Bruce Walton (baseball)
| Bruce Walton | |||
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Walton in 2011.
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| Chicago Cubs | |||
| Pitcher / Pitching Coach | |||
| Born: December 25, 1962 Bakersfield, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 11, 1991, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 4, 1994, for the Colorado Rockies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 2–0 | ||
| Earned run average | 8.21 | ||
| Strikeouts | 18 | ||
| WHIP | 1.76 | ||
| Teams | |||
| As Player
As a Coach |
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Bruce Kenneth Walton (born December 25, 1962) is a pitching coach in the Chicago Cubs organization. Walton pitched in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 1994, playing with the Oakland Athletics, Montreal Expos, and Colorado Rockies.
Walton became the bullpen coach for the Toronto Blue Jays on June 7, 2002. He was the pitching coach for the Blue Jays from October 30, 2009 to November 26, 2012.
In a game against the Seattle Mariners on September 13, 2012, Walton was struck by a piece of Edwin Encarnación's broken bat, and left the bench with forearm contusions.[1]
Walton was appointed as the pitching coach of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs on December 18, 2013.[2] Before the 2015 season, he retired and moved to Calgary, Alberta,[3] and was replaced by Mike Cather.[4]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- MLB biography
- 1962 births
- Living people
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- Major League Baseball pitching coaches
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