Jake Beckley

Hall of Fame

First Base

1888—1907

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Player LeveL
Superstar
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Jacob Peter
GIVEN NAME
Beckley
SURNAME
August 4, 1867, in Hannibal, MO
BORN
June 25, 1918, in Kansas City, MO, USA
DIED
1888—1907
Playing Career
Played from 20-39
PLAYING AGE
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Pittsburgh Pirates
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Eagle Eye
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 200
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
June 20, 1888
Major League Debut
June 15, 1907
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Jake Beckley?

Beckley retired after the 1907 season with 2,930 career hits, second only to Cap Anson. He continues to rank fourth all-time among major leaguers in triples with 244. As of the 2014 season, Beckley holds the all-time best batting average among Pirates first basemen (.300). Beckley holds the MLB record for career putouts, with 23,743, and ranks second all-time in games played at first base, with 2,376.

70

HITTING

70

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2392
2938
87
1581
.308

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
45.6
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.797
.731
109.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.308
.361
.436

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Jake Beckley Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Beckley
545
168
91
27
14
5
90
35
30
18
237
213
.308
.361
.436
797
AVG 1B
539
153
83
23
10
4
45
35
23
206
206
.284
.348
.383
.731

Jake Beckley Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
25
NR
27
53
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Jake Beckley PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
61.3
30.0
19.8
13.5
4.15
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Jake Beckley
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
319.9
156.5
93.2
70.4
21.6
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Jake Beckley
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B