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Full Name:
 

Timothy Lamar Beckham​

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Nicknames:

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“Swaggy T”

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Born:  
   

January 27, 1990 (age 28)

Griffin, Georgia

Home neighborhood: Crestview Heights

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Family:  

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Father: Jimmy

Mother: Ella

Brothers: Stephen and Jeremy

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His brother Jeremy played baseball at Georgia Southern University. Drafted by the Rays in 2008.

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School:  

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Griffin JV baseball team

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Griffin High School

Mascot : Grizzly Bear

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Baseball Related:

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2008 - First overall selection by the Tampa Bay Rays (signing bonus of $6.15 million).

 

2013 - Major league debut with the Rays.

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2014 - Missed the season after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament.

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2017 - Traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Tobias Myers.

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Extra:

 

Beckham plays shortstop, the position that star Manny Machado has stated he wants to play.

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Sample Heckles:

 

"You are a first overall bust."​

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Heckle him on twitter:

 

@t_beckham1

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