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Wally Post
Walter Charles Post

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 203 lb.

MLB Debut September 18, 1949
Final Game May 9, 1964
Born July 9, 1929 in St. Wendelin, OH
Died January 6, 1982 (age 52)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 21 SLA AL   19   49    2    9   6   0   0    2   0   0    3    8  .184  .222  .306  .528    72    15   0   2   1   0   0  
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 23 MLN NL    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1954 24 CHA AL  113  352   39   84  18   3   7   43   2   2   33   71  .239  .307  .366  .673    95   129   0   3  11   3  11  
 1955 25 CIN NL  154  639  116  190  41   4  44  116   4   2   59  112  .297  .355  .581  .936   124   371   0   3   0   0  17  MVP-5
 1956 26 CIN NL   52   69   10   17   3   3   5    9   0   0    6   16  .246  .307  .594  .901   119    41   0   0   0   0   0  
 1957 27 CIN NL    8    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167  .286  .167  .452    60     1   0   0   0   1   0  
 1958 28 CIN NL  118  357   45  105  29   1  11   56   0   0   24   84  .294  .341  .473  .815   115   169   0   1   4   2   8  
 1959 29 CIN NL   80  229   29   52   9   4  14   42   0   0   10   56  .227  .261  .485  .746   101   111   0   1   0   1  12  
 1960 30 LAN NL  113  359   50  122  24   2  12   65   0   0   35   97  .340  .394  .518  .913   122   186   0   4   2   0   9  
 1961 31 LAN NL   98  300   59   90  18   3  23   71   0   0   30   60  .300  .360  .610  .970   132   183   0   5   3   1   7  
 1962 32 LAN NL   76  242   35   66  14   0  13   35   2   0   22   61  .273  .335  .492  .826   118   119   2   1   1   1   6  
 1963 33 MNA AL    3   15    2    6   0   1   1    2   0   0    0    6  .400  .400  .733 1.133   158    11   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons      835 2618  387  742 162  21 130  441   8   4  222  573  .283  .339  .510  .849        1336   2  20  22   9  70
 Per 600 PA           547   81  155  34   4  27   92   2   1   46  120                                 279   0   4   5   2  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN      412 1300  200  365  82  12  74  223   4   2   99  270  .281  .332  .533  .865         693   0   5   4   4  37
   With LAN      287  901  144  278  56   5  48  171   2   0   87  218  .309  .367  .542  .909         488   2  10   6   2  22
   With CHA      113  352   39   84  18   3   7   43   2   2   33   71  .239  .307  .366  .673         129   0   3  11   3  11
   With SLA       19   49    2    9   6   0   0    2   0   0    3    8  .184  .222  .306  .528          15   0   2   1   0   0
   With MNA        3   15    2    6   0   1   1    2   0   0    0    6  .400  .400  .733 1.133          11   0   0   0   0   0
   With MLN        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1204 4007  594 1064 194  28 210  699  19  13  331  813  .266  .323  .485  .808        1944  10  29  28  20  93
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1951 21 SLA AL  87    3   2.4   0   0   0  .000   1    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e17 -110   
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 23 MLN NL   0    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -688   
 1954 24 CHA AL  13   37   3.6  19   5   0  .263   8   35   23  .657    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e15  -58   
 1955 25 CIN NL  29  127   7.3   0   0   0  .000   6   46   36  .783    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e7   -11   
 1956 26 CIN NL  27   13   6.8  40   9   4  .225   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e12   94   
 1957 27 CIN NL  17    0   1.9   6   1   0  .167   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -275   
 1958 28 CIN NL  40   56   5.8  29   7   0  .241   8   21    5  .238    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e16   26   
 1959 29 CIN NL  50   24   3.4  26   8   2  .308   0   20    4  .200    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e3   -21   
 1960 30 LAN NL   9   73   7.9  22   5   1  .227   2   28   11  .393    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e4    43   
 1961 31 LAN NL  58   65   8.0  19   4   0  .211   6   15    2  .133    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e15   39   
 1962 32 LAN NL  33   39   5.8  12   9   3  .750   2   23   12  .522    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e19  -13   
 1963 33 MNA AL   0    4  13.2   0   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e6   608   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          445   6.1 174  48  10  .276  33  196   96  .490    0    0  .000                   3   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 16.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1951 21 SLA AL  RF    12    20     0    1    0   .952    10    90.2   1.99
                 LF     5    13     0    0    0  1.000     4    37.0   3.16
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953           [Did not play]
 1954 24 CHA AL  RF    93   144     4    8    2   .949    90   783.1   1.70
                 CF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2   5.79
 1955 25 CIN NL  RF   154   265     8    6    1   .978   154  1393.1   1.76
 1956 26 CIN NL  RF    15     9     0    0    0  1.000     7    69.2   1.16
 1957 27 CIN NL  LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.1   0.00
 1958 28 CIN NL  RF    89   105     1    8    1   .930    85   694.0   1.37
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1959 29 CIN NL  RF    57    75     2    0    1  1.000    53   441.1   1.57
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1960 30 LAN NL  RF    90   125     5    2    1   .985    88   750.1   1.56
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
 1961 31 LAN NL  RF    46    64     5    3    0   .958    46   383.0   1.62
                 LF    32    44     3    3    1   .940    28   245.0   1.73
 1962 32 LAN NL  LF    35    63     0    2    0   .969    34   285.0   1.99
                 RF    30    44     1    0    1  1.000    28   235.0   1.72
 1963 33 MNA AL  RF     3     3     1    0    0  1.000     3    27.1   1.32
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF   589   854    27   28    7   .969   564  4868.0   1.63
                 LF    78   122     3    5    1   .962    66   576.1   1.95
                 CF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2   5.79
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1954 WS    CHA BRN   W    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1957 WS    CIN NYA   W    2   2  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1951  SLA   64-90   Pat Carr
 1953  MLN   92-62   Jim Pardee
 1954  CHA   93-61   Robert Rescigno
 1955  CIN   93-61   Larry Cupp
 1956  CIN   92-62   Larry Cupp
 1957  CIN   87-67   Larry Cupp
 1958  CIN   81-73   Larry Cupp
 1959  CIN   78-76   Larry Cupp
 1960  LAN   76-78   Robert Rescigno
 1961  LAN   73-81   Robert Rescigno
 1962  LAN   91-71   Robert Rescigno
 1963  MNA   81-81   Dan Gural

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