the idea, the quick intervention of their owner, Sam Breadon, and National League president Ford Frick, immediately reported by Stanley Woodward in the New York Herald Tribune, destroyed the strike movement. Personal life In 1936 Walker married Estelle Shea. They were the parents of daughters Mary Ann and Susan, and sons Stephen, Fred Jr., and Sean. Walker died of colon cancer in Birmingham on May 17, 1982, and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. See also List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball batting champions List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches List of second-generation Major League Baseball players References Further reading External links , or Retrosheet 1910 births 1982 deaths Albany Nuts players Atlanta Braves scouts Atlanta Crackers managers Atlanta Crackers players Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state) Brooklyn Dodgers players Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) Chicago White Sox players Deaths from cancer in Alabama Deaths from colorectal cancer Detroit Tigers players Greensboro Patriots players Greenville Spinners players Gulfport Tarpons players Houston Buffaloes managers Jersey City Skeeters players Los Angeles Dodgers coaches Los Angeles Dodgers scouts Major League Baseball first base coaches Major League Baseball hitting coaches Major League Baseball right fielders Milwaukee Braves coaches Milwaukee Braves scouts National League All-Stars National League batting champions National League RBI champions Newark Bears (IL) players New York Yankees players People from Villa Rica, Georgia Pittsburgh Pirates players Rochester Red Wings managers Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area St. Louis Cardinals coaches Toledo Mud Hens players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) managers Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Vicksburg Hill Billies players