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**P. J. Walters**
P. J. Walters
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	St. Louis Cardinals — No. 62
	Pitcher
	Born: March 12, 1985 (age 24); Dothan, Alabama
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	April 17, 2009 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics; (through August 27, 2009)
Win-Loss	0-0
Earned Run Average	9.56
Strikeouts	14
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (2009-present);

Phillip DeWayne "P. J." Walters (born March 12, 1985, in Dothan, Alabama) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals.

[edit] Baseball career

He made his major league debut on April 17, 2009, as the starting pitcher against the Chicago Cubs. He had been called up when Chris Carpenter was placed on the 15-day disabled list.^[1] He is 6' 4", 200 lbs.

Walters was drafted by the Cardinals in the 11th round of the 2006 player draft (346th overall) from the University of South Alabama following his junior year, in which he had a 2-1 record, with eight saves and a 3.56 ERA.

Walters climbed three levels in 2007, and spent most of 2008 in Class AAA Memphis. He went 9-4 for the Cardinals' top affiliate with a 4.87 ERA over 122 innings. While Walters doesn’t have a pitch that tickles the radar gun, he has a plus-changeup. He became the first Cardinals rookie to make his first major-league start at Wrigley Field in nearly three decades. On Sept. 15, 1980, Andy Rincon debuted for the Cardinals against the rival Cubs.^[2]

He pitched 4.0 innings, leading 4-3 in the game before replaced, pitching against veteran Carlos Zambrano, giving up 6 hits (one hit was a double), 3 runs (all earned), walked 2, struck out 7, and has a 6.75 ERA. He faced 19 batters, threw 98 pitches (59 for strikes), with 4 groundouts and 1 fly out.