Bob Walk Trades and Transactions

The Bob Walk trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bob Walk has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Things can turn around in a hurry in baseball. I remember when I first came up with the Phillies in '80, I started out 6-0 and I thought I had it made, but then things began to go wrong and I finished the season 11-7." - Bob Walk in The Game I'll Never Forget (Baseball Digest : March 1995)

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Bob Walk

Bob Walk Autograph on a 1986 Donruss (#430)

Bob Walk Autograph on a 1986 Donruss (#430)
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Vernon Walk
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   11-26-1956  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Van Nuys, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   William S. Hart High School (Newhall, CA)
College:   College of the Canyons
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   208
First Game:   05-26-1980 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-29-1993
Draft:   1976 : 3rd Round (52nd)
Bob Walk

Trades & Transactions

01-09-1975: Selected by California Angels in the 5th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
01-07-1976: Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
06-08-1976: Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round — secondary phase (or secondary phase delayed) — free-agent draft.
03-25-1981: Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Atlanta Braves for Gary Matthews.
03-26-1984: Released by Atlanta Braves.
04-03-1984: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates.
11-04-1988: Granted free agency.
11-27-1988: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates.
11-04-1991: Granted free agency.
12-31-1991: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates.
11-01-1993: Granted free agency.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bob Walk trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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