Rod Beck Trades and Transactions

The Rod Beck trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Rod Beck has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"The reliever known as 'Shooter' once said: 'I sure don't think of myself as a fat person, just someone who carries extra weight. I've never seen anyone on the DL with pulled fat.'" - AP Sports Writer Rick Gano in the Boca Raton News (02/22/1999, 'Beck going after 51', Sports Section - Page 11)

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Rod Beck Autograph on a 1993 Topps (#308)

Rod Beck Autograph on a 1993 Topps (#308)
 

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Birth Name:   Rodney Roy Beck
Nickname:   Rod or Shooter
Born On:   08-03-1968  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Burbank, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-23-2007
Place of Death Data Died In:   Phoenix, Arizona
Cemetery:   Desert Hills Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Arizona
High School:   Grant High School (Van Nuys, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   236
First Game:   05-06-1991 (Age 22)
Last Game:   08-14-2004
Draft:   1986 : 13th Round (327th)
Rod Beck

Trades & Transactions

06-02-1986: Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 13th round — free-agent draft.
03-23-1988: Traded by Oakland Athletics to San Francisco Giants.
10-27-1997: Granted free agency.
01-15-1998: Signed by Chicago Cubs.
08-31-1999: Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox for Mark Guthrie and Cole Liniak.
11-05-2001: Granted free agency.
01-02-2003: Signed by Chicago Cubs.
05-31-2003: Released by Chicago Cubs.
06-02-2003: Signed by San Diego Padres.
10-27-2003: Granted free agency.
12-06-2003: Signed by San Diego Padres.
08-19-2004: Released by San Diego Padres.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Rod Beck trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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