Rube Walker
1948–1958 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers
608G
.227AVG
.294OBP
.341SLG
More career statistics
360H
35HR
192RBI
3SB
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 · Caught stealing | 1 | 5 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 213 | 214 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,758 | 1,757 |
| Batting · Walks | 150 | 149 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 | 1,758 | 1,585 | 114 | 360 | 69 | 3 | 35 | 192 | 150 | 213 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 540 | .227 | .294 | .341 | .635 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1948-06-24 to 1948-07-01
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1956-06-26 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1958-05-06 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1954-08-25 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 304 | 868 | 167 | 13 | 83 | 85 | 117 | .217 | .290 | .316 |
| Away | 304 | 889 | 193 | 22 | 109 | 64 | 97 | .237 | .289 | .364 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 80 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 12 | .200 | .287 | .343 |
| May | 146 | 409 | 79 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 45 | .213 | .269 | .299 |
| June | 126 | 400 | 93 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 43 | .253 | .302 | .383 |
| July | 125 | 389 | 78 | 7 | 34 | 39 | 55 | .225 | .301 | .327 |
| August | 80 | 192 | 34 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 29 | .201 | .286 | .373 |
| September | 92 | 270 | 56 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 28 | .228 | .278 | .309 |
| October | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .400 | .471 | .800 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 93 | 260 | 56 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 27 | .234 | .285 | .326 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 90 | 268 | 56 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 43 | .236 | .306 | .350 |
| new-york-giants | 88 | 245 | 40 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 33 | .179 | .241 | .260 |
| cincinnati-reds | 85 | 251 | 63 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 27 | .279 | .339 | .416 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 84 | 237 | 46 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 30 | .222 | .312 | .357 |
| boston-braves | 47 | 137 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | .272 | .321 | .416 |
| chicago-cubs | 45 | 149 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 15 | .221 | .295 | .366 |
| milwaukee-braves | 37 | 97 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | .191 | .237 | .281 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Chicago Cubs | 79 | 171 | 47 | 5 | 26 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1949 | Chicago Cubs | 56 | 172 | 42 | 3 | 22 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago Cubs | 74 | 213 | 49 | 6 | 16 | – | .230 | – | – |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs | 73 | 181 | 43 | 4 | 14 | – | .238 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 46 | 139 | 36 | 1 | 19 | – | .259 | – | – |
| 1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 95 | 23 | 3 | 9 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1954 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 50 | 155 | 28 | 5 | 23 | – | .181 | – | – |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 103 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 54 | 146 | 31 | 3 | 20 | – | .212 | – | – |
| 1957 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 60 | 166 | 30 | 2 | 23 | 2 | .181 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 25 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 7 | – | .114 | – | – |