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Jake Beckley
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Birthdate: 8/4/1867 Died: 6/25/1918
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 200 lbs. Place of Birth: Hannibal, MO, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Jake Beckley had a career that spanned 20 years but never played on a pennant winning team. His career batting average was .308, with 2,931 hits, scored 1,600 runs. Beckley was elected to the 'Hall of Fame' in 1971 even though not a single member of the voting committee had ever seen him play. In 1897, playing with Cincinnati, Beckley batted .345 and slugged three homers in one game. In his career, he hit 476 D, 243 triples and slugged 88 HR's. Copyright 2003 baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1902 CIN (NL) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.75
22 years   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.75
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1888 PIT (NL) 71 283 35 97 15 3 0 27 7 22 20 0 0 2 0 0 .343 .363 SLG
1889 PIT (NL) 123 522 91 157 24 10 9 97 29 29 11 0 0 6 0 0 .301 .345 SLG
1890 PBB (PL) 121 516 109 167 38 22 9 120 42 32 18 0 0 6 0 0 .324 .381 SLG
1891 PIT (NL) 133 554 94 162 20 19 4 73 44 46 13 0 0 8 0 0 .292 .353 SLG
1892 PIT (NL) 151 614 102 145 21 19 10 96 31 44 30 0 0 14 0 0 .236 .288 SLG
1893 PIT (NL) 131 542 108 164 32 19 5 106 54 26 15 0 0 20 0 0 .303 .386 SLG
1894 PIT (NL) 131 533 121 183 36 18 7 120 43 16 21 0 0 19 0 0 .343 .412 SLG
1895 PIT (NL) 129 530 104 174 31 19 5 110 24 20 20 0 0 21 15 0 .328 .381 SLG
1896 PIT (NL) 59 217 44 55 7 5 3 32 22 28 8 0 0 10 9 0 .253 .349 SLG
1896 NYG (NL) 46 182 37 55 8 4 5 38 9 7 11 0 0 5 1 0 .302 .352 SLG
1897 CIN (NL) 97 365 76 126 17 9 7 76 18 0 23 0 0 12 4 0 .345 .395 SLG
1897 NYG (NL) 17 68 8 17 2 3 1 11 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 .250 .301 SLG
1898 CIN (NL) 118 459 86 135 20 12 4 72 28 0 6 0 0 10 9 0 .294 .348 SLG
1899 CIN (NL) 134 513 87 171 27 16 3 99 40 0 20 0 0 10 16 0 .333 .393 SLG
1900 CIN (NL) 141 558 98 190 26 10 2 94 40 0 23 0 0 4 12 0 .341 .389 SLG
1901 CIN (NL) 140 580 78 178 36 13 3 79 28 0 4 0 0 7 20 0 .307 .346 SLG
1902 CIN (NL) 129 531 82 175 23 7 5 69 34 0 15 0 0 6 8 0 .330 .377 SLG
1903 CIN (NL) 120 459 85 150 29 10 2 81 42 0 23 0 0 1 10 0 .327 .384 SLG
1904 STL (NL) 142 551 72 179 22 9 1 67 35 0 17 0 0 9 15 0 .325 .375 SLG
1905 STL (NL) 134 514 48 147 20 10 1 57 30 0 12 0 0 6 8 0 .286 .333 SLG
1906 STL (NL) 87 320 29 79 16 6 0 44 13 0 3 0 0 3 13 0 .247 .283 SLG
1907 STL (NL) 32 115 6 24 3 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .209 .222 SLG
22 years   2386 9526 1600 2930 473 243 86 1575 616 270 315 0 0 183 145 0 .308 .361 .SLG



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