Was Walter Cannady a pitcher?

Both. Walter Cannady pitched in 10 games, going 3-2 with a 5.2 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Second Baseman.

How many home runs did Walter Cannady hit?

Walter Cannady hit 42 career home runs with 825 hits.

What was Walter Cannady's career batting average?

Walter Cannady batted .316 over his career, with 825 hits in 2,611 at bats.

How many RBI did Walter Cannady have?

Walter Cannady drove in 516 runs in his career.

What was Walter Cannady's career ERA?

Walter Cannady finished with a 5.20 career ERA, going 3-2 with 21 strikeouts.

Is Walter Cannady in the Hall of Fame?

No. Walter Cannady has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Walter Cannady

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Walter Cannady was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball for 10 teams, including the Cleveland Tate Stars. In 699 career games, he hit .316 with 825 hits, 42 home runs, and 516 RBI. He also pitched in 10 games, going 3-2 with a 5.20 ERA. Walter Cannady was an All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 5,074.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .316

HR 42

RBI 516

H 825

OPS .827

PIV 5,074

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 172 lb
Born: 3/6/1902 in Norfolk, VA, USA
Died: 12/3/1981 in Fort Myers, FL, USA
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Walter I. Cannady

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Walter Cannady — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
969.0	885.0	139.0	261.0	39.0	7.0	14.0	97.0	68.0	11.0	21.0	.295	.347	.402	.749

Pitching

Walter Cannady — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
0	0	0	0	2	0	11.1	18	14	13	2	7	0	10.32	2.21

Career Batting Statistics

Walter Cannady — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
699	2,611	490	825	148	45	42	516	96	221	17	.316	.372	.455	.827	5,074

Career AVG .316 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — +13.9% above league average.

Career OBP .372 vs. league average .341 across their career seasons — +8.9% above league average.

Career SLG .455 vs. league average .392 across their career seasons — +16.3% above league average.

Career OPS .827 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — +12.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Walter Cannady Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1922	CTS	NNL	15	42	6	16	2	1	0	4	3	2	0	.381	—	—	—	—	0.0
1925	HBG	ECL	72	275	56	107	14	3	13	86	10	27	0	.389	.288 (+35%)	.349 (+27%)	.407 (+48%)	.756 (+38%)	2014.5
1926	HBG	ECL	47	183	33	48	10	3	1	31	11	19	6	.262	.279 (-6%)	.345 (-3%)	.390 (-6%)	.735 (-5%)	-141.8
1926	NLG	ECL	2	8	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	-141.8
1927	HBG	ECL	69	266	45	88	18	8	4	58	14	19	0	.331	.282 (+17%)	.344 (+10%)	.392 (+28%)	.736 (+20%)	871.2
1928	HIL	EAS	55	203	44	66	15	5	3	42	15	22	5	.325	.280 (+16%)	.342 (+14%)	.395 (+25%)	.737 (+20%)	707.7
1928	HG	EAS	8	30	9	15	5	0	0	6	0	4	0	.500	—	—	—	—	707.7
1929	HG	ANL	51	196	47	67	18	4	1	31	8	9	0	.342	.289 (+18%)	.353 (+5%)	.415 (+18%)	.769 (+12%)	360.4
1930	NLG	IND	49	182	38	60	12	5	6	50	4	14	0	.330	.293 (+12%)	.354 (+10%)	.429 (+28%)	.784 (+20%)	652.1
1931	HIL	IND	46	160	30	49	12	1	2	28	5	19	0	.306	.276 (+11%)	.338 (+13%)	.388 (+11%)	.726 (+12%)	375.1
1932	PC	IND	28	103	18	33	2	4	1	18	3	6	1	.320	.275 (+16%)	.335 (+7%)	.391 (+14%)	.726 (+11%)	161.4
1932	HG	EWL	20	81	15	21	3	2	1	13	0	5	0	.259	.275 (-6%)	.335 (-10%)	.391 (-2%)	.726 (-6%)	161.4
1933	NBY	IND	16	63	12	19	2	2	1	14	2	5	1	.302	.270 (+12%)	.329 (+7%)	.377 (+18%)	.707 (+13%)	117.9
1934	NBY	IND	20	73	8	14	1	0	0	8	0	6	0	.192	.278 (-31%)	.340 (-26%)	.392 (-48%)	.733 (-37%)	-431.9
1935	NBY	IND	11	45	11	12	1	0	1	8	3	3	0	.267	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	NBY	NN2	32	126	35	39	6	3	5	19	6	15	0	.310	.283 (+9%)	.349 (+12%)	.404 (+30%)	.753 (+21%)	476.8
1937	NBY	NN2	35	132	20	43	9	1	1	30	4	10	0	.326	.276 (+18%)	.342 (+9%)	.398 (+8%)	.740 (+9%)	196.2
1938	NBY	NN2	29	106	15	26	3	1	1	17	1	9	2	.245	.272 (-10%)	.341 (-11%)	.392 (-18%)	.734 (-15%)	-256.3
1939	NBY	NN2	24	89	16	31	2	1	1	17	0	6	0	.348	.274 (+27%)	.342 (+14%)	.393 (+9%)	.735 (+11%)	171.9
1942	CAG	NAL	14	51	7	13	1	0	0	6	3	2	1	.255	.253 (+1%)	.323 (-12%)	.349 (-22%)	.672 (-17%)	-133.9
1944	CIC	NAL	7	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	1	.188	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	HG	NN2	35	135	20	44	8	1	0	26	3	11	0	.326	.261 (+25%)	.325 (+16%)	.357 (+12%)	.683 (+14%)	0.0
1945	NYC	NN2	14	46	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	.152	—	—	—	—	-276.9
Career · 23 seasons			699	2,611	490	825	148	45	42	516	96	221	17	.316	—	—	—	—	5,592

