Huck Betts

Walter McKinley Betts

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 18, 1897 in Millsboro, DE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1920
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves 1920-1935

Final Game: September 27, 1935
Died: June 13, 1987 in Millsboro, DE
Buried: Millsboro Cemetery, Millsboro, DE
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1920	23	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	3.57	27	4	18	1	0	0	88.1	86	48	35	3	33	18	2	0	2	376	95	1.347	8.8	0.3	3.4	1.8	0.55
1921	24	PHI	NL	3	7	.300	4.47	32	2	22	1	0	4	100.2	141	65	50	8	14	28	4	0	3	455	94	1.540	12.6	0.7	1.3	2.5	2.00
1922	25	SLC	AA	7	10	.412	5.21	22						126.0	162	94	73		45							1.643	11.6		3.2			SLC · PCL
1922	25	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	9.60	7	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	23	17	16	3	8	4	0	1	1	76	49	2.067	13.8	1.8	4.8	2.4	0.50
1923	26	HFD	A	6	4	.600	4.14	18						87.0	104	48	40		32							1.563	10.8		3.3			HFD · EL
1923	26	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	3.09	19	4	11	3	0	1	84.1	100	38	29	7	14	18	4	0	1	347	149	1.352	10.7	0.7	1.5	1.9	1.29
1924	27	PHI	NL	7	10	.412	4.30	37	9	19	2	0	2	144.1	160	76	69	8	42	46	5	0	1	624	104	1.400	10.0	0.5	2.6	2.9	1.10
1925	28	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	5.55	35	7	15	1	0	1	97.1	146	86	60	10	38	28	3	0	1	475	86	1.890	13.5	0.9	3.5	2.6	0.74

1926	29	DET-min	A,AA	11	10	.524	4.48	39						193.0	208	123	96		66							1.420	9.7		3.1			FTW,STP · TL,AA
1927	30	STP	AA	18	13	.581	3.36	38						241.0	254	121	90		69							1.340	9.5		2.6			STP · AA
1928	31	STP	AA	16	12	.571	3.81	35						253.0	283	117	107		49	65	2		4			1.312	10.1		1.7	2.3	1.33	STP · AA
1929	32	STP	AA	21	13	.618	3.90	39						284.0	322	153	123		54							1.324	10.2		1.7			STP · AA
1930	33	STP	AA	17	12	.586	4.14	44						265.0	278	132	122		64							1.291	9.4		2.2			STP · AA
1931	34	STP	AA	22	13	.629	3.60	41						285.0	322	118	114		52							1.312	10.2		1.6			STP · AA
1932	35	BSN	NL	13	11	.542	2.80	31	27	3	16	3	1	221.2	229	84	69	9	35	32	0	0	0	913	135	1.191	9.3	0.4	1.4	1.3	0.91
1933	36	BSN	NL	11	11	.500	2.79	35	26	7	17	2	4	242.0	225	79	75	9	55	40	0	0	1	986	109	1.157	8.4	0.3	2.0	1.5	0.73
1934	37	BSN	NL	17	10	.630	4.06	40	27	12	10	2	3	213.0	258	105	96	17	42	69	3	0	0	930	93	1.408	10.9	0.7	1.8	2.9	1.64
1935	38	BSN	NL	2	9	.182	5.47	44	19	19	2	1	0	159.2	213	118	97	9	40	40	2	0	2	724	69	1.585	12.0	0.5	2.3	2.3	1.00
10 Yrs				61	68	.473	3.93	307	125	128	53	8	16	1366.1	1581	716	596	83	321	323	23	1	12	5906	98	1.392	10.4	0.5	2.1	2.1	1.01
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.473	3.93	48	20	20	8	1	3	215	249	113	94	13	51	51	4	0	2	930	98	1.392	10.4	0.5	2.1	2.1	1.01

