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.

What teams did Josh Beckett play for?

Josh Beckett played for 3 teams: the Florida Marlins (2001–2005), the Boston Red Sox (2006–2012), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012–2014).

Did Josh Beckett win a Cy Young Award?

No. Josh Beckett did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Josh Beckett win?

Josh Beckett won the World Series MVP award (2003). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Josh Beckett's career stats?

In 335 games, Josh Beckett went 138-106 with a 3.88 ERA, 1,901 strikeouts, and 2,051.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 41 hits and 3 home runs.

What was Josh Beckett's salary?

Josh Beckett's last recorded salary was $15,750,000, in 2014. His highest recorded salary was $17,000,000, in 2011, and his lowest was $1,509,375, in 2004. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2014.

What position did Josh Beckett play?

Josh Beckett played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Josh Beckett and how much did he weigh?

Josh Beckett was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 230 pounds.

What was Josh Beckett's career ERA?

Josh Beckett finished with a 3.88 career ERA, going 138-106 with 1,901 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Josh Beckett have?

Josh Beckett recorded 1,901 career strikeouts.

Is Josh Beckett in the Hall of Fame?

No. Josh Beckett has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Josh Beckett

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

Josh Beckett was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2014 for the Florida Marlins, the Boston Red Sox, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 14 seasons. Across 335 career appearances, he went 138-106 with a 3.88 ERA and 1,901 strikeouts. He also batted .142 with 3 home runs. Josh Beckett was a 3-time All-Star, a World Series MVP, an ALCS MVP, and a Babe Ruth Award. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 25548.0.

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 17, 2026

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

Josh Beckett — 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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Josh Beckett Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2001	FLO	NL	2	2	4	4	0	0	24.0	14	4	11	24	1.50	4.42 (+66%)	146.8
2002	FLO	NL	6	7	23	21	0	0	107.2	93	49	44	113	4.10	4.28 (+4%)	1627.5
2003	FLO	NL	9	8	24	23	0	0	142.0	132	48	56	152	3.04	4.40 (+31%)	5333.5
2004	FLO	NL	9	9	26	26	1	1	156.2	137	66	54	152	3.79	4.46 (+15%)	3554.7
2005	FLO	NL	15	8	29	29	2	1	178.2	153	67	58	166	3.38	4.29 (+21%)	4719.1
2006	BOS	AL	16	11	33	33	0	0	204.2	191	114	74	158	5.01	4.53 (-11%)	-3038.5
2007	BOS	AL	20	7	30	30	1	0	200.2	189	73	40	194	3.27	4.47 (+27%)	7276.5
2008	BOS	AL	12	10	27	27	1	0	174.1	173	78	34	172	4.03	4.32 (+7%)	4888.5
2009	BOS	AL	17	6	32	32	4	2	212.1	198	91	55	199	3.86	4.32 (+11%)	3836.6
2010	BOS	AL	6	6	21	21	0	0	127.2	151	82	45	116	5.78	4.08 (-42%)	-1480.9
2011	BOS	AL	13	7	30	30	1	1	193.0	146	62	52	175	2.89	3.94 (+27%)	1845.2
2012	BOS	AL	5	11	21	21	0	0	127.1	131	74	38	94	5.23	4.01 (-30%)	-796.6
2012	LAN	NL	2	3	7	7	0	0	43.0	43	14	14	38	2.93	4.01 (+27%)	215.8
2013	LAN	NL	0	5	8	8	1	0	43.1	50	25	15	41	5.19	3.87 (-34%)	-864.2
2014	LAN	NL	6	6	20	20	1	1	115.2	96	37	39	107	2.88	3.74 (+23%)	-1715.8
Career · 15 seasons			138	106	335	332	12	6	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

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

Josh Beckett — 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

Josh Beckett — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
2009	ALDS2	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	ALCS	BOS	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	ALCS	BOS	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	WS	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	NLCS	FLO	3	8	2	1	3	.250
2003	NLDS1	FLO	1	1	0	0	1	.000
2003	WS	FLO	2	2	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Josh Beckett — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
7	3	14	13	0	93.2	67	32	21	99	3.07

Playoff Pitching by Year

Josh Beckett — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2009	ALDS2	BOS	0	1	1	1	6.2	5	4	1	3	5.40
2008	ALCS	BOS	1	0	2	2	9.1	13	10	2	8	9.64
2008	ALDS1	BOS	0	0	1	1	5.0	9	4	4	6	7.20
2007	ALCS	BOS	2	0	2	2	14.0	9	3	1	18	1.93
2007	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	8	0.00
2007	WS	BOS	1	0	1	1	7.0	6	1	1	9	1.29
2003	NLCS	FLO	1	0	3	2	19.1	11	7	2	19	3.26
2003	NLDS1	FLO	0	1	1	1	7.0	2	1	5	9	1.29
2003	WS	FLO	1	1	2	2	16.1	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

