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Josh Beckett

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 4, 2001

Born May 15, 1980 in Spring, TX

Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed September 1, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 21 FLA NL   2   2   4   4   0   0   0  0   24.0   14    9    4   3   11   24   1   1    99   0   0  1.50  4.23  282 1.042
 2002 22 FLA NL   6   7  23  21   0   0   0  0  107.7   93   56   49  13   44  113   1   5   454   2   0  4.10  4.03   98 1.272
 2003 23 FLA NL   9   8  24  23   0   0   1  0  142.0  132   54   48   9   56  152   2   6   601   4   1  3.04  4.20  138 1.324
 2004 24 FLA NL   9   9  26  26   1   1   0  0  156.7  137   72   66  16   54  152   6   5   654   3   0  3.79  4.10  108 1.219
 2005 25 FLA NL  15   8  29  29   2   1   0  0  178.7  153   75   67  14   58  166   7   5   729   2   0  3.38  3.98  118 1.181
 2006 26 BOS AL  16  11  33  33   0   0   0  0  204.7  191  120  114  36   74  158  10  11   869   1   1  5.01  4.75   95 1.295
 2007 27 BOS AL  20   7  30  30   1   0   0  0  200.7  189   76   73  17   40  194   5   3   822   0   0  3.27  4.74  145 1.141 MVP-22,CYA-2,AS
 2008 28 BOS AL   4   2   6   6   0   0   0  0   41.3   31   18   17   4    8   42   1   2   163   0   0  3.70  4.33  117 0.944
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .600  81  54 175 172   4   2   1  0 1055.7  940  480  438 112  345 1001  33  38  4391  12   2  3.73  4.34  116 1.217
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  10  34  33   0   0   0  0  206.7  184   94   85  21   67  196   6   7   860   2   0  3.73  4.34  116 1.217
 Career High     20  11  33  33   2   1   1  0  204.7  191  120  114  36   74  194  10  11   869   4   1  3.04  4.75  145 0.944

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 21 FLA NL   4    7    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .286  .286  .429   84    3   2   0   0   0   0
 2002 22 FLA NL  23   31    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  21  .032  .032  .065  -75    2   5   0   0   0   0
 2003 23 FLA NL  24   46    3    7   2  0   0    3   0  0   1  14  .152  .170  .196   -4    9   5   0   0   0   1
 2004 24 FLA NL  26   44    2    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  18  .159  .196  .182    1    8   9   0   0   0   0
 2005 25 FLA NL  29   59    5    9   3  0   1    6   0  0   7  17  .153  .239  .254   33   15   4   1   0   0   1
 2006 26 BOS AL  33    7    2    3   0  0   1    3   0  0   0   2  .429  .429  .857  215    6   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 27 BOS AL   3   11    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .182  .182  .273   15    3   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-22,AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      142  205   14   31   9  0   2   15   0  0  10  74  .151  .190  .224   10   46  25   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        234   16   35  10  0   2   17   0  0  11  84  .151  .190  .224   10   52  29   1   0   0   2
 Career High     33   59    5    9   3  0   1    6   0  0   7  21                          15   9   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 21 FLA NL    9    7    1   3.8   109| .286  .265| .286  .336| .429  .434| .715  .770|  84  .378  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2002 22 FLA NL   36   35    0   0.0   105| .032  .262| .032  .336| .065  .417| .097  .753| -75  .000  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 2003 23 FLA NL   52   45    2   1.2   108| .152  .266| .170  .338| .196  .427| .366  .765|  -4  .069  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 2004 24 FLA NL   55   46    2   1.2   107| .159  .264| .196  .334| .182  .427| .378  .762|   1  .065  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 2005 25 FLA NL   71   56    4   1.9   103| .153  .261| .239  .331| .254  .416| .493  .747|  33  .154  -5.5  -0.5   0%
 2006 26 BOS AL    7    4    3  20.0   115| .429  .281| .429  .347| .857  .447|1.286  .794| 215  .921   1.1   0.1   0%
 2007 27 BOS AL   11    9    1   3.0   112| .182  .278| .182  .346| .273  .435| .455  .781|  15  .275  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       241  202   13   1.7   106| .151  .265| .190  .335| .224  .424| .414  .759|  10  .127 -27.2  -2.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 21 FLA NL P 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 0.45 2.25 1.76 4 24.0 2002 22 FLA NL P 23 11 9 1 0 .952 .962 0.87 0.48 1.67 1.83 21 107.7 2003 23 FLA NL P 24 6 19 1 0 .962 .958 1.04 0.48 1.58 1.85 23 142.0 2004 24 FLA NL P 26 4 17 2 0 .913 .963 0.81 0.47 1.21 1.84 26 156.7 2005 25 FLA NL P 29 6 31 1 1 .974 .961 1.28 0.46 1.86 1.75 29 178.7 2006 26 BOS AL P 33 14 24 0 3 1.000 .957 1.15 0.41 1.67 1.56 33 204.7 2007 27 BOS AL P 30 18 12 2 1 .938 .955 1.00 0.42 1.35 1.60 30 200.7 AS 2008 28 BOS AL P 6 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 1.00 0.47 1.31 1.77 6 41.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 21 FLA NL P 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 0.45 2.25 1.76 4 24.0 2002 22 FLA NL P 23 11 9 1 0 .952 .962 0.87 0.48 1.67 1.83 21 107.7 2003 23 FLA NL P 24 6 19 1 0 .962 .958 1.04 0.48 1.58 1.85 23 142.0 2004 24 FLA NL P 26 4 17 2 0 .913 .963 0.81 0.47 1.21 1.84 26 156.7 2005 25 FLA NL P 29 6 31 1 1 .974 .961 1.28 0.46 1.86 1.75 29 178.7 2006 26 BOS AL P 33 14 24 0 3 1.000 .957 1.15 0.41 1.67 1.56 33 204.7 2007 27 BOS AL P 30 18 12 2 1 .938 .955 1.00 0.42 1.35 1.60 30 200.7 2008 28 BOS AL P 6 3 3 1 0 .857 .968 1.00 0.47 1.31 1.77 6 41.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 175 62 121 8 5 .958 .959 1.05 0.45 1.56 1.72 172 1055.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 175 62 121 8 5 .958 .959 1.05 0.45 1.56 1.72 172 1056
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  FLA SFG     W   1   1   1.29  0  1  0  0   7     2   1   5   9 
        NLCS  FLA CHC     W   3   2   3.26  1  0  0  1  19.1  11   7   2  19 
        WS    FLA NYY     W   2   2   1.10  1  1  0  1  16.1   8   2   5  19 
 2007   ALDS  BOS LAA     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  1   9     4   0   0   8 
        ALCS  BOS CLE     W   2   2   1.93  2  0  0  0  14     9   3   1  18 
        WS    BOS COL     W   1   1   1.29  1  0  0  0   7     6   1   1   9 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   2   2   0.56  1  1  0  1  16     6   1   5  17 
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   5   4   2.70  3  0  0  1  33.1  20  10   3  37 
  2 World Series        2-0   3   3   1.16  2  1  0  1  23.1  14   3   6  28 
  6 Postseason Ser      6-0  10   9   1.73  6  2  0  3  72.2  40  14  14  82 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  FLA SFG     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
        NLCS  FLA CHC     W   3   8   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   3  .250  .333  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    FLA NYY     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   3-0   5  11   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   6  .182  .250  .182   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2007   BOS AL      1  0  0   2     1   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2007   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2007 *

