Hoss Walker

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Hoss Walker was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball for 11 teams, including the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants. In 434 career games, he hit .220 with 312 hits, 9 home runs, and 164 RBI. Hoss Walker was an All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020.

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

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

Hoss Walker — 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

Hoss Walker — 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

Hoss Walker — 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

Hoss Walker — 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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Hoss Walker 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
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

Hoss Walker — 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 2.2 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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Hoss Walker — Season-by-Season Pitching
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 0.2 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

Hoss Walker — 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

Hoss Walker — 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

Hoss Walker — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home982804676133.271
Away1314294986225.200

Pitching — Home / Away

Hoss Walker — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home21.200010.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Hoss Walker — 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

Hoss Walker — Last 2 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1947-08-21 IN9KCM — 0.2000010
1941-06-08 BIRMEM — 1.0000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Hoss Walker — 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

Hoss Walker — 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.

Hoss Walker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 2
First Base 2
Second Base 2
Third Base 92
Shortstop 332

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Hoss Walker: the record in brief

Hoss Walker's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1929 to 1948. The team column moves through the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1929), the Cleveland Cubs (1931), the Nashville Elite Giants (1932 to 1934), the Newark Dodgers (1935), the Columbus Elite Giants (1935), the Washington Elite Giants (1936 to 1937), the Baltimore Elite Giants (1938 to 1948), and the Memphis Red Sox (1938), among other clubs in the table. Walker, a shortstop by primary position, threw and hit right-handed. Walker is listed at 5'11" and 190 pounds. Walker was born on September 10, 1907, in Austin, TX, USA. Walker died on February 10, 1971, in Nashville, TN, USA. Hoss Walker was the playing name; the full given name is Jesse.

Walker collected 312 hits in 1,416 at bats across 434 games, good for a .220 batting average, plus 9 home runs and 164 RBI. On-base and slugging figures of .290 and .291 give Walker a career OPS of .581.

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.
What was Hoss Walker's career batting average?
Hoss Walker batted .220 over his career, with 312 hits in 1,416 at bats.
How many RBI did Hoss Walker have?
Hoss Walker drove in 164 runs in his career.
What was Hoss Walker's career ERA?
Hoss Walker finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 3 strikeouts.
Is Hoss Walker in the Hall of Fame?
No. Hoss Walker has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.