Dixie Walker
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1910 – 1982
Who was Dixie Walker?
Fred E. "Dixie" Walker was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. In an 18-season career, Walker posted a .306 batting average with 105 home runs and 1,023 RBIs in 1,905 games.
Walker's popularity with the Ebbets Field fans in the 1940s brought him the nickname "The People's Cherce". He was an All-Star in five consecutive years and the 1944 National League batting champion. Walker may be best known for his reluctance to play on the same team as Jackie Robinson in 1947.
Walker was the only Major League Baseball player to have been a teammate of both Babe Ruth and Robinson.
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- Born
- Sep 24, 1910
Villa Rica - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Villa Rica
- Died
- May 17, 1982
Birmingham
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on July 23, 2013
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