Rube Walker

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: May 16, 1926 in Lenoir, NC us

Died: December 12, 1992 in Morganton, NC

Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, NC

High School: Lenoir HS (Lenoir, NC)

Debut: April 20, 1948 (Age 21-340d, 10,468th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 15, 1958 (Age 32-030d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Albert Bluford Walker

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1955 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.4

1585

360

.227

114

RBI

192

OBP

.294

SLG

.341

OPS

.635

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-46 / in Starts: 18-28
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	54 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 200 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	131 (65-41-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 200 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	130 (68-41-20)

Most Driven In
Self	3
A Pafko	2
B Cox	2
D Fondy	1
G Hodges	1
D Snider	1
P Reese	1
J Robinson	1

Most Driven In By
W Terwilliger	3
Self	3
R Jackson	2
C Furillo	1
F Baumholtz	1
J Cusick	1
R Branca	1
C Labine	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	210	1	Apr 17	CHC		CIN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.25	0.007	.66	0.01%	-0.16	C
2	211	2	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.85	-0.061	2.24	-0.10%	-0.75	C
3	212	3	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-0	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	8						C
4	213	4	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.308	.357	.615	.973	8						C
5	214	5	Apr 23	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.500	.794	8	1.37	-0.104	3.95	-0.18%	-0.77	C
6	215	6	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.421	.671	8	.75	-0.057	2.45	-0.11%	-0.57	C
7	216	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.391	.641	8	.90	-0.064	2.53	-0.11%	-0.70	C
8	217	8	Apr 27	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.286	.360	.646	8	2.24	-0.040	6.33	-0.07%	-0.03	C
9	218	9	Apr 28	CHC		STL	W,8-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.333	.357	.690	8	.32	0.006	.81	0.01%	0.80	C
10	219	10	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.333	.452	.785	8	.87	0.057	2.34	0.09%	0.67	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	220	11	May 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.325	.412	.737	7	1.00	-0.024	2.22	-0.03%	-0.19	C
12	221	13 (1)	May 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.295	.368	.664	7	.48	-0.047	1.07	-0.06%	-0.77	C
13	222	14	May 4	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.190	.292	.357	.649	7	.58	0.009	1.38	0.01%	-0.26	C
14	223	15	May 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.288	.333	.622	7	1.78	-0.146	3.90	-0.19%	-0.73	C
15	224	16	May 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.268	.306	.574	7	1.43	-0.123	3.50	-0.18%	-1.06	C
16	225	17	May 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.281	.320	.601	8	2.04	0.064	4.29	0.08%	0.27	PH
17	226	18	May 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.267	.302	.569	7	.70	-0.053	1.72	-0.08%	-0.64	C
18	227	19	May 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.262	.296	.559	8	1.42	-0.037	3.67	-0.06%	-0.11	PH
19	228	20	May 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.277	.310	.587	7	.53	0.036	1.35	0.06%	0.32	C
20	229	23 (2)	May 13 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.290	.323	.612	7	1.29	-0.016	3.71	-0.03%	-0.21	C
21	230	25 (1)	May 15	CHC		BRO	L,4-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.206	.286	.317	.603	9	1.60	-0.061	4.97	-0.11%	-0.92	PH C
22	231	28 (2)	May 18	CHC		PHI	W,18-9	CG	5	3	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.333	.364	.697	7	.20	0.060	.62	0.11%	3.40	C
23	232	29	May 19	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.342	.362	.704	7	2.58	0.080	8.44	0.16%	0.32	C
24	233	30	May 20 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.264	.354	.389	.743	7	1.36	0.192	4.36	0.37%	1.44	C
25	234	31	May 20 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.361	.389	.750	7	4.34	0.075	16.01	0.17%	0.37	PH
26	235	32	May 23	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.345	.368	.713	7	2.46	-0.403	8.47	-0.83%	-1.72	C
27	236	33	May 25	CHC		PIT	L,1-10	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.348	.364	.712	7	1.24	0.023	3.77	0.04%	0.09	C
28	237	35 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.344	.359	.703	9	.26	-0.007	.81	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	238	37 (1)	Jun 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.340	.354	.694	7	1.50	0.034	4.81	0.07%	-0.53	C
30	239	38	Jun 2	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.356	.690	7	.48	0.043	1.51	0.08%	-0.67	C
31	240	39	Jun 3 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.320	.341	.661	7	.90	-0.091	3.44	-0.21%	-0.99	C
32	241	40	Jun 3 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.317	.337	.654	6	1.81	-0.045	6.40	-0.10%	-0.16	C
33	242	44 (3)	Jun 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.318	.337	.655	6	.52	-0.038	1.15	-0.05%	-0.01	C
34	243	45	Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.315	.333	.649	7	.75	0.005	1.57	0.01%	-0.17	C
35	244	47 (1)	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.313	.330	.643	9	3.49	-0.089	7.35	-0.11%	-0.24	PH
