Edsall Walker
1936–1945 · bats B / throws L · ASE, Homestead Grays, NNL, NNS, New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars, SAS
147G
.277AVG
.330OBP
.411SLG
More career statistics
81H
6HR
46RBI
1SB
55–29W–L
689.2IP
367K
4.24ERA
85GS
6SV
5Rare 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 · Games | 147 | 130 |
| Batting · At bats | 292 | 209 |
| Batting · Doubles | 9 | 4 |
| Batting · Hits | 81 | 57 |
| Batting · Home runs | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 327 | 228 |
| Batting · Runs | 56 | 40 |
| Batting · RBI | 46 | 15 |
| Batting · Triples | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Walks | 22 | 14 |
| Pitching · Games | 122 | 116 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,026 | 2,107 |
| Pitching · p cg | 51 | 46 |
| Pitching · p er | 325 | 65 |
| Pitching · p gs | 85 | 81 |
| Pitching · p h | 666 | 560 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,069 | 1,806 |
| Pitching · p k | 367 | 154 |
| Pitching · p r | 387 | 343 |
| Pitching · p w | 282 | 193 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 327 | 292 | 56 | 81 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | .277 | .330 | .411 | .741 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 689.7 | 122 | 85 | 51 | 55 | 29 | 6 | 666 | 387 | 325 | 20 | 282 | 367 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.375 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1936-09-07 to 1937-07-10
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1939-06-04 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1943-06-12 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1944-09-04 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 70 | 117 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .287 | .325 | .435 |
| Away | 60 | 111 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .257 | .297 | .386 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| May | 24 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 | .250 | .314 |
| June | 27 | 50 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .396 | .420 | .521 |
| July | 37 | 71 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .242 | .324 | .468 |
| August | 31 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .240 | .283 | .340 |
| September | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-elite-giants | 28 | 41 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .351 | .366 | .541 |
| philadelphia-stars | 27 | 63 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .350 | .381 | .483 |
| newark-eagles | 25 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .130 | .176 | .196 |
| new-york-cubans | 17 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .261 | .333 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .750 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .455 |
| homestead-grays | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .273 |
| WEG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Homestead Grays | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | – | – | .263 | 36 | 18 |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | .250 | 61 | 18 |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 12 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | – | .267 | 81 | 6 |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | – | .227 | 88 | 15 |
| 1940 | Homestead Grays | 14 | 32 | 4 | – | – | 1 | .125 | 80 | 35 |
| 1941 |  Philadelphia Stars | 13 | 21 | 4 | – | – | – | .190 | 59 | 3 |
| 1942 | New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 9 | 4 |
| 1943 | Homestead Grays | 22 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | .379 | 92 | 33 |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays | 15 | 15 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .533 | 53 | 16 |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 11 | 13 | 5 | – | – | – | .385 | 39 | 6 |