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 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
1977	22	LAD-min	AA	5	5	.500	3.35	12	12		3	0	0	78.0	88	40	29	4	20	1	31	3	0	3			1.385	10.2	0.5	2.3	3.6	1.55	SAN · TL
1978	23	LAD-min	AAA	8	9	.471	5.82	28	21		4	0	0	150.0	186	118	97	15	80	5	59	0	1	7			1.773	11.2	0.9	4.8	3.5	0.74	ABQ · PCL
1979	24	LAD-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.62	27	15		1	0	6	113.0	119	74	58	11	46	3	64	1	0	11			1.460	9.5	0.9	3.7	5.1	1.39	ABQ · PCL
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	85	1.527	10.1	1.0	3.6	6.8	1.87
1980	25	LAD-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.57	7	0		0	0	1	14.0	15	8	4	1	5	2	12	0	0	2			1.429	9.6	0.6	3.2	7.7	2.40	ABQ · PCL
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	182	1.391	9.1	0.2	3.5	6.0	1.74

1982	27	LAD-min	AAA	5	6	.455	6.68	26	12	8	2	1	2	102.1	138	90	76	5	55	0	80	7	0	11			1.886	12.1	0.4	4.8	7.0	1.45	ABQ · PCL
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	131	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	102	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	118	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	101	1.379	9.4	0.9	3.0	7.6	2.50
1986	31	TOR-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.88	23	23	0	1	1	0	125.1	123	59	54	8	46	0	97	0	1	3			1.348	8.8	0.6	3.3	7.0	2.11	SYR · IL
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	52	1.855	13.7	2.5	2.9	6.4	2.17
7 Yrs				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	109	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	109	1.267	8.8	1.0	2.6	7.1	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
1979	24	LAD	NL	37.1	17	0	18	4.34	4.30	-0.22	-0.34	93.2	3.89	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.0	2	.486	.499	$
1980	25	LAD	NL	59.2	38	0	17	2.56	4.07	0.14	-0.32	99.6	3.59	7	0.8	.9	-0.1	1.1	12	.520	.505	$

1982	27	LAD	NL	40.0	19	1	14	3.15	4.00	0.01	-0.28	99.7	3.69	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.5	6	.512	.501	$
1983	28	LAD	NL	71.0	42	3	40	5.07	4.10	-0.14	-0.22	99.3	3.99	-9	-1.0	.7	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.477	.494	$
1984	29	KCR	AL	100.2	49	1	39	3.49	4.55	0.34	-0.34	100.4	3.87	5	0.5	1.0	-0.2	1.2	15	.510	.503	$
1985	30	KCR	AL	95.0	49	0	45	4.26	4.57	-0.02	-0.36	99.6	4.21	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.2	0.6	10	.499	.500	$358,000
1986	31	LAD	NL	18.1	15	0	16	7.85	4.48	-0.46	-0.35	95.1	4.37	-7	-0.8	.8	0.0	-0.6	-5	.449	.495	$200,000
7 Seasons				422.0	229	5	189	4.03	4.33	0.04	-0.32	99.0	3.94	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.6	2.4	38	.498	.500	$558,000

LAD (5 yrs)				226.1	131	4	105	4.18	4.14	-0.08	-0.29	98.1	3.85	-9	-1.0	.9	-0.3	0.6	13	.493	.499	$200,000
KCR (2 yrs)				195.2	98	1	84	3.86	4.56	0.17	-0.35	100.0	4.04	4	0.5	1.0	-0.3	1.8	24	.505	.501	$358,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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 Yrs (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*

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
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	4
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	5

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	1
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	8
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	6
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	5
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	1
7 Yrs				229	1823	1625	189	432	60	10	39	42	12	150	319	.266	.328	.387	.715	.307	629	37	7	27	14	30	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	9
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.389	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	24	LAD	NL	-1.6	-0.2	178	-0.1	3.2	-3.3	1.16	-0.6	0.5	-3.9	-0.4	1.16	-5.9	6	5	5
1980	25	LAD	NL	9.7	1.0	269	-1.2	2.5	-3.7	.69	0.1	-1.8	-2.2	-0.2	0.69	1.4	8	7	22

