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Larry Walker

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Biography

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.

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Outfielder

Born: December 1, 1966 (1966-12-01) (age 41)
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
RBIs 1311
Teams
Montreal Expos (1989-1994)
Colorado Rockies (1995-2004)
St. Louis Cardinals (2004-2005)

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 NL in Doubles (44) in 1994
Led the NL in Total Bases (409), Home Runs (49), Runs Created (187), Adjusted Batting Runs (71), Batting Wins (6.6), Extra-Base Hits (99) and At Bats per Home Run (11.6) in 1997
Led the NL in On-base percentage, Slugging percentage, OPS and Offensive Win percentage in 1997 and 1999
Led the NL in Batting Average in 1998 (.363), 1999 (.379) and 2000 (.350)
Holds Colorado Rockies single season records for Batting Average (.379 in 1999), Slugging Percentage (.720 in 1997), OPS (1.172 in 1997), Runs (143 in 1997), Total Bases (409 in 1997), Home Runs (49 in 1997), Adjusted Batting Runs (71 in 1997), Batting Wins (6.6 in 1997), Offensive Win % (.857 in 1997) and At Bats per Home Run (11.6 in 1997)
Colorado Rockies All-Time Leader in Batting Average (.334), Slugging Percentage (.618) and OPS (1.044)
Ranks 81st on MLB All-Time Batting Average List (.313)
Ranks 58th on MLB All-Time On-base percentage List (.400)
Ranks 15th on MLB All-Time Slugging Percentage List (.565)
Ranks 20th on MLB All-Time OPS List (.965)
Ranks 94th on MLB All-Time Runs List (1,355)
Ranks 85th on MLB All-Time Total Bases List (3,904)
Ranks 67th on MLB All-Time Doubles List (471)
Ranks 52nd on MLB All-Time Home Runs List (383)
Ranks 89th on MLB All-Time RBI List (1,311)
Ranks 55th on MLB All-Time Runs Created List (1,619)
Ranks 59th on MLB All-Time Adjusted Batting Runs List (440)
Ranks 62nd on MLB All-Time Batting Wins List (41.5)
Ranks 51st on MLB All-Time Extra-Base Hits List (916)
Ranks 27th on MLB All-Time Offensive Win % List (.746)
Ranks 78th on MLB All-Time Intentional Walks List (117)
Ranks 69th on MLB All-Time At Bats per Home Run List (18)

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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.

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 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.

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. The World Series, for which the Expos appeared to be destined, was never 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.

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]


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.

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.

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.


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 desired a trade to a contender and went 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 Houston Astros defeated the Cardinals in the 2005 NLCS ending Busch Stadium's existence and Walker's career.

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.


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)

Facts
Walker's 409 total bases in 1997 were the most in an NL season since Stan Musial's 1948 season, although the mark was bettered by Barry Bonds in 2001 (411), Luis Gonzalez in 2001 (419), and twice by Sammy Sosa, in 1998 (416) and 2001 (425). Between 1948 and then, the mark was achieved only by Jim Rice in 1978 (406).
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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Source: Wikipedia.org at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walker

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