Walter Ball

Walter Thomas Ball
(Diamond)

Born: September 12, 1877 in Detroit, MI
Died: December 16, 1946 in Chicago, IL
(69 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

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• Buried: Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island, IL)

Compared to Contemporary Starting Pitchers (Top 100)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Eustaquio Pedroso	SP	19	1907-1926		42.5	14.6	-4.8	34.6	-1.9
2	Luis Padrón	SP	18	1900-1919		24.0	12.3	0.8	12.0	-1.1
3	Harry Buckner	SP	22	1896-1917		15.2	7.3	-0.6	9.2	-0.6
4	Danny McClellan	SP	13	1900-1913		9.5	2.6	-0.9	8.3	-0.5
5	Tatica Campos	SP	13	1912-1930		4.3	1.2	-4.5	8.2	-0.5
6	José Muñoz	SP	14	1900-1914		30.1	-0.3	-0.4	31.1	-0.4
7	José Junco	SP	13	1910-1922		25.5	-0.3	-1.4	27.6	-0.4
8	Lico Mederos	SP	5	1910-1923		0.8	0.3	-1.0	1.8	-0.3
9	Chick Harper	SP	5	1911-1925		0.2	2.0	-0.3	-1.2	-0.2
10	Luis González	SP	9	1904-1912		12.1	-0.5	-0.8	13.5	-0.2
11	Walter Ball	SP	17	1903-1921		13.5	0.7	0.3	12.7	-0.2
12	Rube Foster	SP	16	1902-1917	✔	14.1	2.4	0.4	11.5	-0.2
13	Agapito Lázaga	SP	6	1912-1922		-0.2	-0.8	-0.5	1.3	-0.2
14	Bill Lindsay	SP	6	1909-1914		6.6	0.7	0.1	5.9	-0.2
15	Bill Gatewood	SP	18	1906-1927		5.7	3.3	-0.5	3.1	-0.2
16	Joe Williams	SP	26	1907-1932	✔	54.9	4.9	0.3	50.0	-0.1
17	Lefty Harvey	SP	7	1912-1921		3.5	-1.4	0.2	4.8	-0.1
18	Henry McLaughlin	SP	7	1912-1919		2.3	0.1	0.3	2.0	-0.1
19	Dick Redding	SP	22	1911-1936		40.6	0.0	-0.3	41.0	-0.1
20	Pop Andrews	SP	7	1905-1914		2.8	0.5	-0.4	2.7	-0.1
21	Pastor Pareda	SP	11	1908-1923		12.6	-2.9	0.3	15.3	-0.1
22	Hub Miller	SP	6	1911-1916		1.2	0.5	-0.1	0.9	-0.1
23	Sam Crawford	SP	18	1910-1931		5.3	-1.2	-0.4	7.0	-0.1
24	Ad Lankford	SP	9	1912-1920		1.4	0.7	-0.1	0.8	-0.1
25	Gifford McDonald	SP	8	1910-1921		-3.1	-0.7	-0.5	-1.9	-0.1
26	Lee Wade	SP	11	1909-1920		2.9	-0.5	-0.4	3.9	0.0
27	String Bean Williams	SP	16	1910-1925		12.8	1.1	0.1	11.7	0.0
28	Jack Coombs	SP	3	1906-1913		1.5	0.0	-0.2	1.7	0.0
29	Dizzy Dismukes	SP	19	1909-1932		11.4	-2.9	0.0	14.3	0.0
30	Dicta Johnson	SP	15	1908-1923		9.5	-1.2	-0.4	11.1	0.0
31	Benjamin Reese	SP	2	1911-1914		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
32	Charles Bender	SP	4	1906-1913		1.6	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.0
33	Robert Boone	SP	4	1909-1912		-0.7	0.0	0.2	-0.9	0.0
34	Charles Dougherty	SP	7	1909-1915		3.3	0.4	-0.2	3.1	0.0
35	Wild Bill West	SP	5	1907-1914		-0.1	-0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0
36	Eddie Plank	SP	4	1902-1913		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
37	Toots Shultz	SP	1	1912		0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
38	Frank Wickware	SP	12	1910-1921		8.8	-1.2	0.1	9.9	0.0
39	J. F. Marlota	SP	5	1908-1913		-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
40	Oscar Pereira	SP	1	1912		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
41	Hub Alexander	SP	3	1911-1914		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Sapho Bartlett	SP	6	1910-1919		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
43	Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	SP	11	1907-1920		4.8	-0.6	0.0	5.5	0.0
44	Johnny Goodgame	SP	2	1911-1912		2.2	0.3	-0.1	2.0	0.0
45	Hooks Wiltse	SP	2	1912-1914		1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
46	George Dandy	SP	3	1912-1917		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
47	John Emory	SP	4	1906-1912		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
48	Conrado Rodríguez	SP	5	1908-1916		-1.3	0.0	0.0	-1.3	0.0
49	Arthur Gilliard	SP	6	1909-1914		1.8	-0.6	0.1	2.3	0.0
50	Tom Johnson	SP	9	1911-1921		2.1	-0.7	0.0	2.9	0.0
51	Doc Crandall	SP	1	1912		1.4	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.0
52	George Suggs	SP	1	1912		-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
53	M. Lázaga	SP	1	1912		0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
54	Christy Mathewson	SP	1	1912		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
55	Rip Hagerman	SP	2	1909-1913		4.9	-0.6	0.0	5.4	0.0
56	Louis Drucke	SP	1	1912		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
57	Pedro Acosta	SP	2	1912-1919		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
58	George Chalmers	SP	2	1912-1915		0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Adolfo Luque	SP	11	1912-1928		23.1	1.6	-0.5	22.0	0.0
60	Ezequiel Ramos	SP	7	1904-1913		1.3	0.3	-0.4	1.2	0.2
61	José Méndez	SP	20	1908-1926	✔	47.9	2.1	0.4	45.0	0.4

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