Jake Beckley

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Full Name: Jacob Peter Beckley	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/200	First Game: June 20, 1888
Birthdate: August 4, 1867	Final Game: June 15, 1907
Birthplace: Hannibal, Missouri	MLB Experience: 20 years
Died: June 25, 1918
Deathplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971

Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Jake Beckley (Jacob Peter Beckley) was born on August 4, 1867 in Hannibal, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on June 20, 1888 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1888, his rookie year, he hit .343 with 0 home runs and 27 RBI. Beckley played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 20 year career.

Most people believe that Jake Beckley's best season was 1894, when he hit for a .343 average and knocked in 120 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1888	PIT	N	71	283	35	97	0	27	.343	.363	.417	15	3	7	22	2	0	20	0	0
1889	PIT	N	123	522	91	157	9	97	.301	.345	.437	24	10	29	29	6	0	11	0	0
1890	PIT	P	121	516	109	167	9	120	.324	.381	.535	38	22	42	32	6	0	18	0	0
1891	PIT	N	133	554	94	162	4	73	.292	.353	.419	20	19	44	46	8	0	13	0	0
1892	PIT	N	151	614	102	145	10	96	.236	.288	.381	21	19	31	44	14	0	30	0	0
1893	PIT	N	131	542	108	164	5	106	.303	.386	.459	32	19	54	26	20	0	15	0	0
1894	PIT	N	131	533	121	183	7	120	.343	.412	.518	36	18	43	16	19	22	21	0	0
1895	PIT	N	129	530	104	174	5	110	.328	.381	.487	31	19	24	20	21	15	20	0	0
1896	PIT	N	59	217	44	55	3	32	.253	.349	.373	7	5	22	28	10	9	8	0	0
1896	NY	N	46	182	37	55	5	38	.302	.352	.473	8	4	9	7	5	1	11	0	0
1896	TOT	N	105	399	81	110	8	70	.276	.351	.419	15	9	31	35	15	10	19	0	0
1897	NY	N	17	68	8	17	1	11	.250	.301	.412	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	0
1897	CIN	N	97	365	76	126	7	76	.345	.395	.499	17	9	18	0	12	4	23	0	0
1897	TOT	N	114	433	84	143	8	87	.330	.380	.485	19	12	20	0	15	4	25	0	0
1898	CIN	N	118	459	86	135	4	72	.294	.348	.416	20	12	28	0	10	9	6	0	0
1899	CIN	N	134	513	87	171	3	99	.333	.393	.466	27	16	40	0	10	16	20	0	0
1900	CIN	N	141	558	98	190	2	94	.341	.389	.434	26	10	40	0	4	12	23	0	0
1901	CIN	N	140	580	78	178	3	79	.307	.346	.429	36	13	28	0	7	20	4	0	0
1902	CIN	N	129	531	82	175	5	69	.330	.377	.427	23	7	34	0	6	8	15	0	0
1903	CIN	N	120	459	85	150	2	81	.327	.384	.447	29	10	42	0	1	10	23	0	0
1904	STL	N	142	551	72	179	1	67	.325	.375	.403	22	9	35	0	9	15	17	0	0
1905	STL	N	134	514	48	147	1	57	.286	.333	.370	20	10	30	0	6	8	12	0	0
1906	STL	N	87	320	29	79	0	44	.247	.283	.334	16	6	13	0	3	13	3	0	0
1907	STL	N	32	115	6	24	0	7	.209	.222	.235	3	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Total	PL		121	516	109	167	9	120	.324	.381	.535	38	22	42	32	6	0	18	0	0
Total	NL		2265	9010	1491	2763	77	1455	.307	.360	.430	435	221	574	238	177	167	297	0	0
Total			2386	9526	1600	2930	86	1575	.308	.361	.435	473	243	616	270	183	167	315	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1888	PIT	N	1B	71	0	0	744	19	16	38	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1889	PIT	N	OF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1889	PIT	N	1B	122	0	0	1236	53	24	73	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1890	PIT	P	1B	121	0	0	1256	58	32	61	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1891	PIT	N	1B	133	0	0	1250	87	24	63	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1892	PIT	N	1B	151	0	0	1523	132	38	88	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1893	PIT	N	1B	131	0	0	1360	95	21	83	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1894	PIT	N	1B	131	0	0	1227	84	30	80	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1895	PIT	N	1B	129	0	0	1340	54	31	76	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1896	PIT	N	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1896	PIT	N	1B	56	0	0	558	31	11	42	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1896	PIT	N	OF	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1896	NY	N	1B	45	0	0	418	22	8	18	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1896	NY	N	OF	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1896	TOT	N	1B	101	0	0	976	53	19	60	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1896	TOT	N	OF	5	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1897	NY	N	1B	17	0	0	166	15	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1897	CIN	N	1B	97	0	0	830	45	19	56	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1897	TOT	N	1B	114	0	0	996	60	24	68	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1898	CIN	N	1B	118	0	0	1167	53	21	76	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1899	CIN	N	1B	134	0	0	1291	72	19	74	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1900	CIN	N	1B	140	0	0	1389	93	30	91	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1901	CIN	N	1B	140	0	0	1366	71	34	79	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1902	CIN	N	1B	129	0	0	1262	64	23	84	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1902	CIN	N	P	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1903	CIN	N	1B	119	0	0	1127	78	30	56	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1904	STL	N	1B	142	0	0	1526	64	20	65	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1905	STL	N	1B	134	0	0	1442	69	28	56	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1906	STL	N	1B	85	0	0	928	43	13	38	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1907	STL	N	1B	32	0	0	303	13	4	17	0	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	6	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
Total			1B	2377	0	0	23709	1315	481	1326	0	0	0	0	0	.981
Total			P	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1902	CIN	N	1	1	0	1	6.75	2	8	3	0	0	0	4	9	0	1	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by St. Louis (Western Association) to Pittsburgh Alleghenys with Harry Staley for $4500 (June, 1888).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Giants in exchange for Harry Davis and $1000 (July 25, 1896).
Released by New York Giants (May 22, 1897).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (May 27, 1897).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals (February 11, 1904).

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