Curt
Walker
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 3, 1896 in Usa, TX, BEEVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1920    1922    1923    1924    1926    1927   
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
1919 22 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 10
1920 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10
1921 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 4 9 9 9
1922 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1923 26 CHA AL $ 1,864,286   8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1924 27 CHA AL $ 1,864,286   8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 5 4 9 9 9
1925 28 CHA AL $ 8,550,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 8 9 9
1926 29 CHA AL $ 8,550,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 3 4 4 9 9 9
1927 30 CHA AL $ 8,550,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 9 10 9 3 4 4 8 9 9
1928 31 PHA AL $ 8,550,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9
1929 32 PHA AL $ 735,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,550,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 9 10 9 4 5 5 9 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
1919 22 CHA AL 127 520 73 155 20 10 2 47 40 26 30 29 .298 .336 .387 .723 63.7 14.0
1920 23 CHA AL 138 569 94 188 30 16 4 67 40 39 47 24 .330 .380 .460 .841 84.5 18.8
1921 24 CHA AL 126 504 90 180 29 16 7 77 38 15 35 20 .357 .399 .520 .918 90.2 19.5
1922 25 CHA AL 145 584 84 166 25 13 5 75 36 34 40 26 .284 .329 .397 .726 66.0 7.6
1923 26 CHA AL 149 532 80 134 22 11 6 63 36 29 45 20 .252 .310 .368 .679 53.9 5.9
1924 27 CHA AL 149 573 78 168 33 14 4 72 22 23 47 17 .293 .345 .421 .766 73.1 12.0
1925 28 CHA AL 110 386 50 111 19 9 2 46 21 12 26 14 .288 .329 .399 .728 45.6 5.5
1926 29 CHA AL 143 541 74 159 23 12 1 71 12 14 46 16 .294 .346 .386 .732 68.7 11.1
1927 30 CHA AL 146 582 85 153 34 14 5 72 6 8 35 28 .263 .304 .395 .699 61.5 10.1
1928 31 PHA AL 73 187 21 42 10 3 2 19 2 4 9 7 .225 .265 .342 .607 13.9 0.0
    AAA   13 52 11 12 3 1 1 7 2 0 7 2 .231 .322 .385 .707 7.0  
    AA   16 69 19 25 7 1 3 16 2 1 11 3 .362 .450 .623 1.073 17.0  
1929 32 PHA AL 22 16 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .188 .313 -0.7 0.0
    AAA   71 301 56 99 27 3 8 42 13 9 29 13 .329 .388 .518 .906 54.5  
11 Years Sim 1328 4994 734 1458 246 118 38 610 253 204 360 202 .292 .338 .411 .750 620.3 104.6
2 Years AAA 84 353 67 111 30 4 9 49 15 9 36 15 .314 .375 .499 .874 61.5  
1 Years AA 16 69 19 25 7 1 3 16 2 1 11 3 .362 .444 .623 1.068 17.0  
3 Years Minors 100 422 86 136 37 5 12 65 17 10 47 18 .322 .387 .519 .906 78.5  
162 Game Average 609 89 177 30 14 4 74 30 24 43 24 .292 .338 .411 .750 75.7  
Career Highs 149 584 94 188 34 16 7 77 40 39 47 29 .357 .399 .520 .918 90.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3445 537 1034 176 75 34 444 184 136 275 88 .300 .351 .424 .775 479.8
vs LH   1549 197 424 70 43 4 166 69 68 85 114 .274 .310 .382 .693 165.9
Home 647 2370 352 709 110 54 8 274 127 111 181 100 .299 .348 .401 .749 304.8
Away 681 2624 382 749 136 64 30 336 126 93 179 102 .285 .330 .420 .750 341.0
RISP   1249 0 371 64 33 10 523 0 0 144 47 .297 .363 .425 .788 191.5
Pinch Hitting   82 11 22 4 3 0 15 0 1 3 4 .268 .295 .390 .686 8.4
Close/Late   555 90 157 27 13 3 72 0 0 67 20 .283 .358 .395 .752 78.9
Mar/Apr 140 537 91 176 27 10 2 65 37 21 36 16 .328 .370 .426 .796 78.7
May 243 907 158 273 44 28 8 106 53 38 73 29 .301 .352 .438 .790 130.2
June 221 814 109 229 39 18 3 88 43 34 63 37 .281 .333 .385 .717 97.7
July 270 1004 140 288 64 13 13 141 40 44 73 48 .287 .334 .415 .749 126.5
August 231 869 109 240 33 21 6 108 40 31 57 31 .276 .318 .383 .702 100.5
Sep/Oct 223 863 127 252 39 28 6 102 40 36 58 41 .292 .335 .423 .758 112.1
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
1919 22 CHA AL LF 125 124 1107.3 211 5 15 1 .935 1.76 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1920 23 CHA AL LF 131 131 1170.0 256 11 16 5 .943 2.05 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    RF 4 3 34.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 6.3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1921 24 CHA AL RF 114 114 1010.0 195 7 9 4 .957 1.80 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 6 4 42.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
