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Jake Beckley
Jacob Peter Beckley (Eagle Eye)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 4, 1867 in Hannibal, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1888
Final Game: June 15, 1907
Died: June 25, 1918 in Kansas City, MO
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1971.
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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
1888 20 PIT NL 71 292 283 35 97 15 3 0 27 20 7 22 .343 .363 .417 .780 157 118 2 3
1889 21 PIT NL 123 557 522 91 157 24 10 9 97 11 29 29 .301 .345 .437 .781 126 228 6 *3/O
1890 22 PBB PL 121 564 516 109 167 38 22 9 120 18 42 32 .324 .381 .535 .916 152 276 6 *3
1891 23 PIT NL 133 606 554 94 162 20 19 4 73 13 44 46 .292 .353 .419 .772 127 232 8 *3
1892 24 PIT NL 151 659 614 102 145 21 19 10 96 30 31 44 .236 .288 .381 .669 102 234 14 *3
1893 25 PIT NL 131 616 542 108 164 32 19 5 106 15 54 26 .303 .386 .459 .846 126 249 20 *3
1894 26 PIT NL 131 595 533 121 183 36 18 7 120 21 43 16 .343 .412 .518 .930 124 276 19 *3
1895 27 PIT NL 129 590 530 104 174 31 19 5 110 20 24 20 .328 .381 .487 .868 127 258 21 15 *3
1896 28 TOT NL 105 455 399 81 110 15 9 8 70 19 31 35 .276 .351 .419 .769 105 167 15 10 *3/O4
1896 28 PIT NL 59 258 217 44 55 7 5 3 32 8 22 28 .253 .349 .373 .723 94 81 10 9 3/O4
1896 28 NYG NL 46 197 182 37 55 8 4 5 38 11 9 7 .302 .352 .473 .825 119 86 5 1 3/O
1897 29 TOT NL 114 472 433 84 143 19 12 8 87 25 20 .330 .380 .485 .865 122 210 15 4 *3
1897 29 NYG NL 17 73 68 8 17 2 3 1 11 2 2 .250 .301 .412 .713 89 28 3 0 3
1897 29 CIN NL 97 399 365 76 126 17 9 7 76 23 18 .345 .395 .499 .894 128 182 12 4 *3
1898 30 CIN NL 118 506 459 86 135 20 12 4 72 6 28 .294 .348 .416 .764 112 191 10 9 *3
1899 31 CIN NL 134 579 513 87 171 27 16 3 99 20 40 .333 .393 .466 .858 133 239 10 16 *3
1900 32 CIN NL 141 614 558 98 190 26 10 2 94 23 40 .341 .389 .434 .822 128 242 4 12 *3
1901 33 CIN NL 140 635 580 78 178 36 13 3 79 4 28 .307 .346 .429 .776 130 249 7 20 *3
1902 34 CIN NL 129 579 531 82 175 23 7 5 69 15 34 .330 .377 .427 .804 139 227 6 8 *3/1
1903 35 CIN NL 120 512 459 85 150 29 10 2 81 23 42 .327 .384 .447 .831 126 205 1 10 *3
1904 36 STL NL 142 610 551 72 179 22 9 1 67 17 35 .325 .375 .403 .778 144 222 9 15 *3
1905 37 STL NL 134 558 514 48 147 20 10 1 57 12 30 .286 .333 .370 .702 112 190 6 8 *3
1906 38 STL NL 87 349 320 29 79 16 6 0 44 3 13 .247 .283 .334 .617 96 107 3 13 3
1907 39 STL NL 32 122 115 6 24 3 0 0 7 0 1 .209 .222 .235 .457 45 27 1 5 3
20 Seasons 2386 10470 9526 1600 2930 473 243 86 1575 315 616 270 .308 .361 .435 .796 125 4147 183 145
162 Game Avg. 162 711 647 109 199 32 16 6 107 21 42 .308 .361 .435 .796 125 282 12
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
PIT (8 yrs) 928 4173 3795 699 1137 186 112 43 661 138 254 231 .300 .359 .442 .801 122 1676 100 24
CIN (7 yrs) 879 3824 3465 592 1125 178 77 26 570 114 230 .325 .375 .443 .818 128 1535 50 79
STL (4 yrs) 395 1639 1500 155 429 61 25 2 175 32 79 .286 .330 .364 .694 115 546 19 41
NYG (2 yrs) 63 270 250 45 72 10 7 6 49 13 11 7 .288 .338 .456 .794 111 114 8 1
PBB (1 yr) 121 564 516 109 167 38 22 9 120 18 42 32 .324 .381 .535 .916 152 276 6
NL (19 yrs) 2265 9906 9010 1491 2763 435 221 77 1455 297 574 238 .307 .360 .430 .790 123 3871 177 145
PL (1 yr) 121 564 516 109 167 38 22 9 120 18 42 32 .324 .381 .535 .916 152 276 6

