Bill Walker
1927–1936 · bats R / throws L · ASC, NLS, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
275G
.127AVG
.151OBP
.170SLG
More career statistics
62H
4HR
26RBI
1SB
97–77W–L
1,489.2IP
626K
3.59ERA
192GS
8SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 26 | 25 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,505 | 6,504 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,576 | 1,575 |
| Pitching · p hr | 99 | 97 |
| Pitching · p r | 711 | 710 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275 | 536 | 489 | 22 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | .127 | .151 | .170 | .321 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,489.7 | 272 | 192 | 83 | 97 | 77 | 8 | 1,576 | 711 | 594 | 99 | 538 | 626 | 0 | 0 | 3.59 | 1.419 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1930-04-21 to 1930-05-08
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1933-05-22 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1930-04-28 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1931-05-30 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 138 | 239 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 72 | .129 | .155 | .166 |
| Away | 137 | 297 | 34 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 90 | .125 | .128 | .173 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | .128 | .146 | .128 |
| May | 47 | 109 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 23 | .122 | .165 | .173 |
| June | 50 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 27 | .184 | .181 | .253 |
| July | 57 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 31 | .096 | .108 | .133 |
| August | 49 | 102 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 34 | .149 | .147 | .223 |
| September | 48 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | .060 | .076 | .060 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .400 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 52 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 31 | .178 | .181 | .267 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 47 | 112 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | .139 | .125 | .139 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 43 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .145 | .162 | .174 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 33 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .083 | .149 | .133 |
| cincinnati-reds | 29 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | .054 | .093 | .054 |
| boston-braves | 29 | 80 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | .110 | .125 | .164 |
| chicago-cubs | 26 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .132 | .119 | .132 |
| new-york-giants | 16 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .095 | .125 | .286 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  New York Giants | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 1928 | New York Giants | 22 | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | .091 | 76 | 38 |
| 1929 | New York Giants | 29 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .115 | 177 | 65 |
| 1930 | New York Giants | 40 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 11 | – | .186 | 245 | 105 |
| 1931 | New York Giants | 37 | 77 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .065 | 239 | 121 |
| 1932 | New York Giants | 31 | 52 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .135 | 163 | 74 |
| 1933 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 2 | – | .132 | 158 | 41 |
| 1934 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 54 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .093 | 153 | 77 |
| 1935 | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 59 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .102 | 193 | 79 |
| 1936 | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 25 | 7 | – | – | – | .280 | 79 | 22 |