#39 Walter Hammersmith, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates
Saturday, 10/11/1968 |
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| Walter Hammersmith
11/8/1932
35
Richmond, VA
6"4
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Starting Pitcher
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R
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| Average
Loyal
Some ability
4 / 6 (Popular)
2 / 6 (Fair)
Good
Normal
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4.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 5,510,000
1969
12 Year(s), 62 Days (2126 total Days)
172 Day(s)
18 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88-91 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Versus RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talent | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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7
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5
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Fastball
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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| Fielding Ratings
P : 3 (Range), .987 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 7/21 | @CHN | W 10-6 | * | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | W | | | | |
| 7/26 | SLN | W 3-1 | * | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 7/30 | CHN | L 2-4 | * | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
| 8/3 | @SFG | W 3-0 | * | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | W | PoG | | | |
| 8/8 | @HOU | L 4-10 | * | 2.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | L | | | | |
| 8/14 | SFG | W 5-3 | * | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | W | | | | |
| 8/18 | LAD | W 2-1 | * | 8.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
| 8/22 | @ATL | W 5-2 | * | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 8/26 | @CHN | L 2-3 | * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | L | | | | |
| 8/30 | CHN | W 5-4 | * | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.53 | 220.1 | 175 | 75 | 62 | 38 | 183 | 6 | 20.0 | 1 | 23 | 76.7 |
| Projected | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.53 | 220.0 | 175 | 75 | 62 | 38 | 183 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.89 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 359 | 80 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .251 | .348 | .599 |
| vs. RHB | 461 | 95 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 42 | 24 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .206 | .252 | .295 | .547 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.45 | 121.1 | 102 | 36 | 33 | 18 | 89 |
| Road | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2.64 | 99.0 | 73 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 94 |
| Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.10 | 30.0 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.53 | 46.1 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 42 |
| June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.32 | 50.1 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| July | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.49 | 47.0 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 34 |
| August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.09 | 46.2 | 35 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 45 |
| Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1953 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | .667 | PHI |
| 1957 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4.53 | 204.2 | 210 | 112 | 103 | 34 | 57 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 1.30 | .274 | PHI |
| 1958 | 38 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1.82 | 307.0 | 216 | 71 | 62 | 4 | 82 | 204 | 17 | 6 | 0.97 | .238 | PHI,NL |
| 1959 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.52 | 29.2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0.94 | .272 | PHI |
| 1960 | 41 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2.83 | 311.2 | 239 | 110 | 98 | 10 | 100 | 251 | 8 | 3 | 1.09 | .256 | PHI,NL |
| 1961 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2.99 | 207.2 | 189 | 88 | 69 | 7 | 44 | 155 | 4 | 1 | 1.12 | .293 | PHI |
| 1962 | 38 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2.67 | 279.1 | 219 | 94 | 83 | 8 | 56 | 220 | 7 | 3 | 0.98 | .267 | PHI,NL |
| 1963 | 36 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2.02 | 276.1 | 201 | 72 | 62 | 10 | 37 | 231 | 6 | 2 | 0.86 | .250 | PHI,NL |
| 1964 | 40 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2.35 | 314.0 | 236 | 91 | 82 | 7 | 34 | 267 | 14 | 3 | 0.86 | .260 | PHI,NL |
| 1965 | 34 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 2.61 | 265.2 | 191 | 83 | 77 | 8 | 47 | 219 | 11 | 2 | 0.90 | .251 | PHI PIT |
| 1966 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2.89 | 199.0 | 185 | 67 | 64 | 7 | 26 | 175 | 2 | 2 | 1.06 | .312 | PIT,NL |
| 1967 | 36 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2.07 | 283.0 | 207 | 70 | 65 | 7 | 55 | 237 | 8 | 4 | 0.93 | .258 | PIT,NL |
| 1968 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.53 | 220.1 | 175 | 75 | 62 | 9 | 38 | 183 | 6 | 1 | 0.97 | .264 | PIT |
| Total | 386 | 385 | 193 | 105 | 0 | 2.59 | 2898.2 | 2294 | 941 | 833 | 113 | 582 | 2289 | 90 | 28 | 0.99 | .264 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1953, AA | 20 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3.75 | 153.2 | 151 | 70 | 64 | 15 | 58 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 1.36 | .272 |
| 1954, A | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 42.2 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1.03 | .258 |
| 1954, AA | 23 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3.72 | 181.2 | 155 | 83 | 75 | 19 | 62 | 119 | 9 | 1 | 1.19 | .250 |
