Boom-Boom Beck

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 16, 1904 in Decatur, IL us

Died: May 7, 1987 in Champaign, IL

Buried: Lutheran Cemetery, Decatur, IL

Debut: September 22, 1924 (Age 19-342d, 6,071st in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1945 (Age 40-345d)
vs. CIN 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Walter William Beck

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

+10

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

ERA

4.28

265

101

1032.2

352

WHIP

1.414

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 5-16 / in Starts: 2-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 6

1934 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1934 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	64	3	Apr 19	BRO		BSN	T,1-1	CG(7)		99	7.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.29	3.47	25	7	11	2	2	3	67			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.299	2.56	0.44%	2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	65	7	Apr 24	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	4.0	8	5	5	2	0	1	0	4.91	5.09	22	4	8	0	2	8	24			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.233	2.38	-0.42%	-3.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
3	66	11	Apr 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS-		4	1.2	7	6	6	2	0	0	1	8.53	5.55	15						15						12					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	67	20	May 9	BRO	@	CHC	L,9-10	GS-3		9	2.2	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	9.98	5.86	15	2	5	0	2	7	25			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.401	2.25	-0.42%	-3.56	1b start a 1	3b --- 2 out tie
5	68	24	May 13	BRO	@	STL	L,7-12	2-3		3	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	11.49	6.63	4	0	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.137	.82	-0.11%	-2.29	2b -2- 2 out d4	3b -2- 0 out d4
6	69	27	May 18	BRO		PIT	L,3-8	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.19	6.30	9	1	4	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.08	0.01%	1.00	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
7	70	30	May 21	BRO		CHC	L,9-10	9-9	BL(0-2)	2	0.2	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	11.29	6.95	6	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.403	2.69	-0.42%	-1.94	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	71	41	Jun 2	BRO	@	BSN	L,6-16	GS-2	L(0-3)	11	1.1	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	12.81	6.74	10	1	2	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.408	.96	-0.15%	-3.96	1b start a 2	2b --3 1 out d2
9	72	45	Jun 6	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-12	GS-4	L(0-4)	3	3.2	3	4	1	5	0	0	0	11.19	6.83	19	5	6	1	2	3	40			1	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.37	-0.220	.58	-0.06%	-2.11	1b start a 1	4b 12- 2 out d3
10	73	50	Jun 10	BRO		BSN	L,8-10	3-6		3	3.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	10.46	6.52	15	3	6	0	3	3		1	0	1	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.023	.11	-0.01%	-0.27	3t 1-- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
11	74	52	Jun 13	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-15	6-GF(8)		2	2.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	9.51	6.29	12	3	3	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.04	6b 12- 1 out d11	8b end d13
12	75	55	Jun 16	BRO	@	CIN	L,9-10	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.90	6.09	6	2	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.214	.47	0.06%	2.50	6b -23 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
13	76	57	Jun 17(2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-7	4-7		0	3.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	8.05	5.84	13	2	8	0	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.102	.23	0.03%	1.75	4b 1-- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
14	77	58	Jun 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,7-11	6-7		1	2.0	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	8.59	5.86	15	1	6	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.145	.48	-0.04%	-2.99	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d5
15	78	62	Jun 23	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.44	5.81	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.079	.52	0.02%	1.25	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	79	73	Jul 4(2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-11	GS-1	L(0-5)	10	0.2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	9.00	6.00	8	2	0	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.249	.05	-0.01%	-3.24	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d3
17	80	74	Jul 5	BRO		NYG	L,7-13	8-GF		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	8.78	5.78	10	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.00	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 8
18	81	76	Jul 7	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8.36	5.56	7	2	3	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.110	.01	0.00%	1.00	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
19	82	80	Jul 12(2)	BRO		CIN	L,5-13	GS-3	L(0-6)	4	2.0	5	6	6	2	2	1	0	9.20	5.80	12	0	3	0	0	5	22			0	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.435	.04	-0.01%	-4.92	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	83	136	Sep 12	BRO		CIN	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	BW(1-6)	61	3.0	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	9.00	5.99	11	4	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.50	8t --- 0 out a1	10t end tie
21	84	144	Sep 21(1)	BRO		STL	L,0-13	9-GF		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.81	5.89	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d13	9t end d13
22	85	149	Sep 24(2)	BRO		PHI	W,10-1	CG	W(2-6)	2	9.0	4	1	0	6	5	0	1	7.42	5.66	39	14	9	1	1	4	76			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	2	.60	0.207	.00	0.00%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							5-16		W-L:2-6,BSv:2	3.1	57.0	72	51	47	32	24	6	5	7.42	5.66	278	0.70		5%	13%	64	36	9	22%	2	1	1	239	14	4	2	4	0	6	.84	-1.669	.78	-1.08%	-14.80

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Beck Pages

Boom-Boom Beck Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Boom-Boom Beck Pages at Baseball Reference