What years did Joe Beimel play?

Joe Beimel played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2015.

Was Joe Beimel a pitcher?

Yes. Joe Beimel pitched in the major leagues, recording 29 wins and 379 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Joe Beimel hit?

Joe Beimel hit 0 career home runs with 10 hits.

What was Joe Beimel's career batting average?

Joe Beimel batted .222 over his career, with 10 hits in 45 at bats.

How many RBI did Joe Beimel have?

Joe Beimel drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was Joe Beimel's career ERA?

Joe Beimel finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 29-34 with 379 strikeouts.

Joe Beimel

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2001-2015)

Joe Beimel was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2015 for 7 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 15 seasons. Across 676 career appearances, he went 29-34 with a 4.06 ERA and 379 strikeouts.

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 29–34

ERA 4.06

WHIP 1.46

SO 379

Pitcher PIV -3882.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 205 lb
Born: 4/19/1977 in St. Marys, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 2001-04-08
Last Game: 2015-10-03

Full name: Joseph Ronald Beimel

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Career Pitching Statistics

Joe Beimel — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
29	34	676	23	0	0	5	680.0	719	307	66	272	379	4.06	-3882.9

Career ERA 4.06 vs. league average 4.25 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Joe Beimel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2001	PIT	NL	7	11	42	15	0	115.1	131	67	49	58	5.23	4.42 (-18%)	-1179.5
2002	PIT	NL	2	5	53	8	0	85.1	88	44	45	53	4.64	4.28 (-8%)	-1142.5
2003	PIT	NL	1	3	69	0	0	62.1	69	35	33	42	5.05	4.40 (-15%)	-817.9
2004	MIN	AL	0	0	3	0	0	1.2	8	8	2	2	43.20	—	0.0
2005	TBA	AL	0	0	7	0	0	11.0	15	4	4	3	3.27	4.29 (+24%)	-125.5
2006	LAN	NL	2	1	62	0	2	70.0	70	23	21	30	2.96	4.53 (+35%)	66.1
2007	LAN	NL	4	2	83	0	1	67.1	63	29	24	39	3.88	4.47 (+13%)	1851.7
2008	LAN	NL	5	1	71	0	0	49.0	50	11	21	32	2.02	4.32 (+53%)	1272.6
2009	WAS	NL	1	5	45	0	1	39.2	38	15	15	24	3.40	4.32 (+21%)	241.4
2009	COL	NL	0	1	26	0	0	15.2	19	7	4	11	4.02	4.32 (+7%)	79.9
2010	COL	NL	1	2	71	0	0	45.0	46	17	15	21	3.40	4.08 (+17%)	-574.1
2011	PIT	NL	1	1	35	0	0	25.1	34	15	9	17	5.33	3.94 (-35%)	-1269.2
2014	SEA	AL	3	1	56	0	0	45.0	39	11	14	25	2.20	3.74 (+41%)	-490.6
2015	SEA	AL	2	1	53	0	1	47.1	49	21	16	22	3.99	3.96 (-1%)	-1795.3
Career · 14 seasons			29	34	676	23	5	680.0	719	307	272	379	4.06	—	-3,883

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

Joe Beimel — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
677	45	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	19	.222	.255	.244	.500	0

Career AVG .222 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 15.1% below league average.

Career OBP .255 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 22.4% below league average.

Career SLG .244 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 41.1% below league average.

