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)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	John Taylor	SP	2	1920	1921	COG	6.0	-0.6	0.0	6.6	0.0
2	John Beckwith	SS	3	1919	1921	COG	4.3	2.9	0.3	0.6	0.5
3	Harry Buckner	SP	7	1904	1917	MULT	4.1	2.7	0.0	1.7	-0.2
4	Spottswood Poles	CF	2	1910-11	1914	MULT	3.8	3.3	0.8	0.0	-0.2
5	Bill Pettus	C	5	1910	1917	MULT	3.6	3.1	0.4	0.0	0.1
6	Danger Talbert	3B	7	1903	1910	MULT	3.4	1.4	1.8	0.0	0.2
7	Dizzy Dismukes	SP	3	1912	1914	MULT	3.0	-0.4	0.0	3.4	0.0
8	Pete Hill	CF	3	1908	1915	CAG/LEL	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.1	-0.2
9	Dick Wallace	SS	4	1909	1914	MULT	2.8	0.9	1.6	0.0	0.3
10	Rube Foster	SP	4	1907	1915	CAG/LEL	2.2	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.0
11	Grant Johnson	SS	4	1904	1914	MULT	2.2	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.3
12	Joe Williams	SP	3	1910	1914	COG/NLG	2.2	0.0	-0.1	2.4	0.0
13	Carlos Morán	3B	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	2.0	0.6	1.3	0.0	0.0
14	Julián Castillo	1B	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	1.9	2.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
15	Luther Farrell	SP	2	1920	1921	COG	1.7	0.8	-0.4	1.4	-0.1
16	Ashby Dunbar	CF	2	1908-09	1913	FE/MOH	1.7	2.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
17	Charles Dougherty	SP	1	1909	1909	LEL	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0
18	Ramón Govantes	LF	2	1908-09	1910-11	FE	1.6	0.3	1.3	0.0	-0.1
19	Hurley McNair	RF	2	1912	1915	CAG/COG	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.3	-0.1
20	Jules Thomas	CF	3	1912	1914	MULT	1.4	1.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2
21	John Patterson	LF	4	1904	1907	MULT	1.3	1.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
22	Lee Wade	SP	1	1912	1912	SLS	1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
23	Wesley Pryor	3B	3	1912	1914	MULT	1.2	1.9	-0.8	0.0	0.2
24	Bill Monroe	3B	2	1906	1907	BRG/QG	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.2
25	Louis Santop	C	2	1914	1915	CAG/NLG	1.1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
26	Andrew Payne	RF	4	1907	1914	LEL/NLS	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.0	-0.2
27	Otto Ray	C	1	1921	1921	COG	1.1	1.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
28	Bobby Winston	LF	11	1905	1921	MULT	1.1	1.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.6
29	Joe Hewitt	SS	2	1912	1914	MULT	1.1	1.5	-0.5	0.0	0.1
30	Jesse Barber	3B	3	1910-11	1915	MULT	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.0	-0.1
31	George Wright	SS	6	1906	1913	MULT	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.4
32	Luis Bustamante	2B	2	1907	1910-11	BRG/FE	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
33	William Fischer	C	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.1
34	Bill Pierce	C	3	1910-11	1914	MULT	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
35	Johnny Goodgame	SP	1	1912	1912	COG	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
36	Percy Miller	SP	1	1921	1921	COG	0.7	0.1	-0.1	0.7	0.0
37	Billy Holland	SP	2	1905	1907	BRG/LEL	0.7	-0.2	-0.1	1.0	0.0
38	John Lawson	SP	1	1909	1909	LEL	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
39	Eugene Milliner	RF	2	1903	1907	BRG/LEL	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
40	Dave Wyatt	CF	2	1903	1906	LEL	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
41	Sam Mongin	2B	2	1908-09	1912	FE/SLS	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
42	Will Horn	SP	1	1906	1906	LEL/QG	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.0
43	Pete Booker	C	4	1907	1917	COG/LEL	0.6	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.2
44	Chappie Johnson	C	6	1906	1913	MULT	0.6	-0.3	0.6	0.0	0.3
45	Ginney Robinson	RF	2	1905	1906	LEL	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Willie Green	3B	4	1917	1921	COG	0.6	1.4	-1.1	0.0	0.3
47	William Parks	SS	4	1910	1914	COG/NLS	0.6	0.9	-0.4	0.0	0.1
48	Sam Bennett	CF	2	1912	1914	NLG/SLS	0.6	1.9	-1.1	0.0	-0.2
49	Ezequiel Ramos	SS	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
50	Doc Wiley	C	1	1914	1914	NLG	0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Sherman Barton	CF	3	1905	1911	MULT	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
52	Bill Lane	3B	1	1911	1911	COG	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1
53	Sam Strothers	C	3	1908	1912	COG/LEL	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
54	Pelayo Chacón	SS	2	1908-09	1910-11	FE	0.4	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.2
55	Harry Jeffries	CF	3	1919	1921	COG	0.4	-0.2	0.7	0.0	-0.1
56	Hank Williams	3B	1	1913	1913	MOH	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
57	Frank Duncan	C	2	1920	1921	COG	0.4	-0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1
58	Lemuel Hawkins	1B	1	1921	1921	COG	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
59	George Taylor	1B	3	1903	1906	LEL	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
60	Guy Jackson	3B	2	1912	1914	COG/NLS	0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
61	W. Jackson	3B	1	1912	1912	COG	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
62	Bruce Petway	C	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3
63	Bill Francis	3B	1	1915	1915	CAG	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Arthur Malette	SS	1	1913	1913	MOH	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
65	Joe Green	LF	11	1903	1921	COG/LEL	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.4
66	Ad Lankford	SP	2	1912	1914	NLS/SLS	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
67	Waters	RP	1	1920	1920	COG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
68	Danny McClellan	SP	1	1904	1904	CXG	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
