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Josh Beckett    \BECK-it\

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 HS (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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Marlins/Dodgers 2001-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$68M (11-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 11.030, 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
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 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 98 1.272 7.8 1.1 3.7 9.4 2.57
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 3 883 121 1.192 8.4 1.1 2.3 8.4 3.62 AS
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 6 767 149 1.026 6.8 1.0 2.4 8.2 3.37 AS,CYA-9
2012 32 TOT MLB 7 14 .333 4.65 28 28 0 0 0 0 170.1 174 91 88 21 52 6 132 5 0 5 730 90 1.327 9.2 1.1 2.7 7.0 2.54
2012 32 BOS AL 5 11 .313 5.23 21 21 0 0 0 0 127.1 131 75 74 16 38 2 94 5 0 4 547 82 1.327 9.3 1.1 2.7 6.6 2.47
2012 32 LAD NL 2 3 .400 2.93 7 7 0 0 0 0 43.0 43 16 14 5 14 4 38 0 0 1 183 131 1.326 9.0 1.0 2.9 8.0 2.71
2013 33 LAD NL 0 5 .000 5.19 8 8 0 1 0 0 43.1 50 30 25 8 15 2 41 1 0 0 195 71 1.500 10.4 1.7 3.1 8.5 2.73
13 Yrs 132 100 .569 3.94 315 312 1 11 5 0 1935.1 1801 916 847 221 590 26 1794 71 3 58 8104 111 1.235 8.4 1.0 2.7 8.3 3.04
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .569 3.94 34 34 0 1 1 0 210 195 99 92 24 64 3 195 8 0 6 879 111 1.235 8.4 1.0 2.7 8.3 3.04
BOS (7 yrs) 89 58 .605 4.17 194 194 0 7 3 0 1240.0 1179 604 574 153 338 9 1108 53 2 35 5190 109 1.223 8.6 1.1 2.5 8.0 3.28
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
LAD (2 yrs) 2 8 .200 4.07 15 15 0 1 0 0 86.1 93 46 39 13 29 6 79 1 0 1 378 92 1.413 9.7 1.4 3.0 8.2 2.72
AL (7 yrs) 89 58 .605 4.17 194 194 0 7 3 0 1240.0 1179 604 574 153 338 9 1108 53 2 35 5190 109 1.223 8.6 1.1 2.5 8.0 3.28
NL (7 yrs) 43 42 .506 3.53 121 118 1 4 2 0 695.1 622 312 273 68 252 17 686 18 1 23 2914 114 1.257 8.1 0.9 3.3 8.9 2.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2001 21 FLA NL 24.0 4 4 9 3.38 4.61 0.07 0.17 99.4 4.69 3 0.4 -0.0 0.6 6 .591 .502
2002 22 FLA NL 107.2 23 21 56 4.68 4.62 -0.07 0.16 99.0 4.80 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 1.0 11 .504 .501 $2,156,250
2003 23 FLA NL 142.0 24 23 54 3.42 4.87 -0.09 0.18 97.2 5.00 24 2.7 .0 -0.1 3.8 37 .611 .516 $1,725,000
2004 24 FLA NL 156.2 26 26 72 4.14 4.65 0.07 0.18 96.0 4.57 7 0.7 -0.1 1.9 21 .526 .504 $1,509,375
2005 25 FLA NL 178.2 29 29 75 3.78 4.47 -0.39 0.16 95.2 4.78 20 2.1 -0.1 3.5 35 .574 .513 $2,400,000
2006 26 BOS AL 204.2 33 33 120 5.28 5.10 -0.17 0.20 104.5 5.71 7 0.7 -0.1 2.7 33 .522 .504 $4,325,000
2007 27 BOS AL 200.2 30 30 76 3.41 4.98 0.06 0.19 105.7 5.40 43 4.6 -0.1 6.5 67 .653 .528 $6,666,667 AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008 28 BOS AL 174.1 27 27 80 4.13 4.75 0.13 0.18 106.4 5.12 16 1.7 -0.1 3.3 38 .562 .510 $10,166,666
2009 29 BOS AL 212.1 32 32 99 4.20 4.93 -0.11 0.19 105.2 5.50 29 3.1 -0.2 5.1 54 .595 .519 $11,166,666 AS
2010 30 BOS AL 127.2 21 21 89 6.27 4.47 0.18 0.16 106.0 4.72 -23 -2.2 -0.1 -1.0 -9 .395 .486 $12,100,000
2011 31 BOS AL 193.0 30 30 65 3.03 4.55 0.19 0.16 103.1 4.67 35 3.9 -0.1 5.8 55 .632 .524 $17,000,000 AS,CYA-9
2012 32 BOS AL 127.1 21 21 75 5.30 4.42 0.30 0.17 107.4 4.61 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.2 3 .452 .494
2012 32 LAD NL 43.0 7 7 16 3.35 4.49 -0.03 0.17 96.7 4.54 5 0.6 -0.0 0.9 9 .587 .504 $15,750,000
2013 33 LAD NL 43.1 8 8 30 6.23 4.59 0.15 0.17 96.4 4.45 -9 -0.9 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .386 .494 $15,750,000
13 Seasons 1935.1 315 312 916 4.26 4.73 0.00 0.18 102.2 5.01 147 16.4 .5 -1.3 33.7 356 .552 .507 $100,715,624
BOS (7 yrs) 1240.0 194 194 604 4.38 4.78 0.06 0.18 105.3 5.16 96 10.8 -0.8 22.6 241 .556 .509 $61,424,999
FLA (5 yrs) 609.0 106 103 266 3.93 4.64 -0.13 0.17 96.7 4.78 55 5.9 .5 -0.4 10.7 110 .556 .507 $7,790,625
LAD (2 yrs) 86.1 15 15 46 4.80 4.54 0.06 0.17 96.5 4.49 -4 -0.3 -0.1 0.4 4 .480 .499 $31,500,000

