The Rockies acquired Ps Chris Narveson and Luis Martinez to complete the deal on August 11, 2004.

CONTRACT STATUS: He is signed through the 2005 season.

2005 OUTLOOK: If Walker can stay healthy he can still be very productive. In just 44 games with the Cardinals he hit .280 with 11 HRs and 27 RBI. He also found a way to still steal four bases.

The Cardinals are hoping Walker can get about 475 at bats, if he can do that there is no reason not to suspect he could these kind of numbers in 05, look for a .285 - .295 batting average with 24 HRs and 90 RBI.

Nagged by injuries and a reported lack of desire to play the game and desire for excellence has recently hurt Walker's reputation. Coming to St. Louis apparently was and is a good thing for the aging slugger. Don't be surprised to see him put up some major numbers for the Cardinals.

2004 SEASON: Batted .280 with 11 home runs and 27 RBI in 44 games after coming to St. Louis in an 8/6 trade with Colorado for three minor leaguers.

Collected 2,000th career hit, a double on 6/30 vs. MIL...was 234th player in MLB history to reach 2,000 and first Canadian-born player to do so.

Reinstated from the Rockies 60-day DL on 6/21, missing the first half of season with strained left groin.

MISC: Larry and his wife, Angela, make their home in West Palm Beach, Fla.…Larry has a daughter, Brittany Marie (7/15/93), and he and his wife also have two daughters, Canaan Rose-Lynn (11/22/99) and Shayna Kaitlin (10/27/01)…graduated from Maple Ridge (B.C.) Senior Secondary School in 1984…grew up a hockey goaltender, playing for 13 years, and teaming with former Bruins all-star Cam Neely…tried out for the Junior A Regina Pats…was playing baseball for the Canadian National Junior Team when Expos scouts discovered him…his family includes brothers, Gary, Carey and Barry, and parents, Larry and Mary…Carey was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens as a goaltender in 1977…has donated a substantial sum to the Rockies Youth Fields of Dreams Program and has opened five Colorado facilities (Northglenn, Aurora, Thornton, Ft. Collins and Denver), more than any player in program history…his current contract included a joint $3,333,333 donation to children’s organizations in British Columbia and Colorado…Larry chose that sum because of his affinity for the number three…No. 33 engages in a variety of mini-rituals involving the numeral before, during and after each game…signed by Jim Fanning and Bob Rogers of the Expos…is a nine-time winner of the James “Tip” O’Neill Award, presented annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum (individual achievement while adhering to the highest ideals of baseball).