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Glenn Beckert

Birthdate:

10/12/1940

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Glenn Beckert was a star performer at second base for the Chicago Cubs during the 1960s-1970's. He played in four straight All-Star games and was picked by the fans as the starting 2nd baseman in 1970 and 1971. In 1968 Beckert had a 27-game hitting streak, also had a 26-game streak in 1973. Glenn batted around .300 throughout his major league career. He was an excellent base runner, fine fielder and won the Gold Glove Award in 1968. Glenn Beckert played his whole career with the Cubs. Knee surgeries forced Beckert to quit baseball in 1975. Copyright 2003 Baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
11 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1965	CHC (NL)	154	614	73	147	21	3	3	30	28	52	6	8	0	3	6	2	.239	.275	SLG
1966	CHC (NL)	153	656	73	188	23	7	1	59	26	36	10	4	0	4	5	2	.287	.317	SLG
1967	CHC (NL)	146	597	91	167	32	3	5	40	30	25	10	3	1	0	8	1	.280	.314	SLG
1968	CHC (NL)	155	643	98	189	28	4	4	37	31	20	8	4	0	2	5	4	.294	.326	SLG
1969	CHC (NL)	131	543	69	158	22	1	1	37	24	24	6	0	0	6	4	5	.291	.325	SLG
1970	CHC (NL)	143	591	99	170	15	6	3	36	32	22	4	1	0	0	6	3	.288	.323	SLG
1971	CHC (NL)	131	530	80	181	18	5	2	42	24	24	3	2	0	0	12	4	.342	.367	SLG
1972	CHC (NL)	120	474	51	128	22	2	3	43	23	17	2	1	1	2	7	4	.270	.304	SLG
1973	CHC (NL)	114	372	38	95	13	0	0	29	30	15	0	2	1	2	4	2	.255	.313	SLG
1974	SDP (NL)	64	172	11	44	1	0	0	7	11	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256	.301	SLG
1975	SDP (NL)	9	16	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.412	SLG
11 years		1320	5208	685	1473	196	31	22	360	260	243	49	25	3	19	58	27	.283	.318	.SLG

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