Josh Beckett

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2001-2014)

W–L 138–106
ERA 3.88
WHIP 1.23
SO 1,901
Pitcher PIV 25548.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'5" / 230 lb
Born
5/15/1980 in Spring, TX, USA
MLB Debut
2001-09-04
Last Game
2014-08-03
Awards
3× All-Star · World Series MVP · ALCS MVP · Babe Ruth Award

Full name: Joshua Patrick Beckett

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
138 106 335 332 12 6 0 2051.0 1,897 884 238 629 1,901 3.88 25548.0

Career ERA 3.88 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — 8.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2001 FLO NL 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 24.0 14 4 11 24 1.50 4.42 (+66%) 146.8
2002 FLO NL 6 7 23 21 0 0 0 107.7 93 49 44 113 4.10 4.28 (+4%) 1627.5
2003 FLO NL 9 8 24 23 0 0 0 142.0 132 48 56 152 3.04 4.40 (+31%) 5333.5
2004 FLO NL 9 9 26 26 1 1 0 156.7 137 66 54 152 3.79 4.46 (+15%) 3554.7
2005 FLO NL 15 8 29 29 2 1 0 178.7 153 67 58 166 3.38 4.29 (+21%) 4719.1
2006 BOS AL 16 11 33 33 0 0 0 204.7 191 114 74 158 5.01 4.53 (-11%) -3038.5
2007 BOS AL 20 7 30 30 1 0 0 200.7 189 73 40 194 3.27 4.47 (+27%) 7276.5
2008 BOS AL 12 10 27 27 1 0 0 174.3 173 78 34 172 4.03 4.32 (+7%) 4888.5
2009 BOS AL 17 6 32 32 4 2 0 212.3 198 91 55 199 3.86 4.32 (+11%) 3836.6
2010 BOS AL 6 6 21 21 0 0 0 127.7 151 82 45 116 5.78 4.08 (-42%) -1480.9
2011 BOS AL 13 7 30 30 1 1 0 193.0 146 62 52 175 2.89 3.94 (+27%) 1845.2
2012 BOS AL 5 11 21 21 0 0 0 127.3 131 74 38 94 5.23 4.01 (-30%) -796.6
2012 LAN NL 2 3 7 7 0 0 0 43.0 43 14 14 38 2.93 4.01 (+27%) 215.8
2013 LAN NL 0 5 8 8 1 0 0 43.3 50 25 15 41 5.19 3.87 (-34%) -864.2
2014 LAN NL 6 6 20 20 1 1 0 115.7 96 37 39 107 2.88 3.74 (+23%) -1715.8
Career · 15 seasons 138 106 335 332 12 6 0 2,051.0 1,897 884 629 1,901 3.88 — 25,548

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
335 289 19 41 12 0 3 18 0 12 110 .142 .175 .215 .390 -343

Career AVG .142 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 45.7% below league average.

Career OBP .175 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — 46.6% below league average.

Career SLG .215 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 48.1% below league average.

Career OPS .390 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 47.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2001 FLO NL 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 — — — — 0.0
2002 FLO NL 23 31 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 .032 — — — — 0.0
2003 FLO NL 24 46 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 14 .152 — — — — 0.0
2004 FLO NL 26 44 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 18 .159 — — — — 0.0
2005 FLO NL 29 59 5 9 3 0 1 6 0 7 17 .153 .264 (-42%) .330 (-28%) .418 (-39%) .749 (-34%) -342.7
2006 BOS AL 33 7 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 .429 — — — — 0.0
2007 BOS AL 30 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .182 — — — — 0.0
2008 BOS AL 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 BOS AL 32 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .200 — — — — 0.0
2010 BOS AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 BOS AL 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 BOS AL 21 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 — — — — 0.0
2012 LAN NL 7 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 LAN NL 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 — — — — 0.0
2014 LAN NL 20 39 4 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 14 .179 — — — — 0.0
Career · 15 seasons 335 289 19 41 12 0 3 18 0 12 110 .142 — — — — -343

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
14 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 .182

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2009 ALDS2 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALCS BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 ALCS BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 WS BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2003 NLCS FLO 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250
2003 NLDS1 FLO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2003 WS FLO 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
7 3 14 13 0 93.7 67 32 21 99 3.07

