Player
Boom-Boom Beck
Player Info
- Full Name
- Walter William
- Born
-
October 16, 1904
Decatur, IL, USA - Died
- May 7, 1987
- Size
- 6'2" / 200 lbs
- B/T
- R / R
- Debut
- September 22, 1924
- Final Game
- September 26, 1945
- Career
- 22 years
Teams
- St. Louis Browns 1924-1928
- Brooklyn Dodgers 1933-1934
- Philadelphia Phillies 1939-1943
- Detroit Tigers 1944-1944
- Cincinnati Reds 1945-1945
- Pittsburgh Pirates 1945-1945
Career Batting
266
G
.187
AVG
61
H
0
HR
20
RBI
.426
OPS
Career Pitching
38-69
W-L
4.30
ERA
265
G
352
SO
6
SV
1.41
WHIP
Batting Season by Season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
| 1945 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .318 |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Blue Jays | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Phillies | 27 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Phillies | 29 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .132 |
| 1934 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .235 |
| 1933 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 95 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .189 |
| 1928 | St. Louis Browns | 16 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| 1927 | St. Louis Browns | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1924 | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching Season by Season
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | SO | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 4 | 3.40 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 47.1 | 9 | 12 |
| 1945 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 1 | 2.14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 63.0 | 20 | 14 |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | 3.89 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 74.0 | 25 | 27 |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 9.88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 1 | 4.75 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 10 | 17 |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 9 | 4.63 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 95.0 | 34 | 35 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 9 | 4.31 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 129.1 | 38 | 41 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | 14 | 4.73 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 182.1 | 77 | 64 |
| 1934 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 6 | 7.42 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 57.0 | 24 | 32 |
| 1933 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 12 | 20 | 3.54 | 43 | 35 | 1 | 257.0 | 89 | 69 |
| 1928 | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 3 | 4.41 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 49.0 | 17 | 20 |
| 1927 | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 0 | 5.56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11.1 | 6 | 5 |
| 1924 | St. Louis Browns | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |