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Gordon Beckham

James Gordon Beckham (twitter: @gordonbeckham)

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 16, 1986 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Westminster HS (Atlanta, GA)
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 13, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 2009
Team: WhiteSox 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$520k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.123, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2008	21	CHW-min	A	14	63	58	11	18	2	0	3	8	0	1	5	7	.310	.365	.500	.865		29	1	0	0	0	0		KAN · SALL
2009	22	CHW-min	AA,AAA	45	196	175	29	57	23	0	4	25	2	0	14	26	.326	.378	.526	.904		92	4	2	3	2	1		BIR,CHR · SOUL,IL
2009	22	CHW	AL	103	430	378	58	102	28	1	14	63	7	4	41	65	.270	.347	.460	.808	106	174	10	6	1	4	0	5	RoY-5
2010	23	CHW	AL	131	498	444	58	112	25	2	9	49	4	6	37	92	.252	.317	.378	.695	87	168	9	7	6	4	0	*4/D
2011	24	CHW	AL	150	557	499	60	115	23	0	10	44	5	3	35	111	.230	.296	.337	.633	71	168	6	13	7	3	0	*4/D
2012	25	CHW	AL	49	191	174	25	39	8	0	5	14	1	1	11	33	.224	.283	.356	.639	72	62	6	4	0	2	0	*4/D
4 Yrs				433	1676	1495	201	368	84	3	38	170	17	14	124	301	.246	.314	.383	.697	85	572	31	30	14	13	0
162 Game Avg.				162	627	559	75	138	31	1	14	64	6	5	46	113	.246	.314	.383	.697	85	214	12	11	5	5	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2009	22	CHW	AL	103	430	3	1	-1	-1	1	4	0.6	14	19	1.8	.504	.503	2.0	0.1	20	$	5	RoY-5
2010	23	CHW	AL	131	498	-6	-2	-0	-7	2	-13	-1.1	17	4	0.4	.490	.492	1.1	-0.4	11	$445,000	*4/D
2011	24	CHW	AL	150	557	-15	1	1	3	3	-8	-0.7	19	11	1.0	.495	.495	0.8	0.7	8	$485,000	*4/D
2012	25	CHW	AL	49	191	-7	-1	-0	-5	1	-12	-1.3	6	-5	-0.7	.475	.492	-0.1	-0.5	-0	$	*4/D
4 Seasons				433	1676	-24	-0	-0	-10	7	-28	-2.5	57	29	2.5	.493	.495	3.8	-0.0	39	$930,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2009	22	CHW	AL	430	295	60	5.4	112	.290	.270	.273	.347	.343	.460	.438	.808	.781	106	.531	4.1	0.4	.772	.307	.190	9.3
2010	23	CHW	AL	498	357	53	4.0	102	.297	.252	.264	.317	.332	.378	.413	.695	.745	87	.425	-8.1	-0.8	.605	.205	.126	5.5
2011	24	CHW	AL	557	403	52	3.5	103	.276	.230	.264	.296	.330	.337	.418	.633	.747	71	.371	-21.0	-2.1	.555	.180	.106	6.7
2012	25	CHW	AL	191	144	17	3.2	102	.246	.224	.258	.283	.326	.356	.419	.639	.745	72	.336	-7.1	-0.7	.542	.195	.132	1.7
4 Yrs				1676	1199	182	4.1	105	.282	.246	.266	.314	.333	.383	.422	.697	.755	85	.429	-32.1	-3.2	.622	.221	.136	23.5
162 Game Avg.				627	449	68	4.1	105	.282	.246	.266	.314	.333	.383	.422	.697	.755	85	.429	-32.1	-3.2	.622	.221	.136	9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	22	CHW	AL	430	3.3%	15.1%	9.5%	10.0%	42%	1.59	5.8	27.0	6.0	0.69	0.98	70%	17%	8.9%	16%
2010	23	CHW	AL	498	1.8%	18.5%	7.4%	7.2%	32%	2.49	4.8	49.3	9.1	0.83	1.07	70%	17%	5.5%	15%
2011	24	CHW	AL	557	1.8%	19.9%	6.3%	5.9%	29%	3.17	4.5	49.9	11.3	0.67	0.77	68%	19%	5.6%	23%
2012	25	CHW	AL	191	2.6%	17.3%	5.8%	6.8%	33%	3.00	5.3	34.8	12.4	0.76	1.00	72%	14%	7.9%	21%
4 Yrs				1676	2.3%	18.0%	7.4%	7.5%	34%	2.43	5.0	39.3	8.8	0.73	0.94	70%	17%	6.8%	19%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	22	CHW	AL	4.1	0.4	452	0.5	8.2	-7.7	1.00	0.8	-0.3	5.9	0.5	0.94	9.5		0
2010	23	CHW	AL	-8.1	-0.8	519	-0.5	7.8	-8.4	.99	-0.6	0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.96	-8.2		0
2011	24	CHW	AL	-19.8	-2.0	574	-1.6	8.4	-10.1	1.04	-1.2	-0.3	-15.0	-1.4	1.00	-12.5	1.41	1
2012	25	CHW	AL	-7.1	-0.7	194	-0.5	2.7	-3.2	.86	-0.5	0.0	-9.9	-1.0	0.93	-5.8		0
4 Yrs				-30.8	-3.1	1739	-2.1	27.2	-29.3	.99	-1.5	-0.6	-22.1	-2.2	0.96	-17.0	1.41	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	22	CHW	AL	3	33%	184	7	4	64%	7	4	1	0	5	16	65%	12	6	6	4	1	3	21	6	15
2010	23	CHW	AL	6	33%	189	4	6	40%	4	6	4	1	7	15	45%	20	14	6	6	4	2	14	4	10
2011	24	CHW	AL	10	33%	187	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	7	18	42%	31	19	12	8	5	3	11	5	6
2012	25	CHW	AL	2	41%	77	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	3	1	40%	10	7	3	3	2	0	7	2	5
4 Yrs				21	34%	637	17	14	55%	17	14	5	1	22	50	48%	73	46	27	21	12	8	53	17	36

