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2018 ADDITIONAL BIOS • BECKHAM, Gordon (#1) • BERGMAN, Christian (#56) • LEBLANC, Wade (#49) 2018 MARINERS , 190 2018 ADDITIONAL BIOS • BECKHAM, Gordon (#1) • BERGMAN, Christian (#56) • LEBLANC, Wade (#49) GORDON BECKHAM (1) POSITION: Infielder AGE: 31 (turns 32 on Sept. 16) BORN: 9-16-86 in Atlanta, GA BATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 190 ML SERVICE: 7 years, 153 days CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2018 ACQUIRED: Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on 2018 MARINERS March 26, 2018. 2017: BECKHAM’s CAREER HIGHS • The Totals – Went 3-for-17 (.176) with MOST HITS: 4 — 5 times; 2 runs, 1 walk and 1 stolen bases in 11 last: 5/6/14 at CHC w/CWS games with Seattle. MOST HOME RUNS: • Join the Club – Selected by Seattle 2 — 6/1/12 vs. SEA w/CWS from AAA Tacoma on Sept. 2. MOST RBI: 4 — 3 times; • Minor Totals – Hit .262 (86x328) with last: 6/20/12 vs. CHC w/CWS 37 runs, 16 doubles, 9 home runs, 45 MOST STOLEN BASES: RBI and 20 walks in 83 games with 2 — 6/5/13 at SEA w/CWS AAA Tacoma LONGEST HITTING STREAK: PERSONAL: James Gordon 10 — 2 times; last: 5/24-6/3/12 w/CWS Beckham…resides in Atlanta, GA, CAREER GRAND SLAMS: None with his wife, Brittany…graduated from Westminster (GA) High School, where he was four-year starter in baseball and a three-year starter in football…played three seasons at the University of Georgia (2006-08), where he started all 197 games at shortstop in his three-year career…as a junior in 2008, was named SEC Player of the Year and First-Team All-America by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger and American Baseball Coaches Association after leading Georgia in all triple crown categories, batting .411 (113x275) with 28 home runs and 77 RBI…his 28 home runs in 2008 are a program record as are his 53 career home runs…his final at-bat with Georgia was a home run in the 2008 College World Series Finals vs. Fresno State…his father, Gordon, was a quarterback for the University of South Carolina from 1980-82…his father-in-law, Scott Fletcher, appeared in 15 seasons in the Major Leagues. 2008: After being selected 8th overall in the MLB Draft, began his pro career with A Kannapolis…hit .310 (18x58) with 11 runs, 2 doubles, 3 home runs and 8 RBI in 14 games. 2009: Appeared in 103 games with the White Sox after being selected from AAA Charlotte on June 4…hit .270 (102x378) with 58 runs, 28 doubles, 1 triple, 14 home runs and 63 RBI with Chicago-AL…finished 5th in AL Rookie of the Year Award voting…was the first position player from the 2008 MLB Draft to reach the Majors (4th player overall)…among AL rookies, ranked 1st in doubles (28), RBI (63) and extra-base hits (43), 2nd in batting (.270), home runs (14), on-base percentage (.347) and slugging (.460)…named AL Rookie of the Month for July after batting .330 (32x97) with 12 runs, 10 doubles, 3 home runs and 18 RBI in 27 games…his 28 doubles were a career-high…made his Major League debut on June 4 vs. Oakland…singled off Dontrelle Willis for his first Major League hit on June 9 vs. Detroit…belted his first home run off Johnny Cueto on June 20 at Cincinnati… recorded at least 1 RBI in a career-best 5 consecutive games, July 30 - August 4, batting .391 (9x23) with 4 runs, 5 doubles, 1 home run and 9 RBI…missed 4 games, September 6-9, with a strained right oblique, ending a string of 81 consecutive games played (65 starts)…began the season with AA Birmingham, batting .299 (44x147) with 23 runs, 17 doubles, 4 home runs and 22 RBI in 38 games…promoted to AAA Charlotte, where he hit .464 (13x28) with 6 runs, 6 doubles and 3 RBI in 7 games…entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect in the White Sox organization. 