Walt Bond

Full Name: Walter Franklin Bond	Primary Position: OF,1B,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 7"/228	First Game: April 19, 1960
Birthdate: October 19, 1937	Final Game: May 7, 1967
Birthplace: Denmark, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: September 14, 1967
Deathplace: Houston, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Walt Bond (Walter Franklin Bond) was born on October 19, 1937 in Denmark, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1960 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1960, his rookie year, he hit .221 with 5 home runs and 18 RBI. Bond played for the Cleveland Indians, Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Walt Bond's best season was 1964, when he slugged 20 home runs and knocked in 85 runs.

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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
1960	CLE	A	40	131	19	29	5	18	.221	.302	.366	2	1	13	14	3	0	4	2	2
1961	CLE	A	38	52	7	9	2	7	.173	.267	.346	1	1	6	10	1	0	1	0	1
1962	CLE	A	12	50	10	19	6	17	.380	.426	.800	3	0	4	9	0	0	1	1	1
1964	HOU	N	148	543	63	138	20	85	.254	.310	.420	16	7	38	90	8	4	2	8	11
1965	HOU	N	117	407	46	107	7	47	.263	.337	.366	17	2	42	51	5	1	2	8	6
1967	MIN	A	10	16	4	5	1	5	.313	.400	.563	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		265	950	109	245	27	132	.258	.322	.397	33	9	80	141	13	5	4	16	17
Total	AL		100	249	40	62	14	47	.249	.325	.462	7	2	26	34	4	0	6	3	4
Total			365	1199	149	307	41	179	.256	.323	.410	40	11	106	175	17	5	10	19	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1960	CLE	A	CF	11	10	81	30	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CLE	A	OF	36	33	297.1	76	2	0	1	1.000
1960	CLE	A	LF	5	4	38	8	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CLE	A	RF	20	19	178.1	38	2	0	1	1.000
1961	CLE	A	RF	11	7	70	16	1	0	0	1.000
1961	CLE	A	CF	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
1961	CLE	A	OF	12	7	74	17	1	0	0	1.000
1962	CLE	A	RF	10	10	88.2	24	0	0	0	1.000
1962	CLE	A	LF	3	2	19	2	0	0	0	1.000
1962	CLE	A	OF	12	12	107.2	25	0	0	0	1.000
1964	HOU	N	OF	71	70	591	111	1	5	0	.957
1964	HOU	N	CF	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	1.000
1964	HOU	N	RF	41	41	352.2	67	1	2	0	.971
1964	HOU	N	1B	76	76	650	685	40	8	46	.989
1964	HOU	N	LF	29	28	232.1	45	1	3	1	.939
1965	HOU	N	RF	21	20	158	34	0	0	0	1.000
1965	HOU	N	1B	74	68	629.1	650	49	12	52	.983
1965	HOU	N	LF	18	16	148	21	0	2	0	.913
1965	HOU	N	OF	38	36	306	54	0	2	0	.964
1967	MIN	A	LF	3	3	22	7	0	1	0	.875
1967	MIN	A	OF	3	3	22	7	0	1	0	.875
Total			LF	58	53	459.1	83	1	6	1	.933
Total			1B	150	144	1279.1	1335	89	20	98	.986
Total			OF	172	161	1398	290	4	8	1	.974
Total			CF	13	11	91	32	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	103	97	847.2	179	4	2	1	.989

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1957).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Houston Colt .45s (December 19, 1963).
Traded by Houston Astros to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Ken Retzer (April 10, 1966).
Released by Minnesota Twins (May 15, 1967).

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