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Gordon Beckham

James Gordon Beckham

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 (Atlanta, GA)
School: University of Georgia
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   vs. OAK 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: WhiteSox 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$485k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.123, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2009 22 CHW AL 103 430 378 58 102 28 1 14 63 7 4 41 65 .270 .347 .460 .808 107 174 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
2011 24 CHW AL 150 557 499 60 115 23 0 10 44 5 3 35 111 .230 .296 .337 .633 72 168 6 13 7 3 0 *4/D
3 Seasons 384 1485 1321 176 329 76 3 33 156 16 13 113 268 .249 .318 .386 .704 87 510 25 26 14 11 0
162 Game Avg. 162 626 557 74 139 32 1 14 66 7 5 48 113 .249 .318 .386 .704 87 215 11 11 6 5 0

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
2009 22 CHW AL 430 4 1 -1 -1 -10 1 15 10 0.9 20 1.8 -0.9 $ 5 RoY-5
2010 23 CHW AL 498 -9 -2 1 -1 -11 2 17 -2 -0.2 9 0.9 -1.1 $445,000 *4
2011 24 CHW AL 557 -20 0 4 1 5 3 19 12 1.2 7 0.7 0.5 $485,000 *4/D
3 Seasons 1485 -25 -0 4 -0 -15 6 51 20 1.9 35 3.4 -1.5 $930,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2009 CHW AL 22 3B 102 292 73 205 14 21 .952 -10 -2 2.73 .957 2.65 RoY-5
2010 CHW AL 23 2B 126 632 245 375 12 100 .981 -11 -4 4.92 .984 4.75
2010 CHW AL 23 DH 4 1
2011 CHW AL 24 2B 149 147 141 1307.2 723 272 443 8 84 .989 5 4 5 4 4.92 4.80 .984 4.76 4.73
2011 CHW AL 24 DH 1 0
2 Seasons 2B 275 147 141 1307.2 1355 517 818 20 184 .985 -6 0 -5 0 4.92 4.85 .984 4.76 4.74
1 Season 3B 102 292 73 205 14 21 .952 -10 -2 2.73 .957 2.65
3 Seasons TOT 377 147 141 1307.2 1647 590 1023 34 205 .979 -15 -2 -14 -1 4.92 4.28 .979 4.76 4.17
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 AL  13 (4th)

Assists† s c a p y
2011 AL  443 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  126 (5th)
2011 AL  149 (3rd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  245 (5th)
2011 AL  272 (3rd)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  375 (4th)
2011 AL  443 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (2nd)
2011 AL  8 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2009 AL  14 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2010 AL  5.02 (3rd)
2011 AL  4.92 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  4.92 (3rd)
2011 AL  4.80 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2011 AL  .989 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

  • June 5, 2008: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 2008.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201023Chicago White Sox$445,000
201124Chicago White Sox$485,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$930,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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