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Huck Betts
Walter McKinley Betts

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 26, 1920
Final Game September 27, 1935
Born February 18, 1897 in Millsboro, DE
Died June 13, 1987 in Millsboro, DE

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1920 23 PHI NL   1   1  27   4   1   0  18  0   88.3   86   48   35   3   33   18   2   2   376       0  3.57  3.38   95 1.347
 1921 24 PHI NL   3   7  32   2   1   0  22  4  100.7  141   65   50   8   14   28   4   3   455       0  4.47  4.20   94 1.540
 1922 25 PHI NL   1   0   7   0   0   0   2  0   15.0   23   17   16   3    8    4   0   1    76       1  9.60  4.63   48 2.067
 1923 26 PHI NL   2   4  19   4   3   0  11  1   84.3  100   38   29   7   14   18   4   1   357       0  3.09  4.55  147 1.352
 1924 27 PHI NL   7  10  37   9   2   0  19  2  144.3  160   76   69   8   42   46   5   1   624       0  4.30  4.45  103 1.400
 1925 28 PHI NL   4   5  35   7   1   0  15  1   97.3  146   86   60  10   38   28   3   1   475       0  5.55  4.73   85 1.890
 1932 35 BSN NL  13  11  31  27  16   3   3  1  221.7  229   84   69   9   35   32   0   0   913       0  2.80  3.76  134 1.191
 1933 36 BSN NL  11  11  35  26  17   2   7  4  242.0  225   79   75   9   55   40   0   1   986       0  2.79  3.07  110 1.157
 1934 37 BSN NL  17  10  40  27  10   2  12  3  213.0  258  105   96  17   42   69   3   0   930       0  4.06  3.82   94 1.408
 1935 38 BSN NL   2   9  44  19   2   1  19  0  159.7  213  118   97   9   40   40   2   2   724       0  5.47  3.78   69 1.585
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .473  61  68 307 125  53   8 128 16 1366.3 1581  716  596  83  321  323  23  12  5916       1  3.93  3.86   98 1.392
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  10  48  19   8   1  20  2  215.0  248  112   93  13   50   50   3   1   931   0   0  3.93  3.86   98 1.392
 Career High     17  11  44  27  17   3  22  4  242.0  258  118   97  17   55   69   5   3   986   0   1  2.79  4.73  147 1.157

