Boom-Boom Beck
Walter William Beck
Born: October 16, 1904
Decatur, IL USA
Deceased: 1987
Champaign, IL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200
Career: 1924-1945
Minor League Statistics
Boom-Boom Beck compiled a career record of 38 wins and 69 losses in his 266-game career with the St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1924 season and last took the field during the 1945 campaign.
 St. Louis Browns |
 Brooklyn Dodgers |
 Philadelphia Phillies |
Philadelphia Blue Jays |
 Detroit Tigers |
 Cincinnati Reds |
 Pittsburgh Pirates |
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 1928 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.41 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 52 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 222 |
| 1933 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 12 | 20 | .375 | 3.54 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 257.0 | 270 | 128 | 101 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1114 |
| 1934 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 6 | .250 | 7.42 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 72 | 50 | 47 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 278 |
| 1939 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | 14 | .333 | 4.73 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 182.7 | 203 | 104 | 96 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 812 |
| 1940 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.31 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 129.3 | 147 | 69 | 62 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 574 |
| 1941 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 9 | .100 | 4.63 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95.3 | 104 | 52 | 49 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 421 |
| 1942 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.75 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 69 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
| 1943 | NL | Philadelphia Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 9.88 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
| 1944 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.89 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.0 | 67 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 318 |
| 1945 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.40 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47.7 | 42 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| 1945 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 54 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Totals | 38 | 69 | .355 | 4.30 | 265 | 100 | 94 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 1034.0 | 1121 | 561 | 494 | 63 | 342 | 0 | 352 | 42 | 1 | 10 | 4545 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 98 | 95 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .189 | .198 | .242 | .440 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 22 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .235 | .278 | .294 | .572 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 73 | 68 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .132 | .145 | .176 | .321 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 29 | 39 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .056 | .056 | .083 | .139 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 27 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | NL | Philadelphia Blue Jays | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .318 | .318 | .455 | .773 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 266 | 350 | 327 | 17 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | .187 | .196 | .229 | .426 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | |
| 1928 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .688 | |
| 1933 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 52 | 3 | 4 | .955 | 1.488 | |
| 1934 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .864 | |
| 1939 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 1 | .882 | 1.324 | |
| 1940 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.448 | |
| 1941 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .265 | |
| 1942 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .462 | |
| 1943 | NL | Philadelphia Blue Jays | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1944 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .214 | |
| 1945 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | |
| 1945 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | |
| Totals | 265 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 193 | 16 | 12 | .938 | .906 |
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
