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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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #204. Larry Dierker… #205. Hooks Dauss… #206. Jose Rijo… #207. JOSH BECKETT… #208. Jesse Haines… #209. Dutch Leonard… #210. Claude Passeau…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #204. Larry Dierker… #205. Hooks Dauss… #206. Jose Rijo… #207. JOSH BECKETT… #208. Jesse Haines… #209. Dutch Leonard… #210. Claude Passeau…

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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
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

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2000	20	FLA-min	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	KNC · MIDW
2001	21	FLA-min	AA,A+	26	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311		1	0	0	1	0	0	PRT,BRE · EL,FLOR
2001	21	FLA	NL	4	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	84	3	0	0	2	0	0	/1
2002	22	FLA-min	Rk,A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JUM,JUP · GULF,FLOR
2002	22	FLA	NL	23	36	31	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.032	.032	.065	.097	-75	2	0	0	5	0	0	1
2003	23	FLA-min	AA,A+	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	CAR,JUP · SOUL,FLOR
2003	23	FLA	NL	24	52	46	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.152	.170	.196	.366	-4	9	1	0	5	0	0	1
2004	24	FLA	NL	26	55	44	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.159	.196	.182	.377	1	8	0	0	9	0	0	1
2005	25	FLA	NL	29	71	59	5	9	3	0	1	6	0	0	7	17	.153	.239	.254	.493	33	15	1	0	4	1	0	1
2006	26	BOS	AL	33	7	7	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.857	1.286	216	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	27	BOS	AL	30	11	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.273	.455	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008	28	BOS	AL	27	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2009	29	BOS	AL	32	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.800	1.000	140	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
2010	30	BOS-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW · IL
2010	30	BOS	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	31	BOS	AL	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-9
11 Seasons				251	258	221	15	32	9	0	3	16	0	0	10	81	.145	.181	.226	.407	7	50	3	0	26	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	167	143	10	21	6	0	2	10	0	0	6	52	.145	.181	.226	.407	7	32	2	0	17	1	0

BOS (6 yrs)				145	35	34	4	6	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	10	.176	.176	.382	.559	39	13	1	0	1	0	0
FLA (5 yrs)				106	223	187	11	26	8	0	1	11	0	0	10	71	.139	.182	.198	.380	1	37	2	0	25	1	0

AL (6 yrs)				145	35	34	4	6	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	10	.176	.176	.382	.559	39	13	1	0	1	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				106	223	187	11	26	8	0	1	11	0	0	10	71	.139	.182	.198	.380	1	37	2	0	25	1	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2001	21	FLA	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
2002	22	FLA	NL	36	-8	0	0	0	0	3	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$2,156,250	1
2003	23	FLA	NL	52	-7	0	0	0	0	5	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$1,725,000	1
2004	24	FLA	NL	55	-6	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,509,375	1
2005	25	FLA	NL	71	-6	-1	-1	0	0	7	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$2,400,000	1
2006	26	BOS	AL	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$4,325,000	1
2007	27	BOS	AL	11	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$6,666,667	1	AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008	28	BOS	AL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$10,166,666	1
2009	29	BOS	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$11,166,666	1	AS

2011	31	BOS	AL	5	-1	0	-0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$17,000,000	1	AS,CYA-9
10 Seasons				258	-30	-1	-1	0	0	26	5	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$57,115,624

BOS (5 yrs)				35	-3	0	-0	0	0	4	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$49,324,999
FLA (5 yrs)				223	-27	-1	-1	0	0	21	5	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$7,790,625

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2003	23	FLA	NL	NLDS	SFG	W	1	2	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2003	23	FLA	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	3	9	8	2	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0
2003	23	FLA	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1 Season (3 Series)							5	14	11	2	1	6	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	2
1 NLDS							1	2	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1 NLCS							3	9	8	2	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0
1 WS							1	3	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2001	FLA	NL	21	P	4			24.0	6	0	6	0	0	1.000			2.25	1.50	.958	1.76	1.72
2002	FLA	NL	22	P	23			107.2	21	11	9	1	0	.952			1.67	0.87	.963	1.83	1.81
2003	FLA	NL	23	P	24			142.0	26	6	19	1	0	.962	-1	-1	1.58	1.04	.957	1.84	1.83
2004	FLA	NL	24	P	26			156.2	23	4	17	2	0	.913	2	3	1.21	0.81	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	FLA	NL	25	P	29			178.2	37	6	30	1	1	.973	0	0	1.81	1.24	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	BOS	AL	26	P	33			204.2	38	14	24	0	3	1.000	-4	-4	1.67	1.15	.958	1.56	1.54
2007	BOS	AL	27	P	30			200.2	32	18	12	2	1	.938	-2	-2	1.35	1.00	.955	1.60	1.59					AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008	BOS	AL	28	P	27			174.1	35	15	18	2	2	.943	0	0	1.70	1.22	.952	1.60	1.59
2009	BOS	AL	29	P	32			212.1	27	11	14	2	2	.926	-1	-1	1.06	0.78	.953	1.53	1.51					AS
2010	BOS	AL	30	P	21			127.2	30	9	20	1	0	.967	0	0	2.04	1.38	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	BOS	AL	31	P	30	30	1	193.0	36	15	18	3	0	.917	-4	-4	1.54	1.10	.949	1.60	1.59	31	4	11%	0	AS,CYA-9
	11 Seasons			P	279	30	1	1721.2	311	109	187	15	9	.952	-10	-1	1.55	1.06	.956	1.66	1.65	31	4	11%	0
	11 Seasons			TOT	279	30	1	1721.2	311	109	187	15	9	.952	-10	-7	1.55	1.06	.956	1.66	1.65	31	4	11%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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

Player rank in (·)

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Similar Pitchers through 31

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Most Similar by Ages

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Jack McDowell (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Baldwin (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Dobson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Prior (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben McDonald (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Millwood (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Millwood (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Millwood (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Millwood (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Millwood (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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 Jesus Delgado, Harvey Garcia, Hanley Ramirez and Anibal Sanchez.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2002	22	Florida Marlins	$2,156,250	4/3/02 AP
2003	23	Florida Marlins	$1,725,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	24	Florida Marlins	$1,509,375	4/7/04 AP
2005	25	Florida Marlins	$2,400,000
2006	26	Boston Red Sox	$4,325,000
2007	27	Boston Red Sox	$6,666,667
2008	28	Boston Red Sox	$10,166,666
2009	29	Boston Red Sox	$11,166,666
2010	30	Boston Red Sox	$12,100,000
2011	31	Boston Red Sox	$17,000,000

2012	32	Boston Red Sox	$15,750,000
2013	33	Boston Red Sox	$15,750,000
2014	34	Boston Red Sox	$15,750,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$69,215,624	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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