Tom Walker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 188lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: November 7, 1948 in Tampa, FL us

Died: October 23, 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (9th) of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa, FL).

High School: Chamberlain HS (Tampa, FL)

School: Eastern Florida State College (Cocoa, FL)

Debut: April 23, 1972 (Age 23-168d, 13,216th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 23, 1977 (Age 28-258d)
vs. MIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Robert Thomas Walker

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Chip Lang; Father of Neil Walker; Father-In-Law of Don Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

3.87

191

414.0

262

WHIP

1.353

Summary of 40 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 8 go ahead

4 Tms
MON	20
DET	16
CAL	2
STL	2

Platoon
vs LHB	22
vs RHB	18

Home/Road
Home	24
Away	16

Outs
0	17
2	12
1	11

18 Opps
CIN	5
BOS	5
MIN	4
PIT	4
BAL	3
HOU	3
TEX	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
ATL	2
STL	1
OAK	1
SDP	1
CAL	1
CHC	1
LAD	1
CLE	1
CHW	1

35 Batters
Dave Parker	3
Lee May	2
Don Baylor	2
Johnny Bench	2
Reggie Smith	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Brooks Robinson	1
Leo Cárdenas	1
Ron Dunn	1
Willie Mays	1
Milt May	1
Dusty Baker	1
Frank Tepedino	1
Ken Brett	1
Jim Rice	1
Rod Carew	1
Vic Davalillo	1
Fred Lynn	1
Dan Driessen	1
Duffy Dyer	1
César Gerónimo	1
Willie Crawford	1
Dan Ford	1
Fred Kendall	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Joe Morgan	1
Jim Fregosi	1
Steve Braun	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Gene Tenace	1
Roy Smalley	1
Dwight Evans	1
Ken Henderson	1
Willie Montañez	1
Dave Collins	1

12 Parks
Parc Jarry (MON)	12
Tiger Stad (DET)	11
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	11
7	7
8	1
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	6
12-	4
-2-	3
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

63 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	24
1 on	10
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	16

Inning
1	2
2	3
3	3
4	1
5	7
6	3
7	5
8	8
9	6
Extra	2

1-3	8
4-6	11
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	4
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	7
-1	1
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	2

Ahead	24
Tied	7
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	7
CF	6
C	6
LF	6
RF	4
DH	3
PH	2
2B	2
3B	2
P	1
SS	1

OrderPos
7th	8
4th	7
6th	6
3rd	4
5th	4
8th	4
1st	3
9th	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	24

