Edsall Walker

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Edsall Walker

|image=Edsall Walker Baseball.jpg

|image_size=

|caption=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Both

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1910|9|15}}

|birth_place=Catskill, New York, US

|death_date={{Death date and age|1997|2|19|1910|9|15}}

|death_place=Albany, New York, US

|debutyear=1936

|debutteam=Homestead Grays

|finalyear=1945

|finalteam=Homestead Grays

|statleague=Negro National League

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=52–29

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.62

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=329

|teams=

• Homestead Grays (1936–1941)
• Philadelphia Stars (1941)
• Homestead Grays (1943–1945)

|highlights=

• All-Star (1938)
• 2× Negro League World Series champion (1943, 1944)

}}

Edsall Elliott Walker (September 15, 1910 – February 19, 1997) was an American pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played for the Homestead Grays and Philadelphia Stars between 1936 and 1945.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/player.cgi?id=walker000eds "Edsall Walker Negro League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.

Walker grew up poor in Catskill, New York and had five older siblings. He played semi-professional football and baseball in the Hudson Valley before joining the Zulu Cannibal Giants. In 1936, he signed with the Homestead Grays for $150 per month ({{Inflation|US|150|1936|fmt=eq}}). He was the starting pitcher for the East at the 1938 East–West All-Star Game. He took a year off from baseball in 1942 and worked at a Baltimore shipyard.{{cite news |last1=Post |first1=Paul |title=Area man overcame obstacles as baseball star |url=https://www.saratogian.com/2003/02/23/area-man-overcame-obstacles-as-baseball-star/ |access-date=15 June 2023 |work=The Saratogian |date=23 February 2003}} He retired from baseball in 1945 due to a sore arm and moved to Albany, New York. The baseball field at Albany's Bleecker Stadium was later named in his honor.{{cite news |last1=Bouyea |first1=Brien |title=A 'Wild Man' in a wild time |url=https://www.troyrecord.com/2004/10/20/a-wild-man-in-a-wild-time/ |access-date=15 June 2023 |work=Troy Record |date=20 October 2004}}