Hub Walker

Who was Hub Walker?

Harvey Willos "Hub" Walker was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds. Born in Gulfport, Mississippi, Walker was the brother of Major League player, Gee Walker. Hub and his younger brother, Gee, were teammates both at the University of Mississippi and with the Detroit Tigers in 1931 and 1935. Hub Walker played in 297 Major League games, 211 in the outfield. Walker had a career . 263 batting average with a .354 on base percentage.

Brother Gee Walker played for the Tigers in their 1935 World Series championship, and Hub played for the Tigers a decade late in their 1945 World Series championship.

Hub Walker joined the Detroit Tigers late in the 1945 season after serving three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Having had only 28 plate appearances, Walker was ineligible for the World Series, but MLB Commissioner Happy Chandler waived the rules to allow the returning World War II veteran to play in the Series. Walker played in two games of the 1945 World Series for the Tigers, getting a double and scoring a run in two World Series at bats as a pinch hitter.