Wally Judnich

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: January 24, 1916 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: July 10, 1971 in Glendale, CA

Buried: Bayou Meto Cemetery, Jacksonville, AR

High School: Mission San Jose HS (Fremont, CA)

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 24-083d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. DET 5 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 12, 1949 (Age 33-108d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Walter Franklin Judnich

Pronunciation: \JUD-nick\

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1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.9

2786

782

.281

424

RBI

420

OBP

.369

SLG

.452

OPS

.822

OPS+

120

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 90 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 22 go ahead

2 Tms
SLB	88
CLE	2

Platoon
vs RHP	84
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	54
Away	36

Outs
0	33
2	29
1	28

8 Opps
PHA	17
NYY	16
WSH	13
CHW	12
BOS	11
DET	11
CLE	9
SLB	1

59 Pitchers
Sid Hudson	4
Steve Sundra	3
Dick Fowler	3
Buck Ross	3
Lum Harris	3
Joe Dobson	3
Orval Grove	3
Lou Knerr	3
Bob Feller	2
Spud Chandler	2
Bobo Newsom	2
Hal White	2
Red Anderson	2
Marv Breuer	2
Bill Trotter	2
Mel Harder	2
Al Smith	2
Tommy Bridges	2
Johnny Babich	2
Fred Hutchinson	2
Early Wynn	2
Bob Lemon	2
Jim Bagby	1
Bob Gillespie	1
Jack Hallett	1
Nels Potter	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Al Benton	1
Herman Besse	1
Tom Ferrick	1
Bump Hadley	1
Mickey Haefner	1
Mel Queen	1
Herb Hash	1
Dick Starr	1
Vallie Eaves	1
Norm Branch	1
Red Ruffing	1
Hal Manders	1
Allie Reynolds	1
Virgil Trucks	1
George Caster	1
Rugger Ardizoia	1
Pete Appleton	1
Mace Brown	1
Schoolboy Rowe	1
Karl Drews	1
Denny Galehouse	1
Ed Heusser	1
Chubby Dean	1
Mike Ryba	1
Pete Gebrian	1
Red Embree	1
Jack Wilson	1
Frank Hiller	1
Charlie Wagner	1
Ted Lyons	1
Mickey Harris	1
Vic Raschi	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	54
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	8
Yankee Stad (NYC)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	5
ClevelandStd (CLE)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
GriffithStad (WAS)	3

Where Hit
9	58
89	3
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	50
1--	25
-2-	6
12-	5
-23	4

141 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	50
1 on	29
2 on	11
Any on	40

Inning
1	6
2	6
3	9
4	12
5	9
6	11
7	10
8	14
9	9
Extra	4

1-3	21
4-6	32
7-end	37

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	6
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	17
-1	8
-2	8
-3	7
-4..	17

