» May 13, 1934: The Red Sox use a pair of grand slams -- by Bucky Walters and Eddie Morgan -- to roll over Chicago, 14–2. Walters adds a 2-run homer for six ribbies.

» June 14, 1934: The Red Sox sell a star player unknowingly. They peddle infielder Bucky Walters to the Phillies where he will convert to pitcher and subsequently win the 1939 MVP with the Reds.

» May 9, 1935: At Philadelphia, Charley Gelbert of the Cardinals plays his first game since a 1932 hunting accident almost severed his leg. Gelbert's error in the 7th paves the way for the Phils' first run as they win, 2–1. The victory goes to Bucky Walters, the infielder whom manager Jimmy Wilson has been endeavoring to convert to a pitcher all spring. Bucky allows four hits and scores the winning run in the 9th to win his first ML game.

» May 18, 1935: Bucky Walters shuts out the Cubs for ten innings and singles home Jimmy Wilson to win the game, 1–0. Walter gets two of the three Phils' hits off young Roy Henshaw.

» May 2, 1936: Bucky Walters, infielder turned pitcher, holds the Reds to seven hits in seven 2/3 inning, and bats in the winning run to give the Phils a 4–3 win. Philadelphia scores all its runs in the 6th when they drive Al Hollingsworth, Cincy's leading pitcher, from the mound.

» May 22, 1936: Phils pitcher Bucky Walters shuts out the Dodgers, 15–0. Fred Fitzsimmons, routed before getting an out, is the loser. The big blow in the 7-run 1st inning is a grand slam by Pinky Whitney.

» July 10, 1936: Philadelphia's Chuck Klein hits four home runs in five at bats in a 10-inning game at Forbes Field. His final home run, on the first pitch in the 10th, helps beat the Pirates 9–6, and makes a winner out of Bucky Walters. Except for his three-run homer off Jim Weaver in the 1st, all of homers are solo flights. At 36, Klein is the oldest player ever to hit four homers in a game, and the first National Leaguer in the 20th century to do so.

» July 25, 1936: The Cubs pound out 19 hits to beat the Phils, 17–4, and extend their lead over the Cardinals to three games. Curt Davis is the winner, holding his former teammates to six safeties. Three of the Philley hits come in the 9th when they score three runs on Bashore's single and consecutive homers by Chuck Klein and Dolph Camilli. The Cubs are led by homers from Augie Galan and Ethan Allen as they chase Bucky Walters with four runs in the 3rd, and add another nine off Sy Johnson in three innings.

» June 13, 1938: In a stellar move for Cincinnati, Philadelphia's Bucky Walters is sold to the Reds for $55,000 plus players Virgil Davis and Al Hollingsworth.

» May 30, 1939: At Cincinnati, the Cubs Larry French and Vance Page fire shutouts as the Cubs win, 6–0 and 2–0. Whitey Moore loses the opener, while Bucky Walters drops the nitecap.

» October 17, 1939: Bucky Walters is voted NL MVP by the BBWAA, with Johnny Mize 2nd.

» June 2, 1940: Bucky Walters wins his 9th in a row, 11–1 over the Bees, then Boston stings the Reds in game 2, winning 2–0. Dick Erickson applies the whitewash, though he is nearly matched by ex-Bee Jim Turner. Turner faces just 18 batters in the first six innings. Brooklyn takes a pair from the Cubs to move two games in back of the first place Reds.

» June 7, 1940: After nine straight wins, Bucky Walters suffers his first defeat as the Dodgers beat the Reds, 4–2, in 11 innings.

» June 23, 1940: With 52,657 in attendance at the Polo Grounds, the Giants Billy Jurges is hit on the head by a pitch thrown by Bucky Walters of the Reds He leaves the field on a stretcher. A shaken Walters then allows two runs and is lifted. The Giants have a 4–2 lead with two out in the 9th, but the Reds score five runs on six hits to win 7–4. Cincy takes the 2nd game 2–0. Jurges will stay in the hospital six days and the Giants will go 39–61 and tailspin from 2nd place to 6th after his injury.

» August 3, 1940: With Ernie Lombardi hurt, Reds C Willard Hershberger is hitting .309 after taking over. However, depressed in recent weeks, Hershberger commits suicide by slashing his throat in Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel. Hershberger blamed himself for calling wrong pitches in the July 31st 5–4 10-inning loss to New York. Leading 4–1, Bucky Walters retired the first two batters in the 9th and had two strikes on each of the next four batters. But Harry Danning and Burgess Whitehead each homered with a man on. Hershberger's father also committed suicide, in 1928.

» August 4, 1940: In Boston, the two teams dedicate the game in memory of Willard Hershberger, then Frank McCormick drives in six runs to lead the Reds to a 12–9 win over the Braves after Bucky Walters loses the opener, his 3rd straight defeat.

» August 26, 1940: Bucky Walters pitches the first-place Reds to a 3–2 win over the lowly Phillies. Bucky wins his 18th, driving in two runs with a homer and single. Ancient—40 in December—Syl Johnson then holds the Reds to three hits to win the nitecap, 6–1.

