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William Henry Walters

First name: Bucky

Last name: Walters

Birthdate: 1909-04-19

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 123898

Retro ID: waltb102

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1931BSN0.50.10.6-0.4-0.20.8-1
1932BSN1.00.31.4-0.5-0.11.50
1933BOS2.80.73.50.91.91.56
1934BOS1.10.31.4-0.40.01.40
1934PHI4.11.25.2-0.11.43.84
1935PHI1.30.01.40.40.80.62
1936PHI1.60.01.60.30.80.82
1937PHI1.80.11.90.61.20.83
1938CIN0.90.00.90.50.80.22
1938PHI0.40.00.40.50.6-0.22
1939CIN1.60.01.61.92.4-0.87
1940CIN1.60.01.60.81.30.34
1941CIN1.50.01.50.51.00.63
1942CIN1.30.01.31.41.8-0.45
1943CIN1.30.01.31.31.6-0.45
1944CIN1.50.01.51.82.3-0.77
1945CIN0.90.00.90.81.0-0.23
1946CIN0.80.00.80.30.50.32
1947CIN0.60.00.60.50.7-0.12
1948CIN0.20.00.20.20.3-0.11
1950BSN0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career26.82.729.611.220.09.859

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
1931BSN38-4-400000000-48.7-0.50.00.0-0.51
1932BSN83-8-8010-11000-79.2-0.80.00.0-0.83
1933BOS225-3-301003100110.20.10.10.00.28
1934BOS91-3-410-10-4000-810.7-0.70.00.0-0.7-2
1934PHI324-7-12-1-2-104100-1210.3-1.20.1-0.1-1.213
1935PHI106-4-600000007110.40.10.00.00.10
1936PHI131-5-7-1-10-100010010.70.00.00.00.00
1937PHI144-5-6-200000010210.60.20.00.00.21
1938CIN74-8-81111000739.60.30.00.00.30
1938PHI35001-100000449.80.40.00.00.40
1939CIN13122010-100013159.41.60.00.01.60
1940CIN127-10-10011-10001348.80.50.00.00.50
1941CIN117-9-900000001128.60.20.00.00.20
1942CIN104-2-21100000998.01.10.00.01.10
1943CIN100000100000898.41.10.0-0.11.00
1944CIN120-2-1211-100011138.21.60.0-0.11.50
1945CIN68-1-1-1000000758.80.60.00.00.60
1946CIN63-7-70101000618.10.10.00.00.10
1947CIN49-3-30100000649.90.40.00.00.40
1948CIN15-1-11000000229.50.20.00.00.20
1950BSN2-1-100000000-110.2-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career2,147-81-91261-342012443-5.20.2-0.35.124

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1934 PHI NL 2 0.3 7.0 3 5 0 3.50 11.8 -0.08 -0.05 2 0.80 2 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.2 1
1935 PHI NL 24 7.0 151.0 88 91 2 6.29 11.0 0.02 -0.05 1 1.00 1 0.1 3.6 3.4 1.5 11
1936 PHI NL 40 11.9 257.7 146 152 2 6.44 10.8 0.01 -0.05 3 1.07 3 0.3 6.3 5.7 2.8 19
1937 PHI NL 37 11.3 246.3 148 131 -7 6.66 10.3 0.07 -0.05 -9 1.01 -9 -0.9 4.7 6.5 1.4 14
1938 CIN NL 27 7.7 168.0 81 84 1 6.22 9.6 -0.02 -0.05 0 1.09 0 0.0 3.8 3.8 1.5 11
1938 PHI NL 12 3.8 82.7 53 43 -1 6.89 10.5 -0.02 -0.05 -10 1.00 -10 -1.0 0.9 2.9 -0.2 3
1939 CIN NL 39 14.5 319.0 98 158 15 8.18 8.7 0.05 -0.05 45 1.02 45 5.2 12.4 2.0 8.1 37
1940 CIN NL 36 13.4 305.0 95 147 21 8.47 8.7 -0.03 0.03 32 1.00 32 3.7 10.4 3.0 6.5 31
1941 CIN NL 37 13.8 302.0 108 144 -2 8.16 8.5 0.02 0.03 40 1.01 40 4.7 11.6 2.2 7.5 35
1942 CIN NL 34 11.2 253.7 101 113 -4 7.46 8.5 0.01 0.03 17 1.01 17 2.0 7.6 3.6 4.3 23
1943 CIN NL 34 10.9 246.0 104 104 -3 7.24 8.5 -0.04 -0.18 -3 1.00 -3 -0.4 5.1 5.9 1.9 15
1944 CIN NL 34 13.1 285.0 92 130 13 8.38 8.5 -0.01 -0.18 20 1.03 20 2.4 8.9 4.1 5.1 27
1945 CIN NL 22 7.9 168.0 62 85 -2 7.64 8.8 0.01 -0.18 22 1.00 22 2.5 6.5 1.5 4.2 20
1946 CIN NL 22 6.8 151.3 54 69 0 6.88 8.5 0.02 0.03 16 1.00 16 1.9 5.3 1.5 3.3 16
1947 CIN NL 20 5.6 122.0 83 65 -2 6.10 10.7 0.11 0.03 -13 1.00 -13 -1.2 1.6 4.0 0.0 5
1948 CIN NL 7 1.5 35.0 24 16 -2 5.00 9.7 0.11 0.03 -6 0.92 -6 -0.6 0.2 1.4 -0.3 1
1950 BSN NL 1 0.1 4.0 2 2 0 4.00 9.6 -0.01 0.09 0 0.21 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0
Career 428 140.8 3103.7 1342 1539 31 157 157 18.9 89.3 51.5 47.9 269

