Lee Walls
Pittsburgh Pirates 1952; Pittsburgh Pirates 1956; Chicago Cubs 1957; Pittsburgh Pirates 1957; Chicago Cubs 1958–1959; Cincinnati Reds 1960; Philadelphia Phillies 1960–1961; Los Angeles Dodgers 1962–1964
Percentile snapshot
1958 season — qualified batters
of 72 qualified 1958 batters (min 477 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 32 | 88 | 80 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .261 | .288 | .549 | 42.3 | 48.0 | .259 | -0.3 |
| 1956 | 143 | 537 | 474 | 72 | 130 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 50 | 83 | 3 | 5 | .274 | .345 | .432 | .777 | 114.2 | 109.7 | .349 | 2.1 |
| 1957 | 125 | 426 | 388 | 45 | 92 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 72 | 6 | 3 | .237 | .290 | .338 | .627 | 67.1 | 68.4 | .284 | -0.7 |
| 1958 | 136 | 576 | 513 | 80 | 156 | 19 | 3 | 24 | 72 | 47 | 62 | 4 | 4 | .304 | .370 | .493 | .863 | 132.5 | 127.7 | .384 | 3.6 |
| 1959 | 120 | 409 | 354 | 43 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 42 | 73 | 0 | 2 | .257 | .342 | .393 | .734 | 99.0 | 95.5 | .335 | 0.7 |
| 1960 | 94 | 302 | 265 | 31 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 31 | 52 | 5 | 2 | .223 | .300 | .325 | .625 | 70.5 | 71.1 | .288 | -0.3 |
| 1961 | 91 | 285 | 261 | 32 | 73 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 19 | 48 | 2 | 2 | .280 | .329 | .425 | .754 | 100.7 | 99.5 | .337 | 0.7 |
| 1962 | 60 | 121 | 109 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .325 | .312 | .637 | 78.8 | 75.9 | .299 | -0.1 |
| 1963 | 64 | 94 | 86 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .290 | .349 | .639 | 88.3 | 90.3 | .291 | 0.0 |
| 1964 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .233 | .214 | .448 | 33.1 | 32.6 | .215 | -0.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958-04-24 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 1957-07-02 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 1958-08-12 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1958-04-29 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1956-05-02 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-04-16 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-04-17 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-04-22 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-05-01 | SF @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952-05-03 | SF @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.