Wally Post

Walter Charles Post (July 9, 1929 – January 6, 1982) was an American professional baseball player who played as a right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1964. A native of Wendelin, Ohio, he played high school baseball at St. Henry High School. Post broke into professional baseball as a minor league pitcher in 1946 and was converted to an outfielder in 1949, the year of his major league debut. He spent time in both the minor and major leagues over the next two years before being permanently called up to the Cincinnati Reds.

Post spent most of his career with Cincinnati, where he became one of the most prolific power hitters in team history. A powerful slugger in the mid-1950s, he formed a power-hitting tandem with Frank Robinson on the Reds teams of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was an integral member of the 1961 National League pennant-winning club. He was noted for his long-distance home runs and respected for his strong and accurate throwing arm. In addition to the Reds, Post played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians.

Post was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1965.