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Bill Walker

American baseball player

PersonDied aged 62humanQ4911265

Also known as William Henry Walker

Born: October 7, 1903
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Died: June 14, 1966
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Birthplace: East St. Louis
Place of death: East St. Louis
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Education: East St. Louis Senior High School

Overview

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William Henry Walker was an American professional baseball left-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons (1927–1936) with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. He was the National League ERA champion twice with New York. For his career, Walker compiled a 97–77 record in 272 appearances with a 3.59 ERA and 626 strikeouts.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDb's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1927	New York Giants	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1928	New York Giants	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182
1929	New York Giants	29	61	4	7	0	0	1	4	1	2	21	.115	.143	.164	.307
1930	New York Giants	40	86	4	16	0	2	2	11	0	0	21	.186	.186	.302	.488
1931	New York Giants	37	77	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	4	22	.065	.111	.065	.176
1932	New York Giants	31	52	1	7	0	1	0	2	0	2	20	.135	.167	.173	.340
1933	St. Louis Cardinals	29	53	2	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	16	.132	.148	.189	.337
1934	St. Louis Cardinals	24	54	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	26	.093	.109	.111	.220
1935	St. Louis Cardinals	38	59	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	2	21	.102	.131	.119	.250
1936	St. Louis Cardinals	22	25	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.280	.333	.320	.653
Career		275	489	24	62	3	3	4	26	1	13	162	.127	.151	.170	.321

MLB pitching stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDb's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1927	New York Giants	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	0	5	4	9.00	2.750
1928	New York Giants	3	6	22	8	1	0	0	76.1	79	40	9	31	39	4.72	1.441
1929	New York Giants	14	7	29	23	13	1	0	177.2	188	61	11	57	65	3.09	1.379
1930	New York Giants	17	15	39	34	13	2	1	245.1	258	107	19	88	105	3.93	1.410
1931	New York Giants	16	9	37	28	19	6	3	239.1	212	60	6	64	121	2.26	1.153
1932	New York Giants	8	12	31	22	9	0	2	163.0	177	75	23	55	74	4.14	1.423
1933	St. Louis Cardinals	9	10	29	20	6	2	0	158.0	168	60	8	67	41	3.42	1.487
1934	St. Louis Cardinals	12	4	24	19	10	1	0	153.0	160	53	11	66	76	3.12	1.477
1935	St. Louis Cardinals	13	8	37	25	8	2	1	193.1	222	82	7	78	79	3.82	1.552
1936	St. Louis Cardinals	5	6	21	13	4	1	1	79.2	106	52	5	27	22	5.87	1.669
Career		97	77	272	192	83	15	8	1,489.2	1,576	594	99	538	626	3.59	1.419

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: St. Louis Cardinals
Given name: Bill
Family name: Walker
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
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League: Major League Baseball
Place of burial: Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum
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