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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 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
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Marlins 2001-2012
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Jun 1, 2012, 6:57PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #213. Cliff Lee… #214. Zack Greinke… #215. Murry Dickson… #216. JOSH BECKETT… #217. Dan Haren… #218. Claude Passeau… #219. Sonny Siebert… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 6 767 147 1.026 6.8 1.0 2.4 8.2 3.37 AS,CYA-9
2012 32 BOS AL 4 5 .444 4.26 10 10 0 0 0 0 63.1 62 30 30 9 16 0 46 0 0 1 265 100 1.232 8.8 1.3 2.3 6.5 2.88
12 Yrs 129 86 .600 3.85 289 286 1 10 5 0 1785.0 1639 825 764 201 539 18 1667 65 3 54 7444 114 1.220 8.3 1.0 2.7 8.4 3.09
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .600 3.85 34 34 0 1 1 0 211 194 98 90 24 64 2 197 8 0 6 880 114 1.220 8.3 1.0 2.7 8.4 3.09
BOS (7 yrs) 88 52 .629 4.06 183 183 0 7 3 0 1176.0 1110 559 530 146 316 7 1060 48 2 32 4908 113 1.213 8.5 1.1 2.4 8.1 3.35
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 (7 yrs) 88 52 .629 4.06 183 183 0 7 3 0 1176.0 1110 559 530 146 316 7 1060 48 2 32 4908 113 1.213 8.5 1.1 2.4 8.1 3.35
NL (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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 4.63 0.07 0.17 99.4 4.70 4 0.4 -0.0 0.5 6 .594 .502 $
2002 22 FLA NL 107.2 23 21 56 4.68 4.62 -0.07 0.16 97.9 4.76 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.8 11 .503 .500 $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 3.6 39 .611 .516 $1,725,000
2004 24 FLA NL 156.2 26 26 72 4.14 4.67 0.07 0.18 95.7 4.57 7 0.7 -0.1 1.8 23 .527 .504 $1,509,375
2005 25 FLA NL 178.2 29 29 75 3.78 4.48 -0.39 0.16 95.2 4.79 20 2.2 -0.1 3.4 37 .575 .513 $2,400,000
2006 26 BOS AL 204.2 33 33 120 5.28 5.10 -0.17 0.20 104.3 5.70 8 0.8 -0.1 2.5 35 .523 .505 $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 6.2 69 .653 .528 $6,666,667 AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008 28 BOS AL 174.1 27 27 80 4.13 4.77 0.13 0.18 106.0 5.11 16 1.7 -0.1 3.1 40 .562 .510 $10,166,666
2009 29 BOS AL 212.1 32 32 99 4.20 4.94 -0.11 0.19 104.1 5.45 28 3.0 -0.2 4.7 56 .592 .518 $11,166,666 AS
2010 30 BOS AL 127.2 21 21 89 6.27 4.46 0.18 0.16 105.8 4.70 -23 -2.2 -0.1 -1.1 -8 .395 .486 $12,100,000
2011 31 BOS AL 193.0 30 30 65 3.03 4.55 0.19 0.16 102.7 4.66 34 3.9 -0.1 5.5 57 .631 .524 $17,000,000 AS,CYA-9
2012 32 BOS AL 63.1 10 10 30 4.26 4.65 0.68 0.18 105.4 4.37 1 0.1 -0.1 0.6 8 .507 .500 $
12 Seasons 1785.0 289 286 825 4.16 4.76 0.00 0.18 101.9 5.03 161 17.7 .5 -1.2 31.6 374 .561 .509 $69,215,624
BOS (7 yrs) 1176.0 183 183 559 4.28 4.82 0.07 0.18 104.7 5.16 106 11.8 -0.8 21.5 257 .564 .510 $61,424,999
FLA (5 yrs) 609.0 106 103 266 3.93 4.65 -0.13 0.17 96.4 4.77 55 6.0 .5 -0.4 10.1 116 .556 .507 $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 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

