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Josh Beckett

Joshua Patrick Beckett

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 15, 1980 in Spring, TX
High School: Spring (Spring, TX)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed September 1, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 2001
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Marlins 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$68M (11-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.030, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Michael Moye [*]
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2000	20	FLA-min	A	2	3	.400	2.12	13	12	0	0	0	0	59.1	45	18	14	4	15	0	61	2	1	1	232		1.011	6.8	0.6	2.3	9.3	4.07	KNC · MIDW
2001	21	FLA-min	AA,A+	14	1	.933	1.54	26	25	0	0	0	0	140.0	82	29	24	8	34	0	203	4	2	2	524		0.829	5.3	0.5	2.2	13.0	5.97	PRT,BRE · EL,FLOR
2001	21	FLA	NL	2	2	.500	1.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	14	9	4	3	11	0	24	1	0	1	99	286	1.042	5.3	1.1	4.1	9.0	2.18
2002	22	FLA-min	A+,Rk	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	9	2	2	0	2	0	19	0	0	1	42		1.100	8.1	0.0	1.8	17.1	9.50	JUP,JUM · FLOR,GULF
2002	22	FLA	NL	6	7	.462	4.10	23	21	0	0	0	0	107.2	93	56	49	13	44	2	113	1	0	5	454	99	1.272	7.8	1.1	3.7	9.4	2.57
2003	23	FLA-min	AA,A+	0	0		2.57	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	26		0.857	7.7	1.3	0.0	15.4		CAR,JUP · SOUL,FLOR
2003	23	FLA	NL	9	8	.529	3.04	24	23	1	0	0	0	142.0	132	54	48	9	56	4	152	2	1	6	601	138	1.324	8.4	0.6	3.5	9.6	2.71
2004	24	FLA	NL	9	9	.500	3.79	26	26	0	1	1	0	156.2	137	72	66	16	54	3	152	6	0	5	654	108	1.219	7.9	0.9	3.1	8.7	2.81
2005	25	FLA	NL	15	8	.652	3.38	29	29	0	2	1	0	178.2	153	75	67	14	58	2	166	7	0	5	728	118	1.181	7.7	0.7	2.9	8.4	2.86
2006	26	BOS	AL	16	11	.593	5.01	33	33	0	0	0	0	204.2	191	120	114	36	74	1	158	10	1	11	869	95	1.295	8.4	1.6	3.3	6.9	2.14
2007	27	BOS	AL	20	7	.741	3.27	30	30	0	1	0	0	200.2	189	76	73	17	40	0	194	5	0	3	822	145	1.141	8.5	0.8	1.8	8.7	4.85	AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008	28	BOS	AL	12	10	.545	4.03	27	27	0	1	0	0	174.1	173	80	78	18	34	1	172	9	0	5	725	115	1.187	8.9	0.9	1.8	8.9	5.06
2009	29	BOS	AL	17	6	.739	3.86	32	32	0	4	2	0	212.1	198	99	91	25	55	1	199	7	1	3	883	122	1.192	8.4	1.1	2.3	8.4	3.62	AS
2010	30	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	32		1.000	7.9	2.2	1.1	7.9	7.00	PAW · IL
2010	30	BOS	AL	6	6	.500	5.78	21	21	0	0	0	0	127.2	151	89	82	20	45	3	116	8	0	3	577	75	1.535	10.6	1.4	3.2	8.2	2.58
2011	31	BOS	AL	13	7	.650	2.89	30	30	0	1	1	0	193.0	146	65	62	21	52	1	175	9	0	6	767	147	1.026	6.8	1.0	2.4	8.2	3.37	AS,CYA-9
11 Seasons				125	81	.607	3.84	279	276	1	10	5	0	1721.2	1577	795	734	192	523	18	1621	65	3	53	7179	115	1.220	8.2	1.0	2.7	8.5	3.10
162 Game Avg.				15	10	.607	3.84	34	34	0	1	1	0	211	193	97	90	24	64	2	199	8	0	6	880	115	1.220	8.2	1.0	2.7	8.5	3.10

BOS (6 yrs)				84	47	.641	4.04	173	173	0	7	3	0	1112.2	1048	529	500	137	300	7	1014	48	2	31	4643	113	1.212	8.5	1.1	2.4	8.2	3.38
FLA (5 yrs)				41	34	.547	3.46	106	103	1	3	2	0	609.0	529	266	234	55	223	11	607	17	1	22	2536	118	1.235	7.8	0.8	3.3	9.0	2.72

