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: 5-24 / in Starts: 2-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 6

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	120	4	Apr 25	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	8-GF		99	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.50	7	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.040	1.02	0.06%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	121	6	Apr 27	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	5-6		1	2.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.25	8	2	1	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.000	.78	0.00%	0.52	5b -2- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
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	122	14	May 9	PHI	@	STL	L,4-8	5-GF(8)		11	4.0	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.25	5.00	17	10	2	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.054	.82	0.06%	0.40	5b 1-3 0 out d1	8b end d 4
4	123	20	May 17	PHI		CIN	L,2-7	GS-9		7	8.1	9	2	2	1	1	1	1	2.20	5.02	37	11	14	2	0	9	57			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.091	2.68	0.10%	1.53	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
5	124	28	May 29	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	11	7.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.70	4.37	28	18	4	1	0	3	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.06	-0.013	1.11	-0.01%	0.18	1b start tie	7b 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
6	125	32	Jun 2(1)	PHI	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	7	2	1	2	5	0	1	2.23	3.96	36						70						33	1	0			0
7	126	37	Jun 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-10	GS-		4	2.2	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.83	4.00	15						31						13					0
8	127	41	Jun 11	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	1	2.45	3.86	36	10	13	3	0	7	70			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.349	.36	0.07%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	128	44	Jun 15	PHI		STL	L,1-14	GS-1	L(2-2)	3	0.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2.86	3.86	4	1	0	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.292	.19	-0.03%	-3.34	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d2
10	129	47	Jun 17	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	L(2-3)	1	9.0	9	6	6	3	0	1	0	3.40	4.13	37	8	17	1	0	9	42			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	0	.62	-0.216	.08	-0.02%	-1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
11	130	53	Jun 23(2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-7	GS-	L(2-4)	5	8.0	9	5	5	2	0	0	1	3.69	4.13	36						42						32					0
12	131	56	Jun 26(2)	PHI		PIT	L,6-11	GS-2	L(2-5)	2	1.0	3	5	5	2	0	2	0	4.35	4.63	8	1	2	0	0	3	25			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.456	.08	-0.02%	-4.54	1t start tie	2t --- 0 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
13	132	73	Jul 14(2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-3	L(2-6)	17	2.2	3	3	3	2	0	0	1	4.59	4.70	14	4	4	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d2
14	133	81	Jul 23	PHI		STL	L,3-7	6-8		8	3.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.39	4.64	13	4	4	1	2	3		0	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.39	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d4
15	134	84	Jul 28(1)	PHI		CIN	L,2-7	GS-6	L(2-7)	4	5.0	9	6	6	0	1	2	2	4.83	4.94	25	6	7	0	0	9	26			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-3.65	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d4
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
16	135	90	Aug 3	PHI		PIT	L,0-8	1-GF		5	9.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.74	4.82	36	10	11	0	0	10		2	2	0	0	1	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 8
17	136	91	Aug 4(1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-6	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	4.81	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.53	9t 123 1 out d5	9t end d 5
18	137	95	Aug 7	PHI		BSN	L,3-6			2	2.0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.59	4.75	9												8					0
19	138	96	Aug 8	PHI		BSN	L,2-6	8-GF		0	2.0	3	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.80	4.86	11	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-2.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
20	139	99	Aug 11(2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-8	7-GF		2	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	4.74	4.96	13	8	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.39	7t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 8
21	140	100	Aug 14(1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.73	4.91	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.058	.00	0.00%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
22	141	101	Aug 14(2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-6	6-9	W(3-7)	-1	3.0	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.67	4.95	15	4	4	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.43	6b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
23	142	111	Aug 25(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	L(3-8)	10	8.1	7	3	2	6	1	0	1	4.47	4.97	40	14	11	0	0	7	54			1	1	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	3	1.95	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
24	143	118	Aug 31	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-9	GS-1		5	0.2	3	4	4	1	0	2	0	4.79	5.24	6	1	1	0	1	3	29			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out d4
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	144	120	Sep 1(2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-10	1-GF(8)		0	8.0	9	5	3	0	5	1	0	4.69	5.11	33	7	12	0	0	9		1	1	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1b -2- 0 out d4	8b end d10
26	145	122	Sep 2(2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5		W(4-8)	0	4.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.53	4.99	17												16					0
27	146	127	Sep 7(1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	10	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.41	4.93	34	8	12	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.27	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
28	147	133	Sep 11	PHI		PIT	L,3-9	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	4.92	4	1	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.08	9t -2- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
29	148	146	Sep 22(2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS-	L(4-9)	10	6.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.38	4.87	27						47						23					0
							5-24		W-L:4-9	2.7	129.1	147	69	63	42	40	13	9	4.38	4.87	574	1.06		3%	1%	108	44	10	60%	3	3	1	512	22	7	2	4	0	8	.89	-1.540	.40	0.21%	-11.42

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