Glenn Beckert

Full Name: Glenn Alfred Beckert	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: April 12, 1965
Birthdate: October 12, 1940	Final Game: April 27, 1975
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Glenn Beckert (Glenn Alfred Beckert) was born on October 12, 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1965 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 3 home runs and 30 RBI. Beckert played for the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Glenn Beckert's best season was 1968, when he hit for a .294 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1965	CHI	N	154	614	73	147	3	30	.239	.275	.298	21	3	28	52	3	6	6	0	14
1966	CHI	N	153	656	73	188	1	59	.287	.317	.348	23	7	26	36	4	5	10	0	8
1967	CHI	N	146	597	91	167	5	40	.280	.314	.369	32	3	30	25	0	8	10	1	11
1968	CHI	N	155	643	98	189	4	37	.294	.326	.369	28	4	31	20	2	5	8	0	6
1969	CHI	N	131	543	69	158	1	37	.291	.325	.341	22	1	24	24	6	4	6	0	14
1970	CHI	N	143	591	99	170	3	36	.288	.323	.349	15	6	32	22	0	6	4	0	13
1971	CHI	N	131	530	80	181	2	42	.342	.367	.406	18	5	24	24	0	12	3	0	16
1972	CHI	N	120	474	51	128	3	43	.270	.304	.344	22	2	23	17	2	7	2	1	16
1973	CHI	N	114	372	38	95	0	29	.255	.313	.290	13	0	30	15	2	4	0	1	15
1974	SD	N	64	172	11	44	0	7	.256	.301	.262	1	0	11	8	0	1	0	0	1
1975	SD	N	9	16	2	6	0	0	.375	.412	.438	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1320	5208	685	1473	22	360	.283	.318	.345	196	31	260	243	19	58	49	3	114

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1965	CHI	N	2B	153	152	1340.2	326	494	23	101	2	.973
1966	CHI	N	2B	152	151	1356	373	402	24	89	0	.970
1966	CHI	N	SS	1	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1967	CHI	N	2B	144	144	1279	327	422	25	89	0	.968
1968	CHI	N	2B	155	155	1375.1	356	461	19	107	0	.977
1969	CHI	N	2B	129	129	1131.2	262	401	24	71	0	.965
1970	CHI	N	CF	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	CHI	N	OF	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	CHI	N	2B	138	138	1192.1	302	412	22	88	0	.970
1971	CHI	N	2B	128	128	1111.2	275	382	9	76	0	.986
1972	CHI	N	2B	118	117	1017.2	256	396	16	71	1	.976
1973	CHI	N	2B	88	86	746	163	262	7	50	0	.984
1974	SD	N	3B	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	SD	N	2B	36	35	283	70	80	10	16	0	.938
1975	SD	N	3B	4	4	23	0	6	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	5	5	31	1	6	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	1	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			CF	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	1241	1235	10833.1	2710	3712	179	758	3	.973

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1962).
Selected by Chicago Cubs from Boston Red Sox in the first-year minor league draft (November 26, 1962).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Bobby Fenwick to San Diego Padres in exchange for Jerry Morales (November 7, 1973).
Released by San Diego Padres (April 28, 1975).

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