Rich Becker
Minnesota Twins 1993–1997; Baltimore Orioles 1998; New York Mets 1998; Milwaukee Brewers 1999; Oakland Athletics 1999; Detroit Tigers 2000; Oakland Athletics 2000
Percentile snapshot
1997 season — qualified batters
of 144 qualified 1997 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .583 | .571 | 1.155 | 224.1 | 212.0 | .528 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | 28 | 112 | 98 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | .265 | .351 | .327 | .678 | 82.1 | 76.0 | .318 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 106 | 438 | 392 | 45 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 34 | 95 | 8 | 9 | .237 | .303 | .296 | .599 | 58.0 | 56.3 | .280 | -0.7 |
| 1996 | 148 | 604 | 525 | 92 | 153 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 71 | 68 | 118 | 19 | 5 | .291 | .372 | .434 | .807 | 104.9 | 101.8 | .362 | 2.4 |
| 1997 | 132 | 510 | 443 | 61 | 117 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 62 | 130 | 17 | 5 | .264 | .354 | .395 | .749 | 98.5 | 94.8 | .341 | 1.7 |
| 1998 | 128 | 260 | 213 | 37 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 76 | 5 | 1 | .197 | .337 | .324 | .661 | 82.6 | 76.6 | .310 | -0.1 |
| 1999 | 129 | 327 | 264 | 36 | 68 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 58 | 81 | 8 | 2 | .258 | .395 | .371 | .766 | 108.8 | 99.2 | .360 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | 115 | 357 | 285 | 59 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 67 | 87 | 2 | 2 | .242 | .384 | .375 | .759 | 104.5 | 96.7 | .353 | 1.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-07-13 | CLE @ MIN Gameday | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 1995-09-11 | MIN @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 1999-05-29 | SD @ MIL Gameday | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1996-09-01 | MIN @ MIL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1996-07-11 | CLE @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.