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Dec 1, 2010 · Larry Walker is a Hall of Fame rightfielder and first baseman who played for the Expos, Rockies and Cardinals. He won seven Gold Gloves, three Silver Sluggers and three batting titles, and had a career average of .313 and a WAR of 72.7.
- December 1, 1966
2020. Vote. 76.6% (tenth ballot) Larry Kenneth Robert Walker (born December 1, 1966) is a Canadian former professional baseball right fielder. During his 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played with the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals.
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Larry Walker played 17 seasons in the majors, mostly for the Montreal Expos and Colorado Rockies, and won the 1997 NL MVP Award. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2020 and has a .313 career batting average, 383 home runs and seven Gold Gloves.
Sep 8, 2021 · The Canadian outfielder, who played for the Rockies, Cardinals and Yankees, was the second Canadian and the country's first position player to be elected. He thanked his family, friends and fans for his hard work and success. He also shared his story of how he started playing baseball as a goalie and how he made the 1995 playoffs with the Rockies.
- He taketh away: July 4, 1992, Expos at Padres. The Padres’ Tony Fernández had what he thought was a line-drive single to right. The call by Padres broadcaster Ted Leitner was classic: “Base hit … I take it back.”
- He made us laugh as well as cheer: April 4, 1994, Expos at Dodgers; July 8, 1997, All-Star Game. Walker was always quick with the quip and smile off the field, and as he showed on a couple of occasions, he could laugh at himself during competition.
- Special man, special place: April 26, 1995, Mets vs. Rockies. While with the Expos in 1993 and ’94, Walker became swept up in the mania at Mile High Stadium, and told his agent that he would love to sign with the Rockies when he became a free agent in ’95.
- When it counted: Oct. 1, 1995, Giants vs. Rockies. Some voters at times fell back on docking Walker for not playing in enough big games. But in the 1995 regular-season finale, the 3-year-old Rockies needed to beat the Giants to earn the National League Wild Card and become the youngest expansion franchise at the time to make the postseason.
Sep 5, 2021 · Matt York, Associated Press. Colorado Rockies’ Larry Walker watches his three-run home run sail over the right field fence against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the seventh inning Monday ...
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Sep 8, 2021 · Sep 8, 2021. 85. Larry Walker on Wednesday will become the 333rd player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, after a 17-year career that propelled him among the game’s greatest...
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