| 1955, A | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.48 | 31.0 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1.19 | .287 |
| 1955, AA | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.34 | 88.1 | 60 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0.94 | .237 |
| 1956, AA | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4.00 | 92.1 | 68 | 44 | 41 | 9 | 33 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1.09 | .243 |
| 1956, AAA | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.35 | 72.1 | 68 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 1.30 | .274 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1964 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.07 | 14.2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.08 | 13.1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.70 | 15.1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12.0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.55 | 55.1 | 63 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1953 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
| 1957 | 30 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .243 | .225 | .469 | PHI |
| 1958 | 38 | 105 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .124 | .139 | .133 | .272 | PHI,NL |
| 1959 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | PHI |
| 1960 | 41 | 109 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | .128 | .158 | .174 | .332 | PHI,NL |
| 1961 | 30 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .211 | .208 | .419 | PHI |
| 1962 | 38 | 88 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .233 | .227 | .461 | PHI,NL |
| 1963 | 36 | 99 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .131 | .149 | .141 | .290 | PHI,NL |
| 1964 | 40 | 99 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .200 | .162 | .362 | PHI,NL |
| 1965 | 34 | 89 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .247 | .236 | .483 | PHI PIT |
| 1966 | 28 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .190 | .184 | .374 | PIT,NL |
| 1967 | 36 | 92 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .253 | .239 | .492 | PIT,NL |
| 1968 | 30 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .145 | .123 | .268 | PIT |
| Total | 386 | 986 | 162 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 69 | 37 | 298 | 1 | 0 | .164 | .194 | .184 | .377 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 30 | 30 | 18 | 36 | 3 | 59 | 5 | .915 | 220.1 | 2.41 | | | | |
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Earned first career win on 4/21/1957...
Had first career hit on 4/28/1957, off John Kimble (NY1)...
Injured on 5/4/1957 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 4/17/1958 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1958, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1958, going 3-2, 1.24...
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game...
Injured on 4/22/1959 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1960, going 5-0, 1.20...
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game...
Injured on 5/13/1961 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week...
Injured on 6/7/1961 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4-5 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1961, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1962, going 5-2, 0.93...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1962, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA...
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1963, winning 2 games with a 0.51 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1964, going 6-0, 1.62...
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game...
Struck out 15 batters against New York (N) on 10/5/1964...
Won Player of the Week award on 10/6/1964, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA...
Won ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD in 1964, going 22-8, 2.35 ERA...
Traded from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh on 5/16/1965 (Going to PHI: P Rolando Pastor, P Ruel Love, C George Vera, P Benjamin Brubaker. Going to PIT: P Walter Hammersmith, RF Spotswood Poles)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1965, going 3-1, 0.91...
Won WORLD SERIES with Pittsburgh in 1965...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1966, going 5-1, 1.13...
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/27/1966 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6 weeks...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1967, going 3-0, 0.43...
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game...
Won WORLD SERIES with Pittsburgh in 1967...
Pitched NO-HITTER against San Francisco on 8/3/1968, striking out 11...
Injured on 8/30/1968 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for entire career...
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ERA
1958 - 1.82 - 1st
1960 - 2.83 - 7th
1961 - 2.99 - 4th
1962 - 2.67 - 3rd
1963 - 2.02 - 2nd
1964 - 2.35 - 5th
1965 - 2.61 - 9th
1967 - 2.07 - 5th
| WHIP
1958 - 0.97 - 1st
1960 - 1.09 - 1st
1961 - 1.12 - 8th
1962 - 0.98 - 5th
1963 - 0.86 - 4th
1964 - 0.86 - 2nd
1965 - 0.90 - 7th
1967 - 0.93 - 7th
| Wins
1960 - 20 - 7th
1961 - 17 - 10th
1963 - 21 - 6th
1964 - 22 - 1st
1967 - 20 - 6th
| IP
1958 - 307.0 - 6th
1960 - 311.2 - 7th
1962 - 279.1 - 9th
1964 - 314.0 - 2nd
1967 - 283.0 - 10th
| K's
1958 - 204 - 7th
1960 - 251 - 6th
1962 - 220 - 6th
1963 - 231 - 5th
1964 - 267 - 5th
1967 - 237 - 10th
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CG
1958 - 17 - 8th
1964 - 14 - 4th
1965 - 11 - 9th
| SHO
1958 - 6 - 3rd
1960 - 3 - 4th
1962 - 3 - 7th
1964 - 3 - 8th
1966 - 2 - 10th
1967 - 4 - 10th
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