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Full name William Henry Walters
Born April 19, 1909, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died April 20, 1991, Abington, Pennsylvania
Buried at Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Pennsylvania
First Game: September 17, 1931; Final Game: July 23, 1950
Managed First Game: August 6, 1948; Managed Final Game: September 27, 1949
Umpired First Game: May 1, 1942; Umpired Final Game: July 10, 1947
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 180
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1939)
Named NL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1939)
Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1939 to 1940)
Ejections as player: 1937 (1), 1945 (1), 1947 (1). Total: 3
Ejections as coach: 1956 (1)
Ejections as manager: 1948 (1), 1949 (2). Total: 3
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP 1931 BOS N 1932 BOS N 1933 BOS A 1934 BOS A 1934 PHI N 1934 Total 106 388 46 97 24 7 8 56 1935 PHI N 1936 PHI N 1937 PHI N 1938 PHI N 1938 CIN N 1938 TOT N 51 99 16 19 3 0 1 8 1939 CIN N 1940 CIN N 1941 CIN N 1942 CIN N 1943 CIN N 1944 CIN N 1945 CIN N 1946 CIN N 1947 CIN N 1948 CIN N 1950 BOS N Total NL (18 Years) 640 1683 190 408 87 9 15 188 92 1 267 4 54 0 0 35 38 11 7 .242 .283 .332 Total AL ( 2 Years) 75 283 37 69 12 7 8 46 22 0 36 1 10 0 7 8 1 1 .244 .301 .420 Total (19 Years) Splits 715 1966 227 477 99 16 23 234 114 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Daily Splits 9 38 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .211 .211 .263 -0.3 1931 BOS N Daily Splits 22 75 8 14 3 1 0 4 2 0 18 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 .187 .208 .253 -0.7 1932 BOS N Daily Splits 52 195 27 50 8 3 4 28 19 0 24 1 10 0 5 4 1 1 .256 .326 .390 0.0 1933 BOS A Daily Splits 23 88 10 19 4 4 4 18 3 0 12 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .216 .242 .489 0.1 1934 BOS A Daily Splits 83 300 36 78 20 3 4 38 19 1 54 2 3 0 7 11 1 4 .260 .308 .387 -1.3 1934 PHI N 22 1 66 2 3 0 9 15 1 4 .250 .294 .410 -1.2 1934 Total Daily Splits 49 96 14 24 2 1 0 6 9 0 12 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 .250 .314 .292 0.6 1935 PHI N Daily Splits 64 121 12 29 10 1 1 16 7 0 15 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 .240 .281 .364 1.4 1936 PHI N Daily Splits 56 137 15 38 6 0 1 16 5 0 16 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 .277 .303 .343 0.9 1937 PHI N Daily Splits 15 35 6 10 2 0 1 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .286 .306 .429 0.0 1938 PHI N Daily Splits 36 64 10 9 1 0 0 5 7 0 18 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 .141 .236 .156 0.0 1938 CIN N 8 0 23 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 .192 .259 .253 0.0 1938 TOT N Daily Splits 40 120 16 39 8 1 1 16 5 0 12 1 5 0 0 2 2 1 0 .325 .357 .433 0.0 1939 CIN N Daily Splits 37 117 11 24 3 0 1 18 4 0 14 0 6 0 3 1 2 1 .205 .231 .256 0.0 1940 CIN N Daily Splits 39 106 6 20 6 0 0 9 7 0 13 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 .189 .239 .245 0.0 1941 CIN N Daily Splits 40 99 13 24 6 1 2 13 3 0 13 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 .242 .265 .384 1.1 1942 CIN N Daily Splits 37 90 11 24 7 1 1 12 6 0 15 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 .267 .313 .400 0.0 1943 CIN N Daily Splits 37 107 9 30 4 0 0 13 8 0 18 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 .280 .330 .318 0.0 1944 CIN N Daily Splits 24 61 11 14 3 0 3 8 3 0 14 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 .230 .266 .426 0.0 1945 CIN N Daily Splits 24 55 6 7 2 0 0 5 4 0 12 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 .127 .186 .164 0.0 1946 CIN N Daily Splits 20 45 3 12 2 0 0 4 2 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .267 .298 .311 0.0 1947 CIN N Daily Splits 7 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .267 .267 0.0 1948 CIN N Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1950 BOS N 1.7 Total NL 0.1 Total AL 1 303 5 64 0 0 42 46 12 8 .243 .286 .344 1.8 Total SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1939 CIN N Daily Splits 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1939 CIN N 1940 CIN N Daily Splits 2 7 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .286 .857 1940 CIN N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 4 10 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1937 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1937 NL 1940 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1940 NL 1941 NL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1941 NL 1942 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1942 NL 1944 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1944 NL Total ( 5 Years) Splits 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                         Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1934 PHI N Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 7 8 30 1 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.29 4.00 0.1 1934 PHI N 1935 PHI N Daily Splits 24 22 8 2 2 0 151 168 666 9 86 70 68 5 40 9 4 7 0 32 4 21 12 9 9 4.17 4.55 0.8 1935 PHI N 1936 PHI N Daily Splits 40 33 15 4 3 0 258 284 1159 11 146 122 115 13 66 15 7 5 0 45 3 32 32 11 21 4.26 4.21 1.9 1936 PHI N 1937 PHI N Daily Splits 37 34 15 3 1 0 246.1 292 1094 14 148 130 86 9 87 14 4 3 0 44 13 30 32 14 15 4.75 5.09 -0.4 1937 PHI N 1938 PHI N Daily Splits 12 12 9 1 0 0 82.2 91 376 8 53 48 42 3 28 1 2 3 0 9 3 8 10 4 8 5.23 4.67 -1.0 1938 PHI N 1938 CIN N Daily Splits 27 22 11 2 3 1 168.1 168 735 5 81 69 66 6 65 7 9 2 0 34 11 18 20 11 6 3.69 5.86 0.0 1938 CIN N 1938 TOT N 39 34 20 3 3 1 251 259 1111 13 134 117 108 9 93 8 11 5 0 43 14 26 30 15 14 4.20 5.44 -1.0 1938 TOT N 1939 CIN N Daily Splits 39 36 31 2 2 0 319 250 1283 15 98 81 109 8 137 23 0 8 6 3 56 7 33 26 27 11 2.29 4.83 8.2 1939 CIN N 1940 CIN N Daily Splits 36 36 29 3 0 0 305 241 1207 19 95 84 92 7 115 14 3 5 0 45 4 35 15 22 10 2.48 5.11 4.7 1940 CIN N 1941 CIN N Daily Splits 37 35 27 5 2 2 302 292 1252 10 108 95 88 6 129 15 7 2 0 54 7 30 18 19 15 2.83 3.71 3.3 1941 CIN N 1942 CIN N Daily Splits 34 32 21 2 1 0 253.2 223 1054 8 101 75 73 8 109 12 2 5 0 40 11 25 30 15 14 2.66 3.81 2.5 1942 CIN N 1943 CIN N Daily Splits 34 34 21 5 0 0 246.1 244 1054 8 105 97 109 9 80 19 8 1 1 40 11 33 19 15 15 3.54 3.44 0.3 1943 CIN N 1944 CIN N Daily Splits 34 32 27 6 2 1 285 233 1162 10 92 76 87 7 77 7 2 4 0 32 4 33 29 23 8 2.40 4.03 4.7 1944 CIN N 1945 CIN N Daily Splits 22 22 12 3 0 0 168 166 706 6 62 50 51 3 45 12 3 2 0 31 6 19 14 10 10 2.68 3.05 2.6 1945 CIN N 1946 CIN N Daily Splits 22 22 10 2 0 0 151.1 146 636 9 55 43 64 5 60 5 2 2 1 33 4 19 12 10 7 2.56 4.32 1.3 1946 CIN N 1947 CIN N Daily Splits 20 20 5 2 0 0 122 137 550 15 83 78 49 3 43 6 0 3 1 15 4 8 7 8 8 5.75 5.05 -2.0 1947 CIN N 1948 CIN N Daily Splits 7 5 1 0 1 0 35 42 157 7 25 18 18 2 19 6 1 0 0 10 1 2 3 0 3 4.63 5.00 -0.3 1948 CIN N 1950 BOS N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 19 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - 0.0 1950 BOS N Total (16 Years) Splits 428 398 242 42 18 4 3104.2 2990 13140 155 1343 1139 1121 94 1107 166 0 63 51 6 521 93 347 280 198 160 3.30 4.38 26.7 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1939 CIN N Daily Splits 2 1 1 0 1 0 11 13 47 1 9 6 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 4.91 0.00 1939 CIN N 1940 CIN N Daily Splits 2 2 2 1 0 0 18 8 66 0 3 3 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 2 0 1.50 4.50 1940 CIN N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 4 3 3 1 1 0 29 21 113 1 12 9 7 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 4 2 2 2.79 3.00 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

