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Harry Walker

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Full Name: Harry William Walker Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175 First Game: September 25, 1940
Birthdate: October 22, 1916 Final Game: August 19, 1955
Birthplace: Pascagoula, Mississippi MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: August 8, 1999
Deathplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Harry Walker (Harry William Walker) was born on October 22, 1916 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on September 25, 1940 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .314 with 0 home runs and 16 RBI. Walker played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Harry Walker's best season was 1947, when he hit for a .363 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1940 STL N 7 27 2 5 0 6 .185 .185 .259 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1941 STL N 7 15 3 4 0 1 .267 .353 .333 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 STL N 74 191 38 60 0 16 .314 .355 .398 12 2 11 14 1 6 2 0 1
1943 STL N 148 564 76 166 2 53 .294 .341 .376 28 6 40 24 0 36 5 0 5
1946 STL N 112 346 53 82 3 27 .237 .300 .338 14 6 30 29 1 8 12 0 3
1947 STL N 10 25 2 5 0 0 .200 .310 .240 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
1947 PHI N 130 488 79 181 1 41 .371 .443 .500 28 16 59 37 4 18 13 0 9
1947 TOT N 140 513 81 186 1 41 .363 .436 .487 29 16 63 39 4 18 13 0 10
1948 PHI N 112 332 34 97 2 23 .292 .358 .355 11 2 33 30 1 2 4 0 3
1949 CIN N 86 314 53 100 1 23 .318 .385 .389 15 2 34 17 0 5 4 0 6
1949 CHI N 42 159 20 42 1 14 .264 .312 .358 6 3 11 6 0 2 2 0 2
1949 TOT N 128 473 73 142 2 37 .300 .361 .378 21 5 45 23 0 7 6 0 8
1950 STL N 60 150 17 31 0 7 .207 .292 .240 5 0 18 12 0 0 0 0 2
1951 STL N 8 26 6 8 0 2 .308 .357 .346 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 STL N 11 14 2 5 0 1 .357 .400 .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 807 2651 385 786 10 214 .296 .358 .383 126 37 245 175 7 78 42 0 32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1940 STL N OF 7 0 0 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 STL N OF 5 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1942 STL N OF 56 0 0 115 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1942 STL N 2B 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 STL N OF 144 0 0 321 14 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1943 STL N 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1946 STL N 1B 8 0 0 58 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1946 STL N OF 92 0 0 215 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1947 STL N OF 10 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1947 PHI N 1B 4 0 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 PHI N OF 127 0 0 350 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1947 TOT N CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1947 TOT N OF 137 0 0 365 15 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1948 PHI N 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 PHI N OF 81 0 0 198 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1948 PHI N 1B 4 0 0 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1949 CIN N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1949 CIN N OF 77 0 0 177 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1949 CHI N OF 39 0 0 69 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1949 TOT N RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1949 TOT N LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1949 TOT N OF 116 0 0 246 10 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1950 STL N OF 46 0 0 92 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1950 STL N 1B 2 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 STL N OF 6 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 STL N 1B 1 0 0 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 STL N OF 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 20 0 0 118 6 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total OF 691 0 0 1592 68 55 11 0 0 0 0 0 .968
Total 2B 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
Total 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1937).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Freddy Schmidt to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ron Northey (May 3, 1947).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Nicholson (October 4, 1948).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Peanuts Lowrey to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Frank Baumholtz and Hank Sauer (June 15, 1949).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Lou Klein and Ron Northey (December 14, 1949).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 20, 1955).

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