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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

ERA

4.28

265

101

1032.2

352

WHIP

1.414

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-16 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 4

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	241	3	Apr 19	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	4	3	2	3	0	0	3.38	2.70	32	8	13	0	0	6	57			4	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.64	-0.175	1.93	-0.31%	-0.08	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
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
2	242	13	May 6(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		16	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	2.70	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.10	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
3	243	17	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-10	6-7		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	2.70	4	1	3	0	0	0		2	1	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.001	.18	0.00%	-0.01	6b 1-3 2 out d6	7b 3 out d4
4	244	18	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.53	8	2	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.18	0.174	4.67	0.12%	-0.63	8b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 1
5	245	21	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	5	2	1	3	3	0	0	1.71	2.75	35	13	11	0	0	5	71			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	0.404	1.70	0.28%	2.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	246	25	May 24	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	2.75	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.037	1.38	0.04%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
7	247	27	May 26	CIN		NYG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	1	6.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.83	2.94	28	9	11	1	2	6	40			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.118	1.37	-0.08%	-2.00	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d5
8	248	33	May 31	CIN		PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.39	3.05	33	11	15	2	0	5	71			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.202	.70	0.12%	3.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
9	249	38	Jun 5(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-9	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	3.0	8	4	3	0	1	0	0	2.88	2.97	17	4	4	1	0	8	30			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.155	2.18	-0.20%	-1.79	1b start tie	4b 1-3 0 out d2
10	250	42	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	3	6.0	7	5	5	2	1	0	1	3.47	3.09	27	5	11	1	0	7	37			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.255	1.72	-0.32%	-2.06	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
11	251	48	Jun 15(2)	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.40	3.10	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.008	.17	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates
12	252	70	Jul 6(1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-13	5-6		20	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.26	3.06	7	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.038	.65	0.05%	1.00	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
13	253	71	Jul 6(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,8-14			-1	1.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.53	3.01	8												8					0
14	254	79	Jul 16	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	7-GF		9	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.50	3.00	10	2	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	-0.023	.44	-0.03%	0.56	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
15	255	84	Jul 20	PIT		NYG	W,13-5	5-6	W(3-4)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.99	7	2	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.080	.59	0.05%	1.04	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
16	256	89	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	W,8-5		W(4-4)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	2.97	10												10					0
Aug				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
17	257	103	Aug 8(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-5	3-6		15	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.14	2.94	15	2	7	2	3	3		1	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.044	.05	0.00%	0.30	3b 1-- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d5
18	258	106	Aug 10(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	3-6		1	4.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.09	2.94	17	5	6	2	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.47	0.006	.05	0.00%	0.92	3b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
19	259	111	Aug 14(2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.96	3.12	34						64						33	3	0			0
20	260	117	Aug 19(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	3.12	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
21	261	121	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.83	3.07	38	9	15	1	0	9	62			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	1	0	1	.99	0.198	.01	0.00%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
22	262	130	Sep 2(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(7-4)	9	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.75	3.02	34	7	14	0	0	7	67			3	1	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.342	.00	0.00%	2.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
23	263	139	Sep 9(1)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(8-4)	6	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.77	3.05	35						63						34	4	0			0
24	264	148	Sep 16(2)	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	3-3		6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.75	3.07	4	1	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.90	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.57	3t -23 1 out d3	3t 3 out d5
25	265	150	Sep 26(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(8-5)	9	6.0	6	5	1	4	2	0	0	2.68	3.12	27	3	12	1	0	6	46			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-2.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
							9-16		W-L:8-5,Sv:1	4.0	110.2	96	40	33	26	30	2	1	2.68	3.12	445	0.65		6%	3%	75	55	7	86%	11	3	1	410	19	3	1	7	0	4	.95	0.345	.91	-0.28%	7.43

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