George F. Walden a lifetime member of the St. Louis Browns
Historical Society, died Saturday, October 24, 2015 at age 87.
A professional baseball
writer and scout, he was inducted into "The Midwest Professional Baseball
Scouts Association Hall of Fame". George worked in the Browns front office
where he wrote and distributed news releases for the Browns and their 12 farm
clubs. He also served as the clubs statistician, yearbook editor, tryout camp
and minor league spring training camp publicist. He is believed to have been
the last living member of the Browns
front office.
George worked as Baseball Scout for the Kansas City (Oakland)
A's, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, and the New York Mets. George
scouted and was instrumental in signing Jason Isringhausen with the New York
Mets. George leaves behind many friends and a loving family.
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