           All-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team 1937 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1937 NL 1940 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1940 NL 1941 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 - 1941 NL 1942 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1942 NL 1944 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 7.00 1944 NL Total ( 5 Years) Splits 5 1 0 0 2 0 9 10 39 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 7.00 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1931 BOS N Daily Splits 3B 6 6 6 50 5 13 1 0 0 .947 1931 BOS N 2B 3 3 1 20 2 9 0 2 0 1.000 1932 BOS N Daily Splits 3B 22 22 20 193.2 17 44 6 8 0 .910 1933 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 43 41 40 371 42 84 8 11 0 .940 1933 BOS A 2B 7 7 7 62 16 23 2 3 0 .951 1934 BOS A Daily Splits 3B 22 22 20 198.2 33 54 9 6 0 .906 1934 BOS A 2B 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1934 PHI N Daily Splits 3B 80 79 74 677 74 136 11 12 0 .950 1934 PHI N 2B 3 3 2 28 9 7 1 0 0 .941 1934 PHI N P 2 1 0 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1934 Total 2B 4 4 3 36 9 7 1 0 0 .941 1934 Total 3B 102 101 94 875.2 107 190 20 18 0 .937 1935 PHI N Daily Splits P 24 22 8 151 7 40 0 4 0 1 5 7 1 1.000 1935 PHI N LF 5 4 4 37 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1935 PHI N OF 5 4 4 37 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0 1935 PHI N 2B 2 1 1 9.2 1 7 1 0 0 .889 1935 PHI N 3B 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1936 PHI N Daily Splits P 40 33 15 257.2 15 96 3 6 0 3 8 10 2 .974 1936 PHI N 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1936 PHI N 3B 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1937 PHI N Daily Splits P 37 34 15 246.1 7 76 1 7 0 6 4 11 2 .988 1937 PHI N 3B 8 7 7 61 5 9 0 1 0 1.000 1938 PHI N Daily Splits P 12 12 9 82.2 3 18 1 3 0 2 7 5 1 .955 1938 CIN N Daily Splits P 27 22 11 168 3 48 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 .981 1938 TOT N P 39 34 20 250.2 6 66 2 5 0 5 10 5 1 .973 1939 CIN N Daily Splits P 39 36 31 319 16 77 2 10 0 5 5 11 2 .979 1940 CIN N Daily Splits P 36 36 29 305 13 56 4 7 0 2 7 15 0 .945 1941 CIN N Daily Splits P 37 35 27 302 18 68 2 6 0 6 12 6 2 .977 1942 CIN N Daily Splits P 34 32 21 253.2 13 60 3 6 0 4 15 7 0 .961 1942 CIN N CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1942 CIN N OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 1943 CIN N Daily Splits P 34 34 21 246 19 49 2 7 0 1 9 12 0 .971 1944 CIN N Daily Splits P 34 32 27 285 15 55 0 7 0 1 5 4 0 1.000 1945 CIN N Daily Splits P 22 22 12 168 6 33 1 3 0 1 13 9 0 .975 1946 CIN N Daily Splits P 22 22 10 151.1 10 37 3 7 0 0 3 4 0 .940 1947 CIN N Daily Splits P 20 20 5 122 6 19 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 .962 1948 CIN N Daily Splits P 7 5 1 35 1 11 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1.000 1950 BOS N Daily Splits P 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total (16 Years) Splits P 428 398 242 3103.2 153 746 24 76 0 36 102 106 10 .974 Total ( 7 Years) 3B 183 177 167 1556 176 341 35 38 0 .937 Total ( 5 Years) 2B 17 15 12 128.2 28 47 4 5 0 .949 Total ( 2 Years) OF 6 4 4 38 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5 1 0 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 5 4 4 37 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1939 CIN N Daily Splits P 2 1 1 11 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1940 CIN N Daily Splits P 2 2 2 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits P 4 3 3 29 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1937 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1940 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1941 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1942 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1944 NL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 5 Years) Splits P 5 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1948 CIN N 53 20 33 .377 163 249 8- 6 7 7 1949 CIN N 153 61 90 .404 617 758 9-27 7 7 Total ( 2 Years) 206 81 123 .397 780 1007 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1950 BOS N 4-18 10- 1 1951 BOS N 4-17 9-30 1952 BOS N 4-15 9-28 1953 MIL N 4-13 9-27 1954 MIL N 4-13 9-26 1955 MIL N 4-12 9-25 1956 NY N 4-17 9-30 1957 NY N 4-16 9-29 Total ( 8 Years)

                       Umpiring Record

Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1942 NL Daily 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1947 NL Daily 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Total ( 2 Years) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 5-15-1937(1) BOX PHI N George Magerkurth Balls and strikes 4-22-1945(1) BOX CIN N Lou Jorda Call at 3B (Bumped umpire) 8-21-1947 BOX CIN N Lou Jorda Balk call

As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 8-29-1948(1) BOX CIN N Babe Pinelli Balls and strikes 6- 9-1949 BOX CIN N Lou Jorda Balls and strikes 8-28-1949(2) BOX CIN N Lee Ballanfant Balls and strikes

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 8-28-1956 BOX NY N Artie Gore Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1929).

Traded by Boston Braves with $60000 to Mission (PCL) in exchange for Dick Gyselman and Al Wright (December 15, 1932).

Traded by Mission (PCL) to Boston Red Sox in exchange for a player to be named later (July 2, 1933); Mission (PCL) received Bernie Friberg (July 4, 1933).

Sold by Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Phillies (June 14, 1934).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Spud Davis, Al Hollingsworth and $50000 (June 13, 1938).

Released by Cincinnati Reds (September 21, 1948).

Signed by Boston Braves (July 19, 1950).

Released by Boston Braves (August 22, 1950).

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