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- Luke_Walker abstract "James Luke Walker (born September 2, 1943 in DeKalb, Texas) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1965 and 1974 for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1965–66, 1968–73) and Detroit Tigers (1974). He batted and threw left-handed.Walker did almost everything a pitcher is asked to do. He started and filled various relief roles coming out from the bullpen as a closer, middle reliever, and set-up man as well. His most productive season statistically came in 1970 with Pittsburgh, when he finished 15–6 (3–1, three saves in relief), while his 3.04 ERA, .714 winning percentage, and 7.1 hits per nine innings all ranked him third among National League pitchers. He also fired a pair of two-hit shutouts. That year, the Pirates won the National League East title for their first post-season birth since winning the 1960 World Series. However, they were swept by the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS. Walker was the losing pitcher in Game Two, giving up two runs (one unearned) in seven innings in a 3–1 Reds victory. Bobby Tolan scored all three Reds runs, including a home run off Walker in the fifth inning.In 1971, Walker went 10–8 with a 3.55 ERA for the 1971 World Series champion Pirates. On July 18 of that year, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Three Rivers Stadium, he had a no-hitter broken up by a Joe Ferguson home run (the first of Ferguson's Major League career) with no outs in the ninth. The hit was the only one he would allow in a 7–1 Pittsburgh victory. In Game Four of that year's World Series, which the Pirates won in seven games over the Baltimore Orioles, Walker threw the first pitch in a night game in World Series history. His outing was brief: Paul Blair, Mark Belanger and Merv Rettenmund began the game with consecutive singles off Walker to load the bases. After Blair scored on a passed ball, Walker intentionally walked Frank Robinson to re-load the bases. He was then pulled after giving up consecutive sacrifice flies to Brooks Robinson and Boog Powell for a 3–0 Baltimore lead. Walker was then taken out of the game. The Pirates later scored two runs in the bottom of the first, the tying run in the third, and the go-ahead run (the game ended by that 4–3 score) in the seventh, and Bruce Kison threw 61⁄3 scoreless innings in relief of Walker. The Orioles got only one hit after Walker's departure, a Blair double off Kison in the second.In a nine-season career, Walker posted a 45–47 record with a 3.65 ERA and 558 strikeouts in 243 appearances, including 100 starts, 16 complete games, seven shutouts, nine saves, and 8242⁄3 innings pitched. He was also a weak batsman, garnering only 11 hits in 188 at-bats for an .059 batting average.".
- Luke_Walker birthDate "1943-09-02".
- Luke_Walker birthPlace De_Kalb,_Texas.
- Luke_Walker birthYear "1943".
- Luke_Walker debutTeam Pittsburgh_Pirates.
- Luke_Walker position Pitcher.
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- Luke_Walker wikiPageLength "7173".
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- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLink Brooks_Robinson.
- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLink Bruce_Kison.
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- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLink Category:1943_births.
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- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLink Merv_Rettenmund.
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- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLink Three_Rivers_Stadium.
- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLink Winning_percentage.
- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLink Win–loss_record_(pitching).
- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLinkText "Luke Walker".
- Luke_Walker wikiPageWikiLinkText "Walker".
- Luke_Walker bats "Left".
- Luke_Walker birthDate "1943-09-02".
- Luke_Walker birthPlace DeKalb,_Texas.
- Luke_Walker birthPlace De_Kalb,_Texas.
- Luke_Walker br "w/walkelu01".
- Luke_Walker brm "walker007jam".
- Luke_Walker dateOfBirth "1943-09-02".
- Luke_Walker debutdate "--09-07".
- Luke_Walker debutleague "MLB".
- Luke_Walker debutteam "Pittsburgh Pirates".
- Luke_Walker debutyear "1965".
- Luke_Walker finaldate "--10-01".
- Luke_Walker finalleague "MLB".
- Luke_Walker finalteam "Detroit Tigers".
- Luke_Walker finalyear "1974".
- Luke_Walker hasPhotoCollection Luke_Walker.
- Luke_Walker highlights "*World Series Champion:".
- Luke_Walker mlb "123827".
- Luke_Walker name "Luke Walker".
- Luke_Walker name "Walker, Luke".
- Luke_Walker position Pitcher.
- Luke_Walker shortDescription "American baseball player".
- Luke_Walker stat1label Win–loss_record_(pitching).
- Luke_Walker stat1value "45".
- Luke_Walker stat2label Earned_run_average.
- Luke_Walker stat2value "3.65".
- Luke_Walker stat3label "Strikeouts".
- Luke_Walker stat3value "558".
- Luke_Walker statleague "MLB".
- Luke_Walker teams "*Pittsburgh Pirates *Detroit Tigers".
- Luke_Walker throws "Left".