Huck Betts

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: February 18, 1897 in Millsboro, DE us

Died: June 13, 1987 in Millsboro, DE

Buried: Millsboro Cemetery, Millsboro, DE

Debut: April 26, 1920 (Age 23-068d, 5,039th in major league history)
vs. BSN 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 8 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1935 (Age 38-221d)
vs. NYG 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: Walter McKinley Betts

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.1

ERA

3.93

307

125

1366.1

323

WHIP

1.392

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 83 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 7 tying, 26 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

2 Tms
BSN	44
PHI	38

Platoon
vs RHB	45
vs LHB	37

Home/Road
Home	44
Away	38

Outs
1	29
0	27
2	25
Unk	1

8 Opps
STL	16
NYG	14
CHC	14
BRO	12
PIT	7
BSN	7
CIN	7
PHI	5

63 Batters
Rogers Hornsby	3
Mel Ott	3
Jack Fournier	3
Chuck Klein	3
Chick Hafey	3
Johnny Vergez	2
Ray Grimes	2
Jimmy Welsh	2
Frank Gibson	2
Hi Myers	2
Bill Terry	2
Dave Robertson	2
Gabby Hartnett	2
Babe Herman	2
Ethan Allen	1
Milt Stock	1
Alex Kampouris	1
George Toporcer	1
Virgil Davis	1
George Watkins	1
Ripper Collins	1
Johnny Moore	1
Charlie Deal	1
Clyde Barnhart	1
Don Hurst	1
Sam Leslie	1
Dick Bartell	1
Bubbles Hargrave	1
Frank Demaree	1
Elmer Smith	1
Freddie Lindstrom	1
Ray Powell	1
Tony Boeckel	1
Zack Wheat	1
Hughie Critz	1
Woody English	1
Dave Barbee	1
Frankie Frisch	1
Shanty Hogan	1
Jim Bottomley	1
Leo Durocher	1
Babe Phelps	1
Verne Clemons	1
Pep Young	1
Les Bell	1
Harry McCurdy	1
Pepper Martin	1
Joe Medwick	1
Bill Cunningham	1
Tony Cuccinello	1
Pie Traynor	1
Hack Wilson	1
Bob O'Farrell	1
Bill Outen	1
Horace Ford	1
George Kelly	1
Arky Vaughan	1
Charlie Grimm	1
Casey Stengel	1
Jake Daubert	1
George Burns	1
Grover Alexander	1
Ray Blades	1

8 Parks
Baker Bowl (PHI)	32
Braves Fld (BOS)	17
Polo Grounds (NYC)	10
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2

Where Hit
9	34
7	27
8	6
78	5
89	3

6 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	57
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	19
12-	6
-2-	6
123	2
1-3	2
--3	1

133 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	44
1 on	27
2 on	8
3 on	2
Any on	37

Inning
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	10
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	13
9	6
Extra	5

1-3	15
4-6	32
7-end	35

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	6
+2	11
+1	14
Tied	19
-1	11
-2	6
-3	1
-4..	3
Unk	1

