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Bill Beckmann
William Aloysius Beckmann

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School Washington University in Saint Louis

Debut May 2, 1939
Final Game September 20, 1942
Born December 8, 1907 in Clayton, MO
Died January 2, 1990 in Florissant, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 31 PHA AL   7  11  27  19   7   2   5  0  155.3  198  104   93  15   41   20   1   1   692       0  5.39  4.71   87 1.539
 1940 32 PHA AL   8   4  34   9   6   2  16  1  127.3  132   68   59  11   35   47   1   1   543       0  4.17  4.42  106 1.312
 1941 33 PHA AL   5   9  22  15   4   0   6  1  130.0  141   76   66  11   33   28   2   3   561       0  4.57  4.19   92 1.338
 1942 34 TOT      1   1   7   1   0   0   5  0   27.3   28   17   16   1   10   13   0   0   114       0  5.27  3.68   70 1.390
         PHA AL   0   1   5   1   0   0   3  0   20.3   24   17   16   1    9   10   0   0    92       0  7.08  3.77   53 1.623
         STL NL   1   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    7.0    4    0    0   0    1    3   0   0    22       0  0.00  3.45  inf 0.714
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .457  21  25  90  44  17   4  32  2  440.0  499  265  234  38  119  108   4   5  1910       0  4.79  4.41   92 1.405
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  45  22   8   2  16  1  223.0  253  134  118  19   60   54   2   2   969   0   0  4.79  4.41   92 1.405
 Career High      8  11  34  19   7   2  16  1  155.3  198  104   93  15   41   47   2   3   692   0   0  4.17  4.71  106 1.312

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 31 PHA AL  27   52    5   13   0  0   0    3   0  0   2   3  .250  .278  .250   37   13   6           0   1
 1940 32 PHA AL  34   39    4    8   0  0   0    4   0  0   0   8  .205  .205  .205    8    8   3           0   1
 1941 33 PHA AL  22   47    1    9   1  0   0    4   0  0   3  10  .191  .240  .213   22   10   4           0   1
 1942 34 TOT      7    5    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .400  .500  .600  210    3   1           0   0
         PHA AL   5    4    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .500  .600  .750  280    3   1           0   0
         STL NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       90  143   11   32   2  0   0   12   0  0   6  21  .224  .255  .238   30   34  14   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        257   20   58   4  0   0   22   0  0  11  38  .224  .255  .238   30   61  25   0   0   0   5
 Career High     34   52    5   13   1  0   0    4   0  0   3  10                          13   6   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 31 PHA AL   60   46    4   2.3   112| .250  .284| .278  .359| .250  .420| .528  .778|  37  .192  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1940 32 PHA AL   42   35    2   1.5   109| .205  .277| .205  .349| .205  .419| .410  .769|   8  .103  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1941 33 PHA AL   54   43    2   1.2   105| .191  .273| .240  .349| .213  .402| .453  .752|  22  .079  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1942 34 TOT       7    4    2  13.4    93| .400  .265| .500  .338| .600  .370|1.100  .708| 210  .899   0.9   0.1   0%
         PHA AL    6    3    2  17.9    94| .500  .264| .600  .339| .750  .370|1.350  .709| 280  .936   1.1   0.1   0%
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .265| .000  .338| .000  .368| .000  .706|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       163  128   10   2.1   108| .224  .278| .255  .352| .238  .412| .493  .765|  30  .173 -14.9  -1.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 31 PHA AL P 27 10 19 0 0 1.000 .951 1.07 0.98 1.68 1.92 19 155.3 1940 32 PHA AL P 34 11 13 3 0 .889 .956 0.71 1.05 1.70 2.04 9 127.3 1941 33 PHA AL P 22 5 12 2 0 .895 .960 0.77 1.16 1.18 2.14 15 130.0 1942 34 TOT P 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.26 1.65 2.31 1 27.3 PHA AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.30 0.89 2.31 1 20.3 STL NL P 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.15 3.86 2.31 0 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 31 PHA AL P 27 10 19 0 0 1.000 .951 1.07 0.98 1.68 1.92 19 155.3 1940 32 PHA AL P 34 11 13 3 0 .889 .956 0.71 1.05 1.70 2.04 9 127.3 1941 33 PHA AL P 22 5 12 2 0 .895 .960 0.77 1.16 1.18 2.14 15 130.0 1942 34 TOT P 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.26 1.65 2.31 1 27.3 PHA AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.30 0.89 2.31 1 20.3 STL NL P 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.15 3.86 2.31 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 90 26 49 5 0 .938 .955 0.83 1.07 1.53 2.04 44 440.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 90 26 49 5 0 .938 .955 0.83 1.07 1.53 2.04 44 440
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1939 AL-2.38-3

Shutouts
1939 AL-2-4
1940 AL-2-9

Games Finished
1940 AL-16-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1937) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

October 4, 1938: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Atlanta (Southern Association) in the 1938 rule 5 draft.


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