Luke Walker
1965–1974 · bats L / throws L · Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates
215G
.059AVG
.115OBP
.059SLG
More career statistics
11H
0HR
7RBI
0SB
45–47W–L
824.2IP
558K
3.65ERA
100GS
9SV
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 | 215 | 243 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,474 | 2,476 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215 | 218 | 188 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .059 | .115 | .059 | .174 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 824.7 | 243 | 100 | 16 | 45 | 47 | 9 | 763 | 375 | 334 | 43 | 408 | 558 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 1.420 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1972-10-01 to 1973-05-02
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 12 strikeouts | 1971-04-18 | 1 in 426 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1970-09-15 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1970-09-06 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 132 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 55 | .082 | .144 | .082 |
| Away | 111 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 52 | .033 | .060 | .033 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | .050 | .120 | .050 |
| May | 39 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .077 | .074 | .077 |
| June | 46 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .074 | .107 | .074 |
| July | 43 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .023 | .078 | .023 |
| August | 39 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | .059 | .154 | .059 |
| September | 43 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .057 | .089 | .057 |
| October | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .045 | .107 | .045 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 28 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .038 | .152 | .038 |
| new-york-mets | 22 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .091 | .185 | .091 |
| montreal-expos | 22 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .043 | .077 | .043 |
| atlanta-braves | 21 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .136 | .143 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .000 | .048 | .000 |
| cincinnati-reds | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| san-francisco-giants | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .133 | .077 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| 1966 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 7 |
| 1968 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 62 | 66 |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 32 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 118 | 96 |
| 1970 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 46 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .130 | 163 | 124 |
| 1971 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 46 | 1 | – | – | – | .022 | 159 | 86 |
| 1972 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 24 | 2 | – | – | – | .083 | 92 | 48 |
| 1973 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 30 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .067 | 122 | 74 |
| 1974 |  Detroit Tigers | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 92 | 52 |