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Gordon Beckham    \BECK-um\

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 (Age 22)
Team: WhiteSox 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.93M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.123, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Standard Batting

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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 .808 106 174 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 70 168 6 13 7 3 0 *4/D
2012 25 CHW AL 151 582 525 62 123 24 0 16 60 5 4 40 89 .234 .296 .371 .668 78 195 10 7 8 2 0 *4/D
2013 26 CHW AL 7 21 19 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .316 .333 .316 .649 75 6 0 0 0 1 0 /4
5 Yrs 542 2088 1865 239 458 100 3 49 217 21 17 154 362 .246 .312 .381 .693 84 711 35 33 22 14 0
162 Game Avg. 162 624 557 71 137 30 1 15 65 6 5 46 108 .246 .312 .381 .693 84 213 10 10 7 4 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 2 5 0.6 16 21 2.1 .504 .503 2.2 0.1 22 $400,000 5 RoY-5
2010 23 CHW AL 131 498 -7 -1 -1 -7 3 -13 -1.2 19 6 0.6 .490 .492 1.3 -0.4 13 $445,000 *4/D
2011 24 CHW AL 150 557 -14 1 1 3 4 -6 -0.6 21 14 1.4 .495 .496 1.1 0.7 11 $485,000 *4/D
2012 25 CHW AL 151 582 -11 -1 0 -6 4 -14 -1.5 22 8 0.7 .490 .491 1.4 -0.3 14 $520,000 *4/D
2013 26 CHW AL 7 21 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $2,925,000 /4
5 Seasons 542 2088 -29 -0 -0 -10 12 -28 -2.7 78 50 4.8 .494 .496 6.0 0.3 60 $4,775,000

Standard Fielding

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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 102 102 97 885.0 292 73 205 14 21 .952 -10 -1 -13 -1 2.83 2.73 .957 2.68 2.65 RoY-5
2010 CHW AL 23 2B 126 125 122 1111.1 632 245 375 12 100 .981 -11 -7 -12 -8 5.02 4.92 .984 4.80 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 3 4 3 4.92 4.80 .984 4.76 4.73
2011 CHW AL 24 DH 1 0
2012 CHW AL 25 2B 149 148 143 1308.2 698 280 411 7 110 .990 -0 -6 -0 -6 4.75 4.64 .983 4.63 4.60
2012 CHW AL 25 DH 1 0
2013 CHW AL 26 2B 7 7 6 58.0 34 16 17 1 6 .971 0 1 6 19 5.12 4.71 .985 4.67 4.64
4 Seasons 2B 431 427 412 3785.2 2087 813 1246 28 300 .987 -6 -9 -2 -2 4.90 4.78 .984 4.73 4.69
1 Season 3B 102 102 97 885.0 292 73 205 14 21 .952 -10 -1 -13 -1 2.83 2.73 .957 2.68 2.65
5 Seasons TOT 533 529 509 4670.2 2379 886 1451 42 321 .982 -16 -10 -4 -2 4.50 4.38 .980 4.34 4.30
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (5th)

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)
2012 AL  149 (2nd)
Active  431 (20th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  245 (5th)
2011 AL  272 (3rd)
2012 AL  280 (2nd)
Active  813 (21st)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  375 (4th)
2011 AL  443 (2nd)
2012 AL  411 (3rd)
Active  1,246 (18th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (2nd)
2011 AL  8 (5th)
Active  28 (22nd)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  100 (3rd)
2011 AL  84 (3rd)
2012 AL  110 (1st)
Active  300 (19th)

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

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
2009 AL  21 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2010 AL  5.02 (3rd)
2011 AL  4.92 (4th)
2012 AL  4.75 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2010 AL  4.92 (3rd)
2011 AL  4.80 (2nd)
2012 AL  4.64 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
2011 AL  .989 (2nd)
2012 AL  .990 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2386), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (281st), 4.9 career WAR/4.9 7yr-peak WAR/4.9 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Ted Lepcio (953)
  6. Chris Woodward (951)
  7. Jeff Branson (946)
  8. Bill Rigney (945)
  9. Alex Kampouris (943)
  10. Eli Marrero (943)
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  3. Jimmy Dykes (951)
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  5. Omar Infante (945)
  6. Clete Boyer (943)
  7. Jimmy Bloodworth (940)
  8. Luis Rivas (938)
  9. Cookie Lavagetto (938)
  10. Rickie Weeks (936)
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  1. Don Money (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Money (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Alex Kampouris (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200922Chicago White Sox$400,000
201023Chicago White Sox$445,000
201124Chicago White Sox$485,000
201225Chicago White Sox$520,000contracts
201326Chicago White Sox$2,925,000
2013 Status1st-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,775,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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