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Bucky Walters

William Henry Walters

Positions: Pitcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 19, 1909 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Germantown (Germantown, PA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1929. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1931
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/RedSox/Braves 1931-1950

Final Game: July 23, 1950
Died: April 20, 1991 in Abington, PA
Buried: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, PA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #115. Waite Hoyt… #116. Jamie Moyer… #117. Kevin Appier… #118. BUCKY WALTERS… #119. Jack Quinn… #120. Sam McDowell… #121. Jered Weaver… 

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
1934 25 PHI NL 0 0 1.29 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 30 384 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 9.0 3.50
1935 26 PHI NL 9 9 .500 4.17 24 22 2 8 2 0 151.0 168 86 70 9 68 40 7 0 4 666 109 1.563 10.0 0.5 4.1 2.4 0.59
1936 27 PHI NL 11 21 .344 4.26 40 33 3 15 4 0 258.0 284 146 122 11 115 66 5 0 7 1159 108 1.547 9.9 0.4 4.0 2.3 0.57
1937 28 PHI NL 14 15 .483 4.75 37 34 1 15 3 0 246.1 292 148 130 14 86 87 3 0 4 1094 92 1.535 10.7 0.5 3.1 3.2 1.01 AS
1938 29 TOT NL 15 14 .517 4.20 39 34 3 20 3 1 251.0 259 134 117 13 108 93 5 0 11 1111 90 1.462 9.3 0.5 3.9 3.3 0.86
1938 29 PHI NL 4 8 .333 5.23 12 12 0 9 1 0 82.2 91 53 48 8 42 28 3 0 2 376 76 1.609 9.9 0.9 4.6 3.0 0.67
1938 29 CIN NL 11 6 .647 3.69 27 22 3 11 2 1 168.1 168 81 69 5 66 65 2 0 9 735 100 1.390 9.0 0.3 3.5 3.5 0.98
1939 30 CIN NL 27 11 .711 2.29 39 36 2 31 2 0 319.0 250 98 81 15 109 137 6 3 8 1283 170 1.125 7.1 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.26 AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 22 10 .688 2.48 36 36 0 29 3 0 305.0 241 95 84 19 92 115 5 0 3 1207 154 1.092 7.1 0.6 2.7 3.4 1.25 AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 19 15 .559 2.83 37 35 2 27 5 2 302.0 292 108 95 10 88 129 2 0 7 1252 127 1.258 8.7 0.3 2.6 3.8 1.47 AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 15 14 .517 2.66 34 32 1 21 2 0 253.2 223 101 75 8 73 109 5 0 2 1054 123 1.167 7.9 0.3 2.6 3.9 1.49 AS
1943 34 CIN NL 15 15 .500 3.54 34 34 0 21 5 0 246.1 244 105 97 8 109 80 1 1 8 1054 94 1.433 8.9 0.3 4.0 2.9 0.73 MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 23 8 .742 2.40 34 32 2 27 6 1 285.0 233 92 76 10 87 77 4 0 2 1162 146 1.123 7.4 0.3 2.7 2.4 0.89 AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 10 10 .500 2.68 22 22 0 12 3 0 168.0 166 62 50 6 51 45 2 0 3 706 141 1.292 8.9 0.3 2.7 2.4 0.88
1946 37 CIN NL 10 7 .588 2.56 22 22 0 10 2 0 151.1 146 55 43 9 64 60 2 1 2 636 133 1.388 8.7 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.94
1947 38 CIN NL 8 8 .500 5.75 20 20 0 5 2 0 122.0 137 83 78 15 49 43 3 1 0 550 72 1.525 10.1 1.1 3.6 3.2 0.88
1948 39 CIN NL 0 3 .000 4.63 7 5 1 1 0 0 35.0 42 25 18 7 18 19 0 0 1 157 86 1.714 10.8 1.8 4.6 4.9 1.06
1950 41 BSN NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 94 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
16 Seasons 198 160 .553 3.30 428 398 18 242 42 4 3104.2 2990 1343 1139 155 1121 1107 51 6 63 13140 116 1.324 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .553 3.30 35 33 1 20 3 0 256 246 111 94 13 92 91 4 0 5 1082 116 1.324 8.7 0.4 3.2 3.2 0.99
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
CIN (11 yrs) 160 107 .599 2.93 312 296 11 195 32 4 2355.2 2142 905 766 112 806 879 32 6 45 9796 124 1.251 8.2 0.4 3.1 3.4 1.09
PHI (5 yrs) 38 53 .418 4.48 115 102 7 47 10 0 745.0 843 436 371 43 313 228 19 0 17 3325 99 1.552 10.2 0.5 3.8 2.8 0.73
BSN (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 94 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1934 25 PHI NL 7.0 1 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.2 $
