Career
He played during five seasons at the major league level for the Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers, and Saint Louis Cardinals. He was drafted by the Reds in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the secondary phase of the 1976 amateur draft. Walker played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Eugene Emeralds in 1976, and split his last season between Saint Louis and their Triple-A club, the Louisville Redbirds, in 1988.