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

19

5 best in baseball 14 league only

59 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

11 Categories led

1939 Best season

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

Clubs 20 Win Seasons ×3

Team records #4 Reds career W #5 Reds career IP #6 Reds career ERA #9 Reds 1939 W

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

160th League titles 19
504th Best in baseball 5
258th Top-5 finishes 59

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

Career leaderboards

38th Shutouts 42
71st Pitcher Assists 746
91st Complete Games 242
123rd Wins 198
124th Innings Pitched 3104.2
161st Pitcher Fielding Percentage .974
165th Pitcher Range Factor 2.10
234th Pitcher Putouts 153
304th Earned Run Average 3.30
483rd Strikeouts 1,107

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
Pitcher Range Factor	1	1st	—	1936 NL 2.78 1937 #3 1939 #3 1941 #2 1942 #3
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1944 1.000
Pitcher Putouts	1	1st	—	1943 NL 19 1939 #2 1941 #2
Pitcher Assists	1	1st	—	1936 96 1937 #2 1938 #3 1939 #2 1941 #2
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1936 NL 4 1941 #3 1943 #3 1944 #2
Strikeouts	1	1st	—	1939 NL 137 1941 #3
Third Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1934 #2
Third Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1934 #2
Third Base Putouts	—	#2	—	1934 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1944	2	W 23 P FPCT 1.000
1943	1	P PO 19
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	3	SHO 4 P A 96 P RF 2.78

Pitching

led the league 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	1.53
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	1.52
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	.703
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

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1931	BSN	NL	3B	6	—	—	5	13	1	0	19	.947	3.00
			2B	3	—	—	2	9	0	2	11	1.000	3.67
1932	BSN	NL	3B	22	—	—	17	44	6	8	67	.910	2.77
1933	BOS	AL	3B	43	—	—	42	84	8	11	134	.940	2.93
			2B	7	—	—	16	23	2	3	41	.951	5.57
1934	PHI	NL	3B	103	—	—	107	190	20	18	317	.937	2.88
			2B	3	—	—	9	7	1	0	17	.941	5.33
			P	2	—	—	0	3	0	1	3	1.000	1.50
1935	PHI	NL	P	24	—	—	7	40	0	4	47	1.000	1.96
			OF	5	—	—	7	1	0	0	8	1.000	1.60
			2B	2	—	—	1	7	1	0	9	.889	4.00
			3B	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1936	PHI	NL	P	40	—	—	15	96	3	6	114	.974	2.78
			2B	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
			3B	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1937	PHI	NL	P	37	—	—	7	76	1	7	84	.988	2.24
			3B	8	—	—	5	9	0	1	14	1.000	1.75
1938	CIN	NL	P	39	—	—	6	66	2	5	74	.973	1.85
1939	CIN	NL	P	39	—	—	16	77	2	10	95	.979	2.38
1940	CIN	NL	P	36	—	—	13	56	4	7	73	.945	1.92
1941	CIN	NL	P	37	—	—	18	68	2	6	88	.977	2.32
1942	CIN	NL	P	34	—	—	13	60	3	6	76	.961	2.15
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1943	CIN	NL	P	34	—	—	19	49	2	7	70	.971	2.00
1944	CIN	NL	P	34	—	—	15	55	0	7	70	1.000	2.06
1945	CIN	NL	P	22	—	—	6	33	1	3	40	.975	1.77
1946	CIN	NL	P	22	—	—	10	37	3	7	50	.940	2.14
1947	CIN	NL	P	20	—	—	6	19	1	0	26	.962	1.25
1948	CIN	NL	P	7	—	—	1	11	0	0	12	1.000	1.71
1950	BSN	NL	P	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	P	428	—	—	153	746	24	76	923	.974	2.10
	—	—	3B	184	—	—	176	341	35	38	552	.937	2.81
	—	—	2B	16	—	—	28	47	4	5	79	.949	4.69
	—	—	OF	6	—	—	7	1	0	0	8	1.000	1.33