Hoss Walker

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records

AVG .220
HR 9
RBI 164
H 312
OPS .581
PIV -3,392
Position
Shortstop
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'11" / 190 lb
Born
9/10/1907 in Austin, TX, USA
Died
2/10/1971 in Nashville, TN, USA
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Jesse Walker

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1233.0 1103.0 148.0 261.0 26.0 5.0 5.0 92.0 95.0 9.0 11.0 .237 .303 .283 .586

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
0 0 0 0 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1946 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Listed seasons · 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
434 1,416 196 312 47 13 9 164 12 121 5 .220 .290 .291 .581 -3,392

Career AVG .220 vs. league average .270 across their career seasons — 18.3% below league average.

Career OBP .290 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 14.0% below league average.

Career SLG .291 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — 23.7% below league average.

Career OPS .581 vs. league average .718 across their career seasons — 19.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1929 ACB ANL 53 159 34 39 4 4 2 23 1 20 0 .245 .289 (-15%) .353 (-7%) .415 (-14%) .769 (-11%) -279.0
1931 CCU NNL 33 117 22 27 8 1 3 17 0 6 0 .231 .276 (-16%) .338 (-17%) .388 (+1%) .726 (-7%) -170.3
1932 NEG NSL 33 111 12 30 6 2 1 12 1 7 0 .270 .275 (-2%) .335 (+2%) .391 (-1%) .726 (avg) 17.4
1933 NEG NN2 20 71 7 12 1 0 0 6 0 5 0 .169 .270 (-37%) .329 (-32%) .377 (-51%) .707 (-42%) -464.1
1934 NEG NN2 15 40 6 12 1 1 0 6 1 5 0 .300 — — — — 0.0
1935 ND NN2 2 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 — — — — 0.0
1935 CEG NN2 5 17 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .176 — — — — 0.0
1936 WEG NN2 27 91 22 28 1 1 1 18 1 9 1 .308 .283 (+8%) .349 (+8%) .404 (-8%) .753 (-1%) 19.9
1937 WEG NN2 38 126 17 29 5 1 1 15 0 12 0 .230 .276 (-17%) .342 (-12%) .398 (-22%) .740 (-17%) -350.6
1938 BEG NN2 25 86 12 22 3 1 0 13 1 8 2 .256 .272 (-6%) .341 (-7%) .392 (-20%) .734 (-14%) -187.4
1938 MRS NAL 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 — — — — -187.4
1939 BEG NN2 18 59 9 14 4 0 0 10 0 5 0 .237 .274 (-13%) .342 (-13%) .393 (-22%) .735 (-18%) -174.8
1940 NBY NN2 26 90 7 14 4 0 0 7 0 4 0 .156 .267 (-42%) .335 (-43%) .387 (-48%) .722 (-46%) -670.2
1940 BEG NN2 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 — — — — -670.2
1941 NBY NN2 7 21 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 6 0 .286 — — — — 0.0
1941 BBB NAL 13 38 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 .105 — — — — 0.0
1942 BBB NAL 27 93 10 18 1 0 1 7 3 7 0 .194 .253 (-24%) .323 (-18%) .349 (-32%) .672 (-26%) -342.4
1943 BBB NAL 38 132 14 23 2 1 0 9 2 7 0 .174 .255 (-32%) .324 (-28%) .346 (-41%) .671 (-35%) -689.2
1944 CIC NAL 14 39 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 .128 — — — — 0.0
1945 CIC NAL 14 46 0 11 2 0 0 6 0 4 1 .239 — — — — -100.9
1946 CIC NAL 6 20 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 .400 — — — — 0.0
1947 CIC NAL 12 23 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .043 — — — — 0.0
1948 BEG NN2 3 12 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 434 1,416 196 312 47 13 9 164 12 121 5 .220 — — — — -4,249

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 3.95 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1941 BBB NAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 3 0.00 — 0.0
1947 CIC NAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 2 seasons 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 3 0.00 — 0

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.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
14 40 5 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 .175

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1943 ALC BBB 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .167
1943 NWS BBB 6 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .150
1939 NLC BEG 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1939 NLP1 BEG 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1932 NSC NEG 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home982804676133.271
Away1314294986225.200

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home21.200010.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1948-05-30 BLGHOML 400000000
1948-05-28 BLGHOMW 411000000
1948-05-25 BLGNY6W 422000010
1947-09-05 IN9CAGW 000000000
1947-08-21 IN9KCML 000000000
1947-06-10 IN9KCML 100000000
1947-06-09 IN9KCMW 211000200
1947-06-08 IN9KCML 100000000
1946-08-30 IN9KCMW 101000200
1946-06-02 IN9CVBW 312000210

Last 2 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1947-08-21 IN9KCM — 0.2000010
1941-06-08 BIRMEM — 1.0000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 2 2 16 1 0 2
2B 2 2 3 2 1 0
3B 92 84 103 119 23 3
P 2 0 0 0 0 0
SS 332 322 583 963 116 122

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1929 ACB 3B 22 21 31 22 5 2
1929 ACB SS 31 30 53 85 13 13
1931 CCU SS 33 33 67 100 12 12
1932 NEG SS 33 33 71 110 4 9
1933 NEG SS 20 20 41 53 7 14
1934 NEG SS 15 14 22 34 2 1
1935 ND SS 2 2 4 6 1 1
1935 CEG SS 3 3 5 8 2 1
1936 WEG 1B 1 1 6 1 0 1
1936 WEG 3B 2 2 1 2 0 0
1936 WEG SS 24 24 54 73 6 8
1937 WEG 3B 2 2 3 4 0 0
1937 WEG SS 36 36 63 111 18 15
1938 BEG 3B 10 10 9 13 3 0
1938 BEG SS 15 15 25 45 3 6
1938 MRS SS 3 3 2 1 6 0
1939 BEG 2B 1 1 0 1 1 0
1939 BEG 3B 5 4 3 7 0 0
1939 BEG SS 13 12 15 37 3 5
1940 NBY SS 26 26 45 81 8 11
1940 BEG SS 2 2 1 3 0 0
1941 NBY 1B 1 1 10 0 0 1
1941 NBY 3B 5 5 3 6 5 0
1941 NBY SS 1 1 1 2 3 0
1941 BBB 3B 4 4 3 6 2 0
1941 BBB P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BBB SS 6 6 11 18 2 4
1942 BBB SS 27 27 41 68 6 11
1943 BBB 2B 1 1 3 1 0 0
1943 BBB 3B 29 28 32 40 6 1
1943 BBB SS 9 8 14 14 6 1
1944 CIC SS 14 13 26 59 5 6
1945 CIC 3B 4 3 6 7 1 0
1945 CIC SS 9 8 12 31 4 2
1946 CIC 3B 2 1 5 2 0 0
1946 CIC SS 3 3 4 8 1 1
1947 CIC 3B 7 4 7 10 1 0
1947 CIC P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CIC SS 4 0 2 8 1 0
1948 BEG SS 3 3 4 8 3 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 2
First Base 2
Second Base 2
Third Base 92
Shortstop 332

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Frequently Asked Questions about Hoss Walker

Was Hoss Walker a pitcher?
No. Hoss Walker was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Hoss Walker hit?
Hoss Walker hit 9 career home runs with 312 hits.