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Joe
Beckwith		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 28, 1955 in Usa, AL, OPELIKA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1989   
All-Star Selections 1979   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 24 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7
1980 25 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
1981 26 WAS NL $ 300,000 6 7 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 7
1982 27 WAS NL $ 2,411,429 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 8 8 8
1983 28 WAS NL $ 4,742,857 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 8 8 8
1984 29 WAS NL $ 5,764,286 6 8 9 9 6 7 6 7 8 8
1985 30 WAS NL $ 9,000,000 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
1986 31 WAS NL $ 9,000,000 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
1987 32 WAS NL $ 9,000,000 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 7
1988 33 WAS NL $ 9,000,000 6 8 9 9 6 7 6 5 5 5
1989 34 CLE AL $ 5,040,000 6 8 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5
1990 35 CLE AL $ 5,040,000 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 24 WAS NL 11 2 .846 66 0 0 0 6 101.7 93 29 7 38 50 2.57 .250 .319 .379 .698 11.6
1980 25 WAS NL 3 7 .300 70 0 0 0 2 72.0 64 29 6 30 46 3.63 .238 .316 .361 .676 4.8
1981 26 WAS NL 15 10 .600 81 0 0 0 32 119.7 128 51 9 41 80 3.84 .276 .333 .390 .723 12.6
1982 27 WAS NL 17 6 .739 31 31 1 0 0 210.3 181 73 11 56 138 3.12 .229 .283 .327 .610 15.2
1983 28 WAS NL 17 7 .708 32 32 3 2 0 218.0 157 67 19 71 179 2.77 .198 .265 .326 .591 19.8
1984 29 WAS NL 14 8 .636 32 32 0 0 0 204.0 197 96 14 75 173 4.24 .252 .316 .386 .702 9.3
1985 30 WAS NL 14 13 .519 32 32 5 3 0 209.3 188 94 15 88 164 4.04 .237 .314 .365 .679 10.2
1986 31 WAS NL 13 11 .542 32 32 0 0 0 225.3 178 77 19 79 208 3.08 .215 .282 .353 .635 16.4
1987 32 WAS NL 10 8 .556 32 32 0 0 0 187.0 179 71 20 68 160 3.42 .247 .312 .399 .711 11.3
1988 33 WAS NL 11 10 .524 33 33 0 0 0 193.7 173 82 18 85 176 3.81 .238 .319 .400 .719 10.3
1989 34 CLE AL 13 11 .542 37 37 1 1 0 212.7 178 92 26 89 180 3.89 .224 .303 .397 .700 12.7
1990 35 CLE AL 8 9 .471 29 29 0 0 0 144.0 146 84 23 50 132 5.25 .257 .317 .455 .772 3.9
12 Years Sim 146 102 .589 507 290 10 6 40 2097.6 1862 845 187 770 1686 3.63 .235 .304 .376 .680 138.1
Season Average 12 8 .600 42 24 0 0 3 174.8 155 70 15 64 140 3.63 .235 .304 .376 .680  
Career Highs 17 13 .846 81 37 5 3 32 225.3 197 96 26 89 208 5.25 .276 .333 .455 .772  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   835 393 95 313 916   .226 .287 .372 .659
vs LH   1027 452 92 457 770   .243 .317 .380 .697
Home 77 59 .566 258 146 3 3 20 1076.0 973 467 94 409 835 3.91 .240 .309 .375 .684
Away 69 43 .616 249 144 7 3 24 1021.6 889 378 93 361 851 3.33 .231 .297 .378 .675
Mar/Apr 20 17 .541 75 47 3 2 5 314.3 292 147 33 121 252 4.21 .244 .313 .408 .721
May 30 13 .698 90 54 2 2 9 379.0 323 154 32 136 325 3.66 .229 .297 .359 .656
June 23 21 .523 84 46 0 0 9 318.0 294 146 30 130 261 4.13 .244 .317 .393 .710
July 23 12 .657 79 44 1 0 5 354.6 304 110 22 125 277 2.79 .230 .296 .352 .648
August 24 26 .480 101 54 1 0 7 402.3 366 168 42 144 308 3.76 .240 .305 .391 .696
