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Walker Cress

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: March 6, 1917 in Ben Hur, VA us

Died: April 21, 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA

Buried: Greenoaks Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, LA

Schools: Hiwassee College (Madisonville, TN), Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: April 27, 1948 (Age 31-052d, 10,503rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1949 (Age 32-055d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Walker James Cress

Nicknames: Foots

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.35

62.0

WHIP

1.726

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Team Record in Appearances: 0-30 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 19

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	9	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	8-GF		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.76	6	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.005	.14	0.01%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
2	2	12	Apr 30	CIN		STL	L,7-13	7-8		2	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.85	7	2	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.006	.25	0.01%	1.38	7t 12- 1 out d7	8t 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	19	May 9(1)	CIN		PHI	L,2-14	8-GF		8	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.11	9	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out d10	9t end d12
4	4	23	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-9	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.09	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.32	9t -2- 2 out d6	9t end d 6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	40	Jun 2	CIN		NYG	L,4-7	6-8		19	2.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.15	2.87	10	2	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.011	.32	0.01%	-0.13	6t 12- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d6
6	6	44	Jun 6	CIN		BRO	L,0-5	5-GF(5)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	2.65	2	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.005	.52	0.00%	0.17	5t 1-3 1 out d4	5t end d 5
7	7	56	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-5	5-7		12	3.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.92	2.84	11	3	4	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.008	.11	0.00%	1.48	5b 12- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
8	8	57	Jun 20(1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	2.84	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.23	8b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d 3
9	9	58	Jun 20(2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-4	5-7		-1	2.2	2	1	1	5	0	0	0	2.93	3.80	15	3	5	0	0	2		3	0	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.052	.23	0.02%	1.56	5b 123 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
10	10	61	Jun 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.60	3.74	7	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.036	.20	0.01%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
11	11	62	Jun 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.50	3.87	3	2	0	0	0	0		3	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.42	8b 123 1 out d5	8b end d 7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	12	66	Jul 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	7-8		5	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.33	3.95	7	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.031	.31	0.01%	0.91	7t 12- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
13	13	69	Jul 4(2)	CIN		STL	L,1-8	8-8		2	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.33	4.26	3	0	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.013	.10	-0.01%	-3.00	8t 123 2 out d5	8t 123 2 out d8
14	14	70	Jul 5(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-10	5-6		0	1.1	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.48	4.50	11	1	2	0	0	4		1	0	1	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	.20	-0.034	.15	-0.02%	-2.26	5b 1-- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d7
15	15	78	Jul 15	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	4-5		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.18	4.39	7	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.045	.56	0.03%	0.97	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d3
16	16	80	Jul 17(1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-8	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.04	4.45	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.036	.42	0.01%	0.49	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
17	17	83	Jul 18(2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-8	9-GF		0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.96	4.53	4	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.83	9t 1-3 1 out d4	9t end d 6
18	18	84	Jul 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-14	4-GF		0	5.1	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.94	4.44	26	4	10	0	0	8		2	0	2	0	0	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	.01	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-2.14	4t 12- 2 out d8	9t end d12
19	19	88	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	7-8		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	4.34	8	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.97	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d7
20	20	94	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.66	4.35	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.28	0.007	.02	0.00%	0.59	8b -23 2 out d3	8b end d 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	103	Aug 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-10	6-6		8	0.1	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.73	4.77	5	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-3.76	6b --- 0 out d6	6b --- 1 out d10
22	22	106	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	8-GF		4	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.72	4.62	9	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.03	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
23	23	118	Aug 26	CIN		BRO	L,1-6	9-GF		12	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.58	4.51	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	125	Sep 1(2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11	5-6		5	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	5.20	4.90	8	2	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-2.72	5t 1-- 2 out d5	6t 12- 2 out d8
25	25	129	Sep 6(2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	6-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.15	4.89	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.22	6t 1-- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
26	26	136	Sep 15(2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	2-7		8	5.2	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.46	4.67	22	5	9	2	0	2		3	1	0	2	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.255	.00	0.00%	3.20	2b 123 1 out d1	7b 3 out d1
27	27	139	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-12	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	4.60	4.80	6	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-2.08	8b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 5
28	28	142	Sep 21(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	5-6		2	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.91	4.89	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.36	5b 12- 0 out d3	6b 123 0 out d2
29	29	147	Sep 26(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS-8		4	7.0	7	5	5	6	5	0	0	5.12	4.76	31	7	6	0	0	7	42			2	0	1	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
30	30	152	Oct 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.65	4.32	35	5	15	2	0	6	72			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.070	.00	0.00%	2.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							0-30		W-L:0-1	3.3	60.0	59	31	31	43	32	2	1	4.65	4.32	270	0.68		7%	0%	53	57	37	32%	15	5	1	223	16	1	3	4	0	2	.56	0.222	.09	0.09%	-1.89

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