Walton Cruise
1914–1924 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals
737G
.277AVG
.348OBP
.386SLG
More career statistics
644H
30HR
272RBI
49SB
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 · At bats | 2,321 | 2,320 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 58 |
| Batting · Doubles | 83 | 84 |
| Batting · Hits | 644 | 643 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 250 | 252 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,650 | 2,649 |
| Batting · Runs | 293 | 292 |
| Batting · RBI | 272 | 281 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 49 | 54 |
| Batting · Triples | 39 | 38 |
| Batting · Walks | 238 | 237 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 737 | 2,650 | 2,321 | 293 | 644 | 83 | 39 | 30 | 272 | 238 | 250 | 49 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 895 | .277 | .348 | .386 | .734 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1921-05-27 to 1921-06-14
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1921-09-18 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1921-06-14 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1917-04-22 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 370 | 1323 | 319 | 13 | 132 | 116 | 112 | .276 | .329 | .376 |
| Away | 367 | 1326 | 324 | 17 | 149 | 121 | 140 | .279 | .336 | .394 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 76 | 257 | 71 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 21 | .314 | .366 | .412 |
| May | 159 | 566 | 124 | 8 | 58 | 55 | 68 | .254 | .316 | .352 |
| June | 121 | 453 | 127 | 8 | 60 | 37 | 44 | .317 | .362 | .476 |
| July | 142 | 502 | 108 | 4 | 53 | 43 | 44 | .244 | .301 | .342 |
| August | 111 | 414 | 92 | 5 | 39 | 36 | 32 | .252 | .309 | .332 |
| September | 118 | 424 | 114 | 2 | 44 | 41 | 41 | .309 | .366 | .428 |
| October | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .241 | .273 | .241 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 123 | 466 | 120 | 5 | 50 | 44 | 37 | .295 | .352 | .410 |
| chicago-cubs | 109 | 382 | 83 | 4 | 30 | 40 | 41 | .251 | .322 | .347 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 104 | 400 | 98 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 42 | .277 | .325 | .398 |
| new-york-giants | 103 | 358 | 89 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 35 | .282 | .338 | .411 |
| cincinnati-reds | 101 | 352 | 85 | 3 | 29 | 36 | 24 | .280 | .344 | .382 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 97 | 335 | 83 | 0 | 42 | 18 | 36 | .278 | .301 | .344 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 53 | 181 | 41 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 17 | .266 | .343 | .351 |
| boston-braves | 47 | 175 | 44 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 20 | .284 | .331 | .432 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 254 | 58 | 4 | 29 | 3 | .228 | – | – |
| 1916 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | .667 | – | – |
| 1917 | St. Louis Cardinals | 153 | 530 | 156 | 5 | 59 | 16 | .294 | – | – |
| 1918 | St. Louis Cardinals | 70 | 240 | 65 | 6 | 37 | 2 | .271 | – | – |
| 1919 | Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 262 | 54 | 1 | 27 | 9 | .206 | – | – |
| 1920 |  Boston Braves | 92 | 288 | 79 | 1 | 22 | 6 | .274 | – | – |
| 1921 | Boston Braves | 108 | 344 | 119 | 8 | 57 | 12 | .346 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Braves | 104 | 352 | 98 | 4 | 47 | 5 | .278 | – | – |
| 1923 | Boston Braves | 21 | 38 | 8 | – | – | 1 | .211 | – | – |
| 1924 | Boston Braves | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | .444 | – | – |