Rube Walker stats
Bio
- Age
- 100 yearsMay 16, 1926
Rube Walker played 11 MLB seasons, 1948 to 1958.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 608
- AB
- 1,585
- R
- 114
- H
- 360
- HR
- 35
- RBI
- 192
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .227
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CHC | 79 | 171 | 17 | 47 | 5 | 26 | 0 | .275 |
| 1949 | CHC | 56 | 172 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 22 | 0 | .244 |
| 1950 | CHC | 74 | 213 | 19 | 49 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .230 |
| 1951 |  CHC/LAD | 73 | 181 | 15 | 43 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .238 |
| 1952 | LAD | 46 | 139 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 19 | 0 | .259 |
| 1953 | LAD | 43 | 95 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .242 |
| 1954 | LAD | 50 | 155 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 | .181 |
| 1955 | LAD | 48 | 103 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .252 |
| 1956 | LAD | 54 | 146 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .212 |
| 1957 | LAD | 60 | 166 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 23 | 2 | .181 |
| 1958 | LAD | 25 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .114 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,758
- TB
- 540
- XBH
- 107
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 12
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CHC | 197 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CHC | 181 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHC | 231 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHC/LAD | 200 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | LAD | 150 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | LAD | 103 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | LAD | 183 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | LAD | 120 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | LAD | 156 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | LAD | 187 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | LAD | 50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.6
- RC
- 170.6
- RC/27
- 3.70
- ISOP
- .114
- SECA
- .209
- BB/K
- 0.70
- AB/HR
- 45.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CHC | 1.3 | 28.1 | 6.1 | .135 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 34.2 | 0 |
| 1949 | CHC | -0.3 | 16.4 | 3.4 | .087 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 57.3 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHC | 0.0 | 23 | 3.8 | .127 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 35.5 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHC/LAD | 0.1 | 20.6 | 4 | .110 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 45.3 | 0 |
| 1952 | LAD | 0.1 | 15 | 3.8 | .079 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 139 | 0 |
| 1953 | LAD | 0.1 | 12 | 4.5 | .158 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 31.7 | 0 |
| 1954 | LAD | -0.4 | 16.6 | 3.4 | .142 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 31 | 0 |
| 1955 | LAD | -0.1 | 14.5 | 5 | .107 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 51.5 | 0 |
| 1956 | LAD | -0.9 | 11.6 | 2.6 | .116 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 48.7 | 0 |
| 1957 | LAD | -0.8 | 11.4 | 2.2 | .084 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 83 | 0 |
| 1958 | LAD | -0.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | .114 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 44 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 100 yearsMay 16, 1926
- Debut
- 1948
What were Rube Walker's career stats?
Rube Walker played 11 seasons for the Cubs and the Dodgers. He was a career .227 hitter with 360 hits, 35 home runs and 192 RBI. His best season was 1948: a .275 batting average, 5 home runs and 26 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1 postseason, 1948 to 1958
Championships
- 1955 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers