Walt Wilmot
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| Outfielder | |||
| Born: October 18, 1865 Plover, Wisconsin |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 20, 1888, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 14, 1898, for the New York Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .276 | ||
| Home runs | 58 | ||
| Runs batted in | 594 | ||
| Stolen bases | 381 | ||
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Walter Robert Wilmot (October 18, 1863 – February 1, 1929) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of 10 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Washington Nationals (1888–89), Chicago Colts (1890-95) and New York Giants (1897–98), primarily as an outfielder. Listed at 5 ft 9 in, 165 lb., Wilmot was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He was born in Plover, Wisconsin.
While playing for the Nationals in 1889, Wilmot led the league with 19 triples and 139 games played. The following season, he tied with Oyster Burns and Mike Tiernan for the National League lead in home runs with 13, also a career-high. He also set a career best with 76 stolen bases while driving in 99 runs in 1890. On the August 22, 1891, he became the first player in major league history to be walked 6 times in 1 game.[1]
Wilmot's most productive season came in 1894, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.330), runs scored (134), hits (197), RBI (130), doubles (45) and extra-base hits (62) in 133 games.
Overall in his ten-season career, Wilmot was a .276 hitter with 58 home runs and 594 RBI in 962 games, including 727 runs, 152 doubles, 92 triples, 381 stolen bases and a .337 on-base percentage.
Wilmot died in Chicago, at the age of 65.
See also
- List of Major League Baseball home run champions
- List of Major League Baseball triples champions
- List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
References
- ↑ Solomon, Abbot Neil, "Baseball Records Illustrated", Quintet Publishing, London, 1988
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Pages with broken file links
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Washington Nationals (1886–89) players
- Chicago Colts players
- New York Giants (NL) players
- National League home run champions
- St. Paul Freezers players
- St. Paul Saints (Northwestern League) players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Grand Rapids Furniture Makers players
- Butte Miners players
- Butte Fruit Pickers players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) managers
- Baseball players from Wisconsin
- 19th-century baseball players
- People from Portage County, Wisconsin
- 1863 births
- 1929 deaths
