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: 4-24 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 8

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	213	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7			99	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	54.00	2.68	3												3					0
2	214	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,6-7			7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9.00	4.18	6												5					0
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	215	32	May 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8			24	6.2	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.12	4.53	23												21					0
4	216	36	May 28(1)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	3-7		3	4.2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.03	4.41	16	1	11	2	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.113	.88	0.14%	2.40	3t 1-- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d3
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
5	217	46	Jun 4(2)	DET		BOS	L,1-5			6	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.35	3.79	8												7					0
6	218	54	Jun 16	DET		SLB	L,1-14			11	2.1	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.06	4.21	12												8					0
7	219	59	Jun 21	DET		CLE	L,7-9			4	1.0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	2.89	4.61	4												4					0
8	220	61	Jun 23	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5			1	6.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.16	4.16	20												19					0
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
9	221	68	Jul 1	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	6-GF	S(1)	7	3.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.91	3.85	11	2	6	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.177	.88	0.12%	1.72	6b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 5
10	222	72	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	3.81	4												4					0
11	223	74	Jul 6	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	2.97	3.67	21	2	10	0	0	9		0	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-3.21	5b --- 0 out d8	8b end d10
12	224	77	Jul 9(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	7-GF	BL(0-1)	2	1.2	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.34	3.85	13	4	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.62	-0.471	6.14	-0.48%	-2.12	7b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end d 1
13	225	81	Jul 15(1)	DET		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.25	3.99	6	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.035	1.41	0.03%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
14	226	83	Jul 16(1)	DET		CHW	L,2-7	4-GF		0	6.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.00	3.78	21	5	9	1	1	4		1	1	0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.14	-0.029	.21	-0.03%	1.23	4t 1-- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
15	227	87	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6	GS-		3	2.0	4	5	3	1	0	0	1	3.48	3.86	14						31						10					0
16	228	90	Jul 23(1)	DET		PHA	L,3-13	4-GF		2	6.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.60	4.00	28	12	7	0	0	7		1	1	0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	2	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.23	4t --3 0 out d9	9t end d10
17	229	95	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,1-6	8-GF		3	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	1	3.81	4.22	10	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.13	-0.010	.22	-0.01%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
18	230	98	Jul 30(1)	DET		NYY	L,2-10	8-GF		2	2.0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.00	4.24	9	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 8
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
19	231	108	Aug 13(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-6	7-7		13	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.98	4.19	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.002	.16	0.00%	0.46	7b 1-3 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
20	232	110	Aug 14	DET	@	PHA	L,5-7	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	4.11	11	2	8	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.27	0.055	.48	0.06%	1.32	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
21	233	116	Aug 19	DET	@	BOS	L,1-9	2-6		4	4.1	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.09	4.27	22	6	9	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.042	.27	-0.07%	-2.00	2b 1-- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d8
22	234	120	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	L,7-9	5-GF(8)		2	3.2	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	3.86	4.21	17	7	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	1	.05	0.005	.16	0.01%	0.65	5b --- 1 out d8	8b end d 3
23	235	124	Aug 27(2)	DET		SLB	L,2-17	GS-	L(0-2)	4	1.0	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.34	4.26	8						32						5					0
24	236	126	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,3-8			2	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.23	7												7					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
25	237	129	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3			2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	4.20	5												5					0
26	238	132	Sep 4(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.11	4.18	3	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.005	1.09	0.02%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
27	239	147	Sep 22(2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6		W(1-2)	17	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	4.14	8												8					0
28	240	154	Sep 29(2)	DET		WSH	L,2-9	6-7		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	4.10	7	1	4	0	1	2		2	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.26	0.02%	1.29	6t 1-3 0 out d7	7t 3 out d8
							4-24		W-L:1-2,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.0	74.0	67	36	32	27	25	5	3	3.89	4.10	318	0.66		6%	2%	40	32	12	25%	0	3	0	276	10	3	0	3	0	6	.40	-0.164	.70	-0.19%	0.34

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