Danny Walton
1968–1980 · bats R / throws R · Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, SE1, Texas Rangers
297G
.223AVG
.309OBP
.376SLG
More career statistics
174H
28HR
107RBI
4SB
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 240 | 241 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 881 | 880 |
| Batting · Walks | 88 | 87 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | 881 | 779 | 69 | 174 | 27 | 4 | 28 | 107 | 88 | 240 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 293 | .223 | .309 | .376 | .685 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1970-05-07 to 1970-05-16
10longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1970-05-22 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 154 | 463 | 96 | 11 | 50 | 40 | 131 | .231 | .294 | .356 |
| Away | 143 | 417 | 78 | 17 | 57 | 47 | 110 | .215 | .300 | .399 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 49 | 158 | 40 | 11 | 30 | 16 | 38 | .284 | .354 | .567 |
| May | 71 | 199 | 39 | 3 | 25 | 31 | 58 | .236 | .352 | .339 |
| June | 76 | 193 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 60 | .145 | .218 | .324 |
| July | 38 | 115 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 29 | .231 | .296 | .308 |
| August | 27 | 92 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 24 | .265 | .326 | .373 |
| September | 35 | 119 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 31 | .220 | .244 | .349 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| athletics | 30 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 24 | .159 | .207 | .220 |
| new-york-yankees | 29 | 91 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 32 | .173 | .231 | .284 |
| california-angels | 29 | 97 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 26 | .244 | .309 | .500 |
| kansas-city-royals | 26 | 90 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 15 | .244 | .322 | .333 |
| chicago-white-sox | 25 | 78 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 20 | .323 | .397 | .569 |
| boston-red-sox | 25 | 74 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | .277 | .351 | .415 |
| detroit-tigers | 25 | 80 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 25 | .260 | .312 | .425 |
| cleveland-guardians | 21 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | .169 | .329 | .424 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Houston Astros | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1969 | SE1 | 23 | 92 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 | .217 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 117 | 397 | 102 | 17 | 66 | 2 | .257 | – | – |
| 1971 | Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees | 35 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 11 | – | .193 | – | – |
| 1973 |  Minnesota Twins | 37 | 96 | 17 | 4 | 8 | – | .177 | – | – |
| 1975 | Minnesota Twins | 42 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 8 | – | .175 | – | – |
| 1976 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 18 | 15 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .133 | – | – |
| 1977 | Houston Astros | 13 | 21 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .190 | – | – |
| 1980 |  Texas Rangers | 10 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |