Walter Ball

Walter Thomas Ball
(Diamond)

Born: September 12, 1877 in Detroit, MI
Died: December 16, 1946 in Chicago, IL
(69 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

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Notes:

• Buried: Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island, IL)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1903	CUG	WES	25	SP	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1904	CXG	IND	26	RP	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1905	CXG/LEL	MULT	27	SP	4	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	0			.231	.286	.231	.516	68
1906	LEL/QG	EAS/WES	28	SP	10	38	37	4	9	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	1			.243	.243	.243	.486	50
1907	BRG/LEL	NAC/WES	29	SP	3	11	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	1			.444	.500	.444	.944	199
1908	LEL	WES	30	SP	7	21	20	2	8	0	1	0	6			0			0	1			.400	.400	.500	.900	129
1908-09	FE	CUB	31	SP	21	69	67	4	19	1	2	0	6	0		1	6		0	1			.284	.294	.358	.652	155
1909	LEL	NvM/WES	31	SP	17	48	45	7	11	2	0	0	6	1		1			0	2			.244	.261	.289	.550	80
1910	COG	WES	32	SP	10	25	21	3	9	2	1	0	6	0		2			1	1			.429	.500	.619	1.119	243
1910-11	FE	CUB	33	SP	13	46	38	3	8	0	0	0	3	2		2	4		1	5			.211	.268	.211	.479	57
1911	COG	WES	33	SP	18	52	49	8	17	1	2	0	9	0		2			0	1			.347	.373	.449	.822	169
1912	COG/SLG	WES	34	SP	16	54	50	4	9	0	0	1	2	0		2			0	2			.180	.212	.240	.452	36
1913	BRG/MOH	EAS	35	RF	15	49	47	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	0			.128	.163	.128	.291	-11
1914	NLG/NLS	EAS	36	RP	4	13	13	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.385	.385	.385	.769	105
1915	CAG	NvH	37	SP	3	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.250	.333	.250	.583	82
1917	COG	WES	39	SP	4	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	1			.154	.154	.154	.308	2
1919	COG	WES	41	SP	4	12	11	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		1			0	0			.364	.417	.364	.780	145
1920	COG	NNL	42	SP	7	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	1	0		.077	.200	.077	.277	-15
1921	COG	NNL	43	SP	8	19	16	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		2			1	0			.313	.421	.375	.796	134
17	11			SP	168	520	480	45	122	7	6	1	47	4		20	10		3	17	0		.254	.288	.300	.588	89
162 Game Average						501	463	43	118	7	6	1	45	4		19	48		3	16	0		.254	.288	.300	.588	89

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
16	Negro Leagues				127	383	356	36	90	6	4	1	37	1		14			2	11	0		.253	.285	.301	.586	80
2	vs Latin Leagues				34	115	105	7	27	1	2	0	9	2		3	10		1	6			.257	.284	.305	.589	116
2	vs Major Leagues				4	13	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	1		2			0	0			.273	.385	.273	.657	134
1	vs High Minors				3	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.250	.333	.250	.583	82

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
6	Chicago Leland Giants			SP	32	92	86	12	26	2	1	0	13	1		1			0	5			.302	.310	.349	.659	100
2	Cuban X Giants			SP	5	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	0			.118	.167	.118	.284	1
1	Philadelphia Quaker Giants			SP	7	28	28	2	6	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.214	.214	.214	.429	29
2	Brooklyn Royal Giants			SP	13	44	41	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		3			0	0			.098	.159	.098	.257	-18
2	Fé			SP	34	115	105	7	27	1	2	0	9	2		3	10		1	6			.257	.284	.305	.589	116
7	Chicago Giants			SP	53	146	131	14	39	4	3	0	18	0		9			2	4	0		.298	.352	.374	.726	128
1	St. Louis Stars I			SP	14	46	42	4	8	0	0	1	2	0		2			0	2			.190	.227	.262	.489	46
1	Schenectady Mohawk Giants			RF	3	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	100
1	New York Lincoln Giants			RP	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	178
1	New York Lincoln Stars			RP	3	11	11	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.364	.364	.364	.727	93
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	3	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.250	.333	.250	.583	82

