Cam Walker (minors01)

Wendell Cameron Walker

• Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.

• School Truman State University, Western Kentucky University, Indian Hills Community College

• Born November 4, 1960 in Souris, MB Canada

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Biographical Information

Cam Walker pitched as high as AA and was with Team Canada then was a scout and a college coach.

Walker hit .222 and was 0-1 for the 1978 Souris Cards. In '79, he improved to .271 and was 1-2. Stats for Western Canadian leagues in the early 1980s are harder to come by. He went to the US for college, going 7-1 with a team-high 60 K for Western Kentucky University in 1981. That year, he pitched for Canada in the 1981 Intercontinental Cup, throwing a four-hitter and whiffing eight to beat Panama in their opener. He was not their only Walker, as Darcy Walker was on the squad.

He was 8-3 for Western Kentucky in 1982 and also pitched for the Barrhead team in Canada. Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers that year, he posted a 8-6, 3.28 record for the Beloit Brewers. He missed the Midwest League top-10 in ERA by .06. In '83, he was 11-11 with a 3.78 ERA for the Stockton Ports. He fanned 138, tying Kevin Towers for second in the California League (six behind Randy Bockus). Among Brewers farmhands, he tied Chuck Crim and Bryan Clutterbuck for 4th in wins, tied for 2nd in losses (one behind Chris Bosio), tied Mark Ciardi for 3rd in complete games (6) and was second in Ks (16 behind Crim).

Cam slipped in 1984 with the El Paso Diablos (1-4, 6.99 in 10 G) and Stockton (3-6, 4.34 in 14 G). He was back with Stockton the next year, going 9-10 with a 4.03 ERA. He tied for 4th in the Cal League with two shutouts and was 8th with 172 IP (between Sherman Corbett and Dennis Livingston). He split 1986 between El Paso (6-4, Sv, 4.81 in 13 G) and Stockton (5-5, 4.94). He tied for 9th in the Brewers system in victories, tied Pete Kendrick for 9th in strikeouts (98), tied for 7th in complete games (4), was 2nd in hits allowed (197, 16 behind Alex Madrid) and tied Kendrick for 4th in walks (60). He ended his playing career in 1987, going 5-6 with a 5.82 ERA between El Paso and the San Diego Padres' Wichita Pilots. He had gone 43-46 in six seasons in the minors.

He later was a scout for the Padres and coached in the minors for the Colorado Rockies. He became head coach of Indian Hills Community College, his alma mater, in 1993. He coached Justin Berg, Ben Ford, Irving Falú, Rubén Gotay and Ramón Vázquez there and took the school to seven NJCAA Division I Baseball World Series. He made the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2012, he made the NJCAA Baseball Hall of Fame. He remained at IHCC through 2018.

After his retirement, two former players accused him of providing false identities for foreign players. IHCC said the complaint was not filed in a timely manner; the Iowa Public Information Board threw out the complaint.