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1902 34 CIN NL 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 44 2.500 20.3 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1 Season 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 44 2.500 20.3 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
162 Game Avg. 0 34 .000 6.75 34 34 0 0 0 0 136 306 272 102 0 34 68 0 0 0 0 44 2.500 20.3 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1888 PIT NL 20 1B 71 779 744 19 16 38 .979 10.75 .977 10.47
1889 PIT NL 21 1B 122 1313 1236 53 24 73 .982 10.57 .974 8.20
1889 PIT NL 21 OF 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.00 0-0-1
1890 PBB PL 22 1B 121 1346 1256 58 32 61 .976 10.86 .973 8.26
1891 PIT NL 23 1B 133 1361 1250 87 24 63 .982 10.05 .978 7.52
1892 PIT NL 24 1B 151 1693 1523 132 38 88 .978 10.96 .976 6.62
1893 PIT NL 25 1B 131 1476 1360 95 21 83 .986 11.11 .978 7.63
1894 PIT NL 26 1B 131 1341 1227 84 30 80 .978 10.01 .976 7.63
1895 PIT NL 27 1B 129 1425 1340 54 31 76 .978 10.81 .978 7.75
1896 TOT NL 28 1B 101 1048 976 53 19 60 .982 10.19 .980 10.21
1896 TOT NL 28 OF 5 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.00 .950 2.12 2-3-0
1896 PIT NL 28 1B 56 600 558 31 11 42 .982 10.52 .980 10.21
1896 PIT NL 28 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 2.13 0-3-0
1896 PIT NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1896 NYG NL 28 1B 45 448 418 22 8 18 .982 9.78 .980 10.21
1896 NYG NL 28 OF 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .950 2.10 2-0-0
1897 TOT NL 29 1B 114 1080 996 60 24 68 .978 9.26 .980 9.99
1897 NYG NL 29 1B 17 186 166 15 5 12 .973 10.65 .980 9.99
1897 CIN NL 29 1B 97 894 830 45 19 56 .979 9.02 .980 9.99
1898 CIN NL 30 1B 118 1241 1167 53 21 76 .983 10.34 .977 8.47
1899 CIN NL 31 1B 134 1382 1291 72 19 74 .986 10.17 .977 7.46
1900 CIN NL 32 1B 140 1512 1389 93 30 91 .980 10.59 .979 7.14
1901 CIN NL 33 1B 140 1471 1366 71 34 79 .977 10.26 .978 7.14
1902 CIN NL 34 1B 129 1349 1262 64 23 84 .983 10.28 .981 7.75
1902 CIN NL 34 P 1 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 .933 2.40
1903 CIN NL 35 1B 119 1235 1127 78 30 56 .976 10.13 .977 8.40
1904 STL NL 36 1B 142 1610 1526 64 20 65 .988 11.20 .983 7.04
1905 STL NL 37 1B 134 1539 1442 69 28 56 .982 11.28 .981 7.46
1906 STL NL 38 1B 85 984 928 43 13 38 .987 11.42 .984 10.57
1907 STL NL 39 1B 32 320 303 13 4 17 .988 9.88 .984 10.25
20 Seasons 1B 2377 25505 23709 1315 481 1326 .981 10.53 .978 8.05
2 Seasons OF 6 7 5 1 1 0 .857 1.00 .943 2.10 2-3-1
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1 Season P 1 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 .933 2.40
20 Seasons TOT 2385 25521 23721 1318 482 1326 .981 10.50 .959 8.03 2-3-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 1.3%)
1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1971 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1971 by Veteran's Committee

Batting Average s c a p y
1891 NL  .292 (8th)
1900 NL  .341 (6th)
1902 NL  .330 (5th)
1903 NL  .327 (10th)
1904 NL  .325 (3rd)
Career  .308 (122nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1902 NL  .377 (8th)
1904 NL  .375 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1890 PL  .535 (3rd)
1891 NL  .419 (9th)
1897 NL  .485 (9th)
1899 NL  .466 (9th)
1902 NL  .428 (4th)
1903 NL  .447 (8th)
1904 NL  .403 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1890 PL  .916 (8th)
1902 NL  .804 (5th)
1903 NL  .831 (10th)
1904 NL  .778 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1893 NL  131 (10th)
1894 NL  131 (10th)
1900 NL  141 (2nd)
1901 NL  140 (3rd)
Career  2386 (80th)

At Bats s c a p y
1891 NL  554 (7th)
1892 NL  614 (7th)
1900 NL  558 (7th)
1901 NL  580 (3rd)
1904 NL  551 (9th)
Career  9526 (37th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1893 NL  616 (9th)
1901 NL  635 (4th)
Career  10470 (48th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1902 NL  82 (10th)
Career  1600 (44th)

