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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, 10,482nd 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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.3

1585

360

.227

114

RBI

192

OBP

.294

SLG

.341

OPS

.635

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1944	18	CHC-min	D	55	193	182	26	48	4	4	1	28	1		8	26	.264	.306	.346	.652		63		3	0				ERW · APPY
1945	19	CHC-min	B,A1	91	305	276	34	69	15	3	7	33	1		26	24	.250	.321	.402	.723		111		3	0				PTH,NVL · PIED,SOUA
1946	20	CHC-min	B	96	392	356	53	126	18	6	13	85	2		34	25	.354	.412	.548	.960		195		1	1				DAV · IIIL
1947	21	CHC-min	AA	128	461	435	67	144	20	1	22	105	0		26	45	.331	.369	.533	.902		232		0	0				NVL · SOUA
1948	22	CHC	NL	79	197	171	17	47	8	0	5	26	0	2	24	17	.275	.371	.409	.780	115	70	8	2	0		5	2H
1949	23	CHC	NL	56	181	172	11	42	4	1	3	22	0	2	9	18	.244	.282	.331	.613	67	57	4	0	0		3	2H
1950	24	CHC	NL	74	231	213	19	49	7	1	6	16	0	0	18	34	.230	.290	.357	.647	70	76	3	0	0		3	2H
1951	25	TOT	NL	73	200	181	15	43	8	0	4	14	0	0	18	27	.238	.307	.348	.655	74	63	7	0	1		6	2H
1951	25	CHC	NL	37	119	107	9	25	4	0	2	5	0	0	12	13	.234	.311	.327	.638	70	35	4	0	0		4	2/H
1951	25	BRO	NL	36	81	74	6	18	4	0	2	9	0	0	6	14	.243	.300	.378	.678	80	28	3	0	1		2	2H
1952	26	BRO	NL	46	150	139	9	36	8	0	1	19	0	0	8	17	.259	.304	.338	.642	76	47	3	1	2		1	2/H
1953	27	BRO	NL	43	103	95	5	23	6	0	3	9	0	0	7	11	.242	.301	.400	.701	79	38	1	1	0		3	2H
1954	28	BRO	NL	50	183	155	12	28	7	0	5	23	0	0	24	17	.181	.291	.323	.614	58	50	5	1	1	2	6	2/H
1955	29	BRO	NL	48	120	103	6	26	5	0	2	13	1	0	15	11	.252	.342	.359	.701	84	37	8	0	0	2	4	2H
1956	30	BRO	NL	54	156	146	5	31	6	1	3	20	0	1	7	18	.212	.245	.329	.574	48	48	3	0	1	2	2	2H
1957	31	BRO	NL	60	187	166	12	30	8	0	2	23	2	0	15	33	.181	.243	.265	.508	32	44	7	0	2	4	4	2H
1958	32	LAD	NL	25	50	44	3	5	2	0	1	7	0	0	5	10	.114	.200	.227	.427	11	10	2	0	0	1	2	2/H
1959	33	LAD-min	AAA	62																									STP · AA
1960	34	LAD-min	AA	62	177	147	22	37	3	0	5	29	0		29	20	.252	.373	.374	.747		55		0	0	1	2		ATA · SOUA
11 Yrs				608	1758	1585	114	360	69	3	35	192	3	5	150	213	.227	.294	.341	.635	68	540	51	5	7	11	39
162 Game Avg.				162	468	422	30	96	18	1	9	51	1	1	40	57	.227	.294	.341	.635	68	144	14	1	2		10

LAD (8 yrs)				362	1030	922	58	197	46	1	19	123	3	1	87	131	.214	.281	.328	.608	59	302	32	3	7	11	24
CHC (4 yrs)				246	728	663	56	163	23	2	16	69	0	4	63	82	.246	.313	.359	.672	81	238	19	2	0		15

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Batting

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Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

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Win Probability *

Baserunning & Misc. Stats *

Situational Batting *

Cumulative Batting

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Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Other Resources & Links

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