Edsall Elliott Walker (September 15, 1910 – February 19, 1997) was an American pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played for the Homestead Grays and Philadelphia Stars between 1936 and 1945."Edsall Walker Negro League Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
Walker grew up poor in Catskill, New York and had five older siblings. He played semi-professional football and baseball in the Hudson Valley before joining the Zulu Cannibal Giants. In 1936, he signed with the Homestead Grays for $150 per month (). He was the starting pitcher for the East at the 1938 East–West All-Star Game. He took a year off from baseball in 1942 and worked at a Baltimore shipyard. He retired from baseball in 1945 due to a sore arm and moved to Albany, New York. The baseball field at Albany's Bleecker Stadium was later named in his honor.
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