Dan Walters
American baseball player (1966-2020)
Daniel Gene "Dan" Walters (August 15, 1966 – April 23, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. He was born in Brunswick, Maine. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres in the 1992 and 1993 seasons.[1] In 84 career games, he had 64 hits in 273 at-bats, with a .234 batting average.
After baseball, Walters became a police officer with the San Diego Police Department. He became paralyzed from the neck down after a 2003 shooting.[1][2] He died, aged 53, from problems caused by his injuries in San Diego on April 23, 2020.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dickey, Fred (November 11, 2013). "Paralyzed cop doesn't want to be forgotten". U-T San Diego. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Paralyzed policeman, former Padre, returns to S.D." SpinalCordInjuryZone.com. March 11, 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ↑ Maffei, John (23 April 2020). "Dan Walters, former Padre and San Diego police officer, dies at 53". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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