Joe Beckwith
Thomas Joseph Beckwith
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 28, 1955 in Opelika, AL
School: Auburn University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1979
Final Game: September 30, 1986
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Standard Pitching

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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
1979 24 LAD NL 1 2 .333 4.34 17 0 8 0 0 2 37.1 42 18 18 4 15 1 28 0 1 0 168 84 1.527 10.1 1.0 3.6 6.8 1.87
1980 25 LAD NL 3 3 .500 1.96 38 0 16 0 0 0 59.2 60 17 13 1 23 4 40 1 0 4 258 180 1.391 9.1 0.2 3.5 6.0 1.74
1982 27 LAD NL 2 1 .667 2.70 19 1 5 0 0 1 40.0 38 14 12 2 14 5 33 0 0 0 170 130 1.300 8.6 0.5 3.2 7.4 2.36
1983 28 LAD NL 3 4 .429 3.55 42 3 15 0 0 1 71.0 73 40 28 5 35 11 50 1 0 1 321 101 1.521 9.3 0.6 4.4 6.3 1.43
1984 29 KCR AL 8 4 .667 3.40 49 1 24 0 0 2 100.2 92 39 38 13 25 1 75 2 1 4 410 119 1.162 8.2 1.2 2.2 6.7 3.00
1985 30 KCR AL 1 5 .167 4.07 49 0 21 0 0 1 95.0 99 45 43 9 32 8 80 3 0 6 410 102 1.379 9.4 0.9 3.0 7.6 2.50
1986 31 LAD NL 0 0 6.87 15 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 28 16 14 5 6 0 13 0 0 0 86 50 1.855 13.7 2.5 2.9 6.4 2.17
7 Seasons 18 19 .486 3.54 229 5 93 0 0 7 422.0 432 189 166 39 150 30 319 7 2 15 1823 108 1.379 9.2 0.8 3.2 6.8 2.13
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .486 3.54 67 1 27 0 0 2 123 126 55 48 11 44 9 93 2 1 4 530 108 1.379 9.2 0.8 3.2 6.8 2.13
LAD (5 yrs) 9 10 .474 3.38 131 4 48 0 0 4 226.1 241 105 85 17 93 21 164 2 1 5 1003 106 1.476 9.6 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.76
KCR (2 yrs) 9 9 .500 3.73 98 1 45 0 0 3 195.2 191 84 81 22 57 9 155 5 1 10 820 110 1.267 8.8 1.0 2.6 7.1 2.72
NL (5 yrs) 9 10 .474 3.38 131 4 48 0 0 4 226.1 241 105 85 17 93 21 164 2 1 5 1003 106 1.476 9.6 0.7 3.7 6.5 1.76
AL (2 yrs) 9 9 .500 3.73 98 1 45 0 0 3 195.2 191 84 81 22 57 9 155 5 1 10 820 110 1.267 8.8 1.0 2.6 7.1 2.72

