Jerry Walker
[edit] Biography
Born on February 12, 1939 in Ada, Oklahoma, Jerry Walker (Jerry Allen Walker) played for the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 8 year career. Walker broke into the bigs on July 6, 1957 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 2.92 ERA in 182 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jerry Walker's best season was 1959, when he posted a 2.92 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 100 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2.93
| 13
| 9
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 27.2
| 24
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.97
| 6
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.1
| 16
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 30
| 22
| 11
| 10
| 2.92
| 100
| 68
| 59
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 182
| 160
| 13
| 52
| 9
| 2
| 3
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 18
| 3
| 4
| 3.74
| 48
| 53
| 49
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 118
| 107
| 15
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 36
| 24
| 8
| 14
| 4.82
| 56
| 100
| 90
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 168
| 161
| 23
| 96
| 2
| 9
| 10
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 31
| 21
| 8
| 9
| 5.90
| 57
| 101
| 94
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 143.1
| 165
| 27
| 78
| 4
| 3
| 7
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 4.91
| 41
| 53
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 88
| 92
| 15
| 36
| 6
| 2
| 2
|
| 1964
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.66
| 5
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.2
| 9
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 190
| 90
| 37
| 44
| 4.36
| 326
| 397
| 362
| 16
| 4
| 13
| 747
| 734
| 97
| 341
| 22
| 18
| 25
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| P
| 13
| 3
| 27.2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 10.1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| P
| 30
| 22
| 182
| 5
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| P
| 29
| 18
| 118
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| P
| 36
| 24
| 168
| 9
| 31
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| P
| 31
| 21
| 143.1
| 15
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 2
| 88
| 7
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 1
| .913
|
| 1964
| CLE
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 9.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 190
| 90
| 747
| 43
| 133
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 24
| 16
| 1
| .989
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 31
| 65
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 4
| .169
| .182
| .215
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| BAL
| A
| 35
| 38
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 3
| .368
| .400
| .421
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 45
| 64
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 7
| .250
| .284
| .281
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 36
| 57
| 7
| 15
| 3
| 5
| .263
| .259
| .456
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1963
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .105
| .190
| .105
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 211
| 252
| 24
| 58
| 4
| 21
| .230
| .253
| .302
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 51
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Baltimore Orioles (June 28, 1957).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Chuck Essegian to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Dick Williams and Dick Hall (April 12, 1961).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Chuck Essegian (February 27, 1963).
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