Todd Walker
| Todd Walker | |||
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| Second baseman | |||
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Born: May 25, 1973 Bakersfield, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 30, 1996, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 10, 2007, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .289 | ||
| Home runs | 107 | ||
| Runs batted in | 545 | ||
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Todd Arthur Walker (born May 25, 1973, in Bakersfield, California) is a former Major League Baseball infielder.
Walker attended LSU where he led the Tigers to the 1993 national championship. He also earned the 1993 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award. In 2006, Walker was elected to the LSU Hall of Fame. In July 2009, Walker was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas.
In 1994, the Minnesota Twins drafted Walker with the 8th pick in the 1st Round of the amateur draft. On August 30, 1996, Walker made his major league debut with the Twins. In 1998, Walker became the starting second baseman for the Twins, hitting .316 with 12 HR, 62 RBIs, and a career best 19 stolen bases.
Over the next season and a half, Walker's offensive performance began to decline, and the Twins traded Walker to the Colorado Rockies. He responded by hitting .316 through the rest of 2000 and .297 through the first half of 2001. Walker hit 12 home runs as a member of the Rockies that year.
The Cincinnati Reds, in need of a better performance from its second base position, traded for Walker in July 2001. Walker rewarded the Reds by providing consistent offense, hitting .295 through the end of the season. In 2002, Walker enjoyed another fine year, hitting .299 with 11 HR and 64 RBIs and setting career highs with 42 doubles and 155 games played.
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