What years did Rod Beck play?

Rod Beck played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2004.

Was Rod Beck a pitcher?

Yes. Rod Beck pitched in the major leagues, recording 38 wins and 644 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rod Beck hit?

Rod Beck hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What was Rod Beck's career batting average?

Rod Beck batted .211 over his career, with 4 hits in 19 at bats.

How many RBI did Rod Beck have?

Rod Beck drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was Rod Beck's career ERA?

Rod Beck finished with a 3.30 career ERA, going 38-45 with 644 strikeouts.

Rod Beck

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1991-2004)

Rod Beck was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2004 for 4 teams, including the San Francisco Giants, a span of 14 seasons. Across 704 career appearances, he went 38-45 with a 3.30 ERA, 644 strikeouts, and 286 saves. Rod Beck was a 3-time All-Star and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9964.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 38–45

ERA 3.30

WHIP 1.16

SO 644

Pitcher PIV 9964.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 215 lb
Born: 8/3/1968 in Burbank, CA, USA
Died: 6/23/2007 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
MLB Debut: 1991-05-06
Last Game: 2004-08-14
Awards: 3× All-Star · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Rodney Roy Beck

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Career Pitching Statistics

Rod Beck — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
38	45	704	0	0	0	286	768.0	703	282	97	191	644	3.30	9964.4

Career ERA 3.30 vs. league average 4.39 across their career seasons — 24.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Rod Beck Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1991	SFN	NL	1	1	31	1	52.1	53	22	13	38	3.78	3.91 (+3%)	941.0
1992	SFN	NL	3	3	65	17	92.0	62	18	15	87	1.76	3.75 (+53%)	4063.8
1993	SFN	NL	3	1	76	48	79.1	57	19	13	86	2.16	4.19 (+49%)	1940.7
1994	SFN	NL	2	4	48	28	48.2	49	15	13	39	2.77	4.51 (+39%)	-595.2
1995	SFN	NL	5	6	60	33	58.2	60	29	21	42	4.45	4.45 (avg)	77.7
1996	SFN	NL	0	9	63	35	62.0	56	23	10	48	3.34	4.61 (+28%)	892.2
1997	SFN	NL	7	4	73	37	70.0	67	27	8	53	3.47	4.39 (+21%)	1892.3
1998	CHN	NL	3	4	81	51	80.1	86	27	20	81	3.02	4.43 (+32%)	1444.2
1999	CHN	NL	2	4	31	7	30.0	41	26	13	13	7.80	4.71 (-66%)	-769.1
1999	BOS	AL	0	1	12	3	14.0	9	3	5	12	1.93	4.71 (+59%)	703.1
2000	BOS	AL	3	0	34	0	40.2	34	14	12	35	3.10	4.77 (+35%)	1727.0
2001	BOS	AL	6	4	68	6	80.2	77	35	28	63	3.90	4.42 (+12%)	-1290.4
2003	SDN	NL	3	2	36	20	35.1	25	7	11	32	1.78	4.40 (+59%)	613.0
2004	SDN	NL	0	2	26	0	24.0	27	17	9	15	6.38	4.46 (-43%)	-1675.8
Career · 14 seasons			38	45	704	286	768.0	703	282	191	644	3.30	—	9,964

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Rod Beck — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
704	19	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	.211	.211	.211	.421	0

Career AVG .211 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 20.7% below league average.

Career OBP .211 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 37.2% below league average.

Career SLG .211 vs. league average .418 across their career seasons — 49.6% below league average.

Career OPS .421 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 44.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Rod Beck Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1991	SFN	NL	31	2	1	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	SFN	NL	65	2	1	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	SFN	NL	76	4	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	SFN	NL	48	3	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	SFN	NL	60	3	1	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	SFN	NL	63	3	1	1	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	SFN	NL	73	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	CHN	NL	81	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	CHN	NL	31	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	BOS	AL	12	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	BOS	AL	34	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	BOS	AL	68	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SDN	NL	36	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SDN	NL	26	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			704	19	4	1	10	.211	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Rod Beck — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Rod Beck — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1999	ALCS	BOS	2	.000
1999	ALDS1	BOS	2	.000
1998	NLDS1	CHN	1	.000
1997	NLDS1	SFN	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rod Beck — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	6	0	0	5.2	10	5	2	5	7.94