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 Yrs (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
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
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
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 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
2007 BOS AL 27 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 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
2012 32 BOS AL 21 547 493 75 131 26 4 16 15 2 38 94 .266 .320 .432 .752 .294 213 7 5 3 8 2 2
2012 32 LAD NL 7 183 167 16 43 6 1 5 4 1 14 38 .257 .315 .395 .710 .306 66 2 0 2 0 4 2
2012 32 TOT MLB 28 730 660 91 174 32 5 21 19 3 52 132 .264 .319 .423 .741 .297 279 9 5 5 8 6 4
2013 33 LAD NL 8 195 173 30 50 12 0 8 3 2 15 41 .289 .347 .497 .844 .336 86 2 1 5 1 2 4
13 Yrs 315 8104 7342 916 1801 381 39 221 152 48 590 1794 .245 .306 .398 .704 .295 2923 135 71 63 38 26 58
162 Game Avg. 34 879 796 99 195 41 4 24 16 5 64 195 .245 .306 .398 .704 .295 317 15 8 7 4 3 6
MLB Averages .262 .330 .417 .747 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 21 FLA NL 5.5 0.6 103 0.2 1.6 -1.4 .85 0.5 -0.3 3.5 0.4 0.85 4.9 0 0 0
2002 22 FLA NL -2.3 -0.2 475 -0.4 7.7 -8.1 .96 -0.5 0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.96 -3.9 1 0 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 0 1
2004 24 FLA NL 5.7 0.6 665 1.0 11.9 -10.9 .99 0.4 0.6 4.8 0.5 0.99 4.3 0 0 0
2005 25 FLA NL 11.6 1.2 745 2.2 13.4 -11.3 .99 2.1 0.0 17.5 1.9 0.99 22.2 0 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 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 0
2008 28 BOS AL 12.9 1.3 743 1.6 12.9 -11.4 .97 2.4 -0.8 20.6 2.0 0.97 27.5 0 0 0
2009 29 BOS AL 17.6 1.8 904 1.9 15.4 -13.5 .94 2.5 -0.5 19.9 1.9 0.94 31.3 0 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 -21.7 0 0 0
2011 31 BOS AL 29.8 3.2 809 3.3 14.7 -11.4 1.01 3.1 0.2 33.2 3.5 1.01 34.4 0 0 0
2012 32 TOT MLB -5.4 -0.5 755 -1.3 11.6 -12.9 .95 0.1 -1.5 -7.9 -0.7 0.95 0.8 0 0 0
2012 32 BOS AL -9.6 -0.9 565 -1.5 8.3 -9.8 .91 -0.0 -1.6 -10.4 -1.0 0.91 -1.1 0 0 0
2012 32 LAD NL 4.1 0.4 190 0.2 3.3 -3.1 1.08 0.2 -0.0 2.5 0.3 1.08 1.9 0 0 0
2013 33 LAD NL -8.9 -0.9 200 -1.4 3.2 -4.6 1.11 -1.1 -0.2 -10.7 -1.1 1.11 -11.8 0 0 0
13 Yrs 93.3 9.8 8350 11.1 142.6 -131.5 .97 13.6 -2.1 108.6 11.4 0.97 154.4 1 0 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% 61.8 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% 51.8 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% 56.7 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% 54.8 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% 56.3 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% 49.8 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% 57.8 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% 54.8 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% 55.3 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% 44.8 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% 60.0 91 35 7 3 0 13 3.9 3.8 6.4 100 3 6 20 1 125
2012 32 TOT MLB 28 28 7 14 7 0 3 10 18 .357 2 4 0 0 13 46% 0.0 76 15 22 3 0 17 3.8 3.9 6.1 94 2 16 9 1 126
2012 32 BOS AL 21 21 5 11 5 0 3 7 14 .333 1 4 0 0 10 48% 48.4 76 15 12 2 0 12 4.1 4.1 6.1 93 2 12 6 1 126
2012 32 LAD NL 7 7 2 3 2 0 0 3 4 .429 1 0 0 0 3 43% 54.4 66 43 10 1 0 5 3.0 3.3 6.1 96 0 4 3 0 108
2013 33 LAD NL 8 8 0 5 3 0 2 1 7 .125 0 2 1 0 3 38% 46.0 75 29 2 0 0 6 2.8 2.9 5.4 92 1 4 3 0 108
13 Yrs 315 312 132 100 80 18 25 172 140 .551 23 28 11 5 181 58% 54 91 9 129 45 2 159 4.9 5.0 6.2 98 30 106 166 10 126
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 101 -13 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 22 FLA NL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .963 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 16
2003 23 FLA NL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .996 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 11
2 Yrs 47 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .982 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 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% 0.41 0.52 61% 19% 9.4% 27% 10 0 0%
