Dixie Walker

Right Field

1931—1949

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#63

Player Detail

Fred
GIVEN NAME
Walker
SURNAME
September 24, 1910, in Villa Rica, GA
BORN
May 17, 1982, in Birmingham, AL, USA
DIED
1931—1949
Playing Career
Played from 20-38
PLAYING AGE
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Brooklyn Dodgers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
The People's Cherce
NICKNAME
11
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 28, 1931
Major League Debut
September 22, 1949
FINAL GAME
— Dodgers ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Dixie Walker?

One of the most popular players to wear the Dodgers uniform at Ebbets Field, known as “The People’s Cherce.”
Doxie ranked third in baseball in hits for the 1940s, with 1,512 to help him to a .311 average that decade.
  • Dixie Walker Scouting Report

70

HITTING

50

POWER

40

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1905
2064
105
1023
.306
4 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
38.3
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.820
.786
104.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.306
.383
.437

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Chuck Klein
Johnny Moore
Mel Ott
Paul Waner

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.312
.390
.459

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Bill Dickey
Lou Gehrig
Jackie Robinson
Pee Wee Reese
Frankie Gustine
Ralph Kiner
Pete Reiser
Babe Ruth
Thornton Lee
Curt Davis
Leo Durocher

Dixie Walker Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Walker
528
162
81
29
8
8
80
64
25
5
231
227
.306
.383
.437
820
AVG RF
533
153
81
28
7
11
58
47
7
227
214
.287
.360
.426
.786

Dixie Walker Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
63
44
64
38
34
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
35
45
55
53
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Dixie Walker PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
44.2
32.4
21.9
17.2
3.75
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Dixie Walker
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
278.0
180.9
133.7
88.8
23.6
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Dixie Walker
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF