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Fred Beck

Frederick Thomas Beck

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 17, 1886 in Havana, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1909
Teams (by GP): Doves/Chi-Feds/Whales/Phillies/Reds 1909-1915

Final Game: October 3, 1915
Died: March 12, 1962 in Havana, IL
Buried: Laurel Hills Cemetery, Havana, IL
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1909 22 BSN NL 96 364 334 20 66 5 6 2 27 5 17 39 .198 .245 .266 .512 56 89 4 9 O3
1910 23 BSN NL 154 607 571 52 157 32 9 10 64 8 19 55 .275 .307 .415 .722 107 237 7 10 *O3
1911 24 TOT NL 107 327 297 33 75 9 5 5 45 5 18 34 .253 .304 .367 .671 87 109 4 8 O/3
1911 24 CIN NL 41 89 87 7 16 1 2 2 20 2 1 13 .184 .193 .310 .504 42 27 0 1 O/3
1911 24 PHI NL 66 238 210 26 59 8 3 3 25 3 17 21 .281 .346 .390 .737 105 82 4 7 O
1914 27 CHI FL 157 621 555 51 155 23 4 11 77 9 44 66 .279 .341 .395 .736 114 219 8 14 *3
1915 28 CHI FL 121 409 373 35 83 9 3 5 38 4 24 38 .223 .277 .303 .580 75 113 4 8 *3
5 Seasons 635 2328 2130 191 536 78 27 33 251 31 122 232 .252 .301 .360 .661 93 767 27 49
162 Game Avg. 162 594 543 49 137 20 7 8 64 8 31 59 .252 .301 .360 .661 93 196 7 13
BSN (2 yrs) 250 971 905 72 223 37 15 12 91 13 36 94 .246 .284 .360 .644 89 326 11 19
CHI (2 yrs) 278 1030 928 86 238 32 7 16 115 13 68 104 .256 .315 .358 .673 99 332 12 22
PHI (1 yr) 66 238 210 26 59 8 3 3 25 3 17 21 .281 .346 .390 .737 105 82 4 7
CIN (1 yr) 41 89 87 7 16 1 2 2 20 2 1 13 .184 .193 .310 .504 42 27 0 1
NL (3 yrs) 357 1298 1202 105 298 46 20 17 136 18 54 128 .248 .289 .362 .651 89 435 15 27
FL (2 yrs) 278 1030 928 86 238 32 7 16 115 13 68 104 .256 .315 .358 .673 99 332 12 22

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1909 22 BSN NL 364 -17 -1 0 0 -1 -3 11 -11 -1.5 -10 -1.4 -0.1 $ O3
1910 23 BSN NL 607 -4 -3 0 0 1 -4 17 7 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ *O3
1911 24 CIN NL 89 -8 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ O/3
1911 24 PHI NL 238 1 -1 0 0 -2 -3 7 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ O
1914 27 CHI FL 621 10 -5 0 0 -4 -5 8 4 0.4 8 0.9 -0.5 $ *3
1915 28 CHI FL 409 -10 -1 0 0 0 -4 5 -10 -1.2 -10 -1.1 -0.1 $ *3
5 Seasons 2328 -28 -11 0 0 -6 -20 51 -14 -2.2 -8 -1.2 -1.0 $
BSN (2 yrs) 971 -21 -4 0 0 0 -7 28 -4 -0.9 -4 -0.8 -0.1 $
CHI (2 yrs) 1030 0 -6 0 0 -4 -9 13 -6 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $
PHI (1 yr) 238 1 -1 0 0 -2 -3 7 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $
CIN (1 yr) 89 -8 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1909 BSN NL 22 OF 57 147 134 8 5 5 .966 2.49 .961 2.07 12-42-2
1909 BSN NL 22 1B 33 357 330 18 9 13 .975 10.55 .985 10.83
1910 BSN NL 23 OF 134 324 293 19 12 6 .963 2.33 .959 2.17 2-125-7
1910 BSN NL 23 1B 19 200 186 9 5 14 .975 10.26 .984 10.40
1911 TOT NL 24 OF 77 119 106 9 4 4 .966 1.49 .960 2.15 15-6-57
1911 CIN NL 24 OF 16 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 .960 2.15 4-5-7
1911 CIN NL 24 1B 6 25 23 1 1 2 .960 4.00 .985 10.23
1911 PHI NL 24 OF 61 92 81 7 4 4 .957 1.44 .960 2.15 11-1-50
1914 CHI FL 27 1B 157 1700 1614 55 31 86 .982 10.63 .985 10.50
1915 CHI FL 28 1B 117 1124 1073 42 9 57 .992 9.53 .987 10.79
5 Seasons 1B 332 3406 3226 125 55 172 .984 10.09 .986 10.62
3 Seasons OF 268 590 533 36 21 15 .964 2.12 .960 2.14 29-173-66
5 Seasons TOT 600 3996 3759 161 76 187 .981 6.53 .982 6.84 29-173-66
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1910 NL  154 (4th)
1914 FL  157 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1910 NL  571 (10th)
1914 FL  555 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1914 FL  621 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1910 NL  157 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1910 NL  237 (6th)
1914 FL  219 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1910 NL  32 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1910 NL  10 (1st)
1914 FL  11 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1914 FL  77 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 FL  66 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1910 NL  51 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1910 NL  7 (10th)
1914 FL  8 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1910 NL  8.9 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1910 NL  57.1 (3rd)
1911 NL  59.4 (9th)
1914 FL  50.5 (8th)
1915 FL  74.6 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1914 FL  1,614 (2nd)
1915 FL  1,073 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1914 FL  157 (2nd)
1915 FL  117 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1914 FL  1,614 (2nd)
1915 FL  1,073 (5th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1914 FL  31 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1914 FL  10.63 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1915 FL  .992 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 21 (988), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Barry Bonnell (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Todd Benzinger (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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