Josh Beckett — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	173	123	6	20	0	3	.163
Away	162	166	13	21	3	15	.127

Pitching — Home / Away

Josh Beckett — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	173	1050.2	955	456	334	1000	3.91
Away	162	1000.1	942	428	295	901	3.85

Last 10 Games — Batting

Josh Beckett — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
2014-08-03	LAD	CHC	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-07-29	LAD	ATL	W	2	0	0	0	0	0
2014-07-22	LAD	PIT	L	1	1	0	0	1	0
2014-07-06	LAD	COL	W	3	1	1	1	0	0
2014-07-01	LAD	CLE	L	2	1	2	2	0	0
2014-06-26	LAD	STL	W	2	0	0	0	0	1
2014-06-21	LAD	SDP	W	2	0	0	0	0	2
2014-06-15	LAD	AZ	L	2	0	1	0	0	1
2014-06-10	LAD	CIN	W	3	1	1	0	0	1
2014-06-04	LAD	CHW	L	2	0	0	0	0	2

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Josh Beckett — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2014-08-03	LAD	CHC	L	4.0	6	3	3	3	6	1
2014-07-29	LAD	ATL	—	4.1	9	4	4	4	2	1
2014-07-22	LAD	PIT	—	3.2	6	4	4	0	4	3
2014-07-06	LAD	COL	W	5.0	3	0	0	3	2	0
2014-07-01	LAD	CLE	L	5.0	6	5	5	1	5	1
2014-06-26	LAD	STL	—	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0
2014-06-21	LAD	SDP	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	8	0
2014-06-15	LAD	AZ	L	7.0	5	4	2	0	6	1
2014-06-10	LAD	CIN	W	6.0	2	0	0	1	7	0
2014-06-04	LAD	CHW	L	6.0	9	2	2	2	6	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Josh Beckett — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	335	332	132	221	19	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Josh Beckett — 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

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Josh Beckett Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	335

Awards & Honors

Josh Beckett — 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

Josh Beckett's recorded salaries total $118,965,624 over 13 seasons, 2002 to 2014. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Beckett's career ran from 2001 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2001.

Josh Beckett — 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 recorded salary (partial)			$118,965,624

Award Voting History

Josh Beckett — 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

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Josh Beckett: the record in brief

Josh Beckett played a first major league game on September 4, 2001 and a last one on August 3, 2014. Beckett played for the Florida Marlins (2001 through 2005), the Boston Red Sox (2006 to 2012), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012 through 2014). Beckett is listed as a pitcher at 6 feet, 5 inches and 230 pounds. The bio says Beckett batted and threw right-handed. Beckett was born on May 15, 1980, in Spring, TX, USA. Josh Beckett was the playing name; the full given name is Joshua Patrick.

Beckett pitched in 335 games, starting 332, and finished with a 138-106 record and 3.88 ERA. The totals include 1,901 strikeouts, 12 complete games, and 6 shutouts. Against a 4.22 league ERA for the same years, Beckett was 8.2% better. The best win total was 20, in 2007. 2009 produced Beckett's most strikeouts, 199. In 2011, one of the busiest seasons, Beckett posted a 2.89 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.94.

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.
What teams did Josh Beckett play for?: Josh Beckett played for 3 teams: the Florida Marlins (2001–2005), the Boston Red Sox (2006–2012), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012–2014).
Did Josh Beckett win a Cy Young Award?: No. Josh Beckett did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Josh Beckett win?: Josh Beckett won the World Series MVP award (2003). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Josh Beckett's career stats?: In 335 games, Josh Beckett went 138-106 with a 3.88 ERA, 1,901 strikeouts, and 2,051.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 41 hits and 3 home runs.
How much did Josh Beckett earn in his career?: Josh Beckett's recorded salaries total $118,965,624 over 13 seasons, 2002 to 2014. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Beckett's career ran from 2001 to 2014. No salary is recorded for 2001.
What was Josh Beckett's salary?: Josh Beckett's last recorded salary was $15,750,000, in 2014. His highest recorded salary was $17,000,000, in 2011, and his lowest was $1,509,375, in 2004. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2014.
What position did Josh Beckett play?: Josh Beckett played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Josh Beckett and how much did he weigh?: Josh Beckett was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 230 pounds.
What was Josh Beckett's career ERA?: Josh Beckett finished with a 3.88 career ERA, going 138-106 with 1,901 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Josh Beckett have?: Josh Beckett recorded 1,901 career strikeouts.
Is Josh Beckett in the Hall of Fame?: No. Josh Beckett has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.