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Walt Bond

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Full Name: Walter Franklin Bond Primary Position: OF,1B,RF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 7"/228 First Game: April 19, 1960
Birthdate: October 19, 1937 Final Game: May 7, 1967
Birthplace: Denmark, Tennessee MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: September 14, 1967
Deathplace: Houston, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/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
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Walt Bond (Walter Franklin Bond) was born on October 19, 1937 in Denmark, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1960 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1960, his rookie year, he hit .221 with 5 home runs and 18 RBI. Bond played for the Cleveland Indians, Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Walt Bond's best season was 1964, when he slugged 20 home runs and knocked in 85 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
1960 CLE A 40 131 19 29 5 18 .221 .302 .366 2 1 13 14 3 0 4 2 2
1961 CLE A 38 52 7 9 2 7 .173 .267 .346 1 1 6 10 1 0 1 0 1
1962 CLE A 12 50 10 19 6 17 .380 .426 .800 3 0 4 9 0 0 1 1 1
1964 HOU N 148 543 63 138 20 85 .254 .310 .420 16 7 38 90 8 4 2 8 11
1965 HOU N 117 407 46 107 7 47 .263 .337 .366 17 2 42 51 5 1 2 8 6
1967 MIN A 10 16 4 5 1 5 .313 .400 .563 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 265 950 109 245 27 132 .258 .322 .397 33 9 80 141 13 5 4 16 17
Total AL 100 249 40 62 14 47 .249 .325 .462 7 2 26 34 4 0 6 3 4
Total 365 1199 149 307 41 179 .256 .323 .410 40 11 106 175 17 5 10 19 21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1960 CLE A CF 11 10 81 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CLE A OF 36 33 297.1 76 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CLE A LF 5 4 38 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CLE A RF 20 19 178.1 38 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CLE A RF 11 7 70 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CLE A CF 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 CLE A OF 12 7 74 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 CLE A RF 10 10 88.2 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 CLE A LF 3 2 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 CLE A OF 12 12 107.2 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 HOU N OF 71 70 591 111 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1964 HOU N CF 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 HOU N RF 41 41 352.2 67 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1964 HOU N 1B 76 76 650 685 40 8 46 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1964 HOU N LF 29 28 232.1 45 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1965 HOU N RF 21 20 158 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 HOU N 1B 74 68 629.1 650 49 12 52 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1965 HOU N LF 18 16 148 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1965 HOU N OF 38 36 306 54 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1967 MIN A LF 3 3 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1967 MIN A OF 3 3 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
Total LF 58 53 459.1 83 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .933
Total 1B 150 144 1279.1 1335 89 20 98 0 0 0 0 0 .986
Total OF 172 161 1398 290 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .974
Total CF 13 11 91 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total RF 103 97 847.2 179 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .989

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1957).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Houston Colt .45s (December 19, 1963).
  • Traded by Houston Astros to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Ken Retzer (April 10, 1966).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (May 15, 1967).

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