Walker Cress

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: March 6, 1917 in Ben Hur, VA us

Died: April 21, 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA

Buried: Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, LA

Schools: Hiwassee College (Madisonville, TN), Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: April 27, 1948 (Age 31-052d, 10,503rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1949 (Age 32-055d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Walker James Cress

Nicknames: Foots

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.35

62.0

WHIP

1.726

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	12 (2)	Apr 30	CIN		STL	L,7-13		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	19 (6)	May 9 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,2-14	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	23 (3)	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-9	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	40 (16)	Jun 2	CIN		NYG	L,4-7		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	44 (3)	Jun 6	CIN		BRO	L,0-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	56 (11)	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-5		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	57	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	58	Jun 20 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-4		15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
10	61 (2)	Jun 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	62	Jun 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	66 (3)	Jul 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-5		7	1.1	0	1	1	2	0
13	69 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	70	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-10		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	78 (7)	Jul 15	CIN		BRO	L,3-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	80 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	83 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-8	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	84	Jul 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-14	GF	26	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
19	88 (3)	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,5-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	94 (5)	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	103 (8)	Aug 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-10		5	0.1	0	0	1	1	0
22	106 (2)	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	118 (11)	Aug 26	CIN		BRO	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	125 (6)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	129 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	136 (6)	Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2		22	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	139 (2)	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-12	GF	6	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
28	142 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	147 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	152 (4)	Oct 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							30gm		60.0	0	8	2	10	0