Mysterious Walker Baseball player

Frederick Mitchell Walker (March 21, 1884 – February 1, 1958), nicknamed "Mysterious", was an American athlete and coach. He was a three-sport athlete for the University of Chicago from 1904 to 1906 and played Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Superbas, Pittsburgh Rebels and Brooklyn Tip-Tops.He earned the nickname "Mysterious" after pitching under a pseudonym for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1910. He also served as a college basketball, baseball and football coach at numerous colleges and universities, including Utah State University, University of Mississippi, Oregon State University, Carnegie Tech, Washington & Jefferson College, Williams College, Dartmouth College, Michigan State University, DePauw University, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Texas, and Wheaton College.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 21, 1884
Birth place
Utica Nebraska
Date of deathFebruary 01, 1958
Place of death
Oak Park Illinois

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Baseball player

Career startJune 28, 1910
Career endSeptember 29, 1915
batting sideRight
former teams
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Tip-Tops
position
Pitcher
teams
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pittsburgh Rebels
Brooklyn Tip-Tops
throwing sideRight

Mysterious Walker on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=walkemy01
  2. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/w/walkefr01.html