Fleet Walker
Full Name: Moses Fleetwood Walker
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Weight: 159 lbs.
Born: Oct 07, 1856 in Mt.Pleasant, OH
Major League Debut: May 01, 1884
Died: May 11, 1924 in Cleveland, OH

CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS
BATTING
YR
1884
TM
Tol
LG
AA
POS
C
G
42
AB
152
R
23
H
40
2B
2
3B
3
HR
0
RBI
0
TB
48
BB
8
IBB
0
Totals G
42
AB
152
R
23
H
40
2B
2
3B
3
HR
0
RBI
0
TB
48
BB
8
IBB
0

BATTING BASERUNNING PERCENTAGES
YR
1884
TM
Tol
LG
AA
K
0
HBP
6
SH
0
SF
0
GDP
0
SB
0
CS
0
SB%
-.---
AVG
.263
OBP
.325
SLG
.316
AB/HR
--.-
AB/K
--.-
Totals K
0
HBP
6
SH
0
SF
0
GDP
0
SB
0
CS
0
SB%
-.---
BAVG
.263
OBP
.325
SLG
.316
AB/HR
--.-
AB/K
--.-

CAREER STATISTICS - FIELDING TOTALS
FIELDING
YR
1884
TM
Tol
LG
AA
POS
C
G
42
TC
327
SC
290
PO
220
A
70
E
37
DP
4
FLD
.887
TC/G
7.98
PB
72
Totals G
42
TC
327
SC
290
PO
220
A
70
E
37
DP
4
FLD
.887
TC/G
7.98
PB
72

CAREER RATING
RATING
YR
1884
TM
Tol
LG
AA
POS
C
G
42
BR
2
BR/A
1
CHI
0
RC
16
TA
.554
SBR
0
FR
6
TPR
-.1
Totals G
42
BR
2
BR/A
1
CHI
0
RC
16
TA
.554
SBR
0
FR
6
TPR
-.1
YR: Year  TM-L: Team/League  G: Games  BR: Batting Runs BR/A: Batting Runs (Adj.)
CHI: Clutch Hitting Index  RC: Runs Created TA: Total Average
SBR: Stolen Base Runs  FR: Fielding Runs TPR: Total Player Rating



TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY
YEARS
1884
TM
Tol
LG
AA
TEAM NAME
Toledo Blue Stockings
LEAGUE NAME
American Assoc.

The first black major league player (SEE FIRST BLACK PLAYER ARTICLE). The Myth has been that Jackie Robinson was the first. Not true. Walker was joined on the 1884 Toledo AA club by his brother Welday later in the season. Walker was generally well received. In 1887 he teamed with George Stovey in Newark of the International League, to form the first black battery in organized baseball, with Stovey winning 35 games - still the IL record. Well-educated, handsome, gentlemanly and a good all-around athlete, Walker attended Oberlin College and the University of Michigan.


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