Hoss Walker

Jesse Walker

Born: September 10, 1907 in Austin, TX
Died: February 10, 1971 in Nashville, TN
(63 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 190

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Buried: Greenwood Cemetery (Nashville, TN)
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Compared to Contemporary Shortstops (Top 50)

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Wells	SS	25	1924-1948	✔		65.5	48.7	8.7	0.1	8.3
2	Sam Bankhead	SS	17	1932-1948		30.1	16.6	9.5	0.7	3.4
3	Silvio García	SS	9	1936-1947		21.0	17.3	0.7	0.2	2.8
4	Monte Irvin	SS	10	1938-1948	✔		17.7	18.0	-1.0	0.0	0.7
5	Chester Williams	SS	13	1930-1942		14.7	6.0	4.7	0.0	4.0
6	Tommy Butts	SS	11	1938-1948		14.1	3.1	7.5	0.0	3.6
7	Bus Clarkson	SS	6	1938-1946		10.9	10.8	-1.1	0.0	1.2
8	Leroy Morney	SS	13	1932-1944		5.5	5.0	-1.0	0.0	1.5
9	Jake Dunn	SS	10	1930-1940		3.1	3.7	-1.6	0.0	1.1
10	Francisco Correa	SS	11	1926-1941		2.9	0.5	-0.1	0.0	2.5
11	Hoss Walker	SS	19	1929-1948		1.5	-2.9	2.3	0.2	1.9
12	John Lyles	SS	8	1932-1943		0.6	1.5	-1.2	0.0	0.3
13	Larnie Jordan	SS	4	1936-1942		0.6	1.0	-0.8	0.0	0.4
14	Red Hale	SS	2	1937-1939		0.6	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.2
15	Clarence Lamar	SS	9	1936-1944		0.6	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.6
16	Emmett Mueller	SS	4	1936-1942		0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
17	Jimmy Johnson	SS	4	1932-1943		0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
18	Dusty Decker	SS	3	1932-1939		0.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
19	Ormond Sampson	SS	4	1932-1941		-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.2
20	Melvin Coleman	SS	2	1937-1944		-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
21	Leo Sanders	SS	3	1937-1942		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
22	Philly Holmes	SS	5	1937-1945		-0.3	0.2	-0.5	-0.2	0.3
23	Anthony Cooper	SS	10	1928-1941		-0.4	-2.1	1.1	0.0	0.6
24	Bill Sadler	SS	4	1935-1944		-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.1
25	Rabbit Martínez	SS	10	1935-1947		-0.5	-2.1	0.0	0.0	1.6
26	Flash Miller	SS	8	1934-1945		-0.6	0.1	-1.0	0.0	0.4
27	Bozo Jackson	SS	5	1933-1945		-0.6	0.0	-0.7	0.0	0.1
28	Curtis Henderson	SS	8	1936-1946		-0.9	0.0	-1.2	0.0	0.3
29	Obie Lackey	SS	11	1929-1943		-1.2	-0.3	-1.6	0.0	0.7
30	Tice James	SS	5	1936-1946		-1.3	-0.4	-1.2	0.0	0.3
31	Joe Sparks	SS	4	1937-1940		-1.4	0.3	-1.9	-0.3	0.4
32	Marcelino Bauza	SS	5	1930-1945		-2.5	-4.0	0.1	0.0	1.4
33	Jelly Jackson	SS	9	1934-1945		-4.4	-6.5	0.2	0.0	1.9

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