PHI (6 yrs)				18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95
BSN (4 yrs)				43	41	.512	3.63	150	99	41	45	8	8	836.1	925	386	337	44	172	181	5	0	3	3553	98	1.312	10.0	0.5	1.9	1.9	1.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1920	23	PHI	NL	88.0	27	4	48	4.91	3.92	-0.06	0.00	105.2	4.19	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	0	.472	.495	$
1921	24	PHI	NL	100.2	32	2	65	5.81	4.88	-0.24	0.00	108.1	5.53	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.5	7	.491	.498	$
1922	25	PHI	NL	15.0	7	0	17	10.20	5.33	-0.04	0.00	120.0	6.44	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.418	.496	$
1923	26	PHI	NL	84.2	19	4	38	4.04	4.83	-0.42	0.00	115.1	6.04	18	1.9	1.0	-0.0	2.6	28	.602	.512	$
1924	27	PHI	NL	144.2	37	9	76	4.73	4.54	-0.27	0.00	117.4	5.64	16	1.7	1.0	-0.1	2.7	29	.545	.510	$
1925	28	PHI	NL	97.2	35	7	86	7.92	5.19	-0.46	0.00	113.1	6.38	-17	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.456	.490	$

1932	35	BSN	NL	220.2	31	27	84	3.43	4.73	0.09	0.00	96.1	4.45	25	2.7	1.0	-0.1	4.3	47	.588	.517	$
1933	36	BSN	NL	242.0	35	26	79	2.94	4.03	0.23	0.00	93.8	3.57	18	2.1	1.0	-0.1	3.9	37	.560	.513	$
1934	37	BSN	NL	213.0	40	27	105	4.44	4.79	0.06	0.00	93.0	4.39	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.4	20	.495	.499	$
1935	38	BSN	NL	160.2	44	19	118	6.61	4.89	-0.40	0.00	96.7	5.11	-28	-2.7	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-11	.440	.484	$
10 Seasons				1367.0	307	125	716	4.71	4.62	-0.09	0.00	101.6	4.81	14	2.4	1.0	-0.7	12.5	146	.508	.502	$

PHI (6 yrs)				530.2	157	26	330	5.60	4.69	-0.28	0.00	112.5	5.60	1	0.4	1.0	-0.3	4.4	52	.503	.500	$
BSN (4 yrs)				836.1	150	99	386	4.15	4.57	0.03	0.00	94.7	4.31	13	2.0	1.0	-0.4	8.1	94	.513	.503	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1920	23	PHI	NL	365	0.8%	4.9%	9.0%	0.8%	4%	82%
1921	24	PHI	NL	455	1.8%	6.2%	3.1%			84%
1922	25	PHI	NL	76	4.0%	5.3%	10.5%			78%
1923	26	PHI	NL	357	2.0%	5.0%	3.9%	2.8%	10%	85%
1924	27	PHI	NL	624	1.3%	7.4%	6.7%	1.8%	7%	80%
1925	28	PHI	NL	475	2.1%	5.9%	8.0%	2.3%	8%	82%

