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Boom-Boom Beck
Walter William Beck
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 16, 1904 in Decatur, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1924
Final Game: September 26, 1945
Died: May 7, 1987 in Champaign, IL
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1924 19 SLB AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1927 22 SLB AL 1 0 1.000 5.56 3 1 0 1 0 0 11.1 15 8 7 0 5 6 1 0 0 53 78 1.765 11.9 0.0 4.0 4.8 1.20
1928 23 SLB AL 2 3 .400 4.41 16 4 7 2 0 0 49.0 52 29 24 4 20 17 4 0 0 222 95 1.469 9.6 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.85
1933 28 BRO NL 12 20 .375 3.54 43 35 7 15 3 1 257.0 270 128 101 9 69 89 11 1 2 1114 91 1.319 9.5 0.3 2.4 3.1 1.29
1934 29 BRO NL 2 6 .250 7.42 22 9 6 2 0 0 57.0 72 50 47 6 32 24 5 0 3 278 53 1.825 11.4 0.9 5.1 3.8 0.75
1939 34 PHI NL 7 14 .333 4.73 34 16 13 12 0 3 182.2 203 104 96 11 64 77 3 0 1 812 84 1.462 10.0 0.5 3.2 3.8 1.20
1940 35 PHI NL 4 9 .308 4.31 29 15 10 4 0 0 129.1 147 69 62 13 41 38 9 0 1 574 90 1.454 10.2 0.9 2.9 2.6 0.93
1941 36 PHI NL 1 9 .100 4.63 34 7 14 2 0 0 95.1 104 52 49 8 35 34 2 0 2 421 80 1.458 9.8 0.8 3.3 3.2 0.97
1942 37 PHI NL 0 1 .000 4.75 26 1 12 0 0 0 53.0 69 30 28 4 17 10 1 0 0 236 70 1.623 11.7 0.7 2.9 1.7 0.59
1943 38 PHI NL 0 0 9.88 4 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 24 15 15 1 5 3 2 0 0 68 34 2.122 15.8 0.7 3.3 2.0 0.60
1944 39 DET AL 1 2 .333 3.89 28 2 15 0 0 1 74.0 67 36 32 5 27 25 3 0 1 318 92 1.270 8.1 0.6 3.3 3.0 0.93
1945 40 TOT NL 8 5 .615 2.68 25 10 6 6 0 1 110.2 96 40 33 2 26 29 1 0 0 444 144 1.102 7.8 0.2 2.1 2.4 1.12
1945 40 CIN NL 2 4 .333 3.40 11 5 4 2 0 1 47.2 42 21 18 0 12 9 1 0 0 196 111 1.133 7.9 0.0 2.3 1.7 0.75
1945 40 PIT NL 6 1 .857 2.14 14 5 2 4 0 0 63.0 54 19 15 2 14 20 0 0 0 248 184 1.079 7.7 0.3 2.0 2.9 1.43
12 Seasons 38 69 .355 4.30 265 100 94 44 3 6 1034.0 1121 561 494 63 342 352 42 1 10 4545 85 1.415 9.8 0.5 3.0 3.1 1.03
162 Game Avg. 7 13 .355 4.30 49 19 18 8 1 1 193 209 105 92 12 64 66 8 0 2 847 85 1.415 9.8 0.5 3.0 3.1 1.03
PHI (5 yrs) 12 33 .267 4.75 127 39 52 18 0 3 474.0 547 270 250 37 162 162 17 0 4 2111 80 1.496 10.4 0.7 3.1 3.1 1.00
SLB (3 yrs) 3 3 .500 4.55 20 5 8 3 0 0 61.1 69 37 31 4 26 23 5 0 0 280 93 1.549 10.1 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.88
BRO (2 yrs) 14 26 .350 4.24 65 44 13 17 3 1 314.0 342 178 148 15 101 113 16 1 5 1392 78 1.411 9.8 0.4 2.9 3.2 1.12
PIT (1 yr) 6 1 .857 2.14 14 5 2 4 0 0 63.0 54 19 15 2 14 20 0 0 0 248 184 1.079 7.7 0.3 2.0 2.9 1.43
CIN (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.40 11 5 4 2 0 1 47.2 42 21 18 0 12 9 1 0 0 196 111 1.133 7.9 0.0 2.3 1.7 0.75
DET (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.89 28 2 15 0 0 1 74.0 67 36 32 5 27 25 3 0 1 318 92 1.270 8.1 0.6 3.3 3.0 0.93
NL (8 yrs) 34 64 .347 4.32 217 93 71 41 3 5 898.2 985 488 431 54 289 304 34 1 9 3947 84 1.418 9.9 0.5 2.9 3.0 1.05
AL (4 yrs) 4 5 .444 4.19 48 7 23 3 0 1 135.1 136 73 63 9 53 48 8 0 1 598 92 1.397 9.0 0.6 3.5 3.2 0.91

