Clyde Beck
1926–1931 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
468G
.232AVG
.317OBP
.307SLG
More career statistics
354H
12HR
162RBI
9SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,525 | 1,524 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 180 | 182 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,758 | 1,756 |
| Batting · RBI | 162 | 157 |
| Batting · Walks | 184 | 183 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468 | 1,758 | 1,525 | 203 | 354 | 56 | 11 | 12 | 162 | 184 | 180 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 468 | .232 | .317 | .307 | .624 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1927-10-02 to 1928-05-09
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1928-06-09 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1930-05-12 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1927-06-04 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 248 | 929 | 197 | 5 | 89 | 109 | 86 | .247 | .329 | .327 |
| Away | 220 | 827 | 157 | 7 | 68 | 74 | 96 | .216 | .279 | .286 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 103 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | .270 | .340 | .337 |
| May | 76 | 305 | 67 | 2 | 21 | 38 | 39 | .263 | .344 | .333 |
| June | 106 | 428 | 80 | 3 | 44 | 46 | 47 | .216 | .294 | .289 |
| July | 103 | 370 | 68 | 3 | 42 | 39 | 29 | .211 | .289 | .301 |
| August | 80 | 257 | 56 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 28 | .241 | .292 | .272 |
| September | 72 | 268 | 54 | 3 | 23 | 29 | 25 | .232 | .310 | .339 |
| October | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .240 | .304 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 71 | 250 | 47 | 2 | 28 | 36 | 23 | .223 | .332 | .299 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 70 | 274 | 56 | 3 | 25 | 33 | 44 | .241 | .325 | .328 |
| new-york-giants | 68 | 244 | 46 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 24 | .212 | .275 | .286 |
| boston-braves | 63 | 261 | 53 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 25 | .236 | .307 | .351 |
| cincinnati-reds | 63 | 232 | 46 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 16 | .224 | .276 | .268 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 63 | 237 | 51 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 27 | .244 | .316 | .282 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 60 | 217 | 49 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 21 | .257 | .313 | .346 |
| chicago-cubs | 10 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .176 | .268 | .235 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 |  Chicago Cubs | 30 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 4 | – | .198 | – | – |
| 1927 | Chicago Cubs | 117 | 391 | 101 | 2 | 43 | – | .258 | – | – |
| 1928 | Chicago Cubs | 131 | 483 | 124 | 3 | 48 | 3 | .257 | – | – |
| 1929 | Chicago Cubs | 54 | 190 | 40 | – | 9 | 3 | .211 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago Cubs | 83 | 244 | 52 | 6 | 34 | 2 | .213 | – | – |
| 1931 |  Cincinnati Reds | 53 | 135 | 21 | – | 19 | 1 | .156 | – | – |