69	Roberts	SS	1	1920	1920	COG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
70	Sam Gordon	C	1	1912	1912	COG	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	William Sloan	SP	1	1909	1909	LEL	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
72	Pedro Olave	SP	1	1906	1906	QG	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0
73	Frank Forbes	SS	1	1914	1914	NLS	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Pearl Webster	C	3	1912	1914	MULT	0.2	0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.2
75	Arthur Ross	RP	1	1903	1903	LEL	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
76	Big Bill Smith	1B	3	1904	1913	MULT	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
77	Stanley Beckwith	-	1	1917	1917	COG	0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
78	Howard Petway	RP	1	1906	1906	LEL	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
79	Lefty Harvey	SP	2	1912	1913	MULT	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
80	Bee Selden	SS	1	1910	1910	COG	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
81	Butler White	1B	1	1920	1920	COG	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
82	Henry Hannon	C	1	1912	1912	COG	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Bobby Marshall	1B	2	1909	1910	COG/LEL	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
84	William Sublette	SP	1	1908	1908	LEL	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
85	Phil Bradley	CF	2	1907	1913	BRG/MOH	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
86	Jimmy Smith	SS	5	1903	1908	CXG/LEL	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
87	Upton Johnson	3B	1	1906	1906	QG	0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
88	Clarence Williams	C	4	1904	1910-11	MULT	0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
89	Alex Irwin	SS	1	1906	1906	LEL	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Ricardo Cárdenas	LF	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Johnny Hill	3B	2	1905	1907	BRG/CXG	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
92	Ray Wilson	1B	2	1904	1905	CXG	0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.0
93	Dicta Johnson	SP	1	1909	1909	LEL	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
94	William Washington	C	1	1911	1911	COG	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Josh Devoe	-	1	1919	1919	COG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Emmett Bowman	SP	1	1908	1908	LEL	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
97	Manuel Pérez	RP	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Leroy Grant	1B	1	1914	1914	NLG	0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
99	Koke Alexander	CF	1	1921	1921	COG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Dick Whitworth	RP	1	1915	1915	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Dick Garrison	SP	1	1908	1908	LEL	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
102	M. Cabrera	RF	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	José Muñoz	RP	1	1905	1905	CXG	0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0
104	Jesse Schaeffer	C	1	1911	1911	COG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Eliberto Guillén	1B	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Mason	LF	1	1909	1909	LEL	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Thompson	2B	1	1921	1921	COG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Andrew Campbell	C	2	1903	1906	LEL	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
109	Frank Wickware	SP	4	1913	1921	MULT	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
110	Shelton	-	1	1913	1913	BRG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Isaac Ruiz	-	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Brown	RP	1	1921	1921	COG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Rogelio Valdés	SS	1	1905	1905	CXG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Eusebio González	2B	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Judy Gans	-	1	1917	1917	COG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Blainey Hall	LF	1	1914	1914	NLG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
117	Eugene Moore	RF	1	1914	1914	NLG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Bernardo Armenteros	CF	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Ted Hamilton	-	1	1921	1921	COG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Genaro Camps	LF	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Fred Hutchinson	SS	1	1915	1915	CAG	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
122	Johnny Davis	SP	2	1905	1906	LEL	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Dell Mathews	LF	1	1906	1906	LEL	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Haywood Rose	-	1	1907	1907	LEL	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Tinti Molina	C	1	1906	1906	QG	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Candy Jim Taylor	-	1	1910	1910	COG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Frank Grant	2B	1	1907	1907	BRG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Eugene Barton	-	1	1906	1906	LEL	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Clarence Lytle	LF	1	1906	1906	LEL	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Floyd Lawyer	CF	1	1913	1913	MOH	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	R. Pujadas	SS	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	SP	1	1910	1910	COG	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
133	Knucks James	2B	2	1913	1914	MOH/NLG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Bob Jordan	1B	3	1904	1907	BRG/CXG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