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1934 PHI 1 0.0 0
1935 PHI 43 2.0 2
1936 PHI 100 7.0 7
1937 PHI 81 4.0 4
1938 CIN 54 2.0 2
1938 PHI 16 0.0 0
1939 CIN 85 8.0 8
1940 CIN 70 2.0 2
1941 CIN 84 1.0 1
1942 CIN 73 1.0 1
1943 CIN 65 1.0 1
1944 CIN 65 3.0 3
1945 CIN 42 1.0 1
1946 CIN 47 0.0 0
1947 CIN 23 -1.0 -1
1948 CIN 12 1.0 1
1950 BSN 0 0.0 0
861 32.0 32

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1931 BSN 2B 73 14 1.0 1 1 2 3 0.0 0.0 0 1
1931 BSN 3B 132 17 -1.0 -1 -1 0 2 -0.4 0.0 0 -1
1932 BSN 3B 559 71 0.0 0 0 -6 -4 0.8 0.0 1 1
1933 BOS 2B 222 40 1.0 1 1 5 3 -0.4 0.0 0 1
1933 BOS 3B 1182 166 3.0 3 2 -4 1 0.4 0.0 0 2
1934 PHI 2B 106 16 0.0 0 0 -2 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0 0
1934 BOS 2B 40 7 -2.0 -2 -2 -2 -1 -0.2 0.0 0 -2
1934 BOS 3B 649 95 -2.0 -2 -2 -8 -11 0.2 0.0 0 -2
1934 PHI 3B 2136 276 2.0 4 3 -13 -14 0.6 0.0 1 4
1935 PHI 2B 35 9 1.0 1 1 3 3 0.0 0.0 0 1
1935 PHI 3B 9 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1936 PHI 2B 3 1 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1937 PHI 3B 160 18 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 0 0
2B 479 87 1.0 1 1 7 7 -0.8 -0.1 0 1
3B 4827 643 2.0 4 2 -32 -26 1.8 0.0 2 4

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1935 PHI LF 137 13 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 4 0 -1
1942 CIN CF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LF 137 13 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 4 0 -1
CF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1939CIN0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
1940CIN0.10.00.10.20.2-0.21
Career0.10.00.10.10.1-0.11

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
1939CIN3-1-100000000-18.1-0.10.00.0-0.10
1940CIN7110000000128.20.20.00.00.20
Career1000000000011-0.10.00.00.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1939 CIN MLB 2 0.6 11.0 8 8 -1 5.50 12.0 0.06 0.00 1 1.39 1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 1
1940 CIN MLB 2 0.9 18.0 3 10 2 9.00 8.6 0.02 0.00 6 1.00 6 0.7 1.2 -0.2 1.0 4
Career 4 1.5 29 11 18 1 7 7 0.8 1.6 0 1.3 5

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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