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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:22AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 85 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 4 258 182 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 0 170 131 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 4 410 119 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 52 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) NL 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) AL 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

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
1979 24 LAD NL 37.1 0 18 21 -1 1.2 3 0.0 $
1980 25 LAD NL 59.2 0 17 31 1 .7 14 0.9 $
1982 27 LAD NL 40.0 1 14 21 0 1.0 7 0.6 $
1983 28 LAD NL 71.0 3 40 39 -1 .7 -1 -0.4 $
1984 29 KCR AL 100.2 1 39 57 4 .8 18 1.0 $
1985 30 KCR AL 95.0 0 45 58 0 .9 13 0.5 $358,000
1986 31 LAD NL 18.1 0 16 11 -1 .6 -5 -0.6 $200,000
7 Seasons 422.0 5 189 238 2 .8 49 2.0 $558,000
LAD (5 yrs) 226.1 4 105 123 -2 .8 18 0.5 $200,000
KCR (2 yrs) 195.2 1 84 115 4 .8 31 1.5 $358,000

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
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

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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
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 Seasons 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: 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
1979 24 LAD NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1980 25 LAD NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1982 27 LAD NL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1983 28 LAD NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
4 Seasons 22 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1979 LAD NL 24 P 17 0 0 37.1 12 5 5 2 0 .833 2.41 0.59 .951 1.81 1.80 6 1 14% 0
1980 LAD NL 25 P 38 0 0 59.2 10 1 7 2 0 .800 1.21 0.21 .952 1.92 1.91 5 3 38% 0
1982 LAD NL 27 P 19 1 0 40.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.21 .952 1.96 1.97 2 1 33% 0
1983 LAD NL 28 P 42 3 0 71.0 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 2.66 0.50 .952 1.91 1.91 8 1 11% 1
1984 KCR AL 29 P 49 1 0 100.2 22 10 12 0 1 1.000 1.97 0.45 .958 1.79 1.78 9 1 10% 0
1985 KCR AL 30 P 49 0 0 95.0 21 7 12 2 1 .905 1.80 0.39 .953 1.86 1.84 10 4 29% 0
1986 LAD NL 31 P 15 0 0 18.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.49 0.07 .960 1.91 1.94 2 1 33% 0
7 Seasons P 229 5 0 422.0 91 34 51 6 3 .934 1.81 0.37 .954 1.87 1.87 42 12 22% 1
7 Seasons TOT 229 5 0 422.0 91 34 51 6 3 .934 1.81 0.37 .954 1.87 1.87 42 12 22% 1
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-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

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1983 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198530Kansas City Royals$358,0001985 USA Today survey
198631Los Angeles Dodgers$200,0001986 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$558,000
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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