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rod Beck — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1999	ALCS	BOS	1	2	0.2	2	2	0	1	27.00
1999	ALDS1	BOS	0	2	2.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
1998	NLDS1	CHN	0	1	1.2	5	3	2	1	16.20
1997	NLDS1	SFN	0	1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Rod Beck — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	372	8	0	1	0	1	.125
Away	331	11	0	3	0	0	.273

Pitching — Home / Away

Rod Beck — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	372	404.0	380	150	86	357	3.34
Away	331	363.1	323	132	105	287	3.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rod Beck — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-08-14	SDP	CIN	—	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	2
2004-08-11	SDP	CHC	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2004-08-06	SDP	PIT	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-08-03	SDP	PHI	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1
2004-07-30	SDP	LAD	—	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	2
2004-07-27	SDP	SFG	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2004-07-23	SDP	LAD	L	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1
2004-07-22	SDP	SFG	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2004-07-20	SDP	COL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-07-16	SDP	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rod Beck — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	704	0	39	96	4	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rod Beck — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1991	SFN	P	31	1	10	0	0
1992	SFN	P	65	2	13	1	0
1993	SFN	P	76	0	8	1	1
1994	SFN	P	48	4	4	0	0
1995	SFN	P	60	6	7	0	0
1996	SFN	P	63	2	6	0	1
1997	SFN	P	73	7	4	1	2
1998	CHN	P	81	8	11	0	1
1999	CHN	P	31	4	4	0	0
1999	BOS	P	12	1	2	0	0
2000	BOS	P	34	0	3	0	0
2001	BOS	P	68	3	16	0	2
2003	SDN	P	36	1	6	0	0
2004	SDN	P	26	0	2	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Rod Beck Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	704

Awards & Honors

Rod Beck — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2003	MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
1994	Reliever of the Year Award

Salary History

Rod Beck — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2001	BOS	AL	$4,500,000
2000	BOS	AL	$3,500,000
1999	CHN	NL	$5,500,000
1998	CHN	NL	$3,600,000
1997	SFN	NL	$3,183,380
1996	SFN	NL	$2,954,451
1995	SFN	NL	$2,242,500
1994	SFN	NL	$750,000
1993	SFN	NL	$250,000
1992	SFN	NL	$120,000
Total Career Earnings			$26,600,331

Award Voting History

Rod Beck — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1998	Most Valuable Player	NL	18th	5.0	448
1997	Most Valuable Player	NL	24th	2.0	392
1994	Cy Young Award	NL	8th	1.0	140
1993	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	23.0	392

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Rod Beck: the record in brief

Between the debut on May 6, 1991 and the final game on August 14, 2004, Rod Beck built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the San Francisco Giants (1991 to 1997), the Chicago Cubs (1998 through 1999), the Boston Red Sox (1999 through 2001), and the San Diego Padres (2003 through 2004). Beck, a pitcher by primary position, threw and hit right-handed. Beck is listed at 6'1" and 215 pounds. The birth record reads August 3, 1968, in Burbank, CA, USA. Beck's death is recorded on June 23, 2007, in Phoenix, AZ, USA. Beck's full given name, per the bio, is Rodney Roy Beck.

Beck went 38-45 with a 3.30 ERA in 704 games, 0 of them starts. Also on Beck's record: 644 strikeouts and 286 saves. Against a 4.39 league ERA for the same years, Beck was 24.8% better. No season topped the 7 wins of 1997. Beck struck out 87 batters in 1992, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rod Beck

What years did Rod Beck play?: Rod Beck played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2004.
Was Rod Beck a pitcher?: Yes. Rod Beck pitched in the major leagues, recording 38 wins and 644 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rod Beck hit?: Rod Beck hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What was Rod Beck's career batting average?: Rod Beck batted .211 over his career, with 4 hits in 19 at bats.
How many RBI did Rod Beck have?: Rod Beck drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was Rod Beck's career ERA?: Rod Beck finished with a 3.30 career ERA, going 38-45 with 644 strikeouts.