Hits s c a p y
1891 NL  162 (8th)
1900 NL  190 (5th)
1901 NL  178 (10th)
1902 NL  175 (5th)
1904 NL  179 (2nd)
Career  2930 (33rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1890 PL  276 (3rd)
1891 NL  232 (5th)
1893 NL  249 (8th)
1900 NL  242 (5th)
1901 NL  249 (9th)
1902 NL  227 (3rd)
1904 NL  222 (5th)
Career  4147 (68th)

Doubles s c a p y
1890 PL  38 (2nd)
1893 NL  32 (3rd)
1894 NL  36 (8th)
1895 NL  31 (10th)
1899 NL  27 (10th)
1900 NL  26 (8th)
1901 NL  36 (4th)
1902 NL  23 (5th)
1903 NL  29 (7th)
Career  473 (71st)

Triples s c a p y
1889 NL  10 (10th)
1890 PL  22 (1st)
1891 NL  19 (2nd)
1892 NL  19 (4th)
1893 NL  19 (5th)
1895 NL  19 (5th)
1899 NL  16 (6th)
Career  243 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1889 NL  9 (8th)
1890 PL  9 (6th)
1892 NL  10 (3rd)
1896 NL  8 (7th)
1897 NL  8 (4th)
1902 NL  5 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1889 NL  97 (7th)
1890 PL  120 (3rd)
1892 NL  96 (3rd)
1893 NL  106 (10th)
1894 NL  120 (10th)
1895 NL  110 (7th)
1899 NL  99 (8th)
1900 NL  94 (5th)
1901 NL  79 (10th)
1902 NL  69 (5th)
1903 NL  81 (6th)
1904 NL  67 (9th)
Career  1575 (38th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career  315 (144th)

Singles s c a p y
1891 NL  119 (9th)
1900 NL  152 (4th)
1902 NL  140 (7th)
1904 NL  147 (2nd)
Career  2128 (28th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1890 PL  152 (3rd)
1891 NL  127 (8th)
1902 NL  139 (6th)
1904 NL  144 (5th)
Career  125 (237th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1890 PL  103 (5th)
1891 NL  80 (9th)
1900 NL  93 (6th)
1902 NL  84 (4th)
1904 NL  81 (2nd)
Career  1462 (88th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1890 PL  34 (5th)
1900 NL  22 (10th)
1902 NL  24 (6th)
1904 NL  28 (3rd)
Career  290 (128th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1890 PL  3.2 (5th)
1900 NL  2.2 (9th)
1902 NL  2.7 (6th)
1904 NL  3.2 (3rd)
Career  29.2 (123rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1890 PL  69 (1st)
1891 NL  43 (7th)
1892 NL  50 (5th)
1893 NL  56 (5th)
1894 NL  61 (9th)
1895 NL  55 (6th)
1899 NL  46 (7th)
1900 NL  38 (9th)
1901 NL  52 (5th)
1902 NL  35 (5th)
Career  802 (96th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1900 NL  234 (10th)
1902 NL  215 (6th)
1904 NL  223 (3rd)
Career  3729 (67th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1890 PL  .703 (8th)
1902 NL  .742 (5th)
1903 NL  .715 (10th)
1904 NL  .720 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1889 NL  6 (9th)
1891 NL  8 (9th)
1892 NL  14 (4th)
1893 NL  20 (2nd)
1894 NL  19 (2nd)
1895 NL  21 (2nd)
1896 NL  15 (5th)
1897 NL  15 (6th)
1904 NL  9 (6th)
Career  183 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1901 NL  20 (5th)
Career  145 (184th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1892 NL  15.0 (3rd)
1896 NL  11.3 (9th)
1897 NL  12.1 (4th)
1902 NL  7.5 (2nd)
Career  135.1 (218th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Career  16.6 (187th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1889 NL  58.0 (10th)
1890 PL  57.3 (7th)
1892 NL  61.4 (8th)
1896 NL  49.9 (6th)
1897 NL  54.1 (4th)
1902 NL  106.2 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1892 NL  469 (5th)
1901 NL  422 (2nd)
Career  6741 (63rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1902 NL  born 1867-08-04 (9th)
1903 NL  born 1867-08-04 (8th)
1904 NL  born 1867-08-04 (7th)
1905 NL  born 1867-08-04 (3rd)
1906 NL  born 1867-08-04 (4th)
1907 NL  born 1867-08-04 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 165 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 84 (204), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 50 (79), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June, 1888: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from St. Louis (Western Association) for $4,500.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the Pittsburg Alleghenys to the Pittsburgh Burghers.

Before 1891 Season: Returned to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Pittsburgh Burghers after jumping teams.

July 25, 1896: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Giants for Harry Davis and $1,000.

May 22, 1897: Released by the New York Giants.

May 27, 1897: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

February 11, 1904: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.

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