Jerome Walton

Jerome O'Terrell Walton (born July 8, 1965 in Newnan, Georgia) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1989-1992), California Angels (1993), Cincinnati Reds (1994-1995), Atlanta Braves (1996), Baltimore Orioles (1997), and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998). He batted and threw right-handed. Graduated from Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Alabama. He went on to attend Enterprise State Junior College. Walton was drafted in the second round (36th overall) of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft by the Chicago Cubs. Walton made his major league debut on April 4, 1989 as a Chicago Cub. He was named the 1989 National League MLB Rookie of the Year, playing in 116 games, hitting .293 with 24 stolen bases and a 30 game hit streak. In a 10 year Major League career, Walton compiled a .269 batting average with 25 home runs, 132 RBI and 58 stolen bases, mostly in a reserve role, but Walton retains his popularity in Chicago. While early in his Cub career, Walton's fans used a "Jerome-O-Meter" to track his batting average. The gimmick was a spin-off of the "Shawon-O-Meter," used for years prior to Walton's arrival in 1989 to track the average of Cubs SS Shawon Dunston.

See also

• Tampa Bay Devil Rays all-time roster

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• MLB.com
• The Baseball Cube