Bucky Walters
William Henry Walters
Born: April 19, 1909
Philadelphia, PA USA
Deceased: 1991
Abington, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 2B, 3B, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180
Career: 1931-1950
Minor League Statistics
Bucky Walters compiled a career record of 198 wins and 160 losses in his 716-game career with the Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds. He began playing during the 1931 season and last took the field during the 1950 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1934 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
1935 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.17 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 151.0 | 168 | 86 | 70 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 666 |
1936 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 11 | 21 | .344 | 4.26 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 258.0 | 284 | 146 | 122 | 11 | 115 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1159 |
1937 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 14 | 15 | .483 | 4.75 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 246.3 | 292 | 148 | 130 | 14 | 86 | 0 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1094 |
1938 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.23 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 82.7 | 91 | 53 | 48 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 376 |
1938 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.69 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 168.3 | 168 | 81 | 69 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 735 |
1939 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 27 | 11 | .711 | 2.29 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 319.0 | 250 | 98 | 81 | 15 | 109 | 0 | 137 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1283 |
1940 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 22 | 10 | .688 | 2.48 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 305.0 | 241 | 95 | 84 | 19 | 92 | 0 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1207 |
1941 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.83 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 302.0 | 292 | 108 | 95 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1252 |
1942 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 15 | 14 | .517 | 2.66 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 253.7 | 223 | 101 | 75 | 8 | 73 | 0 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1054 |
1943 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.54 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 246.3 | 244 | 105 | 97 | 8 | 109 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1054 |
1944 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 23 | 8 | .742 | 2.40 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 285.0 | 233 | 92 | 76 | 10 | 87 | 0 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1162 |
1945 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.68 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 168.0 | 166 | 62 | 50 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 706 |
1946 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.56 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 151.3 | 146 | 55 | 43 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 636 |
1947 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.75 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 122.0 | 137 | 83 | 78 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 550 |
1948 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.63 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 42 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 157 |
1950 | NL | Boston Braves | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
Totals | 198 | 160 | .553 | 3.30 | 428 | 398 | 18 | 242 | 42 | 4 | 3104.7 | 2990 | 1343 | 1139 | 154 | 1121 | 0 | 1107 | 51 | 6 | 63 | 13140 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1931 | NL | Boston Braves | 9 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | NL | Boston Braves | 22 | 83 | 75 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .187 | .208 | .253 | .461 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 52 | 225 | 195 | 27 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 24 | .256 | .326 | .390 | .715 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 91 | 88 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .216 | .242 | .489 | .730 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 324 | 300 | 36 | 78 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 54 | .260 | .308 | .387 | .695 | 116 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 107 | 96 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .250 | .314 | .292 | .606 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 131 | 121 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .240 | .281 | .364 | .645 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 56 | 144 | 137 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .277 | .303 | .343 | .646 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 15 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .286 | .306 | .429 | .734 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .141 | .236 | .156 | .392 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 40 | 131 | 120 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .325 | .357 | .433 | .790 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 127 | 117 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .205 | .231 | .256 | .488 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 39 | 117 | 106 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .189 | .239 | .245 | .484 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 40 | 104 | 99 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .242 | .265 | .384 | .649 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 101 | 90 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .267 | .313 | .400 | .713 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 120 | 107 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .280 | .330 | .318 | .648 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 24 | 67 | 61 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .230 | .266 | .426 | .692 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 24 | 63 | 55 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .127 | .186 | .164 | .350 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 20 | 49 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .267 | .298 | .311 | .609 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NL | Boston Braves | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 715 | 2149 | 1966 | 227 | 477 | 99 | 16 | 23 | 234 | 12 | 1 | 114 | 303 | .243 | .286 | .344 | .630 | 677 | 34 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1931 | NL | Boston Braves | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | |
1931 | NL | Boston Braves | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 3.000 | |
1932 | NL | Boston Braves | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 8 | .910 | 2.773 | |
1933 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 5.571 | |
1933 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 84 | 8 | 11 | .940 | 2.930 | |
1934 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 5.333 | |
1934 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 54 | 9 | 6 | .906 | 3.783 | |
1934 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 74 | 136 | 11 | 12 | .950 | 2.625 | |
1934 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
1935 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | |
1935 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1935 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | |
1935 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.958 | |
1936 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1936 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1936 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 96 | 3 | 6 | .974 | 2.775 | |
1937 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | |
1937 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 76 | 1 | 7 | .988 | 2.243 | |
1938 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 1.750 | |
1938 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.889 | |
1939 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 77 | 2 | 10 | .979 | 2.385 | |
1940 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 7 | .945 | 1.917 | |
1941 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 68 | 2 | 6 | .977 | 2.324 | |
1942 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1942 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 60 | 3 | 6 | .961 | 2.147 | |
1943 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 49 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 2.000 | |
1944 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 2.059 | |
1945 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.773 | |
1946 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 7 | .940 | 2.136 | |
1947 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.250 | |
1948 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | |
1950 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
Totals | 634 | 0 | 0.0 | 364 | 1135 | 63 | 119 | .960 | 2.364 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1939 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.91 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
1940 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
Totals | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.79 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1939 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .857 | 1.143 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1939 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | P | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 1.500 |
1940 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Totals | 4 | 3 | 29.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.172 | 1.750 |
Awards
1939 - NL Pitching Triple Crown
1939 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1939 - NL TSN Guide MVP
1939 - NL Most Valuable Player
1940 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1944 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
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