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	22	CHW	AL	430	28%	102	9	0	0	0	0	0		14	0	12	11	3	4	10	0	3	1	33%	72	10	14%	47	17	36%	248	50	20%	25	13	52%	20	13	65%	0
2010	23	CHW	AL	498	25%	112	6	1	0	0	0	0		9	0	12	6	3	7	2	0	7	6	86%	95	9	9%	46	16	35%	298	42	14%	33	13	39%	17	12	71%	0
2011	24	CHW	AL	557	25%	115	13	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	10	0	19	8	2	7	3	0	8	7	88%	95	6	6%	43	18	42%	339	34	10%	24	17	71%	15	8	53%	0
2012	25	CHW	AL	191	24%	39	5	2	0	0	0	0		5	0	3	4	1	2	3	0	2	0	0%	41	6	15%	22	5	23%	109	9	8%	7	3	43%	2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				1676	26%	368	33	3	1	0	0	0	1.41	38	0	46	29	9	20	18	0	20	14	70%	303	31	10%	158	56	35%	994	135	14%	89	46	52%	54	34	63%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	22	CHW	AL	432	1527	3.53	968	63%	26%	15%	26%	33%	74%	0%	47%	79%	31%	4%	18	0	13%	55	24	9%	39	18	18%	-2	0	0
2010	23	CHW	AL	500	1844	3.69	1211	66%	25%	16%	29%	30%	75%	0%	50%	78%	31%	4%	21	0	13%	64	20	6%	31	18	15%	-2	0	0
2011	24	CHW	AL	563	2142	3.80	1429	67%	23%	17%	32%	28%	77%	0%	51%	78%	29%	5%	26	0	14%	79	31	8%	44	25	23%	-6	0	0
2012	25	CHW	AL	193	743	3.85	486	65%	28%	15%	28%	29%	72%	0%	47%	79%	25%	5%	10	0	18%	34	15	10%	20	11	18%	-2	0	0
4 Yrs				1688	6256	3.71	4094	65%	25%	16%	29%	30%	75%	0%	49%	78%	30%	4%	75	0	14%	232	90	8%	134	72	19%	-12	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2009	22	103	430	378	58	102	28	1	14	63	7	4	41	65	.270	.347	.460	.808	106	174	10	6	1	4
2010	23	234	928	822	116	214	53	3	23	112	11	10	78	157	.260	.331	.416	.747	96	342	19	13	7	8
2011	24	384	1485	1321	176	329	76	3	33	156	16	13	113	268	.249	.318	.386	.704	87	510	25	26	14	11
2012	25	433	1676	1495	201	368	84	3	38	170	17	14	124	301	.246	.314	.383	.697	85	572	31	30	14	13

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	22	103	423	373	54	97	27	1	13	58	7	39	65	.260	.336	.442	.779	55	103
2010	23	131	501	446	60	114	25	2	9	51	4	38	92	.256	.321	.381	.702	54	131
2011	24	150	558	500	61	116	23	0	10	45	5	35	111	.232	.298	.338	.636	48	150
2012	25	49	191	174	25	39	8	0	5	14	1	11	33	.224	.283	.356	.639	17	49
4 Yrs		433	1673	1493	200	366	83	3	37	168	17	123	301	.245	.313	.379	.692	174	433
162 Game Avg.		162	626	559	75	137	31	1	14	63	6	46	113	.245	.313	.379	.692	65	433

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 4 (2359), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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