Josh Beckett | Major Leaguer 2001-2008

Full Name: Joshua Patrick Beckett
Born: May 15,1980 in Spring, Texas
Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Spring (Spring,TX)
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Prospect Rankings*
2000 - 19th ranked Major League prospect
2000 - 2nd ranked organizational prospect for Florida Marlins
2001 - 3rd ranked Major League prospect
2001 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for Florida Marlins
2002 - 1st ranked Major League prospect
2002 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for Florida Marlins

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Florida Marlins in 1st Round (2nd overall) of 1999 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Sep 1,1999] - signed [Nov 24,2005] - Traded by Marlins with Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota to Red Sox for Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, Jesus Delgado and Harvey Garcia.

Signed by: Bob Laurie

Disabled List: [May 1,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (blister on the middle finger of his right hand) [May 14,2002] - Activated [Jun 5,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right middle finger blister) [Aug 24,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (blister to his right middle finger) [Sep 11,2002] - Activated [May 9,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right elbow sprain) [Jul 1,2003] - Activated [May 31,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (blister to his right middle finger) [Jun 16,2004] - Activated [Jun 25,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (pulled muscle in his lower back) [Jul 5,2004] - Activated [Jul 6,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (skin tear to his right middle finger) [Jul 30,2004] - Activated [Jun 17,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (blister to his right middle finger) [Jun 30,2005] - Activated [Jul 8,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (left oblique strain) [Jul 23,2005] - Activated [May 14,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Finger) [May 29,2007] -

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2000	Kane Cty	Midw	20	Fla	A	2	3	2.12	13	12	0	0	0	0	59.1	45	18	14	4	15	61	1	1	6.83	0.61	2.28	9.25	1.01	--
2001	Brevard Ct	FSL	21	Fla	A+	6	0	1.23	13	12	0	0	0	0	65.2	32	13	9	0	15	101	1	1	4.39	0.00	2.06	13.84	0.72	--
	Portland	East	21	Fla	AA	8	1	1.82	13	13	0	0	0	0	74.1	50	16	15	8	19	102	1	1	6.05	0.97	2.30	12.35	0.93	--
	Florida	NL	21	Fla	MLB	2	2	1.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	14	9	4	3	11	24	1	0	5.25	1.13	4.13	9.00	1.04	38%
2002	GCL Marlns	GCL	22	Fla	Rk	0	0	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	7	1	0	11.25	0.00	2.25	15.75	1.50	--
	Jupiter	FSL	22	Fla	A+	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	6.00	0.00	1.50	18.00	0.83	--
	Florida	NL	22	Fla	MLB	6	7	4.10	23	21	0	0	0	0	107.2	93	56	49	13	44	113	5	0	7.77	1.09	3.68	9.45	1.27	48%
2003	Jupiter	FSL	23	Fla	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0		6.00	0.00	0.00	15.00	0.67	--
	Carolina	Sou	23	Fla	AA	0	0	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	1	0	7	0		9.00	2.25	0.00	15.75	1.00	--
	Florida	NL	23	Fla	MLB	9	8	3.04	24	23	0	0	1	0	142.0	132	54	48	9	56	152	6	1	8.37	0.57	3.55	9.63	1.32	48%
2004	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	9	9	3.79	26	26	1	1	0	0	156.2	137	72	66	16	54	152	5	0	7.87	0.92	3.10	8.73	1.22	51%
2005	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	15	8	3.38	29	29	2	1	0	0	178.2	153	75	67	14	58	166	5	0	7.71	0.71	2.92	8.36	1.18	42%
2006	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	16	11	5.01	33	33	0	0	0	0	204.2	191	120	114	36	74	158	11	1	8.40	1.58	3.25	6.95	1.29	47%
2007	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	20	7	3.27	30	30	1	0	0	0	200.2	189	76	73	17	40	194	3	0	8.48	0.76	1.79	8.70	1.14	48%
2008	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	12	10	4.03	27	27	1	0	0	0	174.1	173	80	78	18	34	172	5	0	8.93	0.93	1.76	8.88	1.19	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)						89	62	3.78	196	193	5	2	1	0	1,188.2	1082	542	499	126	371	1131	41	2	8.19	0.95	2.81	8.56	1.22	--
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						17	4	1.75	43	41	0	0	0	0	216.1	142	51	42	13	51	295	4		5.91	0.54	2.12	12.29	0.89	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2001	Portland	East	21	Fla	AA	p		13	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311	--
	Florida	NL	21	Fla	MLB	p	9	4	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.429	715	20%
2002	Florida	NL	22	Fla	MLB	p	9	23	31	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	5	0	0	.032	.032	.065	097	59%
2003	Carolina	Sou	23	Fla	AA	p		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	--
	Florida	NL	23	Fla	MLB	p	9	24	46	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	0	0	5	0	1	.152	.170	.196	366	68%
2004	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	p	9	26	44	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	0	0	9	0	0	.159	.196	.182	378	68%
2005	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	p	9	29	59	5	9	3	0	1	6	0	0	7	17	0	0	4	1	1	.153	.239	.254	493	51%
2006	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	p	0	2	7	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.857	1286	29%
2007	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	p	9	3	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	455	80%
2008	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	p		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)								113	211	14	31	9	0	2	15	0	0	10	77	0	0	26	1	2	.147	.185	.218	403	--
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								14	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.273	.111	384	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2003	Florida	NL	23		Div	0	1	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	9	1	0	2.57	0.00	6.43	11.57	1.00	--
	Florida	NL	23		Ch	1	0	3.26	3	2	1	1	0	0	19.1	11	7	7	3	2	19	0	0	5.12	1.40	0.93	8.85	0.67	--
	Florida	NL	23		Ws	1	1	1.10	2	2	1	1	0	0	16.1	8	2	2	0	5	19	0	0	4.41	0.00	2.76	10.47	0.80	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	2	2.11	6	5	2	2	0	0	42.2	21	10	10	3	12	47	1	0	4.43	0.63	2.53	9.91	0.77	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2003	Florida	NL	23	Fla	Div	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Florida	NL	23	Fla	Ch	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	583	--
	Florida	NL	23	Fla	Ws	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						5	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	0	0	.182	.250	.182	432	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
2000	Kane Cty	Midw	20	Fla	A	P	13			2	10	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2001	Brevard Ct	FSL	21	Fla	A+	P	13			0	6	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	--
2001	Portland	East	21	Fla	AA	P	13			2	5	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Florida	NL	21	Fla	MLB	P	4		24	0	6	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25

