Adam Brett Walker II
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Adam Brett Walker III (born October 17, 1991) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Career
Walker played college baseball at Jacksonville University from 2010 to 2012.[1] During his career he hit .359/.441/.635 with 41 home runs and 174 runs batted in. In 2011, he was named the A-Sun Player of the Year
He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the third round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] He made his debut with the Elizabethton Twins, hitting .250/.310/.496 with 14 home runs in 232 at-bats over 58 games. In 2013, he played for the Cedar Rapids Kernals.[3] He finished the year hitting .278/.319/.526 with 27 home runs and 109 runs batted in over 508 at-bats in 129 games. He was the first minor league baseball player to reach 100 RBI's in 2013.[4][5] He won the George M. Trautman Award as Topps Midwest League Player of the Year.[6][7]
Personal
His father, Adam Walker, played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings.[8]
References
- ↑ Avery Romero, Adam Brett Walker awaiting call in baseball draft
- ↑ Twins like Walker's bloodlines, power potential
- ↑ Warne:Adam_Walkers power numbers turning heads in Cedar Rapids
- ↑ Walker is Minors' first to century mark
- ↑ Guess which Twins' prospect was the first to reach 100 RBI in all of minor league baseball
- ↑ Adam Brett Walker wins Topps/MWL Player of the Year
- ↑ Kernels’ Walker named Topps MWL player of the year
- ↑ Tom Powers: Twins prospect Adam Brett Walker hopes to follow in father's footsteps
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Jacksonville Dolpins bio
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