Jake Beckley
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Jacob Peter Beckley, nicknamed Eagle Eye in 1867, 1918, was an American professional baseball first baseman.
He played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Pittsburgh Burghers, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals from 1888 to 1907. In 13 seasons, Beckley had a batting average of over.300.
His 244 triples are his fourth triples in a row, and his 23,767 putouts are a major league record.
He was nominated to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 by the Veteran's Committee, a.308 hitter who was a career hitter.
Early life
Beckley was born in Hannibal, Missouri. He was the son of Bernhart and Rosina (Neth) Beckley. Beckley began playing semi-professional baseball as a youth. Bob Hart, a former Hannibal teammate, introduced the Leavenworth Oilers (Leavenworth, Kansas) of the Western Association. Beckley's deal with the St. Louis Whites in the Western Association ended after splitting two seasons with Leavenworth and a Lincoln, Nebraska team, before being sold (along with Harry Staley) by the Pittsburgh Alleghenys for $4,500 midway through the 1888 season.
Later life
Beckley played for Kansas City in the American Association in 1908-1909, Bartlesville in the Western Association in 1910, and Hannibal in 1911. He served as an umpire in the Federal League in 1913 and spent as a baseball coach at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. Beckley owned a grain company in Kansas City, in addition to his umpiring and teaching after returning from professional athletic play.
Beckley married Molly Murphy of Hannibal in 1891, but she died of tuberculosis just seven months after their marriage. After his playing career ended, he remarried. Beckley died of heart disease in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 50. He was laid to rest at the Riverside Cemetery in Hannibal.
Major league career
Beckley, Beckley, and eight of his teammates all spent one and a half seasons for the Alleghenys, Beckley, and eight of his teammates enrolled in the Pittsburgh Burghers, a team in the newly formed Players' League (PL). Ned Hanlon, the boss, crossed over. Beckley said he was able to join the PL because "I'm only in this game for the money." Beckley spent the next five and a half seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the league lasted just one season.
Beckley was traded to the New York Giants for Harry Davis and $1,000 on July 25, 1896. Beckley was released by the Giants the following season and signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds five days later. Beckley was unsuccessful in his first season with the Reds in which rookie Honus Wagner was disadvantaged by the mystery ball trick, a tactic he had never used against the opposition. Beckley was successful in losing Wagner, but a tactic that called for two baseballs was used later. Beckley belted three home runs in the same game against the St. Louis Cardinals on September 26, 1897, a feat not beat by Ken Williams until 1922. He was with Cincinnati for seven seasons and was later purchased by the Cardinals on February 11, 1904.
Beckley retired after the 1907 season with 2,930 hits, second only to Cap Anson. With 244 points, he currently ranks fourth all-time among major leaguers in triples. Beckley has the highest batting average among Pirates first basemen as of the 2014 season (.300). Beckley has a career putout record of 23,743, and is second all-time in games played at first base, with 2,376.