2002	GCL Marlns	GCL	22	Fla	Rk	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2002	Jupiter	FSL	22	Fla	A+	P	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Florida	NL	22	Fla	MLB	P	23		107.2	11	9	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	1.67

2003	Jupiter	FSL	23	Fla	A+	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Carolina	Sou	23	Fla	AA	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2003	Florida	NL	23	Fla	MLB	P	24	23	142	6	19	1	26	0	-	-	-	.962	1.58

2004	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	P	26	26	156.2	4	17	2	23	0	-	-	-	.913	1.21

2005	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	P	29	29	178.2	6	31	1	38	1	-	-	-	.974	1.86

2006	Boston	AL	26	Bos	MLB	P	33	33	204.2	14	24	0	38	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.67

2007	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	P	30	30	201.2	18	12	2	32	1	-	-	-	.938	1.34

2008	Boston	AL	28	Bos	MLB	P	27	27	174	15	18	2	35	2	-	-	-	.943	1.71

Awards

[1998] - 1st team High School All-American P [1999] - 1st team High School All-American P [2001] - Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star SP, Minor League Player of the Year, Florida Marlins Minor League Player of the Year, Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year [2003] - World Series Most Valuable Player [2007] - Major League 1st All-Star (end of season) SP, Played in MLB All-Star Game, ALCS Most Valuable Player, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #22), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2002	2,156,250		1,654,088	26
2003	1,725,000		1,773,364	27
2004	1,509,375		1,716,303	27
2005	2,400,000		1,825,756	24
2006	4,325,000		1,937,004	15
2007	*6,666,667		2,923,340	16
2008	*10,166,666	73

Career:	$29,148,958	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Participated in the 2000 Futures Game during All-Star Weekend, playing for the United states team.

Member of the World Series Champion Florida Marlins in 2003 where he was named series Most Valuable Player.

Beckett was traded to the Red Sox after the 2005 season as part of one of the biggest fire sales in MLB history when the Florida Marlins sent him to the Red Sox along with Mike Lowell for 3 minor leaguers.