AL (6 yrs)			AL	84	47	.641	4.04	173	173	0	7	3	0	1112.2	1048	529	500	137	300	7	1014	48	2	31	4643	113	1.212	8.5	1.1	2.4	8.2	3.38
NL (5 yrs)			NL	41	34	.547	3.46	106	103	1	3	2	0	609.0	529	266	234	55	223	11	607	17	1	22	2536	118	1.235	7.8	0.8	3.3	9.0	2.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2001	21	FLA	NL	24.0	4	9	14	0	.8	5	0.4	$
2002	22	FLA	NL	107.2	21	56	64	-1	1.0	8	0.8	$2,156,250
2003	23	FLA	NL	142.0	23	54	88	-2	1.0	34	3.4	$1,725,000
2004	24	FLA	NL	156.2	26	72	90	1	1.0	18	1.9	$1,509,375
2005	25	FLA	NL	178.2	29	75	103	-6	1.0	28	3.1	$2,400,000
2006	26	BOS	AL	204.2	33	120	141	3	.9	21	1.9	$4,325,000
2007	27	BOS	AL	200.2	30	76	129	10	.9	53	4.7	$6,666,667	AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008	28	BOS	AL	174.1	27	80	115	3	1.0	35	3.3	$10,166,666
2009	29	BOS	AL	212.1	32	99	145	0	.9	46	4.2	$11,166,666	AS
2010	30	BOS	AL	127.2	21	89	79	2	1.0	-10	-1.0	$12,100,000
2011	31	BOS	AL	193.0	30	65	129	0	1.0	64	6.2	$17,000,000	AS,CYA-9
11 Seasons				1721.2	276	795	1097	10	1.0	302	28.9	$69,215,624

BOS (6 yrs)				1112.2	173	529	738	18	.9	209	19.3	$61,424,999
FLA (5 yrs)				609.0	103	266	359	-8	1.0	93	9.6	$7,790,625

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2003	23	FLA	NL	NLDS	W	SFG	0	1	.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	9	0	0	1	28	1.000	2.6	0.0	6.4	11.6	1.80
2003	23	FLA	NL	NLCS	W	CHC	1	0	1.000	3.26	3	2	0	1	1	0	19.1	11	7	7	3	2	0	19	0	0	0	71	0.672	5.1	1.4	0.9	8.8	9.50
2003	23	FLA	NL	WS	W	NYY	1	1	.500	1.10	2	2	0	1	1	0	16.1	8	2	2	0	5	0	19	1	0	0	61	0.796	4.4	0.0	2.8	10.5	3.80

2007	27	BOS	AL	ALDS	W	LAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	31	0.444	4.0	0.0	0.0	8.0
2007	27	BOS	AL	ALCS	W	CLE	2	0	1.000	1.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	18	1	0	1	52	0.714	5.8	0.6	0.6	11.6	18.00
2007	27	BOS	AL	WS	W	COL	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	27	1.000	7.7	0.0	1.3	11.6	9.00
2008	28	BOS	AL	ALDS	W	LAA	0	0		7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	28	2.600	16.2	3.6	7.2	10.8	1.50
2008	28	BOS	AL	ALCS	L	TBR	1	0	1.000	9.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	13	10	10	5	2	0	8	1	0	0	41	1.607	12.5	4.8	1.9	7.7	4.00
2009	29	BOS	AL	ALDS	L	LAA	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	5	4	4	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	27	0.900	6.8	0.0	1.4	4.1	3.00
4 Seasons (9 Series)							7	3	.700	3.07	14	13	0	3	3	0	93.2	67	32	32	11	21	1	99	4	0	3	366	0.940	6.4	1.1	2.0	9.5	4.71
1 NLDS							0	1	.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	9	0	0	1	28	1.000	2.6	0.0	6.4	11.6	1.80
3 ALDS							1	1	.500	3.48	3	3	0	1	1	0	20.2	18	8	8	2	5	0	17	1	0	1	86	1.113	7.8	0.9	2.2	7.4	3.40
2 ALCS							3	0	1.000	5.01	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.1	22	13	13	6	3	0	26	2	0	1	93	1.071	8.5	2.3	1.2	10.0	8.67
1 NLCS							1	0	1.000	3.26	3	2	0	1	1	0	19.1	11	7	7	3	2	0	19	0	0	0	71	0.672	5.1	1.4	0.9	8.8	9.50
2 WS							2	1	.667	1.16	3	3	0	1	1	0	23.1	14	3	3	0	6	0	28	1	0	0	88	0.857	5.4	0.0	2.3	10.8	4.67

