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+

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	May 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
2	16	May 7	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	18 (1)	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	23 (4)	May 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
5	25 (1)	May 17	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	GF	46	10.1	8	1	0	9	0
6	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
7	27	May 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	30 (2)	May 24	CHC		NYG	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	32 (1)	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	34 (1)	May 29 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
11	35	May 29 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	36	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	37	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	38	Jun 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
15	42 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
16	43	Jun 5 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	45 (1)	Jun 8	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
18	46	Jun 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-9	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	48 (1)	Jun 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	49	Jun 12 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	51 (1)	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
22	53 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
23	54	Jun 16	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
24	55	Jun 17	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
25	56	Jun 18	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
26	57	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	W,8-2	GS	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	58	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	59	Jun 21	CHC		BSN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
29	60	Jun 22	CHC		BSN	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
30	62 (1)	Jun 24	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	65 (2)	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	68 (2)	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,12-5	GS	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	69	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	70	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
35	73 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
36	75 (1)	Jul 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-23	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	79 (3)	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	81 (1)	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	83 (1)	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
40	87 (3)	Jul 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	89 (1)	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-5	GF	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
42	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	92 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
							43gm		356.0	166	23	7	196	2