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Bucky Walters

Bucky Walters

1931–1950  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 180 lb  ·  b. 1909 Philadelphia, PA

Career 198–160 · 3.30 ERA · 1,107 SO · 3104.2 IP · 715 G · 477 H · 23 HR · 234 RBI · .243 AVG

Seasons leading his league
15
3 best in baseball 12 league only
33 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
7 Categories led
1939 Best season

Spanning 1936–1944, peaking at 6 titles in 1939.

1939 Pitching Triple Crown
Led the NL in 27 W, 2.29 ERA, 137 SO
Led in Complete Games for 3 straight seasons (1939–1941) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 95th League titles 15
  • 274th Best in baseball 3
  • 245th Top-5 finishes 33

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Complete Games 3 1st 3 yrs (1939–1941) 1939 31 1940 NL 29 1941 NL 27 1938 #3 1944 #2
Innings Pitched 3 1st 3 yrs (1939–1941) 1939 319.0 1940 NL 305.0 1941 NL 302.0
Wins 3 1st 2 yrs (1939–1940) 1939 27 1940 NL 22 1944 NL 23 1941 #3
Walks + Hits / IP 2 1st 2 yrs (1939–1940) 1939 NL 1.13 1940 NL 1.09 1944 #3
Earned Run Average 2 1st 2 yrs (1939–1940) 1939 NL 2.29 1940 NL 2.48 1944 #2
Shutouts 1 1st — 1936 NL 4 1941 #3 1943 #3 1944 #2
Strikeouts 1 1st — 1939 NL 137 1941 #3

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1944 1 W 23
1941 2 IP 302.0 CG 27
1940 5 ERA 2.48 W 22 WHIP 1.09 IP 305.0 CG 29
1939 6 ERA 2.29 W 27 SO 137 WHIP 1.13 IP 319.0 CG 31
1936 1 SHO 4

Pitching

16 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1934 PHI NL 0 0 1.29 2 1 0 7.0 8 1 1 2 7 1.43
1935 PHI NL 9 9 4.17 24 22 0 151.0 168 70 9 68 40 1.56
1936 PHI NL 11 21 4.26 40 33 0 258.0 284 122 11 115 66 1.55
1937 PHI NL 14 15 4.75 37 34 0 246.1 292 130 14 86 87 1.54
1938 CIN +1 NL 15 14 4.20 39 34 1 251.0 259 117 13 108 93 1.46
1939 CIN NL 27 11 2.29 39 36 0 319.0 250 81 15 109 137 1.13
1940 CIN NL 22 10 2.48 36 36 0 305.0 241 84 19 92 115 1.09
1941 CIN NL 19 15 2.83 37 35 2 302.0 292 95 10 88 129 1.26
1942 CIN NL 15 14 2.66 34 32 0 253.2 223 75 8 73 109 1.17
1943 CIN NL 15 15 3.54 34 34 0 246.1 244 97 8 109 80 1.43
1944 CIN NL 23 8 2.40 34 32 1 285.0 233 76 10 87 77 1.12
1945 CIN NL 10 10 2.68 22 22 0 168.0 166 50 6 51 45 1.29
1946 CIN NL 10 7 2.56 22 22 0 151.1 146 43 9 64 60 1.39
1947 CIN NL 8 8 5.75 20 20 0 122.0 137 78 15 49 43 1.53
1948 CIN NL 0 3 4.63 7 5 0 35.0 42 18 6 18 19 1.71
1950 BSN NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 4.0 5 2 0 2 0 1.75
Career — — 198 160 3.30 428 398 4 3104.2 2,990 1,139 154 1,121 1,107 1.32

Batting

19 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 BSN NL 9 38 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 .211 .211 .263 .474
1932 BSN NL 22 75 8 14 3 1 0 4 2 18 0 .187 .208 .253 .461
1933 BOS AL 52 195 27 50 8 3 4 28 19 24 1 .256 .326 .390 .715
1934 PHI +1 NL 106 388 46 97 24 7 8 56 22 66 1 .250 .294 .410 .704
1935 PHI NL 49 96 14 24 2 1 0 6 9 12 0 .250 .314 .292 .606
1936 PHI NL 64 121 12 29 10 1 1 16 7 15 0 .240 .281 .364 .645
1937 PHI NL 56 137 15 38 6 0 1 16 5 16 1 .277 .303 .343 .646
1938 CIN +1 NL 51 99 16 19 3 0 1 8 8 23 1 .192 .259 .253 .512
1939 CIN NL 40 120 16 39 8 1 1 16 5 12 1 .325 .357 .433 .790
1940 CIN NL 37 117 11 24 3 0 1 18 4 14 2 .205 .231 .256 .488
1941 CIN NL 39 106 6 20 6 0 0 9 7 13 0 .189 .239 .245 .484
1942 CIN NL 40 99 13 24 6 1 2 13 3 13 0 .242 .265 .384 .649
1943 CIN NL 37 90 11 24 7 1 1 12 6 15 1 .267 .313 .400 .713
1944 CIN NL 37 107 9 30 4 0 0 13 8 18 0 .280 .330 .318 .648
1945 CIN NL 24 61 11 14 3 0 3 8 3 14 2 .230 .266 .426 .692
1946 CIN NL 24 55 6 7 2 0 0 5 4 12 2 .127 .186 .164 .350
1947 CIN NL 20 45 3 12 2 0 0 4 2 13 0 .267 .298 .311 .609
1948 CIN NL 7 15 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .267 .267 .267 .533
1950 BSN NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 715 1,966 227 477 99 16 23 234 114 303 12 .243 .286 .344 .630

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 428 153 746 24 76 .974
3B 184 176 341 35 38 .937
2B 16 28 47 4 5 .949
OF 6 7 1 0 0 1.000