Jacob P Beckley was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1971 along with David Bancroft, Chick Hafey, Harry Hooper, Joseph Kelley, Rube Marquard, Satchel Paige and George Weiss. Beckley was a first baseman with 20 seasons MLB experience playing with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1888-1889), Pittsburgh Burghers (1890), Pittsburgh Pirates (1891-1896), Cincinnati Reds (1897-1903) and St Louis Cardinals (1904-1907). For his MLB career he .308/.361/.436 with 87 HR, 1578 RBI, 1602 R, 315 SB i 2389 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1894 when he hit .345/.412/.521 with 7 HR, 122 RBI, 123 R, 21 SB in 132 games, 1890 when he hit .324/.381/.535 with 9 HR, 120 RBI, 109 R, 18 SB in 121 games and 1895 when he hit .328/.380/.485 with 5 HR, 111 RBI, 104 R, 20 SB in 130 games.
Beckley led the Players League in triples in 1890 (22).
Beckley holds the MLB record for putouts by a first baseman (23,709)
Hall of Fame page
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