1982	27	LAD	NL	3.6	0.4	173	0.5	2.8	-2.3	1.01	0.6	-0.1	2.7	0.3	1.01	4.9	6	3	8
1983	28	LAD	NL	-3.1	-0.3	332	-1.1	2.9	-4.1	.67	0.0	-1.7	-7.4	-0.8	0.67	-2.5	8	2	28
1984	29	KCR	AL	8.7	0.9	423	0.5	5.6	-5.1	.77	0.1	0.4	10.0	1.0	0.77	5.7	12	11	23
1985	30	KCR	AL	2.2	0.2	429	-0.1	6.6	-6.6	.96	-0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.96	0.5	13	7	28
1986	31	LAD	NL	-7.4	-0.8	89	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	.59	-0.7	0.3	-5.5	-0.6	0.59	-6.7	3	1	11
7 Yrs				12.1	1.3	1893	-1.8	24.4	-26.2	.83	-0.5	-1.7	-6.1	-0.7	0.83	-2.6	56	36	125

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
1982	27	LAD	NL	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	39.0	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%	49.7	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%	28.0	28	28	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	3.7
3 Yrs				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													.500						51%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	24	LAD	NL	17	17	8	1	2	2	2	0	100%	5	3	4	2	50%	9	1.156	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	.693	8	7	22	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	1.007	6	3	8	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	.669	8	2	28	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	.772	12	11	23	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	.957	13	7	28	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	.591	3	1	11	1	1	13	5	10	6	3	7	3	3.7
7 Yrs				229	224	93	18	16	11	7	4	64%	23	12	159	69	43%		.833	56	36	125	49	31	144	87	137	140	33	144	35	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	24	LAD	NL	168	48%	2.4%	16.7%	8.9%	5.4%	21%	1.16	69%	34	3	9%
1980	25	LAD	NL	258	61%	0.4%	15.5%	8.9%	5.0%	22%	1.11	73%	51	5	10%

1982	27	LAD	NL	170	58%	1.2%	19.4%	8.2%	4.7%	21%	1.32	69%	30	3	10%
1983	28	LAD	NL	321	53%	1.6%	15.6%	10.9%	3.7%	16%	1.62	69%	65	3	5%
1984	29	KCR	AL	410	52%	3.2%	18.3%	6.1%	7.3%	33%	0.98	71%	90	14	16%
1985	30	KCR	AL	410	56%	2.2%	19.5%	7.8%	7.1%	29%	1.02	69%	77	7	9%
1986	31	LAD	NL	86	58%	5.8%	15.1%	7.0%	9.3%	29%	1.41	72%	23	2	9%
7 Yrs				1823	55%	2.1%	17.5%	8.2%	6.0%	25%	1.16	70%	370	37	10%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.5%	8.4%	6.7%	29%	1.08	75%			11%

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
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	0	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	0	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 Yrs				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	2	0	40	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	2	37.1	42	18	18	4	15	1	28	0	1	0	168	85	1.527	10.1	1.0	3.6	6.8	1.87	85
1980	25	4	5	.444	2.88	55	0	24	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	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	3	137.0	140	49	43	7	52	10	101	1	1	4	596	127	1.401	9.2	0.5	3.4	6.6	1.94	127
1983	28	9	10	.474	3.07	116	4	44	4	208.0	213	89	71	12	87	21	151	2	1	5	917	117	1.442	9.2	0.5	3.8	6.5	1.74	117
1984	29	17	14	.548	3.18	165	5	68	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	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	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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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
1979	24	2	2	.500	4.62	37.0	43	21	19	4	15	28	0	1.568	10.5	3.6	6.8	1.87	1.0	17
1980	25	5	1	.833	2.21	57.0	63	16	14	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	32	0	1.447	9.5	3.6	7.6	2.13	0.5	19
1983	28	4	3	.571	4.04	69.0	76	34	31	5	36	49	1	1.623	9.9	4.7	6.4	1.36	0.7	42
1984	29	5	5	.500	3.84	96.0	95	46	41	13	26	71	2	1.260	8.9	2.4	6.7	2.73	1.2	49
1985	30	4	6	.400	4.45	91.0	101	50	45	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 Yrs		23	19	.548	3.98	405.0	448	199	179	39	155	307	7	1.489	10.0		6.8	1.98	0.9	229

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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