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Boom-Boom
Beck		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 16, 1904 in Usa, IL, DECATUR
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1933   
All-Star Selections 1931    1933    1935   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 CHN NL $ 330,000 64 41 45 43 37 44 41 35 40 38
1931 26 TAM AL $ 685,999 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1932 27 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 4 5 5
1933 28 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 4
1934 29 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 4
1935 30 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 4
1936 31 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 7 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4
1937 32 SLC NL $ 630,000 7 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 330,000 7 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 64 41 45 43 37 44 41 35 40 38
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  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
1930 25 CHN NL $ 330,000   27 27 28 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 67 67 67
1931 26 TAM AL $ 685,999   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1932 27 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1933 28 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1934 29 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1935 30 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1936 31 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1937 32 SLC NL $ 630,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 330,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   27 27 28 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 67 67 67
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
1930 25 CHN NL 5 2 .714 23 0 0 0 2 28.0 38 11 2 14 5 3.54 .339 .417 .429 .846 2.6
1931 26 SDP NL 4 2 .667 34 2 0 0 1 45.7 43 17 2 16 12 3.35 .250 .309 .349 .658 5.1
  TAM AL 2 2 .500 15 1 0 0 0 33.3 46 21 3 16 9 5.67 .331 .395 .482 .877 0.5
  TOT   6 4 .600 49 3 0 0 1 79.0 89 38 5 32 21 4.33 .286 .348 .408 .756 5.7
1932 27 TAM AL 3 2 .600 29 0 0 0 1 30.3 30 14 2 10 5 4.15 .250 .308 .342 .649 2.7
1933 28 TAM AL 5 1 .833 42 0 0 0 2 51.0 41 8 1 19 17 1.41 .228 .300 .306 .606 8.8
1934 29 TAM AL 1 2 .333 22 0 0 0 1 35.0 44 18 4 13 16 4.63 .308 .361 .462 .822 1.7
1935 30 TAM AL 6 2 .750 30 8 0 0 3 79.3 73 34 3 49 26 3.86 .243 .349 .297 .646 6.8
1936 31 TAM AL 4 4 .500 58 1 0 0 4 64.3 80 55 8 56 17 7.69 .309 .433 .456 .889 0.0
1937 32 AAA   1 2 .333 48 0 0 0 8 50.3 57 20 3 21 37 3.58 .302 .371 .444 .816  
7 Years Sim 30 17 .638 253 12 0 0 14 367.0 395 178 25 193 107 4.37 .277 .362 .382 .744 28.2
1 Years AAA 1 2 .333 48 0 0 0 8 50.3 57 20 3 21 37 3.58 .302 .371 .444 .816  
Season Average 4 2 .667 36 1 0 0 2 52.4 56 25 3 27 15 4.37 .277 .362 .382 .744  
Career Highs 6 4 .833 58 8 0 0 4 79.3 89 55 8 56 26 7.69 .339 .433 .462 .889  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   212 88 10 107 64   .275 .363 .369 .732
vs LH   183 90 15 86 43   .280 .364 .397 .761
Home 12 8 .600 135 5 0 0 3 192.6 205 89 14 98 68 4.16 .273 .357 .394 .751
Away 18 9 .667 118 7 0 0 12 174.3 190 89 11 95 39 4.60 .282 .371 .368 .739
Mar/Apr 6 2 .750 41 0 0 0 3 57.7 59 27 3 31 12 4.22 .268 .359 .359 .718
May 5 2 .714 37 0 0 0 0 47.6 54 16 2 17 13 3.02 .293 .353 .375 .728
June 2 2 .500 47 0 0 0 3 57.0 59 22 5 25 21 3.47 .266 .340 .419 .759
July 6 3 .667 50 3 0 0 4 74.3 79 36 3 49 20 4.36 .270 .374 .338 .712
August 7 5 .583 49 5 0 0 2 76.0 81 48 9 34 27 5.69 .275 .350 .410 .760
Sep/Oct 4 3 .571 29 4 0 0 3 54.3 63 29 3 37 14 4.80 .299 .403 .393 .797
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
1930 25 CHN NL 23 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.0 0.2
1931 26 SDP NL 34 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
  TAM AL 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   49 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.2
1932 27 TAM AL 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1933 28 TAM AL 42 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.2
1934 29 TAM AL 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1935 30 TAM AL 30 22 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0.6 0.0
1936 31 TAM AL 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 253 46 3 10 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .217 .217 .239 .457 0.8 0.6
162 Game Average 29 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .217 .217 .239 .457 0.5  
Career Highs 58 22 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.000 1.500 1.0  
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   32 3 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1.7
vs LH   14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.1
Home 108 20 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1.1
Away 118 26 2 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .192 .192 .231 .423 0.7
RISP   21 0 4 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .190 .190 .238 .429 0.6
Close/Late   9 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000 1.7
Mar/Apr 23 7 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286 1.9
May 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8
June 28 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
July 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
August 19 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.4
Sep/Oct 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 25 CHN NL P 23 0 28.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.57    
1931 26 SDP NL P 34 2 45.7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.38    
  TAM AL P 15 1 33.3 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.62    
  TOT   P 49 3 79.0 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.48    
1932 27 TAM AL P 29 0 30.3 0 5 1 0 .833 1.48    
1933 28 TAM AL P 42 0 51.0 4 9 0 2 1.000 2.29    
1934 29 TAM AL P 22 0 35.0 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.57    
1935 30 TAM AL P 30 8 79.3 10 12 0 1 1.000 2.50    
1936 31 TAM AL P 58 1 64.3 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.10    
Career Totals   253 12 367.0 25 61 1 8 .989 2.11    
Career Highs   58 8 79.3 10 12 1 2 1.000 2.57    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1931 26 TAM AL 1 1 .500 3 1 0 0 0 14.0 11 6 3 6 3 3.86 .212 .293 .423 .716
1933 28 TAM AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 4 0 4 2 15.45 .286 .545 .429 .974
1934 29 TAM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 4 3 0 1 0 16.27 .571 .625 .714 1.339
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 8 1 0 0 1 18.0 17 13 3 11 5 6.50 .258 .364 .455 .818
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 26 TAM AL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1936-4-58
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/28/1930, off Vic Keen (TAM)
Earned first career win on 4/30/1930
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/16/1931 to a 1-year deal worth $685,999 per year
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Traded from San Diego to Tampa Bay on 7/16/1931 (Going to SDP: 2B Tony Piet, C Cliff Bolton, CF Bill Norman. Going to TAM: 1B George Grantham, P Boom-boom Beck)
7/31/1931: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1933
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
Injured on 8/29/1935 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
7/1/1936: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $630,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to St. Louis (C) on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: P Lefty Grove, P Vic Keen, P Boom-boom Beck, P Al Yeargin. Going to TAM: RF Frank Demaree, P Van Mungo)
 
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