Boom-Boom Beck

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 16, 1904 in Decatur, IL us

Died: May 7, 1987 in Champaign, IL

Buried: Lutheran Cemetery, Decatur, IL

Debut: September 22, 1924 (Age 19-342d, 6,071st in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1945 (Age 40-345d)
vs. CIN 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Walter William Beck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

ERA

4.28

265

101

1032.2

352

WHIP

1.414

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-26 / in Starts: 14-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 3

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	21	2	Apr 14	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	1.00	2.79	37	9	15	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.201	2.26	0.32%	3.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
2	22	5	Apr 19	BRO	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(2-0)	4	10.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	1	0.95	2.48	39	16	12	1	1	5	77			1	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.83	0.546	5.27	0.94%	3.11	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
3	23	8	Apr 23	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(2-1)	3	8.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.33	2.64	31	9	12	0	1	8	58			0	1	0	28	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.091	3.01	0.16%	1.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	24	12	Apr 27	BRO		BSN	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.00	2.71	35	7	16	1	0	7	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.689	4.09	1.04%	3.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	25	15	May 2	BRO		STL	L,4-13	GS-4	L(3-2)	4	3.0	4	4	4	2	0	1	1	1.85	3.29	15	6	3	0	0	3	33			1	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.383	2.66	-0.59%	-4.06	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d3
6	26	21	May 12	BRO		CIN	L,3-7	GS-1	L(3-3)	9	0.0	2	5	5	3	0	1	0	3.00	3.85	5	1	0	0	0	1	23			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.369	2.53	-0.40%	-4.36	1t start tie	1t 1-- 0 out d4
7	27	23	May 14	BRO		PHI	W,8-6	GS-3		1	2.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	3.48	4.01	13	4	2	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.311	2.31	-0.30%	-2.56	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d1
8	28	24	May 16	BRO	@	STL	W,6-5	5-8	W(4-3)	1	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.87	15	3	8	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.050	.93	0.06%	0.89	5b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d1
9	29	29	May 21(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(4-4)	4	8.0	13	6	5	2	2	0	1	3.71	3.82	39	10	11	0	0	13	34			0	0	1	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.282	2.16	-0.36%	-2.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
10	30	33	May 25	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-3	L(4-5)	3	2.1	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.04	3.80	13	4	2	1	0	5	35			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.211	1.93	-0.24%	-2.17	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d3
11	31	38	May 30(2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.62	3.75	32	11	13	0	0	4	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.391	1.29	0.32%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	32	44	Jun 4(2)	BRO		NYG	L,1-6	GS-1	L(5-6)	4	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.04	3.75	3	0	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.238	1.39	-0.18%	-2.46	1t start tie	1t -23 0 out d1
13	33	47	Jun 11(1)	BRO		BSN	L,4-6	6-GF		6	4.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.80	3.56	14	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.092	.26	0.04%	1.70	6t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
14	34	48	Jun 11(2)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	7-GF	S(1)	-1	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.66	3.55	9	2	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.160	.79	0.06%	1.31	7t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 3
15	35	50	Jun 13	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-15	GS-2	L(5-7)	1	1.1	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.53	12	3	3	0	1	6	26			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	.89	-0.407	.64	-0.17%	-4.91	1b start a 1	2b 12- 1 out d4
16	36	54	Jun 17(1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-8	7-GF(8)	BS(1)	3	1.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.75	3.53	9	1	3	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.55	-0.189	2.02	-0.15%	-0.06	7b 123 1 out a1	8b end d 1
17	37	55	Jun 17(2)	BRO	@	NYG	T,3-3	GS-7		-1	6.2	8	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.78	3.68	30	6	10	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.226	1.50	-0.16%	-0.63	1b start a 2	7b 123 2 out tie
18	38	59	Jun 21	BRO		STL	L,5-7	GS-8	L(5-8)	3	7.2	14	7	7	2	3	0	0	4.16	3.61	38	11	10	1	0	12	24			0	0	0	36	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.197	1.13	-0.12%	-2.06	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
19	39	64	Jun 25(2)	BRO		PIT	W,9-1	CG	W(6-8)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.78	3.54	31	8	16	1	8	4	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.121	.21	0.05%	2.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