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1903	CUG	WES	3	.000	.249	0.0%	3.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.042
1904	CXG	IND	7	.000	.288	0.0%	7.2%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.088
1905	CXG/LEL	MULT	14	.255	.292	7.1%			5.7%			0.0%	0.5%	.000	.080
1906	LEL/QG	EAS/WES	38	.232	.315	0.0%			7.2%			0.0%	0.3%	.000	.063
1907	BRG/LEL	NAC/WES	11	.426	.310	9.1%			5.9%			0.0%	0.2%	.000	.045
1908	LEL	WES	21	.383	.343	0.0%	8.2%					0.0%	0.9%	.100	.142
1908-09	FE	CUB	69	.327	.268	1.4%	8.4%	8.7%	5.9%	0.17	1.42	0.0%	0.1%	.075	.040
1909	LEL	NvM/WES	48	.248	.285	2.1%			5.8%			0.0%	0.5%	.044	.076
1910	COG	WES	25	.490	.297	8.0%	6.4%					0.0%	0.8%	.190	.088
1910-11	FE	CUB	46	.236	.322	4.3%	12.1%	8.7%	9.1%	0.50	1.33	0.0%	0.3%	.000	.047
1911	COG	WES	52	.371	.280	3.8%	6.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.102	.088
1912	COG/SLG	WES	54	.209	.310	3.7%			6.7%			1.9%	0.5%	.060	.081
1913	BRG/MOH	EAS	49	.151	.321	4.1%			7.3%			0.0%	0.2%	.000	.063
1914	NLG/NLS	EAS	13	.376	.359	0.0%			8.0%			0.0%	0.5%	.000	.080
1915	CAG	NvH	9	.283	.293	11.1%	5.2%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.084
1917	COG	WES	14	.141	.296	0.0%	8.3%					0.0%	0.2%	.000	.064
1919	COG	WES	12	.382	.302	8.3%	8.6%					0.0%	1.1%	.000	.094
1920	COG	NNL	16	.155	.316	12.5%	8.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.076
1921	COG	NNL	19	.391	.316	10.5%	7.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.063	.095
17	11		520	.278	.302	3.8%	7.5%	8.7%	5.8%	0.30	13.09	0.2%	0.5%	.046	.072

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		383	.273	.307	3.7%	7.0%					0.3%	0.6%	.048	.080
2	vs Latin Leagues		115	.291	.289	2.6%	9.8%	8.7%	7.1%	0.30	1.39	0.0%	0.2%	.048	.043
2	vs Major Leagues		13	.319	.260	15.4%	4.3%					0.0%	0.2%	.000	.074
1	vs High Minors		9	.283	.293	11.1%	5.2%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.084

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
6	Chicago Leland Giants		92	.292	.302	1.1%	6.4%					0.0%	0.5%	.047	.085
2	Cuban X Giants		18	.145	.287	5.6%	5.7%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.079
1	Philadelphia Quaker Giants		28	.209	.320	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.071
2	Brooklyn Royal Giants		44	.140	.317	6.8%	7.2%					0.0%	0.2%	.000	.063
2	Fé		115	.291	.289	2.6%	9.8%	8.7%	7.1%	0.30	1.39	0.0%	0.2%	.048	.043
7	Chicago Giants		146	.335	.296	6.2%	7.0%					0.0%	0.7%	.076	.085
1	St. Louis Stars I		46	.225	.312	4.3%	6.8%					2.2%	0.5%	.071	.082
1	Schenectady Mohawk Giants		9	.327	.326	0.0%	7.4%					0.0%	0.2%	.000	.064
1	New York Lincoln Giants		2	.488	.346	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.077
1	New York Lincoln Stars		11	.355	.362	0.0%	8.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.081
1	Chicago American Giants		9	.283	.293	11.1%	5.2%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.084

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