# Duane Walker

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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1957)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Duane Walker
|image=Duane Walker .jpg
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|3|13}}
|birth_place=[Pasadena, Texas](/source/Pasadena%2C_Texas), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 25
|debutyear=1982
|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 18
|finalyear=1988
|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.229
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=24
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=99
|teams=
*[Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) ({{By|1982}}–{{By|1985}})
*[Texas Rangers](/source/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)) ({{By|1985}})
*[St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) ({{By|1988}})
}}
'''Duane Allen Walker''' (born March 13, 1957) is a retired [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [outfielder](/source/outfielder). He played for five seasons at the major league level for the [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds), [Texas Rangers](/source/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)), and [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals). He was drafted by the Reds in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the secondary phase of the [1976 amateur draft](/source/1976_Major_League_Baseball_Draft). Walker played his first professional season with their [Class A Short Season](/source/Class_A_Short_Season) [Eugene Emeralds](/source/Eugene_Emeralds) in {{By|1976}}, and split his last season between St. Louis and their [Triple-A](/source/Triple-A_(baseball)) club, the [Louisville Redbirds](/source/Louisville_Redbirds), in {{By|1988}}.

Walker was selected as the [Most Valuable Player](/source/Most_Valuable_Player) (MVP) of the 1979 [Southern League All-Star Game](/source/Southern_League_All-Star_Game) in which he hit an [RBI](/source/Run_batted_in) [single](/source/single_(baseball)), drew a [walk](/source/base_on_balls), [stole two bases](/source/stolen_base), and completed a [double play](/source/double_play) from [third base](/source/third_base).<ref name=AJ7-13-1979>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/455759585/|title=Nashville's Walker is MVP in All-Star Game|work=Alabama Journal|location=Montgomery|date=July 13, 1979|accessdate=February 4, 2019|page=16}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1957 births
Category:Living people
Category:Cincinnati Reds players
Category:Texas Rangers players
Category:St. Louis Cardinals players
Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:San Jacinto Central Ravens baseball players
Category:Baseball players from Harris County, Texas
Category:Eugene Emeralds players
Category:Nashville Sounds players
Category:Potros de Tijuana players
Category:Tampa Tarpons (1957–1987) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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