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Fred Beck Boston N.L.   1910 - Shared Major League Home Run Lead with 10 (Tied with Frank Schulte and Jake Stahl) 1914/15: Bolted to Federal League (Chicago Fed) FRED BECK Beck, Frederick Thomas b: 11/17/1886, Havana, Ill. d: 3/12/62, Havana, Ill. BL/TL, 6'1", 180 lbs. Deb: 4/14/09 ============================================================================== YEAR TM/L G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1909 Bos-N 96 334 20 66 4 6 3 27 17 .198 1910 Bos-N 154 571 52 157 32 9 10 64 19 55 .275 1911 Cin-N 41 87 7 16 1 2 2 20 1 13 .184 Phi-N 66 210 26 59 8 3 3 25 17 21 .281 Yr 107 297 33 75 9 5 5 45 18 34 .253 1914 Chi-F 157 555 51 155 23 4 11 77 44 66 .279 1915 Chi-F 121 373 35 83 9 3 5 38 24 38 .223 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 5 635 2130 191 536 77 27 34 251 122 ?193 .252 Fred was a power hitter who once shared the home run title with Wildfire Schulte and Jake Stahl in 1910 by hitting 10 round trippers. In the latter part of his career, Fred hit 11 and 15 home runs in his 2 year Federal League stay. Back in the minors, Fred hit 30 HR's in 1920, 35 in 1921 and 38 in 1924 while playing for Wichita in the famed Texas League. Copyright © 1996, © 1997, © 1998 © 1999, © 2000 Jeff Fox. All Rights Reserved.