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Walter Cannady — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
3	2	10	4	3	0	0	62.1	65	36	2	28	21	5.20	-84.9

Career ERA 5.20 vs. league average 4.43 across their career seasons — 17.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Walter Cannady — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1922	CTS	NNL	2	1	4	2	1	27.0	21	10	11	10	3.33	4.18 (+20%)	-60.5
1925	HBG	ECL	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	1	0	0	27.00	—	0.0
1929	HG	ANL	1	1	3	2	2	24.1	26	14	10	7	5.18	4.60 (-13%)	366.1
1938	NBY	NN2	0	0	2	0	0	10.2	16	11	7	4	9.28	4.35 (-114%)	-390.4
Career · 4 seasons			3	2	10	4	3	62.1	65	36	28	21	5.20	—	-85

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Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Walter Cannady — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	18	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	.167

Playoff Batting by Year

Walter Cannady — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1944	NWS	HG	5	18	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	.167

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Walter Cannady — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	68	230	26	64	1	36	.278
Away	94	333	54	100	6	38	.300

Pitching — Home / Away

Walter Cannady — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	3.1	5	4	5	0	10.80
Away	1	8.0	13	9	2	0	10.12

Last 10 Games — Batting

Walter Cannady — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB
1945-09-08	NY6	BLG	L	3	0	1	1	0	0
1945-09-04	NY6	BLG	L	4	0	0	0	0	0
1945-08-29	NY6	HOM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1945-08-28	NY6	HOM	W	4	0	0	0	0	0
1945-08-27	NY6	NY5	L	4	0	0	0	1	0
1945-08-26	NY6	NY5	L	4	0	0	0	0	0
1945-08-21	NY6	BLG	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
1945-08-20	NY6	HOM	W	4	1	0	0	0	1
1945-08-19	NY6	HOM	L	3	0	0	0	0	1
1945-06-02	NY6	PH5	L	3	0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Walter Cannady — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1938-07-09	NY5	PTC	—	3.1	5	5	4	5	0	0
1938-06-06	NY5	PTC	—	8.0	13	9	9	2	0	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Walter Cannady — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	82	80	784	32	27	47
2B	277	262	581	820	76	113
3B	129	127	114	191	27	15
OF	10	9	11	4	0	1
P	10	4	1	26	3	1
SS	214	134	284	388	61	58