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1972-04-25	Willie Crawford	LAD		MON	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	6	7	1%	100%		Home Run (CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	1972-06-02	Lee May	HOU	@	MON	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	3	4%	95%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1972-06-30	Willie Mays	NYM	@	MON	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	---	1	1	8	2%	99%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1972-08-17	Lee May	HOU	@	MON	ahead 7-4	t 7	1	---	1	4	3	5%	95%		Home Run
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1973-04-14	Vic Davalillo	PIT	@	MON	behind 3-6	t 9	1	---	1	9	PH	2%	3%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1973-04-25	Joe Morgan	CIN		MON	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	12-	3	2	4	11%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Locklear Scores/unER; D. Concepción Scores/unER; J. Morgan Scores/unER
7	7	3	1	1973-06-23	Ken Brett	PHI	@	MON	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	1	9	1	4%	95%		Home Run
8	8	4	2	1973-06-23	Willie Montañez	PHI	@	MON	ahead 4-0	t 7	0	12-	3	3	3	3%	99%		Home Run; C. Tovar Scores; T. Harmon Scores
9	9	5	1	1973-07-04	Duffy Dyer	NYM	@	MON	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	1	7	2	3%	96%		Home Run
10	10	6	1	1973-07-09	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	MON	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	---	1	4	2	10%	72%		Home Run
11	11	7	1	1973-07-15	Frank Tepedino	ATL		MON	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	---	1	7	3	3%	96%		Home Run
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1974-06-16	Fred Kendall	SDP	@	MON	behind 4-7	t 8	0	--3	2	7	2	11%	25%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Thomas Scores
13	13	2	1	1974-08-13	Dusty Baker	ATL		MON	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	8	11%	64%		Home Run
14	14	3	1	1974-08-18	Milt May	HOU	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 7	1	-2-	2	5	2	27%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Watson Scores
15	15	4	1	1974-08-23	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	MON	behind 1-3	t 5	1	12-	3	3	2	33%	62%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores; J. Morgan Scores
16	16	5	1	1974-09-03 (1)	Reggie Smith	STL		MON	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	6	1	1974-09-08	Dave Parker	PIT		MON	ahead 4-2	b 8	2	123	4	8	PH	5%	100%		Home Run; W. Stargell Scores; R. Zisk Scores; M. Sanguillén Scores
18	18	7	1	1974-09-11 (2)	Ron Dunn	CHC	@	MON	behind 0-4	t 2	2	1--	2	7	4	13%	26%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Madlock Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1975-04-27	Bernie Carbo	BOS	@	DET	behind 2-5	t 9	0	---	1	1	7	4%	7%		Home Run
20	20	2	2	1975-04-27	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	DET	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---	1	2	9	9%	16%		Home Run
21	21	3	1	1975-05-11	Leo Cárdenas	TEX	@	DET	ahead 7-4	t 5	2	1--	2	8	5	10%	93%		Home Run; T. Grieve Scores
22	22	4	1	1975-05-18	Jim Fregosi	TEX		DET	behind 3-6	b 10	0	1--	2	6	3	11%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Grieve Scores
23	23	5	1	1975-05-28	Steve Braun	MIN	@	DET	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	1--	2	1	7	20%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Borgmann Scores/unER; S. Braun Scores/unER
24	24	6	1	1975-06-16	Jim Rice	BOS	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 10	1	---	1	4	DH	38%	82%		Home Run
25	25	7	1	1975-06-18	Fred Lynn	BOS	@	DET	ahead 12-1	t 9	1	1-3	3	4	8	0%	100%		Home Run; D. Griffin Scores; C. Cooper Scores
26	26	8	1	1975-06-27	Brooks Robinson	BAL		DET	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	8	5	13%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	9	1	1975-07-02	Don Baylor	BAL	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	7	22%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. May Scores; J. Northrup Scores
28	28	10	1	1975-07-07	Ken Henderson	CHW	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	8	11%	61%		Home Run
29	29	11	1	1975-07-22 (1)	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	12	1	1975-08-03	Cecil Cooper	BOS		DET	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	1	7	DH	26%	87%		Home Run
31	31	13	1	1975-08-22	Dan Ford	MIN		DET	ahead 5-4	b 6	2	---	1	6	8	12%	83%		Home Run
32	32	14	1	1975-08-29	Dave Collins	CAL	@	DET	ahead 6-1	t 8	2	1--	2	7	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Chalk Scores
33	33	15	1	1975-09-07 (2)	Oscar Gamble	CLE		DET	ahead 8-0	b 5	0	---	1	6	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	16	1	1975-09-14	Don Baylor	BAL	@	DET	ahead 5-3	t 5	2	-2-	2	6	7	14%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Grich Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1976-09-26	Dave Parker	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-5	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	2	1	1976-10-02	Dave Parker	PIT		STL	ahead 6-0	b 4	1	-2-	2	4	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Moreno Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1977-06-10	César Gerónimo	CIN		MON	ahead 10-1	b 7	1	---	1	8	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	2	2	1977-06-10	Dan Driessen	CIN		MON	ahead 11-1	b 8	1	1--	2	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Knight Scores
39	39	3	1	1977-07-23	Rod Carew	MIN		CAL	ahead 7-3	b 5	0	---	1	3	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	4	2	1977-07-23	Roy Smalley	MIN		CAL	ahead 8-3	b 6	0	---	1	7	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)