Walter Holke

Full Name: Walter Henry Holke	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/185	First Game: October 6, 1914
Birthdate: December 25, 1892	Final Game: September 23, 1925
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: October 12, 1954
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Walter Holke (Walter Henry Holke) was born on December 25, 1892 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on October 6, 1914 for the New York Giants. In 1917, his rookie year, he hit .277 with 2 home runs and 55 RBI. Holke played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Walter Holke's best season was 1923, when he hit for a .311 average and knocked in 70 runs. Holke also turned an unassisted triple play on October 6th of that year.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1914	NY	N	2	6	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916	NY	N	34	111	16	39	0	13	.351	.390	.423	4	2	6	16	1	3	10	0
1917	NY	N	153	527	55	146	2	55	.277	.327	.338	12	7	34	54	5	17	13	0
1918	NY	N	88	326	38	82	1	27	.252	.276	.337	17	4	10	26	1	13	10	0
1919	BOS	N	137	518	48	151	0	48	.292	.325	.342	14	6	21	25	5	26	19	0
1920	BOS	N	144	551	53	162	3	64	.294	.329	.377	15	11	28	31	1	23	4	0
1921	BOS	N	150	579	60	151	3	63	.261	.284	.337	15	10	17	41	2	23	8	0
1922	BOS	N	105	395	35	115	0	46	.291	.317	.334	9	4	14	23	1	14	6	3
1923	PHI	N	147	562	64	175	7	70	.311	.330	.418	31	4	16	37	0	19	7	0
1924	PHI	N	148	563	60	169	6	64	.300	.330	.394	23	6	25	33	0	17	3	0
1925	PHI	N	39	86	11	21	1	17	.244	.270	.337	5	0	3	6	0	4	0	0
1925	CIN	N	65	232	24	65	1	20	.280	.329	.362	8	4	17	12	0	11	1	0
1925	TOT	N	104	318	35	86	2	37	.270	.314	.355	13	4	20	18	0	15	1	0
Total			1212	4456	464	1278	24	487	.287	.318	.363	153	58	191	304	16	170	81	3

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1914	NY	N	1B	2	0	0	17	2	1	1	.950
1916	NY	N	1B	34	0	0	331	13	1	15	.997
1917	NY	N	1B	153	0	0	1635	70	19	104	.989
1918	NY	N	1B	88	0	0	938	68	10	50	.990
1919	BOS	N	1B	136	0	0	1474	95	11	86	.993
1920	BOS	N	1B	143	0	0	1528	81	14	92	.991
1921	BOS	N	1B	150	150	9	1471	86	4	100	.997
1922	BOS	N	1B	105	105	505	1017	44	8	65	.993
1923	PHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1923	PHI	N	1B	146	0	0	1425	69	13	136	.991
1924	PHI	N	1B	148	0	0	1516	90	12	134	.993
1925	PHI	N	1B	23	0	0	164	12	1	16	.994
1925	CIN	N	1B	65	0	0	642	35	2	60	.997
1925	TOT	N	1B	88	0	0	806	47	3	76	.996
Total			1B	1193	255	514	12158	665	96	859	.993
Total			P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1923	PHI	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Giants with Bill Rariden to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Hal Chase (February 19, 1919).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Braves in exchange for Jimmy Smith and cash (February 22, 1919).
Sold by Boston Braves to Philadelphia Phillies (December 13, 1922).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Philadelphia Phillies (July 9, 1925).

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