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9
2007	BOS	AL	27	0	1	0	1.000	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0

2009	BOS	AL	29

2011	BOS	AL	31

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2001	21	FLA	NL	4	99	87	9	14	3	0	3	2	1	11	24	.161	.263	.299	.561	.183	26	0	1	0	0	0	2
2002	22	FLA	NL	23	454	401	56	93	14	5	13	12	5	44	113	.232	.307	.389	.696	.288	156	4	1	5	3	2	4
2003	23	FLA	NL	24	601	537	54	132	26	2	9	5	5	56	152	.246	.319	.352	.671	.326	189	11	2	5	1	4	4
2004	24	FLA	NL	26	654	582	72	137	32	5	16	5	5	54	152	.235	.305	.390	.695	.290	227	15	6	9	3	3	7
2005	25	FLA	NL	29	728	653	75	153	34	6	14	6	7	58	166	.234	.303	.369	.672	.293	241	17	7	8	2	2	5
2006	26	BOS	AL	33	869	780	120	191	44	4	36	15	1	74	158	.245	.317	.450	.767	.263	351	20	10	2	3	1	5
2007	27	BOS	AL	30	822	772	76	189	45	3	17	14	6	40	194	.245	.286	.377	.663	.306	291	12	5	3	2	0	7
2008	28	BOS	AL	27	725	675	80	173	39	2	18	7	5	34	172	.256	.300	.400	.700	.318	270	9	9	4	3	1	3
2009	29	BOS	AL	32	883	811	99	198	41	3	25	15	3	55	199	.244	.296	.395	.691	.292	320	14	7	5	5	1	7
2010	30	BOS	AL	21	577	518	89	151	36	4	20	18	1	45	116	.292	.356	.492	.848	.341	255	8	8	4	2	3	3
2011	31	BOS	AL	30	767	693	65	146	23	0	21	31	4	52	175	.211	.273	.335	.608	.249	232	14	9	8	5	1	3
11 Seasons				279	7179	6509	795	1577	337	34	192	130	43	523	1621	.242	.304	.393	.697	.293	2558	124	65	53	29	18	50
162 Game Avg.				34	880	797	97	193	41	4	24	16	5	64	199	.242	.304	.393	.697	.293	313	15	8	6	4	2	6
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.418	.750	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
2001	21	FLA	NL	5.5	0.6	103	0.2	1.6	-1.4	.86	0.5	-0.3	3.6	0.4	0.86	5.0	0	0
2002	22	FLA	NL	-1.8	-0.2	475	-0.4	7.7	-8.1	.96	-0.5	0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-3.8	1	1
2003	23	FLA	NL	17.9	1.8	617	1.7	11.2	-9.5	1.00	1.6	0.1	19.0	2.0	1.00	16.9	0	1
2004	24	FLA	NL	5.7	0.6	665	1.0	11.9	-10.9	.99	0.4	0.6	4.9	0.5	0.99	4.5	0	0
2005	25	FLA	NL	11.6	1.2	745	2.2	13.4	-11.3	1.00	2.1	0.0	17.5	1.9	0.99	22.3	0	0
2006	26	BOS	AL	-4.2	-0.4	898	0.3	14.5	-14.3	.93	0.6	-0.3	-3.1	-0.3	0.93	6.2	0	0
2007	27	BOS	AL	32.6	3.3	839	3.3	14.3	-11.0	.87	3.7	0.0	36.5	3.6	0.87	43.1	0	0
2008	28	BOS	AL	12.9	1.3	743	1.6	13.0	-11.3	.97	2.4	-0.7	21.2	2.1	0.97	28.3	0	0
2009	29	BOS	AL	18.4	1.8	904	2.0	15.4	-13.5	.94	2.6	-0.5	20.5	2.0	0.94	32.1	0	0
2010	30	BOS	AL	-19.5	-1.9	597	-1.1	10.2	-11.3	1.03	-1.7	0.6	-22.5	-2.1	1.03	-21.5	0	0
2011	31	BOS	AL	29.3	3.1	809	3.3	14.7	-11.4	1.01	3.1	0.3	33.5	3.5	1.01	32.7	0	0
11 Seasons				108.4	11.3	7395	14.0	127.9	-113.9	.96	14.7	-0.2	129.1	13.4	0.96	165.8	1	2

