Edsall Walker

1936–1945 · Bats B · Throws L · 5'11", 215 lb · b. 1910 Catskill, NY

Career 54–29 · 4.28 ERA · 358 SO · 680.2 IP · 144 G · 80 H · 6 HR · 46 RBI · .276 AVG

Seasons leading his league

2 best in baseball 4 league only

36 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1937 Best season

Spanning 1937–1945, peaking at 1 titles in 1937.

Team records #2 Homestead Grays career W #2 Homestead Grays career SO #2 Homestead Grays career SV #2 Homestead Grays career IP #4 Homestead Grays 1940 SO #5 Homestead Grays 1940 W #6 Homestead Grays 1940 IP #8 Homestead Grays 1937 SV

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

954th League titles 6
1,227th Best in baseball 2
695th Top-5 finishes 36

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Range Factor	2	1st	—	1937 NN2 2.38 1939 NN2 2.27 1944 #3
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1938 1.000 1940 1.000
Saves	2	1st	—	1943 NN2 2 1945 NN2 1 1937 #2
Pitcher Putouts	—	#2	—	1937 #2 1939 #2 1943 #3
Pitcher Assists	—	#2	—	1937 #2 1940 #3 1943 #3
Complete Games	—	#2	—	1939 #3 1940 #2
Shutouts	—	#2	—	1938 #2 1940 #3
Innings Pitched	—	#3	—	1940 #3
Strikeouts	—	#2	—	1940 #2
Wins	—	#2	—	1937 #2 1938 #2 1940 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1945	1	SV 1
1943	1	SV 2
1940	1	P FPCT 1.000
1939	1	P RF 2.27
1938	1	P FPCT 1.000
1937	1	P RF 2.38

Pitching

led the league 10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1936	HG	NN2	2	0	5.16	6	6	0	29.2	34	17	4	16	19	1.69
1937	HG	NN2	7	1	3.75	16	9	2	74.1	59	31	1	35	34	1.27
1938	HG	NN2	10	0	3.62	11	10	0	74.2	71	30	0	22	42	1.25
1939	HG	NN2	5	3	3.88	11	9	0	72.0	69	31	3	25	40	1.31
1940	HG	NN2	13	4	4.15	21	18	1	136.2	127	63	4	64	81	1.40
1941	PS +1	NN2	3	8	5.31	14	11	0	84.2	93	50	2	33	43	1.49
1942	PS +1	NN2	0	1	1.93	2	2	0	9.1	5	2	0	4	5	0.96
1943	HG	NN2	9	4	3.63	21	12	2	111.2	91	45	2	52	50	1.28
1944	HG	NN2	5	4	5.46	11	4	0	64.1	76	39	4	19	32	1.48
1945	HG	NN2	0	4	6.17	8	3	1	23.1	34	16	0	10	12	1.89
Career	—	—	54	29	4.28	121	84	6	680.2	659	324	20	280	358	1.38

Batting

10 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1936	HG	NN2	8	14	4	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	.357	.357	.714	1.071
1937	HG	NN2	16	30	8	8	2	0	1	5	1	0	0	.267	.290	.433	.724
1938	HG	NN2	12	30	8	9	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	.300	.323	.433	.756
1939	HG	NN2	11	30	1	7	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	.233	.281	.367	.648
1940	HG	NN2	21	52	8	12	1	0	0	8	3	0	1	.231	.273	.250	.523
1941	PS +1	NN2	17	34	6	8	1	1	1	3	4	1	0	.235	.316	.412	.728
1942	PS +1	NN2	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
1943	HG	NN2	28	48	13	16	2	2	1	8	6	0	0	.333	.407	.521	.928
1944	HG	NN2	16	29	4	10	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	.345	.387	.414	.801
1945	HG	NN2	13	19	2	4	1	1	0	3	3	2	0	.211	.318	.368	.687
Career	—	—	144	290	54	80	9	6	6	46	21	3	1	.276	.327	.410	.737

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1936	HG	NN2	P	6	6	29.2	2	7	1	0	10	.900	1.50
1937	HG	NN2	P	16	9	74.1	5	33	3	1	41	.927	2.38
1938	HG	NN2	P	11	10	74.2	2	18	0	1	20	1.000	1.82
			OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1939	HG	NN2	P	11	9	72.0	4	21	1	1	26	.962	2.27
1940	HG	NN2	P	21	18	136.2	1	35	0	2	36	1.000	1.71
1941	PS	NN2	P	14	11	84.2	1	27	2	0	30	.933	2.00
			OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0.00
1942	PS	NN2	P	2	2	9.1	0	3	0	0	3	1.000	1.50
1943	HG	NN2	P	21	12	111.2	4	35	2	0	41	.951	1.86
			OF	2	1	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1944	HG	NN2	P	11	4	64.1	1	23	1	2	25	.960	2.18
1945	HG	NN2	P	8	3	23.1	0	4	0	0	4	1.000	0.50
			OF	4	2	22.1	3	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.75
Career	—	—	P	121	84	680.2	20	206	10	7	236	.958	1.87
	—	—	OF	8	3	33.1	3	0	1	0	4	.750	0.38