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Walters hit below .200 four times and spent most of his career as a strong-armed backup catcher. In the only season he caught more than 65 games, he led AL catchers in total chances per game on the strength of his 94 assists in just 85 games. As a pitcher/outfielder he topped the 1928 Utah-Idaho League with a 15-3 record and fell three points short of the batting title, hitting .382. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 18, 1918: Duffy Lewis returns from the military, and is traded by the Red Sox to the Yankees. He goes along with front-line pitchers Ernie Shore and Dutch Leonard for P Ray "Slim" Caldwell, Slim Love, Roxy Walters, Frank Gilhooley, and $15,000. The Tigers had turned down a deal for Leonard on the 16th. The Boston Post reports that "it will take a lot to convince Boston fans that they got the best of this one."