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John
Beckwith		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: June 6, 1902 in Louisville, KY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 1922    1923   
Rookie of the Year Award 1922   
Gold Glove Award 1922   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 20 NY1 NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1923 21 NY1 NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1924 22 NY1 NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1925 23 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1926 24 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1927 25 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1928 26 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1929 27 BSN NL $ 16,511,510 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 16,511,510 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 20 NY1 NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6
1923 21 NY1 NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 6
1924 22 NY1 NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5
1925 23 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571   9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1926 24 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1927 25 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571   8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6
1928 26 NY1 NL $ 5,828,571   9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1929 27 BSN NL $ 16,511,510   9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 16,511,510   10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1922 20 NY1 NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Home 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 20 NY1 NL 152 547 104 180 32 2 40 134 3 1 67 113 .329 .407 .614 1.021 123.4 23.4
1923 21 NY1 NL 146 538 124 186 38 6 38 121 1 0 85 91 .346 .438 .651 1.089 129.8 28.1
1924 22 NY1 NL 149 552 110 169 27 2 40 111 0 0 60 78 .306 .377 .580 .957 110.3 19.2
1925 23 NY1 NL 145 544 93 158 43 5 22 100 1 0 69 71 .290 .375 .509 .884 95.7 15.2
1926 24 NY1 NL 148 538 94 152 35 7 24 98 2 0 60 69 .283 .351 .507 .859 93.7 17.3
1927 25 NY1 NL 151 587 82 170 45 3 26 131 1 1 43 71 .290 .342 .509 .852 93.5 18.1
1928 26 NY1 NL 117 423 70 121 24 3 20 94 1 0 45 42 .286 .355 .499 .854 68.6 14.3
1929 27 BSN NL 130 470 78 125 25 4 25 84 0 0 62 50 .266 .352 .496 .848 80.5 15.0
8 Years Sim 1138 4199 755 1261 269 32 235 873 9 2 491 585 .300 .376 .548 .923 795.5 150.6
162 Game Average 597 107 179 38 4 33 124 1 0 69 83 .300 .376 .548 .923 113.2  
Career Highs 152 587 124 186 45 7 40 134 3 1 85 113 .346 .438 .651 1.089 129.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3001 548 899 193 24 176 652 5 1 365 448 .300 .377 .556 .933 593.2
vs LH   1198 207 362 76 8 59 221 4 1 126 137 .302 .372 .527 .899 220.5
Home 570 2066 394 620 144 16 130 422 4 2 221 261 .300 .371 .574 .945 408.9
Away 568 2133 361 641 125 16 105 451 5 0 270 324 .301 .380 .522 .902 404.8
RISP   1286 0 393 78 7 77 630 0 0 219 183 .306 .402 .557 .959 278.6
Pinch Hitting   51 9 19 1 1 4 14 0 0 5 8 .373 .439 .667 1.105 12.6
Close/Late   429 54 127 20 4 23 87 0 0 81 67 .296 .411 .522 .933 90.2
Mar/Apr 130 485 86 153 35 2 33 104 1 0 65 76 .315 .400 .600 1.000 106.7
May 222 821 142 246 58 3 52 190 2 0 90 124 .300 .369 .568 .937 162.0
June 208 743 132 227 47 3 43 148 1 0 93 108 .306 .387 .550 .937 148.1
July 218 815 148 243 52 9 37 158 4 1 76 107 .298 .360 .520 .880 143.9
August 190 703 113 197 37 6 27 133 0 0 87 86 .280 .361 .465 .826 116.3
Sep/Oct 170 632 134 195 40 9 43 140 1 1 80 84 .309 .389 .604 .994 136.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1922 20 NY1 NL 1B 128 128 1108.7 1460 139 13 143 .992 12.98 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 18 13 127.3 19 61 2 8 .976 5.65 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 21 NY1 NL 3B 87 87 764.0 58 142 8 16 .962 2.36 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    1B 44 42 371.3 507 49 8 49 .986 13.48 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 10 9 81.0 16 43 1 12 .983 6.56 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1924 22 NY1 NL 3B 140 138 1200.0 86 310 32 24 .925 2.97 0 0 .000 0 6.5
    SS 4 0 11.0 3 7 1 2 .909 8.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
