{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Walt Kinney |position=Pitcher |image= |caption= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1893|9|9}} |birth_place=Denison, Texas, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1971|7|1|1893|9|9}} |death_place=Escondido, California, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 26 |debutyear=1918 |debutteam=Boston Red Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 9 |finalyear=1923 |finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=11-20 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.59 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=129 |teams= *Boston Red Sox ({{baseball year|1918}}) *Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1919}}–{{baseball year|1920}}, {{baseball year|1923}}) }}
'''Walter William Kinney''' (September 9, 1893 – July 1, 1971) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1918) and Philadelphia Athletics (1919–20, 1923). Kinney batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Denison, Texas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Walt Kinney |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinnewa01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 25, 2022}}</ref>
In a four-season career, Kinney posted an 11–20 record with 129 strikeouts and a 3.59 earned run average in {{frac|290|2|3}} innings pitched.
He was a better than average hitting pitcher, posting a .280 batting average (35-for-125) with 17 runs, 2 home runs, 18 RBI and 12 bases on balls.
Kinney died in Escondido, California, at the age of 77.
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