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	24-30 / in Starts: 18-19
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 156 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	110 (60-31-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 156 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	98 (52-30-15)

Most Driven In
C Furillo	4
Self	3
G Hodges	3
S AmorÃ³s	3
C Neal	2
D Zimmer	1
R Jackson	1
D Snider	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
J Gilliam	1
P Reese	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	470	2 (1)	Apr 19	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			8	5.56	0.165	13.21	0.24%	-0.15	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
2	471	13 (10)	May 2	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.34	-0.009	1.08	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
3	472	15 (1)	May 4	BRO	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.167	.200	.367	7	1.30	-0.067	4.14	-0.13%	-0.58	C
4	473	16	May 5	BRO	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.111	.125	.236	8	.46	-0.035	1.43	-0.06%	-0.47	C
5	474	17	May 7	BRO	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.077	.083	.160	8	.94	-0.094	2.66	-0.16%	-0.82	C
6	475	18	May 8	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.235	.200	.435	8	.28	0.046	.65	0.07%	1.04	C
7	476	24 (5)	May 18	BRO		CIN	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.222	.188	.410	9	3.26	-0.085	12.13	-0.19%	-0.45	PH
8	477	25	May 19	BRO		CIN	L,5-10	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.263	.188	.451	9	.06	0.002	.21	0.00%	0.27	PH
9	478	27 (1)	May 20 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.217	.150	.367	8	.75	-0.079	2.30	-0.14%	-1.10	C
10	479	29 (1)	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.208	.143	.351	9	.41	-0.011	1.28	-0.02%	-0.10	PH
11	480	34 (4)	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	6-6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.240	.227	.467	9	4.38	0.313	12.61	0.54%	2.12	PH
12	481	35	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.241	.231	.472	8	.24	0.003	.72	0.01%	-0.33	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
13	482	47 (11)	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.212	.200	.412	8	.85	-0.087	3.57	-0.22%	-0.81	C
14	483	49 (1)	Jun 15	BRO		MLN	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.235	.226	.461	7	6.39	0.340	29.77	0.95%	1.00	C
15	484	52 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.211	.200	.411	8	1.53	-0.165	7.51	-0.49%	-1.03	C
16	485	58 (5)	Jun 24 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.238	.231	.469	8	1.56	0.063	7.98	0.19%	0.47	C
17	486	60 (1)	Jun 25	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.190	.222	.214	.437	8	1.48	0.023	4.84	0.05%	-0.26	C
18	487	61	Jun 26	BRO		CHC	W,10-5	CG	4	4	1	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.265	.391	.657	8	1.11	0.388	3.72	0.78%	5.20	C
19	488	62	Jun 27	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.283	.408	.691	8	.39	0.044	1.47	0.10%	0.18	C
20	489	63	Jun 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.268	.392	.660	8	2.57	-0.102	10.01	-0.24%	-0.60	C
21	490	64	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.254	.370	.625	8	.77	-0.059	2.88	-0.13%	-0.52	C
22	491	65	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	W,10-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.254	.362	.616	8	.49	-0.009	2.07	-0.02%	-0.04	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
23	492	66	Jul 1 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.239	.339	.578	8	.42	-0.044	1.85	-0.12%	-1.64	C
24	493	68 (1)	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.243	.338	.581	8	.82	-0.008	3.38	-0.02%	-0.06	C
25	494	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.243	.324	.567	8	.48	-0.042	2.05	-0.11%	-0.76	C
26	495	74 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.244	.333	.577	8	1.93	-0.075	8.96	-0.21%	-0.09	C
27	496	75	Jul 12	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.241	.329	.569	9	5.65	-0.139	35.38	-0.52%	-0.73	PH
28	497	76	Jul 13 (1)	BRO	@	MLN	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.238	.324	.562	9	.39	-0.010	2.37	-0.04%	-0.09	PH
29	498	77	Jul 13 (2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.238	.321	.559	7	.75	0.054	4.31	0.19%	-0.27	C
30	499	78	Jul 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.236	.313	.549	7	1.82	-0.053	9.75	-0.17%	-0.55	C
31	500	81 (2)	Jul 17	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.237	.310	.547	6	1.56	-0.105	6.63	-0.27%	-0.85	C
32	501	82	Jul 18	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.258	.322	.580	7	.54	0.009	2.34	0.02%	0.74	C
33	502	83	Jul 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.248	.309	.556	7	.81	-0.080	3.87	-0.23%	-1.05	C
34	503	84	Jul 20	BRO	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.248	.299	.547	7	.79	-0.093	2.23	-0.16%	-0.94	C
35	504	85	Jul 21	BRO	@	STL	L,6-13	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.250	.330	.580	7	.85	0.065	2.44	0.11%	0.50	C
36	505	86	Jul 22 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.265	.381	.646	7	1.41	0.324	4.69	0.65%	2.25	C
37	506	87	Jul 22 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.265	.376	.641	7	.98	0.002	3.27	0.00%	0.06	C
38	507	94 (6)	Jul 29 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.267	.375	.642	8	.69	-0.014	3.03	-0.04%	-0.28	C
39	508	95	Jul 30	BRO		MLN	L,6-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.273	.381	.653	9	.22	0.012	1.50	0.05%	0.27	PH
40	509	96	Jul 31	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.266	.371	.637	8	.76	-0.055	4.07	-0.18%	-0.72	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
41	510	105 (8)	Aug 9	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225	.258	.358	.616	8	.52	-0.063	2.98	-0.22%	-0.88	C
42	511	106	Aug 10	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.252	.350	.602	8	1.20	-0.093	7.31	-0.34%	-0.71	C
43	512	109 (2)	Aug 14	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.250	.347	.597	7	1.23	-0.031	7.44	-0.11%	-0.17	PH
44	513	123 (13)	Aug 28 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.254	.349	.603	8	.58	0.014	4.71	0.07%	0.10	C
45	514	125 (1)	Aug 30	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.252	.346	.598	6	2.27	-0.062	19.30	-0.32%	-0.22	C
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
46	515	127 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.257	.352	.609	7	1.93	0.066	15.78	0.33%	0.72	C
47	516	130 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.223	.254	.346	.600	8	1.28	-0.089	10.70	-0.45%	-0.72	C
48	517	132 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.259	.359	.618	6	2.69	0.170	21.34	0.81%	0.42	C
49	518	133	Sep 5	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.255	.353	.609	6	.64	-0.033	5.00	-0.15%	-0.49	C
50	519	135 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,3-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.255	.350	.606	8	1.36	-0.073	11.34	-0.37%	-0.43	C
51	520	136	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.255	.343	.598	8	1.84	-0.098	18.74	-0.60%	-0.57	C
52	521	137	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.248	.333	.582	8	.44	-0.045	4.92	-0.30%	-1.08	C
53	522	145 (7)	Sep 19	BRO		STL	W,17-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.247	.331	.578	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
54	523	146	Sep 21	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.245	.329	.574	6	4.13	-0.104	59.78	-0.90%	-0.42	PH
							24-30		156	146	5	31	6	1	3	20	7	2	18	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	.212	.245	.329	.574		1.14	-0.108	5.83	-2.48%	-6.19

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