Bill Beckmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBill Beckmann
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1907
Place of Birth: Clayton, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 02-Jan-1990
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Bill Beckmann
- William Aloysius Beckmann (December 8, 1907 – January 2, 1990) was a professional baseball pitcher.
- He pitched all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1939 until 1942.
- He pitched mostly for the Philadelphia Athletics, but appeared in his last two major league games for the St.
- Louis Cardinals. Beckmann spent twelve years in the minor leagues before his MLB debut.
- His professional career began in 1927 with the Danville Veterans of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League.
- He remained in the minors until the Athletics selected him from the Atlanta Crackers in the rule 5 draft following the 1938 season.
- After the end of his MLB career, he pitched just one more season in the minors, playing for the Columbus Red Birds in 1943.
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