Walter Ball
Cuban X Giants 1904–1905; Chicago Leland Giants 1905–1906; Philadelphia Quaker Giants 1906; Brooklyn Royal Giants 1907; Chicago Leland Giants 1907–1909; Chicago Giants 1910–1911; St. Louis Giants 1912; Brooklyn Royal Giants 1913; Schenectady Mohawk Giants 1913; New York Lincoln Giants 1914; New York Lincoln Stars 1914; Chicago Giants 1920–1921
Percentile snapshot
1912 season — qualified pitchers
of 88 qualified 1912 pitchers (min 39 IP)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -79.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.3 |
| 1905 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 30.7 | 18.5 | .188 | 0.2 |
| 1906 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .243 | .486 | 45.2 | 47.1 | .238 | 1.7 |
| 1907 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .500 | .444 | .944 | 172.1 | 220.5 | .477 | 0.6 |
| 1908 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 121.5 | 134.0 | .421 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 14 | 39 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .297 | .541 | 67.8 | 69.7 | .252 | 1.4 |
| 1910 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .619 | 1.119 | 215.5 | 237.7 | .511 | 1.4 |
| 1911 | 18 | 52 | 49 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .347 | .373 | .449 | .822 | 135.7 | 147.5 | .388 | 2.1 |
| 1912 | 14 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .227 | .262 | .489 | 50.6 | 43.7 | .235 | 0.4 |
| 1913 | 15 | 49 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .163 | .128 | .291 | -4.6 | -14.5 | .151 | -1.0 |
| 1914 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .385 | .769 | 105.1 | 108.8 | .373 | 0.1 |
| 1920 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 5.3 | -16.6 | .168 | -0.9 |
| 1921 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .421 | .375 | .796 | 128.3 | 125.7 | .389 | 0.5 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 18.3 | 0.98 | .600 | 2.95 | 1.66 | 88.7 | 190.5 | 0.3 |
| 1905 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 16.0 | 1.69 | 1.313 | 4.50 | 1.87 | 67.7 | 134.4 | 0.2 |
| 1906 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 74 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 80.7 | 1.79 | 1.153 | 3.01 | 2.73 | 92.9 | 164.6 | 1.7 |
| 1907 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18.0 | 0.50 | .444 | 5.50 | 0.23 | 12.9 | 241.6 | 0.6 |
| 1908 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45.7 | 1.97 | 1.248 | 2.76 | 2.87 | 88.4 | 164.7 | 1.3 |
| 1909 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 60.3 | 1.64 | .994 | 4.48 | 2.16 | 78.2 | 167.9 | 1.4 |
| 1910 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 35.0 | 1.54 | .971 | 4.89 | 2.99 | 101.3 | 191.0 | 1.4 |
| 1911 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 61.3 | 1.61 | 1.043 | 4.70 | 2.63 | 80.4 | 202.3 | 2.1 |
| 1912 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 97 | 35 | 16 | 52 | 4 | 87.0 | 3.62 | 1.299 | 5.38 | 3.12 | 95.5 | 90.4 | 0.4 |
| 1913 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 21.7 | 4.98 | 1.708 | 6.23 | 1.74 | 65.9 | 52.9 | -1.0 |
| 1914 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11.0 | 4.09 | 1.545 | 4.91 | 2.47 | 68.9 | 87.6 | 0.1 |
| 1920 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 35.0 | 6.43 | 2.000 | 3.86 | 5.20 | 144.9 | 55.8 | -0.9 |
| 1921 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 40.3 | 4.24 | 1.537 | 2.90 | 4.88 | 123.2 | 93.4 | 0.5 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921-06-20 | CHG @ CAG Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1920-05-02 | CHG @ ABC Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1921-05-23 | CHG @ CUB Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1921-06-05 | CHG @ KCM Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1921-06-06 | CHG @ KCM Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-06-13 | CHG @ DAY Gameday | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1921-06-20 | CHG @ CAG Gameday | 9.2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1920-05-02 | CHG @ ABC Gameday | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1921-06-06 | CHG @ KCM Gameday | 7.1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1921-05-08 | CHG @ SLS Gameday | 5.2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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.