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1920 23 PHI NL  27   25    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   8  .080  .148  .080  -34    2   0           0    
 1921 24 PHI NL  32   30    2    8   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .267  .290  .300   52    9   0           0    
 1922 25 PHI NL   7    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -46    0   0           0    
 1923 26 PHI NL  20   31    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .097  .097  .097  -51    3   1           0    
 1924 27 PHI NL  38   45    7    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   4   8  .156  .224  .156   -1    7   6           0    
 1925 28 PHI NL  37   34    5   10   2  0   0    6   0  0   3   4  .294  .351  .353   75   12   0           0    
 1932 35 BSN NL  31   79    5   19   0  0   0    3   0      3   7  .241  .268  .241   40   19   1           0    
 1933 36 BSN NL  35   76    3   17   1  0   0    5   0      2   7  .224  .253  .237   46   18   9           1   1
 1934 37 BSN NL  40   69    3   13   1  0   0    2   0      6   8  .188  .253  .203   27   14   6           0   1
 1935 38 BSN NL  44   44    1    7   0  0   0    1   0      3   5  .159  .229  .159   10    7   2           1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     311  437   29   86   5  0   0   19   0  0  25  63  .197  .244  .208   24   91  25   0   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        228   15   45   3  0   0   10   0  0  13  33  .197  .244  .208   24   47  13   0   0   1   2
 Career High     44   79    7   19   2  0   0    6   0  0   6   8                          19   9   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1920 23 PHI NL   27   23    0   0.0    94| .080  .281| .148  .335| .080  .374| .228  .709| -34  .000  -4.4  -0.5   0%
 1921 24 PHI NL   31   22    3   3.7   112| .267  .307| .290  .358| .300  .422| .590  .780|  52  .395  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1922 25 PHI NL    5    4    0   0.0   119| .000  .311| .200  .370| .000  .433| .200  .803| -46  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1923 26 PHI NL   32   29    0   0.0   116| .097  .307| .097  .367| .097  .427| .194  .793| -51  .000  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1924 27 PHI NL   55   44    2   1.2   114| .156  .304| .224  .361| .156  .424| .380  .785|  -1  .082  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1925 28 PHI NL   37   24    4   4.4   121| .294  .310| .351  .369| .353  .443| .704  .812|  75  .437  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1932 35 BSN NL   83   61    5   2.2   100| .241  .279| .268  .332| .241  .404| .509  .736|  40  .200  -6.6  -0.7     
 1933 36 BSN NL   88   69    4   1.6    85| .224  .264| .253  .316| .237  .362| .490  .678|  46  .147  -5.1  -0.5     
 1934 37 BSN NL   81   63    4   1.7    98| .188  .278| .253  .333| .203  .396| .456  .728|  27  .132  -6.7  -0.7     
 1935 38 BSN NL   50   40    1   0.7    97| .159  .275| .229  .330| .159  .393| .388  .722|  10  .028  -5.3  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      489  379   23   1.6   102| .197  .285| .244  .340| .208  .401| .452  .740|  24  .132 -46.5  -4.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1920 23 PHI NL P 27 3 23 1 0 .963 .956 0.96 1.75 2.65 2.82 4 88.3 1921 24 PHI NL P 32 4 27 2 1 .939 .954 0.97 1.52 2.77 2.67 2 100.7 1922 25 PHI NL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 1.29 1.20 2.40 0 15.0 1923 26 PHI NL P 19 3 22 1 0 .962 .958 1.32 1.34 2.67 2.41 4 84.3 1924 27 PHI NL P 37 5 29 3 0 .919 .966 0.92 1.42 2.12 2.52 9 144.3 1925 28 PHI NL P 35 1 30 2 0 .939 .957 0.89 1.35 2.87 2.44 7 97.3 1932 35 BSN NL P 31 9 40 0 2 1.000 .957 1.58 1.21 1.99 2.29 27 221.7 1933 36 BSN NL P 35 5 78 1 6 .988 .964 2.37 1.28 3.09 2.36 26 242.0 1934 37 BSN NL P 40 9 36 2 3 .957 .959 1.12 1.12 1.90 2.27 27 213.0 1935 38 BSN NL P 44 3 40 1 0 .977 .960 0.98 1.18 2.42 2.31 19 159.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1920 23 PHI NL P 27 3 23 1 0 .963 .956 0.96 1.75 2.65 2.82 4 88.3 1921 24 PHI NL P 32 4 27 2 1 .939 .954 0.97 1.52 2.77 2.67 2 100.7 1922 25 PHI NL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 1.29 1.20 2.40 0 15.0 1923 26 PHI NL P 19 3 22 1 0 .962 .958 1.32 1.34 2.67 2.41 4 84.3 1924 27 PHI NL P 37 5 29 3 0 .919 .966 0.92 1.42 2.12 2.52 9 144.3 1925 28 PHI NL P 35 1 30 2 0 .939 .957 0.89 1.35 2.87 2.44 7 97.3 1932 35 BSN NL P 31 9 40 0 2 1.000 .957 1.58 1.21 1.99 2.29 27 221.7 1933 36 BSN NL P 35 5 78 1 6 .988 .964 2.37 1.28 3.09 2.36 26 242.0 1934 37 BSN NL P 40 9 36 2 3 .957 .959 1.12 1.12 1.90 2.27 27 213.0 1935 38 BSN NL P 44 3 40 1 0 .977 .960 0.98 1.18 2.42 2.31 19 159.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 307 42 327 13 12 .966 .960 1.20 1.33 2.43 2.41 125 1366.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 307 42 327 13 12 .966 .960 1.20 1.33 2.43 2.41 125 1366
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1932 NL-2.80-3
1933 NL-2.79-10

Wins
1934 NL-17-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1932 NL-1.191-6
1933 NL-1.157-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1933 NL-8.37-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1932 NL-1.42-5
1933 NL-2.05-8
1934 NL-1.77-5

Games
1924 NL-37-10
1935 NL-44-7

Saves
1921 NL-4-4
1924 NL-2-10
1933 NL-4-5

Comp. Games
1932 NL-16-8

Shutouts
1932 NL-3-4

Home Runs Allow.
1934 NL-17-3

Games Finished
1920 NL-18-2
1921 NL-22-2
1924 NL-19-3
1925 NL-15-5
1935 NL-19-3

Adjusted ERA+
1932 NL-134-4

Oldest Player
1935 NL-38-10

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 34 (687) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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September 30, 1931: Drafted by the Boston Braves from the St Paul (American Association) in the 1931 rule 5 draft.


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