Speed Walker

{{Short description|American baseball player (1898–1959)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Speed Walker

|position=First baseman

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1898|1|23|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Munhall, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|6|20|1898|1|23}}

|death_place=West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 15

|debutyear={{By|1923}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 7

|finalyear={{By|1923}}

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.286

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{By|1923}})

}}

Joseph Richard "Speed" Walker (January 23, 1898 – June 20, 1959) was a Major League Baseball player. Walker played for St. Louis Cardinals in the 1923 season. He played just two games in his career, having two hits in seven at-bats, with one run scored, playing first base.

Walker was born in Munhall, Pennsylvania, and died in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.