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Huck Betts
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Birthdate: 2/18/1897 Died: 6/13/1987
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 170 lbs. Place of Birth: Millsboro, DE, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Boston Braves Betts staged a real come back to the big leagues in 1932 after being sold by the Phillies to the minors 6 years before. He pitched 5 years for the Phillies before being released. The Braves bought Betts from the St Paul Club in the American Association, where he starred in the box for 5 years. In his last year with St. Paul, which was 1931, he won 22 and lost 13 games. Last year pitching for Houston, Huck Betts finished 4th, winning 11 games and was beaten a like number of times. He is a right-handed pitcher, 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He was born in Millsboro, Del., in 1898, and attended the university of Delaware before entering professional baseball.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1920 PHI (NL) 27 4 1 1 0 1 0 88.1 86 48 35 3 33 0 18 2 2 0 3.57
1921 PHI (NL) 32 2 3 7 4 1 0 100.2 141 65 50 8 14 0 28 3 4 0 4.47
1922 PHI (NL) 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 15.0 23 17 16 3 8 0 4 1 0 1 9.60
1923 PHI (NL) 19 4 2 4 1 3 0 84.1 100 38 29 7 14 0 18 1 4 0 3.09
1924 PHI (NL) 37 9 7 10 2 2 0 144.1 160 76 69 8 42 0 46 1 5 0 4.30
1925 PHI (NL) 35 7 4 5 1 1 0 97.1 146 86 60 10 38 0 28 1 3 0 5.55
1932 BSN (NL) 31 27 13 11 1 16 3 221.2 229 84 69 9 35 0 32 0 0 0 2.80
1933 BSN (NL) 35 26 11 11 4 17 2 242.0 225 79 75 9 55 0 40 1 0 0 2.79
1934 BSN (NL) 40 27 17 10 3 10 2 213.0 258 105 96 17 42 0 69 0 3 0 4.06
1935 BSN (NL) 44 19 2 9 0 2 1 159.2 213 118 97 9 40 0 40 2 2 0 5.47
10 years   307 125 61 68 16 53 8 1366.1 1581 716 596 83 321 0 323 12 23 1 3.93
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1920 PHI (NL) 27 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .80 .148 SLG
1921 PHI (NL) 32 30 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .290 SLG
1922 PHI (NL) 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .200 SLG
1923 PHI (NL) 20 31 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 .97 .97 SLG
1924 PHI (NL) 38 45 7 7 0 0 0 2 4 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 .156 .224 SLG
1925 PHI (NL) 37 34 5 10 2 0 0 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .351 SLG
1932 BSN (NL) 31 79 5 19 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 .268 SLG
1933 BSN (NL) 35 76 3 17 1 0 0 5 2 7 0 0 0 1 9 0 .224 .253 SLG
1934 BSN (NL) 40 69 3 13 1 0 0 2 6 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 .188 .253 SLG
1935 BSN (NL) 44 44 1 7 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 .159 .229 SLG
10 years   311 437 29 86 5 0 0 19 25 63 0 0 0 2 25 0 .197 .244 .SLG



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