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Dennis Martin Walling

First name: Denny

Last name: Walling

Birthdate: 1954-04-17

Bats: L   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 123870

Retro ID: walld001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1975OAK0.10.00.1-0.10.00.20
1976OAK0.10.00.2-0.10.00.20
1977HOU0.30.00.30.40.5-0.12
1978HOU3.60.54.11.42.61.68
1979HOU2.10.22.41.72.4-0.17
1980HOU4.00.54.51.12.42.17
1981HOU2.40.32.70.31.11.63
1982HOU2.20.32.5-0.10.61.92
1983HOU1.90.32.20.51.11.13
1984HOU3.40.64.01.42.61.48
1985HOU4.70.95.61.53.12.59
1986HOU5.41.26.64.16.00.618
1987HOU4.71.05.70.92.63.18
1988HOU2.40.63.01.52.40.77
1988SLN0.80.10.9-1.0-0.81.6-2
1989SLN1.20.11.30.61.00.43
1990SLN1.80.22.0-1.0-0.42.3-1
1991TEX0.60.10.7-0.8-0.61.3-2
1992HOU0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career41.76.948.812.326.622.480

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1975OAK8-1-11000-1000-19.2-0.10.00.0-0.1-1
1976OAK11-1-100000000-18.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
1977HOU23001000200039.00.30.00.00.32
1978HOU280-2001106-30088.60.9-0.30.00.69
1979HOU165891-11-12-100118.21.3-0.10.01.24
1980HOU32169-2-12-1-4-40038.50.4-0.40.00.0-1
1981HOU18923-100-10-20017.70.1-0.20.0-0.12
1982HOU170-6-5-1103-3-100-58.3-0.6-0.10.0-0.7-1
1983HOU15245-1-211-3-10018.80.1-0.10.00.0-1
1984HOU26813-1211100079.00.80.00.00.86
1985HOU374022101-1-20059.30.5-0.2-0.10.25
1986HOU4221719-310-18000248.52.80.0-0.12.717
1987HOU37046-410-1-1-10019.00.1-0.1-0.1-0.16
1988HOU192-3-2220-1600078.60.80.00.00.810
1988SLN60-4-4-1-100-4000-108.4-1.20.00.0-1.2-3
1989SLN9355-1100-2-10038.50.4-0.10.00.3-1
1990SLN137-8-82-20-1-2-100-118.9-1.2-0.10.0-1.30
1991TEX49-7-70-100-2000-1010.5-1.00.00.0-1.0-1
1992HOU3000000000008.80.00.00.00.00
Career3,2871533-626-12-170036-4.3-1.7-0.32.352

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1980 HOU 1B 1463 139 -3.0 -3 -2 -10 -14 -0.3 0.0 0 -2
1981 HOU 1B 546 56 0.0 0 0 2 -6 0.0 0.0 0 0
1982 HOU 1B 357 34 0.0 0 0 -2 1 -0.1 0.0 0 0
1983 HOU 1B 359 32 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 -4 -0.2 0.0 0 -1
1983 HOU 3B 245 38 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -0.3 0.0 0 -1
1984 HOU 1B 246 18 -2.0 -2 -1 -4 -6 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1984 HOU 3B 1173 174 4.0 3 2 8 10 1.2 0.0 1 3
1985 HOU 1B 884 88 2.0 2 1 4 5 -0.5 0.0 0 1
1985 HOU 3B 1238 196 0.0 -1 -1 7 8 0.4 0.0 0 -1
1986 HOU 1B 82 13 1.0 1 1 4 3 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1986 HOU 3B 2052 293 8.0 6 4 11 5 -0.9 0.0 -1 3
1987 HOU 1B 317 33 1.0 1 1 2 4 0.1 0.0 0 1
1987 HOU 3B 1653 251 0.0 -1 -1 7 -16 0.6 0.0 1 0
1988 HOU 1B 49 6 1.0 1 1 1 2 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1988 SLN 1B 24 3 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1988 SLN 3B 102 17 -2.0 -2 -1 -2 0 -0.2 0.0 0 -1
1988 HOU 3B 1129 187 6.0 5 4 22 13 1.3 0.0 1 5
1989 SLN 1B 178 17 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -1 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
1989 SLN 3B 113 10 -1.0 -1 -1 -4 -2 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1990 SLN 1B 229 29 3.0 3 2 6 3 -0.2 0.0 0 2
1990 SLN 3B 293 39 -4.0 -4 -3 -6 -4 -0.4 0.0 0 -3
1991 TEX 3B 198 30 -2.0 -2 -1 -2 -4 -0.4 0.0 0 -1
1B 4734 468 1.0 1 1 -1 -13 -1.5 0.0 0 1
3B 8196 1235 8.0 2 1 40 9 1.3 0.0 2 3