36	245	48	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.304	.320	.625	7	.89	-0.072	1.53	-0.07%	-0.81	C
37	246	50 (1)	Jun 15	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.234	.311	.327	.638	6	1.55	-0.040	2.54	-0.04%	-0.60	C
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers
38	247	63	Jun 24 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.309	.333	.642	7	1.15	-0.086	5.42	-0.24%	-0.22	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	248	72 (8)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.351	.668	7	.99	0.044	7.77	0.21%	0.71	C
40	249	77 (4)	Jul 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	9-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.345	.657	8	2.38	-0.186	10.09	-0.47%	-0.88	PH C
41	250	81 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,7-11	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.235	.311	.336	.647	7	.61	-0.048	2.12	-0.10%	-0.90	C
42	251	82	Jul 15 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.301	.325	.627	7	.89	-0.092	3.90	-0.24%	-0.97	C
43	252	83	Jul 15 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.300	.323	.623	7	2.30	0.097	10.88	0.27%	0.53	C
44	253	84	Jul 16	BRO		CIN	W,11-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.310	.328	.639	8	.39	0.102	2.15	0.34%	1.12	C
45	254	85	Jul 17	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.308	.326	.634	8	5.13	-0.143	21.32	-0.36%	-0.50	PH
46	255	86	Jul 18	BRO		PIT	L,12-13	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.313	.326	.639	9	1.83	0.052	7.97	0.14%	0.13	PH
47	256	94 (7)	Jul 28	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.318	.326	.643	9	4.27	0.032	10.02	0.05%	0.35	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	257	97 (2)	Aug 1	BRO	@	PIT	L,9-12	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.233	.315	.323	.639	7	2.33	0.081	4.05	0.09%	1.00	PH
49	258	99 (1)	Aug 3	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.320	.328	.648	9	5.18	0.031	7.86	0.03%	0.39	PH
50	259	100	Aug 4	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.318	.326	.644	9	.05	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.11	PH
51	260	102 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.325	.341	.665	7	.86	0.085	1.34	0.08%	0.85	C
52	261	105 (2)	Aug 9	BRO		NYG	W,6-5	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.323	.338	.661	9	2.55	-0.076	4.16	-0.07%	-0.61	PH
53	262	107 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,4-8	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.241	.323	.333	.656	6	.69	0.024	.36	0.01%	0.15	C
54	263	110 (2)	Aug 14	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.239	.321	.331	.652	8	2.09	-0.085	1.68	-0.04%	-0.53	PH
55	264	112 (1)	Aug 16	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.319	.329	.647	9	2.16	-0.055	3.14	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
56	265	118 (5)	Aug 22 (2)	BRO		STL	W,8-7	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.317	.326	.643	9	1.85	-0.052	3.14	-0.05%	-0.50	PH
57	266	122 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,11-12	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.315	.324	.639	9	2.62	-0.075	5.96	-0.10%	-0.33	PH
58	267	124 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.230	.309	.318	.627	8	.56	-0.069	1.75	-0.13%	-1.27	C
59	268	125	Aug 27 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.307	.315	.623	9	1.08	-0.028	3.04	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
60	269	128 (2)	Aug 30	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.302	.309	.611	7	1.77	-0.142	5.38	-0.26%	-1.30	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	270	136 (7)	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.302	.310	.612	7	1.00	-0.006	3.68	-0.01%	-0.21	C
62	271	137	Sep 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.229	.309	.312	.621	7	.64	0.017	1.92	0.03%	1.35	C
63	272	140 (2)	Sep 15	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-11	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.313	.316	.629	9	.04	0.002	.08	0.00%	0.61	PH
64	273	142 (1)	Sep 17	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-5	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.307	.311	.618	5	1.44	-0.108	5.83	-0.26%	-0.70	PR C
65	274	143	Sep 18	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.302	.305	.607	8	1.12	-0.084	5.53	-0.25%	-0.96	C
66	275	144	Sep 19	BRO	@	STL	W,3-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.301	.303	.604	8	.79	-0.020	5.82	-0.09%	-0.77	C
67	276	145	Sep 20	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.301	.303	.604	8						C
68	277	146	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.294	.296	.590	7	.74	-0.066	2.74	-0.15%	-0.76	C
69	278	150 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-14	5-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.296	.316	.612	4	.01	0.003	.10	0.02%	0.85	C
70	279	152 (1)	Sep 27	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.296	.316	.612	4						C
71	280	155 (2)	Sep 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.300	.326	.626	9	2.23	0.165	35.03	1.55%	1.50	PH
72	281	157 (1)	Oct 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-0	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.308	.350	.658	8	.41	-0.022	15.83	-0.51%	2.45	C
73	282	158	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.307	.348	.655	8	.77	-0.049	64.38	-2.45%	-0.83	C
							27-46		200	181	15	43	8	0	4	14	18	6	27	0	1		4	7	0	0	.238	.307	.348	.655		1.15	-1.685	5.35	-4.56%	-7.14

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