The Colorado Rockies will retire Walker’s number in a Sunday afternoon game against the St. Louis Cardinals (another team Walker called home at the end of his career) on April 19 at Coors Field. The festivities will allow Walker to join Todd Helton as the only Rockies players to have their numbers retired. Keli McGregor, Rockies’ late president, and Jackie Robinson‘s number 42 are the only other people honored by the club with their numbers/initials hanging over the visitors bullpen at Coors Field.
Fans hope that Walker’s official jersey retirement will be part of a history-making year for Walker and the Rockies.