#72 John Beckwith, Third Base, 28 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday, 10/19/1930 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| John Beckwith
1/1/1902 28 Negro,Lg,Player 6"3 225
Third Base R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Minimal None at all 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 25,760,000 1930 $ 26,500,000 (4 year(s)) 14 Year(s), 29 Days (2437 total Days) 172 Day(s) 14 Year(s), 0 Days (2408 total Days) 15 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
Versus LHP | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
Versus RHP | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
Talent | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 6 7 6 5 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 3B : 4 (Range), .932 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 3 (Range), .929 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 9 Outfield Arm : 4
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/23 | @STL | L 3-6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/24 | @STL | W 6-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/26 | @CHC | W 10-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | #3 | PoG | |
9/27 | @CHC | L 1-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/28 | BRO | W 9-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/29 | PHI | L 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/30 | NYN | L 5-7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
10/1 | BSN | W 6-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #5 | | |
10/2 | @CIN | L 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #1 | | |
10/4 | BSN | L 4-10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 150 | 539 | 180 | 43 | 8 | 40 | 121 | 125 | 66 | 49 | .334 | .405 | .666 | 1.071 | 1.188 | .332 |
Projected | 150 | 539 | 180 | 43 | 8 | 40 | 121 | 125 | 66 | 49 | .334 | .405 | .666 | 1.071 | 1.188 | .332 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 135 | 610 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 359 | 91 | 22 | 8 | 73.3 | 151.4 | 10.7 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 171 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .322 | .385 | .626 | 1.011 |
vs. RHP | 368 | 125 | 30 | 5 | 29 | 81 | 90 | 47 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .340 | .414 | .685 | 1.099 |
Close/Late | 65 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .369 | .438 | .662 | 1.100 |
Scoring Position | 150 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .397 | .633 | 1.030 |
Pinch Hitting | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .429 | .615 | 1.044 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 73 | 258 | 85 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 56 | 67 | 31 | 24 | .329 | .400 | .655 | 1.055 |
Road | 77 | 281 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 65 | 58 | 35 | 25 | .338 | .409 | .676 | 1.086 |
March/April | 24 | 89 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | .303 | .376 | .584 | .961 |
May | 22 | 81 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 3 | .383 | .444 | .630 | 1.074 |
June | 26 | 88 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 6 | .318 | .423 | .716 | 1.139 |
July | 25 | 96 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 15 | .333 | .387 | .583 | .970 |
August | 25 | 89 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 9 | .337 | .394 | .674 | 1.068 |
Sept/Oct | 28 | 96 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 12 | .333 | .409 | .802 | 1.211 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1918 | 150 | 508 | 173 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 108 | 83 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 19 | 5 | .341 | .396 | .537 | .933 | PIT,NL |
1919 | 139 | 479 | 157 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 117 | 84 | 46 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 17 | 7 | .328 | .381 | .572 | .953 | PIT,NL |
1920 | 157 | 577 | 203 | 49 | 9 | 27 | 135 | 106 | 63 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 23 | 12 | .352 | .412 | .608 | 1.020 | PIT,NL |
1921 | 153 | 558 | 194 | 27 | 14 | 25 | 117 | 101 | 69 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 6 | .348 | .416 | .581 | .997 | PIT,NL |
1922 | 157 | 579 | 194 | 31 | 9 | 33 | 119 | 104 | 56 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 6 | .335 | .389 | .591 | .979 | PIT,NL |
1923 | 155 | 585 | 203 | 42 | 9 | 24 | 117 | 103 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 28 | 9 | .347 | .416 | .573 | .988 | PIT,NL |
1924 | 156 | 588 | 178 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 96 | 95 | 58 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 23 | 7 | .303 | .363 | .459 | .822 | PIT,NL |
1925 | 155 | 565 | 204 | 45 | 3 | 22 | 130 | 101 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 8 | .361 | .424 | .568 | .992 | PIT,NL |
1926 | 156 | 564 | 188 | 38 | 9 | 30 | 120 | 124 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 3 | .333 | .406 | .592 | .998 | PIT,NL |
1927 | 149 | 530 | 171 | 46 | 13 | 29 | 116 | 120 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 15 | 7 | .323 | .391 | .623 | 1.013 | PIT,NL |
1928 | 158 | 570 | 205 | 39 | 9 | 39 | 122 | 136 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 28 | 9 | .360 | .433 | .665 | 1.098 | PIT,NL |
1929 | 143 | 517 | 160 | 41 | 2 | 31 | 107 | 112 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 4 | .309 | .374 | .576 | .950 | PIT,NL |
1930 | 150 | 539 | 180 | 43 | 8 | 40 | 121 | 125 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 22 | 8 | .334 | .405 | .666 | 1.071 | PIT,NL |
Total | 1978 | 7159 | 2410 | 489 | 113 | 355 | 1525 | 1394 | 791 | 27 | 76 | 545 | 293 | 91 | .337 | .401 | .585 | .986 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1919 | 11 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .311 | .340 | .556 | .896 |
1920 | 10 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .364 | .561 | .925 |
1927 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .323 | .500 | .823 |
1928 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .533 | .846 |
Total | 32 | 129 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .295 | .341 | .543 | .883 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Third Base | 115 | 106 | 69 | 188 | 11 | 287 | 30 | .895 | 953.1 | 2.71 | | | | |
