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Bucky
Walters		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 19, 1909 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1935 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 7
1936 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1937 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5
1938 29 OAK AL   8 3 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5
1939 30 OAK AL   8 3 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5
1940 31 OAK AL   8 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5
1941 32 OAK AL   8 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 5
1942 33 OAK AL   8 2 3 2 4 5 4 5 6 5
1943 34 OAK AL   8 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 6 6 6 7 8 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1935 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1936 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1937 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1938 29 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1939 30 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1940 31 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1941 32 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1942 33 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1943 34 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1934 25 OAK AL 2 2 .500 6 6 1 0 0 50.0 53 17 2 15 10 3.06 .277 .325 .377 .702 4.3
    AAA   10 10 .500 28 28 2 1 0 169.0 181 84 9 75 118 4.47 .269 .342 .375 .717  
1935 26 OAK AL 5 15 .250 26 26 6 1 0 180.0 226 108 10 63 43 5.40 .307 .363 .430 .793 4.0
1936 27 OAK AL 3 6 .333 50 3 0 0 3 82.0 109 55 4 32 19 6.04 .326 .383 .443 .826 1.7
1937 28 AAA   6 2 .750 61 0 0 0 1 82.3 108 48 12 35 62 5.25 .332 .397 .505 .902  
1938 29 AAA   6 3 .667 53 3 0 0 3 103.7 127 54 10 43 73 4.69 .305 .370 .451 .820  
1939 30 AAA   8 16 .333 29 29 1 0 0 196.7 214 94 12 78 116 4.30 .275 .341 .402 .743  
1940 31 AAA   7 9 .438 18 18 0 0 0 116.7 160 64 14 45 60 4.94 .327 .384 .487 .871  
1941 32 AAA   6 11 .353 22 22 1 0 0 152.7 174 66 5 57 80 3.89 .288 .349 .384 .734  
1942 33 AAA   10 11 .476 27 27 1 0 0 169.3 198 83 16 88 88 4.41 .292 .373 .404 .776  
1943 34 AAA   9 16 .360 30 30 3 1 0 184.3 227 104 11 82 88 5.08 .301 .369 .419 .788  
3 Years Sim 10 23 .303 82 35 7 1 3 312.0 388 180 16 110 72 5.19 .308 .363 .425 .788 10.0
8 Years AAA 62 78 .443 268 157 8 2 4 1174.6 1389 597 89 503 685 4.57 .294 .362 .419 .781  
Season Average 3 7 .300 27 11 2 0 1 104.0 129 60 5 36 24 5.19 .308 .363 .425 .788  
Career Highs 5 15 .500 50 26 6 1 3 180.0 226 108 10 63 43 6.04 .326 .383 .443 .826  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   201 96 7 49 38   .307 .355 .414 .769
vs LH   187 84 9 61 34   .309 .372 .438 .810
Home 3 11 .214 41 17 2 0 2 160.0 193 84 7 56 34 4.73 .298 .354 .408 .762
Away 7 12 .368 41 18 5 1 1 152.0 195 96 9 54 38 5.68 .318 .373 .444 .817
Mar/Apr 0 3 .000 9 6 1 0 0 49.0 58 25 3 15 13 4.59 .289 .338 .428 .766
May 1 5 .167 10 6 1 0 0 42.7 65 39 1 19 11 8.23 .361 .422 .467 .889
June 2 5 .286 17 7 1 0 1 62.7 87 36 5 23 12 5.17 .333 .387 .460 .847
July 3 4 .429 18 7 3 1 1 64.0 67 28 3 22 12 3.94 .273 .333 .376 .709
August 1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 1 11.3 14 9 1 1 7 7.15 .298 .313 .468 .781
Sep/Oct 3 4 .429 14 9 1 0 0 82.3 97 43 3 30 17 4.70 .298 .357 .405 .762
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1934 25 OAK AL 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 .267 0.0 0.0
1935 26 OAK AL 26 62 5 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .097 .111 .129 .240 -1.3 0.0
1936 27 OAK AL 50 14 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .429 .643 1.5 0.3
1939 30 AAA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1940 31 AAA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1942 33 AAA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
3 Years Sim 82 91 8 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 18 .121 .130 .176 .306 0.1 0.3
3 Years AAA 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 179 15 21 3 0 1 15 0 0 1 35 .121 .130 .176 .306 0.3  
Career Highs 50 62 5 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 12 .214 .214 .429 .643 1.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   69 6 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .116 .129 .145 .273 -1.1
vs LH   22 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 .136 .136 .273 .409 0.6
Home 41 43 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .093 .114 .093 .207 -1.4
Away 41 48 7 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 7 .146 .146 .250 .396 0.9
RISP   25 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .120 .154 .160 .314 -0.1
Close/Late   6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2
Mar/Apr 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.6
May 10 16 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .125 .188 -0.7
June 17 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .188 .375 0.3
July 18 17 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .118 .167 .176 .343 0.1
Sep/Oct 14 25 3 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .320 .520 1.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1934 25 OAK AL P 6 6 50.0 1 7 1 1 .889 1.44    
1935 26 OAK AL P 26 26 180.0 11 34 1 3 .978 2.25    
1936 27 OAK AL P 50 3 82.0 3 15 2 0 .900 1.98    
Career Totals   82 35 312.0 15 56 4 4 .947 2.05    
Career Highs   50 26 180.0 11 34 2 3 .978 2.25    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1936-10-50
 Shutouts
1935-8-1
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Vic Sorrell (982)
  5. Cotton Pippen (982)
  6. Jerry Johnson (982)
  7. Marvin Freeman (981)
  8. Derek Botelho (981)
  9. Jimmie Deshong (980)
  10. Bob Forsch (979)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Oakland in 1934
Injured on 6/29/1934 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/1/1934
Had first career hit on 9/6/1934, off Chief Hogsett (SLC)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1935, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Injured on 7/31/1935 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1936, off Lefty Grove (TAM)
Injured on 3/27/1937 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 6/12/1938 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/29/1940 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 5/14/1942 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/20/1942 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/23/1943 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
 
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