Ahead	33
Tied	17
Behind	40

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	69
1B	15
RF	3
PH	2
LF	1

OrderPos
4th	28
5th	18
6th	17
3rd	12
7th	8
2nd	4
1st	1
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1940-04-16	SLB	@	DET	Bobo Newsom	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	5	8	0.114	76%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1940-04-27	SLB	@	CHW	Vallie Eaves	tied 2-2	t 5	2	---	1	2	8	0.139	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1940-04-28	SLB	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-23	3	2	8	0.172	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Harris Scores; A. Strange Scores
4	4	4	1	1940-05-03	SLB	@	BOS	Jim Bagby	behind 0-4	t 7	2	12-	3	2	8	0.180	24%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Heffner Scores; J. Berardino Scores
5	5	5	1	1940-05-26 (1)	SLB		CLE	Mel Harder	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	8	0.117	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1940-06-09 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	Ed Heusser	tied 7-7	t 10	0	---	1	5	8	0.328	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	1940-06-19	SLB		BOS	Herb Hash	behind 0-4	b 4	0	1--	2	5	8	0.132	33%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clift Scores
8	8	8	1	1940-06-24	SLB		PHA	Johnny Babich	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	5	8	0.073	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	2	1940-06-24	SLB		PHA	Herman Besse	ahead 8-2	b 6	2	---	1	5	8	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	10	1	1940-06-26	SLB		PHA	George Caster	behind 3-5	b 6	1	---	1	5	8	0.130	37%		Home Run
11	11	11	1	1940-06-29 (1)	SLB		DET	Tommy Bridges	behind 2-9	b 8	0	1--	2	5	8	0.015	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clift Scores
12	12	12	1	1940-06-29 (2)	SLB		DET	Al Benton	behind 4-9	b 7	0	1--	3	5	8
13	13	13	1	1940-07-05	SLB	@	CHW	Pete Appleton	behind 6-9	t 8	2	-2-	2	5	8	0.114	17%		Home Run; R. Radcliff Scores
14	14	14	1	1940-07-07	SLB	@	DET	Schoolboy Rowe	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	5	8	0.063	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	15	1	1940-07-20	SLB	@	WSH	Sid Hudson	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	1	3	8	0.066	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	16	1	1940-07-23	SLB		NYY	Steve Sundra	behind 0-3	b 1	1	1--	2	3	8	0.147	43%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Grace Scores
17	17	17	2	1940-07-23	SLB		NYY	Bump Hadley	ahead 8-5	b 8	1	---	1	3	8	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	18	1	1940-07-24	SLB		NYY	Steve Sundra	tied 12-12	b 9	0	1--	2	3	8	0.276	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF); G. McQuinn Scores/unER
19	19	19	1	1940-08-02	SLB		PHA	Johnny Babich	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	3	8	0.122	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	20	1	1940-08-05 (2)	SLB		DET	Tommy Bridges	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--	2	3	8	0.179	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. McQuinn Scores
21	21	21	1	1940-08-09	SLB		CLE	Mel Harder	behind 1-3	b 8	2	-2-	2	3	8	0.387	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Cullenbine Scores
22	22	22	1	1940-08-11 (2)	SLB		CLE	Al Smith	ahead 5-3	b 7	0	---	1	3	8	0.057	94%		Home Run (CF-RF)
23	23	23	1	1940-08-24	SLB	@	PHA	Nels Potter	behind 1-3	t 6	1	1--	2	4	8	0.233	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Radcliff Scores
24	24	24	1	1940-08-29 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	Steve Sundra	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	8	0.089	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1941-05-02	SLB		WSH	Sid Hudson	behind 3-7	b 12	1	---	1	4	8	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	1941-06-07	SLB		NYY	Spud Chandler	behind 4-6	b 8	0	-2-	2	9	PH	0.326	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Ferrell Scores
27	27	3	1	1941-06-21	SLB	@	BOS	Jack Wilson	ahead 6-0	t 4	1	---	1	3	8	0.022	96%		Home Run (CF-RF)
28	28	4	1	1941-06-22 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	Mickey Harris	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	3	8	0.123	59%		Home Run
29	29	5	1	1941-07-16	SLB		PHA	Chubby Dean	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	12-	3	4	8	0.125	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clift Scores; G. McQuinn Scores
30	30	6	1	1941-07-18	SLB		PHA	Tom Ferrick	behind 4-6	b 9	1	---	1	4	8	0.072	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	7	1	1941-07-20 (2)	SLB		BOS	Joe Dobson	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	1--	2	4	8	0.047	97%		Home Run; G. McQuinn Scores
32	32	8	1	1941-08-07	SLB		CHW	Buck Ross	behind 0-11	b 9	0	---	1	4	8	0.000	0%		Home Run
33	33	9	1	1941-08-11 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Jack Hallett	behind 8-14	t 9	0	---	1	4	8	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	10	1	1941-08-11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Buck Ross	ahead 2-0	t 1	0	1--	3	4	8
35	35	11	1	1941-08-19 (2)	SLB		BOS	Mike Ryba	tied 4-4	b 5	2	1--	2	4	8
36	36	12	1	1941-08-23	SLB		PHA	Lum Harris	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	4	8	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	13	1	1941-08-25 (1)	SLB		WSH	Red Anderson	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	8	0.090	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	14	1	1941-09-17	SLB	@	WSH	Red Anderson	behind 5-7	t 7	2	-23	3	4	8	0.447	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Clift Scores/unER; C. Stevens Scores/unER; W. Judnich Scores/unER
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1942-04-29	SLB	@	NYY	Spud Chandler	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	8	0.110	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	2	2	1942-04-29	SLB	@	NYY	Norm Branch	ahead 7-3	t 7	1	-2-	2	5	8	0.032	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. McQuillen Scores
41	41	3	1	1942-05-27	SLB		DET	Hal Manders	ahead 4-1	b 7	2	---	1	5	8	0.032	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	4	1	1942-06-14 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	8	0.110	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	5	1	1942-07-05 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Buck Ross	tied 2-2	t 5	1	1--	2	4	8