Ahead	41
Tied	19
Behind	21
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	15
1B	14
C	11
2B	9
CF	9
LF	8
3B	8
SS	6
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
4th	23
5th	12
3rd	10
7th	8
8th	7
2nd	7
6th	7
1st	6
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	30
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1920-06-28	George Burns	NYG	@	PHI	ahead 14-1	t 9	2	-2-	2	1	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Nehf Scores
2	2	2	1	1920-08-10	Verne Clemons	STL	@	PHI	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1920-09-23 (1)	Tony Boeckel	BSN	@	PHI		t 5			3	5	5
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1921-04-13	George Kelly	NYG	@	PHI	ahead 8-7	t 11	2	1--	2	5	3	15%	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; F. Frisch Scores
5	5	2	1	1921-04-26	Ray Powell	BSN	@	PHI	ahead 5-4	t 6	1	12-	3	1	8	21%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. O'Neil Scores; H. McQuillan Scores
6	6	3	1	1921-05-18	Rogers Hornsby	STL	@	PHI	ahead 5-2	t 8	2	---	1	4	4	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	4	1	1921-07-22	Charlie Deal	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 3-1	t 9	0	1-3	3	7	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Barber Scores; G. Maisel Scores
8	8	5	1	1921-08-19 (1)	Dave Robertson	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 5-1	t 6	1	123	4	3	9	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Morrison Scores; R. Maranville Scores; C. Bigbee Scores
9	9	6	2	1921-08-19 (1)	Dave Robertson	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 10-1	t 8	0	1--	2	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Bigbee Scores
10	10	7	1	1921-08-31	Rogers Hornsby	STL	@	PHI	ahead 10-5	t 7	0	---	1	4	4	2%	98%		Home Run (CF-RF)
11	11	8	1	1921-09-14	Ray Grimes	CHC		PHI	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	7	3	7%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1922-04-30	Hi Myers	BRO		PHI	ahead 3-0	b 8	1	---	1	5	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	2	1	1922-05-15	George Toporcer	STL		PHI	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	1--	2	2	6	7%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Smith Scores
14	14	3	1	1922-05-25 (2)	Hi Myers	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 5-2	t 4	2	-2-	2	5	8	11%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); Z. Wheat Scores
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1923-07-21 (2)	Bob O'Farrell	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 9-5	t 7	0	1--	2	4	2	4%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); G. Grantham Scores
16	16	2	1	1923-08-11 (1)	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		PHI	tied 4-4	b 10	0	---	1	4	2	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
17	17	3	1	1923-08-20 (2)	Jake Daubert	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	2	3	13%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF); I. Caveney Scores
18	18	4	1	1923-08-27	Milt Stock	STL	@	PHI	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	1	6	5	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	5	2	1923-08-27	Jim Bottomley	STL	@	PHI	behind 6-7	t 7	0	---	1	4	3	17%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	6	1	1923-09-06	Bill Cunningham	NYG		PHI	ahead 4-1	b 8	1	---	1	6	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	7	1	1923-09-24 (2)	Clyde Barnhart	PIT		PHI	behind 2-3	b 8	1	---	1	4	9	31%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1924-05-20	Ray Grimes	CHC		PHI	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	---	1	4	3	11%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	1924-06-23 (2)	Casey Stengel	BSN	@	PHI	tied 3-3	t 6	2	---	1	6	9			Bounced
24	24	3	1	1924-08-28 (2)	Frank Gibson	BSN	@	PHI	behind 2-3	t 6	2	---	1	7	2	15%	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	4	1	1924-09-01 (2)	Jack Fournier	BRO	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	4	3	11%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1924-09-10	Zack Wheat	BRO		PHI	behind 0-1	b 4	0	1--	2	3	7	22%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Mitchell Scores
27	27	6	1	1924-09-13 (1)	Grover Alexander	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 9-5	t 9	0	---	1	9	1	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	7	1	1924-09-19	Bubbles Hargrave	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	---	1	8	2
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1925-04-25	Jack Fournier	BRO	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	2	2	1925-04-25	Jack Fournier	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	12-	3	4	3	19%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. High Scores; Z. Wheat Scores
31	31	3	1	1925-06-14	Ray Blades	STL		PHI	behind 6-7	b 6	2	---	1	1	7	18%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	4	2	1925-06-14	Les Bell	STL		PHI	ahead 8-7	b 7	2	1--	2	7	5	17%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Flack Scores
33	33	5	1	1925-06-30	Horace Ford	BRO	@	PHI	ahead 8-7	t 8	1	---	1	7	6	13%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	6	1	1925-07-04 (2)	Frank Gibson	BSN	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	8	2
35	35	7	2	1925-07-04 (2)	Jimmy Welsh	BSN	@	PHI	behind 5-4	t 6	1	-2-	2	1	4
36	36	8	1	1925-07-07 (1)	Elmer Smith	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	9
37	37	9	1	1925-08-09	Rogers Hornsby	STL		PHI	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	---	1	3	4	8%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	10	1	1925-08-14	Jimmy Welsh	BSN	@	PHI	behind 11-7	t 9	2	---	1	3	9
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1932-05-26	Don Hurst	PHI		BSN	ahead 2-1	b 1	0	--3	2	4	3	8%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Klein Scores
40	40	2	1	1932-06-18 (2)	Dave Barbee	PIT	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2	5	7
41	41	3	1	1932-07-01	Shanty Hogan	NYG		BSN	behind 1-3	b 6	2	12-	3	6	2	46%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Terry Scores; M. Ott Scores
