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|name=Luke Walker
|name=Luke Walker
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|position=[[Quaterback]]
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|throws=Right
|bats=Left
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|2002|1|24}}
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|throws=Left
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|birth_place=[[Crossville, Tennessee]]
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1943|9|2}}
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|debutleague = ETFC
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|birth_place=[[DeKalb, Texas]]
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|debutteam=MJHS Rebels
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|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 7
|debutyear=1965
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|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 1
|finalyear=1974
|finalteam=Detroit Tigers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=45–47
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=558
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.65
|teams=
*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{by|1965}}–{{by|1966}}, {{by|1968}}–{{by|1973}})
*[[Detroit Tigers]] ({{by|1974}})
|highlights=
*World Series Champion: {{wsy|1971}}
}}
}}
Luke Walker
'''James Luke Walker''' (born September 2, 1943 in [[DeKalb, Texas]]) is a former [[pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played between {{By|1965}} and {{By|1974}} for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (1965–66, 1968–73) and [[Detroit Tigers]] (1974). He batted and threw left-handed.<ref name="MLB">{{cite web|title=Luke Walker: Career Stats – Pitching|publisher=Major League Baseball|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=123827&c_id=pit|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>


Walker is a special athlete. The Rebel eighth-grader rushed for 400 yards and five TDs averaging a robust 9.4 yards per carry. The Maryville quarterback tacked on another 424 yards and nine touchdowns passing. It's when he tucks it and goes. That's what you'll notice.{{Reflist}}
Walker did almost everything a pitcher is asked to do. He [[starting pitcher|started]] and filled various [[relief pitcher|relief]] roles coming out from the [[bullpen]] as a [[closer (baseball)|closer]], [[middle relief pitcher|middle reliever]], and [[setup pitcher|set-up man]] as well. His most productive season statistically came in 1970 with Pittsburgh, when he finished 15–6<ref name="MLB"/> (3–1, three [[save (sport)|saves]] in relief), while his 3.04 [[earned run average|ERA]], .714 [[winning percentage]], and 7.1 [[hits per nine innings]] all ranked him third among [[National League]] pitchers. He also fired a pair of two-hit [[shutout]]s. That year, the Pirates won the [[National League East]] title for their first post-season birth since winning the [[1960 World Series]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Couch|first=Dick|title=Murtaugh, Pirates Clinch East Sunday After 10-Year Layoff|work=Warsaw Times-Union|agency=Associated Press|date=1970-09-28|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_RpHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LnsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5407,3832885|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> However, they were swept by the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in the [[1970 National League Championship Series|NLCS]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Big Red Machine Rolls On; Baltimore Is Last Obstacle|work=The Milwaukee Journal|date=1970-10-06|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=20YaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3339,3107252|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> Walker was the losing pitcher in Game Two, giving up two runs (one unearned) in seven innings in a 3–1 Reds victory. [[Bobby Tolan]] scored all three Reds runs, including a home run off Walker in the fifth inning.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tolan Does It All for Reds, 3–1|work=The Milwaukee Sentinel|agency=Associated Press|date=1970-10-05|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WqhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4977,831978|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>

In 1971, Walker went 10–8 with a 3.55 ERA for the [[1971 World Series]] champion Pirates.<ref name="MLB"/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Leggett|first=William|title=Some Kind of a Comeback|journal=Sports Illustrated|date=1971-10-25|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/features/wsarchive/1971.html|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> On July 18 of that year, in the second game of a [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] against the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] at [[Three Rivers Stadium]], he had a [[no-hitter]] broken up by a [[Joe Ferguson (baseball)|Joe Ferguson]] home run (the first of Ferguson's Major League career) with no outs in the ninth. The hit was the only one he would allow in a 7–1 Pittsburgh victory.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stellino|first=Vito|title=Luke Walker Still Spot Starter|work=The Bonham Daily Favorite|agency=United Press International|date=1971-07-19|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8AhfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YU0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6908,2710462|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> In Game Four of that year's World Series, which the Pirates won in seven games over the [[Baltimore Orioles]], Walker threw the first pitch in a [[night game]] in World Series history. His outing was brief: [[Paul Blair (baseball)|Paul Blair]], [[Mark Belanger]] and [[Merv Rettenmund]] began the game with consecutive singles off Walker to load the bases. After Blair scored on a [[passed ball]], Walker intentionally walked [[Frank Robinson]] to re-load the bases. He was then pulled after giving up consecutive sacrifice flies to [[Brooks Robinson]] and [[Boog Powell]] for a 3–0 Baltimore lead. Walker was then taken out of the game.<ref>{{cite news|last=Durso|first=Joseph|title=Rookies spark Pirates' return|work=The Calgary Herald|agency=''The New York Times''|date=1971-10-14|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OYZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9H8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1148,5446794|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> The Pirates later scored two runs in the bottom of the first, the tying run in the third, and the go-ahead run (the game ended by that 4–3 score) in the seventh, and [[Bruce Kison]] threw 6{{fraction|1|3}} scoreless innings in relief of Walker. The Orioles got only one hit after Walker's departure, a Blair double off Kison in the second.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pirates even series, top Birds|work=Star-News|agency=United Press International|date=1971-10-14|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=56lOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tQkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7125,2572909|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>

In a nine-season career, Walker posted a 45–47 record with a 3.65 ERA and 558 [[strikeout]]s in 243 appearances, including 100 starts, 16 [[complete game]]s, seven shutouts, nine saves, and 824{{fraction|2|3}} [[innings pitched]].<ref name="MLB"/> He was also a weak batsman, garnering only 11 hits in 188 at-bats for an .059 [[batting average]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Luke Walker: Career Stats – Batting|publisher=Major League Baseball|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=123827&c_id=pit#statType=1&sectionType=career&season=2011&gameType='R'|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>

==References==
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Revision as of 16:30, 18 February 2016

For other people named Luke Walker, see Luke Walker (disambiguation).
Luke Walker
Quaterback
Born: (2002-01-24) January 24, 2002 (age 22)
Crossville, Tennessee
Throws: Right
ETFC debut
MJHS Rebels

Luke Walker

Walker is a special athlete. The Rebel eighth-grader rushed for 400 yards and five TDs averaging a robust 9.4 yards per carry. The Maryville quarterback tacked on another 424 yards and nine touchdowns passing. It's when he tucks it and goes. That's what you'll notice.

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