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Walter Ball

Positions: Starting Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

Born: September 12, 1878 in Detroit, MI us

Died: December 16, 1946 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: Walter Thomas Ball

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Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

5.44

86.0

WHIP

1.779

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1907	28	3.0	Chicago Leland Giants	BLK	Non		1	0	1.000	0.00	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	0		4	0		0	30	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
1908	29	2.1	Chicago Leland Giants	BLK	N/A		4	2	.667	1.97	3.35	6	5	1	5	1	0	45.2	40	17	10	0	17		14	0		0	192	1.248	7.9	0.0	3.4	2.8	0.82
1908-09	29	4.1	Fé	CUWL	FgW		6	7	.462	1.83	3.83	14	13		12	2	0	108.0	82	46	22	0	35		31	9		2	467	1.083	6.8	0.0	2.9	2.6	0.89
1909	30	4.9	Chicago	BLK	N/A		3	4	.429	1.64	2.98	10	6		5	2	0	60.1	54	20	11	1	6		30	0		0	239	0.994	8.1	0.1	0.9	4.5	5.00
1910	31	5.8	Chicago Giants	BLK	Non		3	1	.750	1.54	3.60	7	4		3	0	0	35.0	28	14	6	1	6		19	1		0	139	0.971	7.2	0.3	1.5	4.9	3.17
1910-11	31	5.5	Fé	CUWL	FgW		2	8	.200	4.35	5.95	11	8		7	0	0	78.2	66	52	38	4	40		29	4		0	333	1.347	7.6	0.5	4.6	3.3	0.73
1911	32	7.2	Chicago Giants	BLK	Non		4	3	.571	1.61	2.49	9	6		6	1	1	61.1	52	17	11	0	12		32	0		0	246	1.043	7.6	0.0	1.8	4.7	2.67
1912	33		2 Teams	BLK	N/A		6	5	.545	3.69	5.21	13	11		9	0	0	95.0	109	55	39	4	17		54	2		0	411	1.326	10.3	0.4	1.6	5.1	3.18
1912	33	7.6	St. Louis	BLK	N/A		6	4	.600	3.62	5.07	12	10		8	0	0	87.0	97	49	35	4	16		52	2		0	374	1.299	10.0	0.4	1.7	5.4	3.25
1912	33	7.6	Chicago Giants	BLK	N/A		0	1	.000	4.50	6.75	1	1		1	0	0	8.0	12	6	4	0	1		2	0		0	37	1.625	13.5	0.0	1.1	2.3	2.00
1913	34		2 Teams	BLK	N/A		0	2	.000	4.98	5.82	3	2		2	0	0	21.2	36	14	12	0	1		15	2		0	103	1.708	15.0	0.0	0.4	6.2	15.00
1913	34	7.4	Schenectady	BLK	N/A		0	0				0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0
1913	34	7.4	Brooklyn	BLK	N/A		0	2	.000	4.98	5.82	3	2		2	0	0	21.2	36	14	12	0	1		15	2		0	103	1.708	15.0	0.0	0.4	6.2	15.00
1914	35		2 Teams	BLK	Non		1	0	1.000	4.09	4.91	2	0		0	0	0	11.0	16	6	5	0	1		6	0		0	47	1.545	13.1	0.0	0.8	4.9	6.00
1914	35	8.2	New York Lincoln Giants	BLK	Non		0	0		3.60	5.40	1	0		0	0	0	5.0	6	3	2	0	1		2	0		0	20	1.400	10.8	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00
1914	35	8.2	New York Lincoln Stars	BLK	Non		1	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	1	0		0	0	0	6.0	10	3	3	0	0		4	0		0	27	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	6.0

1917	38	11.0	Chicago Giants	BLK	Non		0	3	.000	4.40	5.28	4	3	0	3	0	0	30.2	37	18	15	2	18	0	15	0	0	0	148	1.793	10.9	0.6	5.3	4.4	0.83

1919	40	12.9	Chicago Giants	BLK	Non		0	2	.000	1.66	5.82	3	2	0	2	0	0	21.2	20	14	4	1	10	0	6	3	0	0	98	1.385	8.3	0.4	4.2	2.5	0.60
1920	41	14.0	COG	NNL	Maj	COG	0	6	.000	5.95	6.80	8	8		4	0	0	42.1	47	32	28	1	32		18	4		0	208	1.866	10.0	0.2	6.8	3.8	0.56
1921	42	15.0	COG	NNL	Maj	COG	1	3	.250	4.95	7.01	7	4		2	0	0	43.2	60	34	24	3	14		13	4		0	196	1.695	12.4	0.6	2.9	2.7	0.93
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (2 seasons)					Majors		1	9	.100	5.44	6.91	15	12		6	0	0	86.0	107	66	52	4	46		31	8		0	404	1.779	11.2	0.4	4.8	3.2	0.67
Black Baseball (6 seasons)					Black Baseball		9	9	.500	2.19	3.74	26	16	0	15	1	1	168.2	156	70	41	4	47	0	82	4	0	0	708	1.204	8.3	0.2	2.5	4.4	1.74
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		8	15	.348	2.89	4.73	25	21		19	2	0	186.2	148	98	60	4	75		60	13		2	800	1.195	7.1	0.2	3.6	2.9	0.80
Other (4 seasons)					Other		13	13	.500	2.91	4.28	32	24	1	21	3	0	222.2	239	106	72	5	41		113	4		0	945	1.257	9.7	0.2	1.7	4.6	2.76
All Levels (12 Seasons)							31	46	.403	3.05	4.61	98	73	1	61	6	1	664.0	650	340	225	17	209	0	286	29	0	2	2857	1.294	8.8	0.2	2.8	3.9	1.37