1932	35	BSN	NL	913	1.0%	3.5%	3.8%	4.3%	17%	90%
1933	36	BSN	NL	986	0.9%	4.1%	5.6%	4.3%	19%	87%
1934	37	BSN	NL	930	1.8%	7.4%	4.5%	3.6%	13%	85%
1935	38	BSN	NL	729	1.2%	5.5%	5.5%	1.7%	6%	85%
10 Yrs				5910	1.4%	5.5%	5.4%	2.7%	10%	85%
MLB Averages					1.2%	7.6%	7.8%	3.1%	12%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1920	23	1	1	.500	3.57	27	4	18	1	0	0	88.1	86	48	35	3	33	18	2	0	2	376	95	1.347	8.8	0.3	3.4	1.8	0.55	95
1921	24	4	8	.333	4.05	59	6	40	2	0	4	189.0	227	113	85	11	47	46	6	0	5	831	95	1.450	10.8	0.5	2.2	2.2	0.98	95
1922	25	5	8	.385	4.46	66	6	42	2	0	4	204.0	250	130	101	14	55	50	6	1	6	907	87	1.495	11.0	0.6	2.4	2.2	0.91	87
1923	26	7	12	.368	4.06	85	10	53	5	0	5	288.1	350	168	130	21	69	68	10	1	7	1254	101	1.453	10.9	0.7	2.2	2.1	0.99	101
1924	27	14	22	.389	4.14	122	19	72	7	0	7	432.2	510	244	199	29	111	114	15	1	8	1878	102	1.435	10.6	0.6	2.3	2.4	1.03	102
1925	28	18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95	98
1926	29	18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95	98
1927	30	18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95	98
1928	31	18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95	98
1929	32	18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95	98
1930	33	18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95	98
1931	34	18	27	.400	4.40	157	26	87	8	0	8	530.0	656	330	259	39	149	142	18	1	9	2353	98	1.519	11.1	0.7	2.5	2.4	0.95	98
1932	35	31	38	.449	3.93	188	53	90	24	3	9	751.2	885	414	328	48	184	174	18	1	9	3266	106	1.422	10.6	0.6	2.2	2.1	0.95	106
1933	36	42	49	.462	3.65	223	79	97	41	5	13	993.2	1110	493	403	57	239	214	18	1	10	4252	107	1.358	10.1	0.5	2.2	1.9	0.90	107
1934	37	59	59	.500	3.72	263	106	109	51	7	16	1206.2	1368	598	499	74	281	283	21	1	10	5182	104	1.367	10.2	0.6	2.1	2.1	1.01	104
1935	38	61	68	.473	3.93	307	125	128	53	8	16	1366.1	1581	716	596	83	321	323	23	1	12	5906	98	1.392	10.4	0.5	2.1	2.1	1.01	98

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1920	23	5	4	.556	3.89	88.0	93	42	38	3	36	18	2	1.466	9.5	3.7	1.8	0.50	0.3	27
1921	24	6	6	.500	3.83	108.0	139	51	46	8	14	30	4	1.417	11.6	1.2	2.5	2.14	0.7	32
1922	25	0	1	.000	6.88	17.0	21	14	13	3	7	5	0	1.647	11.1	3.7	2.6	0.71	1.6	7
1923	26	6	3	.667	2.54	85.0	94	27	24	7	13	18	4	1.259	10.0	1.4	1.9	1.38	0.7	19
1924	27	9	7	.563	3.61	152.0	154	68	61	8	40	49	5	1.276	9.1	2.4	2.9	1.23	0.5	37
1925	28	6	6	.500	4.13	109.0	137	56	50	9	36	31	3	1.587	11.3	3.0	2.6	0.86	0.7	35

1932	35	17	8	.680	2.81	227.0	238	79	71	9	36	33	0	1.207	9.4	1.4	1.3	0.92	0.4	31
1933	36	14	12	.538	3.62	236.0	260	106	95	10	64	39	0	1.373	9.9	2.4	1.5	0.61	0.4	35
1934	37	11	13	.458	4.22	222.0	277	116	104	18	45	72	3	1.450	11.2	1.8	2.9	1.60	0.7	40
1935	38	6	12	.333	5.56	165.0	224	113	102	9	42	41	2	1.612	12.2	2.3	2.2	0.98	0.5	44
10 Yrs		80	72	.526	3.86	1409.0	1637	672	604	84	333	336	23	1.398	10.5		2.1	1.01	0.5	307

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1932 NL 4.3 (5th) 1933 NL 3.9 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1932 NL 2.80 (3rd) 1933 NL 2.79 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1934 NL 17 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1932 NL 1.191 (6th) 1933 NL 1.157 (4th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 NL 8.368 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1932 NL 1.421 (5th) 1933 NL 2.046 (8th) 1934 NL 1.775 (5th) Career 2.114 (123rd)	Games Played s c a p y 1924 NL 37 (10th) 1935 NL 44 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1921 NL 4 (4th) 1924 NL 2 (10th) 1933 NL 4 (5th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1932 NL 16 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1932 NL 3 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1934 NL 17 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1920 NL 18 (2nd) 1921 NL 22 (2nd) 1924 NL 19 (3rd) 1925 NL 15 (5th) 1935 NL 19 (3rd)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1932 NL 135 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1932 NL 24 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1932 NL 2.4 (4th)	Oldest s c a p y 1935 NL born 1897-02-18 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 34 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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