Lee Walls
Appearance
Lee Walls | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: San Diego, California | January 6, 1933|
Died: October 11, 1993 Los Angeles, California | (aged 60)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 21, 1952, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 4, 1964, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .262 |
Home runs | 66 |
Runs batted in | 284 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Raymond Lee Walls, Jr. (January 6, 1933 – October 11, 1993), was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1953 to 1964. Walls would play for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played one season in Japan in 1965 for the Hankyu Braves. After his playing career, he managed teams in the minor leagues.
In 1956, his rookie year, he hit .274 with 11 home runs and 54 RBI. On July 2, 1957, Walls hit for the cycle.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Charlton, James; Shatzkin, Mike; Holtje, Stephen (1990). The Ballplayers: baseball's ultimate biographical reference. New York: Arbor House/William Morrow. p. 1137. ISBN 0-87795-984-6.
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1957 Cartoon of Lee Walls
Categories:
- 1933 births
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- National League All-Stars
- Chicago Cubs players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Los Angeles Dodgers players
- Baseball players from California
- Hankyu Braves players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Caribbean Series players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Nashville Sounds managers
- New York Yankees coaches
- Oakland Athletics coaches
- Sportspeople from San Diego
- Modesto Reds players
- Waco Pirates players
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- American baseball outfielder, 1930s birth stubs