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Bucky Walters played 19 major-league seasons (1931-1950) as a P (428), 3B (184), 2B (16), OF (6). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 20 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 22 | BSN | 9 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .474 | 31 |
| 1932 | 23 | BSN | 22 | 75 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .187 | .461 | 27 |
| 1933 | 24 | BOS | 52 | 195 | 27 | 50 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 24 | .256 | .715 | 95 |
| 1934 | 25 | BOS | 23 | 88 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .216 | .730 | 91 |
| 1934 | 25 | PHI | 83 | 300 | 36 | 78 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 19 | 54 | .260 | .695 | 91 |
| 1935 | 26 | PHI | 49 | 96 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .250 | .606 | 69 |
| 1936 | 27 | PHI | 64 | 121 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .240 | .645 | 78 |
| 1937 | 28 | PHI | 56 | 137 | 15 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .277 | .646 | 81 |
| 1938 | 29 | PHI|CIN | 51 | 99 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 23 | .192 | .512 | 46 |
| 1939 | 30 | CIN | 40 | 120 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .325 | .790 | 119 |
| 1940 | 31 | CIN | 37 | 117 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 14 | .205 | .488 | 39 |
| 1941 | 32 | CIN | 39 | 106 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .189 | .484 | 41 |
| 1942 | 33 | CIN | 40 | 99 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .242 | .649 | 95 |
| 1943 | 34 | CIN | 37 | 90 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .267 | .713 | 112 |
| 1944 | 35 | CIN | 37 | 107 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .280 | .648 | 89 |
| 1945 | 36 | CIN | 24 | 61 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .230 | .692 | 97 |
| 1946 | 37 | CIN | 24 | 55 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | .127 | .350 | 3 |
| 1947 | 38 | CIN | 20 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .267 | .609 | 68 |
| 1948 | 39 | CIN | 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .533 | 50 |
| 1950 | 41 | BSN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 25 | PHI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1.29 | 316 |
| 1935 | 26 | PHI | 24 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 151 | 40 | 68 | 4.17 | 96 |
| 1936 | 27 | PHI | 40 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 258 | 66 | 115 | 4.26 | 94 |
| 1937 | 28 | PHI | 37 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 246.1 | 87 | 86 | 4.75 | 82 |
| 1938 | 29 | PHI|CIN | 39 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 251 | 93 | 108 | 4.20 | 90 |
| 1939 | 30 | CIN | 39 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 319 | 137 | 109 | 2.29 | 171 |
| 1940 | 31 | CIN | 36 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 305 | 115 | 92 | 2.48 | 155 |
| 1941 | 32 | CIN | 37 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 302 | 129 | 88 | 2.83 | 128 |
| 1942 | 33 | CIN | 34 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 253.2 | 109 | 73 | 2.66 | 124 |
| 1943 | 34 | CIN | 34 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 246.1 | 80 | 109 | 3.54 | 95 |
| 1944 | 35 | CIN | 34 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 285 | 77 | 87 | 2.40 | 150 |
| 1945 | 36 | CIN | 22 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 168 | 45 | 51 | 2.68 | 142 |
| 1946 | 37 | CIN | 22 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 151.1 | 60 | 64 | 2.56 | 134 |
| 1947 | 38 | CIN | 20 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 122 | 43 | 49 | 5.75 | 71 |
| 1948 | 39 | CIN | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 4.63 | 85 |
| 1950 | 41 | BSN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 92 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 3B | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 1931 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 1932 | 3B | 22 | 0 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 8 |
| 1933 | 3B | 43 | 0 | 42 | 84 | 8 | 11 |
| 1933 | 2B | 7 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 1934 | 3B | 103 | 0 | 107 | 190 | 20 | 18 |
| 1934 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1934 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1935 | P | 24 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 4 |
| 1935 | OF | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1935 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | P | 40 | 0 | 15 | 96 | 3 | 6 |
| 1936 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | P | 37 | 0 | 7 | 76 | 1 | 7 |
| 1937 | 3B | 8 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1938 | P | 39 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 2 | 5 |
| 1939 | P | 39 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 2 | 10 |
| 1940 | P | 36 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 7 |
| 1941 | P | 37 | 0 | 18 | 68 | 2 | 6 |
| 1942 | P | 34 | 0 | 13 | 60 | 3 | 6 |
| 1942 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | P | 34 | 0 | 19 | 49 | 2 | 7 |
| 1944 | P | 34 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 7 |
| 1945 | P | 22 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| 1946 | P | 22 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 7 |
| 1947 | P | 20 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 1948 | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bucky Walters won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (NL), MVP 1939 (NL), Pitching Triple Crown 1939 (NL), TSN All-Star 1939 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1940 (NL), TSN All-Star 1940 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1944 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1944 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1944, 1943, 1941, 1940, 1939.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 303 / 336 | 18 |
| 1940 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 146 / 336 | 0 |
| 1941 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 30 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1943 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 34 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1944 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 107 / 336 | 3 |
Bucky Walters ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #140 | starting pitchers | 1939 | 171 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.