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Fred Beck
Frederick Thomas Beck

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 14, 1909
Final Game October 3, 1915
Born November 17, 1886 in Havana, IL
Died March 12, 1962 in Havana, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 22 BSN NL  96  334   20   66   5  6   2   27   5     17      .198  .245  .266   56   89   9           4    
 1910 23 BSN NL 154  571   52  157  32  9  10   64   8     19  55  .275  .307  .415  107  237  10           7    
 1911 24 TOT NL 107  297   33   75   9  5   5   45   5     18  34  .253  .304  .367   87  109   8           4    
         CIN NL  41   87    7   16   1  2   2   20   2      1  13  .184  .193  .310   42   27   1           0    
         PHI NL  66  210   26   59   8  3   3   25   3     17  21  .281  .346  .390  105   82   7           4    
 1914 27 CHI FL 157  555   51  155  23  4  11   77   9     44  66  .279  .341  .395  114  219  14           8    
 1915 28 CHI FL 121  373   35   83   9  3   5   38   4     24  38  .223  .277  .303   75  113   8           4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      635 2130  191  536  78 27  33  251  31  0 122 193  .252  .301  .360   93  767  49   0   0  27   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        543   49  137  20  7   8   64   8  0  31  49  .252  .301  .360   93  196  13   0   0   7   0
 Career High    157  571   52  157  32  9  11   77   9  0  44  66  .279  .341  .415  114  237  14   0   0   8   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 22 BSN NL  364  277   21   2.0    80| .198  .256| .245  .325| .266  .331| .511  .656|  56  .302 -19.1  -2.3     
 1910 23 BSN NL  607  424   71   4.5    90| .275  .266| .307  .341| .415  .353| .722  .694| 107  .592   1.0   0.1     
 1911 24 TOT NL  327  230   32   3.7    95| .253  .268| .304  .345| .367  .369| .671  .715|  87  .469  -6.8  -0.7     
         CIN NL   89   72    5   1.9    93| .184  .264| .193  .341| .310  .365| .503  .706|  42  .199  -7.7  -0.8     
         PHI NL  238  158   27   4.6    96| .281  .269| .346  .347| .390  .371| .736  .718| 105  .563   1.0   0.1     
 1914 27 CHI FL  621  414   73   4.7    87| .279  .264| .341  .329| .395  .357| .736  .686| 114  .586  14.0   1.5     
 1915 28 CHI FL  409  298   30   2.7    81| .223  .255| .277  .321| .303  .342| .580  .663|  75  .367  -9.8  -1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2328 1643  227   3.7    87| .252  .262| .301  .332| .360  .351| .661  .683|  93  .501 -20.7  -2.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 22 BSN NL OF 57 134 8 5 5 .966 .961 2.49 2.01 12 42 2 1B 33 330 18 9 13 .975 .985 10.55 10.58 1910 23 BSN NL OF 134 293 19 12 6 .963 .959 2.33 2.10 2 125 7 1B 19 186 9 5 14 .975 .984 10.26 10.07 1911 24 TOT NL OF 77 106 9 4 4 .966 .960 1.49 2.07 15 6 57 CIN NL OF 16 25 2 0 0 1.000 .961 1.69 2.07 4 5 7 1B 6 23 1 1 2 .960 .984 4.00 9.90 PHI NL OF 61 81 7 4 4 .957 .960 1.44 2.07 11 1 50 1914 27 CHI FL 1B 157 1614 55 31 86 .982 .985 10.63 6.37 1915 28 CHI FL 1B 117 1073 42 9 57 .992 .987 9.53 8.55
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 22 BSN NL 1B 33 330 18 9 13 .975 .985 10.55 10.58 1910 23 BSN NL 1B 19 186 9 5 14 .975 .984 10.26 10.07 1911 24 CIN NL 1B 6 23 1 1 2 .960 .984 4.00 9.90 1914 27 CHI FL 1B 157 1614 55 31 86 .982 .985 10.63 6.37 1915 28 CHI FL 1B 117 1073 42 9 57 .992 .987 9.53 8.55 1909 22 BSN NL OF 57 134 8 5 5 .966 .961 2.49 2.01 12 42 2 1910 23 BSN NL OF 134 293 19 12 6 .963 .959 2.33 2.10 2 125 7 1911 24 TOT NL OF 77 106 9 4 4 .966 .960 1.49 2.07 15 6 57 CIN NL OF 16 25 2 0 0 1.000 .961 1.69 2.07 4 5 7 PHI NL OF 61 81 7 4 4 .957 .960 1.44 2.07 11 1 50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 332 3226 125 55 172 .984 .986 10.09 7.83 OF 268 533 36 21 15 .964 .960 2.12 2.07 29 173 66 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 600 3759 161 76 187 .981 .982 6.53 5.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1910 NL-154-4
1914 FL-157-2

At Bats
1910 NL-571-10
1914 FL-555-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1914 FL-621-10

Hits
1910 NL-157-9

Total Bases
1910 NL-237-6
1914 FL-219-9

Doubles
1910 NL-32-6

Home Runs
1910 NL-10-1
1914 FL-11-5

RBI
1914 FL-77-10

Strikeouts
1914 FL-66-8

Extra-Base Hits
1910 NL-51-6

Hit By Pitch
1910 NL-7-10
1914 FL-8-6

Power/Speed Number
1910 NL-8.9-5

At Bats per Home Run
1910 NL-57.1-3
1911 NL-59.4-9
1914 FL-50.5-8
1915 FL-74.6-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (964) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1601) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 6, 1911: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Rustlers.

July 15, 1911: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Bill Burns to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bert Humphries.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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