DENVER, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Veteran rightfielder Larry Walker of the Colorado Rockies has undergone surgeries on his left shoulder and right knee.
The surgeries were called clean-up procedures, and the shoulder surgery was arthroscopic. There was some concern late in the regular season that Walker's shoulder, which bothered him much of this past season and was at least partly responsible for his worst full campaign in a Colorado uniform would reveal greater damage once doctors were inside.
Drs. Richard Hawkins and Thomas Noonan performed a debridement of a tear of the labrum in the non-throwing shoulder and repaired a small meniscus tear in the knee. Despite the injuries, Walker appeared in 143 games in 2003, the most since a career-high 153 in 1997 and the second-most-active season of his career.
In 2002, he batted .284 with 16 home runs and 79 RBI, and drew a career-high 98 walks. For his career, he has a batting averaged of .314 with 351 home runs and 1,212 RBI, and is considered a great defensive player.
