Player Report for #19 Joe Walker

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Saturday, July 1st, 1961

AB	181
HR	0
RBI	18
AVG	.320
OPS	.846

Name:	Joe Walker	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:		Salary:	$119,100
Birthday:	07-18-1919	Signed Through:	1961 Season
Age:	41	Years of Major League Service:	17 Years, 160 Days
Born in:	Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio)	Major League Service Days this Year:	4 Days
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 0"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	18 Years, 158 Days
Weight:	219 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	20 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Position:	2B	Minor League Option Years:	1 option year left
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right	Contract Extension	-
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	-
Morale:	Angry	Local Popularity (National)	Insignificant (Unknown)

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Batting Ratings (OSA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	20
Stealing Ability:	9
Baserunning Instincts:	8
Sacrifice Bunt:	77
Bunt for Hit:	3
Hitter Type:	Spray Hitter

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
06-30-1961	@ VIC	Win, 3-1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
06-29-1961	@ VIC	Win, 5-4	2	1	1	1	0	3	0	0
06-28-1961	@ BEE	Loss, 0-8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
06-27-1961	@ BEE	Win, 8-7	3	0	2	1	0	2	0	0
06-26-1961	@ BEE	Win, 10-1	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
06-25-1961	@ AUS	Win, 5-1	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
06-24-1961	@ AUS	Win, 4-2	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0
06-23-1961	@ AUS	Loss, 2-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
06-21-1961	LOU	Win, 10-6	4	1	2	0	0	2	1	0
06-20-1961	LOU	Win, 9-7	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0

American Baseball Association 1961 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.00
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Versus Right		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
April		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Spring Training		18	4	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667
Last Year		139	44	4	1	0	12	12	20	20	0	0	1	.317	.406	.360	.766
2 Years Ago		101	30	7	0	0	2	13	16	26	0	0	1	.297	.398	.366	.765
Career		2793	926	135	20	7	219	461	533	332	14	16	34	.332	.443	.402	.844
Road		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Grass		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Day		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Pinch Hitting		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Close/Late		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Inning 7-9		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2 Outs		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Scoring Position		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bases Loaded		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Count 1-1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

South Texas League 1961 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	53	181	58	10	0	0	18	27	50	26	.320	.470	.376	.846	.937	.055	18.7
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	53	232	1	1	0	4	0	0	68	10	0	0	0.0	36.7	7.79
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Versus Right		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
This Week		21	7	0	0	0	4	3	7	1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
Last Week		21	9	1	0	0	0	5	3	3	0	0	0	.429	.500	.476	.976
April		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	.667
May		90	29	7	0	0	7	15	26	14	0	0	1	.322	.479	.400	.879
June		90	29	3	0	0	11	12	22	12	0	0	0	.322	.455	.356	.811
Career		181	58	10	0	0	18	27	50	26	0	0	1	.320	.470	.376	.846
Home		64	23	5	0	0	3	12	23	8	0	0	0	.359	.529	.438	.966
Road		117	35	5	0	0	15	15	27	18	0	0	1	.299	.434	.342	.776
Grass		181	58	10	0	0	18	27	50	26	0	0	1	.320	.470	.376	.846
Night		181	58	10	0	0	18	27	50	26	0	0	1	.320	.470	.376	.846

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1951 Los Angeles - ABA	31	142	537	186	37	4	5	66	99	95	14	3	56	0	1	.346	.455	.458	.913	64.7
1952 Los Angeles - ABA	32	33	122	53	13	2	0	10	29	32	1	0	4	0	0	.434	.555	.574	1.129	29.2
1953 Los Angeles - ABA	33	85	296	89	10	2	0	11	49	73	1	3	29	0	0	.301	.437	.348	.785	20.5
1954 Los Angeles - ABA	34	128	396	137	20	4	1	28	81	78	4	0	38	0	0	.346	.458	.424	.882	44.3
1955 Los Angeles - ABA	35	117	262	77	8	0	0	17	34	56	1	1	40	0	0	.294	.419	.324	.743	12.3
1956 Los Angeles - ABA	36	117	274	85	9	1	0	18	42	67	5	2	24	1	0	.310	.451	.350	.802	20.5
1957 Los Angeles - ABA	37	123	347	116	13	4	0	26	55	38	2	4	40	1	0	.334	.399	.395	.794	23.7
1958 Boston - ABA	38	5	14	8	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.571	.625	.714	1.339	3.6
1958 Los Angeles - ABA	38	103	304	101	14	1	1	27	44	57	3	1	54	0	0	.332	.441	.395	.836	28.6
1958 Total - ABA	38	108	318	109	14	2	1	29	47	58	4	1	55	0	0	.343	.449	.409	.858	32.2
1959 Boston - ABA	39	43	101	30	7	0	0	2	13	16	1	0	26	0	1	.297	.398	.366	.765	3.3
1960 Boston - ABA	40	62	139	44	4	1	0	12	12	20	1	0	20	0	0	.317	.406	.360	.766	4.9
1961 Boston - ABA	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
Total ABA		959	2793	926	135	20	7	219	461	533	34	14	332	2	2	.332	.443	.402	.844	255.1

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1961 Edna - AA	41	53	181	58	10	0	0	18	27	50	1	0	26	0	0	.320	.470	.376	.846	18.7
Total STL		53	181	58	10	0	0	18	27	50	1	0	26	0	0	.320	.470	.376	.846	18.7

