Jerry Walker
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[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
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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