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Walter
Holke		  
Nickname: Union Man
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 25, 1892 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1924    1925   
Gold Glove Award 1917    1920   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 21 NY1 NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1915 22 NY1 NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1916 23 NY1 NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1917 24 NY1 NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1918 25 NY1 NL $ 2,078,571   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1919 26 NY1 NL $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1920 27 NY1 NL $ 2,078,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1921 28 BOS AL $ 4,200,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1922 29 BOS AL $ 4,200,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1923 30 WAS AL $ 800,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1924 31 WAS AL $ 800,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1925 32 WAS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1926 33 WAS AL     7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,200,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1914 21 NY1 NL 13 45 7 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .289 .347 .356 .702 5.0 0.8
    AAA   67 282 37 84 11 6 3 28 7 8 30 36 .298 .365 .411 .777 40.4  
    AA   27 100 15 32 2 2 1 12 3 5 24 17 .320 .452 .410 .862 19.0  
1915 22 NY1 NL 72 274 33 82 9 2 2 17 0 1 13 29 .299 .330 .369 .698 30.8 6.4
    AAA   56 219 29 74 10 1 4 37 3 6 29 20 .338 .415 .447 .863 38.1  
1916 23 NY1 NL 77 209 31 55 3 2 1 25 1 1 19 15 .263 .323 .311 .634 21.8 3.2
1917 24 NY1 NL 149 602 87 195 28 4 2 46 0 3 43 23 .324 .367 .394 .761 80.5 20.9
1918 25 NY1 NL 152 624 74 156 19 8 3 45 0 0 25 23 .250 .277 .321 .598 51.1 5.4
1919 26 NY1 NL 130 518 54 152 26 5 4 89 2 5 23 21 .293 .321 .386 .707 55.7 6.6
1920 27 NY1 NL 144 566 66 181 30 4 1 85 1 2 32 19 .320 .353 .392 .745 72.7 10.8
1921 28 BOS AL 73 76 12 24 3 1 0 13 1 1 2 3 .316 .329 .382 .711 8.0 0.9
1922 29 BOS AL 44 39 3 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 .410 .452 .462 .914 5.6 1.1
1923 30 WAS AL 70 148 20 49 5 1 1 12 0 0 10 1 .331 .373 .399 .772 19.8 4.1
1924 31 WAS AL 23 19 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .158 .158 .316 .474 0.4 0.0
1925 32 WAS AL 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .100 .091 .100 .191 -0.3 0.0
1926 33 A   130 554 106 190 28 5 1 59 11 23 56 19 .343 .403 .417 .820 83.5  
12 Years Sim 954 3130 390 927 131 27 14 343 5 13 174 142 .296 .331 .369 .700 351.1 60.2
2 Years AAA 123 501 66 158 21 7 7 65 10 14 59 56 .315 .385 .427 .812 78.4  
1 Years AA 27 100 15 32 2 2 1 12 3 5 24 17 .320 .452 .410 .862 19.0  
1 Years A 130 554 106 190 28 5 1 59 11 23 56 19 .343 .402 .417 .819 83.5  
4 Years Minors 280 1155 187 380 51 14 9 136 24 42 139 92 .329 .399 .421 .820 181.0  
162 Game Average 531 66 157 22 4 2 58 0 2 29 24 .296 .331 .369 .700 59.6  
Career Highs 152 624 87 195 30 8 4 89 2 5 43 29 .410 .452 .462 .914 80.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2289 275 648 97 21 12 246 3 9 137 103 .283 .322 .360 .682 254.7
vs LH   841 115 279 34 6 2 97 2 4 37 39 .332 .357 .394 .750 109.8
Home 493 1588 218 474 74 11 12 175 2 9 86 67 .298 .333 .382 .714 190.3
Away 461 1542 172 453 57 16 2 168 3 4 88 75 .294 .330 .355 .685 174.2
RISP   781 0 235 27 8 6 307 0 0 43 35 .301 .328 .379 .707 95.6
Pinch Hitting   172 21 50 8 1 1 19 1 1 17 5 .291 .354 .366 .721 22.2
Close/Late   444 40 132 16 5 2 46 0 0 26 19 .297 .334 .369 .703 53.0
Mar/Apr 77 247 32 70 9 2 0 23 0 1 15 10 .283 .321 .336 .657 25.8
May 155 503 65 152 23 5 1 60 0 2 28 20 .302 .336 .374 .710 59.9
June 172 561 77 169 22 3 3 59 2 1 35 14 .301 .339 .367 .707 68.1
July 182 605 65 173 22 3 3 74 2 4 31 29 .286 .319 .347 .666 63.9
August 186 613 81 187 26 7 5 60 0 3 33 29 .305 .341 .395 .735 77.1
Sep/Oct 180 601 70 176 29 7 2 67 1 2 32 40 .293 .326 .374 .700 69.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1914 21 NY1 NL 1B 12 12 109.0 139 15 1 13 .994 12.72 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1915 22 NY1 NL 1B 69 69 622.0 839 68 7 58 .992 13.12 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1916 23 NY1 NL 1B 48 47 419.0 581 47 6 40 .991 13.49 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1917 24 NY1 NL 1B 149 149 1336.3 1932 129 5 137 .998 13.88 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1918 25 NY1 NL 1B 148 147 1332.0 1838 150 18 112 .991 13.43 0 0 .000 0 2.9
1919 26 NY1 NL 1B 130 129 1152.0 1637 110 16 124 .991 13.65 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1920 27 NY1 NL 1B 141 139 1246.7 1835 144 15 141 .992 14.29 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 2 2 17.0 6 0 1 0 .857 3.18 3 0 .000 2 0.0
1921 28 BOS AL 1B 6 2 28.0 35 2 2 4 .949 11.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 4 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 30 WAS AL 1B 39 29 261.0 355 23 7 36 .982 13.03 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1924 31 WAS AL 1B 15 0 38.0 38 3 1 3 .976 9.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1925 32 WAS AL 1B 6 3 25.0 33 6 0 1 1.000 14.04 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 763 726 6569.0 9262 697 78 669 .992 13.64 0 0 .000 0 13.2
  C 2 2 17.0 6 0 1 0 .857 3.18 3 0 .000 2 0.0
  SS 4 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   769 728 6594.0 9269 698 79 669 .992 13.60 3 0 .000 2 13.2
Career Highs   149 149 1336.3 1932 150 18 141 1.000 14.14 3 0 .000 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 30 WAS AL 9 30 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .375 .333 .708
Career Post-Season Batting 9 30 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .375 .333 .708
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1917-3-.324
 OPS
1917-10-.761
 Games
1917-2-149
1918-2-152
1920-9-144
 At-Bats
1917-2-602
1918-1-624
1920-9-566
 Runs
1917-9-87
 Hits
1917-2-195
1920-9-181
Total Bases
1917-6-237
 Singles
1917-1-161
1920-3-146
 Doubles
1917-8-28
1920-7-30
 RBIs
1919-3-89
1920-10-85
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1914
Had first career hit on 8/3/1914, off Rube Vickers (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/1915, off Ed Walsh (BRO)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/28/1915, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/15/1917
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1917
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 9/7/1920
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/9/1920
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1920
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/17/1921 to a 2-year deal worth $4,200,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/15/1923 to a 2-year deal worth $800,000 per year
2/28/1924: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Won World Series with Washington in 1924
6/1/1925: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Won World Series with Washington in 1925
 
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