Glenn
Beckert
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 12, 1940 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 24 MIN AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 9
1966 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1967 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1968 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 9
1969 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1970 29 MIN AL $ 792,857   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1971 30 MIN AL $ 792,857   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1972 31 MIN AL $ 792,857   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 792,857   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 24 AAA   129 460 47 119 18 3 6 34 4 4 21 35 .259 .291 .350 .641 44.6  
1966 25 MIN AL 20 43 1 16 1 0 0 8 0 3 0 2 .372 .372 .395 .767 4.4 0.7
    AAA   106 448 51 135 15 2 8 44 3 1 22 32 .301 .334 .397 .731 57.1  
1967 26 MIN AL 86 130 19 31 5 1 2 15 1 1 8 8 .238 .281 .338 .619 12.0 1.0
1968 27 MIN AL 126 237 24 61 15 2 0 32 2 4 8 16 .257 .281 .338 .619 18.5 1.7
1969 28 MIN AL 150 518 57 151 33 5 4 70 13 1 17 38 .292 .317 .398 .714 60.1 11.5
1970 29 MIN AL 104 335 30 70 18 1 1 24 9 2 9 18 .209 .228 .278 .505 16.6 0.0
1971 30 MIN AL 156 500 57 121 27 3 2 45 11 2 18 27 .242 .269 .320 .589 38.8 1.6
1972 31 MIN AL 61 136 10 35 11 2 0 17 0 2 5 6 .257 .284 .368 .651 12.3 1.3
7 Years Sim 703 1899 198 485 110 14 9 211 36 15 65 115 .255 .280 .342 .623 162.7 17.8
2 Years AAA 235 908 98 254 33 5 14 78 7 5 43 67 .280 .312 .373 .685 101.6  
162 Game Average 437 45 111 25 3 2 48 8 3 14 26 .255 .280 .342 .623 37.5  
Career Highs 156 518 57 151 33 5 4 70 13 4 18 38 .372 .372 .398 .767 60.1  
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   1162 124 305 65 9 4 129 23 9 40 72 .262 .287 .344 .631 108.0
vs LH   737 74 180 45 5 5 82 13 6 25 43 .244 .270 .339 .609 62.7
Home 349 930 89 215 57 5 4 97 20 5 24 48 .231 .253 .316 .569 68.0
Away 354 969 109 270 53 9 5 114 16 10 41 67 .279 .307 .367 .674 102.7
RISP   489 0 133 30 2 2 181 0 0 19 27 .272 .296 .354 .650 48.3
Pinch Hitting   82 9 18 1 1 3 13 1 0 2 2 .220 .235 .366 .601 7.3
Close/Late   211 32 52 12 2 4 20 0 0 7 7 .246 .274 .379 .653 20.6
Mar/Apr 96 280 26 64 15 2 1 32 3 1 8 27 .229 .247 .307 .555 19.5
May 95 225 29 67 15 0 1 27 6 3 7 10 .298 .319 .378 .697 25.1
June 129 367 40 98 25 1 2 37 6 5 11 21 .267 .291 .357 .648 34.3
July 112 307 27 73 12 5 3 35 4 1 8 15 .238 .256 .339 .594 25.3
August 135 345 40 98 23 3 1 37 13 2 18 19 .284 .318 .377 .695 40.7
Sep/Oct 136 375 36 85 20 3 1 43 4 3 13 23 .227 .258 .304 .562 25.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1966 25 MIN AL 2B 8 6 54.0 21 16 1 5 .974 6.17   0.2
    SS 5 3 30.0 4 15 0 3 1.000 5.70   0.2
    3B 3 1 11.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.1
1967 26 MIN AL 2B 30 17 154.3 29 45 1 10 .987 4.32   0.5
    SS 17 9 88.7 17 37 0 10 1.000 5.48   0.7
    3B 7 1 25.0 1 4 1 0 .833 1.80   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 27 MIN AL 2B 46 40 345.0 68 124 5 27 .975 5.01   1.1
    SS 23 7 79.0 11 32 0 4 1.000 4.90   0.6
    3B 12 9 78.0 6 22 1 4 .966 3.23   0.5
1969 28 MIN AL SS 149 148 1262.7 167 471 16 95 .976 4.55   7.7
1970 29 MIN AL SS 104 99 845.7 137 311 6 66 .987 4.77   4.9
1971 30 MIN AL SS 156 155 1298.3 188 489 8 87 .988 4.69   6.2
1972 31 MIN AL SS 23 16 155.3 28 52 0 13 1.000 4.64   0.5
    2B 21 7 76.7 13 32 2 8 .957 5.28   0.2
  SS 477 437 3759.6 552 1407 30 278 .985 4.69   20.9
  2B 105 70 630.0 131 217 9 50 .975 4.97   2.0
  3B 22 11 114.0 7 30 2 4 .949 2.92   0.6
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   605 518 4505.6 690 1654 41 332 .983 4.68   23.5
Career Highs   156 155 1298.3 188 489 16 95 .988 5.68    
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
1970 29 MIN AL 5 16 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313 .313 .375 .688
Career Post-Season Batting 5 16 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313 .313 .375 .688
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
1969-9-.292
Games
1971-3-156
Triples
1969-8-5
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Dick Bartell (969)
  2. Scott Fletcher (961)
  3. Bobby Cox (961)
  4. Dick Schofield (960)
  5. Ken Hamlin (955)
  6. Frank Malzone (954)
  7. Tommy Helms (953)
  8. Jimmy Brown (953)
  9. Dave Concepcion (952)
  10. Rocky Krsnich (950)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1965
Had first career hit on 8/4/1966, off Mike Cuellar (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1967, off Tony Pierce (TOR)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration