Marty Walker
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Martin Van Buren "Marty" Walker (March 27, 1899 - April 24, 1978) was an American professional baseball
pitcher
. Walker played for the Philadelphia Phillies
in the season. In 1 career game, he had a 0-1 record, giving up four runs, two of them earned, and also gave up two walks. He batted and threw left-handed.
Walker was born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
. Walker played for the Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
in the season. In 1 career game, he had a 0-1 record, giving up four runs, two of them earned, and also gave up two walks. He batted and threw left-handed.
Walker was born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
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