RIP Glenn Beckert

[WarriorDad]

Dead at 79.  Very difficult to strike out.  Cubbie in the 60's and early 70's.  Gold glover, hit .340 one year and the best eye for pitches.

RIP

[dgies9156]

He had an incredible year in 1972. All-Star, hit second in the league to Joe Torre.

As a Cardinal fan, it was tough to see him and Don Kessinger up the middle. They were really good.

RIP Mr. Beckert.

[rocket surgeon]

RIP glenn

  before the brewers came to milwaukee, i was a huge cub fan!  we had this 30 foot antennae and got WGN perfectly.  there was nothing more satisfying for a little kid to be able to tune to channel 9 at 1 pm during summer vacation and hear jack brickhouse saying "let's play 2"!!

[Jockey]

He had an incredible year in 1972. All-Star, hit second in the league to Joe Torre.

As a Cardinal fan, it was tough to see him and Don Kessinger up the middle. They were really good.

RIP Mr. Beckert.

Good defensively. Really brutal on offense. Between the two of them they had a total of 3 years of OPS+ over 90. That is really, really bad. No power. No Speed.

But, RIP Glenn.

[WarriorDad]

Good defensively. Really brutal on offense. Between the two of them they had a total of 3 years of OPS+ over 90. That is really, really bad. No power. No Speed.

But, RIP Glenn.

Brutal offensively?  His role wasn't to hit in the middle of the lineup.  End of the day he was a four time all-star, finished in the NL MVP voting three times, scored nearly 100 runs three our four times.  That was his role and he did it well.

RIP

[Jockey]

Brutal offensively?  His role wasn't to hit in the middle of the lineup.  End of the day he was a four time all-star, finished in the NL MVP voting three times, scored nearly 100 runs three our four times.  That was his role and he did it well.

RIP

Well below league average year after year? Yes, brutal.

Batting 2nd with Santo and Banks behind him, he scored over 80 runs only 3 times. Playing everyday. That is also brutal.

[lawdog77]

Well below league average year after year? Yes, brutal.

Batting 2nd with Santo and Banks behind him, he scored over 80 runs only 3 times. Playing everyday. That is also brutal.

The stats I see is that he was well over the league average in batting, and at the average for OPS

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckegl01.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/bat.shtml

[Jockey]

Not even a Top 100 all-time - while names like Jim Gantner, Tim Teufel, Mike Gallego, Craig Counsel, Freddy Sanchez, etc. rank at the bottom of the list.

[WarriorDad]

Not even a Top 100 all-time - while names like Jim Gantner, Tim Teufel, Mike Gallego, Craig Counsel, Freddy Sanchez, etc. rank at the bottom of the list.

That isn't the same as really brutal.  Take the Cubs hatred elsewhere for a second.  RIP

[Lennys Tap]

Well below league average year after year? Yes, brutal.

Batting 2nd with Santo and Banks behind him, he scored over 80 runs only 3 times. Playing everyday. That is also brutal.

Billy Williams, too.

Glenn was a floor trader at the CBOT after baseball. Didn't know him myself, but told he was a good guy.

[real chili 83]

Not even a Top 100 all-time - while names like Jim Gantner, Tim Teufel, Mike Gallego, Craig Counsel, Freddy Sanchez, etc. rank at the bottom of the list.

Wtf is wrong with you?

[The Sultan]

No idea why Jockey decided to sh*t on a guy someone thought of fondly and was merely offering condolences for....but here we are.

[keefe]

Wtf is wrong with you?

Some guys have their tight whites jammed up their crack...

Boxers or briefs, brother

[keefe]

Glenn was a floor trader at the CBOT after baseball. Didn't know him myself, but told he was a good guy.

One of my very first Rawlings was a Glenn Beckert model. My dad took me over the BX in Japan where I chose that mitt and a couple cans of Neat's Foot Oil.

Do you know if Beckert wore tight whites over his cup? Just wonderin'

[keefe]

Dead at 79.  Very difficult to strike out.  Cubbie in the 60's and early 70's.  Gold glover, hit .340 one year and the best eye for pitches.

RIP

Jams

You probably road tripped down to Chicago from Marquette back in the '60's to take in a Doyers - Cubs tilt at the Friendly Confines.

Must have been thrilling watching Drysdale mow down Beckert, Banks, Williams, Santo, Kessinger, Hundley, et al.

Were the Vienna Red Hots better when Hizzoner Richard Daley was running The Machine?

[WarriorDad]

Billy Williams, too.

Glenn was a floor trader at the CBOT after baseball. Didn't know him myself, but told he was a good guy.

Open Outcry

He was wheat trader apparently.  For those interested, Matt Suhey was also a trader at CBOT

[Jockey]

No idea why Jockey decided to sh*t on a guy someone thought of fondly and was merely offering condolences for....but here we are.

Awww, I must have hurt Lil' Fluff's feelings somewhere. I'm his newest whipping boy.

In fact, Beckett and Kessinger were my two favorite players back then. Watched every game that was on WGN in the summer. But even then, I knew they were just regular guys. They just happened to be the regular guys that I liked.

[The Sultan]

Awww, I must have hurt Lil' Fluff's feelings somewhere. I'm his newest whipping boy.

Didn't hurt my feelings.  I find you long on talking points and short on substance.

[dgies9156]

That isn't the same as really brutal.  Take the Cubs hatred elsewhere for a second.  RIP

Incidentally, I hate the Cubs as much as anyone in this room. But I know a good ballplayer when I see one.

As a baseball fan, you have to applaud talent wherever you see it. Even in Chicago.

Fortunately, outside of 1969, 1984, 1998 and 2016, there generally hasn't been much talent in Cubland. We light novena lights in hopes that trend continues!

[Jockey]

Incidentally, I hate the Cubs as much as anyone in this room. But I know a good ballplayer when I see one.

As a baseball fan, you have to applaud talent wherever you see it. Even in Chicago.

Fortunately, outside of 1969, 1984, 1998 and 2016, there generally hasn't been much talent in Cubland. We light novena lights in hopes that trend continues!

I was a huge Cubs fan as a kid. Lived and died with the '69 Cubs as they choked. My most vivid memory of that season was Beckert letting an easy ground ball go between his legs to lose to a game in September.

[Jockey]

Didn't hurt my feelings.  I find you long on talking points and short on substance.

And I find you to be the second coming of chico.

[The Sultan]

nm

[WarriorDad]

Incidentally, I hate the Cubs as much as anyone in this room. But I know a good ballplayer when I see one.

As a baseball fan, you have to applaud talent wherever you see it. Even in Chicago.

Fortunately, outside of 1969, 1984, 1998 and 2016, there generally hasn't been much talent in Cubland. We light novena lights in hopes that trend continues!

He was a good ball player.  This jockey member has a weird thing going for him and not sure what his problem is.