George Walker (1930s pitcher)

American baseball player

Baseball player

George Walker

Pitcher
Born: (1915-02-05)February 5, 1915
Waco, Texas, U.S.
Died: August 19, 1967(1967-08-19) (aged 52)
Waco, Texas, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut
1937, for the Homestead Grays
Last appearance
1943, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Teams

* Homestead Grays (1937–1938)
* Kansas City Monarchs (1939–1941, 1943)

George T. Walker (February 5, 1915 - August 19, 1967) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s.

Walker holds the lowest known single-season WHIP across all major professional baseball leagues, with 0.7347 during his 1940 season with the Kansas City Monarchs.[1][2]

A native of Waco, Texas, Walker made his Negro leagues debut with the Homestead Grays in 1937.[3] He went on to play for the Kansas City Monarchs through 1943, then played minor league baseball for the Tucson Cowboys in 1952 and the Tyler East Texans in 1953.[4] Walker died in Waco in 1967 at age 52.

## References

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1. ^ "Single-Season Leaders & Records for Walks & Hits per IP". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
2. ^ "All-Time MLB Player Pitching Stat Leaders by Season". MLB.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
3. ^ "George Walker". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
4. ^ "George Walker". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

## External links

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* Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads

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