1B Art Becker #8
Age: 45 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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1B ART BECKER #8 - AGE: 45 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/23/1928
Born in:Sioux Falls, SD
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:3 Years, 88 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:4 Years, 165 Days
Pro Service:12 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1951, 16th Pick in Round 2
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1956 New York - FABL 27 29 27 5 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 .185 .207 .259 .466 28 28 -0.2
1957 New York - FABL 28 41 36 8 0 1 0 3 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 .222 .300 .278 .578 61 69 -0.0
1958 New York - FABL 29 106 129 28 1 2 2 20 16 18 2 5 11 1 1 .217 .312 .302 .614 65 72 -0.4
1959 New York - FABL 30 43 61 16 2 1 0 6 11 6 0 0 5 2 1 .262 .328 .328 .656 77 84 0.0
1960 New York - FABL 31 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 -66 -0.1
1962 New York - FABL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -115 -0.0
Total FABL 227 261 57 3 5 2 33 36 30 2 6 25 3 2 .218 .298 .291 .589 59 66 -0.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1951 Rock Island - R 22 6 19 6 1 0 0 1 6 13 0 0 1 4 1 .316 .594 .368 .962 138 168 0.3
1951 Fresno - A 22 20 63 20 7 1 0 8 13 32 1 0 7 12 6 .317 .552 .460 1.012 175 200 1.2
1951 Albany - A 22 19 62 13 5 1 1 10 10 23 2 0 12 3 2 .210 .437 .371 .808 150 170 0.7
1952 Reading - AA 23 136 469 125 26 8 6 76 81 124 7 4 51 22 15 .267 .424 .394 .818 122 129 2.4
1953 Reading - AA 24 116 351 104 21 4 3 44 61 69 1 1 40 4 0 .296 .412 .405 .817 123 129 2.6
1954 Reading - AA 25 113 340 97 15 6 4 49 59 67 4 1 43 5 4 .285 .408 .400 .808 122 130 1.6
1954 Toledo - AAA 25 14 40 10 2 0 0 3 2 8 0 0 7 1 0 .250 .375 .300 .675 85 99 0.2
1955 Toledo - AAA 26 127 376 111 16 10 12 57 67 66 4 5 33 6 3 .295 .401 .487 .888 140 146 4.8
1956 Toledo - AAA 27 24 89 25 4 2 3 15 18 12 3 0 6 2 2 .281 .385 .472 .857 131 140 1.0
1959 Toledo - AAA 30 71 229 52 5 5 3 17 40 51 9 2 28 12 5 .227 .385 .332 .717 96 105 0.5
1960 Toledo - AAA 31 106 364 79 21 1 4 28 68 45 16 2 30 7 1 .217 .328 .313 .641 75 84 -0.2
1961 Toledo - AAA 32 109 320 74 14 3 7 35 45 23 10 3 27 3 0 .231 .301 .359 .660 78 80 -0.2
1962 Toledo - AAA 33 36 69 5 2 0 1 6 6 5 6 1 10 0 2 .072 .198 .145 .342 -6 4 -0.8
Total EA 365 1160 326 62 18 13 169 201 260 12 6 134 31 19 .281 .416 .399 .815 122 129
Total MAL 19 62 13 5 1 1 10 10 23 2 0 12 3 2 .210 .437 .371 .808 150 170
Total COW 20 63 20 7 1 0 8 13 32 1 0 7 12 6 .317 .552 .460 1.012 175 200
Total UMVA 6 19 6 1 0 0 1 6 13 0 0 1 4 1 .316 .594 .368 .962 138 168
Total CL 487 1487 356 64 21 30 161 246 210 48 13 141 31 13 .239 .349 .371 .720 96 103
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1951 Fresno - A 1B 6 6 66 3 7 70 1 .986 53.0 11.72 -0.0 .952
1951 Albany - A LF 19 19 39 0 0 39 0 1.000 170.2 2.06 -1.5 .979
1951 Fresno - A LF 14 14 22 0 0 23 1 .957 118.0 1.68 -1.4 .933
1951 Rock Island - R LF 6 6 3 0 0 4 1 .750 52.0 0.52 -0.2 .923
1952 Reading - AA 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1952 Reading - AA SS 2 2 5 1 1 9 3 .667 17.0 3.18 -1.4 .283
1952 Reading - AA LF 130 127 217 6 1 234 11 .953 1111.0 1.81 -7.8 .931
1952 Reading - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1952 Reading - AA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Reading - AA 1B 84 76 636 57 68 701 8 .989 682.2 9.14 +1.9 1.006
1953 Reading - AA LF 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 18.0 2.00 +0.4 .966
1953 Reading - AA RF 3 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 26.2 2.02 +0.1 .966
1954 Toledo - AAA 1B 4 4 31 3 0 34 0 1.000 29.2 10.31 +0.6 1.000
1954 Reading - AA 1B 26 19 172 7 23 183 4 .978 182.1 8.84 -1.8 .903
1954 Toledo - AAA LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.2 0.00 -0.1 .000
1954 Reading - AA LF 4 2 8 0 0 9 1 .889 26.1 2.73 +0.1 .963
1954 Toledo - AAA RF 6 6 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 49.0 1.29 +0.7 1.000
1954 Reading - AA RF 61 59 103 1 0 104 0 1.000 504.1 1.86 -5.4 .937
1955 Toledo - AAA C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1955 Toledo - AAA 1B 12 9 99 6 10 105 0 1.000 84.1 11.21 +0.9 1.000