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2001	21	FLA	NL	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	4	100%	62	72	54	0	0	0	4	5.6	5.7	6.0	87	0	4	0	0	91
2002	22	FLA	NL	23	21	6	7	8	3	1	10	11	.476	3	2	0	0	8	38%	52	74	10	4	3	1	9	4.6	3.9	5.0	83	8	7	5	1	120
2003	23	FLA	NL	24	23	9	8	6	1	3	13	10	.565	2	3	0	0	15	65%	57	75	27	12	4	0	11	5.4	5.0	6.1	99	1	8	12	2	123
2004	24	FLA	NL	26	26	9	9	8	1	0	14	12	.538	3	2	1	1	13	50%	55	81	23	9	0	1	11	3.9	3.8	6.0	94	4	11	10	1	126
2005	25	FLA	NL	29	29	15	8	6	0	1	17	12	.586	3	3	2	1	20	69%	56	87	18	16	8	0	10	5.3	5.3	6.2	96	5	9	14	1	121
2006	26	BOS	AL	33	33	16	11	6	1	2	18	15	.545	2	2	0	0	19	58%	50	81	9	13	5	0	15	5.1	5.7	6.2	98	3	9	20	1	121
2007	27	BOS	AL	30	30	20	7	3	3	2	21	9	.700	1	2	1	0	20	67%	58	77	23	7	0	0	17	6.4	6.4	6.7	103	1	9	20	0	118
2008	28	BOS	AL	27	27	12	10	5	4	4	13	14	.481	1	0	1	0	16	59%	55	78	11	12	8	0	17	4.9	5.3	6.5	100	1	9	17	0	118
2009	29	BOS	AL	32	32	17	6	9	2	1	22	10	.688	1	3	4	2	20	63%	55	88	14	8	4	0	16	5.8	6.4	6.6	105	1	9	20	2	120
2010	30	BOS	AL	21	21	6	6	9	1	2	11	10	.524	2	2	0	0	10	48%	45	80	9	17	7	0	13	5.0	4.8	6.1	103	0	5	16	0	114
2011	31	BOS	AL	30	30	13	7	10	2	2	20	10	.667	3	3	1	1	20	67%	60	91	35	7	3	0	13	3.9	3.8	6.4	100	3	6	20	1	125
11 Seasons				279	276	125	81	70	18	20	161	115	.583	21	22	10	5	165	60%	55	91	9	105	42	2	136	5.0	5.2	6.2	98	27	86	154	9	126
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-12					4.7	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2002	22	FLA	NL	23	2	0	6	.963	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4.5	16
2003	23	FLA	NL	24	1	1	8	.996	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.0	11
2 Seasons				47	3	1		.982	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	4.0	14

