BALTIMORE — Jerry Walker, who at age 20 turned the youngest participant to start out the All-Star Sport when he took the mound representing the Baltimore Orioles in 1959, has died. He was 85.
The Orioles introduced Walker’s dying Wednesday. The staff later stated he died Sunday following an obvious coronary heart assault at his dwelling in Ada, Oklahoma.
Walker pitched eight seasons within the main leagues for Baltimore, Kansas Metropolis and Cleveland. He made his debut as an 18-year-old in 1957 and two years later earned his lone All-Star choice. He began the second of baseball’s two All-Star Video games in 1959.
Walker’s age of 20 years, 172 days broke the report set by Tigers outfielder Al Kaline (20 years, 205 days) in 1955. Kaline stays the second-youngest participant to start out an All-Star Sport, in response to Sportradar.
The second-youngest pitcher to start out was Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who was 20 years, 281 days previous in 1981. Pittsburgh rookie right-hander Paul Skenes (22 years, 48 days) began for the Nationwide League this week.
Following his enjoying days, Walker managed within the New York Yankees’ minor league system and have become a scout for them. He additionally labored as a pitching coach for the Yankees and Houston Astros.
Walker labored a stint as normal supervisor for the Detroit Tigers within the early Nineteen Nineties and later frolicked within the entrance workplace for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds.