    2B 3 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1925 23 NY1 NL 3B 127 125 1086.7 83 286 16 23 .958 3.06 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    SS 16 14 125.0 21 58 2 11 .975 5.69 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 2 2 20.0 4 8 1 2 .923 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1926 24 NY1 NL 3B 140 134 1184.3 62 308 29 25 .927 2.81 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    2B 3 0 6.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1927 25 NY1 NL 3B 148 142 1265.7 101 319 31 25 .931 2.99 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    SS 2 0 8.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1928 26 NY1 NL SS 107 107 923.7 170 388 27 63 .954 5.44 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1929 27 BSN NL 3B 124 124 1078.3 77 277 22 26 .941 2.95 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 770 750 6585.0 468 1643 138 139 .939 2.89 0 0 .000 0 26.6
  1B 173 170 1482.0 1970 188 21 193 .990 13.11 0 0 .000 0 3.9
  SS 160 143 1281.0 232 559 33 97 .960 5.56 0 0 .000 0 6.8
  2B 14 2 41.0 12 18 1 6 .968 6.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1118 1065 9394.0 2682 2408 193 435 .963 4.88 1 0 .000 1 37.4
Career Highs   151 142 1275.7 1479 390 33 151 .991 12.22 1 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 21 NY1 NL 7 27 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .111 .143 .148 .291
1924 22 NY1 NL 6 26 3 10 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 .385 .385 .731 1.115
Career Post-Season Batting 13 53 6 13 4 0 2 6 0 0 1 7 .245 .259 .434 .693
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1923-5-.346
 On-Base Pct
1922-7-.407
1923-1-.438
CAR-39-.376
 Slugging Pct
1922-1-.614
1923-1-.651
1924-3-.580
1925-9-.509
1926-5-.507
1927-2-.509
1928-10-.470*
1929-8-.496
CAR-1-.548
 OPS
1922-1-1.021
1923-1-1.089
1924-4-.957
1925-9-.884
1926-9-.859
1927-5-.852
1929-10-.848
CAR-3-.923
 XR
1922-1-123.4
1923-1-129.8
1924-3-110.3
1925-9-95.7
1926-6-93.7
1927-4-93.5
 Games
1922-2-152
1924-6-149
1926-5-148
1927-4-151
At-Bats
1927-2-587
 Runs
1922-6-104
1923-1-124
1924-5-110
1926-8-94
 Hits
1923-6-186
1927-7-170
 Total Bases
1922-1-336
1923-1-350
1924-3-320
1925-8-277
1926-5-273
1927-2-299
 Doubles
1923-3-38
1925-2-43
1926-7-35
1927-1-45
 Homeruns
1922-1-40
1923-1-38
1924-1-40
1925-8-22
1926-2-24
1927-2-26
1928-3-20
1929-3-25
CAR-2-235
RBIs
1922-1-134
1923-3-121
1924-3-111
1925-9-100
1926-3-98
1927-1-131
1928-5-94
CAR-45-873
 Walks
1922-10-67
1923-2-85
1925-8-69
 Strikeouts
1922-1-113
1923-2-91
1924-2-78
1925-2-71
1926-3-69
1927-2-71
1928-8-42
1929-3-50
CAR-45-585
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 125    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  4. Frank Brazill (791)
  5. Turkey Stearnes (773)
  6. Mule Suttles (767)
  7. Clyde Barnhart (763)
  8. Bing Miller (760)
  9. Al Wingo (753)
  10. Ray Blades (752)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by New York (N) in 1922
Had first career hit on 4/12/1922, off Art Nehf (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1922, off Dick Redding (BRO)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1922, hitting .394 with 11 HR, 36 RBI
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1922, hitting .329 with 40 HR, 134 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1922, hitting .329 with 40 HR, 134 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1922
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1923, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 6/1/1923
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/1923, hitting .536 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia (N) on 7/4/1923
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/1923, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1923, hitting .346 with 38 HR, 121 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis (N), driving in 8 runs on 7/4/1924
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 7/21/1924
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,828,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/20/1925, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/11/1925, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1925, hitting .355 with 5 HR, 32 RBI
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,828,571 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,828,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 4/17/1927
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1927, hitting .314 with 4 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/1927, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/20/1927, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,828,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1928, hitting .640 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1928, hitting .405 with 5 HR, 20 RBI
Injured on 8/11/1928 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks
 
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