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	20-24 / in Starts: 18-17
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 150 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	105 (54-36-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 150 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (49-29-14)

Most Driven In
A Pafko	5
G Hodges	3
G Shuba	2
D Williams	2
D Snider	2
R Bridges	1
J Robinson	1
R Nelson	1

Most Driven In By
P Reese	3
B Cox	2
Self	1
C Van Cuyk	1
B Morgan	1
J Robinson	1
B Wade	0

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 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	283	10 (9)	Apr 30	BRO	@	STL	L,2-14	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
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
2	284	16 (5)	May 6	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.58	-0.156	6.68	-0.40%	-1.15	C
3	285	25 (8)	May 17	BRO		PIT	W,12-7	3-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	.01	-0.001	.05	0.00%	0.93	C
4	286	26	May 18	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.600	1.017	8	.84	0.042	3.95	0.12%	2.35	C
5	287	27	May 19	BRO		CHC	T,1-1	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	8	1.11	-0.087	5.28	-0.25%	-0.74	C
6	288	28	May 21	BRO		CIN	W,19-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.444	.794	8	.17	0.061	.82	0.17%	1.89	C
7	289	29	May 22	BRO		CIN	W,8-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.421	.754	9	1.44	-0.040	7.09	-0.12%	-0.35	PH
8	290	31 (1)	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.391	.711	8	.43	0.017	2.06	0.05%	-0.29	C
9	291	32	May 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.360	.681	8	1.43	0.014	9.80	0.06%	0.28	C
10	292	33	May 27	BRO		NYG	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.214	.290	.321	.612	8	1.59	-0.140	10.60	-0.56%	-0.92	C
11	293	34	May 28	BRO		NYG	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.286	.313	.598	8	.91	-0.002	5.86	-0.01%	-0.51	C
12	294	35	May 29	BRO		BSN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.222	.282	.333	.615	8	.52	-0.019	2.08	-0.05%	-0.17	C
13	295	36	May 30 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.359	.645	8	1.00	0.014	4.14	0.03%	0.03	C
14	296	37	May 30 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,11-2	CG	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.256	.304	.419	.723	8	.79	-0.034	3.35	-0.09%	1.50	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	297	38	Jun 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.340	.447	.787	8	.49	0.018	2.61	0.06%	0.38	C
16	298	39	Jun 2	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.431	.765	8	.50	0.012	2.66	0.04%	-0.10	C
17	299	40	Jun 3	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.310	.400	.710	8	.38	-0.029	1.72	-0.08%	-0.73	C
18	300	46 (5)	Jun 8 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-4	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.311	.397	.708	8	1.53	-0.030	7.54	-0.09%	-0.23	C
19	301	53 (6)	Jun 15	BRO		CIN	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.297	.377	.674	8	.95	-0.073	4.65	-0.22%	-1.38	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
20	302	76 (22)	Jul 12	BRO	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.379	.683	8	.52	-0.029	2.51	-0.08%	0.98	C
21	303	82 (5)	Jul 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.271	.301	.386	.687	8	.58	-0.058	1.83	-0.11%	-0.08	C
22	304	83	Jul 22	BRO		CIN	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.295	.365	.660	8	1.81	0.085	5.62	0.16%	0.16	C
23	305	84	Jul 23	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.293	.359	.652	8	.94	-0.053	2.75	-0.09%	-0.09	C
24	306	85	Jul 24 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.256	.291	.366	.657	8	1.50	0.063	4.96	0.13%	1.03	C
25	307	86	Jul 24 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.360	.649	8	2.15	-0.013	7.59	-0.03%	0.00	C
26	308	87	Jul 25	BRO		STL	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.287	.348	.636	8	1.53	-0.103	5.52	-0.22%	-0.24	C
27	309	88	Jul 26	BRO		STL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.296	.348	.644	8	1.61	0.031	6.83	0.08%	-0.33	C
28	310	89	Jul 27	BRO		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.307	.351	.658	7	1.75	0.019	8.15	0.05%	0.28	C
29	311	90	Jul 28	BRO		STL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.298	.340	.638	7	.65	-0.048	3.23	-0.14%	-0.40	C
30	312	91	Jul 29	BRO		PIT	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.296	.337	.633	8	.79	-0.047	3.83	-0.14%	-0.54	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
31	313	107 (15)	Aug 13 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,4-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.303	.343	.646	9	.08	0.003	.22	0.01%	0.12	PH
32	314	109 (1)	Aug 15	BRO		PHI	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.300	.340	.640	9	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.10	PH
33	315	119 (9)	Aug 25 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.248	.295	.333	.628	8	1.05	0.091	3.01	0.16%	0.85	C
34	316	125 (5)	Aug 30	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.292	.330	.622	9	4.98	-0.139	11.15	-0.19%	-0.31	PH
Sept		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
35	317	128 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.308	.355	.662	8	.24	-0.019	.28	-0.01%	2.18	C
36	318	130 (1)	Sep 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.308	.355	.662	6						C
37	319	133 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.300	.345	.645	8	.77	-0.061	6.03	-0.28%	-0.54	C
38	320	138 (4)	Sep 10 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.301	.345	.646	7	1.22	0.036	6.11	0.11%	0.00	C
39	321	143 (4)	Sep 14	BRO		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.296	.339	.635	7	.85	-0.046	5.67	-0.18%	-0.47	C
40	322	145 (1)	Sep 16	BRO		PIT	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.297	.339	.636	7	.40	0.006	2.58	0.02%	0.00	C
41	323	146	Sep 17	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.272	.311	.360	.671	8	1.30	0.169	4.11	0.32%	0.86	C
42	324	151 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,0-1	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.308	.357	.665	9	3.41	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
43	325	152	Sep 24	BRO		PHI	L,7-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.304	.351	.655	7	2.12	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
44	326	153	Sep 26	BRO		BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.303	.343	.646	7	.53	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.17	C
45	327	154	Sep 27	BRO		BSN	L,3-11	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.301	.341	.641	9	.99	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
46	328	155	Sep 28	BRO		BSN	T,5-5	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.304	.338	.642	8	1.25	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.53	C
							20-24		150	139	9	36	8	0	1	19	8	1	17	1	2		3	3	0	0	.259	.304	.338	.642		1.01	-0.665	3.77	-1.78%	3.70

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