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2001	21	FLA	NL	99	42%	3.0%	24.2%	11.1%	6.1%	43%	0.44	0.52	61%	19%	10.3%	29%	10	0	0%
2002	22	FLA	NL	454	50%	2.9%	24.9%	9.7%	7.1%	34%	0.52	0.71	61%	25%	8.8%	19%	80	4	5%
2003	23	FLA	NL	601	54%	1.5%	25.3%	9.3%	6.2%	28%	0.91	1.21	63%	17%	5.5%	18%	121	11	9%
2004	24	FLA	NL	654	50%	2.5%	23.2%	8.3%	8.1%	39%	0.86	1.17	64%	16%	8.2%	15%	122	15	12%
2005	25	FLA	NL	728	49%	1.9%	22.8%	8.0%	7.4%	35%	0.75	0.99	65%	19%	6.1%	17%	119	17	14%
2006	26	BOS	AL	869	50%	4.1%	18.2%	8.5%	9.7%	44%	0.86	1.08	68%	15%	11.8%	9%	140	20	14%
2007	27	BOS	AL	822	50%	2.1%	23.6%	4.9%	7.9%	34%	0.90	1.15	68%	18%	6.7%	16%	107	12	11%
2008	28	BOS	AL	725	45%	2.5%	23.7%	4.7%	8.1%	34%	0.72	0.92	67%	19%	6.7%	9%	96	9	9%
2009	29	BOS	AL	883	43%	2.8%	22.5%	6.2%	7.8%	35%	0.91	1.28	67%	20%	8.7%	10%	135	14	10%
2010	30	BOS	AL	577	43%	3.5%	20.1%	7.8%	10.4%	40%	0.86	1.35	67%	19%	10.5%	11%	88	8	9%
2011	31	BOS	AL	767	41%	2.7%	22.8%	6.8%	5.7%	30%	0.68	0.89	65%	16%	8.2%	16%	109	14	13%
11 Seasons				7179	47%	2.7%	22.6%	7.3%	7.8%	36%	0.80	1.06	66%	18%	8.2%	14%	1127	124	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.3%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.8%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2001	21	FLA	NL	99	349	3.53	226	65%	24%	15%	33%	28%	76%	0%	49%	80%	75%	3%	3	1	26%	26	17	0	25%	10	2	0	0	0
2002	22	FLA	NL	454	1778	3.92	1134	64%	22%	19%	32%	26%	78%	1%	49%	75%	58%	3%	14	9	26%	119	55	6	27%	16	4	0	0	0
2003	23	FLA	NL	601	2289	3.81	1456	64%	26%	20%	27%	27%	74%	2%	47%	73%	62%	4%	27	15	25%	153	86	11	28%	22	8	0	0	0
2004	24	FLA	NL	654	2448	3.74	1604	66%	26%	17%	29%	28%	74%	1%	48%	77%	63%	3%	20	14	28%	182	97	11	32%	30	3	0	0	0
2005	25	FLA	NL	728	2793	3.84	1785	64%	27%	16%	28%	28%	73%	1%	46%	77%	59%	5%	35	23	25%	185	102	8	27%	24	10	0	0	0
2006	26	BOS	AL	869	3237	3.72	2041	63%	28%	14%	28%	31%	72%	0%	46%	81%	61%	5%	44	26	20%	175	73	8	39%	31	17	0	0	0
2007	27	BOS	AL	822	3088	3.76	2041	66%	31%	14%	26%	29%	69%	0%	46%	79%	62%	2%	18	12	27%	219	103	9	39%	30	6	0	0	0
2008	28	BOS	AL	725	2688	3.71	1770	66%	30%	14%	27%	29%	70%	0%	46%	80%	63%	2%	14	7	27%	195	100	6	40%	29	6	0	0	0
2009	29	BOS	AL	883	3364	3.81	2199	65%	31%	14%	27%	28%	69%	0%	45%	80%	64%	3%	28	17	24%	210	114	13	35%	30	10	0	0	0
2010	30	BOS	AL	577	2166	3.75	1343	62%	27%	15%	28%	30%	73%	1%	45%	80%	58%	5%	26	15	20%	115	62	4	32%	18	9	0	0	0
2011	31	BOS	AL	769	2990	3.89	1934	65%	25%	18%	29%	27%	75%	0%	48%	76%	61%	4%	31	22	23%	175	88	7	27%	22	8	-2	0	0
11 Seasons				7181	27190	3.79	17533	64%	28%	16%	28%	28%	72%	1%	47%	78%	62%	4%	260	161	24%	1754	897	83	33%	262	83	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.77		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2001	21	FLA	NL	99	14	1	0	3	0	4	2	1	1	2	4	0	1	0%	2	1	0	25	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2002	22	FLA	NL	454	93	8	1	13	0	8	4	9	7	6	15	9	3	60%	4	5	0	163	12	5	71%	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
2003	23	FLA	NL	601	132	12	1	9	0	18	6	3	5	4	28	11	9	39%	4	6	0	224	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2004	24	FLA	NL	654	137	14	4	16	0	5	6	10	8	8	38	17	8	45%	7	5	1	242	5	5	50%	5	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	15	0
2005	25	FLA	NL	728	153	16	2	14	0	5	7	7	5	9	23	14	5	61%	5	5	1	252	6	7	46%	5	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
2006	26	BOS	AL	869	191	21	1	36	2	15	16	20	12	24	46	25	7	54%	5	11	3	280	15	1	94%	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	21	0
2007	27	BOS	AL	822	189	20	0	17	1	5	11	6	10	7	35	13	13	37%	7	3	0	273	14	6	70%	11	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	0
2008	28	BOS	AL	725	173	13	0	18	0	11	6	12	10	8	24	13	5	54%	3	5	0	231	7	5	58%	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
2009	29	BOS	AL	883	198	23	1	25	0	11	14	11	13	12	39	21	8	54%	7	3	0	282	15	3	83%	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2010	30	BOS	AL	577	151	24	4	20	0	20	5	15	9	11	41	20	7	49%	3	3	1	186	18	1	95%	15	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
2011	31	BOS	AL	767	146	17	3	21	0	7	11	10	9	12	21	9	4	43%	3	6	1	239	31	4	89%	28	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
11 Seasons				7179	1577	169	17	192	3	109	88	104	89	103	314	152	70	48%	50	53	7	2397	130	43	75%	114	38	15	5	1	0	7	1	112	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2001	21	2	2	.500	1.50	4	4	0	0	0	24.0	14	9	4	3	11	0	24	1	0	1	99	286	1.042	5.3	1.1	4.1	9.0	2.18	286
2002	22	8	9	.471	3.62	27	25	0	0	0	131.2	107	65	53	16	55	2	137	2	0	6	553	113	1.230	7.3	1.1	3.8	9.4	2.49	113
2003	23	17	17	.500	3.32	51	48	1	0	0	273.2	239	119	101	25	111	6	289	4	1	12	1154	125	1.279	7.9	0.8	3.7	9.5	2.60	125
2004	24	26	26	.500	3.49	77	74	1	1	1	430.1	376	191	167	41	165	9	441	10	1	17	1808	118	1.257	7.9	0.9	3.5	9.2	2.67	118
2005	25	41	34	.547	3.46	106	103	1	3	2	609.0	529	266	234	55	223	11	607	17	1	22	2536	118	1.235	7.8	0.8	3.3	9.0	2.72	118
2006	26	57	45	.559	3.85	139	136	1	3	2	813.2	720	386	348	91	297	12	765	27	2	33	3405	111	1.250	8.0	1.0	3.3	8.5	2.58	111
2007	27	77	52	.597	3.74	169	166	1	4	2	1014.1	909	462	421	108	337	12	959	32	2	36	4227	117	1.228	8.1	1.0	3.0	8.5	2.85	117
2008	28	89	62	.589	3.78	196	193	1	5	2	1188.2	1082	542	499	126	371	13	1131	41	2	41	4952	116	1.222	8.2	1.0	2.8	8.6	3.05	116
2009	29	106	68	.609	3.79	228	225	1	9	4	1401.0	1280	641	590	151	426	14	1330	48	3	44	5835	117	1.218	8.2	1.0	2.7	8.5	3.12	117
2010	30	112	74	.602	3.96	249	246	1	9	4	1528.2	1431	730	672	171	471	17	1446	56	3	47	6412	112	1.244	8.4	1.0	2.8	8.5	3.07	112
2011	31	125	81	.607	3.84	279	276	1	10	5	1721.2	1577	795	734	192	523	18	1621	65	3	53	7179	115	1.220	8.2	1.0	2.7	8.5	3.10	115

