Walter Blair

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: October 13, 1883 in Landrus, PA us

Died: August 20, 1948 in Lewisburg, PA

Buried: Lewisburg City Cemetery, Lewisburg, PA

School: Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)

Debut: September 17, 1907 (Age 23-339d, 2,982nd in major league history)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1915 (Age 31-351d)
vs. BTT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Walter Allen Blair

Nicknames: Heavy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

1255

272

.217

RBI

106

OBP

.272

SLG

.275

OPS

.547

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,16-13	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	17 (10)	May 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
3	29 (11)	May 25	NYY		CHW	L,3-9	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
4	34 (4)	May 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-1	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	37 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	38	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
7	39	Jun 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
8	42 (2)	Jun 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
9	43	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
10	44	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	11.0	4	3	0	7	1
11	45	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
12	46	Jun 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	8	0	2	10	0
13	49 (2)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
14	50	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	51	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
17	53	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
18	55 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-5	GF	0		3	1	0	4	1
19	58 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
20	61 (2)	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	63 (1)	Jun 30	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	66 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
23	68 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	72 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-11	GF	0	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	75 (2)	Jul 10	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
26	76	Jul 11 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	77	Jul 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	78	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	79	Jul 15 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-16	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
30	81 (1)	Jul 16	NYY		SLB	W,10-1	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
31	82	Jul 17	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	86 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
33	87	Jul 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	90 (2)	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
35	92 (1)	Jul 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	13.1	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	94 (1)	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	0		5	1	0	6	1
37	96 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	99 (2)	Aug 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
39	100	Aug 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
40	101	Aug 10	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	4	2	0	6	0
41	102	Aug 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	103	Aug 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
43	104	Aug 15	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
44	106 (1)	Aug 18	NYY		DET	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
45	107	Aug 19	NYY		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	108	Aug 20	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
47	109	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	GS	0		3	1	1	5	0
48	116 (6)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	119 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	122 (2)	Sep 3	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
51	126 (3)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
52	127	Sep 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
53	129 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	130	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	133 (2)	Sep 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	135 (1)	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	136	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	137	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	138	Sep 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
60	139	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS	0		3	0	1	4	0
61	141 (1)	Sep 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	142	Sep 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-12	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
63	143	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-12	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
64	144	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	7.0	10	2	0	12	0
65	146 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
66	148 (1)	Oct 2	NYY		WSH	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
67	149	Oct 3 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	150	Oct 3 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	151	Oct 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	152	Oct 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
71	153	Oct 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	10.1	1	0	1	2	0
72	154	Oct 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	155	Oct 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
							74gm		462.0	244	59	18	321	4