Danny Walton

{{Short description|American baseball player (1947–2017)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Danny Walton

| image =Danny Walton Brewers.jpg

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|7|14}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|8|9|1947|7|14}}

| death_place = Morgan, Utah, U.S.

| bats =Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =April 20

| debutyear =1968

| debutteam =Houston Astros

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =June 6

| finalyear =1980

| finalteam =Texas Rangers

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value =.223

| stat2label =Home runs

| stat2value =28

| stat3label =Runs batted in

| stat3value =107

| teams =

• Houston Astros ({{baseball year|1968}})
• Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers ({{baseball year|1969}}–{{baseball year|1971}})
• New York Yankees ({{baseball year|1971}})
• Minnesota Twins ({{baseball year|1973}}, {{baseball year|1975}})
• Los Angeles Dodgers ({{baseball year|1976}})
• Houston Astros ({{baseball year|1977}})
• Yokohama Taiyo Whales ({{baseball year|1978}})
• Texas Rangers ({{baseball year|1980}})

}}

Daniel James Walton (July 14, 1947 – August 9, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. Walton attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School, and was selected in the 10th round (192nd overall) of the 1965 MLB draft by the Houston Astros.{{Cite web |title=10th Round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1965&draft_round=10&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round |access-date=March 15, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} He played for the Houston Astros (1968 and 1977), Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers (1969–71), New York Yankees (1971), Minnesota Twins (1973 and 1975), Los Angeles Dodgers (1976), Yokohama Taiyo Whales (1978), and Texas Rangers (1980). During a nine-year major league baseball career, he hit .223, with 28 home runs, and 107 runs batted in (RBI) in 297 career games.{{Cite web |title=Danny Walton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/waltoda01.shtml |access-date=March 15, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

Walton, along with Sandy Valdespino, was traded from the Houston Astros to the Seattle Pilots for Tommy Davis on August 31, 1969.{{cite news |date=September 1, 1969 |title=Pilots Trade Tommy Davis To Houston |page=26 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |agency=UPI |location=Reading, Pennsylvania |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19690901&id=x9shAAAAIBAJ&pg=2899,293283&hl=en |access-date=August 14, 2017}} Popular with the Brewers fans who sat in the left field bleachers at Milwaukee County Stadium, Walton was dealt to the Yankees for Bobby Mitchell and Frank Tepedino on June 7, 1971.{{Cite news |last=McGowen |first=Deane |date=June 8, 1971 |title=Yanks Get Walton; |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/08/archives/yanks-get-walton-brewers-obtain-mitchell-and-tepedino-walton-traded.html |access-date=December 22, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}} Walton was sent by the Yankees to the Minnesota Twins for Rick Dempsey on October 31, 1972.{{Cite news |date=1972-10-31 |title=Twins Obtain Danny Walton |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/title/ljjqzweddmsvbabvfittricqyndjnybm_ip-10-166-46-69_1739765831339 |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Milwaukee Journal |page=30 |via=GenealogyBank.com}}

Walton died August 9, 2017, in Morgan, Utah, aged 70.{{cite web |title=Danny James Walton Obituary |url=http://www.lindquistmortuary.com/notices/Daniel-Walton |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813223021/http://www.lindquistmortuary.com/notices/Daniel-Walton |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |access-date=August 14, 2017 |website=Lindquist Mortuary}}