Welday Walker

Infobox MLB retired
name=Welday Walker
position=Left Fielder


bgcolor1=#263473
bgcolor2=#A50024
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
birthdate=July 27 1860
city-state|Steubenville|Ohio
deathdate=death date and age|1937|11|23|1860|7|27
city-state|Steubenville|Ohio
debutdate= July 15
debutyear= by|1884
debutteam= Toledo Blue Stockings
finaldate=August 6
finalyear=by|1884
finalteam= Toledo Blue Stockings
stat1label=Games played
stat1value=5
stat2label=Batting average
stat2value=.222
stat3label=Hits
stat3value=4
teams=
* Toledo Blue Stockings (by|1884)
highlights=

Welday Wilberforce Walker (July 27 1860 – November 23 1937) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball, born in Steubenville, Ohio. He and his brother Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first black baseball players to play in the Major Leagues when they played for the by|1884 Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association. After the 1884 season, Toledo left the league, and the Walker brothers were no longer allowed to play in the majors. Both continued to play in the higher levels of the minor leagues, Welday playing mostly in the Eastern League and the Southern New England League. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Welday_Walker Baseball-Reference: Bullpen] ] He died in his hometown of Steubenville at the age of 78, and is interred at Union Cemetery. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=walkewe01 Baseball-Almanac player page] ]

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*baseball-reference|id=w/walkewe01

Persondata
NAME = Walker, Welday
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Walker, Welday Wilberforce
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = July 27 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH = Steubenville, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH = November 23 1937
PLACE OF DEATH = Steubenville, Ohio