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Danny Walton
Daniel James Walton (Mickey)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 20, 1968
  vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 6, 1980
Born July 14, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 10th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 20 HOU NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1969 21 SEP AL  23   92   12   20   1  2   3   10   2  0   5  26  .217  .275  .370   82   34   0   2   0   3   5
 1970 22 MIL AL 117  397   32  102  20  1  17   66   2  3  51 126  .257  .349  .441  117  175   0   1   4   6   6
 1971 23 TOT AL  35   83    6   16   3  0   3   11   0  0   7  29  .193  .264  .337   72   28   0   0   0   1   3
         MIL AL  30   69    5   14   3  0   2    9   0  0   7  22  .203  .286  .333   77   23   0   0   0   1   3
         NYY AL   5   14    1    2   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   7  .143  .143  .357   42    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1973 25 MIN AL  37   96   13   17   1  1   4    8   0  0  17  28  .177  .301  .333   76   32   0   0   0   0   3
 1975 27 MIN AL  42   63    4   11   2  0   1    8   0  0   4  18  .175  .224  .254   34   16   0   0   2   0   3
 1976 28 LAD NL  18   15    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .133  .176  .133  -10    2   0   1   0   0   0
 1977 29 HOU NL  13   21    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .190  .190  .190    7    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1980 32 TEX AL  10   10    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   5  .200  .385  .200   68    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      297  779   69  174  27  4  28  107   4  3  88 240  .223  .309  .376   91  293   0   4   6  10  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        425   38   95  15  2  15   58   2  2  48 131  .223  .309  .376   91  160   0   2   3   5  11
 Career High    117  397   32  102  20  2  17   66   2  3  51 126  .257  .349  .441  117  175   0   2   4   6   6
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 20 HOU NL    2    3    0   0.0    79| .000  .248| .000  .306| .000  .350| .000  .657|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1969 21 SEP AL  102   79    9   3.1    92| .217  .251| .275  .327| .370  .378| .645  .706|  82  .358  -2.7  -0.3 100%
 1970 22 MIL AL  455  305   63   5.6    98| .257  .258| .349  .332| .441  .394| .790  .726| 117  .615   9.8   1.0  40%
 1971 23 TOT AL   91   70    7   2.7    90| .193  .252| .264  .324| .337  .374| .601  .698|  72  .323  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         MIL AL   77   58    6   2.8    91| .203  .253| .286  .324| .333  .375| .619  .700|  77  .337  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         NYY AL   14   12    1   2.2    87| .143  .248| .143  .319| .357  .368| .500  .687|  42  .255  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1973 25 MIN AL  113   82   10   3.3    97| .177  .264| .301  .334| .333  .388| .634  .722|  76  .373  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1975 27 MIN AL   67   55    3   1.5    94| .175  .260| .224  .331| .254  .382| .478  .713|  34  .123  -5.8  -0.6   0%
 1976 28 LAD NL   17   14    0   0.0    90| .133  .260| .176  .326| .133  .371| .309  .697| -10  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1977 29 HOU NL   21   17    1   1.6    95| .190  .258| .190  .324| .190  .394| .380  .718|   7  .124  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1980 32 TEX AL   13    8    1   3.4    96| .200  .265| .385  .327| .200  .394| .585  .721|  68  .361  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       881  633   94   4.0    96| .223  .258| .309  .330| .376  .388| .685  .718|  91  .469 -10.9  -1.1  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 21 SEP AL LF 23 40 0 1 0 .976 .978 1.74 1.60 1.71 1.99 23 210.3 1970 22 MIL AL LF 114 168 4 6 0 .966 .978 1.51 1.48 1.72 1.81 109 902.0 1971 23 TOT AL OF 23 28 0 2 0 .933 .982 1.22 1.96 1.46 2.24 22 173.0 TOT AL LF 20 26 0 2 0 .929 .981 1.30 1.60 1.53 1.93 19 153.0 MIL AL LF 19 23 0 2 0 .920 .983 1.21 1.60 1.43 1.93 18 145.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 NYY AL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.95 1.29 2.25 4 28.0 RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.70 0.45 2.07 3 20.0 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.60 3.38 1.91 1 8.0 1973 25 MIN AL OF 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.00 2.02 1.23 2.29 16 132.0 LF 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.00 1.68 1.24 2.00 13 109.0 DH 11 RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.17 2.07 3 23.0 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.70 3.86 2.96 1 7.0 1975 27 MIN AL 1B 7 24 1 1 4 .962 .988 3.57 8.31 9.38 9.82 1 24.0 DH 6 C 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 5.05 6.75 6.08 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 1977 29 HOU NL 1B 5 41 2 2 1 .956 .991 8.60 8.32 11.98 9.89 3 32.3 1980 32 TEX AL DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 27 MIN AL 1B 7 24 1 1 4 .962 .988 3.57 8.31 9.38 9.82 1 24.0 1977 29 HOU NL 1B 5 41 2 2 1 .956 .991 8.60 8.32 11.98 9.89 3 32.3 1971 23 MIL AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1973 25 MIN AL 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.70 3.86 2.96 1 7.0 1975 27 MIN AL C 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 5.05 6.75 6.08 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 1973 25 MIN AL DH 11 1975 27 MIN AL DH 6 1980 32 TEX AL DH 1 1969 21 SEP AL LF 23 40 0 1 0 .976 .978 1.74 1.60 1.71 1.99 23 210.3 1970 22 MIL AL LF 114 168 4 6 0 .966 .978 1.51 1.48 1.72 1.81 109 902.0 1971 23 TOT AL LF 20 26 0 2 0 .929 .981 1.30 1.60 1.53 1.93 19 153.0 MIL AL LF 19 23 0 2 0 .920 .983 1.21 1.60 1.43 1.93 18 145.0 NYY AL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.60 3.38 1.91 1 8.0 1973 25 MIN AL LF 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 .974 1.00 1.68 1.24 2.00 13 109.0 1969 21 SEP AL OF 23 40 0 1 0 .976 .978 1.74 1.84 1.71 2.13 23 210.3 1970 22 MIL AL OF 114 162 4 6 0 .965 .980 1.46 1.85 1.66 2.14 109 902.0 1971 23 TOT AL OF 23 28 0 2 0 .933 .982 1.22 1.96 1.46 2.24 22 173.0 MIL AL OF 19 24 0 2 0 .923 .984 1.26 1.96 1.49 2.24 18 145.0 NYY AL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.95 1.29 2.25 4 28.0 1973 25 MIN AL OF 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.00 2.02 1.23 2.29 16 132.0 1971 23 NYY AL RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.70 0.45 2.07 3 20.0 1973 25 MIN AL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.17 2.07 3 23.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total OF* 178 248 4 9 0 .966 .980 1.42 1.88 1.60 2.17 170 1417.3 172 0 6# LF* 172 249 4 9 0 .966 .978 1.47 1.53 1.66 1.87 164 1374.3 DH 18 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 12 65 3 3 5 .958 .990 5.67 8.32 10.87 9.86 4 56.3 RF* 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.72 0.84 2.07 6 43.0 C* 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 5.05 6.75 6.08 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 3B* 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.70 3.00 3.00 1 9.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 194 316 10 12 5 .964 .981 1.68 2.32 1.97 2.47 175 1487
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Strikeouts
1970 AL-126-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2752) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

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 Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell.

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 Don Werner and Greg Hughes (minors).


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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