Bio
- Debut
- 1931
- NL MVP
- 1939
Bio
- Debut
- 1931
- NL MVP
- 1939
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 428
- W
- 198
- L
- 160
- ERA
- 3.30
- IP
- 3104.2
- K
- 1,107
- BB
- 1,121
- WHIP
- 1.32
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 1.43 |
| 1935 | PHI | 24 | 9 | 9 | 4.17 | 151.0 | 40 | 68 | 1.56 |
| 1936 | PHI | 40 | 11 | 21 | 4.26 | 258.0 | 66 | 115 | 1.55 |
| 1937 | PHI | 37 | 14 | 15 | 4.75 | 246.1 | 87 | 86 | 1.53 |
| 1938 |  PHI/CIN | 39 | 15 | 14 | 4.20 | 251.0 | 93 | 108 | 1.46 |
| 1939 | CIN | 39 | 27 | 11 | 2.29 | 319.0 | 137 | 109 | 1.13 |
| 1940 | CIN | 36 | 22 | 10 | 2.48 | 305.0 | 115 | 92 | 1.09 |
| 1941 | CIN | 37 | 19 | 15 | 2.83 | 302.0 | 129 | 88 | 1.26 |
| 1942 | CIN | 34 | 15 | 14 | 2.66 | 253.2 | 109 | 73 | 1.17 |
| 1943 | CIN | 34 | 15 | 15 | 3.54 | 246.1 | 80 | 109 | 1.43 |
| 1944 | CIN | 34 | 23 | 8 | 2.40 | 285.0 | 77 | 87 | 1.12 |
| 1945 | CIN | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2.68 | 168.0 | 45 | 51 | 1.29 |
| 1946 | CIN | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2.56 | 151.1 | 60 | 64 | 1.39 |
| 1947 | CIN | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5.75 | 122.0 | 43 | 49 | 1.52 |
| 1948 | CIN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4.63 | 35.0 | 19 | 18 | 1.71 |
| 1950 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 1.75 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 2
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 2.79
- IP
- 29.0
- K
- 12
- BB
- 7
- WHIP
- 0.97
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 242
- SHO
- 42
- K/9
- 3.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | PHI | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | PHI | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | PHI | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | PHI/CIN | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CIN | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CIN | 0 | 29 | 3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CIN | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CIN | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CIN | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | CIN | 0 | 27 | 6 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | CIN | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | CIN | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CIN | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | CIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bucky Walters's career stats?
Bucky Walters played 16 seasons for the Phillies, the Reds and the Braves. He had 198 wins and 1,107 strikeouts with a 3.30 ERA over 3,104.2 innings. His best season was 1939: 27 wins, a 2.29 ERA and 137 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1934 to 1950
Championships
- 1940 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
Awards
All-time career rank
- 116th in wins (pitching) (198)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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