Awards
2003-NL-Babe Ruth Award
2003-ML-WS MVP
2007-ALCS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-AL-22-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2007-AL-2-0.61
Car-79-0.61 shares

ERA
2007 AL-3.27-6
Act-3.73-19

Wins
2005 NL-15-9
2006 AL-16-8
2007 AL-20-1
2008 AL-4-10

Won-Loss %
2005 NL-.652-9
2007 AL-.741-2
Act-.600-16

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2005 NL-1.181-10
2007 AL-1.141-6
2008 AL-.944-4
Act-1.217-11

Hits Allowed/9IP
2005 NL-7.71-7
2006 AL-8.40-5
2008 AL-6.75-7
Act-8.01-11

Bases on Balls/9IP
2007 AL-1.79-6
2008 AL-1.74-8

Strikeouts/9IP
2005 NL-8.36-9
2007 AL-8.70-7
2008 AL-9.15-2
Act-8.53-9
Car-8.53-15

Strikeouts
2007 AL-194-7
2008 AL-42-4

Games Started
2006 AL-33-6

Shutouts
2004 NL-1-9
2005 NL-1-8

Home Runs Allow.
2006 AL-36-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
2006 AL-74-5

SO to Walk
2007 AL-4.85-3
2008 AL-5.25-3
Act-2.90-14
Car-2.90-39

Earned Runs Allow.
2006 AL-114-4

Wild Pitches
2006 AL-11-5

Hit Batsmen
2006 AL-10-6

Adjusted ERA+
2007 AL-145-4
Act-116-24

Youngest Player
2001 NL-21-4

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (462) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 47 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 18.0 (344) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 30.0 (425) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed September 1, 1999.

November 24, 2005: Traded by the Florida Marlins with Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota to the Boston Red Sox for Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, Harvey Garcia, and Jesus Delgado (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Florida Marlins$2,156,250
2003Florida Marlins$1,725,000
2004Florida Marlins$1,509,375
2005Florida Marlins$2,400,000
2006Boston Red Sox$4,325,000
2007Boston Red Sox$6,666,667
Career (may be incomplete)$18,782,292

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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