# Walt Kinney

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Walt Kinney
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=
|caption=
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{birth date|1893|9|9}}
|birth_place=[Denison, Texas](/source/Denison%2C_Texas), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1971|7|1|1893|9|9}}
|death_place=[Escondido, California](/source/Escondido%2C_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](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=11-20
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=3.59
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=129
|teams=
*[Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) ({{baseball year|1918}})
*[Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) ({{baseball year|1919}}–{{baseball year|1920}}, {{baseball year|1923}})
}}

'''Walter William Kinney''' (September 9, 1893 – July 1, 1971) was an American [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) who played for the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) (1918) and [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) (1919–20, 1923). Kinney batted and threw left-handed. He was born in [Denison, Texas](/source/Denison%2C_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 [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s and a 3.59 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) in {{frac|290|2|3}} [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched).

He was a better than average hitting pitcher, posting a .280 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) (35-for-125) with 17 [runs](/source/run_(baseball)), 2 [home runs](/source/home_runs), 18 [RBI](/source/Run_batted_in) and 12 [bases on balls](/source/bases_on_balls).

Kinney died in [Escondido, California](/source/Escondido%2C_California), at the age of 77.

==References==
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==External links==
{{baseballstats |br=k/kinnewa01 |brm=kinney002wal |retro=K/Pkinnw101}}

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Category:Boston Red Sox players
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Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Sportspeople from Denison, Texas
Category:Baseball players from Grayson County, Texas
Category:Baseball players from Escondido, California
Category:1893 births
Category:1971 deaths
Category:Denison Champions players
Category:Oakland Oaks (baseball) players
Category:Denison Railroaders players
Category:Dallas Giants players
Category:Portland Beavers players
Category:Hollywood Stars players
Category:Dallas Steers players
Category:Mission Reds players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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