▁in ▁his ▁career ▁− ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁missing ▁ 1 3 ▁games ▁of ▁a ▁season ▁short ened ▁by ▁the ▁strike ▁that ▁had ▁begun ▁the ▁year ▁before . ▁His ▁rate ▁numbers ▁were ▁. 3 0 6 /. 3 8 1 /. 6 0 7 , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁average ▁club ▁scored ▁ 5 . 4 ▁runs ▁per ▁game , ▁his ▁OP S + ▁fell ▁about ▁ 2 0 ▁percent ▁from ▁the ▁year ▁before ▁to ▁ 1 3 1 . ▁Walker ▁ranked ▁second ▁in ▁the ▁N L ▁in ▁home ▁runs ▁( t ied ▁with ▁Sam my ▁S osa ), ▁sl ug ging , ▁extra ▁base ▁hits ▁( 7 2 ), ▁total ▁bases ▁( 3 0 0 ), ▁at ▁b ats ▁per ▁home ▁run ▁( 1 3 . 7 ) ▁and ▁hits ▁by ▁pitch ▁( 1 4 ), ▁third ▁in ▁OP S ▁(. 9 8 8 ), ▁and ▁sevent h ▁in ▁runs ▁scored ▁( 9 6 ) ▁and ▁R BI . ▁He ▁placed ▁sevent h ▁in ▁the ▁N L ▁M VP ▁voting , ▁his ▁second ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ten . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁a ▁quart et ▁of ▁Rock ies ▁players ▁who ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁The ▁Bla ke ▁Street ▁Bom bers , ▁Walker , ▁D ante ▁B ich ette , ▁Vin ny ▁Cast illa ▁and ▁former ▁Ex pos ▁team mate ▁And rés ▁Gal ar rag a ▁each ▁contributed ▁at ▁least ▁ 3 0 ▁home ▁runs ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁The ▁Rock ies ▁simultaneously ▁won ▁the ▁first - ever ▁National ▁League ▁wild ▁card ▁ber