1935 26 PHI NL 151.0 22 86 92 -5 1.0 6 2.0 $
1936 27 PHI NL 258.0 33 146 155 -8 1.0 9 3.4 $
1937 28 PHI NL 246.1 34 148 144 -4 1.0 -4 1.6 $ AS
1938 29 PHI NL 82.2 12 53 47 -2 1.0 -6 -0.2 $
1938 29 CIN NL 168.1 22 81 95 4 1.0 14 0.8 $
1939 30 CIN NL 319.0 36 98 183 10 1.0 85 7.7 $ AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 305.0 36 95 172 15 1.0 77 6.4 $ AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 302.0 35 108 165 4 1.0 57 5.6 $ AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 253.2 32 101 121 5 1.0 20 1.7 $ AS
1943 34 CIN NL 246.1 34 105 118 6 1.0 13 0.6 $ MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 285.0 32 92 149 13 1.0 57 4.5 $ AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 168.0 22 62 92 0 1.0 30 3.0 $
1946 37 CIN NL 151.1 22 55 78 5 1.0 23 1.9 $
1947 38 CIN NL 122.0 20 83 74 -3 1.0 -9 -0.6 $
1948 39 CIN NL 35.0 5 25 20 -1 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
1950 41 BSN NL 4.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
16 Seasons 3104.2 398 1343 1711 39 1.0 368 38.2 $
Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
CIN (11 yrs) 2355.2 296 905 1267 58 1.0 362 31.2 $
PHI (5 yrs) 745.0 102 436 442 -19 1.0 6 7.0 $
BSN (1 yr) 4.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1939 30 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 4.91 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 13 9 6 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 47 1.273 10.6 0.8 0.8 4.9 6.00
1940 31 CIN NL WS W DET 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 8 3 3 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 66 0.778 4.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 .500 2.79 4 3 1 3 1 0 29.0 21 12 9 1 7 0 12 0 0 0 113 0.966 6.5 0.3 2.2 3.7 1.71
2 WS 2 2 .500 2.79 4 3 1 3 1 0 29.0 21 12 9 1 7 0 12 0 0 0 113 0.966 6.5 0.3 2.2 3.7 1.71

Standard Batting

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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
1931 22 BSN NL 9 38 38 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .211 .211 .263 .474 28 10 0 0 /54
1932 23 BSN NL 22 83 75 8 14 3 1 0 4 0 2 18 .187 .208 .253 .461 25 19 0 6 5
1933 24 BOS AL 52 225 195 27 50 8 3 4 28 1 1 19 24 .256 .326 .390 .715 86 76 1 10 5/4
1934 25 TOT MLB 106 415 388 46 97 24 7 8 56 1 0 22 66 .250 .294 .410 .703 77 159 11 2 3 *5/41
1934 25 PHI NL 83 324 300 36 78 20 3 4 38 1 19 54 .260 .308 .387 .695 76 116 11 2 3 55/41
1934 25 BOS AL 23 91 88 10 19 4 4 4 18 0 0 3 12 .216 .242 .489 .730 81 43 0 0 55/41
1935 26 PHI NL 49 107 96 14 24 2 1 0 6 0 9 12 .250 .314 .292 .606 58 28 2 0 2 1/O45
1936 27 PHI NL 64 131 121 12 29 10 1 1 16 0 7 15 .240 .281 .364 .645 65 44 3 0 3 1/45
1937 28 PHI NL 56 144 137 15 38 6 0 1 16 1 5 16 .277 .303 .343 .646 69 47 3 0 2 1/5 AS
1938 29 TOT NL 51 110 99 16 19 3 0 1 8 1 8 23 .192 .259 .253 .512 42 25 2 1 2 1
1938 29 PHI NL 15 36 35 6 10 2 0 1 3 1 1 5 .286 .306 .429 .734 101 15 1 0 0 1
1938 29 CIN NL 36 74 64 10 9 1 0 0 5 0 7 18 .141 .236 .156 .392 11 10 1 1 2 1
1939 30 CIN NL 40 131 120 16 39 8 1 1 16 1 5 12 .325 .357 .433 .790 110 52 2 1 5 1 AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 37 127 117 11 24 3 0 1 18 2 4 14 .205 .231 .256 .488 33 30 1 0 6 1 AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 39 117 106 6 20 6 0 0 9 0 7 13 .189 .239 .245 .484 36 26 3 0 4 1 AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 40 104 99 13 24 6 1 2 13 0 3 13 .242 .265 .384 .649 89 38 2 0 2 1/O AS
1943 34 CIN NL 37 101 90 11 24 7 1 1 12 1 6 15 .267 .313 .400 .713 106 36 1 0 5 1 MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 37 120 107 9 30 4 0 0 13 0 8 18 .280 .330 .318 .648 86 34 0 0 5 1 AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 24 67 61 11 14 3 0 3 8 2 3 14 .230 .266 .426 .692 92 26 2 0 3 1
1946 37 CIN NL 24 63 55 6 7 2 0 0 5 2 4 12 .127 .186 .164 .350 1 9 1 0 4 1
1947 38 CIN NL 20 49 45 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 2 13 .267 .298 .311 .609 62 14 0 0 2 1