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1953 Los Angeles - ABA	33	6	24	8	1	0	0	1	7	7	0	0	3	0	0	.333	.484	.375	.859	0.0
1954 Los Angeles - ABA	34	4	8	4	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	0.0
Total ABA		10	32	12	1	0	0	2	10	8	1	0	4	0	0	.375	.512	.406	.918	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1951 Los Angeles - ML	2B	142	142	343	359	70	710	8	.989	1236.0	5.11
1952 Los Angeles - ML	2B	32	32	67	127	33	197	3	.985	279.0	6.26
1953 Los Angeles - ML	2B	82	82	150	267	56	431	14	.968	673.0	5.58
1954 Los Angeles - ML	2B	112	101	203	276	57	499	20	.960	854.2	5.04
1955 Los Angeles - ML	2B	79	58	121	200	35	335	14	.958	529.2	5.45
1955 Los Angeles - ML	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0.0
1956 Los Angeles - ML	2B	89	63	143	195	36	347	9	.974	582.0	5.23
1956 Los Angeles - ML	C	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0	0	0	0.0
1956 Los Angeles - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	2.0	0.00
1957 Los Angeles - ML	2B	110	79	139	203	38	358	16	.955	700.1	4.40
1957 Los Angeles - ML	3B	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
1957 Los Angeles - ML	SS	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	4.0	6.75
1958 Los Angeles - ML	2B	99	83	131	228	41	370	11	.970	680.2	4.75
1958 Los Angeles - ML	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
1958 Los Angeles - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
1958 Boston - ML	2B	3	3	9	6	1	15	0	1.000	24.0	5.63
1959 Boston - ML	2B	27	20	49	62	22	112	1	.991	180.2	5.53
1959 Boston - ML	C	3	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	8.2	4.15	1	3	1	33.3
1960 Boston - ML	2B	49	35	64	100	14	170	6	.965	309.2	4.77
1961 Edna - AA	2B	53	53	114	147	35	271	10	.963	432.0	5.44

Player History
01-02-1951	Drafted in the 1951 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 16, 80th overall Pick) by the Los Angeles Moguls.
03-17-1951	Suspended 3 games after ejection following arguing a strike call.
07-08-1951	Was selected to the 1951 American Baseball Association All-Star Game.
07-12-1951	Injured (fractured finger), out for 6 days.
08-20-1951	Injured (strained groin muscle), day-to-day for one week.
08-26-1951	Goes 5-6 against the Boston Colonials, with 2 2B, 3 RBI and 0 R.
09-24-1951	Wins the ABA RL Player of the Week Award.
01-01-1952	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 62 (66); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 56 (60).
05-18-1952	Injured (dislocated shoulder), out for 7 months.
01-01-1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 68 (68); Power: 4 (6); Eye: 66 (71).
04-28-1953	Goes 0-5 against the San Francisco Golden Gators, ending his hitting streak at 21 games.
05-03-1953	Injured (torn groin muscle), out for 8 weeks.
08-01-1953	Injured (fractured hand), out for 2 weeks.
08-21-1953	Injured (damaged meniscus (knee)), day-to-day for 6 days.
01-01-1954	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 62 (71); Power: 4 (6); Eye: 72 (77).
07-11-1954	Was selected to the 1954 American Baseball Association All-Star Game.
07-19-1954	Injured (blurred vision), day-to-day for one week.
10-07-1954	Won the 1954 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the Los Angeles Moguls!
01-01-1955	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 57 (73); Power: 3 (7); Eye: 70 (76).
01-01-1956	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 56 (76); Power: 1 (6); Eye: 75 (81).
01-01-1957	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 54 (74); Power: 1 (6); Eye: 66 (70).
01-01-1958	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (73); Power: 1 (6); Eye: 67 (72).
05-08-1958	Injured (swollen eye), day-to-day for 6 days.
05-09-1958	Goes 5-5 against the Pittsburgh Keystones, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI and 1 R.
05-12-1958	Wins the ABA RL Player of the Week Award.
07-06-1958	Was selected to the 1958 American Baseball Association All-Star Game.
08-15-1958	Injured (scratched cornea), day-to-day for 2 weeks.
09-04-1958	Was traded by the Los Angeles Moguls to the Boston Morrills in exchange for SP S. Carpenter.
01-01-1959	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 47 (73); Power: 1 (7); Eye: 72 (77).
01-01-1960	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (73); Power: 1 (7); Eye: 70 (76).
01-01-1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 44 (73); Power: 1 (7); Eye: 72 (77).
04-21-1961	Injured (bruised ribs), out for 1-2 weeks.
05-23-1961	Injured (concussion), day-to-day for one week.
05-31-1961	Injured (finger blister), day-to-day for 6 days.
06-17-1961	Injured (pinched nerve (neck)), day-to-day for 6 days.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	PA	Rank
1951	665	3

Year	H	Rank
1951	186	4

Year	2B	Rank
1951	37	7

Year	R	Rank
1951	99	3

Year	BB	Rank
1951	95	2
1954	78	6

Year	HP	Rank
1951	14	5
1956	5	9

Year	SH	Rank
1952	0	1
1953	0	1
1954	0	1
1955	0	1
1956	0	1
1957	0	1
1958	0	1
1958	0	1
1959	0	1
1960	0	1

Year	AVG	Rank
1951	.346	3
1954	.346	1

Year	OBP	Rank
1951	.455	2
1954	.458	2

Year	RC	Rank
1951	123.40	3

Year	RC/27	Rank
1951	8.86	2
1954	8.66	2

Year	TAVG	Rank
1951	.992	2
1954	.947	4

Year	OPS	Rank
1951	.913	9
1954	.882	5

Year	VORP	Rank
1951	64.7	4
1954	44.3	4