| Jerome Walton | ||
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| Center fielder | ||
| Born: July 8, 1965 | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 4, 1989 for the Chicago Cubs |
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| May 6, 1998 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
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| Batting average | . A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0 Dave Stewart, The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 269 | |
| Home runs | 25 | |
| RBI | 132 | |
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Jerome O'Terrell Walton (born July 8, 1965 in Newnan, Georgia) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1989-1992), California Angels (1993), Cincinnati Reds (1994-1995), Atlanta Braves (1996), Baltimore Orioles (1997) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998). The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Newnan is a city in Coweta County, Georgia, 39 miles (63 km southwest of Atlanta. A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St He batted and threw right-handed.
He graduated from Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Alabama, and went on to attend Enterprise State Junior College. Enterprise High School may refer to Enterprise High School (Alabama Enterprise High School (Redding California Enterprise Enterprise is a City in the southeastern part of Coffee and Dale Counties in the southeastern part of Alabama in the Southern Walton was drafted in the second round (36th overall) of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago Cubs.
Walton made his major league debut on April 4, 1989 as a Chicago Cub. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0 Dave Stewart, He was named the 1989 National League Rookie of the Year, playing in 116 games, batting . The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 293 with 24 stolen bases and a 30-game hitting streak. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate In Baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit.
In a 10-year major league career, Walton compiled a . 269 batting average with 25 home runs, 132 runs batted in and 58 stolen bases, mostly in a reserve role, but he retains his popularity in Chicago. While early in his Cub career, Walton's fans used a "Jerome-O-Meter" to track his batting average. The gimmick was a spin-off of the "Shawon-O-Meter," used during Walton's rookie season of 1989 to track the average of Cubs shortstop Shawon Dunston. Shawon Donnell Dunston (born March 21, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former Shortstop and right-handed batter in Major League
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- MLB.com
- The Baseball Cube
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