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2001	21	2	0	1.000	1.50	24.0	14	4	4	3	11	24	1	1.042	5.3	4.1	9.0	2.18	1.1	4
2002	22	5	6	.455	4.33	104.0	95	56	50	13	45	110	1	1.346	8.2	3.9	9.5	2.44	1.1	23
2003	23	9	6	.600	3.07	138.0	130	52	47	9	55	148	2	1.341	8.5	3.6	9.7	2.69	0.6	24
2004	24	8	8	.500	3.91	152.0	138	73	66	16	54	147	6	1.263	8.2	3.2	8.7	2.72	0.9	26
2005	25	9	9	.500	3.80	168.0	157	79	71	14	60	156	7	1.292	8.4	3.2	8.4	2.60	0.8	29
2006	26	9	13	.409	4.73	200.0	186	117	105	35	72	155	10	1.290	8.4	3.2	7.0	2.15	1.6	33
2007	27	14	8	.636	3.03	199.0	182	74	67	16	39	192	5	1.111	8.2	1.8	8.7	4.92	0.7	30
2008	28	10	9	.526	3.82	172.0	168	81	73	17	33	169	9	1.169	8.8	1.7	8.8	5.12	0.9	27
2009	29	13	10	.565	3.64	210.0	193	94	85	24	54	197	7	1.176	8.3	2.3	8.4	3.65	1.0	32
2010	30	4	9	.308	6.00	123.0	153	91	82	20	46	112	8	1.618	11.2	3.4	8.2	2.43	1.5	21
2011	31	13	7	.650	3.06	185.0	149	70	63	21	53	168	9	1.092	7.2	2.6	8.2	3.17	1.0	30
11 Seasons		96	85	.530	3.83	1675.0	1565	791	713	188	522	1578	65	1.246	8.4		8.5	3.02	1.0	279

