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Becker was a fair fielder and a lefthanded batter who had trouble with southpaw pitching. His top year was 1914, when he hit .325 with 9 homers and 66 RBI for the Phillies. He played better on the road than at home, reportedly because he had "rabbit ears" and reacted to hometown heckling. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 4, 1910: Boston (NL) acquires OF Wilson Collins and 3B Buck Herzog from the Giants for OF Beals Becker. » September 30, 1910: In a shootout at the Polo Grounds, Beals Becker hits a pinch grand slam inside-the-park as the Giants outslug Brooklyn, 17–8. It is the 2nd pinch slam IPHR in ML history; Mike O'Neill hit the first. » June 13, 1912: New York's Christy Mathewson wins, 3–2 over the Cubs. The Cubs threaten in the 9th when Tommy Leach leads off with a fly ball that Beals Becker loses in the sun for a triple, but Matty retires the next three batters for the win. » August 3, 1912: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants score runs on two solo homers by Fred Merkle and one by Beals Becker, off Art Fromme, to beat the Reds, 3–2. In a typical game, Christy Mathewson scatters 10 hits and walks none for the win. Armando Marsans is 4-for-4 for the Reds. » June 5, 1913: The Phillies trade John Dodge and Red Nelson to Cincinnati for Beals Becker. » June 9, 1913: At Philadelphia, the Phillies Beals Becker, acquired four days ago from the Reds, lines two inside-the-park homers, one short of the record set in the 19th century. His new teams beats his old team, 10–1. » June 9, 1914: At Baker Bowl, Honus Wagner joins Cap Anson as the only members of the 3,000 hit club when collects a 9th-inning double off the Phillies' Erskine Mayer, and scores the Bucs lone run. It comes in Wagner's 2,332nd game. Nap Lajoie will join the club in September. (Later calculations put the date at June 30th or July 4th). Wagner also shows his skills by tricking Hans Lobert to try and take 3B and then tagging him out at 2B; With the Phils up 3–0, in the 8th he nabs Beals Becker at 2B with a hidden ball trick.