135	A. Thomas	RP	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	Fred Brokaw	-	1	1904	1904	CXG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Charley Hill	-	1	1917	1917	COG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	J. F. Marlota	SP	2	1908-09	1910-11	FE	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
139	Luciano Rovira	3B	2	1908-09	1910-11	FE	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
140	James Robinson	RP	1	1904	1904	CXG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
141	Topeka Jack Johnson	RP	1	1903	1903	LEL	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
142	Bill Gatewood	SP	5	1906	1915	MULT	-0.1	1.3	-0.2	-1.2	0.0
143	Gunboat Thompson	RF	1	1914	1914	NLS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
144	Francisco Morán	LF	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
145	Harry Hyde	3B	1	1903	1903	LEL	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Jesse Bragg	SS	2	1913	1914	MOH/NLS	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
147	Page	RP	1	1908	1908	LEL	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
148	Rufus Hatchett	2B	1	1913	1913	BRG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
149	Dick Redding	SP	1	1914	1914	NLG	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
150	G. Martínez	-	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
151	Steel Arm Davis	-	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Rafael Figarola	C	2	1908-09	1910-11	FE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
153	Cannon Ball Miller	RP	1	1903	1903	LEL	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
154	Mike Brown	LF	2	1913	1914	MULT	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
155	William Dewberry	SP	1	1908	1908	LEL	-0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.5	0.0
156	Smith	-	1	1921	1921	COG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
157	Fred Goliah	RF	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
158	Willie Green	C	1	1912	1912	COG/SLS	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
159	Chase	RP	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
160	Halfacre	-	1	1908	1908	LEL	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
161	Wright	-	1	1921	1921	COG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
162	Gus James	2B	1	1907	1907	BRG	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
163	Fred Roberts	2B	1	1903	1903	LEL	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
164	J. Pareda	2B	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
165	Rube Henderson	SP	1	1921	1921	COG	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
166	McKinley Brewer	LF	2	1919	1921	COG	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
167	José Parra	RP	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
168	Sam Crawford	SP	1	1912	1912	COG	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
169	B. Brown	RP	2	1913	1914	MOH/NLS	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
170	Doc Sykes	-	1	1914	1914	NLG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
171	Ollie Byrd	1B	1	1921	1921	COG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
172	Will Jackson	LF	2	1904	1905	CXG	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
173	William Binga	3B	2	1905	1906	LEL/QG	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
174	Regino García	C	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
175	L. Jiménez	-	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
176	Bill Handy	SS	1	1913	1913	BRG	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
177	R. Nenninger	-	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
178	Albert Toney	SS	2	1906	1912	COG/LEL	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.0
179	Harry Brown	3B	1	1912	1912	COG	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
180	Johnny Pugh	3B	2	1913	1914	MOH/NLG	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
181	George Neal	2B	1	1911	1911	COG	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
182	Frank Duncan	RF	2	1915	1920	CAG/COG	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.2
183	Tullie McAdoo	1B	1	1912	1912	SLS	-0.5	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
184	Dolph White	-	1	1913	1913	MOH	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
185	Bingo Bingham	RF	1	1921	1921	COG	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
186	Harry Bauchman	2B	4	1915	1921	CAG/COG	-0.6	0.6	-1.3	0.0	0.2
187	Bill Merritt	CF	1	1907	1907	BRG	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	0.0
188	John Emory	-	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
189	Carlos Royer	RP	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
190	Jimmie Lyons	RF	2	1909	1912	LEL/SLS	-0.7	0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1
191	Esteban Santa Cruz	-	1	1910-11	1910-11	FE	-0.8	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
192	Billy Norman	SP	3	1908	1910	COG/LEL	-0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
193	Thurman Jennings	LF	4	1917	1921	COG	-0.9	0.6	-1.5	0.0	-0.1
194	Simón Valdés	2B	2	1906	1908-09	FE/QG	-1.0	-0.3	-0.7	0.0	0.0
195	Charles Earle	LF	2	1906	1913	BRG/QG	-1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1
196	Amador Díaz	CF	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	0.0
197	Harry Moore	1B	7	1904	1912	MULT	-1.1	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
198	Horace Jenkins	CF	5	1910	1921	CAG/COG	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	0.1	-0.1
199	Bobby Anderson	2B	1	1920	1920	COG	-1.2	0.3	-1.6	0.0	0.1
200	Lem McDougal	-	2	1919	1920	COG	-1.2	0.0	0.0	-1.3	0.0
201	José Borges	RF	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-1.5	0.1	-0.1	-1.4	0.0
202	Pastor Pareda	RP	1	1908-09	1908-09	FE	-2.0	-0.3	0.0	-1.7	0.0
203	Nate Harris	2B	5	1905	1910	MULT	-2.1	1.0	-2.4	-0.7	0.0

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