Walter Hardy
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 155 lb
BornDecember 1, 1925 · Lakeland, FL, USA
Seasons5 (1944–1948)
New York Black Yankees 1944–1948
Percentile snapshot
1946 season — qualified batters
of 98 qualified 1946 batters (min 142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .273 | .286 | .558 | 53.6 | 49.7 | .267 | 0.0 |
| 1945 | 20 | 65 | 58 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .219 | .207 | .426 | 28.7 | 19.6 | .215 | -0.3 |
| 1946 | 38 | 149 | 141 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .241 | .282 | .255 | .537 | 55.5 | 50.4 | .264 | -0.2 |
| 1947 | 31 | 121 | 113 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .177 | .205 | .221 | .426 | 18.8 | 16.6 | .205 | -0.7 |
| 1948 | 21 | 82 | 76 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .244 | .250 | .494 | 45.4 | 43.0 | .242 | -0.2 |
Career totals
G
117
PA
440
AB
409
R
38
H
81
2B
8
3B
3
HR
1
RBI
31
BB
24
SO
4
SB
4
BA
.1980
OBP
.2442
SLG
.2396
OPS
.4838
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-05-12 | NBY @ HOM Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1945-08-31 | NBY @ BEG Gameday | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1946-08-24 | NBY @ PHS Gameday | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1948-07-28 | PHS @ NBY Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1948-06-11 | HOM @ NBY Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944-04-30 | HOM @ NBY Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944-04-30 | HOM @ NBY Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944-05-07 | NBY @ HOM Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944-05-07 | NBY @ HOM Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944-05-09 | NBY @ HOM 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.