 SLB AL P 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 1.40 1.04 4.01 2.01 2 15.7 1937 27 SLB AL P 27 7 37 2 1 .957 .954 1.63 1.09 2.63 2.05 18 150.3 1938 28 SLB AL P 18 3 19 0 2 1.000 .952 1.22 1.12 2.11 2.11 13 94.0 1939 29 TOT AL P 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.38 0.99 2.13 1.91 0 12.7 SLB AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 DET AL P 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.43 0.99 2.25 1.95 0 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 24 SLB AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 2.17 0 8.3 1935 25 SLB AL P 55 11 28 2 2 .951 .949 0.71 1.12 1.94 2.15 20 181.3 1936 26 SLB AL P 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 1.40 1.04 4.01 2.01 2 15.7 1937 27 SLB AL P 27 7 37 2 1 .957 .954 1.63 1.09 2.63 2.05 18 150.3 1938 28 SLB AL P 18 3 19 0 2 1.000 .952 1.22 1.12 2.11 2.11 13 94.0 1939 29 TOT AL P 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.38 0.99 2.13 1.91 0 12.7 SLB AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 DET AL P 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.43 0.99 2.25 1.95 0 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 116 23 92 4 6 .966 .952 0.99 1.10 2.24 2.10 53 462.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 116 23 92 4 6 .966 .952 0.99 1.10 2.24 2.10 53 462
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1935 AL-55-2

Home Runs Allow.
1935 AL-17-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1935 AL-104-4

Losses
1938 AL-12-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1935 AL-126-2
1937 AL-123-7

Wild Pitches
1935 AL-6-8
1937 AL-8-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 13, 1939: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell, Red Kress, and Bobo Newsom to the Detroit Tigers for Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs, and Mark Christman.

July 21, 1939: Purchased by the Toronto (International) from the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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