2002 22 FLA NL 454 50% 2.9% 24.9% 9.7% 7.1% 34% 0.48 0.71 61% 25% 8.1% 18% 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%
2012 32 TOT MLB 730 46% 2.9% 18.1% 7.1% 8.0% 33% 0.76 0.93 71% 18% 8.0% 12% 121 9 7%
2012 32 BOS AL 547 44% 2.9% 17.2% 7.0% 8.4% 35% 0.71 0.87 71% 19% 7.7% 12% 89 7 8%
2012 32 LAD NL 183 51% 2.7% 20.8% 7.7% 6.6% 28% 0.95 1.17 68% 17% 8.9% 13% 32 2 6%
2013 33 LAD NL 195 50% 4.1% 21.0% 7.7% 10.3% 40% 0.66 1.02 64% 24% 10.7% 6% 35 2 6%
13 Yrs 8104 47% 2.7% 22.1% 7.3% 7.9% 36% 0.79 1.05 66% 18% 8.2% 13% 1283 135 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 20% 7.7% 12% 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 455 1780 3.91 1135 64% 23% 19% 32% 26% 77% 1% 49% 75% 58% 3% 14 9 26% 119 55 6 27% 16 4 -1 0 0
2003 23 FLA NL 602 2294 3.81 1458 64% 26% 20% 27% 27% 74% 2% 47% 73% 62% 4% 27 15 25% 153 86 11 28% 22 8 -1 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 730 2798 3.83 1787 64% 27% 16% 28% 28% 73% 1% 46% 77% 59% 5% 35 23 25% 185 102 8 27% 24 10 -2 0 0
2006 26 BOS AL 870 3239 3.72 2041 63% 28% 14% 28% 31% 72% 0% 46% 81% 61% 5% 44 26 20% 175 73 8 39% 31 17 -1 0 0
2007 27 BOS AL 826 3099 3.75 2046 66% 31% 14% 26% 28% 69% 0% 46% 79% 62% 2% 18 12 27% 220 103 9 39% 30 6 -4 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 884 3367 3.81 2201 65% 31% 14% 27% 28% 69% 0% 45% 80% 64% 3% 28 17 24% 211 114 13 35% 30 10 -1 0 0
2010 30 BOS AL 578 2172 3.76 1346 62% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 45% 80% 58% 4% 26 15 20% 115 62 4 32% 18 9 -1 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
2012 32 TOT MLB 730 2630 3.60 1699 65% 26% 15% 28% 32% 74% 2% 48% 80% 61% 5% 33 23 26% 187 100 8 30% 27 4 0 0 0
2012 32 BOS AL 547 1955 3.57 1274 65% 25% 15% 27% 32% 75% 0% 49% 80% 63% 4% 23 19 28% 152 80 6 22% 20 2 0 0 0
2012 32 LAD NL 183 675 3.69 425 63% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 5% 46% 81% 56% 5% 10 4 19% 35 20 2 47% 7 2 0 0 0
2013 33 LAD NL 196 739 3.77 467 63% 27% 19% 25% 30% 73% 2% 46% 74% 63% 4% 8 4 23% 46 21 3 20% 7 2 -1 0 0
13 Yrs 8118 30593 3.77 19714 64% 27% 16% 28% 29% 73% 1% 47% 78% 62% 4% 301 188 25% 1989 1018 94 32% 296 89 -14 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 0 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 1 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 0 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 0 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
2012 32 TOT MLB 730 174 24 5 21 0 17 8 13 8 13 47 27 5 57% 4 5 0 229 19 3 86% 15 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
2012 32 BOS AL 547 131 16 2 16 0 12 5 11 6 10 40 25 4 63% 2 4 0 171 15 2 88% 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2012 32 LAD NL 183 43 8 3 5 0 5 3 2 2 3 7 2 1 29% 2 1 0 58 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2013 33 LAD NL 195 50 1 0 8 0 4 5 3 4 4 13 10 1 77% 4 0 0 70 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Yrs 8104 1801 194 22 221 3 130 101 120 101 120 374 189 76 51% 58 58 7 2696 152 48 76% 132 43 19 5 1 0 3 1 132 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
2001 21 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 2.18 286
2002 22 8 9 .471 3.62 27 25 0 0 0 0 131.2 107 65 53 16 55 2 137 2 0 6 553 112 1.230 7.3 1.1 3.8 9.4 2.49 112
2003 23 17 17 .500 3.32 51 48 1 0 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 0 430.1 376 191 167 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 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 2.72 118
2006 26 57 45 .559 3.85 139 136 1 3 2 0 813.2 720 386 348 91 297 12 765 27 2 33 3405 110 1.250 8.0 1.0 3.3 8.5 2.58 110
2007 27 77 52 .597 3.74 169 166 1 4 2 0 1014.1 909 462 421 108 337 12 959 32 2 36 4227 116 1.228 8.1 1.0 3.0 8.5 2.85 116
2008 28 89 62 .589 3.78 196 193 1 5 2 0 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 0 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 0 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 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 3.10 115
2012 32 132 95 .581 3.91 307 304 1 10 5 0 1892.0 1751 886 822 213 575 24 1753 70 3 58 7909 112 1.229 8.3 1.0 2.7 8.3 3.05 112
2013 33 132 100 .569 3.94 315 312 1 11 5 0 1935.1 1801 916 847 221 590 26 1794 71 3 58 8104 111 1.235 8.4 1.0 2.7 8.3 3.04 111

