Bucky Walters

Full Name: William Henry Walters	Primary Position: P,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: September 18, 1931
Birthdate: April 19, 1909	Final Game: July 23, 1950
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 19 years
Died: April 20, 1991
Deathplace: Abington, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 19, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bucky Walters (William Henry Walters) played for the Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 19 year career. Walters broke into the bigs on September 18, 1931 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 4.17 ERA in 151 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bucky Walters's best season was 1939, when he posted a 2.29 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 137 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1934	PHI	N	2	1	0	0	1.29	7	3	1	0	0	0	7	8	1	2	0	1
1935	PHI	N	24	22	9	9	4.17	40	86	70	8	2	0	151	168	9	68	4	7
1936	PHI	N	40	33	11	21	4.26	66	146	122	15	4	0	258	284	11	115	7	5
1937	PHI	N	37	34	14	15	4.75	87	148	130	15	3	0	246.1	292	14	86	4	3
1938	PHI	N	12	12	4	8	5.23	28	53	48	9	1	0	82.2	91	8	42	2	3
1938	CIN	N	27	22	11	6	3.69	65	81	69	11	2	1	168.1	168	5	66	9	2
1938	TOT	N	39	34	15	14	4.20	93	134	117	20	3	1	251	259	13	108	11	5
1939	CIN	N	39	36	27	11	2.29	137	98	81	31	2	0	319	250	15	109	8	6
1940	CIN	N	36	36	22	10	2.48	115	95	84	29	3	0	305	241	19	92	3	5
1941	CIN	N	37	35	19	15	2.83	129	108	95	27	5	2	302	292	10	88	7	2
1942	CIN	N	34	32	15	14	2.66	109	101	75	21	2	0	253.2	223	8	73	2	5
1943	CIN	N	34	34	15	15	3.54	80	105	97	21	5	0	246.1	244	8	109	8	1
1944	CIN	N	34	32	23	8	2.40	77	92	76	27	6	1	285	233	10	87	2	4
1945	CIN	N	22	22	10	10	2.68	45	62	50	12	3	0	168	166	6	51	3	2
1946	CIN	N	22	22	10	7	2.56	60	55	43	10	2	0	151.1	146	9	64	2	2
1947	CIN	N	20	20	8	8	5.75	43	83	78	5	2	0	122	137	15	49	0	3
1948	CIN	N	7	5	0	3	4.63	19	25	18	1	0	0	35	42	6	18	1	0
1950	BOS	N	1	0	0	0	4.50	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	5	0	2	1	0
Total			428	398	198	160	3.30	1107	1343	1139	242	42	4	3104.2	2990	154	1121	63	51

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1931	BOS	N	3B	6	5	13	1	0	.947
1931	BOS	N	2B	3	2	9	0	2	1.000
1932	BOS	N	3B	22	17	44	6	8	.910
1933	BOS	A	3B	43	42	84	8	11	.940
1933	BOS	A	2B	7	16	23	2	3	.951
1934	PHI	N	P	2	0	3	0	1	1.000
1934	PHI	N	3B	80	74	136	11	12	.950
1934	PHI	N	2B	3	9	7	1	0	.941
1934	BOS	A	3B	23	33	54	9	6	.906
1934	Total		3B	103	107	190	20	18	.937
1935	PHI	N	2B	2	1	7	1	0	.889
1935	PHI	N	P	24	7	40	0	4	1.000
1935	PHI	N	3B	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1935	PHI	N	OF	5	7	1	0	0	1.000
1936	PHI	N	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1936	PHI	N	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1936	PHI	N	P	40	15	96	3	6	.974
1937	PHI	N	3B	8	5	9	0	1	1.000
1937	PHI	N	P	37	7	76	1	7	.988
1938	PHI	N	P	12	3	18	1	3	.955
1938	CIN	N	P	27	3	48	1	2	.981
1938	TOT	N	P	39	6	66	2	5	.973
1939	CIN	N	P	39	16	77	2	10	.979
1940	CIN	N	P	36	13	56	4	7	.945
1941	CIN	N	P	37	18	68	2	6	.977
1942	CIN	N	P	34	13	60	3	6	.961
1942	CIN	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1943	CIN	N	P	34	19	49	2	7	.971
1944	CIN	N	P	34	15	55	0	7	1.000
1945	CIN	N	P	22	6	33	1	3	.975
1946	CIN	N	P	22	10	37	3	7	.940
1947	CIN	N	P	20	6	19	1	0	.962
1948	CIN	N	P	7	1	11	0	0	1.000
1950	BOS	N	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	6	7	1	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	16	28	47	4	5	.949
Total			P	428	153	746	24	76	.974
Total			3B	184	176	341	35	38	.937

