Walt Bond
Walter Franklin Bond
Born: October 19, 1937
Denmark, TN USA
Deceased: September 14, 1967
Primary Position: OF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: L
Throws: R
College: Lane College
Height: 6'7" Weight: 228
Career: April 19, 1960-May 7, 1967
Walt Bond compiled a career batting average of .256 with 41 home runs and 179 RBI in his 365-game career with the Cleveland Indians, Houston Colt .45's, Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins. He began playing during the April 19, 1960 season and last took the field during the May 7, 1967 campaign.
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| 1960 | AL | CLE | 40 | 149 | 131 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | .221 | .302 | .366 | .668 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1961 | AL | CLE | 38 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .173 | .267 | .346 | .613 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | AL | CLE | 12 | 54 | 50 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .380 | .426 | .800 | 1.226 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 | NL | HOU | 148 | 597 | 543 | 63 | 138 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 90 | .254 | .310 | .420 | .730 | 228 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 1965 | NL | HOU | 117 | 458 | 407 | 46 | 107 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 51 | .263 | .337 | .366 | .703 | 149 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1967 | AL | MIN | 10 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .313 | .400 | .563 | .963 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 365 | 1338 | 1199 | 149 | 307 | 40 | 11 | 41 | 179 | 10 | 4 | 106 | 175 | .256 | .323 | .410 | .733 | 492 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||
Fielding by Position:
| Catchers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
| 1960 | AL | CLE | OF | 36 | 33 | 297.1 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.36 | 2.17 | |||||
| 1961 | AL | CLE | OF | 12 | 7 | 74.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.19 | 1.50 | |||||
| 1962 | AL | CLE | OF | 12 | 12 | 107.2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.09 | 2.08 | |||||
| 1964 | NL | HOU | 1B | 76 | 76 | 650.0 | 685 | 40 | 8 | 46 | .989 | 1.04 | 9.54 | |||||
| 1964 | NL | HOU | OF | 71 | 70 | 591.0 | 111 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .957 | 1.71 | 1.58 | |||||
| 1965 | NL | HOU | 1B | 74 | 68 | 629.1 | 650 | 49 | 12 | 52 | .983 | 1.00 | 9.45 | |||||
| 1965 | NL | HOU | OF | 38 | 36 | 306.0 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.59 | 1.42 | |||||
| 1967 | AL | MIN | OF | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.86 | 2.33 | |||||
| Totals | 322 | 305 | 2677.1 | 1625 | 93 | 28 | 99 | .984 | 5.78 | 5.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | nan | |||