Bill Beckmann

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Full Name: William Aloysius Beckmann	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: May 2, 1939
Birthdate: December 8, 1907	Final Game: September 20, 1942
Birthplace: Clayton, Missouri	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: January 2, 1990
Deathplace: Florissant, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 8, 1907 in Clayton, Missouri, Bill Beckmann (William Aloysius Beckmann) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 4 year career. Beckmann broke into the bigs on May 2, 1939 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 5.39 ERA in 155.1 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Beckmann's best season was 1940, when he posted a 4.17 ERA.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1939	PHI	A	27	19	7	11	5.39	20	104	93	7	2	0	155.1	198	15	41	0	1	1
1940	PHI	A	34	9	8	4	4.17	47	68	59	6	2	1	127.1	132	11	35	0	1	1
1941	PHI	A	22	15	5	9	4.57	28	76	66	4	0	1	130	141	11	33	0	3	2
1942	STL	N	2	0	1	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	0	0
1942	PHI	A	5	1	0	1	7.08	10	17	16	0	0	0	20.1	24	1	9	0	0	0
1942	Total		7	1	1	1	5.27	13	17	16	0	0	0	27.1	28	1	10	0	0	0
Total	NL		2	0	1	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		88	44	20	25	4.86	105	265	234	17	4	2	433	495	38	118	0	5	4
Total			90	44	21	25	4.79	108	265	234	17	4	2	440	499	38	119	0	5	4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1939	PHI	A	P	27	0	0	10	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	PHI	A	P	34	0	0	11	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1941	PHI	A	P	22	0	0	5	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1942	STL	N	P	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	PHI	A	P	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	Total		P	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	90	0	0	26	49	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.938

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1939	PHI	A	27	52	5	13	0	3	.250	.278	.250	0	0	2	3	0	6	0	0	1
1940	PHI	A	34	39	4	8	0	4	.205	.205	.205	0	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	1
1941	PHI	A	22	47	1	9	0	4	.191	.240	.213	1	0	3	10	0	4	0	0	1
1942	STL	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	PHI	A	5	4	1	2	0	1	.500	.600	.750	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
1942	Total		7	5	1	2	0	1	.400	.500	.600	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		88	142	11	32	0	12	.225	.257	.239	2	0	6	21	0	14	0	0	3
Total			90	143	11	32	0	12	.224	.255	.238	2	0	6	21	0	14	0	0	3

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Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Atlanta (Southern Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1938).

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