#12 Melvin "Mel" Beckman, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, St. Louis (A) Browns

#12 Melvin "Mel" Beckman, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, St. Louis (A) Browns
Tuesday, 7/1/1952

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Melvin Beckman
Mel
6/20/1925
27
St. George, UT
6"2
195

Starting Pitcher
R
R

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Minimal
Minimal
Some ability
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Good
Normal
Normal
1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 3,710,000
1954
5 Year(s), 114 Days (974 total Days)
92 Day(s)
6 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	9	10	4

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

7
54
4

Pitches:
Knuckleball
Fastball
Curveball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	4	3	4	3	1

Running & Bunting Ratings
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2
1
5
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 10 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/24	@WSH	L 1-3	*	8	8	3	3	1	2	L
5/29	@DET	W 4-1	*	8	8	1	1	0	1	W	PoG
6/1	PHA	L 4-9	*	4.1	6	8	6	2	3	L
6/5	CLE	L 4-8	*	7.1	9	7	7	2	4	L
6/8	CHA	L 8-10	*	8	6	2	2	2	2	W	PoG
6/14	@PHA	L 2-6	*	7.2	6	6	6	5	5	L
6/18	@BOS	L 4-6	*	7.2	16	6	6	1	7	L
6/21	@CLE	L 0-6	*	7	13	6	6	0	1	L
6/25	@CHA	W 4-1	*	8	7	1	1	0	4	W	PoG
6/29	@NYA	W 4-2	*	4.2	10	8	8	3	4	L

Pitching Stats 1952

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	19	19	4	10	0	5.96	137.1	181	93	91	29	72	2	10.5	0	6	31.6
Projected	39	39	8	21	0	5.96	281.0	372	191	187	60	148

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	14.0	11.9	4.7	1.9	9	2	22.2	0	0	.0	6.25

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	282	87	8	1	21	49	51	17	36	0	0	3	.309	.345	.567	.913
vs. RHB	286	94	14	1	11	40	42	12	36	0	0	1	.329	.355	.500	.855

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	8	8	2	3	0	6.32	57.0	72	42	40	13	33
Road	11	11	2	7	0	5.71	80.1	109	51	51	16	39
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	2	2	1	1	0	6.40	12.2	17	9	9	3	8

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	4	4	0	1	0	4.70	30.2	36	16	16	8	18
May	7	7	2	3	0	5.71	52.0	72	33	33	6	24
June	8	8	2	6	0	6.91	54.2	73	44	42	15	30
July	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1946	10	10	2	8	0	4.85	81.2	87	50	44	11	26	29	7	0	1.38	.272	CIN
1947	31	31	7	17	0	5.64	234.2	299	160	147	37	67	72	7	0	1.56	.312	CIN
1948	38	38	17	17	0	4.18	279.2	303	156	130	38	60	111	13	0	1.30	.274	CIN SLA
1949	38	38	11	24	0	4.88	295.1	337	183	160	48	68	120	11	0	1.37	.288	SLA
1950	37	37	17	11	0	3.78	283.0	296	140	119	48	51	122	12	2	1.23	.263	SLA
1951	39	39	12	19	0	4.15	308.0	332	157	142	46	48	148	16	1	1.23	.283	SLA
1952	19	19	4	10	0	5.96	137.1	181	93	91	32	29	72	2	0	1.53	.321	SLA
Total	212	212	70	106	0	4.63	1619.2	1835	939	833	260	349	674	68	3	1.35	.286

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1946, AA	7	7	3	2	0	2.54	56.2	39	17	16	2	16	23	2	1	0.97	.210
1946, AAA	7	7	3	3	0	3.83	47.0	53	29	20	4	20	25	3	0	1.55	.312
1947, AAA	6	6	2	2	0	4.43	44.2	45	22	22	3	13	15	1	0	1.30	.273

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1946	10	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	CIN
1947	31	82	16	1	0	1	5	7	5	19	1	0	.195	.239	.244	.483	CIN
1948	38	87	22	3	0	2	14	8	6	24	0	0	.253	.301	.356	.657	CIN SLA
1949	38	98	18	3	0	0	4	3	6	25	0	0	.184	.231	.214	.445	SLA
1950	37	97	22	3	0	1	9	14	11	19	1	0	.227	.306	.289	.594	SLA
1951	39	97	19	5	0	0	6	9	11	23	0	0	.196	.275	.247	.523	SLA
1952	19	46	12	0	0	2	3	3	3	13	0	0	.261	.300	.391	.691	SLA
Total	212	533	111	15	0	6	41	45	42	128	2	0	.208	.265	.270	.535

Fielding Stats 1952

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

137.1

2.42

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1946...
Earned first career win on 8/25/1946...
Had first career hit on 8/31/1946, off Vincent Coll (CHN)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/30/1947, off Joseph Davola (CHN)...
Traded from Cincinnati to St. Louis (A) on 6/1/1948 (Going to CIN: P Harry Keogh. Going to SLA: P Melvin Beckman, P Al Swearengen, RF John Henry Duffin, SS Clifton Smails)...
Injured on 9/28/1948 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 7/19/1950 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 6/29/1952 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

WHIP 1950 - 1.23 - 9th 1951 - 1.23 - 9th	Losses 1947 - 17 - 8th 1948 - 17 - 5th 1949 - 24 - 1st 1951 - 19 - 4th	IP 1949 - 295.1 - 10th 1951 - 308.0 - 5th	K's 1951 - 148 - 7th	CG 1951 - 16 - 6th
SHO 1950 - 2 - 9th

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