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Wally Gilbert
Walter John Gilbert

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School Valparaiso University

Debut August 18, 1928
Final Game September 24, 1932
Born December 19, 1900 in Oscoda, MI
Died September 7, 1958 in Duluth, MN

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 27 BRO NL  39  153   26   31   4  0   0    3   2     14   8  .203  .274  .229   33   35   3           1    
 1929 28 BRO NL 143  569   88  173  31  4   3   58   7     42  29  .304  .359  .388   87  221  23           7    
 1930 29 BRO NL 150  623   92  183  34  5   3   67   7     47  33  .294  .345  .379   76  236  16           2    
 1931 30 BRO NL 145  552   60  147  25  6   0   46   3     39  38  .266  .322  .333   77  184  11           6    
 1932 31 CIN NL 114  420   35   90  18  2   1   40   2     20  23  .214  .252  .274   43  115   9           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      591 2317  301  624 112 17   7  214  21  0 162 131  .269  .322  .341   70  791  62   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        635   83  171  31  5   2   59   6  0  44  36  .269  .322  .341   70  217  17   0   0   5   0
 Career High    150  623   92  183  34  6   3   67   7  0  47  38  .304  .359  .388   87  236  23   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 27 BRO NL  171  125    9   1.9   108| .203  .289| .274  .354| .229  .411| .503  .764|  33  .159 -14.8  -1.5     
 1929 28 BRO NL  641  419   78   5.0   119| .304  .302| .359  .366| .388  .439| .747  .805|  87  .455 -10.5  -0.9     
 1930 29 BRO NL  688  456   81   4.7   126| .294  .311| .345  .369| .379  .462| .724  .831|  76  .402 -23.6  -2.1     
 1931 30 BRO NL  608  416   58   3.7   102| .266  .284| .322  .343| .333  .401| .655  .744|  77  .403 -17.4  -1.7     
 1932 31 CIN NL  450  339   29   2.3   101| .214  .280| .252  .333| .274  .406| .526  .739|  43  .214 -33.4  -3.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2558 1755  255   3.9   113| .269  .295| .322  .354| .341  .428| .663  .783|  70  .369 -99.8  -9.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 27 BRO NL 3B 39 30 81 4 7 .965 .943 2.85 2.96 1929 28 BRO NL 3B 142 137 271 19 16 .956 .953 2.87 2.79 1930 29 BRO NL 3B 150 130 312 26 27 .944 .950 2.95 2.71 1931 30 BRO NL 3B 145 125 295 23 24 .948 .944 2.90 2.72 1932 31 CIN NL 3B 111 90 198 22 16 .929 .945 2.59 2.74
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 27 BRO NL 3B 39 30 81 4 7 .965 .943 2.85 2.96 1929 28 BRO NL 3B 142 137 271 19 16 .956 .953 2.87 2.79 1930 29 BRO NL 3B 150 130 312 26 27 .944 .950 2.95 2.71 1931 30 BRO NL 3B 145 125 295 23 24 .948 .944 2.90 2.72 1932 31 CIN NL 3B 111 90 198 22 16 .929 .945 2.59 2.74
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 587 512 1157 94 90 .947 .948 2.84 2.75 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 587 512 1157 94 90 .947 .948 2.84 2.75
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
1930 NL-623-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1930 NL-688-9

Singles
1929 NL-135-9

Hit By Pitch
1929 NL-7-3
1931 NL-6-3

Sac. Hits
1929 NL-23-3

Outs
1930 NL-456-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 14, 1932: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Babe Herman and Ernie Lombardi to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp, and Clyde Sukeforth.

January 20, 1933: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.


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