42	42	4	1	1932-07-23 (2)	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG	@	BSN	ahead 4-0	t 8	0	12-	3	5	8	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Ott Scores; B. Terry Scores
43	43	5	1	1932-07-28	Charlie Grimm	CHC	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	3	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	6	1	1932-08-31	Pie Traynor	PIT		BSN	tied 0-0	b 4	2	1--	2	4	5	24%	76%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; A. Comorosky Scores
45	45	7	1	1932-09-09	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	@	BSN	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	8	1	1932-09-20	Bill Terry	NYG		BSN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	10%	61%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
47	47	9	2	1932-09-20	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	1--	2	4	9	11%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Terry Scores
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1933-04-24	Chuck Klein	PHI		BSN	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	---	1	3	9	11%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	2	1	1933-05-11	Joe Medwick	STL	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	15%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	3	1	1933-05-26	Babe Herman	CHC		BSN	behind 1-3	b 7	0	1--	2	4	9	32%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. English Scores
51	51	4	1	1933-06-03 (2)	Hack Wilson	BRO	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	4	7	24%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Frederick Scores
52	52	5	2	1933-06-03 (2)	Tony Cuccinello	BRO	@	BSN	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	1--	2	5	4	14%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Wilson Scores
53	53	6	1	1933-06-24	Frank Demaree	CHC	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	8	12%	60%		Home Run (LF-CF)
54	54	7	1	1933-07-27 (1)	Harry McCurdy	PHI		BSN	behind 1-3	b 7	1	1--	2	9	PH	33%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Warner Scores
55	55	8	1	1933-08-23	George Watkins	STL	@	BSN	behind 1-4	t 9	0	---	1	2	9	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	9	1	1933-09-28 (2)	Bill Outen	BRO		BSN	behind 0-2	b 10	0	---	1	8	2	10%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1934-04-21	Johnny Vergez	NYG		BSN	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	7	5	15%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1934-04-29	Mel Ott	NYG	@	BSN	behind 3-5	t 8	1	---	1	4	9	10%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	3	1	1934-05-11	Chick Hafey	CIN		BSN	behind 2-8	b 8	1	1--	2	4	8	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Moore Scores
60	60	4	1	1934-05-17	Virgil Davis	STL	@	BSN	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	12%	30%		Home Run (LF-CF)
61	61	5	2	1934-05-17	Frankie Frisch	STL	@	BSN	behind 2-3	t 8	1	-2-	2	3	4	44%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Martin Scores
62	62	6	1	1934-05-22	Chick Hafey	CIN	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	5	7	25%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Koenig Scores; J. Bottomley Scores
63	63	7	1	1934-06-12	Pepper Martin	STL		BSN	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	1	1	5	13%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	8	2	1934-06-12	Ripper Collins	STL		BSN	ahead 3-2	b 7	2	12-	3	5	3	19%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Frisch Scores; J. Medwick Scores
65	65	9	1	1934-06-17 (2)	Chuck Klein	CHC		BSN	tied 2-2	b 11	0	---	1	3	7	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (RF Line)
66	66	10	1	1934-06-22	Arky Vaughan	PIT		BSN	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--	2	4	6	22%	63%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF); F. Lindstrom Scores
67	67	11	1	1934-07-06	Johnny Moore	PHI		BSN	behind 10-14	b 8	1	---	1	4	9
68	68	12	1	1934-07-13	Woody English	CHC	@	BSN	behind 1-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	2	6	22%	58%		Home Run; B. Herman Scores
69	69	13	2	1934-07-13	Babe Herman	CHC	@	BSN	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	1--	2	4	9	21%	82%		Home Run; K. Cuyler Scores
70	70	14	1	1934-07-25 (1)	Chick Hafey	CIN	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	8	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	15	1	1934-08-10	Hughie Critz	NYG		BSN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	16	2	1934-08-10	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1	4	9	16%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	17	3	1934-08-10	Johnny Vergez	NYG		BSN	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	1--	2	8	5	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Jackson Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
74	74	1	1	1935-04-23	Dick Bartell	NYG		BSN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	6	15%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Moore Scores
75	75	2	2	1935-04-23	Bill Terry	NYG		BSN	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	1	3	3	10%	75%		Inside-the-park Home Run (CF-RF)
76	76	3	1	1935-05-25	Pep Young	PIT		BSN	behind 4-5	b 5	2	12-	3	5	4	37%	78%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; L. Waner Scores; W. Jensen Scores
77	77	4	1	1935-05-27	Alex Kampouris	CIN		BSN	ahead 8-5	b 7	1	---	1	8	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	5	1	1935-05-30 (2)	Ethan Allen	PHI		BSN	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	---	1	1	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
79	79	6	1	1935-07-03	Babe Phelps	BRO		BSN	ahead 11-3	b 8	1	1--	2	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Koenecke Scores
80	80	7	1	1935-07-14	Chuck Klein	CHC		BSN	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	1--	2	6	9	18%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Demaree Scores/unER; C. Klein Scores/unER
81	81	8	1	1935-08-18 (2)	Leo Durocher	STL	@	BSN	ahead 5-4	t 10	1	123	4	8	6
82	82	9	1	1935-09-24 (2)	Sam Leslie	BRO		BSN	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	1	4	3	13%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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