Danny Walton

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Full Name: Daniel James Walton	Primary Position: OF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: April 20, 1968
Birthdate: July 14, 1947	Final Game: June 6, 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Danny Walton (Daniel James Walton) was born on July 14, 1947 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1968 for the Seattle Pilots. In 1970, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 17 home runs and 66 RBI. Walton played for the Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Danny Walton's best season was 1970, when he slugged 17 home runs and knocked in 66 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	HOU	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1969	SEA	A	23	92	12	20	3	10	.217	.275	.370	1	2	5	26	3	0	2	0	5
1970	MIL	A	117	397	32	102	17	66	.257	.349	.441	20	1	51	126	6	0	2	4	6
1971	NY	A	5	14	1	2	1	2	.143	.143	.357	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1971	MIL	A	30	69	5	14	2	9	.203	.286	.333	3	0	7	22	1	0	0	0	3
1971	TOT	A	35	83	6	16	3	11	.193	.264	.337	3	0	7	29	1	0	0	0	3
1973	MIN	A	37	96	13	17	4	8	.177	.301	.333	1	1	17	28	0	0	0	0	3
1975	MIN	A	42	63	4	11	1	8	.175	.224	.254	2	0	4	18	0	0	0	2	3
1976	LA	N	18	15	0	2	0	2	.133	.176	.133	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1977	HOU	N	13	21	0	4	0	1	.190	.190	.190	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1980	TEX	A	10	10	2	2	0	1	.200	.385	.200	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		33	38	0	6	0	3	.158	.175	.158	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
Total	AL		264	741	69	168	28	104	.227	.315	.387	27	4	87	232	10	0	4	6	20
Total			297	779	69	174	28	107	.223	.309	.376	27	4	88	240	10	0	4	6	21

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1969	SEA	A	OF	23	23	210.1	40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1969	SEA	A	LF	23	23	210.1	40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1970	MIL	A	OF	114	109	902	162	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1970	MIL	A	LF	114	109	902	168	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1971	NY	A	OF	4	4	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	NY	A	RF	3	3	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	NY	A	LF	1	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	MIL	A	OF	19	18	145	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1971	MIL	A	LF	19	18	145	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1971	MIL	A	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1971	TOT	A	OF	23	22	173	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1971	TOT	A	LF	20	19	153	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1973	MIN	A	OF	18	16	132	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	MIN	A	RF	3	3	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	MIN	A	LF	15	13	109	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	MIN	A	3B	1	1	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	MIN	A	DH	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	MIN	A	DH	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	MIN	A	C	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1975	MIN	A	1B	7	1	24	24	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1977	HOU	N	1B	5	3	32.1	41	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1980	TEX	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			C	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
Total			OF	178	170	1417.1	248	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.966
Total			1B	12	4	56.1	65	3	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.958
Total			DH	21	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	6	6	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	2	1	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	172	164	1374.1	249	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.966

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Houston Astros in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
Traded by Houston Astros with Sandy Valdespino to Seattle Pilots in exchange for Tommy Davis (August 30, 1969).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to New York Yankees in exchange for Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell (June 7, 1971).
Traded by New York Yankees to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Rick Dempsey (October 27, 1972).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Bob Randall (December 23, 1975).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Houston Astros in exchange for Alex Taveras and a player to be named later (September 5, 1977); Los Angeles Dodgers received Bob Detherage (September 16, 1977).
Released by Houston Astros (March 27, 1978).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (March 30, 1979).
Released by Seattle Mariners (March 25, 1980).
Signed by Texas Rangers (April 6, 1980).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Greg Mahlberg to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Don Werner and Greg Hughes (December 15, 1980).

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