Season-by-Season Fielding

Walter Cannady — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1922	CTS	OF	8	8	9	3	0	1
1922	CTS	P	4	2	0	10	2	1
1922	CTS	SS	2	2	2	3	1	0
1925	HBG	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	HBG	SS	71	0	0	0	0	0
1926	HBG	SS	47	47	111	141	18	21
1926	NLG	SS	2	2	4	3	0	2
1927	HBG	3B	42	41	35	63	10	5
1927	HBG	SS	28	28	54	81	11	14
1928	HIL	1B	54	54	575	22	22	36
1928	HIL	SS	2	1	4	2	1	1
1928	HG	1B	2	2	9	1	0	1
1928	HG	2B	8	6	7	17	2	1
1929	HG	1B	10	9	76	0	2	1
1929	HG	2B	9	8	12	16	0	3
1929	HG	3B	1	0	0	1	1	0
1929	HG	P	3	2	0	10	1	0
1929	HG	SS	31	31	59	83	14	10
1930	NLG	2B	49	49	125	157	13	20
1930	NLG	SS	1	0	0	2	0	0
1931	HIL	2B	46	46	93	154	20	19
1932	PC	2B	13	12	19	34	1	3
1932	PC	3B	15	15	17	17	1	3
1932	HG	1B	2	2	21	1	0	0
1932	HG	2B	9	8	17	23	3	4
1932	HG	3B	9	9	7	14	3	1
1933	NBY	2B	14	14	37	49	2	3
1933	NBY	3B	1	1	2	1	1	0
1933	NBY	SS	1	1	2	3	0	0
1934	NBY	2B	13	13	22	45	4	6
1934	NBY	3B	7	7	4	9	2	0
1935	NBY	1B	4	4	32	4	0	3
1935	NBY	2B	2	2	3	4	0	0
1935	NBY	SS	6	5	9	20	4	4
1936	NBY	2B	30	30	80	92	15	15
1936	NBY	SS	3	2	5	10	0	2
1937	NBY	2B	23	22	47	64	5	18
1937	NBY	3B	8	8	6	12	1	2
1937	NBY	SS	7	5	15	12	4	2
1938	NBY	1B	5	5	51	2	2	4
1938	NBY	2B	4	3	3	12	0	2
1938	NBY	3B	16	16	9	15	1	1
1938	NBY	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1938	NBY	P	2	0	1	6	0	0
1938	NBY	SS	6	5	8	15	5	1
1939	NBY	1B	2	2	8	1	0	0
1939	NBY	2B	9	7	12	21	3	2
1939	NBY	3B	8	8	11	12	5	0
1939	NBY	OF	1	1	1	1	0	0
1939	NBY	SS	7	5	11	13	3	1
1942	CAG	1B	1	1	8	1	0	1
1942	CAG	2B	13	13	30	42	3	2
1944	CIC	1B	2	1	4	0	1	1
1944	CIC	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1
1944	CIC	3B	3	3	2	13	1	0
1944	HG	2B	20	16	49	52	4	10
1944	HG	3B	19	19	21	34	1	3
1945	NYC	2B	14	13	24	38	1	4

Career Games by Position

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Walter Cannady Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	10
First Base	82
Second Base	277
Third Base	129
Shortstop	214
Left Field	6
Center Field	2
Right Field	2

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Walter Cannady: the record in brief

The season rows for Walter Cannady begin in 1922. By club, Cannady's seasons break down as the Cleveland Tate Stars (1922), the Harrisburg Giants (1925 to 1927), the New York Lincoln Giants (1926 to 1930), the Hilldale Club (1928 through 1931), the Homestead Grays (1928 through 1944), the Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932), the New York Black Yankees (1933 to 1939), and the Chicago American Giants (1942), with further stops in the season rows. At 5'11" and 172 pounds, Cannady is listed as a second baseman. Cannady both batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. Cannady was born on March 6, 1902, in Norfolk, VA, USA. The bio records the death on December 3, 1981, in Fort Myers, FL, USA. Cannady's full given name, per the bio, is Walter I. Cannady.

In 699 games and 2,611 at bats, Cannady batted .316 with 825 hits, adding 42 homers, 516 runs batted in, and 96 stolen bases. Cannady got on base at a .372 rate and slugged .455 (.827 OPS).

Frequently Asked Questions about Walter Cannady

Was Walter Cannady a pitcher?: Both. Walter Cannady pitched in 10 games, going 3-2 with a 5.2 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Second Baseman.
How many home runs did Walter Cannady hit?: Walter Cannady hit 42 career home runs with 825 hits.
What was Walter Cannady's career batting average?: Walter Cannady batted .316 over his career, with 825 hits in 2,611 at bats.
How many RBI did Walter Cannady have?: Walter Cannady drove in 516 runs in his career.
What was Walter Cannady's career ERA?: Walter Cannady finished with a 5.20 career ERA, going 3-2 with 21 strikeouts.
Is Walter Cannady in the Hall of Fame?: No. Walter Cannady has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	82	80	784	32	27	47
2B	277	262	581	820	76	113
3B	129	127	114	191	27	15
OF	10	9	11	4	0	1
P	10	4	1	26	3	1
SS	214	134	284	388	61	58

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	82	80	784	32	27	47
2B	277	262	581	820	76	113
3B	129	127	114	191	27	15
OF	10	9	11	4	0	1
P	10	4	1	26	3	1
SS	214	134	284	388	61	58