Rube Walker

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: May 16, 1926 in Lenoir, NC us

Died: December 12, 1992 in Morganton, NC

Buried: Blue Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, NC

High School: Lenoir HS (Lenoir, NC)

Debut: April 20, 1948 (Age 21-340d, 10,468th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 15, 1958 (Age 32-030d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Albert Bluford Walker

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1955 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.4

1585

360

.227

114

RBI

192

OBP

.294

SLG

.341

OPS

.635

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-56 / in Starts: 15-23
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 196 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	149 (81-44-24) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 196 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	132 (68-42-21)

Most Driven In
P Cavarretta	6
B Nicholson	5
A Pafko	5
Self	4
P Lowrey	3
H Jeffcoat	1
B Scheffing	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
D McCall	2
R Hamner	2
R Smalley	2
P Lowrey	1
P Cavarretta	1
R Meyer	1
D Culler	0

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.16	-0.055	5.63	-0.09%	-0.24	PH
2	2	3 (1)	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.98	-0.025	2.54	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
3	3	9 (5)	Apr 29	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.51	0.067	3.98	0.11%	0.38	PH
4	4	10	Apr 30	CHC		PIT	L,4-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.38	-0.010	.92	-0.02%	-0.31	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	5	13 (2)	May 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.18	-0.030	2.63	-0.04%	-0.31	PH
6	6	14	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,9-13	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.82	0.085	3.39	0.10%	1.00	PH
7	7	15	May 7	CHC		BRO	L,5-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	1.65	-0.046	2.92	-0.05%	-0.31	PH
8	8	20 (4)	May 15	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.25	-0.062	3.77	-0.06%	-0.35	PH
9	9	21	May 16	CHC		CIN	L,11-13	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	3.33	0.094	4.71	0.08%	0.38	PH
10	10	26 (4)	May 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
11	11	28 (1)	May 23 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-12	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	6						C
12	12	33 (4)	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	.06	-0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.16	PH
13	13	34	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	9	.09	0.004	.09	0.00%	0.26	PH
14	14	36 (1)	May 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	7	1.59	-0.153	1.96	-0.11%	-1.17	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	15	37	Jun 2	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	11-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	9	4.56	-0.025	4.92	-0.02%	-0.32	PH C
16	16	39 (1)	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.190	.227	.190	.418	6	1.21	-0.165	1.19	-0.10%	-1.75	C
17	17	40	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.182	.399	8	1.76	-0.044	1.38	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
18	18	41	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	6	1.25	0.004	.78	0.00%	0.90	C
19	19	42	Jun 6	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.276	.160	.436	9	3.69	-0.093	1.80	-0.03%	-0.42	PH
20	20	43	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	.19	-0.005	.08	0.00%	-0.15	PH
21	21	44	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	L,1-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.258	.148	.406	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
22	22	45	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,8-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.281	.179	.460	9	1.03	0.048	.27	0.01%	0.38	PH
23	23	46	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.172	.273	.172	.445	7						C
24	24	50 (3)	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.265	.167	.431	8	.94	-0.024	.47	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
25	25	52 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.257	.161	.418	9	2.16	-0.055	1.02	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
26	26	54 (1)	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.231	.143	.374	7	1.02	-0.112	.26	-0.02%	-1.17	C
27	27	55	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.256	.184	.440	7	.79	-0.027	.26	-0.01%	-0.20	C
28	28	57 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.250	.179	.429	8	.93	-0.024	.42	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
29	29	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.265	.186	.451	7	.50	0.130	.16	0.03%	0.27	C
30	30	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.170	.264	.213	.477	7						C
31	31	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.268	.220	.488	7	1.71	0.118	.73	0.03%	0.45	C
32	32	62 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG(8)	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.283	.259	.543	7	.93	0.116	.37	0.03%	1.80	C
33	33	64 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		STL	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.228	.313	.281	.593	7	.38	0.019	.18	0.01%	0.27	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	34	65	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.313	.283	.597	7	2.11	-0.108	1.13	-0.04%	-1.18	C
35	35	66	Jul 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.219	.296	.266	.561	7	1.04	0.019	.64	0.01%	-0.18	C
36	36	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.206	.280	.250	.530	7						C
37	37	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.203	.276	.246	.523	8						PH
38	38	69	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.243	.516	9	.79	-0.021	.40	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
39	39	70	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.263	.233	.495	7	1.43	-0.117	.58	-0.03%	-1.15	C