Postseason Pitching

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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
1983 28 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 11 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50
1985 30 KCR AL WS W STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 18 0.923 4.2 0.0 4.2 12.5 3.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 11 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1979 24 LAD NL 17 168 148 18 42 3 2 4 6 1 15 28 .284 .350 .412 .762 .328 61 3 0 5 0 1
1980 25 LAD NL 38 258 228 17 60 10 2 1 5 3 23 40 .263 .331 .338 .668 .312 77 5 1 4 2 4
1982 27 LAD NL 19 170 151 14 38 6 0 2 2 1 14 33 .252 .311 .331 .643 .305 50 3 0 3 2 5
1983 28 LAD NL 42 321 277 40 73 6 1 5 8 1 35 50 .264 .347 .347 .694 .305 96 3 1 7 1 11
1984 29 KCR AL 49 410 373 39 92 14 3 13 9 1 25 75 .247 .293 .405 .698 .271 151 14 2 4 6 1
1985 30 KCR AL 49 410 368 45 99 19 1 9 10 4 32 80 .269 .330 .399 .730 .319 147 7 3 4 3 8
1986 31 LAD NL 15 86 80 16 28 2 1 5 2 1 6 13 .350 .395 .588 .983 .371 47 2 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 229 1823 1625 189 432 60 10 39 42 12 150 319 .266 .328 .387 .715 .307 629 37 7 27 14 30
162 Game Avg. 67 530 472 55 126 17 3 11 12 3 44 93 .266 .328 .387 .715 .307 183 11 2 8 4 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1982 27 LAD NL 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39 39 39 7 0 0 0 9.0 9.0 3.0
1983 28 LAD NL 42 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 50 54 47 16 4 1 1 2.0 0.6 5.1
1984 29 KCR AL 49 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 3.7
3 Seasons 110 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 2 0 0 0 0% 43 54 28 26 5 1 1 3.0 1.6 4.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1979 24 LAD NL 17 17 8 1 2 2 2 0 100% 5 3 4 2 50% 9 1.207 6 5 5 8 4 5 4 13 11 1 12 0 6.6
1980 25 LAD NL 38 38 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 35 21 60% 7 0.762 8 12 18 1 8 29 16 22 27 5 28 9 4.7
1982 27 LAD NL 19 18 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 3 33% 6 1.057 6 3 9 4 4 10 5 13 12 4 13 2 6.2
1983 28 LAD NL 42 39 15 3 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 24 7 29% 8 0.709 7 5 26 8 3 28 14 25 23 9 23 5 4.3
1984 29 KCR AL 49 48 24 8 3 3 2 1 67% 8 5 42 18 43% 8 0.804 12 14 21 17 4 27 21 27 29 6 29 9 6.1
1985 30 KCR AL 49 49 21 1 5 3 1 2 33% 6 3 34 15 44% 8 0.976 13 9 26 10 7 32 22 27 32 5 32 7 5.8
1986 31 LAD NL 15 15 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 3 27% 7 0.644 2 2 11 1 1 13 5 10 6 3 7 3 3.7
7 Seasons 229 224 93 18 16 11 7 4 64% 23 12 159 69 43% 0.873 54 50 116 49 31 144 87 137 140 33 144 35 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1979 24 LAD NL 168 52% 2.4% 16.7% 8.9% 5.4% 21% 1.16 69% 34 3 9%
1980 25 LAD NL 258 39% 0.4% 15.5% 8.9% 5.0% 22% 1.11 73% 51 5 10%
1982 27 LAD NL 170 42% 1.2% 19.4% 8.2% 4.7% 21% 1.32 69% 30 3 10%
1983 28 LAD NL 321 47% 1.6% 15.6% 10.9% 3.7% 16% 1.62 69% 65 3 5%
1984 29 KCR AL 410 48% 3.2% 18.3% 6.1% 7.3% 33% 0.98 71% 90 14 16%
1985 30 KCR AL 410 44% 2.2% 19.5% 7.8% 7.1% 29% 1.02 69% 77 7 9%
1986 31 LAD NL 86 42% 5.8% 15.1% 7.0% 9.3% 29% 1.41 72% 23 2 9%
7 Seasons 1823 45% 2.1% 17.5% 8.2% 6.0% 25% 1.16 70% 370 37 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1979 24 LAD NL 168 42 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 5 3 0 60% 4 0 1 68 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1980 25 LAD NL 258 60 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 22 14 1 64% 5 4 0 108 5 3 63% 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
1982 27 LAD NL 170 38 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 12 5 3 42% 1 0 0 63 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 28 LAD NL 321 73 5 0 13 3 2 4 1 29 15 2 52% 8 1 0 134 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1984 29 KCR AL 410 92 13 0 19 7 6 7 6 32 17 6 53% 6 4 0 158 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1985 30 KCR AL 410 99 9 2 11 2 7 6 3 23 11 5 48% 5 6 1 169 10 4 71% 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1986 31 LAD NL 86 28 5 0 4 1 4 1 4 5 4 0 80% 1 0 0 35 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1823 432 39 4 64 16 23 23 16 128 69 17 54% 30 15 2 735 42 12 78% 34 12 7 0 1 0 4 0 40 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1979 24 1 2 .333 4.34 17 0 8 0 0 2 37.1 42 18 18 4 15 1 28 0 1 0 168 84 1.527 10.1 1.0 3.6 6.8 1.87 84
1980 25 4 5 .444 2.88 55 0 24 0 0 2 97.0 102 35 31 5 38 5 68 1 1 4 426 125 1.443 9.5 0.5 3.5 6.3 1.79 125
1981 26 4 5 .444 2.88 55 0 24 0 0 2 97.0 102 35 31 5 38 5 68 1 1 4 426 125 1.443 9.5 0.5 3.5 6.3 1.79 125
1982 27 6 6 .500 2.82 74 1 29 0 0 3 137.0 140 49 43 7 52 10 101 1 1 4 596 126 1.401 9.2 0.5 3.4 6.6 1.94 126
1983 28 9 10 .474 3.07 116 4 44 0 0 4 208.0 213 89 71 12 87 21 151 2 1 5 917 116 1.442 9.2 0.5 3.8 6.5 1.74 116
1984 29 17 14 .548 3.18 165 5 68 0 0 6 308.2 305 128 109 25 112 22 226 4 2 9 1327 117 1.351 8.9 0.7 3.3 6.6 2.02 117
1985 30 18 19 .486 3.39 214 5 89 0 0 7 403.2 404 173 152 34 144 30 306 7 2 15 1737 113 1.358 9.0 0.8 3.2 6.8 2.13 113
1986 31 18 19 .486 3.54 229 5 93 0 0 7 422.0 432 189 166 39 150 30 319 7 2 15 1823 108 1.379 9.2 0.8 3.2 6.8 2.13 108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979 24 2 2 .500 4.75 36.0 44 21 19 4 16 27 0 1.667 11.0 4.0 6.8 1.69 1.0 17
1980 25 4 2 .667 2.37 57.0 63 17 15 1 24 38 1 1.526 9.9 3.8 6.0 1.58 0.2 38
1982 27 3 1 .750 3.08 38.0 40 14 13 2 15 31 0 1.447 9.5 3.6 7.3 2.07 0.5 19
1983 28 4 3 .571 3.91 69.0 77 33 30 5 37 49 1 1.652 10.0 4.8 6.4 1.32 0.7 42
1984 29 5 5 .500 3.75 96.0 95 44 40 13 26 71 2 1.260 8.9 2.4 6.7 2.73 1.2 49
1985 30 5 5 .500 4.35 91.0 101 49 44 9 33 77 3 1.473 10.0 3.3 7.6 2.33 0.9 49
1986 31 0 1 .000 8.47 17.0 30 18 16 5 6 12 0 2.118 15.9 3.2 6.4 2.00 2.6 15
7 Seasons 23 19 .548 3.94 404.0 450 196 177 39 157 305 7 1.502 10.0 6.8 1.94 0.9 229

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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