44	44	6	1	1942-07-21	SLB		PHA	Lum Harris	behind 0-1	b 1	1	12-	3	4	8
45	45	7	1	1942-07-29	SLB		WSH	Bill Trotter	behind 5-7	b 7	0	12-	3	4	8	0.410	79%		Home Run; H. Clift Scores; G. McQuinn Scores
46	46	8	1	1942-07-30	SLB		WSH	Bobo Newsom	behind 3-8	b 6	1	-23	3	8	PH
47	47	9	1	1942-08-08	SLB		DET	Hal White	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	---	1	4	8	0.042	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	10	1	1942-08-17	SLB	@	CLE	Al Smith	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	-2-	2	4	8	0.104	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clift Scores
49	49	11	1	1942-08-28	SLB	@	PHA	Dick Fowler	tied 4-4	t 10	1	---	1	4	8	0.386	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	12	1	1942-09-08	SLB	@	DET	Hal White	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	8	0.123	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	13	1	1942-09-10	SLB		NYY	Marv Breuer	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	8	0.190	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Laabs Scores
52	52	14	2	1942-09-10	SLB		NYY	Marv Breuer	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	1--	2	4	8	0.057	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Laabs Scores
53	53	15	1	1942-09-11	SLB		WSH	Sid Hudson	ahead 7-1	b 5	0	---	1	4	8	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	16	1	1942-09-12	SLB		WSH	Bill Trotter	behind 4-6	b 10	0	1--	2	4	8	0.456	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Laabs Scores
55	55	17	1	1942-09-14	SLB		PHA	Lum Harris	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---	1	4	8
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1946-04-17	SLB	@	DET	Virgil Trucks	behind 3-6	t 8	1	1--	2	4	8	0.124	19%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Finney Scores/unER
57	57	2	1	1946-05-19 (2)	SLB		PHA	Lou Knerr	behind 0-8	b 4	0	---	1	5	8
58	58	3	1	1946-05-26 (1)	SLB		CLE	Bob Feller	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	1	5	8
59	59	4	1	1946-06-01	SLB	@	NYY	Frank Hiller	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	1	5	8	0.177	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	5	1	1946-06-06	SLB	@	BOS	Mace Brown	behind 2-5	t 9	1	1--	2	5	8	0.052	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Stephens Scores
61	61	6	1	1946-06-11	SLB	@	WSH	Sid Hudson	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	4	8
62	62	7	1	1946-06-21	SLB		WSH	Dutch Leonard	behind 1-4	b 9	0	---	1	6	8
63	63	8	1	1946-06-25	SLB		PHA	Lou Knerr	ahead 6-2	b 7	1	---	1	6	8
64	64	9	1	1946-06-26	SLB		PHA	Dick Fowler	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	1--	2	6	8
65	65	10	1	1946-06-30 (2)	SLB		DET	Fred Hutchinson	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	6	8	0.120	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	11	1	1946-07-21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	Joe Dobson	behind 2-6	t 7	0	---	1	6	8	0.045	10%		Home Run
67	67	12	1	1946-07-27	SLB		BOS	Charlie Wagner	behind 3-13	b 6	1	12-	3	6	8	0.007	1%		Home Run; J. Heath Scores; A. Zarilla Scores
68	68	13	1	1946-09-11	SLB		PHA	Lou Knerr	ahead 3-0	b 8	1	---	1	5	7
69	69	14	1	1946-09-21 (1)	SLB		CHW	Orval Grove	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9
70	70	15	2	1946-09-21 (1)	SLB		CHW	Orval Grove	tied 1-1	b 5	2	-23	3	3	9
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1947-04-23	SLB	@	CLE	Red Embree	behind 3-10	t 8	2	---	1	6	8	0.001	0%		Home Run
72	72	2	1	1947-04-30	SLB		NYY	Allie Reynolds	ahead 5-4	b 3	1	1--	2	6	8	0.162	84%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Heath Scores
73	73	3	2	1947-04-30	SLB		NYY	Rugger Ardizoia	ahead 14-5	b 8	2	---	1	6	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	4	1	1947-05-23	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Feller	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	3	0.151	80%		Home Run; A. Zarilla Scores
75	75	5	1	1947-05-27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Bob Gillespie	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	7	3	0.042	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	6	1	1947-06-04	SLB		BOS	Joe Dobson	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	1	7	3
77	77	7	1	1947-06-08 (1)	SLB		NYY	Mel Queen	ahead 6-1	b 3	2	---	1	7	3	0.027	96%		Home Run
78	78	8	1	1947-06-11	SLB		WSH	Early Wynn	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---	1	7	3	0.115	55%		Home Run
79	79	9	1	1947-07-02	SLB		CHW	Orval Grove	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	3
80	80	10	1	1947-07-14	SLB		WSH	Early Wynn	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	1--	2	6	3	0.180	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Stephens Scores
81	81	11	1	1947-07-20 (2)	SLB		BOS	Denny Galehouse	behind 3-6	b 6	1	1--	2	7	3	0.191	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Lehner Scores
82	82	12	1	1947-07-24	SLB	@	NYY	Vic Raschi	behind 1-10	t 4	0	1--	2	7	3	0.013	2%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Brown Scores/unER
83	83	13	1	1947-08-11 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Pete Gebrian	behind 1-5	t 9	2	---	1	6	3	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	14	1	1947-08-24 (1)	SLB		WSH	Mickey Haefner	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	1--	2	6	3	0.046	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Stephens Scores
85	85	15	1	1947-09-01 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 0-3	t 8	2	1--	2	6	3	0.110	15%		Home Run; V. Stephens Scores
86	86	16	1	1947-09-10	SLB	@	PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 0-1	t 4	2	-2-	2	6	3	0.244	59%		Home Run; J. Heath Scores
87	87	17	1	1947-09-16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	Dick Starr	behind 1-7	t 8	0	---	1	6	3	0.008	1%		Home Run
88	88	18	1	1947-09-23	SLB		CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 2-3	b 3	2	1--	2	6	3	0.243	64%		Home Run; V. Stephens Scores
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
89	89	1	1	1948-07-05 (2)	CLE		DET	Fred Hutchinson	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	8	0.056	90%		Home Run
90	90	2	1	1948-08-12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	Karl Drews	ahead 25-1	t 8	0	---	1	1	9	0.000	100%		Home Run

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