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 4.29 105.0 94 56 50 13 44 110 1 1.314 8.1 3.8 9.4 2.50 1.1 23
2003 23 9 6 .600 3.09 137.0 131 52 47 9 56 147 2 1.365 8.6 3.7 9.7 2.63 0.6 24
2004 24 8 8 .500 3.91 152.0 137 73 66 16 54 148 6 1.257 8.1 3.2 8.8 2.74 0.9 26
2005 25 9 9 .500 3.80 168.0 158 79 71 14 60 156 7 1.298 8.5 3.2 8.4 2.60 0.8 29
2006 26 9 13 .409 4.63 202.0 183 116 104 34 71 156 10 1.257 8.2 3.2 7.0 2.20 1.5 33
2007 27 14 8 .636 3.03 199.0 181 74 67 16 38 193 5 1.101 8.2 1.7 8.7 5.08 0.7 30
2008 28 10 9 .526 3.82 172.0 167 81 73 17 33 170 9 1.163 8.7 1.7 8.9 5.15 0.9 27
2009 29 12 11 .522 3.69 210.0 192 96 86 24 53 197 7 1.167 8.2 2.3 8.4 3.72 1.0 32
2010 30 4 9 .308 6.02 124.0 152 92 83 20 45 113 8 1.589 11.0 3.3 8.2 2.51 1.5 21
2011 31 13 7 .650 2.98 187.0 146 69 62 21 52 169 9 1.059 7.0 2.5 8.1 3.25 1.0 30
2012 32 7 11 .389 4.96 165.0 177 101 91 21 53 128 5 1.394 9.7 2.9 7.0 2.42 1.1 28
2013 33 1 3 .250 5.79 42.0 52 30 27 8 16 40 1 1.619 11.1 3.4 8.6 2.50 1.7 8
13 Yrs 103 100 .507 3.96 1887.0 1784 923 831 216 586 1751 71 1.256 8.5 8.4 2.99 1.0 315