1922 25 CHA AL RF 139 135 1207.7 295 11 18 3 .944 2.28 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1923 26 CHA AL RF 145 139 1218.3 303 8 13 2 .960 2.30 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1924 27 CHA AL RF 144 141 1251.0 300 5 16 2 .950 2.19 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 3 0 9.7 1 1 1 0 .667 1.86 0 0 .000 0  
1925 28 CHA AL RF 108 106 917.3 208 10 13 2 .944 2.14 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1926 29 CHA AL RF 140 139 1221.3 322 7 16 0 .954 2.42 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1927 30 CHA AL RF 142 141 1213.7 299 5 29 1 .913 2.25 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1928 31 PHA AL RF 25 16 157.3 38 0 3 0 .927 2.17 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 18 10 108.7 53 1 0 1 1.000 4.47 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 13 6 67.3 20 1 2 0 .913 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 2 18.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 1 0 .000 0 0.1
1929 32 PHA AL RF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 965 934 8240.6 1968 53 117 14 .945 2.21 0 0 .000 0 23.7
  LF 283 265 2405.7 498 18 34 6 .938 1.93 0 0 .000 0 5.4
  CF 29 12 149.0 63 1 1 1 .985 3.87 0 0 .000 0  
  C 2 2 18.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 1 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1279 1213 10813.3 2535 73 152 21 .945 2.17 1 0 .000 0 29.3
Career Highs   147 141 1260.7 322 11 29 5 1.000 3.07 1 0 .000 0  
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 26 CHA AL 6 27 4 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 .296 .296 .296 .593
1924 27 CHA AL 4 15 2 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .467 .467 .733 1.200
1925 28 CHA AL 6 24 3 10 3 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 .417 .440 .625 1.065
Career Post-Season Batting 16 66 9 25 5 2 0 8 3 3 1 2 .379 .388 .515 .903
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
1920-4-.330
1921-1-.357
On-Base Pct
1920-5-.380
1921-3-.399
Slugging Pct
1919-10-.387
1920-2-.460
1921-3-.520
OPS
1920-2-.841
1921-3-.918
XR
1920-3-84.5
1921-8-90.2
Games
1923-3-149
1924-4-149
1927-6-146
At-Bats
1919-6-520
1920-5-569
1922-2-584
1924-8-573
1926-10-541
1927-1-582
Runs
1919-9-73
1920-4-94
1922-10-84
1927-4-85
Hits
1919-6-155
1920-3-188
1921-7-180
Total Bases
1919-5-201
1920-2-262
1921-8-262
1924-8-241
1927-10-230
Singles
1919-7-123
1920-6-138
1921-8-128
1922-10-123
1926-10-123
Doubles
1920-8-30
1924-3-33
1927-3-34
Triples
1919-2-10
1920-3-16
1921-6-16
1922-8-13
1923-9-11
1924-3-14
1926-9-12
1927-9-14
CAR-41-118
Stolen Bases
1919-4-40
1920-6-40
1921-4-38
1922-6-36
1923-4-36
1924-10-22
Caught Stealing
1919-4-26
1920-1-39
1921-9-15
1922-1-34
1923-2-29
1924-5-23
CAR-36-204
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1919
Had first career hit on 4/23/1919, off Lew Richie (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1919, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1919, off Carl Druhot (SLA)
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 5/7/1920
Injured on 7/30/1920 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1920
Won Player of the Week award on 8/1/1921, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 9/3/1921 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1922
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1923
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
6/16/1924: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $8,550,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1924, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1924
Injured on 5/15/1925 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1926
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1927
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (A) on 2/17/1928 (Going to PHA: P Slim Harriss, RF Curt Walker, P Carroll Yerkes. Going to CHA: C Bennie Tate, CF Heinie Mueller)
9/1/1928: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $735,000 per year, for 2 years