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	29-44 / in Starts: 21-28
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	1 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 231 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	107 (60-28-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 231 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	154 (81-48-25)

Most Driven In
Self	6
B Ramazzotti	4
R Smalley	2
B Serena	1
D Lade	1
H Sauer	1
A Pafko	1
W Terwilliger	0

Most Driven In By
Self	6
H Sauer	4
H Edwards	3
P Cavarretta	2
W Terwilliger	1
A Pafko	1
B Borkowski	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 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	136	3 (2)	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.08	-0.126	3.19	-0.22%	-1.26	C
2	137	4	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.74	-0.045	5.09	-0.08%	-0.24	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
3	138	9 (4)	May 5	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.92	-0.050	5.15	-0.08%	-0.45	PH C
4	139	10	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.72	-0.088	4.87	-0.15%	-0.41	PH C
5	140	11	May 7 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	3-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	8	1.72	-0.063	4.83	-0.11%	-0.76	PH C
6	141	13 (1)	May 9	CHC		NYG	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	8	.18	-0.006	.40	-0.01%	-0.69	C
7	142	15 (1)	May 11	CHC		BSN	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	8	.98	-0.075	2.82	-0.13%	-0.65	C
8	143	16	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	8	.45	-0.018	1.16	-0.03%	0.18	C
9	144	21 (4)	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	8	.45	-0.048	1.12	-0.07%	-0.69	C
10	145	22	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-10	CG(6)	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.250	.422	8	1.12	0.066	2.63	0.09%	2.63	C
11	146	24 (1)	May 21 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.212	.281	.493	6	2.05	0.014	5.06	0.02%	0.42	C
12	147	25	May 21 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.206	.273	.479	8	3.86	-0.091	8.73	-0.12%	-0.29	PH
13	148	29 (3)	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0			0	0	0	.184	.205	.263	.468	2						C
14	149	30	May 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.186	.238	.424	2	.75	-0.106	1.40	-0.12%	-1.67	C
15	150	31	May 28 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.170	.188	.234	.422	2						C
16	151	34 (2)	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-4	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.176	.192	.235	.428	2	1.95	0.096	3.91	0.12%	0.08	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
17	152	35	Jun 1	CHC		PHI	L,4-8	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.208	.235	.443	9	.35	0.016	.91	0.03%	0.39	PH
18	153	36	Jun 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.224	.250	.474	2	.57	0.034	1.34	0.05%	0.30	C
19	154	37	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	W,13-8	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.250	.488	2	.30	0.024	.61	0.03%	-0.10	C
20	155	39 (1)	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GS-7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.254	.281	.535	2	.87	0.065	1.82	0.08%	0.22	C
21	156	41 (1)	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.250	.277	.527	2	2.68	-0.067	4.15	-0.06%	-0.17	C
22	157	42	Jun 9	CHC		NYG	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.236	.261	.497	2	.82	-0.084	1.20	-0.07%	-0.63	C
23	158	43	Jun 10	CHC		BSN	W,13-10	GS-8	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.260	.284	.544	2	.59	0.025	.75	0.02%	0.63	C
24	159	44	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG(10)	6	6	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.289	.363	.652	2	1.35	0.398	2.00	0.35%	2.83	C
25	160	46 (1)	Jun 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG(11)	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.281	.360	.641	2	2.09	-0.267	4.38	-0.34%	-0.64	C
26	161	47	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.256	.280	.356	.635	2	.68	-0.076	1.22	-0.08%	-0.70	C
27	162	48	Jun 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-7	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.253	.276	.379	.654	2	.47	0.088	.79	0.09%	0.59	C
28	163	49	Jun 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.265	.364	.628	2	.48	-0.046	.88	-0.05%	-1.16	C
29	164	51 (1)	Jun 20	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-3	GS-10	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.271	.385	.656	2	1.56	0.125	2.23	0.11%	0.93	C
30	165	52	Jun 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-0	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.270	.389	.659	2	.58	-0.008	.93	-0.01%	0.77	C
31	166	54 (1)	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.276	.389	.665	2	1.51	-0.034	3.86	-0.05%	0.36	C
32	167	56 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.275	.379	.654	2	1.55	-0.100	3.60	-0.14%	-0.74	C
33	168	58 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.275	.379	.654	2						C
34	169	59	Jun 28	CHC		STL	W,15-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.375	.655	2	.44	0.027	.71	0.03%	0.48	C
35	170	61 (1)	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.278	.372	.650	2	1.79	-0.043	3.36	-0.05%	-0.59	PH 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
