Jerry Allen Walker is a former right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

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 in American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

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 who performed for the Baltimore Orioles

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, Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 and Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 between and .

Walker, a member of the Orioles' fabled "Kiddie Corps" of young pitchers signed in the late 1950s (others included Milt Pappas

Milt Pappas

Milton Steven "Milt" Pappas is a former professional baseball pitcher...

, Steve Barber

Steve Barber

Stephen David Barber was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1960-1974 for seven different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the Baltimore Orioles...

 and Chuck Estrada

Chuck Estrada

Charles Leonard Estrada is a former American baseball player. Estrada was a 6 feet, one inch tall right-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues from to , playing for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, and New York Mets...

), is one of a very few players to have gone straight to the major leagues without ever playing a game in the minor leagues. He also became the youngest pitcher ever to start an All-Star game when he started the game for the American League

American League

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 in 1959 http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Walker.

But by age 26, he was out of the major leagues. However, Walker has continued in the game as a minor league

Minor league baseball

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 manager, pitching coach

Coach (baseball)

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, scout and front-office executive. He served one season as the general manager

General manager (baseball)

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 of the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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. From 1995 through 2007, he was the vice president and director of player personnel in the front office of the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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, working as a key assistant to then-GM Walt Jocketty

Walt Jocketty

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. He is currently a vice president and special assistant to Jocketty with the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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