Leftfield | 32 | 29 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 7 | .881 | 266.2 | 1.99 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1918... Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1918, off Reb Russell (PHI)... Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1918, off Bill Doak (STL)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1918, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1918, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1918, hitting .321 with 5 HR, 27 RBI... Was selected to the 1918 Allstar game... Won Rookie Of The Year in 1918, hitting .341 with 18 HR, 108 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1919, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 12 RBI... Injured on 5/10/1919 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week... Was selected to the 1919 Allstar game... 1/31/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,914,286 through salary arbitration... Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (N) on 6/15/1920... Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1920, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 13 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1920, hitting .391 with 6 HR, 28 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1920, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1920 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1920, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1920, hitting .432 with 4 HR, 28 RBI... Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 125 on 9/18/1920... Sets a new season NL-Record for RBI with 134 on 10/1/1920... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1920, hitting .352 with 27 HR, 135 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1920, hitting .352 with 27 HR, 135 RBI... 1/31/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,414,286 through salary arbitration... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/18/1921... Was selected to the 1921 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 7/8/1921... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1921, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1921, hitting .424 with 8 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1921, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Won Most Valuable Hitter in 1921, hitting .348 with 25 HR, 117 RBI... 1/31/1922: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,414,286 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1922, hitting .484 with 4 HR, 6 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 6/12/1922... Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1922, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 15 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1922, hitting .337 with 7 HR, 27 RBI... Was selected to the 1922 Allstar game... 9/9/1922: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $17,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1922, hitting .385 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1923 Allstar game... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 8/30/1923... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1923, hitting .361 with 7 HR, 30 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1923, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 6 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1924, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 9 RBI... Was selected to the 1924 Allstar game... Hit for the cycle against Brooklyn on 6/3/1925... Was selected to the 1925 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1925, hitting .382 with 5 HR, 23 RBI... Was selected to the 1926 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1926, hitting .517 with 3 HR, 7 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1926, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... 9/25/1926: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $25,760,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1927 Allstar game... Injured on 7/24/1927 with a Broken Nose, out for one week... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 4/30/1928... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1928, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 1928 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 8/3/1928, off Bill Holland (CHC)... Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago (N), driving in 5 runs on 9/30/1928... Injured on 4/17/1929 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Was selected to the 1929 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 9/24/1929... 6/3/1930: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $26,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1918 - .341 - 4th 1919 - .328 - 3rd 1920 - .352 - 1st 1921 - .348 - 1st 1922 - .335 - 5th 1923 - .347 - 4th 1925 - .361 - 2nd 1926 - .333 - 8th 1928 - .360 - 3rd
| OBP 1918 - .396 - 6th 1919 - .381 - 9th 1920 - .412 - 3rd 1921 - .416 - 2nd 1922 - .389 - 9th 1923 - .416 - 2nd 1925 - .424 - 3rd 1926 - .406 - 7th 1928 - .433 - 4th
| SLG 1918 - .537 - 2nd 1919 - .572 - 2nd 1920 - .608 - 2nd 1921 - .581 - 2nd 1922 - .591 - 3rd 1923 - .573 - 2nd 1925 - .568 - 5th 1926 - .592 - 5th 1927 - .623 - 6th 1928 - .665 - 4th 1929 - .576 - 9th
| OPS 1918 - .933 - 2nd 1919 - .953 - 2nd 1920 - 1.020 - 2nd 1921 - .997 - 2nd 1922 - .979 - 3rd 1923 - .988 - 2nd 1925 - .992 - 4th 1926 - .998 - 5th 1927 - 1.013 - 5th 1928 - 1.098 - 4th
| Hits 1918 - 173 - 8th 1920 - 203 - 2nd 1921 - 194 - 5th 1922 - 194 - 9th 1923 - 203 - 3rd 1925 - 204 - 4th 1926 - 188 - 8th 1928 - 205 - 4th
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Doubles 1920 - 49 - 1st 1923 - 42 - 3rd 1924 - 42 - 4th 1925 - 45 - 6th 1927 - 46 - 7th
| Triples 1919 - 14 - 2nd 1921 - 14 - 4th 1922 - 9 - 9th 1927 - 13 - 4th
| Homeruns 1918 - 18 - 4th 1919 - 23 - 2nd 1920 - 27 - 2nd 1921 - 25 - 3rd 1922 - 33 - 2nd 1923 - 24 - 2nd 1924 - 14 - 7th 1925 - 22 - 4th 1926 - 30 - 5th 1927 - 29 - 10th 1928 - 39 - 5th 1929 - 31 - 8th
| RBI 1918 - 108 - 2nd 1919 - 117 - 2nd 1920 - 135 - 2nd 1921 - 117 - 2nd 1922 - 119 - 2nd 1923 - 117 - 2nd 1924 - 96 - 8th 1925 - 130 - 2nd 1926 - 120 - 5th 1927 - 116 - 10th 1928 - 122 - 9th
| Runs 1920 - 106 - 4th 1923 - 103 - 10th 1925 - 101 - 9th 1926 - 124 - 5th 1927 - 120 - 6th 1928 - 136 - 4th
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BB 1923 - 67 - 9th 1925 - 62 - 8th
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