Standard Batting

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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
2001 21 FLA NL 4 9 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 85 3 0 0 2 0 0 /1
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 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 1.286 215 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 1.000 141 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
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 30 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
2012 32 BOS AL 10 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Yrs 289 261 224 15 33 9 0 3 16 0 0 10 82 .147 .183 .228 .411 8 51 3 0 26 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 146 126 8 18 5 0 2 9 0 0 6 46 .147 .183 .228 .411 8 29 2 0 15 1 0
BOS (7 yrs) 183 38 37 4 7 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 11 .189 .189 .378 .568 43 14 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 (7 yrs) 183 38 37 4 7 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 11 .189 .189 .378 .568 43 14 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 Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 21 FLA NL 4 9 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .527 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
2002 22 FLA NL 23 36 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .483 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 $2,156,250 1
2003 23 FLA NL 24 52 -7 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $1,725,000 1
2004 24 FLA NL 26 55 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $1,509,375 1
2005 25 FLA NL 29 71 -6 -0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $2,400,000 1
2006 26 BOS AL 33 7 1 -0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $4,325,000 1
2007 27 BOS AL 30 11 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $6,666,667 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008 28 BOS AL 27 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $10,166,666 1
2009 29 BOS AL 32 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $11,166,666 1 AS
2010 30 BOS AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $12,100,000 1
2011 31 BOS AL 30 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $17,000,000 1 AS,CYA-9
2012 32 BOS AL 10 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
12 Seasons 289 261 -32 -1 0 0 37 4 0.4 7 11 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.1 11 $69,215,624
BOS (7 yrs) 183 38 -4 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .501 .500 0.2 0.1 3 $61,424,999
FLA (5 yrs) 106 223 -29 -1 0 0 31 2 0.2 6 8 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 8 $7,790,625

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 23 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2003 23 FLA NL NLCS CHC W 3 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0
2003 23 FLA NL WS NYY W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2007 27 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 BOS AL WS COL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 28 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 28 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 29 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (9 Series) 14 14 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 2 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 ALDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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% lgCS% PO Awards
2001 FLA NL 21 P 4 4 0 24.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.50 .958 1.76 1.72 2 1 33% 33% 0
2002 FLA NL 22 P 23 21 0 107.2 21 11 9 1 0 .952 1.67 0.87 .963 1.83 1.81 12 5 29% 32% 0
2003 FLA NL 23 P 24 23 0 142.0 26 6 19 1 0 .962 -1 -1 1.58 1.04 .957 1.84 1.83 5 5 50% 31% 0
2004 FLA NL 24 P 26 26 1 156.2 23 4 17 2 0 .913 1 1 1.21 0.81 .965 1.84 1.82 5 5 50% 28% 0
2005 FLA NL 25 P 29 29 2 178.2 37 6 30 1 1 .973 0 0 1.81 1.24 .960 1.75 1.73 6 7 54% 29% 1
2006 BOS AL 26 P 33 33 0 204.2 38 14 24 0 3 1.000 -4 -4 1.67 1.15 .958 1.56 1.54 15 1 6% 30% 0
2007 BOS AL 27 P 30 30 1 200.2 32 18 12 2 1 .938 -3 -3 1.35 1.00 .955 1.60 1.59 14 6 30% 27% 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
2008 BOS AL 28 P 27 27 1 174.1 35 15 18 2 2 .943 0 0 1.70 1.22 .952 1.60 1.59 7 5 42% 27% 0
2009 BOS AL 29 P 32 32 4 212.1 27 11 14 2 2 .926 -1 -1 1.06 0.78 .953 1.53 1.51 15 3 17% 26% 0 AS
2010 BOS AL 30 P 21 21 0 127.2 30 9 20 1 0 .967 -2 -3 2.04 1.38 .953 1.63 1.61 18 1 5% 26% 0
2011 BOS AL 31 P 30 30 1 193.0 36 15 18 3 0 .917 -5 -5 1.54 1.10 .949 1.60 1.59 31 4 11% 28% 0 AS,CYA-9
2012 BOS AL 32 P 10 10 0 63.1 12 7 5 0 1 1.000 -2 -6 1.71 1.20 .950 1.66 1.67 8 0 0% 27% 0
12 Seasons P 289 286 10 1785.0 323 116 192 15 10 .954 -17 -2 1.55 1.07 .956 1.66 1.65 138 43 24% 28% 2
12 Seasons TOT 289 286 10 1785.0 323 116 192 15 10 .954 -17 -12 1.55 1.07 .956 1.66 1.65 138 43 24% 28% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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 (1497th)