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1975 OAK LF 8 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1975 OAK CF 33 4 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 1 0 -1
1976 OAK LF 30 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK CF 54 10 0.0 0 0 2 6 0 0
1977 HOU LF 42 10 3.0 3 3 6 0 0 3
1977 HOU CF 27 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU RF 47 3 -1.0 -1 -1 -4 2 0 -1
1978 HOU LF 1388 164 7.0 6 5 8 56 0 5
1978 HOU CF 112 18 1.0 1 1 2 6 0 1
1978 HOU RF 88 15 0.0 0 0 1 2 0 0
1979 HOU LF 96 13 1.0 1 1 1 6 0 1
1979 HOU RF 527 82 0.0 0 0 -5 28 1 1
1980 HOU LF 27 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU RF 237 31 -2.0 -2 -2 -6 3 0 -2
1981 HOU LF 125 19 4.0 4 3 7 3 0 3
1981 HOU CF 29 2 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 2 0 -1
1981 HOU RF 276 36 -2.0 -2 -2 -8 14 0 -2
1982 HOU LF 29 3 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1982 HOU CF 208 25 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 16 -1 -2
1982 HOU RF 229 30 -1.0 -1 -1 -4 15 0 -1
1983 HOU LF 11 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1983 HOU RF 121 19 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 13 0 -1
1984 HOU LF 26 2 0.0 0 0 -1 1 0 0
1984 HOU CF 21 2 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 -1
1985 HOU LF 103 11 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 1 0 -1
1985 HOU RF 51 9 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1986 HOU LF 127 20 3.0 3 3 6 1 0 3
1986 HOU RF 23 5 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 1
1987 HOU LF 100 10 0.0 0 0 1 3 0 0
1987 HOU RF 28 3 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 4 -1 -2
1988 HOU LF 38 3 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1988 SLN LF 210 19 -2.0 -2 -2 -4 8 -1 -3
1988 SLN RF 20 3 0.0 0 0 0 5 0 0
1989 SLN LF 64 7 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SLN RF 38 6 0.0 0 0 0 4 0 0
1990 SLN LF 49 7 0.0 0 0 1 3 0 0
1990 SLN RF 39 12 0.0 0 0 3 4 -1 -1
1991 TEX LF 53 6 0.0 0 0 0 3 0 0
1991 TEX RF 26 2 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 2 0 -1
LF 2526 300 15.0 14 12 21 87 -1 11
CF 484 65 -3.0 -3 -3 -2 31 -1 -4
RF 1750 256 -8.0 -8 -8 -29 98 -1 -9

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1980HOU0.10.00.2-0.3-0.30.4-1
1981HOU0.10.00.10.10.10.00
1986HOU0.20.10.3-0.1-0.10.30
Career0.40.10.6-0.3-0.30.7-1

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1980HOU11-2-20000-1000-38.7-0.30.00.0-0.3-1
1981HOU6000000000005.20.00.00.00.00
1986HOU19-2-200001000-17.5-0.10.00.0-0.11
Career36-4-400000000-4--0.40.00.0-0.40

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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