Tim Beckham
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Beckham with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2015
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 1 | |||
| Second baseman / Shortstop | |||
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Born: January 27, 1990 Griffin, Georgia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 19, 2013, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 19,2017) |
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| Batting average | .237 | ||
| Home runs | 16 | ||
| Runs batted in | 57 | ||
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Timothy Lamar "Tim" Beckham (born January 27, 1990) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was the first overall selection of the 2008 MLB Draft by the Rays, and received a signing bonus of $6.15 million.
Beckham was rated by publications such as Baseball America as the top high school baseball prospect in the nation. Beckham is described as a potential five tool player at the major league level. Beckham runs the 60 yard dash in 6.33 seconds, and bench presses 200 lb. He stands 6 ft 0 in and weighs 190 lb.
Beckham, the youngest son of Jimmy and Ella Beckham, grew up in the Crestview Heights neighborhood of Griffin, Georgia. He often played baseball in his yard with his older brothers Stephen and Jeremy. During his younger years Beckham was involved in football, basketball and baseball. However, he quit baseball while in grade school to focus on football and basketball. Encouraged by his brothers, he got back into baseball, and began to excel. Beckham was the shortstop for the Griffin JV baseball team as an eighth grader, and the varsity team at Griffin High School in 2005 as a freshman.
In his freshman year for the Griffin High varsity team, Beckham batted seventh in the order and hit 14 home runs on the season. In his first at-bat in 2006 as a sophomore, Beckham hit a home run. For the season he batted .405, hitting five home runs, three triples and six doubles. He also added 22 runs batted in and stole 15 bases.
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