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
2007 AL  6.2 (6th)
Active  31.9 (46th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 AL  6.2 (1st)
2009 AL  4.7 (9th)
2011 AL  5.5 (5th)
Active  31.6 (14th)
Career  31.6 (211th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 AL  3.27 (6th)
2011 AL  2.89 (5th)
Active  3.85 (23rd)

Wins s c a p y
2005 NL  15 (9th)
2006 AL  16 (8th)
2007 AL  20 (1st)
2009 AL  17 (4th)
Active  129 (17th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 NL  .652 (9th)
2007 AL  .741 (2nd)
2009 AL  .739 (2nd)
2011 AL  .650 (7th)
Active  .600 (14th)
Career  .600 (117th)

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 (185th)

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  8.264 (14th)
Career  8.264 (209th)

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  2.718 (23rd)

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  8.405 (8th)
Career  8.405 (22nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  212.3 (9th)
Active  1,785.0 (28th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  194 (7th)
2008 AL  172 (8th)
2009 AL  199 (6th)
Active  1,667 (16th)
Career  1,667 (130th)

Games Started s c a p y
2006 AL  33 (6th)
Active  286 (23rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL  4 (3rd)
Active  10 (40th)

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  201 (29th)
Career  201 (206th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 AL  74 (5th)
Active  539 (32nd)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,639 (35th)

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  3.093 (11th)
Career  3.093 (37th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 NL  0.705 (9th)
2007 AL  0.763 (10th)
Active  1.013 (44th)

Losses s c a p y
2012 AL  5 (6th)
Active  86 (37th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  114 (4th)
Active  764 (33rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 AL  11 (5th)
Active  54 (32nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  10 (6th)
Active  65 (29th)
Career  65 (235th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  883 (9th)
Active  7,444 (32nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 AL  145 (4th)
2011 AL  147 (5th)
Active  114 (23rd)
Career  114 (226th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  33 (4th)
2011 AL  29 (6th)
Active  108 (26th)
Career  108 (216th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2007 AL  3.3 (4th)
2011 AL  3.1 (6th)
Active  11.2 (25th)
Career  11.2 (219th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 AL  36.48 (3rd)
2011 AL  33.50 (6th)
Active  130.24 (22nd)
Career  130.24 (104th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.3 (10th)
2011 AL  3.3 (10th)
Active  14.1 (23rd)
Career  14.1 (120th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.7 (1st)
2008 AL  2.4 (7th)
2009 AL  2.6 (8th)
2011 AL  3.1 (6th)
Active  15.2 (12th)
Career  15.2 (67th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 AL  3.6 (3rd)
2011 AL  3.5 (6th)
Active  13.5 (22nd)
Career  13.5 (107th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2012 AL  7 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2006 AL  1.000 (1st)
2012 AL  1.000 (1st)

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 1948-1973, 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 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 70 (353), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 47 (291), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (238), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Jack McDowell (956)
  2. Carlos Zambrano (948)
  3. Matt Morris (943)
  4. John Lackey (942)
  5. Jake Peavy (933)
  6. Carl Erskine (933)
  7. Tom Browning (931)
  8. Ramon Martinez (930)
  9. John Smiley (929)
  10. Denny McLain (929)
Similar Pitchers through 31 
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  1. Kevin Millwood (976)
  2. John Lackey (961)
  3. Jack McDowell (961)
  4. Freddy Garcia (959)
  5. Bartolo Colon (949)
  6. Ramon Martinez (941)
  7. Matt Morris (939)
  8. Kevin Appier (934)
  9. Dennis Leonard (934)
  10. Jason Schmidt (934)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jack McDowell (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Baldwin (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chuck Dobson (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Prior (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ben McDonald (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Millwood (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kevin Millwood (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Millwood (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Millwood (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kevin Millwood (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200222Florida Marlins$2,156,2504/3/02 AP
200323Florida Marlins$1,725,0004/3/03 AP
200424Florida Marlins$1,509,3754/7/04 AP
200525Florida Marlins$2,400,000
200626Boston Red Sox$4,325,000
200727Boston Red Sox$6,666,667
200828Boston Red Sox$10,166,666
200929Boston Red Sox$11,166,666
201030Boston Red Sox$12,100,000
201131Boston Red Sox$17,000,000
201232Boston Red Sox$15,750,000
201333Boston Red Sox$15,750,000
201434Boston Red Sox$15,750,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$69,215,624Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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