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: 2-32 / in Starts: 1-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 7

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	149	3	Apr 17	PHI		BSN	L,5-7	4-8	L(0-1)	99	5.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.60	5.38	19	14	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.303	2.42	-0.43%	0.25	4t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d1
2	150	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-7	7-GF(10)	L(0-2)	2	3.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.50	5.66	14	6	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.15	-0.065	3.90	-0.07%	-0.67	7b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 2
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
3	151	17	May 2	PHI		STL	L,2-4	6-8		11	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.27	4.69	10	5	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.050	.38	0.04%	1.35	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
4	152	18	May 3	PHI		STL	L,0-6	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.75	5.62	5	3	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
5	153	22	May 8	PHI		CHC	L,1-5	5-7		4	3.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.00	5.38	13	4	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.027	.11	0.01%	1.72	5t 1-- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
6	154	24	May 11	PHI		BRO	L,5-6	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	5.22	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.032	.33	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
7	155	26	May 14	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-12	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.24	5.43	8	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.051	.07	-0.01%	-2.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
8	156	30	May 20	PHI	@	STL	W,6-4			5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	5.28	4												4					0
9	157	36	May 28	PHI		BRO	L,5-6	7-8		7	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	4.83	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.054	.05	0.00%	0.90	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
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
10	158	40	Jun 1(1)	PHI		CHC	L,5-9	5-7		3	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.18	4.42	10	6	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.54	5t -2- 1 out d6	7t 3 out d7
11	159	41	Jun 1(2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-1			-1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.04	4.47	5												4					0
12	160	44	Jun 6	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	7-GF		4	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	4.28	10	2	7	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.35	7t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
13	161	50	Jun 11	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	L(0-3)	4	10.0	13	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.70	3.93	42						54						39	3	1			0
14	162	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,3-11	GS-1	L(0-4)	5	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	1	3.68	4.09	5	0	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.341	.01	0.00%	-4.62	1b start tie	1b -2- 0 out d4
15	163	62	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-5)	6	7.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.71	4.00	32	6	13	3	0	8	48			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.062	.00	0.00%	0.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
16	164	70	Jul 2	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-9	1-1		7	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.12	4.07	3	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-4.11	1b 123 1 out a2	1b -2- 1 out d3
17	165	73	Jul 4(2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.04	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
18	166	78	Jul 13(2)	PHI		STL	L,5-8	6-6		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	4.02	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.51	6t 123 1 out d1	6t 3 out d2
19	167	80	Jul 15	PHI		STL	L,2-3	8-9		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.99	3.92	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.217	.00	0.00%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out d1
20	168	83	Jul 20(1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-7	8-8		4	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.28	4.17	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-1.55	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
21	169	90	Jul 27(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-4	L(0-6)	6	4.0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.30	4.10	17	4	6	0	0	3	48			2	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
22	170	92	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-12			1	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.61	4.15	3												1					0
23	171	94	Jul 30(2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-5			0	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.53	4.13	12												11					0
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
24	172	97	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	L,7-11	2-3		2	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	4.68	4.36	10	2	5	0	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.99	2b 12- 0 out d3	3b 3 out d7
25	173	100	Aug 5	PHI		BSN	L,9-10	3-7		2	3.2	2	4	3	5	1	0	0	4.84	4.48	18	7	3	2	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.134	.00	0.00%	-0.15	3t -23 2 out tie	7t 123 1 out a4
26	174	106	Aug 11	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	W(1-6)	5	9.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.61	4.40	38	16	9	1	3	9	59			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.202	.00	0.00%	1.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
27	175	112	Aug 18(1)	PHI		CIN	L,5-13	GS-1	L(1-7)	6	0.1	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.84	4.40	6	1	1	1	0	4	31			1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-4.03	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
28	176	121	Aug 26(1)	PHI		CHC	L,4-5			7	3.0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.64	4.34	12												9					0
29	177	122	Aug 26(2)	PHI		CHC	L,3-11			-1	7.0	8	5	5	1	5	1	0	4.80	4.28	29												28					0
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
30	178	127	Sep 1(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		5	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.26	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.74	7b --- 1 out d5	8b end d 5
31	179	128	Sep 1(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	L(1-8)	-1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.70	4.38	9	4	2	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	-0.063	.00	0.00%	0.35	8b 1-- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
32	180	141	Sep 17(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-9	L(1-9)	15	8.0	10	3	3	4	2	0	1	4.58	4.36	38	8	13	3	0	10	48			1	0	0	33	4	0	2	1	0	0	1.57	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out tie
33	181	145	Sep 20(2)	PHI		BRO	L,1-6	8-GF		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.67	4.33	9	0	6	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-1.10	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
34	182	152	Sep 24(2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.63	4.32	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
							2-32		W-L:1-9	3.3	95.1	104	52	49	35	34	8	2	4.63	4.32	421	1.22		6%	3%	74	45	13	54%	5	1	0	377	20	3	2	1	0	4	.95	-1.558	.35	-0.45%	-11.20

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