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Robert Taylor Walker (born August 20, 1914, date of death unknown) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Harrisburg Stars in 1943 and the Homestead Grays from 1945 to 1949.[1]

R. T. Walker
Pitcher
Born: (1914-08-20)August 20, 1914 Arboa, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1943, for the Harrisburg Stars
Last appearance
1949, for the Homestead Grays
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	12–7
Earned run average	3.20
Strikeouts	87
Teams
Harrisburg Stars (1943) Homestead Grays (1945–1949)
Career highlights and awards
Negro World Series champion (1948)

Walker was the winning pitcher in the last Negro World Series game ever played. He won his Game 5 matchup for the Grays with a 10-6 decision that was played on October 5, 1948; he pitched the first nine innings before being relieved for Wilmer Fields in the tenth inning, where the Grays scored four runs off Bill Greason to clinch the team's third World Series title in five years.[2] Walker played with the team for the following year.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
• R. T. Walker biography from Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

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