{{Short description|American baseball player (1854–1889)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Oscar Walker |position=Center fielder/First baseman |image=Oscar Walker.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1854|3|18}} |birth_place=Brooklyn, New York |death_date={{death date and age|1889|5|20|1854|3|18}} |death_place=Brooklyn, New York |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= September 17 |debutyear= 1875 |debutteam= Brooklyn Atlantics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate= September 4 |finalyear= 1885 |finalteam= Baltimore Orioles (AA) |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.254 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=11 |stat3label=RBIs |stat3value=51 |teams= * Brooklyn Atlantics (NA) ({{baseball year|1875}}) * Buffalo Bisons ({{mlby|1879}}–{{mlby|1880}}) * St. Louis Brown Stockings ({{mlby|1882}}) * Brooklyn Atlantics (AA) ({{mlby|1884}}) * Baltimore Orioles (AA) ({{mlby|1885}}) |highlights= * American Association home run champion: 1882 }} '''Oscar Walker''' (March 18, 1854 – May 20, 1889), was an American professional baseball player who played center field and at first base for five different teams in six seasons, from 1875 to 1885. Walker played for the Brooklyn Atlantics, Buffalo Bisons, St. Louis Brown Stockings, and the Baltimore Orioles.<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwalko101.htm|title=Oscar Walker's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-11-15}}</ref> Walker died at the age of 35, and is interred at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in his hometown of Brooklyn.<ref name=retrosheet/>
==See also== *List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeos01.shtml Baseball Reference]
{{s-start}} {{succession box | title=American Association Home Run Champion | before=''First Champion'' | years=1882 | after=Harry Stovey}} {{s-end}}
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