1948 39 CIN NL 7 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .267 .267 .267 .533 47 4 1 0 0 /1
1950 41 BSN NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
19 Seasons 715 2149 1966 227 477 99 16 23 234 12 1 114 303 .243 .286 .344 .630 68 677 34 5 64
162 Game Avg. 162 487 445 51 108 22 4 5 53 3 26 69 .243 .286 .344 .630 68 153 1 15
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
CIN (11 yrs) 341 968 879 97 207 42 3 8 105 8 49 144 .235 .277 .317 .595 66 279 14 2 38
PHI (5 yrs) 267 742 689 83 179 40 5 7 79 3 41 102 .260 .303 .363 .666 71 250 20 2 10
BSN (3 yrs) 32 123 115 10 22 5 1 0 4 0 2 21 .191 .205 .252 .457 24 29 0 0 6
BOS (2 yrs) 75 316 283 37 69 12 7 8 46 1 1 22 36 .244 .301 .420 .721 85 119 1 10
NL (18 yrs) 640 1833 1683 190 408 87 9 15 188 11 92 267 .242 .283 .332 .615 65 558 34 4 54
AL (2 yrs) 75 316 283 37 69 12 7 8 46 1 1 22 36 .244 .301 .420 .721 85 119 1 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 22 BSN NL 38 -4 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /54
1932 23 BSN NL 83 -8 0 0 0 0 0 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 5
1933 24 BOS AL 225 -4 0 0 0 0 1 7 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 5/4
1934 25 BOS AL 91 -4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 55/41
1934 25 PHI NL 324 -12 0 0 0 -5 2 10 -5 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $ 55/41
1935 26 PHI NL 107 -5 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1/O45
1936 27 PHI NL 131 -7 0 0 0 0 9 4 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1/45
1937 28 PHI NL 144 -6 0 0 0 0 8 4 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1/5 AS
1938 29 PHI NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1938 29 CIN NL 74 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1939 30 CIN NL 131 2 0 0 0 0 10 4 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-1
1940 31 CIN NL 127 -10 0 0 0 0 10 4 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-3
1941 32 CIN NL 117 -8 0 0 0 0 9 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-28
1942 33 CIN NL 104 -2 0 0 0 0 7 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 1/O AS
1943 34 CIN NL 101 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $ 1 MVP-32
1944 35 CIN NL 120 -2 -1 0 0 0 7 4 8 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1945 36 CIN NL 67 -1 1 0 0 0 4 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1
1946 37 CIN NL 63 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1947 38 CIN NL 49 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1948 39 CIN NL 15 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1950 41 BSN NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
19 Seasons 2149 -90 0 0 0 -5 94 66 65 6.3 70 7.0 -0.7 $
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CIN (11 yrs) 968 -39 0 0 0 0 67 31 59 5.7 59 5.9 -0.2 $
PHI (5 yrs) 742 -30 0 0 0 -5 26 22 13 1.3 18 1.8 -0.5 $
BSN (3 yrs) 123 -13 0 0 0 1 0 3 -9 -0.9 -10 -1.0 0.1 $
BOS (2 yrs) 316 -8 0 0 0 -1 1 10 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 30 CIN NL WS NYY L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 31 CIN NL WS DET W 2 7 7 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .857 1.143 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 10 10 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 6 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1931 BSN NL 22 3B 6 19 5 13 1 0 .947 3.00 .944 2.85
1931 BSN NL 22 2B 3 11 2 9 0 2 1.000 3.67 .964 5.60
1932 BSN NL 23 3B 22 67 17 44 6 8 .910 2.77 .945 2.88
1933 BOS AL 24 3B 43 134 42 84 8 11 .940 2.93 .954 2.92
1933 BOS AL 24 2B 7 41 16 23 2 3 .951 5.57 .971 5.99
1934 TOT MLB 25 3B 103 317 107 190 20 18 .937 2.88 .944 2.99
1934 PHI NL 25 3B 80 221 74 136 11 12 .950 2.63 .945 2.96
1934 BOS AL 25 3B 23 96 33 54 9 6 .906 3.78 .943 3.09
1934 PHI NL 25 2B 3 17 9 7 1 0 .941 5.33 .965 5.87