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1521st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 AL (2, 61%)
2011 AL (9, 2%)
0.63 Career Shares (87th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2007 AL  6.6 (6th)
Active  33.9 (44th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 AL  6.5 (1st)
2009 AL  5.1 (8th)
2011 AL  5.8 (5th)
Active  33.7 (16th)
Career  33.7 (223rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 AL  3.27 (6th)
2011 AL  2.89 (5th)
Active  3.94 (27th)

Wins s c a p y
2005 NL  15 (9th)
2006 AL  16 (8th)
2007 AL  20 (1st)
2009 AL  17 (4th)
Active  132 (14th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 NL  .652 (9th)
2007 AL  .741 (2nd)
2009 AL  .739 (2nd)
2011 AL  .650 (7th)
Active  .569 (22nd)
Career  .569 (229th)

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  1.235 (16th)
Career  1.235 (228th)

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  8.375 (19th)

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  2.744 (32nd)

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  8.343 (10th)
Career  8.343 (26th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  212.3 (9th)
Active  1,935.3 (20th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  194 (7th)
2008 AL  172 (8th)
2009 AL  199 (6th)
Active  1,794 (11th)
Career  1,794 (98th)

Games Started s c a p y
2006 AL  33 (6th)
Active  312 (18th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL  4 (3rd)
2013 NL  1 (4th)
Active  11 (31st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL  1 (9th)
2005 NL  1 (8th)
2009 AL  2 (3rd)
2011 AL  1 (8th)
Active  5 (27th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  36 (2nd)
2013 NL  8 (8th)
Active  221 (22nd)
Career  221 (167th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 AL  74 (5th)
Active  590 (23rd)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,801 (27th)

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  3.041 (15th)
Career  3.041 (44th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 NL  0.705 (9th)
2007 AL  0.763 (10th)
Active  1.028 (40th)

Losses s c a p y
2012 ML  14 (5th)
2013 NL  5 (4th)
Active  100 (24th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  114 (4th)
Active  847 (24th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 AL  11 (5th)
Active  58 (23rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  10 (6th)
Active  71 (19th)
Career  71 (196th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  883 (9th)
Active  8,104 (24th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 AL  145 (4th)
2011 AL  149 (4th)
Active  111 (24th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  33 (4th)
2011 AL  30 (5th)
Active  93 (27th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  3.3 (4th)
2011 AL  3.2 (4th)
Active  9.8 (26th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 AL  36.48 (3rd)
2011 AL  33.22 (6th)
Active  108.55 (26th)
Career  108.55 (128th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.3 (10th)
2011 AL  3.3 (9th)
Active  11.1 (30th)
Career  11.1 (156th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.7 (1st)
2008 AL  2.4 (7th)
2009 AL  2.5 (8th)
2011 AL  3.1 (5th)
Active  13.6 (17th)
Career  13.6 (86th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.6 (3rd)
2011 AL  3.5 (6th)
Active  11.4 (27th)
Career  11.4 (135th)

Salary s c a p y
2011 AL  $17,000,000 (9th)
2011 AL  $17,000,000 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
2001 NL  born 1980-05-15 (4th)
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 1945-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (475), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 72 (348), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 43 (314), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (279), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (210th), 34.4 career WAR/31.3 7yr-peak WAR/32.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  8. Chris Carpenter (936)
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