Jamie Ross Walker (born July 1, 1971, in McMinnville, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who currently plays for the Baltimore Orioles. He had previously pitched for the Detroit Tigers. He has a career ERA of 3.95. Jamie Walker attended Austin Peay State University. Walker's jersey was retired at Warren County High School in 2004. Walker signed with the Orioles on November 16, 2006 for three years. On December 19, 2006, Walker was inducted into the Warren County Sports Hall of Fame.

Jamie Walker is not a member of the MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association), based on his taking part in spring training during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike. For the video game MVP Baseball 2004, Jamie Walker was replaced by the fictional Makoto Miyagi. In the video game MVP Baseball 2005, Walker was replaced by the fictional Daryl Smith. In the video game MLB 07: The Show was replaced by the fictional Steve Cardwell. In all three instances, the fictional characters attributes are based on the real Jamie Walker.

In 2006, Walker nearly broke the major league record for most appearances in a season without a decision (no wins or losses). The record was held by Scott Aldred (a former Tiger, coincidentally), who made 48 appearances for the 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays while accomplishing this feat. By September 29 (with three games left in the season), he had pitched in 54 games without being credited with a win or a loss. However, he would surrender four runs on three home runs against his former team (the Kansas City Royals) in the top of the 11th inning and was penalized with a loss. However, Aldred's record would only hold for one more season, as Trever Miller of the Houston Astros set the new mark with 76 decisionless appearances.

See Also

• LOOGY

External links

• Baltimore Sun article on Walker's quirky nature - March 24, 2007

See also

• List of Major League Baseball free agents

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