# Oscar Walker

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1854–1889)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Oscar Walker
|position=[Center fielder](/source/Center_fielder)/[First baseman](/source/First_baseman)
|image=Oscar Walker.jpg
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{birth date|1854|3|18}}
|birth_place=[Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York)
|death_date={{death date and age|1889|5|20|1854|3|18}}
|death_place=[Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York)
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= September 17
|debutyear= 1875
|debutteam= [Brooklyn Atlantics](/source/Brooklyn_Atlantics)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate= September 4
|finalyear= 1885
|finalteam= [Baltimore Orioles (AA)](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(19th_century))
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.254
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=11
|stat3label=[RBIs](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=51
|teams=
* [Brooklyn Atlantics (NA)](/source/Brooklyn_Atlantics_(NA)) ({{baseball year|1875}})
* [Buffalo Bisons](/source/Buffalo_Bisons_(NL)) ({{mlby|1879}}–{{mlby|1880}})
* [St. Louis Brown Stockings](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) ({{mlby|1882}})
* [Brooklyn Atlantics (AA)](/source/Brooklyn_Atlantics_(AA)) ({{mlby|1884}})
* [Baltimore Orioles (AA)](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(AA)) ({{mlby|1885}})
|highlights=
* American Association [home run champion](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_annual_home_run_leaders): 1882
}}
'''Oscar Walker''' (March 18, 1854 &ndash; May 20, 1889), was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player who played [center field](/source/center_fielder) and at [first base](/source/first_baseman) for five different teams in six seasons, from 1875 to 1885. Walker played for the [Brooklyn Atlantics](/source/Brooklyn_Atlantics), [Buffalo Bisons](/source/Buffalo_Bisons_(NL)), [St. Louis Brown Stockings](/source/St._Louis_Brown_Stockings), and the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(19th_century)).<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](/source/Cemetery_of_the_Evergreens%2C_Brooklyn) in his hometown of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn).<ref name=retrosheet/>

==See also==
*[List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_single-game_hits_leaders)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeos01.shtml Baseball Reference]

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{{succession box | title=[American Association Home Run Champion](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_annual_home_run_leaders) | before=''First Champion'' | years=1882 | after=[Harry Stovey](/source/Harry_Stovey)}}
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Category:1854 births
Category:1889 deaths
Category:Burials at the Cemetery of the Evergreens
Category:Major League Baseball center fielders
Category:Major League Baseball first basemen
Category:Brooklyn Atlantics players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (NL) players
Category:St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA) players
Category:Brooklyn Atlantics (AA) players
Category:Baltimore Orioles (AA) players
Category:Baseball players from Brooklyn
Category:Brooklyn Grays (Interstate Association) players
Category:Memphis Reds (League Alliance) players
Category:St. Paul Red Caps players
Category:Washington Nationals (minor league) players
Category:New York New Yorks players
Category:New York Quicksteps players
Category:Newark Domestics players

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