» October 3, 1940: Bucky Walters gives the National League its first Series game victory since Carl Hubbell beat the Yankees in 1937. Jimmy Ripple's 2-run home run in the 3rd provides the margin. Walters gives up only three hits, but is lucky to escape a jittery first inning.

» October 7, 1940: Back in Cincinnati, Bucky Walters evens the Series for the Reds with a 4–0 shutout, scattering five hits. Walters also becomes the first pitcher in 14 years to hit a home run in the Series.

» October 23, 1940: The MVP in the National League goes to the Reds Frank McCormick, with Reds teammates Bucky Walters and Paul Derringer finishing 3rd and 4th. Cards slugger John Mize is 2nd.

» January 8, 1941: The BBWAA in TSN poll names the 1940 All Star team: Hank Greenberg, LF; Joe DiMaggio, CF; Ted Williams, RF; Frank McCormick, 1B; Joe Gordon, 2B; Luke Appling, SS; Stan Hack, 3B; Harry Danning, C. The pitchers are Bob Feller, Bucky Walters, and Paul Derringer.

» May 1, 1941: Reds P Bucky Walters stops the Dodgers, 2–1 in 11 innings. The Dodgers load the bases in the 11th, but Leo Durocher and Babe Phelps strike out to end the game. Curt Davis takes the loss.

» May 7, 1941: At the Polo Grounds, Reds SS Eddie Joost accepts a record 19 chances as Cincinnati edges New York, 1–0. In addition to his 10 assists and nine putouts, Joost has a throwing error and the game's only stolen base. Ernie Lombardi's homer accounts for the only run as Bucky Walters is the winner over Prince Hal Schumacher in a battle of veterans. Both pitchers keep the ball down and each outfield accounts for a single flyout, tying the ML mark for fewest chances by two teams.

» May 17, 1941: The Phils Johnny Podgajny outduels the Reds Bucky Walters to win, 2–1.

» May 10, 1942: The Reds Ray Starr and Bucky Walters both pitch shutouts over the Cardinals. Starr wins the opener, 1–0, allowing nine hits, and Bucky coasts, 3–0, on a 4-hitter.

» April 26, 1944: Frank McCormick homers in the bottom of the 13th inning as Bucky Walters and the Reds beat the Cardinals 1-0.

» May 14, 1944: Connie Ryan singles with two outs in the 8th inning, as Reds P Bucky Walters fires a one-hitter against the Braves to win, 4–0. This is one of a record-tying seven shutouts recorded today out of 16 games, a since-topped mark.

» June 8, 1944: Bucky Walters of the Reds outduels Max Lanier of the Cardinals 2-1. The Cardinal run, scored in the ninth, is the first they have scored off the Reds righty in 45 innings.

» June 14, 1944: Bucky Walters beats the Pirates 3-2 in 11 innings to become the season's first 10-game winner.

» July 30, 1944: The fourth straight bad start by Bucky Walters of Cincinnati will deprive him of the ERA title. Bucky gives up 27 runs in 24 innings after a brilliant start of the season. He will recover to win 23 games and finish with an ERA of 2.40, but teammate Ed Heusser will be the ERA champ with 2.38.

» November 23, 1944: Five groups totaling 23 players, managers, umpires, and writers visit war theaters as part of the USO program. Included are Mel Ott, Dutch Leonard, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Walters, Harry Heilmann, Carl Hubbell, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Bill Summers, Beans Reardon, Johnny Lindell, Tuck Stainback, Steve O'Neill, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Nick Etten, Dixie Walker, Paul Waner, and Rip Sewell.

» April 17, 1945: Cincinnati opens the season with an 11-inning, 7–6 victory over the Pirates. The Reds offense was sparked by CF Dain Clay, who cracks a 5th inning grand slam: it will be his only home run this year in 645 at bats. Also in the 5th, with the Pirates leading 2–0 with two runners on, the Bucs runner at 2B, Frankie Zak, calls time to tie his shoe lace. The ump Ziggy Sears waves his arms, but Reds pitcher Bucky Walters doesn't see him and fires a pitch that Jim Russell hits for an apparent home run. The hit is disallowed, and the Bucs fail to score in the frame. Forty-six year old Hod Lisenbee, who had not appeared in the majors in nine years, works two innings of hitless relief to earn the win, the 37th and last of his career.

» May 20, 1945: At Boston, the Reds build an 8–1 lead over the Braves behind the pitching and hitting of Bucky Walters, who belts a pair of homers. Bucky then holds on for a 10–8 win.

» April 20, 1946: Bucky Walters, in a tight pitching duel with the Pirates Rip Sewell, steals home in the 6th, but Sewell wins the squeaker 2-1 before 28,000 in Pittsburgh.

» August 6, 1948: The Reds release Johnny Neun as manager and pick Bucky Walters to succeed him. The change doesn't help today as Brooklyn's Rex Barney wins, 4–1.

» June 6, 1952: Bucky Walters succeeds Charlie Grimm as manager of the minor league Milwaukee Brewers after the latter had accepted the Braves job.