Boom-Boom Beck

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Full Name: Walter William Beck	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: September 22, 1924
Birthdate: October 16, 1904	Final Game: September 26, 1945
Birthplace: Decatur, Illinois	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 7, 1987
Deathplace: Champaign, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 16, 1904 in Decatur, Illinois, Boom-Boom Beck (Walter William Beck) played for the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 12 year career. Beck broke into the bigs on September 22, 1924 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 3.54 ERA in 257 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Boom-Boom Beck's best season was 1933, when he posted a 3.54 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 89 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1924	STL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
1927	STL	A	3	1	1	0	5.56	6	8	7	1	0	0	11.1	15	0	5	0	0	1
1928	STL	A	16	4	2	3	4.41	17	29	24	2	0	0	49	52	4	20	0	0	4
1933	BRO	N	43	35	12	20	3.54	89	128	101	15	3	1	257	270	9	69	0	2	11
1934	BRO	N	22	9	2	6	7.42	24	50	47	2	0	0	57	72	6	32	0	3	5
1939	PHI	N	34	16	7	14	4.73	77	104	96	12	0	3	182.2	203	11	64	0	1	3
1940	PHI	N	29	15	4	9	4.31	38	69	62	4	0	0	129.1	147	13	41	0	1	9
1941	PHI	N	34	7	1	9	4.63	34	52	49	2	0	0	95.1	104	8	35	0	2	2
1942	PHI	N	26	1	0	1	4.75	10	30	28	0	0	0	53	69	4	17	0	0	1
1943	PHI	N	4	0	0	0	9.88	3	15	15	0	0	0	13.2	24	1	5	0	0	2
1944	DET	A	28	2	1	2	3.89	25	36	32	0	0	1	74	67	5	27	0	1	3
1945	PIT	N	14	5	6	1	2.14	20	19	15	4	0	0	63	54	2	14	0	0	0
1945	CIN	N	11	5	2	4	3.40	9	21	18	2	0	1	47.2	42	0	12	0	0	1
1945	TOT	N	25	10	8	5	2.68	29	40	33	6	0	1	110.2	96	2	26	0	0	1
Total	NL		217	93	34	64	4.32	304	488	431	41	3	5	898.2	985	54	289	0	9	34
Total	AL		48	7	4	5	4.19	48	73	63	3	0	1	135.1	136	9	53	0	1	8
Total			265	100	38	69	4.30	352	561	494	44	3	6	1034	1121	63	342	0	10	42

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1924	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1927	STL	A	P	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	STL	A	P	16	0	0	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1933	BRO	N	P	43	0	0	12	52	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1934	BRO	N	P	22	0	0	2	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	PHI	N	P	34	0	0	8	37	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.882
1940	PHI	N	P	29	0	0	10	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1941	PHI	N	P	34	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1942	PHI	N	P	26	0	0	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1943	PHI	N	P	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	DET	A	P	28	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1945	PIT	N	P	14	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	CIN	N	P	11	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	TOT	N	P	25	0	0	4	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	265	0	0	47	193	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	.938

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1924	STL	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1927	STL	A	3	4	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928	STL	A	16	14	0	6	0	1	.429	.429	.429	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1933	BRO	N	43	95	5	18	0	6	.189	.198	.242	5	0	1	22	0	2	0	0	3
1934	BRO	N	22	17	2	4	0	0	.235	.278	.294	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
1939	PHI	N	34	68	3	9	0	3	.132	.145	.176	3	0	1	6	0	4	0	0	4
1940	PHI	N	29	36	0	2	0	0	.056	.056	.083	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	3
1941	PHI	N	34	25	0	3	0	1	.120	.120	.120	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1942	PHI	N	27	12	2	4	0	3	.333	.333	.417	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	PHI	N	4	4	1	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1944	DET	A	28	22	3	7	0	3	.318	.318	.455	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
1945	PIT	N	14	16	0	2	0	1	.125	.176	.125	0	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0
1945	CIN	N	11	14	1	3	0	0	.214	.214	.214	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1945	TOT	N	25	30	1	5	0	1	.167	.194	.167	0	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0
Total	NL		218	287	14	47	0	15	.164	.175	.202	11	0	4	41	0	18	0	0	12
Total	AL		48	40	3	14	0	5	.350	.350	.425	3	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1
Total			266	327	17	61	0	20	.187	.196	.229	14	0	4	46	0	19	0	0	13

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Mission (PCL) (November 16, 1934).
Released by Detroit Tigers (March 10, 1945).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (@April 10, 1945).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (June 22, 1945).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (@June 24, 1945).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 31, 1945).

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