| TEAM: Homestead Grays SIGNER: Edsall Walker APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3"x5" MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Edsall Walker ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for conition and signature quality. BIO: Edsall Elliott Walker (Big; Catskill; Wild Man) was born in 1910 in Catskill, NY and died in 1997 in Catskill, NY. He played major league baseball from 1936 to 1945 as pitcher and outfielder for the Homestead Grays, Philadelphia Stars and the New York Black Yankees, appeared in the 1943 and 1944 World Series, and was selected in 1938 as an All-Star. Edsall Walker played baseball in the Negro Leagues from 1936 to 1945 for the Homestead Grays. Walker broke in with the Zulu Cannibal Giants in 1934 and moved to the Homestead Grays in 1936 at a salary of $150 per month. He turned in 6-4 records in both 1937 and 1938. He started for the East in the 1938 East-West Game but imploded for five runs in three innings, including a Neil Robinson homer. Walker was 6-2 in 1939, tying Ray Brown for 4th in the Negro National League in wins behind Leon Day, Bill Byrd and Henry McHenry. In 1940, the left-hander was 9-5 but he fell to 0-1 in 1941. In 1942, he worked in the Baltimore shipyards and pitched for whatever teams stopped in town, including Homestead, the Philadelphia Stars, Newark Eagles and New York Black Yankees. n 1943, Walker (who threw a sinking fastball but not much else) was 8-4. He tied Brown for 4th in the NNL in victories behind Johnny Wright, Dave Barnhill and Byrd. He also hit .297 that year. Walker was 4-3 in 1944 and 3-3 in 1945, his last year. Later in life, Walker managed a Little League team in Albany, NY for twenty years. SKU: CL02414
Item: CL02414
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