Category: Baseball, Hall of Famers
Highlights: Hall of Fame outfielder Larry Walker spent 17 seasons playing in the majors for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals. He was a five time All-Star and 1997 NL MVP.
Travels From: Florida
Fee Range: $20,001 - $30,000
Larry Walker is a retired MLB outfielder who played professionally for 17 years from 1989-2005 with the Montreal Expos (1989-1994), Colorado Rockies (1995-2004) and St. Louis Cardinals (2004-2005). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its class of 2020 along with Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller and Ted Simmons and joined Fergie Jenkins as just the second Canadian-born player to be so honored. Walker was a five-time All-Star (1992, 1997-1999, 2001) and won seven Gold Gloves in recognition of his strong defensive play (1992, 1993, 1997-1999, 2001, 2002).
In 1997, Walker had an explosive year as he hit .366 with an MLB-high 49 home runs, driving in 130 runs. Walker’s slugging percentage (.720) and OPS (1.172) also led the league. For his efforts, he was named the N.L. MVP and also won a Silver Slugger Award. Walker’s .363 batting average again led all of baseball in 1998 while the following year, in 1999, he led MLB in batting average (.379), on-base percentage (.548), slugging (.710) and OPS (1.168). He won another Silver Slugger for his strong offensive output and placed 10th that year in N.L. MVP voting.
In 1990 while with Montreal, Walker ranked seventh in A.L. Rookie of the Year voting. Two years later, he won his first Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award, placing fifth in the A.L. MVP voting behind a 23 home run and 93 RBI season, batting .301 in the process. Walker had another dominant season for the Rockies in 2001 as a member of the “Blake Street Bombers” along with Vinny Castilla, Dante Bichette, and Andres Galarraga, notching 38 homers with 138 RBI while leading the N.L. with a .350 batting average. A native of British Columbia, Canada, Walker coached for his home country at the World Baseball Classic (2009, 2013, 2017) as well as the Pan Am Games (2011). He is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
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