Jake Beckley

Jake Beckley

1888–1907 · Bats L · Throws L · 5'10", 200 lb · b. 1867 Hannibal, MO

Career 2,392 G · 2,938 H · 87 HR · 1,581 RBI · .308 AVG · 0–1 · 6.75 ERA · 2 SO · 4.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

16

10 best in baseball 6 league only

95 Top-5 finishes

10 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1892 Best season

Spanning 1890–1904, peaking at 2 titles in 1892.

Team records #1 Pittsburgh Burghers career HR #1 Pittsburgh Burghers career RBI #1 Pittsburgh Burghers career H #1 Pittsburgh Burghers 1890 AVG #1 Pittsburgh Burghers 1890 HR #1 Pittsburgh Burghers 1890 RBI #1 Pittsburgh Burghers 1890 H #1 Pittsburgh Burghers 1890 OPS #2 Reds career AVG #2 Pittsburgh Burghers career R

Led in First Base Assists for 4 straight seasons (1891–1894) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

229th League titles 16
170th Best in baseball 10
64th Top-5 finishes 95

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

1st First Base Putouts 23,755
4th Triples 244
19th First Base Range Factor 10.52
24th First Base Assists 1,316
37th Hits 2,938
42nd First Base Double Plays 1,327
45th Runs Batted In 1,581
48th Runs 1,603
78th Total Bases 4,160
90th Doubles 473
127th Batting Average .308
137th First Base Fielding Percentage .981
159th Stolen Bases 315
438th On-Base Percentage .361

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
First Base Putouts	6	1st	2 yrs (1894–1895)	1892 1,523 1894 1,230 1895 1,349 1900 1,389 1902 NL 1,262 1904 NL 1,526 1890 #2 1893 #2 1901 #3 1905 #3
First Base Assists	4	1st	4 yrs (1891–1894)	1891 87 1892 132 1893 95 1894 85 1890 #3 1899 #3 1900 #2 1902 #2
First Base Range Factor	3	1st	—	1895 10.79 1900 10.59 1904 NL 11.20 1889 #2 1890 #2 1892 #2 1893 #2 1894 #3 1898 #3 1901 #3 1902 #2 1905 #2
First Base Double Plays	2	1st	2 yrs (1901–1902)	1901 NL 79 1902 NL 84 1889 #2 1893 #2 1895 #3 1900 #2 1904 #3
Triples	1	1st	—	1890 PL 22 1891 #2
First Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1889 #2 1890 #3 1891 #3 1893 #3 1894 #3 1898 #2 1899 #2 1902 #3
Total Bases	—	#3	—	1890 #3 1902 #3
Doubles	—	#2	—	1890 #2 1893 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#3	—	1890 #3
Hits	—	#2	—	1904 #2
Runs Batted In	—	#3	—	1890 #3 1892 #3
Home Runs	—	#2	—	1892 #3 1902 #2
Batting Average	—	#2	—	1904 #2

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1904	2	1B PO 1,526 1B RF 11.20
1902	2	1B PO 1,262 1B DP 84
1901	1	1B DP 79
1900	2	1B PO 1,389 1B RF 10.59
1895	2	1B PO 1,349 1B RF 10.79
1894	2	1B PO 1,230 1B A 85
1893	1	1B A 95
1892	2	1B PO 1,523 1B A 132
1891	1	1B A 87
1890	1	3B 22

