:Gene Walter

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| image =File:1987 Barry Colla - Gene Walter.jpg

|caption=Walter with the New York Mets {{circa}} 1987

|width=175

| name = Gene Walter

| position = Relief pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|22}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Left

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = August 9

| debutyear = 1985

| debutteam = San Diego Padres

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 30

| finalyear = 1988

| finalteam = Seattle Mariners

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 4–7

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.74

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 140

| teams =

• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1985}}–{{mlby|1986}})
• New York Mets ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1988}})
• Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1988}})

| highlights =

}}

Gene Winston Walter (born November 22, 1960) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1985}}-{{mlby|1986}}), New York Mets ({{mlby|1987}}-{{mlby|1988}}), and Seattle Mariners (1988).

On July 18, 1988, Walter set a Mariners record and tied an American League record for most balks in a game with 4.{{cite web |url=http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/sea/history/single_game_records.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309143900/http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/sea/history/single_game_records.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 9, 2007 |title=MARINERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS |access-date=2009-01-10 |author= |date= |work=MLB.com}}