Sep/Oct 26 13 .667 78 45 3 2 9 329.3 283 120 28 114 263 3.28 .228 .293 .356 .649
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 24 WAS NL P 66 0 101.7 4 20 0 2 1.000 2.12    
1980 25 WAS NL P 70 0 72.0 3 10 1 1 .929 1.63    
1981 26 WAS NL P 81 0 119.7 7 17 0 3 1.000 1.81    
1982 27 WAS NL P 31 31 210.3 18 28 2 1 .958 1.97    
1983 28 WAS NL P 32 32 218.0 15 39 2 2 .964 2.23    
1984 29 WAS NL P 32 32 204.0 8 33 2 2 .953 1.81    
1985 30 WAS NL P 32 32 209.3 12 26 2 3 .950 1.63    
1986 31 WAS NL P 32 32 225.3 12 22 2 0 .944 1.36    
1987 32 WAS NL P 32 32 187.0 14 19 1 4 .971 1.59    
1988 33 WAS NL P 33 33 193.7 7 24 0 1 1.000 1.44    
1989 34 CLE AL P 37 37 212.7 17 42 0 4 1.000 2.50    
1990 35 CLE AL P 29 29 144.0 8 15 1 2 .958 1.44    
Career Totals   507 290 2097.6 125 295 13 25 .970 1.80    
Career Highs   81 37 225.3 18 42 2 4 1.000 2.50    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 24 WAS NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 5.3 11 6 2 1 3 10.13 .440 .462 .680 1.142
1981 26 WAS NL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 3 8.7 12 6 2 4 6 6.24 .324 .390 .541 .931
1982 27 WAS NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 12 8 0 5 4 6.00 .255 .327 .362 .689
1988 33 WAS NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 7.3 6 4 1 2 4 4.91 .222 .276 .481 .757
1989 34 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 0 3 4 5.40 .222 .333 .278 .611
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 16 3 0 0 4 38.3 45 27 5 15 21 6.34 .292 .355 .468 .823
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1982-10-3.12
1983-4-2.77
1986-7-3.08
 Wins
1982-9-17
1983-9-17
 Winning Pct
1982-4-.739
1983-9-.708
 Saves
1981-3-32
 Games Pitched
1979-8-66
1980-5-70
1981-4-81
 Games Started
1989-1-37
Shutouts
1985-4-3
 Homeruns Allowed
1989-6-26
1990-8-23
 Strikeouts
1983-7-179
1986-6-208
1987-10-160
1989-7-180
 Walks Allowed
1989-7-89
 Hits per 9IP
1982-8-7.7
1983-1-6.5
1986-4-7.1
1989-9-7.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1983-4-7.4
1984-3-7.6
1985-9-7.1
1986-3-8.3
1987-5-7.7
1988-5-8.2
1989-9-7.6
CAR-43-7.2
WHiP
1982-5-1.13
1983-6-1.05
1986-7-1.14
 OAVG
1982-7-.229
1983-1-.198
1986-4-.215
1989-9-.224
 OOBP
1982-7-.283
1983-6-.265
1986-5-.282
 OSLG
1982-7-.327
1983-9-.326
1986-10-.353
 OOPS
1982-6-.610
1983-4-.591
1986-8-.635
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 72    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Hub Pruett (916)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Washington in 1979
Earned first career win on 4/29/1979
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,411,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,742,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1983, winning 2 games with a 2.25 ERA
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,764,286 through salary arbitration
10/22/1984: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $9,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/5/1989 to a 2-year deal worth $5,040,000 per year
Pitched NO-HITTER against Milwaukee on 5/15/1989, striking out 7
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1989
Injured on 9/13/1990 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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