| Larry Walker | | | | | Outfielder | | | Born: December 1, 1966 (1966-12-01) (age 40) | | | Batted: Left | Threw: Right | | MLB debut | August 16, 1989
for the Montreal Expos | | Final game | October 2, 2005
for the St. Louis Cardinals | | Career statistics | | Batting average | .313 | | Home runs | 383 | | RBI's | 1311 | | Teams | | | | Career highlights and awards | - All-Star (NL): 1992, 1997-1999, 2001
- MLB Most Valuable Player Award (NL): 1997
- Batting title (NL): 1998-1999, 2001
- Gold Glove (NL OF): 1992-1993, 1997-1999, 2001-2002
- Silver Slugger (NL OF): 1992, 1997, 1999
- Led the National League in on base percentage, slugging percentage in 1997 and 1999
- Led the National League in home runs, total bases and extra base hits in 1997
- Finished 2nd in the National League in total bases in 1995, home runs in 1995, and extra base hits in 1994 and 1995, slugging percentage in 1995, runs scored in 1997, hits in 1997, on base percentage in 2000, batting average in 2002
| Larry Kenneth Robert Walker (born December 1, 1966 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 2005, Walker played for the Montreal Expos (1989-94), Colorado Rockies (1995-2004) and St. Louis Cardinals (2004-2005). He batted left handed and threw right handed. Walker announced his retirement after Game 6 of the 2005 National League Championship Series. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 414 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1359 × 1965 pixel, file size: 721 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Larry Walker at bat, June 17, 2005. ...
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Early career
As a child, Walker enjoyed the typical Canadian passions and aspired to be an ice hockey player. In time, he thought handling a bat was easier than using a stick. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1984, Walker made his debut with Montreal on August 16, 1989. During his first several seasons, he was an above average hitter in all respects, hitting for some power, stealing 20-30 bases, and regularly batting near the .300 mark. In North American professional sports, particularly baseball, football, and basketball, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team. ...
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In 1994, the Expos team — and Walker himself — appeared to be rising to its potential. Led by rising young stars Pedro Martínez, Moisés Alou, Cliff Floyd, Mike Lansing and Jeff Fassero, Montreal was off to a 74-40 start, leading the National League Eastern Division. The following are the events of the year 1994 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ...
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Walker, with 86 RBI, was well on his way to his first 100-RBI year. The season, however, was stopped due to the 1994 players' strike. No World Series, which the Expos appeared to be destined for, was played and Montreal lost many of its players during the next season due to free agency and salary constraints. The 1994 Montreal Expos team that could have been remains one of baseball's hot discussion points. In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ...
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Before the 1995 season, Walker signed with the Colorado Rockies, where hitter-friendly Coors Field contributed to an instant boom in his statistics. Walker was a major factor in Colorado's winning 1995 season, hitting .301 with 36 home runs and 101 RBI. He remains in the top ten in many offensive categories for the Rockies.[1] The following are the baseball events of the year 1995 throughout the world. ...
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Career Season Walker's career season came in 1997, when he hit .366 with 49 home runs, 130 RBI, 33 stolen bases, and 409 total bases, en route to becoming the first Canadian player to win the MVP Award. The following are the events of the year 1997 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ...
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In 1998, Walker won the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canadian athlete of the year after finishing runner-up the previous year to Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve. The Lou Marsh Trophy is awarded annually by a panel of journalists in recognition of Canadas top athlete. ...
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Combined with 12 outfield assists, the season remains one of the finest all around performances in recent baseball history. Even more impressively, Walker's breakout season came just one year after various injuries limited him to 83 games and 272 at-bats, although the NL Comeback Player of the Year award went to Darren Daulton. The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield. ...
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Later years Walker was plagued by injuries for the last several years of his career, but nevertheless continued to produce. Although he would never have 500 at-bats in a season after 1997, he hit .363 in 1998 in limited action, and .379 (a Rockies record) with 37 homers and 115 RBI in just 438 at-bats the year after.
After spending most of the 2000 season on the disabled list (albeit hitting .309 in limited action), Walker returned to form, hitting .350 and .338 the next two seasons with more than 100 RBI both years.
In August 2004, the injured (but batting .324) Walker was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for three minor league players. Now playing for the Cardinal powerhouse, Walker contributed briefly to the pennant-winning 2004 squad and the 2005 division winners. The following are the baseball events of the year 2004 throughout the world. ...
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He ended his career with 383 home runs, at the time 50th on the all-time list. As of 2006, Walker is currently an instructor on the St. Louis Cardinals spring training staff under manager Tony La Russa. Tony La Russa after the 2006 World Series Anthony La Russa, Jr. ...
Accomplishments - Lou Marsh Trophy (1998)
- 5-time All-Star (1992, 1997-99, 2001)
- 7-time National League Gold Glove Award winner (1992-93, 1997-99, 2001-02)
- 9-time Tip O'Neill Award winner (1987, 1990, 1992, 1994-95, 1997-98, 2001 - with Corey Koskie, 2002 - with Éric Gagné)
- National League MVP award (1997)
- 4-time Top 10 MVP (1992, 5th; 1995, 7th; 1995, 10th; 1997, Won)
- 3-time Silver Slugger Award (1992, 1997, 1999)
- 9-time Cracker Sitting Champion (1990-1998)
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Facts - Walker has the most home runs ever hit by a Canadian in the major leagues.
- Walker was the first MVP of a non-playoff team (excluding the 1994 season) since Major League Baseball realigned to two three-division leagues in 1994.
- Walker's theme song is "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne.
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Below is the list of 252 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 1,000 RBI milestone. ...
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The batting championship is awarded to the Major League Baseball player in each the American League and National League who has the highest batting average in a particular season. ...
The batting championship is awarded to the Major League Baseball player in each the American League and National League who has the most home runs in a particular season. ...
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Sources - Larry Walker at ESPN.com
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
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External links - Larry Walker to receive World Series Ring
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