40	40	73 (2)	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.277	.263	.540	7	1.66	0.102	.46	0.02%	0.53	C
41	41	74	Jul 9	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.287	.266	.553	7	1.22	-0.033	.29	-0.01%	-0.60	C
42	42	77 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.284	.263	.547	9	2.46	-0.062	1.12	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
43	43	78	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		BSN	T,1-1	GS-13	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.290	.271	.561	7	2.05	-0.017	.72	0.00%	0.06	C
44	44	79	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,10-12	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.287	.267	.555	8	1.13	-0.028	.31	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
45	45	81 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.295	.267	.562	6	3.47	0.045	.72	0.01%	0.33	PH
46	46	82	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.225	.303	.281	.584	6	1.28	0.028	.29	0.00%	0.02	C
47	47	83	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.217	.301	.272	.573	7	1.86	-0.202	.25	-0.02%	-0.77	C
48	48	84	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	L,0-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.298	.269	.567	8	.61	-0.014	.08	0.00%	-0.35	PH
49	49	85	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-9	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.305	.277	.581	9	1.18	0.050	.09	0.00%	0.79	PH
50	50	91 (5)	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,6-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.221	.302	.274	.576	9						PH
51	51	92	Jul 27	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.227	.306	.278	.584	7						PH C
52	52	93	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-9	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.312	.316	.628	9	1.73	0.199	.05	0.00%	1.00	PH
53	53	94	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.309	.313	.622	9	1.09	-0.025	.03	0.00%	-0.35	PH
54	54	96 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,9-14	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.316	.350	.665	7	.50	0.000	.01	0.00%	1.34	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	55	98 (1)	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	11-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.322	.350	.671	3	1.14	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
56	56	101 (2)	Aug 6	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.328	.349	.677	7	.95	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.30	C
57	57	109 (7)	Aug 16	CHC		STL	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.325	.346	.671	7	4.72	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.68	PH
58	58	111 (1)	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	0-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.243	.331	.346	.676	9						PH
59	59	112	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.328	.343	.670	8						PH C
60	60	116 (3)	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.325	.339	.665	8	3.01	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.57	PH
61	61	117	Aug 25	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.331	.333	.664	7	.43	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
62	62	119 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.323	.325	.648	7	.50	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.73	C
63	63	122 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.336	.328	.663	7	2.09	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.59	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	64	127 (4)	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.326	.317	.643	7	1.50	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
65	65	128	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.336	.360	.696	7	.89	0.299	.00	0.00%	3.64	C
66	66	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.340	.364	.704	7	.33	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.12	C
67	67	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-3	GS-8	5	3	2	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.355	.402	.757	7	.56	0.149	.00	0.00%	3.85	C
68	68	132 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG(8)	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.365	.415	.780	6	.76	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.66	C
69	69	135 (2)	Sep 11	CHC		PIT	L,12-13	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.365	.409	.774	7	1.38	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
70	70	136	Sep 12	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.271	.370	.414	.785	7	.67	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
71	71	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.266	.367	.406	.773	7	1.02	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-1.30	C
72	72	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.365	.401	.766	7	.36	-0.026	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
73	73	140 (1)	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			1	0	0	.265	.362	.397	.759	7						C
74	74	143 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.365	.400	.765	7	1.40	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.73	C
75	75	144	Sep 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.269	.363	.397	.761	7						PH
76	76	146 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.364	.394	.758	7	1.02	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
77	77	151 (4)	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.365	.394	.759	6	.99	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.48	C
78	78	153 (1)	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	0-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.274	.365	.393	.757	7						C
79	79	155 (1)	Oct 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.275	.367	.409	.777	5						C
							22-56		196	171	17	47	8	0	5	26	23	6	16	2	0		0	8	0	2	.275	.367	.409	.777		1.18	-0.139	.49	-0.32%	4.22

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