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Joe Beckwith

Thomas Joseph Beckwith

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 28, 1955 in Auburn, AL
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1979
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Royals 1979-1986
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1986
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Standard Batting

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
1979 24 LAD NL 17 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1980 25 LAD NL 38 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 27 LAD NL 19 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1983 28 LAD NL 42 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 29 KCR AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 30 KCR AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 31 LAD NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 229 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 16 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (5 yrs) 131 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 131 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1979 24 LAD NL 17 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1980 25 LAD NL 38 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 27 LAD NL 19 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1983 28 LAD NL 42 5 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 29 KCR AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 30 KCR AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $358,000 1
1986 31 LAD NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $200,000 1
7 Seasons 229 22 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.1 -1 $558,000
LAD (5 yrs) 131 22 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.1 -1 $200,000
KCR (2 yrs) 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $358,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1979 24 LAD NL 6 6 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .268 .000 .333 .000 .397 .000 .731 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1980 25 LAD NL 3 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .266 .333 .328 .000 .386 .333 .713 2 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1982 27 LAD NL 8 8 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .263 .000 .326 .000 .383 .000 .709 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1983 28 LAD NL 5 4 0 0.0 96 .500 .200 .262 .200 .330 .200 .388 .400 .719 12 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
7 Yrs 22 20 0 0.0 95 .111 .053 .264 .100 .329 .053 .388 .153 .717 -56 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .111 .053 .000
162 Game Avg. 16 14 0 0.0 95 .111 .053 .264 .100 .329 .053 .388 .153 .717 -56 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .111 .053 .000

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
1983 28 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 30 KCR AL WS STL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 24 LAD NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 0.50 50%
1980 25 LAD NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 1.00 2.0 33%
1982 27 LAD NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8 38%
1983 28 LAD NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 0.00 40%
7 Yrs 22 0.0% 45.5% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 10.00 1.9 1.67 41%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.5% 8.4% 6.7% 29% 1.60 6.6 42.8 8.4 1.08 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1979 24 LAD NL -1.4 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .52 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.77 -0.9 0
1980 25 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .72 -0.0 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.40 -0.1 0
1982 27 LAD NL -1.9 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .65 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.02 -1.4 0
1983 28 LAD NL -0.6 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .76 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.71 -0.6 0
1984 29 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1985 30 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1986 31 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -4.1 -0.4 22 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .65 -0.3 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.93 -3.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 24 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 LAD NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 28 LAD NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 150% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1979 24 LAD NL 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 LAD NL 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 27 LAD NL 8 88% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1983 28 LAD NL 5 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 22 77% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 3 0 0% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 81% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 17 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1980 25 55 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 1 0 0
1981 26 55 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 1 0 0
1982 27 74 17 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .067 .000 .067 -80 0 0 0 2 0 0
1983 28 116 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
1984 29 165 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
1985 30 214 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
1986 31 229 22 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 24 17 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
1980 25 38 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 38
1982 27 19 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
1983 28 42 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 42
4 Yrs 116 22 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 116
162 Game Avg. 162 31 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 116

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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