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1931	BOS	N	9	38	2	8	0	0	.211	.211	.263	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1932	BOS	N	22	75	8	14	0	4	.187	.208	.253	3	1	2	18	0	6	0	0
1933	BOS	A	52	195	27	50	4	28	.256	.326	.390	8	3	19	24	1	10	1	0
1934	PHI	N	83	300	36	78	4	38	.260	.308	.387	20	3	19	54	2	3	1	11
1934	BOS	A	23	88	10	19	4	18	.216	.242	.489	4	4	3	12	0	0	0	0
1934	Total		106	388	46	97	8	56	.250	.294	.410	24	7	22	66	2	3	1	11
1935	PHI	N	49	96	14	24	0	6	.250	.314	.292	2	1	9	12	0	2	0	2
1936	PHI	N	64	121	12	29	1	16	.240	.281	.364	10	1	7	15	0	3	0	3
1937	PHI	N	56	137	15	38	1	16	.277	.303	.343	6	0	5	16	0	2	1	3
1938	PHI	N	15	35	6	10	1	3	.286	.306	.429	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	1
1938	CIN	N	36	64	10	9	0	5	.141	.236	.156	1	0	7	18	1	2	0	1
1938	TOT	N	51	99	16	19	1	8	.192	.259	.253	3	0	8	23	1	2	1	2
1939	CIN	N	40	120	16	39	1	16	.325	.357	.433	8	1	5	12	1	5	1	2
1940	CIN	N	37	117	11	24	1	18	.205	.231	.256	3	0	4	14	0	6	2	1
1941	CIN	N	39	106	6	20	0	9	.189	.239	.245	6	0	7	13	0	4	0	3
1942	CIN	N	40	99	13	24	2	13	.242	.265	.384	6	1	3	13	0	2	0	2
1943	CIN	N	37	90	11	24	1	12	.267	.313	.400	7	1	6	15	0	5	1	1
1944	CIN	N	37	107	9	30	0	13	.280	.330	.318	4	0	8	18	0	5	0	0
1945	CIN	N	24	61	11	14	3	8	.230	.266	.426	3	0	3	14	0	3	2	2
1946	CIN	N	24	55	6	7	0	5	.127	.186	.164	2	0	4	12	0	4	2	1
1947	CIN	N	20	45	3	12	0	4	.267	.298	.311	2	0	2	13	0	2	0	0
1948	CIN	N	7	15	1	4	0	2	.267	.267	.267	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
1950	BOS	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		640	1683	190	408	15	188	.242	.283	.332	87	9	92	267	4	54	11	34
Total	AL		75	283	37	69	8	46	.244	.301	.420	12	7	22	36	1	10	1	0
Total			715	1966	227	477	23	234	.243	.286	.344	99	16	114	303	5	64	12	34

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1929).
Traded by Boston Braves with $60000 to Mission (PCL) in exchange for Dick Gyselman and Al Wright (December 15, 1932).
Sold by Mission (PCL) to Boston Red Sox (@July 5, 1933).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Philadelphia Phillies (June 14, 1934).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Spud Davis, Al Hollingsworth and $50000 (June 13, 1938).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (September 21, 1948).
Signed by Boston Braves (July 19, 1950).
Released by Boston Braves (August 22, 1950).

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