Right fielder Larry Walker of the Colorado Rockies wins his second National League batting champion title with a .379 average.
The Maple Ridge resident, the first Canadian player to win the league’s MVP award, first won it the year before with .366 and did it again in 2001 with .350. He remains the only player to have at least 25 stolen bases and a slugging percentage of more than .700 in a season.
Walker announced his retirement after Game 6 of the 2005 National League Championship Series and is currently ranked 63rd on the all-time home run list with 383.
He was inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