36	171	62	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.360	.629	2	.84	-0.085	1.24	-0.08%	-0.83	C
37	172	63	Jul 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,16-0	CG	6	4	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.287	.372	.659	2	.19	0.055	.25	0.04%	2.33	C
38	173	64	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.244	.288	.366	.654	8	1.05	-0.081	1.97	-0.09%	-0.81	C
39	174	66 (1)	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.280	.356	.635	2	.98	-0.105	.95	-0.06%	-0.91	C
40	175	67	Jul 6	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.280	.356	.635	2						C
41	176	68	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.284	.353	.636	2	.82	-0.016	.59	-0.01%	-0.18	C
42	177	69	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.281	.343	.624	2	1.25	-0.105	.81	-0.04%	-1.22	C
43	178	71 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS-8	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.291	.349	.640	2	1.00	0.085	.40	0.02%	0.80	C
44	179	73 (1)	Jul 14	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.289	.347	.636	6	4.92	-0.140	2.52	-0.04%	-0.37	PH
45	180	75 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.288	.340	.628	8	.42	-0.049	.13	-0.01%	-0.46	C
46	181	78 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.281	.331	.613	8	.34	-0.035	.20	-0.01%	-0.82	C
47	182	80 (1)	Jul 21	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.286	.331	.617	9	3.17	0.010	1.78	0.00%	0.24	PH
48	183	83 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.287	.338	.624	8	.80	-0.034	.28	-0.01%	-0.27	C
49	184	85 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.293	.340	.633	8	1.14	0.094	.23	0.01%	0.67	C
50	185	86	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.225	.291	.338	.629	8						PH
51	186	88 (1)	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.289	.333	.622	8	1.27	-0.198	.06	-0.01%	-1.30	C
52	187	90 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.295	.353	.648	8	1.49	0.105	.07	0.00%	1.00	C
53	188	91	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.229	.296	.353	.649	8	.41	0.006	.01	0.00%	0.73	C
54	189	92	Jul 31	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.227	.293	.349	.641	8	1.41	-0.158	.02	0.00%	-1.73	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	190	93	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.288	.343	.631	8	.20	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-1.08	C
56	191	94	Aug 2 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.286	.341	.627	8	1.55	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.25	PH
57	192	96 (1)	Aug 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	12-GF(13)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.290	.341	.631	8	.44	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
58	193	100 (3)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.289	.339	.628	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
59	194	101	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.289	.356	.645	8	.55	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.64	C
60	195	105 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.224	.290	.355	.645	8						C
61	196	113 (7)	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.220	.286	.349	.635	8						C
62	197	114	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.283	.346	.629	9	1.81	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH C
63	198	121 (6)	Aug 27 (2)	CHC		PHI	T,4-4	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.281	.358	.638	8	1.43	-0.062	.00	0.00%	0.04	C
64	199	123 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-9	GS-9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.290	.365	.655	7	.66	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.80	C
65	200	124	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.289	.363	.652	7	.41	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.46	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
66	201	129 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.292	.366	.659	1	.80	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
67	202	130	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.291	.365	.655	9						PH
68	203	135 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.290	.363	.652	9	.29	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
69	204	137 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.289	.361	.649	6	1.34	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.68	C
70	205	138	Sep 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.289	.361	.649	6						C
71	206	144 (5)	Sep 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.288	.359	.646	8	.26	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
72	207	146 (1)	Sep 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.286	.357	.643	9	1.04	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
73	208	153 (6)	Sep 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.230	.287	.357	.644	6						C
74	209	154	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.230	.290	.357	.647	8						C
							29-44		231	213	19	49	7	1	6	16	18	3	35	0	0		3	6	0	0	.230	.290	.357	.647		.99	-1.416	1.40	-1.24%	-5.91

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