20	40	68	Jun 29	BRO		CHC	L,2-7	CG	L(6-9)	3	9.0	11	7	7	2	3	1	0	4.05	3.60	40	8	17	0	0	10	38			0	0	0	37	3	2	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.363	.59	-0.18%	-3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	41	72	Jul 2(2)	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(7-9)	2	9.0	6	3	1	2	5	0	2	3.81	3.57	37	9	14	1	0	5	70			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.282	1.35	-0.13%	0.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	42	73	Jul 4(1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-6	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.86	3.67	5	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.030	.13	-0.01%	-0.58	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
23	43	77	Jul 9(1)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-9		4	8.0	12	6	5	2	4	0	0	3.97	3.61	37	8	11	0	0	12	38			0	1	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.104	1.19	-0.05%	-1.59	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
24	44	81	Jul 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(7-10)	3	8.0	11	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.93	3.59	38	13	11	1	2	8	46			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.132	.45	-0.05%	-0.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
25	45	86	Jul 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-8	L(7-11)	5	7.1	9	6	6	2	3	1	1	4.11	3.67	34	10	10	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.319	.20	-0.03%	-3.02	1b start a 2	8b 123 1 out d2
26	46	90	Jul 23	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	GS-9	L(7-12)	3	8.0	9	4	3	3	2	0	0	4.07	3.66	36	11	14	0	2	6	49			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.138	.11	-0.01%	-1.41	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a2
27	47	92	Jul 26(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.97	3.64	12	7	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	0.123	.02	0.00%	1.77	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 1
28	48	94	Jul 29(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-11	GS-5		2	4.0	8	8	5	1	2	0	0	4.15	3.62	22	8	4	0	0	7	21			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	-0.628	.02	0.00%	-5.35	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	49	97	Aug 2(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-8	GS-6	L(7-13)	3	6.0	8	6	5	2	1	0	0	4.28	3.62	28	6	11	1	2	8	33			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.479	.01	0.00%	-3.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
30	50	102	Aug 5	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-6	L(7-14)	2	6.0	4	2	1	2	0	0	1	4.18	3.65	26	7	12	1	0	4	56			0	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.32	-0.102	.00	0.00%	0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
31	51	108	Aug 13(2)	BRO		BSN	W,11-0	SHO	W(8-14)	7	9.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.97	3.57	32	7	17	0	1	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.079	.00	0.00%	3.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
32	52	113	Aug 20(2)	BRO		STL	L,0-5	GS-8	L(8-15)	6	8.0	12	5	4	5	2	2	0	3.99	3.74	40	8	13	0	1	12	37			1	1	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
33	53	116	Aug 25(1)	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(9-15)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.94	3.69	34	7	16	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
34	54	122	Aug 29(1)	BRO		CHC	W,13-5	CG	W(10-15)	3	9.0	9	5	5	6	4	0	2	3.99	3.73	43	12	12	2	0	7	47			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	1	.26	0.109	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	55	128	Sep 2	BRO		PHI	L,0-2	CG	L(10-16)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.91	3.71	37	11	13	1	0	7	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.062	.00	0.00%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
36	56	131	Sep 7	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-16)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.75	3.70	34	9	17	3	0	5	76			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.569	.00	0.00%	3.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	57	135	Sep 10(1)	BRO		PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	L(11-17)	2	8.0	6	2	0	2	2	0	1	3.62	3.69	32	13	8	1	2	6	66			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
38	58	141	Sep 16	BRO	@	STL	L,13-14	GS-3		5	2.1	3	7	3	3	2	0	0	3.70	3.71	15	4	4	0	0	2	30			1	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.34	-0.551	.00	0.00%	-5.24	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out tie
39	59	142	Sep 17(1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-6	7-GF(8)	L(11-18)	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.71	3.70	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	-0.108	.00	0.00%	0.30	7b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
40	60	146	Sep 20	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-19)	2	7.0	13	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.71	3.67	34	10	11	1	0	12	40			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.049	.00	0.00%	0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
41	61	151	Sep 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(12-19)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.65	3.62	36	6	18	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	2	.95	0.249	.00	0.00%	2.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
42	62	153	Sep 28(1)	BRO		BSN	L,4-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.64	3.61	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
43	63	155	Sep 29	BRO		BSN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-20)	0	7.0	10	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.54	3.62	33	12	10	1	0	9	47			0	0	1	30	2	0	0	1	0	2	.92	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
							16-26		W-L:12-20,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.0	257.0	272	128	101	69	88	9	12	3.54	3.62	1114	0.77		3%	3%	247	49	6	33%	6	16	2	1010	46	7	1	12	0	20	1.08	-2.652	.95	-0.13%	-14.20

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