Career OPS .500 vs. league average .744 across their career seasons — 32.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Joe Beimel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2001	PIT	NL	42	26	3	7	0	0	1	10	.269	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	PIT	NL	53	10	0	3	1	1	1	3	.300	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	PIT	NL	70	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	MIN	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	TBA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	LAN	NL	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	LAN	NL	83	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	LAN	NL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	WAS	NL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	COL	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	COL	NL	71	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	PIT	NL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SEA	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SEA	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			677	45	3	10	1	1	2	19	.222	—	—	—	—	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

Joe Beimel — 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

Joe Beimel — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2009	NLDS2	COL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	NLCS	LAN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Joe Beimel — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	6	0	0	1.1	1	0	2	0	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Joe Beimel — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2009	NLDS2	COL	0	0	3	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0.00
2008	NLCS	LAN	0	0	3	0	0	0.2	0	0	2	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Joe Beimel — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	335	23	2	5	0	1	.217
Away	342	22	1	5	0	0	.227

Pitching — Home / Away

Joe Beimel — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	335	348.2	356	133	112	188	3.43
Away	341	331.1	363	174	160	191	4.73

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Joe Beimel — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2015-10-03	SEA	OAK	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	0
2015-09-30	SEA	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-28	SEA	HOU	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
2015-09-24	SEA	KCR	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	0
2015-09-23	SEA	KCR	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
2015-09-20	SEA	TEX	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2015-09-19	SEA	TEX	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	0
2015-09-12	SEA	COL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
2015-09-11	SEA	COL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2015-09-08	SEA	TEX	—	0.1	0	1	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Joe Beimel — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	676	23	40	143	11	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Joe Beimel — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2001	PIT	P	42	15	3	17	2	0
2002	PIT	P	53	8	1	12	3	1
2003	PIT	P	69	0	2	12	0	0
2004	MIN	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
2005	TBA	P	7	0	1	2	0	0
2006	LAN	P	62	0	4	26	1	1
2007	LAN	P	83	0	11	22	1	6
2008	LAN	P	71	0	5	9	0	1
2009	WAS	P	45	0	2	5	3	0
2009	COL	P	26	0	1	3	0	0
2010	COL	P	71	0	7	9	0	0
2011	PIT	P	35	0	0	1	0	0
2014	SEA	P	56	0	2	11	1	1
2015	SEA	P	53	0	1	14	0	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Joe Beimel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	676

Salary History

Joe Beimel — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2014	SEA	AL	$850,000
2009	WAS	NL	$2,000,000
2008	LAN	NL	$1,925,000
2007	LAN	NL	$912,500
2003	PIT	NL	$322,000
2002	PIT	NL	$227,000
2001	PIT	NL	$200,000
Total Career Earnings			$6,436,500

College History

Joe Beimel — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh	PA	1998

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Joe Beimel: the record in brief

Joe Beimel's major league career runs from a debut on April 8, 2001 to a final game on October 3, 2015. Beimel played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (2001 through 2011), the Minnesota Twins (2004), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006 to 2008), the Washington Nationals (2009), the Colorado Rockies (2009 through 2010), and the Seattle Mariners (2014 through 2015). Listed as a pitcher, Beimel both batted and threw left-handed. Beimel is listed at 6'3" and 205 pounds. Beimel was born on April 19, 1977, in St. Marys, PA, USA. The given name on file is Joseph Ronald Beimel.

Beimel pitched in 676 games, starting 23, and finished with a 29-34 record and 4.06 ERA. Also on Beimel's record: 379 strikeouts. Beimel's 4.06 ERA was close to the 4.25 league figure for those seasons. 2001 brought Beimel a season-high 7 wins. 2006 was Beimel's sharpest full season, a 2.96 ERA against the league's 4.53.

The playoff pitching line reads 0-0, 0.00 ERA, across 6 appearances. Those appearances came in 2008 and 2009.

Frequently Asked Questions about Joe Beimel

What years did Joe Beimel play?: Joe Beimel played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2015.
Was Joe Beimel a pitcher?: Yes. Joe Beimel pitched in the major leagues, recording 29 wins and 379 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Joe Beimel hit?: Joe Beimel hit 0 career home runs with 10 hits.
What was Joe Beimel's career batting average?: Joe Beimel batted .222 over his career, with 10 hits in 45 at bats.
How many RBI did Joe Beimel have?: Joe Beimel drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was Joe Beimel's career ERA?: Joe Beimel finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 29-34 with 379 strikeouts.