1955 Toledo - AAA SS 4 4 8 13 1 25 4 .840 36.0 5.25 -1.1 .810
1955 Toledo - AAA LF 17 11 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 108.0 2.17 +1.8 .929
1955 Toledo - AAA RF 73 73 135 3 1 141 3 .979 626.2 1.98 +10.7 .881
1956 Toledo - AAA C 1 1 8 0 0 9 1 .889 10.0 7.20 -0.9 .000 3 2 0 0.0
1956 New York - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 New York - MLB LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.0 .958
1956 Toledo - AAA LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.2 1.000
1956 Toledo - AAA CF 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 7.0 5.14 +0.2 1.000
1956 New York - MLB RF 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 +0.0 .965
1956 Toledo - AAA RF 20 20 41 0 0 42 1 .976 174.0 2.12 +3.5 .976
1957 New York - MLB 1B 3 0 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 6.0 13.50 +0.0 .000
1957 New York - MLB LF 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.0 .949
1957 New York - MLB RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 New York - MLB 1B 22 11 138 6 18 146 2 .986 124.1 10.42 -2.3 .906
1958 New York - MLB LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 15.0 0.60 -0.3 .941
1958 New York - MLB RF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 -0.0 .975
1959 New York - MLB 1B 9 7 68 7 4 75 0 1.000 64.0 10.55 -0.2 1.033
1959 Toledo - AAA 1B 22 20 184 12 20 200 4 .980 178.0 9.91 -1.5 .829
1959 New York - MLB LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1959 Toledo - AAA LF 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 25.0 1.08 -0.1 1.000
1959 Toledo - AAA RF 43 43 67 4 0 72 1 .986 371.1 1.72 -2.3 .868
1960 New York - MLB 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
1960 Toledo - AAA 1B 8 8 71 3 6 74 0 1.000 74.0 9.00 +0.2 1.125
1960 Toledo - AAA LF 23 16 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 153.0 1.35 -0.8 .917
1960 New York - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Toledo - AAA RF 68 66 98 3 0 104 3 .971 571.2 1.59 -4.3 .911
1961 Toledo - AAA 1B 6 4 42 2 2 45 1 .978 37.2 10.51 +0.0 .800
1961 Toledo - AAA LF 14 1 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 62.0 2.18 +0.5 1.000
1961 Toledo - AAA RF 69 69 118 3 0 122 1 .992 548.2 1.98 -2.8 .934
1962 New York - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Toledo - AAA 1B 16 13 105 10 6 115 0 1.000 123.2 8.37 +0.3 1.000
1962 Toledo - AAA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 2 1 8 0 0 9 1 .889 11.0 6.55 -0.9 .000 3 2 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 222 177 1622 116 164 1758 20 .989 1644.2 9.51 -1.9 .964
TOTAL SS 6 6 13 14 2 34 7 .794 53.0 4.58 -2.6 .725
TOTAL LF 249 202 365 6 1 385 14 .964 1882.0 1.77 -9.7 .939
TOTAL CF 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 7.0 5.14 +0.2 1.000
TOTAL RF 353 339 579 14 1 602 9 .985 2890.1 1.85 +0.2 .914
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1951 Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 16, 32nd overall pick) by the New York Gothams, out of high school Rolling Hills College (Rolling Hills College; Sioux Falls, SD).
07/03/1951 Signed a minor league contract with the New York Gothams organization with a signing bonus of $4,600.
07/08/1951 Named the #81 prospect in the FABL
07/26/1951 Injured (hamstring strain),out for 3-4 weeks.
09/24/1951 Wins the 1951 Championship with the Albany Knickerbockers!
04/15/1952 Named the #87 prospect in the FABL
05/27/1954 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 2 days.
07/24/1954 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
10/11/1956 Wins the 1956 World Championship Series with the New York Gothams.
05/15/1957 Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for one week.
04/23/1958 Injured (quadriceps soreness),day-to-day for one week.
07/27/1958 Injured (bruised hand),day-to-day for 2 days.
04/27/1959 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
05/22/1961 Injured (neck stiffness),day-to-day for one week.
04/10/1962 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at first base at the New York Gothams development complex.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
04/08/1963 Released by the New York organization.
10/09/1963 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SF Rank
1958 5 10
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