Jake Beckley
1897–1907 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
2,386G
.308AVG
.361OBP
.436SLG
More career statistics
2,930H
87HR
1,575RBI
315SB
0–1W–L
4.0IP
2K
6.75ERA
1GS
5Rare feats
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 · Games | 2,386 | 1,292 |
| Batting · At bats | 9,526 | 5,045 |
| Batting · Doubles | 473 | 241 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,930 | 1,572 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 183 | 76 |
| Batting · Home runs | 87 | 29 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 270 | 193 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,492 | 5,534 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,600 | 754 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,575 | 660 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 315 | 148 |
| Batting · Triples | 243 | 106 |
| Batting · Walks | 616 | 292 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 21 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,386 | 10,492 | 9,526 | 1,600 | 2,930 | 473 | 243 | 87 | 1,575 | 616 | 270 | 315 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 4,150 | .308 | .361 | .436 | .797 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2.500 |
Streaks
25longest hitting streak · 1899-05-22 to 1899-07-14
43longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1898-05-19 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1897-09-26 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1899-09-05 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 655 | 2752 | 791 | 8 | 338 | 177 | 68 | .321 | .352 | .430 |
| Away | 637 | 2782 | 781 | 21 | 322 | 115 | 125 | .302 | .322 | .408 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 110 | 474 | 137 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 15 | .326 | .348 | .490 |
| May | 242 | 1045 | 264 | 1 | 103 | 55 | 34 | .278 | .305 | .372 |
| June | 207 | 886 | 231 | 6 | 81 | 35 | 33 | .279 | .300 | .372 |
| July | 235 | 1022 | 307 | 1 | 133 | 64 | 32 | .332 | .363 | .419 |
| August | 228 | 969 | 290 | 6 | 123 | 57 | 41 | .330 | .358 | .433 |
| September | 221 | 930 | 280 | 11 | 122 | 44 | 26 | .330 | .348 | .463 |
| October | 49 | 208 | 63 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 12 | .328 | .346 | .432 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 174 | 732 | 203 | 2 | 96 | 40 | 33 | .304 | .332 | .422 |
| chicago-cubs | 169 | 741 | 193 | 1 | 63 | 32 | 33 | .285 | .304 | .378 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 168 | 722 | 203 | 3 | 87 | 46 | 24 | .312 | .345 | .412 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 167 | 717 | 192 | 2 | 74 | 31 | 17 | .287 | .311 | .370 |
| new-york-giants | 164 | 708 | 198 | 4 | 94 | 49 | 37 | .312 | .349 | .418 |
| boston-braves | 160 | 670 | 193 | 2 | 58 | 40 | 20 | .317 | .348 | .413 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 109 | 481 | 159 | 10 | 80 | 21 | 9 | .356 | .374 | .530 |
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 234 | 64 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | .298 | .312 | .391 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants | 114 | 435 | 143 | 8 | 87 | 24 | .329 | – | – |
| 1898 |  Cincinnati Reds | 118 | 459 | 135 | 4 | 72 | 8 | .294 | – | – |
| 1899 | Cincinnati Reds | 135 | 517 | 172 | 3 | 100 | 19 | .333 | – | – |
| 1900 | Cincinnati Reds | 141 | 559 | 190 | 2 | 94 | 23 | .340 | – | – |
| 1901 | Cincinnati Reds | 140 | 582 | 178 | 3 | 79 | 4 | .306 | – | – |
| 1902 | Cincinnati Reds | 129 | 533 | 175 | 5 | 69 | 15 | .328 | 4 | 2 |
| 1903 | Cincinnati Reds | 120 | 459 | 150 | 2 | 56 | 23 | .327 | – | – |
| 1904 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 142 | 552 | 179 | 1 | 44 | 17 | .324 | – | – |
| 1905 | St. Louis Cardinals | 134 | 514 | 147 | 1 | 32 | 12 | .286 | – | – |
| 1906 | St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 320 | 79 | – | 23 | 3 | .247 | – | – |
| 1907 | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 115 | 24 | – | 4 | – | .209 | – | – |