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1924 19 SLB AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1927 22 SLB AL 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 28 1 0 0 /1
1928 23 SLB AL 16 14 14 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .429 .429 .429 .857 123 6 0 0 1
1933 28 BRO NL 43 98 95 5 18 5 0 0 6 0 1 22 .189 .198 .242 .440 27 23 3 0 2 1
1934 29 BRO NL 22 19 17 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .235 .278 .294 .572 57 5 2 0 1 1
1939 34 PHI NL 34 73 68 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 1 6 .132 .145 .176 .321 -13 12 4 0 4 1
1940 35 PHI NL 29 39 36 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .056 .056 .083 .139 -62 3 3 0 3 1
1941 36 PHI NL 34 26 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .120 .120 .120 .240 -31 3 0 0 1 1
1942 37 PHI NL 27 12 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .333 .417 .750 124 5 0 0 0 1
1943 38 PHI NL 4 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 194 2 0 0 0 /1
1944 39 DET AL 28 23 22 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .455 .773 114 10 1 0 1 1
1945 40 TOT NL 25 38 30 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .167 .194 .167 .360 0 5 0 0 7 1
1945 40 CIN NL 11 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429 20 3 0 0 2 1
1945 40 PIT NL 14 22 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .125 .176 .125 .301 -17 2 0 0 5 1
12 Seasons 266 350 327 17 61 14 0 0 20 0 0 4 46 .187 .196 .229 .426 19 75 13 0 19 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 213 199 10 37 9 0 0 12 0 2 28 .187 .196 .229 .426 19 46 0 12
PHI (5 yrs) 128 154 145 6 20 5 0 0 8 0 1 15 .138 .144 .172 .316 -12 25 7 0 8
SLB (3 yrs) 20 18 18 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .389 .389 .389 .778 102 7 0 0 0 0 0
BRO (2 yrs) 65 117 112 7 22 6 0 0 6 0 2 23 .196 .211 .250 .461 32 28 5 0 3
PIT (1 yr) 14 22 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .125 .176 .125 .301 -17 2 0 0 5
CIN (1 yr) 11 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429 20 3 0 0 2
DET (1 yr) 28 23 22 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .455 .773 114 10 1 0 1
NL (8 yrs) 218 309 287 14 47 11 0 0 15 0 4 41 .164 .175 .202 .377 6 58 12 0 18
AL (4 yrs) 48 41 40 3 14 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .350 .350 .425 .775 108 17 1 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1924 SLB AL 19 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.30
1927 SLB AL 22 P 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 1.40
1928 SLB AL 23 P 16 12 0 11 1 2 .917 0.69 .958 1.37
1933 BRO NL 28 P 43 67 12 52 3 4 .955 1.49 .964 1.28
1934 BRO NL 29 P 22 19 2 17 0 2 1.000 0.86 .958 1.12
1939 PHI NL 34 P 34 51 8 37 6 1 .882 1.32 .963 1.09
1940 PHI NL 35 P 29 45 10 32 3 0 .933 1.45 .962 1.10
1941 PHI NL 36 P 34 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0.26 .970 1.09
1942 PHI NL 37 P 26 13 3 9 1 2 .923 0.46 .969 1.17
1943 PHI NL 38 P 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.15
1944 DET AL 39 P 28 7 0 6 1 1 .857 0.21 .971 1.14
1945 TOT NL 40 P 25 25 4 21 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.06
1945 CIN NL 40 P 11 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.09 .958 1.06
1945 PIT NL 40 P 14 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.93 .962 1.06
12 Seasons P 265 256 47 193 16 12 .938 0.91 .963 1.16
12 Seasons TOT 265 256 47 193 16 12 .938 0.91 .900 1.16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1933 NL--43--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1933 NL--257.0--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1933 NL--89--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1933 NL--35--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1933 NL--3--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1933 NL--69--10th

Hits s c a p y
1933 NL--270--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1933 NL--20--2nd
1939 NL--14--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1933 NL--101--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 NL--11--3rd
1934 NL--5--8th
1940 NL--9--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1933 NL--1114--7th

Games Finished s c a p y
1944 AL--15--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1924 AL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 AL--0--1st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1924 AL--0--1st

Oldest s c a p y
1943 NL--born 1904-10-16--10th
1945 NL--born 1904-10-16--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1924 AL--born 1904-10-16--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (828), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 13 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

November 16, 1934: Purchased by Mission (PCL) from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

March 10, 1945: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 10, 1945: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 22, 1945: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

June 24, 1945: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 31, 1945: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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