Batting

led the league 20 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1888	PIT	NL	71	283	35	97	15	3	0	27	7	22	20	.343	.363	.417	.780
1889	PIT	NL	123	522	91	157	24	10	9	97	29	29	11	.301	.345	.437	.782
1890	PTP	PL	124	529	110	171	38	22	9	123	42	33	18	.323	.380	.529	.909
1891	PIT	NL	133	554	94	162	20	19	4	73	44	46	13	.292	.353	.419	.772
1892	PIT	NL	151	614	102	145	21	19	10	96	31	44	30	.236	.288	.381	.669
1893	PIT	NL	131	542	108	164	32	19	5	106	54	26	15	.303	.386	.459	.846
1894	PIT	NL	132	537	123	185	36	19	7	122	43	16	21	.345	.412	.521	.934
1895	PIT	NL	130	534	104	175	31	19	5	111	24	20	20	.328	.380	.485	.865
1896	PIT +1	NL	105	399	81	110	15	9	9	70	31	35	19	.276	.351	.426	.777
1897	CIN +1	NL	114	433	84	143	19	12	8	87	20	14	25	.330	.380	.485	.865
1898	CIN	NL	118	459	86	135	20	12	4	72	28	27	6	.294	.348	.416	.764
1899	CIN	NL	135	517	87	172	27	16	3	99	40	21	20	.333	.392	.464	.856
1900	CIN	NL	141	558	98	190	26	10	2	94	40	18	23	.341	.389	.434	.822
1901	CIN	NL	140	580	78	178	36	13	3	79	28	37	4	.307	.346	.429	.776
1902	CIN	NL	129	531	82	175	23	7	5	69	34	29	15	.330	.377	.428	.804
1903	CIN	NL	120	459	85	150	29	10	2	81	42	13	23	.327	.385	.447	.831
1904	SLN	NL	142	551	72	179	22	9	1	67	35	31	17	.325	.375	.403	.778
1905	SLN	NL	134	514	48	147	20	10	1	57	30	41	12	.286	.333	.370	.702
1906	SLN	NL	87	320	29	79	16	6	0	44	13	19	3	.247	.283	.334	.617
1907	SLN	NL	32	115	6	24	3	0	0	7	1	5	0	.209	.222	.235	.457
Career	—	—	2,392	9,551	1,603	2,938	473	244	87	1,581	616	526	315	.308	.361	.436	.797

Pitching

1 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1902	CIN	NL	0	1	6.75	1	1	0	4.0	9	3	0	1	2	2.50
Career	—	—	0	1	6.75	1	1	0	4.0	9	3	0	1	2	2.50

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1888	PIT	NL	1B	71	—	624.0	744	19	16	38	779	.980	10.75
1889	PIT	NL	1B	122	—	1065.0	1,236	53	24	73	1,313	.982	10.57
			OF	1	—	4.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1890	PTP	PL	1B	124	—	1082.0	1,280	58	32	61	1,370	.977	10.79
1891	PIT	NL	1B	133	—	1163.0	1,250	87	24	63	1,361	.982	10.05
1892	PIT	NL	1B	151	—	1336.0	1,523	132	38	88	1,693	.978	10.96
1893	PIT	NL	1B	131	—	1165.0	1,360	95	21	83	1,476	.986	11.11
1894	PIT	NL	1B	132	—	1153.0	1,230	85	30	80	1,345	.978	9.96
1895	PIT	NL	1B	130	—	1141.0	1,349	54	31	76	1,434	.978	10.79
1896	PIT	NL	1B	101	—	867.0	976	53	19	60	1,048	.982	10.19
			OF	5	—	25.0	5	0	1	0	6	.833	1.00
			2B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1897	CIN	NL	1B	114	—	966.0	996	60	24	68	1,080	.978	9.26
1898	CIN	NL	1B	118	—	1040.0	1,167	53	21	76	1,241	.983	10.34
1899	CIN	NL	1B	135	—	1173.0	1,301	72	19	75	1,392	.986	10.17
1900	CIN	NL	1B	140	—	1225.0	1,389	93	30	91	1,512	.980	10.59
1901	CIN	NL	1B	140	—	1239.0	1,366	71	34	79	1,471	.977	10.26
1902	CIN	NL	1B	129	—	1125.0	1,262	64	23	84	1,349	.983	10.28
			P	1	—	4.0	7	2	0	0	9	1.000	9.00
1903	CIN	NL	1B	119	—	1025.0	1,127	78	30	56	1,235	.976	10.13
1904	SLN	NL	1B	142	142	1246.0	1,526	64	20	65	1,610	.988	11.20
1905	SLN	NL	1B	134	134	1180.0	1,442	69	28	56	1,539	.982	11.28
1906	SLN	NL	1B	85	83	748.0	928	43	13	38	984	.987	11.42
1907	SLN	NL	1B	32	30	259.0	303	13	4	17	320	.988	9.88
Career	—	—	1B	2,383	389	20822.0	23,755	1,316	481	1,327	25,552	.981	10.52
	—	—	OF	6	—	29.0	5	1	1	0	7	.857	1.00
	—	—	2B	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
	—	—	P	1	—	4.0	7	2	0	0	9	1.000	9.00