Les Walrond

Infobox MLB player
name = Les Walrond


width = 150
team = Philadelphia Phillies
number = 44
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1976|11|7
birthplace = city-state|Muskogee|Oklahoma
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = June 8
debutyear = 2003
debutteam = Kansas City Royals
statyear = August 30, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 0-4
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 7.39
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 34
teams =
*Kansas City Royals (by|2003)
*Chicago Cubs (by|2006)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|2008-present)

Leslie Dale "Les" Walrond (born November 7, 1976 in Muskogee, Oklahoma) is a pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies.

During his freshman and sophomore years in high school, Les played baseball at Booker T. Washington High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) under the tutelage of Coach Corey Slagle. With Walrond anchoring the baseball team, Booker T. experienced an athletic renaissance that included New York Giants defensive back R.W. McQuarters and Washington Wizards center Etan Thomas. He graduated from Union High School in Tulsa and attended the University of Kansas.

Walrond made his major league debut on June 8, mlby|2003, while he was with the Kansas City Royals against the Colorado Rockies as a relief pitcher [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7155 Les Walrond Bio] , Yahoo! Sports, Retrieved on August 11, 2007] .

He was signed as a free agent on January 11, by|2006, by the Chicago Cubs and played for their Triple-A affiliate, the Iowa Cubs in by|2007 [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walrole01.shtml Les Walrond Bio] , Baseball-Reference.com, Retrieved on August 11, 2007] . On May 2, by|2008, Walrond signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was called up from the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, on August 1, mlby|2008, then sent back down on August 20, following the actvation of Pedro Feliz from the disabled list.

References

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