Junior Walsh Stats

Junior Walsh was born on Friday, March 7, 1919, in Newark, New Jersey. Walsh was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1946, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Junior Walsh baseball stats page.

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Junior Walsh



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Birth Name:   James Gerald Walsh
Nickname:   Junior
Born On:   03-07-1919  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Newark, New Jersey
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-12-1990 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Olyphant, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   St. Joseph Cemetery, Throop, Pennsylvania
High School:   Dunmore High School (Dunmore, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-14-1946 (Age 27)
Last Game:   09-09-1951
Draft:   Not Applicable

Junior Walsh

Junior Walsh Pitching Stats

1946 27 Pirates 4 2 2 0 1 .000 5.23 0 0 0 10.1 49 9 6 6 0 10 0 2 0 1 0 -
1948 29 Pirates 2 0 1 1 0 1.000 10.39 0 0 0 4.1 22 4 5 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
1949 30 Pirates 9 7 0 1 4 .200 5.06 1 1 0 42.2 180 40 24 27 5 16 2 24 1 0 0 -
1950 31 Pirates 38 2 17 1 1 .500 5.05 0 0 2 62.1 269 56 35 36 6 34 4 33 1 1 1 -
1951 32 Pirates 36 1 10 1 4 .200 6.87 0 0 0 73.1 356 92 56 66 9 46 1 32 2 1 1 -
5 Years 89 12 30 4 10 .286 5.88 1 1 2 193.0 876 201 126 140 21 111 7 91 4 3 2 -

Junior Walsh

Junior Walsh Hitting Stats

1946 27 Pirates 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1948 29 Pirates 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1949 30 Pirates 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 .077 .000
1950 31 Pirates 38 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .167 .444 .333
1951 32 Pirates 36 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143
5 Years 89 31 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 22 0 0 0 0 .065 .216 .097

Junior Walsh

Junior Walsh Fielding Stats

1946 Pirates P 4 2 31 2 0.5 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.74
1948 Pirates P 2 0 13 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
1949 Pirates P 9 7 128 9 1.0 7 2 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 1.48
1950 Pirates P 38 2 187 16 0.4 15 4 11 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.17
1951 Pirates P 36 1 220 21 0.6 19 6 13 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .905 2.33
P Totals 89 12 579 50 0.6 45 12 33 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 2.10
5 Years 89 12 579 50 0.6 45 12 33 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 2.10

Junior Walsh

Junior Walsh Miscellaneous Stats

1946 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.20 1.74 8.71
1948 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 10.39
1949 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.50 5.06 3.37
1950 Pirates 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 6.0 0.97 4.76 4.91
1951 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.70 3.93 5.65
5 Years 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.4 31.0 0.82 4.24 5.18

Junior Walsh

Junior Walsh Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates 27 Undetermined - -
1948 Pittsburgh Pirates 34 Undetermined - -
1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 29 Undetermined - -
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates 29 Undetermined - -
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 29 Undetermined - -

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