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2009 ALDS2 BOS 0 1 1 1 0 6.7 5 4 1 3 5.40
2008 ALCS BOS 1 0 2 2 0 9.3 13 10 2 8 9.64
2008 ALDS1 BOS 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 9 4 4 6 7.20
2007 ALCS BOS 2 0 2 2 0 14.0 9 3 1 18 1.93
2007 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 8 0.00
2007 WS BOS 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 6 1 1 9 1.29
2003 NLCS FLO 1 0 3 2 0 19.3 11 7 2 19 3.26
2003 NLDS1 FLO 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 2 1 5 9 1.29
2003 WS FLO 1 1 2 2 0 16.3 8 2 5 19 1.10

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home17312362003.163
Away1621661321315.127

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1731050.295545633410003.91
Away1621000.19424282959013.85

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2014-08-03 LADCHCL 100000000
2014-07-29 LADATLW 200000000
2014-07-22 LADPITL 110000010
2014-07-06 LADCOLW 311100000
2014-07-01 LADCLEL 212200000
2014-06-26 LADSTLW 200000001
2014-06-21 LADSDPW 200000002
2014-06-15 LADAZL 201000001
2014-06-10 LADCINW 311000001
2014-06-04 LADCHWL 200000002

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2014-08-03 LADCHC L 4.0633361
2014-07-29 LADATL — 4.1944421
2014-07-22 LADPIT — 3.2644043
2014-07-06 LADCOL W 5.0300320
2014-07-01 LADCLE L 5.0655151
2014-06-26 LADSTL — 7.0400240
2014-06-21 LADSDP W 7.0400280
2014-06-15 LADAZ L 7.0542061
2014-06-10 LADCIN W 6.0200170
2014-06-04 LADCHW L 6.0922262

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 335 332 132 221 19 12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2001 FLO P 4 4 0 6 0 0
2002 FLO P 23 21 11 9 1 0
2003 FLO P 24 23 6 19 1 0
2004 FLO P 26 26 4 17 2 0
2005 FLO P 29 29 6 30 1 1
2006 BOS P 33 33 14 24 0 3
2007 BOS P 30 30 18 12 2 1
2008 BOS P 27 27 15 18 2 2
2009 BOS P 32 32 11 14 2 2
2010 BOS P 21 21 9 20 1 0
2011 BOS P 30 30 15 18 3 0
2012 BOS P 21 21 8 13 0 2
2012 LAN P 7 7 5 6 1 0
2013 LAN P 8 8 2 7 1 0
2014 LAN P 20 20 8 8 2 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 335

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2014 Player of the Week Week of 2014-05-25
2009 Player of the Week Week of 2009-07-11
2007 ALCS MVP
2007 This Year in Baseball Starter of the Year MLB.com GIBBY
2003 Babe Ruth Award P
2003 World Series MVP

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2014 LAN NL $15,750,000
2013 LAN NL $17,000,000
2012 BOS AL $17,000,000
2011 BOS AL $17,000,000
2010 BOS AL $12,100,000
2009 BOS AL $11,166,666
2008 BOS AL $10,166,666
2007 BOS AL $6,666,667
2006 BOS AL $4,325,000
2005 FLO NL $2,400,000
2004 FLO NL $1,509,375
2003 FLO NL $1,725,000
2002 FLO NL $2,156,250
Total Career Earnings $118,965,624

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2011 Cy Young Award AL 9th 3.0 196 0
2007 Cy Young Award AL 2nd 86.0 140 8
2007 Most Valuable Player AL 22th 2.0 392 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Josh Beckett (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Kevin Gausman
    120-124, 3.87 ERA
  2. 97
    Jose Quintana
    115-113, 3.79 ERA
  3. 96
    Ted Lilly
    130-113, 4.14 ERA
  4. 96
    Sonny Gray
    141-106, 3.53 ERA
  5. 95
    Lance Lynn
    143-99, 3.74 ERA
  6. 90
    Johnny Cueto
    144-113, 3.52 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Josh Beckett

What years did Josh Beckett play?
Josh Beckett played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2014.
Was Josh Beckett a pitcher?
Yes. Josh Beckett pitched in the major leagues, recording 138 wins and 1901 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Josh Beckett hit?
Josh Beckett hit 3 career home runs with 41 hits.