2010: Made his first Opening Day roster…started at 2nd base in the White Sox season opener on April 5 vs. Cleveland and went 2-for-4 with 1 run and 1 double…in 131 games with the White Sox, hit .252 (112x444) with 58 runs, 25 doubles, 2 triple, 9 home runs and 49 RBI…from June 24 through the end of the season, hit .310 (66x213) with 33 runs, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs and 33 RBI in 67 games…on August 30 at Cleveland, was hit by Frank Herrmann and left the game with a bruised right hand…missed the next 2 games and appeared in just 13 games in September due to a bruised right hand. 1 BECKHAM (continued) 2011: In 150 games with Chicago-AL, hit .230 (115x499) with 60 runs, 23 doubles, 10 home runs and 44 RBI…among AL 2nd basemen, ranked 2nd in total chances (723) and assists (443) and 3rd in fielding percentage (.989) and starts (147)…made his 2nd consecutive Opening Day start at 2nd base on April 1 at Cleveland, going 3-for-4 with 3 runs and 1 double…compiled his first of two 10-game hitting streaks in his career from July 6-19… hit .395 (15x38) with 3 runs, 2 doubles, 7 RBI during the streak…collected a career-high 3 doubles on September 20 at Cleveland…matched his career-high with at least 1 RBI in 5 straight games, July 10 - 18, batting .450 (9x20) with 3 runs, 1 double and 6 RBI…did not commit an error in 59 consecutive games, August 27, 2010 - May 24, 2011. 2012: Established career-highs in games (151), runs (62), hits (123) and home runs (16)…hit .234 (123x525) with 62 runs, 24 doubles, 16 home runs and 60 RBI in 151 games with the White Sox…at the time, his .9899 fielding percentage was 2nd-best by a 2nd baseman in 2018 MARINERS White Sox history (Nellie Fox, .9901, 1962)…made his 3rd consecutive Opening Day start at 2nd base on April 6 at Texas, going 1-for-4 at the plate…in 18 Interleague games, hit .315 (23x73) with 11 runs, 2 doubles, 3 home runs and 13 RBI…his 20 RBI in the month of June were tied for 8th-most in the American League…on May 27 vs. Cleveland, matched his career-high with 4 hits…equaled his career-high with a 10-game hitting streak, May 24 - June 3, batting .333 (16x48) with 10 runs, 1 double, 3 home runs and 8 RBI…recorded his only multi-homer game on June 1 vs. Seattle…hit leadoff for the first time in his career on July 5 vs. Texas…belted his first career leadoff home run on August 7 vs. Kansas City. 2013: Hit .267 (99x371) with 22 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs and 24 RBI in 103 games with Chicago-AL…vs. right-handed pitchers, hit .287 (83x289) with 18 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 17 RBI…made his 4th consecutive Opening Day start at 2nd base on April 1 vs. Kansas City and went 1-for-3…placed on the disabled list with a fractured hamate bone in his left wrist on April 12…in 8 games on a rehab assignment with AAA Charlotte, hit .333 (12x36) with 7 runs, 2 doubles and 5 RBI…reinstated from the DL on June 3…in his first 38 games after being reinstated from the DL (6/3-7/19), hit .336 (48x143) with 18 runs, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs and 12 RBI…twice equaled his career-high with 4 hits (4/4 vs. KC and 6/5 at SEA)…made his first career appearance at shortstop on July 5 at Tampa Bay…stole home on July 8 vs. Chicago-NL, the first White Sox player to steal home since Juan Pierre in 2010…drew a career-high 4 walks on August 10 vs. Minnesota. 2014: Combined to bat .226 (101x446) with 53 runs, 27 doubles, 9 home runs and 44 RBI in 127 total games with Chicago-AL (101 G) and Los Angeles (26 G)…started the season on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique…appeared in 12 games on a rehab assignment with AA Birmingham, where he hit .163 (7x43) with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run and 6 RBI…reinstated from the DL on April 24…in 101 games with the White Sox, hit .221 (86x390) with 43 runs, 24 doubles, 7 home runs and 36 RBI…from May 5 - 28, hit safely in 20-of-22 games, batting .348 (32x92) with 15 runs, 5 doubles, 4 home runs and 10 RBI…acquired by Los Angeles-AL from Chicago-AL in exchange for a player to be named later on August 21, 2014 (the White Sox received RHP Yency Almonte on February 4, 2015)…hit safely in 4-of-his-first-8 games with the Angels, going 7x23 (.304) with 4 runs, 1 double, 1 home run and 6 RBI…overall, hit .268 (15x56) with 10 runs, 3 doubles, 2 home runs and 8 RBI in 26 games with the Angels…hit better than .300 in two months: .306/34x111 in May and .306/11x36 in September…against left-handed pitchers, hit .293 (34x116) with 10 doubles, 2 home runs and 11 RBI, compared to batting .203 (67x330) with 17 doubles, 7 home runs and 33 RBI vs. right-handed pitchers…matched his career- high with 4 hits, including 1 home run, on May 6 at Chicago-NL.
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