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- Rich_Becker abstract "Richard "Rich" Godhard Becker (born February 1, 1972) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played from 1993 to 2000.Born in Aurora, Illinois, Becker was selected in the third round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft out of West Aurora High School by the Minnesota Twins. In high school Becker, excelled at football and baseball. In football, he played quarterback and running back on offense and corner back on defense. However, he excelled on the baseball diamond and as a result had come to the attention of elite college baseball programs and scouts from MLB. Becker spent his first minor league season with the Elizabethton Twins. He played in 56 games, had 194 at-bats with 56 base hits, including six home runs for a .289 batting average. He played for the Kenosha Twins, Visalia Oaks and the Nashville Xpress teams before being called up to the Minnesota Twins in 1993.Becker made his major league debut in 1993 as a switch hitter. Appearing in three games with seven at-bats, getting two hits and it was decided that he needed another trip to the PCL Salt Lake Buzz before getting a full-time job. He was called upon again in 1994 and in 28 games with 98 at-bats he hit .265. However, he achieved greater success batting exclusively from the left side of the plate. During the 1995 minor league season, for 36 games he hit .316 and was called up again to the show with the Minnesota Twins. 1995 was Becker's first full year with the Twins. In 1996, manager Tom Kelly put Becker in the position of succeeding Kirby Puckett as the Twins starting center fielder. However, he responded with his best year as a major leaguer, batting .291 with 12 home runs, 79 runs batted in (RBIs) and 19 stolen bases. On July 13 of that year, he had his best day, getting four hits—including two home runs, a double, and six RBIs. However, his numbers declined the following year, and the Twins traded Becker for Alex Ochoa in December 1997. Subsequent to the trade, Becker bounced among several teams, finding marginal playing time with the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and Detroit Tigers.Following the 2002 season, Becker retired from baseball. His career stats in 789 MLB games are: 2,227 at-bats, 570 base hits, with 45 home runs with a .256 batting average and 66 stolen bases.Becker's minor league numbers show 770 games, 2,851 at-bats, 821 hits, with 75 home runs and a .287 batting average. Becker had spent 13 seasons in professional baseball and was just 31 years of age upon retirement. Rich Becker was the only player to come out of the third round of the 1990 draft and sustain any sort of long-term career.".
- Rich_Becker birthDate "1972-02-01".
- Rich_Becker birthPlace Aurora,_Illinois.
- Rich_Becker birthYear "1972".
- Rich_Becker debutTeam Minnesota_Twins.
- Rich_Becker position Outfielder.
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- Rich_Becker wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rich Becker".
- Rich_Becker bats "Left".
- Rich_Becker birthDate "1972-02-01".
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- Rich_Becker dateOfBirth "1972-02-01".
- Rich_Becker debutdate "--09-10".
- Rich_Becker debutleague "MLB".
- Rich_Becker debutteam "Minnesota Twins".
- Rich_Becker debutyear "1993".
- Rich_Becker fangraphs "1000749".
- Rich_Becker finaldate "--10-01".
- Rich_Becker finalleague "MLB".
- Rich_Becker finalteam "Detroit Tigers".
- Rich_Becker finalyear "2000".
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- Rich_Becker name "Becker, Rich".
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- Rich_Becker placeOfBirth Aurora,_Illinois.
- Rich_Becker position Outfielder.
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- Rich_Becker stat1label Batting_average.
- Rich_Becker stat1value "0.256".
- Rich_Becker stat2label "Home runs".
- Rich_Becker stat2value "45".
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- Rich_Becker stat3value "243".
- Rich_Becker statleague "MLB".
- Rich_Becker teams "* Minnesota Twins * New York Mets * Baltimore Orioles * Milwaukee Brewers * Oakland Athletics * Detroit Tigers".
- Rich_Becker throws "Left".
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