1934 PHI NL 25 P 2 7.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 1.50 .960 2.31 2.25
1935 PHI NL 26 P 24 151.0 47 7 40 0 4 1.000 2.80 1.96 .959 2.31 2.28
1935 PHI NL 26 OF 5 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 .971 2.42
1935 PHI NL 26 2B 2 9 1 7 1 0 .889 4.00 .963 5.75
1935 PHI NL 26 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1935 PHI NL 26 LF 5 4 4 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 .970 2.24
1936 PHI NL 27 P 40 258.0 114 15 96 3 6 .974 3.87 2.78 .950 2.32 2.31
1936 PHI NL 27 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 5.90
1936 PHI NL 27 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 2.70
1937 PHI NL 28 P 37 246.1 84 7 76 1 7 .988 3.03 2.24 .958 2.39 2.36 AS
1937 PHI NL 28 3B 8 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.75 .954 2.88 AS
1938 TOT NL 29 P 39 34 20 251.0 74 6 66 2 5 .973 2.58 1.85 .964 2.21 2.19
1938 PHI NL 29 P 12 12 9 82.2 22 3 18 1 3 .955 2.29 1.75 .964 2.21 2.19
1938 CIN NL 29 P 27 22 11 168.1 52 3 48 1 2 .981 2.73 1.89 .964 2.21 2.19
1939 CIN NL 30 P 39 319.0 95 16 77 2 10 .979 2.62 2.38 .960 2.19 2.16 AS,MVP-1
1940 CIN NL 31 P 36 305.0 73 13 56 4 7 .945 2.04 1.92 .962 2.22 2.22 AS,MVP-3
1941 CIN NL 32 P 37 302.0 88 18 68 2 6 .977 2.56 2.32 .965 2.23 2.21 AS,MVP-28
1942 CIN NL 33 P 34 253.2 76 13 60 3 6 .961 2.59 2.15 .968 2.35 2.35 AS
1942 CIN NL 33 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 AS
1942 CIN NL 33 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 AS
1943 CIN NL 34 P 34 246.1 70 19 49 2 7 .971 2.48 2.00 .961 2.25 2.25 MVP-32
1944 CIN NL 35 P 34 285.0 70 15 55 0 7 1.000 2.21 2.06 .961 2.14 2.13 AS,MVP-5
1945 CIN NL 36 P 22 168.0 40 6 33 1 3 .975 2.09 1.77 .963 2.18 2.17
1946 CIN NL 37 P 22 151.1 50 10 37 3 7 .940 2.80 2.14 .960 2.24 2.22
1947 CIN NL 38 P 20 122.0 26 6 19 1 0 .962 1.84 1.25 .966 2.10 2.07
1948 CIN NL 39 P 7 35.0 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.09 1.71 .963 2.11 2.09
1950 BSN NL 41 P 1 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 .960 2.02 2.10
16 Seasons P 428 34 20 3104.2 923 153 746 24 76 .974 2.61 2.10 .961 2.24 2.23
7 Seasons 3B 184 552 176 341 35 38 .937 2.81 .947 2.95
5 Seasons 2B 16 79 28 47 4 5 .949 4.69 .968 5.86
2 Seasons OF 6 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 .971 2.40
1 Season LF 5 4 4 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 .970 2.24
1 Season CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
19 Seasons TOT 634 34 20 3104.2 1562 364 1135 63 119 .960 2.61 2.36 .956 2.24 2.53
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1952 BBWAA ( 1.3%)
1953 BBWAA ( 3.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1958 BBWAA (12.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 7.1%)
1962 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1964 BBWAA (17.4%)
1964 Run Off ( 4.0%)
1966 BBWAA (18.5%)
1967 BBWAA (22.3%)
1967 Run Off ( 7.8%)
1968 BBWAA (23.7%)
1969 BBWAA ( 5.9%)
1970 BBWAA ( 9.7%)

All-Star Games
1937 *
1939
1940 *
1941 *
1942 *
1944 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1939 NL MVP
1939 NL Triple Crown

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (1, 90%)
1940 NL (3, 43%)
1941 NL (28, 2%)
1943 NL (32, 0%)
1944 NL (5, 32%)
1 MVP
1.67 Career Shares (121st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1939 NL  9.3 (1st)
1940 NL  6.8 (4th)
1941 NL  6.1 (6th)
1944 NL  5.2 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1936 NL  3.4 (10th)
1939 NL  7.7 (1st)
1940 NL  6.4 (1st)
1941 NL  5.6 (2nd)
1944 NL  4.5 (3rd)
1945 NL  3.0 (10th)
Career  38.2 (148th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1939 NL  2.29 (1st)
1940 NL  2.48 (1st)
1941 NL  2.83 (5th)
1942 NL  2.66 (6th)
1944 NL  2.40 (2nd)
1945 NL  2.68 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1937 NL  14 (10th)
1938 NL  15 (5th)
1939 NL  27 (1st)
1940 NL  22 (1st)
1941 NL  19 (3rd)
1942 NL  15 (8th)
1943 NL  15 (6th)
