Jerome Walton
Chicago Cubs 1989–1992; California Angels 1993; Cincinnati Reds 1994–1995; Atlanta Braves 1996; Baltimore Orioles 1997; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified batters
of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 116 | 515 | 475 | 64 | 139 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 77 | 24 | 7 | .293 | .335 | .385 | .721 | 102.2 | 99.9 | .334 | 2.1 |
| 1990 | 101 | 449 | 392 | 63 | 103 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 50 | 70 | 14 | 7 | .263 | .350 | .329 | .680 | 89.0 | 83.0 | .324 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 123 | 298 | 270 | 42 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 55 | 7 | 3 | .219 | .275 | .330 | .604 | 64.2 | 65.9 | .280 | -0.1 |
| 1992 | 30 | 69 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .127 | .273 | .164 | .436 | 32.3 | 25.0 | .236 | -0.5 |
| 1993 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 38.8 | -2.7 | .249 | -0.1 |
| 1994 | 46 | 73 | 68 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .309 | .347 | .412 | .759 | 101.4 | 98.9 | .342 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 102 | 188 | 162 | 32 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 7 | .290 | .368 | .525 | .892 | 135.3 | 133.8 | .392 | 1.3 |
| 1996 | 37 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .340 | .389 | .511 | .900 | 133.7 | 133.9 | .393 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | 26 | 74 | 68 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .333 | .441 | .775 | 104.6 | 104.0 | .343 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | 12 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .361 | .412 | .773 | 102.4 | 100.3 | .346 | 0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-09-28 | BAL @ MIL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1989-06-12 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1989-07-13 | CHC @ SD Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1994-06-30 | CIN @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1996-04-27 | ATL @ STL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.