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2007 * 2009 2011	Awards (yr lg award) 2003 NL Babe Ruth Award 2003 ML WS MVP 2007 AL ALCS MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2007 AL (22, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1498th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2007 AL (2, 61%) 2011 AL (9, 2%) 0.63 Career Shares (84th)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2011 AL 6.1 (10th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2011 AL 6.2 (4th) Active 28.9 (20th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2007 AL 3.27 (6th) 2011 AL 2.89 (5th) Active 3.84 (23rd)	Wins s c a p y 2005 NL 15 (9th) 2006 AL 16 (8th) 2007 AL 20 (1st) 2009 AL 17 (4th) Active 125 (20th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 2005 NL .652 (9th) 2007 AL .741 (2nd) 2009 AL .739 (2nd) 2011 AL .650 (7th) Active .607 (12th) Career .607 (98th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2005 NL 1.181 (10th) 2007 AL 1.141 (6th) 2008 AL 1.187 (7th) 2009 AL 1.192 (8th) 2011 AL 1.026 (4th) Active 1.220 (12th) Career 1.220 (184th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 NL 7.707 (7th) 2006 AL 8.399 (5th) 2011 AL 6.808 (2nd) Active 8.244 (15th) Career 8.244 (204th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2007 AL 1.794 (6th) 2008 AL 1.755 (7th) 2009 AL 2.331 (9th) Active 2.734 (29th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 NL 8.362 (9th) 2007 AL 8.701 (7th) 2008 AL 8.880 (2nd) 2009 AL 8.435 (5th) Active 8.474 (8th) Career 8.474 (19th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2009 AL 212.3 (9th) Active 1,721.7 (33rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2007 AL 194 (7th) 2008 AL 172 (8th) 2009 AL 199 (6th) Active 1,621 (18th) Career 1,621 (141st)	Games Started s c a p y 2006 AL 33 (6th) Active 276 (27th)
Complete Games s c a p y 2009 AL 4 (3rd) Active 10 (42nd)	Shutouts s c a p y 2004 NL 1 (9th) 2005 NL 1 (8th) 2009 AL 2 (3rd) 2011 AL 1 (8th) Active 5 (25th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2006 AL 36 (2nd) Active 192 (32nd) Career 192 (228th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2006 AL 74 (5th) Active 523 (35th)
Hits s c a p y Active 1,577 (39th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2007 AL 4.850 (3rd) 2008 AL 5.059 (2nd) 2009 AL 3.618 (5th) Active 3.099 (13th) Career 3.099 (37th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2005 NL 0.705 (9th) 2007 AL 0.763 (10th) Active 1.004 (41st)	Losses s c a p y Active 81 (41st)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2006 AL 114 (4th) Active 734 (36th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2006 AL 11 (5th) Active 53 (31st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2006 AL 10 (6th) Active 65 (29th) Career 65 (234th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2009 AL 883 (9th) Active 7,179 (35th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2007 AL 145 (4th) 2011 AL 147 (5th) Active 115 (20th) Career 115 (208th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2007 AL 33 (4th) 2011 AL 29 (6th) Active 108 (25th) Career 108 (217th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2007 AL 3.3 (4th) 2011 AL 3.1 (6th) Active 11.3 (25th) Career 11.3 (224th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2007 AL 36.48 (3rd) 2011 AL 33.50 (6th) Active 129.07 (23rd) Career 129.07 (112th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2007 AL 3.3 (10th) 2011 AL 3.3 (10th) Active 14.0 (24th) Career 14.0 (118th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2007 AL 3.7 (2nd) 2008 AL 2.4 (7th) 2009 AL 2.6 (8th) 2011 AL 3.1 (6th) Active 14.7 (11th) Career 14.7 (73rd)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2007 AL 3.6 (3rd) 2011 AL 3.5 (6th) Active 13.4 (24th) Career 13.4 (120th)	Salary s c a p y 2011 AL $17,000,000 (9th)
Youngest s c a p y 2001 NL born 1980-05-15 (4th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 70 (349), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 47 (290), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 24 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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