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Jerry Walker Pitcher Born: February 12, 1939 Batted: Switch Threw: Right MLB debut July 6, 1957 for the Baltimore Orioles Last MLB appearance September 25, 1964 for the Cleveland Indians Career statistics Win-Loss 37-44 ERA 4.36 Strikeouts 326 Teams - Baltimore Orioles (1957-1960)
- Kansas City Athletics (1961-1962)
- Cleveland Indians (1963-1964)
Career highlights and awards - All star in 1959
Jerry Allen Walker (born February 12, 1939 in Ada, Oklahoma) is a former right-handed pitcher in American Major League Baseball who performed for the Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics and Cleveland Indians between 1957 and 1964.
Walker, a member of the Orioles' fabled "Kiddie Corps" of young pitchers signed in the late 1950s (others included Milt Pappas, Steve Barber and Chuck Estrada), is one of a very few players to have gone straight to the major leagues without ever playing a game in the minor leagues. He also became the youngest pitcher ever to start an All-Star game when he started the game for the American League in 1959 [1].
But by age 26, he was out of the major leagues. However, Walker has continued in the game as a minor league manager, pitching coach, scout and front-office executive. He served one season (1993) as the general manager of the Detroit Tigers. From 1995 through 2007, he was the vice president and director of player personnel in the front office of the St. Louis Cardinals, working as a key assistant to then-GM Walt Jocketty. He is currently a vice president and special assistant to Jocketty with the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
References
- ^ Baseball America 2009 Annual Directory
Preceded by
Joe McDonaldDetroit Tigers General Manager
1993Succeeded by
Joe KleinBaltimore Orioles Opening Day starting pitchers Jeff Ballard • Steve Barber • Mike Boddicker • Hal Brown • Érik Bédard • Storm Davis • Pat Dobson • Scott Erickson • Mike Flanagan • Jeremy Guthrie • Jack Harshman • Pat Hentgen • Billy Hoeft • Connie Johnson • Jimmy Key • Lou Kretlow • Don Larsen • Rodrigo López • Dennis Martínez • Scott McGregor • Dave McNally • Bob Milacki • Kevin Millwood • Mike Mussina • Jim Palmer • Milt Pappas • Tom Phoebus • Sidney Ponson • Dave Schmidt • Steve Stone • Rick Sutcliffe • Jerry Walker • Bill Wight
Detroit Tigers general managers Billy Evans (1946–1951) • Charlie Gehringer (1952–1953) • Muddy Ruel (1954–1956) • Walter Briggs, Jr. (1957) • John McHale (1957–1959) • Bill DeWitt (1959–1960) • Rick Ferrell (1960–1962) • Jim Campbell (1963–1983) • Bill Lajoie (1984–1990) • Joe McDonald (1991–1992) • Jerry Walker (1993) • Joe Klein (1994–1995) • Randy Smith (1996–2002) • Dave Dombrowski (2002–present)
Categories:- Baltimore Orioles players
- Kansas City Athletics players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- American League All-Stars
- Baseball executives
- New York Yankees coaches
- New York Yankees scouts
- Detroit Tigers executives
- Cincinnati Reds executives
- St. Louis Cardinals executives
- Living people
- 1939 births
- Major League Baseball general managers
- Houston Astros coaches
- American baseball pitcher, 1930s births stubs
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