Walt Bond Stats

Walt Bond was born on Tuesday, October 19, 1937, in Denmark, Tennessee. Bond was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1960, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Walt Bond baseball stats page.

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Walt Bond



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Birth Name:   Walter Franklin Bond
Nickname:   Walt
Born On:   10-19-1937  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Denmark, Tennessee
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-14-1967 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Houston, Texas
Cemetery:   Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-07   Player Weight Chart Weight:   228
First Game:   04-19-1960 (Age 22)
Last Game:   05-07-1967
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Walt Bond Pitching Stats

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Walt Bond Hitting Stats

1960 23 Indians 40 131 19 29 2 1 5 0 18 13 2 14 0 2 3 2 .221 .302 .366
1961 24 Indians 38 52 7 9 1 1 2 1 7 6 0 10 0 1 1 1 .173 .267 .346
1962 25 Indians 12 50 10 19 3 0 6 0 17 4 1 9 0 0 0 1 .380 .426 .800
1964 27 Colt .45s 148 543 63 138 16 7 20 0 85 38 8 90 4 4 8 11 .254 .310 .420
1965 28 Astros 117 407 46 107 17 2 7 0 47 42 8 51 1 3 5 6 .263 .337 .366
1967 30 Twins 10 16 4 5 1 0 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .313 .400 .563
6 Years 365 1,199 149 307 40 11 41 1 179 106 19 175 5 11 17 21 .256 .323 .410

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Walt Bond Fielding Stats

1960 Indians CF 11 10 243 30 2.7 30 30 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.33
1960 Indians LF 5 4 114 8 1.6 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.89
1960 Indians RF 20 19 535 40 2.0 40 38 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.02
1961 Indians CF 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1961 Indians RF 11 7 210 17 1.5 17 16 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.19
1962 Indians LF 3 2 57 2 0.7 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.95
1962 Indians RF 10 10 266 24 2.4 24 24 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.44
1964 Colt .45s 1B 76 76 1,950 733 9.6 725 685 40 8 46 n/a n/a n/a .989 10.04
1964 Colt .45s CF 1 1 18 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1964 Colt .45s LF 29 28 697 49 1.7 46 45 1 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .939 1.78
1964 Colt .45s RF 41 41 1,058 70 1.7 68 67 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.74
1965 Astros 1B 74 68 1,888 711 9.6 699 650 49 12 52 n/a n/a n/a .983 10.00
1965 Astros LF 18 16 444 23 1.3 21 21 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .913 1.28
1965 Astros RF 21 20 474 34 1.6 34 34 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.94
1967 Twins LF 3 3 66 8 2.7 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.86
1B Totals 150 144 3,838 1,444 9.6 1,424 1,335 89 20 98 n/a n/a n/a .986 10.02
RF Totals 103 97 2,543 185 1.8 183 179 4 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .989 1.94
LF Totals 58 53 1,378 90 1.6 84 83 1 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 1.65
CF Totals 13 11 273 32 2.5 32 32 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.16
6 Years 324 305 8,032 1,751 5.4 1,723 1,629 94 28 100 n/a n/a n/a .984 5.79

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Walt Bond Miscellaneous Stats

1960 Indians 4 1 .800 6 0 n/a 26.2 9.4 7.3 - - -
1961 Indians 1 0 1.000 26 0 n/a 26.0 5.2 7.4 - - -
1962 Indians 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 8.3 5.6 2.9 - - -
1964 Colt .45s 2 2 .500 2 0 n/a 27.2 6.0 6.4 - - -
1965 Astros 2 1 .667 11 0 n/a 58.1 8.0 8.7 - - -
1967 Twins 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 16.0 16.0 3.2 - - -
6 Years 10 4 .714 52 0 n/a 29.2 6.9 6.7 - - -

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Walt Bond Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1960 Cleveland Indians 12 Undetermined - -
1961 Cleveland Indians 12 Undetermined - -
1962 Cleveland Indians 35 Undetermined - -
1964 Houston Colt .45s 23 $10,000.00 - -
1965 Houston Astros 23 Undetermined - -
1967 Minnesota Twins 21 Undetermined - -

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