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Huck Betts
Walter McKinley Betts
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 18, 1897 in Millsboro, DE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1920
Final Game: September 27, 1935
Died: June 13, 1987 in Millsboro, DE
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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
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 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 48 2.067 13.8 1.8 4.8 2.4 0.50
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 1 357 147 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 1 624 103 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 85 1.890 13.5 0.9 3.5 2.6 0.74
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 0 913 134 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 1 986 110 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 94 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 Seasons 61 68 .473 3.93 307 125 128 53 8 16 1366.1 1581 716 596 83 321 323 23 1 12 5916 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 2 931 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 2363 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 99 1.312 10.0 0.5 1.9 1.9 1.05
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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
1920 23 PHI NL 27 27 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .080 .148 .080 .228 -34 2 0 0 1
1921 24 PHI NL 32 31 30 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .267 .290 .300 .590 52 9 0 0 1
1922 25 PHI NL 7 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -46 0 0 0 /1
1923 26 PHI NL 20 32 31 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .097 .097 .097 .194 -51 3 0 1 1
1924 27 PHI NL 38 55 45 7 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 .156 .224 .156 .380 -1 7 0 6 1
1925 28 PHI NL 37 37 34 5 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 4 .294 .351 .353 .704 75 12 0 0 1
1932 35 BSN NL 31 83 79 5 19 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 .241 .268 .241 .509 40 19 0 1 1
1933 36 BSN NL 35 88 76 3 17 1 0 0 5 0 2 7 .224 .253 .237 .490 46 18 1 1 9 1
1934 37 BSN NL 40 81 69 3 13 1 0 0 2 0 6 8 .188 .253 .203 .456 27 14 1 0 6 1
1935 38 BSN NL 44 50 44 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 .159 .229 .159 .388 10 7 1 1 2 1
10 Seasons 311 489 437 29 86 5 0 0 19 0 0 25 63 .197 .244 .208 .452 24 91 3 2 25
162 Game Avg. 162 255 228 15 45 3 0 0 10 0 13 33 .197 .244 .208 .452 24 47 1 13
PHI (6 yrs) 161 187 169 17 30 3 0 0 8 0 0 11 36 .178 .228 .195 .423 10 33 0 7
BSN (4 yrs) 150 302 268 12 56 2 0 0 11 0 14 27 .209 .254 .216 .470 33 58 3 2 18
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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
1920 PHI NL 23 P 27 27 3 23 1 0 .963 0.96 .956 1.75
1921 PHI NL 24 P 32 33 4 27 2 1 .939 0.97 .955 1.52
1922 PHI NL 25 P 7 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.29 .950 1.29
1923 PHI NL 26 P 19 26 3 22 1 0 .962 1.32 .958 1.34
1924 PHI NL 27 P 37 37 5 29 3 0 .919 0.92 .968 1.42
1925 PHI NL 28 P 35 33 1 30 2 0 .939 0.89 .958 1.35
1932 BSN NL 35 P 31 49 9 40 0 2 1.000 1.58 .955 1.21
1933 BSN NL 36 P 35 84 5 78 1 6 .988 2.37 .963 1.28
1934 BSN NL 37 P 40 47 9 36 2 3 .957 1.13 .960 1.12
1935 BSN NL 38 P 44 44 3 40 1 0 .977 0.98 .959 1.18
10 Seasons P 307 382 42 327 13 12 .966 1.20 .959 1.33
10 Seasons TOT 307 382 42 327 13 12 .966 1.20 .925 1.33

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1932 NL--2.802--3rd
1933 NL--2.789--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--121st

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--134--4th

Oldest s c a p y
1935 NL--born 1897-02-18--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 34 (716), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1334), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1195), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 30, 1931: Drafted by the Boston Braves from St Paul (American Association) in the 1931 rule 5 draft.

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Name and misspellings: Walter Huck McKinley Betts

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