James Elton Walkup

Full Name: James Elton Walkup	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/170	First Game: September 22, 1934
Birthdate: December 14, 1909	Final Game: July 18, 1939
Birthplace: Havana, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: February 7, 1997
Deathplace: Danville, Arkansas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 14, 1909 in Havana, Arkansas, Jim Walkup (James Elton Walkup) played for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 6 year career. Walkup broke into the bigs on September 22, 1934 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 6.25 ERA in 181.1 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1934	STL	A	3	0	0	0	2.16	6	4	2	0	0	8.1	6	0	5	2	0
1935	STL	A	55	20	6	9	6.25	44	139	126	4	1	181.1	226	17	104	6	2
1936	STL	A	5	2	0	3	8.04	5	17	14	0	0	15.2	20	0	6	1	0
1937	STL	A	27	18	9	12	7.36	46	127	123	6	0	150.1	218	16	83	8	0
1938	STL	A	18	13	1	12	6.80	28	83	71	1	0	94	127	13	53	3	3
1939	STL	A	1	0	0	1	.00	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	1	0	0
1939	DET	A	7	0	0	1	7.50	5	10	10	0	0	12	15	3	8	0	0
1939	TOT	A	8	0	0	2	7.11	5	11	10	0	0	12.2	17	3	9	0	0
Total			116	53	16	38	6.74	134	381	346	11	1	462.1	614	49	260	20	5

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1934	STL	A	P	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1935	STL	A	P	55	11	28	2	2	.951
1936	STL	A	P	5	1	6	0	1	1.000
1937	STL	A	P	27	7	37	2	1	.957
1938	STL	A	P	18	3	19	0	2	1.000
1939	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1939	DET	A	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000
1939	TOT	A	P	8	1	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	116	23	92	4	6	.966

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH
1934	STL	A	3	3	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	1	0
1935	STL	A	55	47	4	6	4	.128	.196	.149	1	4	18	4
1936	STL	A	5	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0
1937	STL	A	27	58	8	14	3	.241	.241	.241	0	0	19	3
1938	STL	A	18	29	0	4	1	.138	.138	.138	0	0	8	3
1939	STL	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1939	DET	A	7	2	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	1	0
1939	TOT	A	8	2	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	1	0
Total			116	143	12	26	8	.182	.204	.189	1	4	49	10

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom and Red Kress to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs and Mark Christman (May 13, 1939).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Toronto (International) (July 21, 1939).

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