Bucky Walters
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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 | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | PHI | N | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1935 | PHI | N | 24 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4.17 | 40 | 86 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 168 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1936 | PHI | N | 40 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 4.26 | 66 | 146 | 122 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 258 | 284 | 11 | 115 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 1937 | PHI | N | 37 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 4.75 | 87 | 148 | 130 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 246.1 | 292 | 14 | 86 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1938 | PHI | N | 12 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5.23 | 28 | 53 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 82.2 | 91 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1938 | CIN | N | 27 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3.69 | 65 | 81 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 168.1 | 168 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 1938 | TOT | N | 39 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 4.20 | 93 | 134 | 117 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 251 | 259 | 13 | 108 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 1939 | CIN | N | 39 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 2.29 | 137 | 98 | 81 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 319 | 250 | 15 | 109 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 1940 | CIN | N | 36 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 2.48 | 115 | 95 | 84 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 305 | 241 | 19 | 92 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1941 | CIN | N | 37 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 2.83 | 129 | 108 | 95 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 302 | 292 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 1942 | CIN | N | 34 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 2.66 | 109 | 101 | 75 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 253.2 | 223 | 8 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1943 | CIN | N | 34 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 3.54 | 80 | 105 | 97 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 246.1 | 244 | 8 | 109 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 1944 | CIN | N | 34 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 2.40 | 77 | 92 | 76 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 285 | 233 | 10 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1945 | CIN | N | 22 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2.68 | 45 | 62 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 168 | 166 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1946 | CIN | N | 22 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2.56 | 60 | 55 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 151.1 | 146 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1947 | CIN | N | 20 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5.75 | 43 | 83 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 137 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1948 | CIN | N | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4.63 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1950 | BOS | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 428 | 398 | 198 | 160 | 3.30 | 1107 | 1343 | 1139 | 242 | 42 | 4 | 3104.2 | 2990 | 154 | 1121 | 0 | 63 | 51 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | BOS | N | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1931 | BOS | N | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1932 | BOS | N | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .910 |
| 1933 | BOS | A | 3B | 43 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 84 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .940 |
| 1933 | BOS | A | 2B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1934 | PHI | N | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1934 | PHI | N | 3B | 80 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 136 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1934 | PHI | N | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1934 | BOS | A | 3B | 23 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .906 |
| 1934 | Total | 3B | 103 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 190 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .937 | |
| 1935 | PHI | N | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1935 | PHI | N | P | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1935 | PHI | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1935 | PHI | N | OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1936 | PHI | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1936 | PHI | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1936 | PHI | N | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 96 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 |
| 1937 | PHI | N | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1937 | PHI | N | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 76 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .988 |
| 1938 | PHI | N | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 |
| 1938 | CIN | N | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1938 | TOT | N | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1939 | CIN | N | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1940 | CIN | N | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .945 |
| 1941 | CIN | N | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .977 |
| 1942 | CIN | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1942 | CIN | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1943 | CIN | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 49 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1944 | CIN | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1945 | CIN | N | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1946 | CIN | N | P | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .940 |
| 1947 | CIN | N | P | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1948 | CIN | N | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1950 | BOS | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | OF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 2B | 16 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 | ||
| Total | P | 428 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 746 | 24 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 | ||
| Total | 3B | 184 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 341 | 35 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .937 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | BOS | N | 9 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .263 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | BOS | N | 22 | 75 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 4 | .187 | .208 | .253 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | BOS | A | 52 | 195 | 27 | 50 | 4 | 28 | .256 | .326 | .390 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | PHI | N | 83 | 300 | 36 | 78 | 4 | 38 | .260 | .308 | .387 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 1934 | BOS | A | 23 | 88 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 18 | .216 | .242 | .489 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | Total | 106 | 388 | 46 | 97 | 8 | 56 | .250 | .294 | .410 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1935 | PHI | N | 49 | 96 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .314 | .292 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1936 | PHI | N | 64 | 121 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 16 | .240 | .281 | .364 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1937 | PHI | N | 56 | 137 | 15 | 38 | 1 | 16 | .277 | .303 | .343 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1938 | PHI | N | 15 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .306 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1938 | CIN | N | 36 | 64 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .141 | .236 | .156 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1938 | TOT | N | 51 | 99 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 8 | .192 | .259 | .253 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1939 | CIN | N | 40 | 120 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 16 | .325 | .357 | .433 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1940 | CIN | N | 37 | 117 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 18 | .205 | .231 | .256 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1941 | CIN | N | 39 | 106 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 9 | .189 | .239 | .245 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1942 | CIN | N | 40 | 99 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 13 | .242 | .265 | .384 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1943 | CIN | N | 37 | 90 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 12 | .267 | .313 | .400 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1944 | CIN | N | 37 | 107 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 13 | .280 | .330 | .318 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | CIN | N | 24 | 61 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 8 | .230 | .266 | .426 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1946 | CIN | N | 24 | 55 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .127 | .186 | .164 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | CIN | N | 20 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .267 | .298 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | CIN | N | 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1950 | BOS | N | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 34 | |
| Total | AL | 75 | 283 | 37 | 69 | 8 | 46 | .244 | .301 | .420 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 715 | 1966 | 227 | 477 | 23 | 234 | .243 | .286 | .344 | 99 | 16 | 114 | 303 | 5 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 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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