1944 NL  23 (1st)
Career  198 (112th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1939 NL  .711 (4th)
1940 NL  .688 (3rd)
1944 NL  .742 (4th)
1946 NL  .588 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1939 NL  1.125 (1st)
1940 NL  1.092 (1st)
1942 NL  1.167 (6th)
1944 NL  1.123 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  7.053 (1st)
1940 NL  7.112 (1st)
1942 NL  7.912 (10th)
1944 NL  7.358 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1942 NL  2.590 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  3.865 (9th)
1941 NL  3.844 (8th)
1942 NL  3.867 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1936 NL  258.0 (8th)
1937 NL  246.3 (8th)
1938 NL  251.0 (6th)
1939 NL  319.0 (1st)
1940 NL  305.0 (1st)
1941 NL  302.0 (1st)
1942 NL  253.7 (6th)
1944 NL  285.0 (4th)
Career  3,104.7 (117th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 NL  137 (1st)
1940 NL  115 (5th)
1941 NL  129 (3rd)
1942 NL  109 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1936 NL  33 (5th)
1937 NL  34 (1st)
1938 NL  34 (3rd)
1939 NL  36 (1st)
1940 NL  36 (2nd)
1941 NL  35 (2nd)
1942 NL  32 (8th)
1943 NL  34 (3rd)
1944 NL  32 (8th)
Career  398 (124th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1936 NL  15 (8th)
1938 NL  20 (3rd)
1939 NL  31 (1st)
1940 NL  29 (1st)
1941 NL  27 (1st)
1942 NL  21 (4th)
1943 NL  21 (5th)
1944 NL  27 (2nd)
Career  242 (91st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1936 NL  4 (1st)
1937 NL  3 (9th)
1938 NL  3 (5th)
1939 NL  2 (8th)
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1941 NL  5 (3rd)
1943 NL  5 (3rd)
1944 NL  6 (2nd)
1945 NL  3 (6th)
Career  42 (38th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1937 NL  14 (10th)
1939 NL  15 (6th)
1940 NL  19 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1935 NL  68 (10th)
1936 NL  115 (2nd)
1937 NL  86 (6th)
1938 NL  108 (3rd)
1939 NL  109 (2nd)
1940 NL  92 (5th)
1941 NL  88 (4th)
1943 NL  109 (2nd)
1944 NL  87 (10th)
Career  1,121 (70th)

Hits s c a p y
1936 NL  284 (3rd)
1937 NL  292 (2nd)
1938 NL  259 (7th)
1939 NL  250 (8th)
1940 NL  241 (7th)
1941 NL  292 (1st)
1942 NL  223 (7th)
1943 NL  244 (5th)
Career  2,990 (128th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  1.466 (10th)
1942 NL  1.493 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL  0.466 (10th)
1939 NL  0.423 (8th)
1941 NL  0.298 (2nd)
1942 NL  0.284 (9th)
1944 NL  0.316 (9th)
1945 NL  0.321 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1936 NL  21 (1st)
1937 NL  15 (5th)
1938 NL  14 (7th)
1941 NL  15 (3rd)
1942 NL  14 (8th)
1943 NL  15 (6th)
Career  160 (119th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 NL  122 (2nd)
1937 NL  130 (2nd)
1938 NL  117 (3rd)
1941 NL  95 (3rd)
1943 NL  97 (2nd)
Career  1,139 (150th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1936 NL  7 (7th)
1938 NL  11 (2nd)
1939 NL  8 (3rd)
1941 NL  7 (4th)
1943 NL  8 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 NL  7 (5th)
1936 NL  5 (9th)
1938 NL  5 (10th)
1939 NL  6 (6th)
1940 NL  5 (9th)
1942 NL  5 (5th)
1944 NL  4 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1936 NL  1,159 (5th)
1937 NL  1,094 (4th)
1938 NL  1,111 (5th)
1939 NL  1,283 (1st)
1940 NL  1,207 (1st)
1941 NL  1,252 (2nd)
1942 NL  1,054 (8th)
1943 NL  1,054 (8th)
1944 NL  1,162 (4th)
Career  13,140 (117th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1939 NL  170 (1st)
1940 NL  154 (1st)
1941 NL  127 (5th)
1942 NL  123 (6th)
1944 NL  146 (2nd)
1945 NL  141 (4th)
Career  116 (186th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  55 (1st)
1940 NL  46 (1st)
1941 NL  28 (4th)
1944 NL  35 (1st)
1945 NL  19 (9th)
Career  180 (101st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1939 NL  6.0 (1st)
1940 NL  5.1 (1st)
1941 NL  3.0 (4th)
1944 NL  3.9 (1st)
1945 NL  2.0 (9th)
Career  19.9 (86th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1936 NL  15 (5th)
1939 NL  16 (2nd)
1941 NL  18 (2nd)
1943 NL  19 (1st)
1944 NL  15 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1936 NL  96 (1st)
1937 NL  76 (2nd)
1938 NL  66 (3rd)
1939 NL  77 (2nd)
1941 NL  68 (2nd)
1944 NL  55 (4th)
Career  746 (71st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1940 NL  4 (4th)
1942 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1934 NL  2.63 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1934 NL  .950 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1936 NL  3.87 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1936 NL  2.78 (1st)
1937 NL  2.24 (3rd)
1939 NL  2.38 (4th)
1940 NL  1.92 (5th)
1941 NL  2.32 (2nd)
1942 NL  2.15 (3rd)
1944 NL  2.06 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1944 NL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1948 NL  born 1909-04-19 (8th)
1950 NL  born 1909-04-19 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1931 NL  born 1909-04-19 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 48 (26), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 152 (92), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 104 (89), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 27 (173), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Silver King (938)
  2. Bill Hutchinson (930)
  3. Bob Shawkey (926)
  4. Bullet Joe Bush (924)
  5. Lee Meadows (918)
  6. Dolf Luque (913)
  7. Hooks Dauss (912)
  8. Milt Pappas (910)
  9. George Uhle (910)
  10. Tommy Bridges (909)
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  1. Jimmy Zinn (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Black (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Joe Genewich (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Denny Galehouse (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Walt Terrell (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Forsch (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Howie Pollet (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ray Caldwell (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hal Schumacher (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Hal Schumacher (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Stieb (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Perry (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Red Faber (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Joe Niekro (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jesse Haines (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Fred Beck (952)
  2. Hal Jeffcoat (952)
  3. Pete LaCock (951)
  4. Danny Heep (943)
  5. Tom Hutton (943)
  6. Dan Stearns (941)
  7. Dave McCarty (941)
  8. George Wright (940)
  9. Preston Ward (939)
  10. Howie Schultz (939)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Kevin Orie (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Oscar Grimes (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lloyd Merriman (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lee King (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lloyd Merriman (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jeremy Reed (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Dwyer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rip Russell (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave McCarty (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave McCarty (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave McCarty (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jerry Hairston (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Walter Johnson (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Walter Johnson (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Walter Johnson (931) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Bob Smith (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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