Gordon Beckham
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Beckham with the Chicago White Sox
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| San Francisco Giants – No. 58 | |||
| Infielder | |||
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Born: September 16, 1986 Atlanta, Georgia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 4, 2009, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .240 | ||
| Hits | 748 | ||
| Home runs | 74 | ||
| Runs batted in | 335 | ||
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James Gordon Beckham III (born September 16, 1986) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the San Francisco Giants organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves and the Giants. Beckham has primarily been a second baseman throughout his career, but has since transitioned to also playing third base.
Growing up in Atlanta, Beckham played quarterback and free safety for The Westminster Schools (like his father, James Gordon Beckham Jr., who went on to play quarterback for the University of South Carolina). His mother also attended the University of South Carolina, where she was a cheerleader for both football and basketball. In 2004, Gordon led the Westminster Wildcats to their first and only undefeated season, breaking his father's single-season record for touchdown passes by one in the process. Beckham was given 1st Team All-State honors as both a junior for free safety and then as a senior for quarterback. While at The Westminster Schools, Beckham also starred in the classroom, earning a 3.7 GPA average through his high school years. Beckham was an honorary member of the Chi Phi Fraternity while attending the University of Georgia. Gordon also has two younger sisters, Gwen, and Grace.
Beckham announced via Twitter in December 2012 that he was engaged to Brittany Fletcher, the daughter of Scott Fletcher. They married on November 9, 2013.
As a freshman in 2006, Beckham started all 81 games at shortstop, helping to lead the University of Georgia Bulldogs to the College World Series. He was named a Freshman All-American that year. As a sophomore, he started all 56 games that Georgia played. As a junior, he was the only unanimous selection to the All-SEC First Team and was selected as the SEC Player of the Year. He was also selected as an All-American, an Academic All-American, a Finalist for the NCAA Player of the Year and a Finalist for the Golden Spikes Award. He led the NCAA in home runs that year, setting the school's single season home run record (26) and tied the school record for most home runs in a career (51) against NC State on June 8, 2008 in the deciding third game of the Super Regionals that sent Georgia to the College World Series. The home run came on his last at-bat at his home Foley Field, after which he received a curtain call. On June 25, 2008 with his last at bat as a college player, Beckham tied Matt Clark of LSU as the 2008 season home run leader (28). He finished college with 53 home runs, the most ever by a player at the University of Georgia.
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