Walter Ball Notable

b. September 12, 1877 · Cuban X Giants 1904–1905, Chicago Leland Giants 1905–1909, Philadelphia Quaker Giants 1906, Brooklyn Royal Giants 1907, 1913, Chicago Giants 1910–1911, 1920–1921, St. Louis Giants 1912, Schenectady Mohawk Giants 1913, New York Lincoln Giants 1914, New York Lincoln Stars 1914

Walter Ball played for nine clubs across 18 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cuban X Giants in 1904 and closing with the Chicago Giants in 1921. His longest stay was with the Chicago Leland Giants, from 1905 to 1909.

He went 32 and 27 with a 2.65 earned run average, pitching 530.3 innings in 78 games. He struck out 248, completed 49 of his 57 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 116 games he batted .259, with 83 hits and 35 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 6 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in Detroit, MI, USA on September 12, 1877, and died on December 16, 1946. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB	AVG
1904*	CXG	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1905*	CXG/LEL	3	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200
1906*	LEL/QG	10	37	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	.243
1907*	BRG/LEL	3	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.444
1908*	LEL	7	20	2	8	0	1	0	6	0	0	.400
1909*	LEL	14	37	5	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	.243
1910*	COG	10	21	3	9	2	1	0	6	2	0	.429
1911*	COG	18	49	8	17	1	2	0	9	2	0	.347
1912*	SLG	14	42	4	8	0	0	1	2	2	0	.190
1913*	BRG/MOH	15	47	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	.128
1914*	NLG/NLS	4	13	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.385
1920	COG	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.077
1921	COG	8	16	2	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	.313
Major leagues	—	15	29	2	6	1	0	0	1	4	0	.207
All seasons	—	116	321	35	83	6	4	1	35	13	1	.259

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1904*	CXG	1	0	3	1	1	18.1	8	2	3	6	0.98
1905*	CXG/LEL	0	1	2	2	0	16.0	17	3	4	8	1.69
1906*	LEL/QG	7	2	9	9	0	80.2	74	16	19	27	1.79
1907*	BRG/LEL	2	0	2	2	0	18.0	8	1	0	11	0.50
1908*	LEL	4	2	6	5	0	45.2	40	10	17	14	1.97
1909*	LEL	3	4	10	6	0	60.1	54	11	6	30	1.64
1910*	COG	3	1	7	4	0	35.0	28	6	6	19	1.54
1911*	COG	4	3	9	6	1	61.1	52	11	12	32	1.61
1912*	SLG	6	4	12	10	0	87.0	97	35	16	52	3.62
1913*	BRG	0	2	3	2	0	21.2	36	12	1	15	4.98
1914*	NLG/NLS	1	0	2	0	0	11.0	16	5	1	6	4.09
1920	COG	0	6	7	7	0	35.0	45	25	25	15	6.43
1921	COG	1	2	6	3	0	40.1	50	19	12	13	4.24
Major leagues	—	1	8	13	10	0	75.1	95	44	37	28	5.26
All seasons	—	32	27	78	57	2	530.1	525	156	122	248	2.65

Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Walter Ball, that is 1904–1914. Why totals can differ.

On this day & linked events

1877

Born September 12, 1877

Detroit, MI, USA

1946

Died December 16, 1946

Image: Staff Photographer, public domain