Joe Beckwith
[edit] Biography
Born on January 28, 1955 in Auburn, Alabama, Joe Beckwith (Thomas Joseph Beckwith) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 7 year career. Beckwith broke into the bigs on July 21, 1979 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 1.96 ERA in 59.2 innings pitched in 1980, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Beckwith's best season was 1984, when he posted a 3.40 ERA and struck out 75 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1979
| LA
| N
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 4.34
| 28
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 37.1
| 42
| 4
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| LA
| N
| 38
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1.96
| 40
| 17
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 59.2
| 60
| 1
| 23
| 4
| 4
| 1
|
| 1982
| LA
| N
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 2.70
| 33
| 14
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 40
| 38
| 2
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| LA
| N
| 42
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 3.55
| 50
| 40
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 71
| 73
| 5
| 35
| 11
| 1
| 1
|
| 1984
| KC
| A
| 49
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 3.40
| 75
| 39
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 100.2
| 92
| 13
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
| 1985
| KC
| A
| 49
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4.07
| 80
| 45
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 95
| 99
| 9
| 32
| 8
| 6
| 3
|
| 1986
| LA
| N
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.87
| 13
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.1
| 28
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 131
| 4
| 9
| 10
| 3.38
| 164
| 105
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 226.1
| 241
| 17
| 93
| 21
| 5
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 98
| 1
| 9
| 9
| 3.73
| 155
| 84
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 195.2
| 191
| 22
| 57
| 9
| 10
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 229
| 5
| 18
| 19
| 3.54
| 319
| 189
| 166
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 422
| 432
| 39
| 150
| 30
| 15
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1979
| LA
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 37.1
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| .833
|
| 1980
| LA
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 59.2
| 1
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .800
|
| 1982
| LA
| N
| P
| 19
| 1
| 40
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| LA
| N
| P
| 42
| 3
| 71
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| KC
| A
| P
| 49
| 1
| 100.2
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| KC
| A
| P
| 49
| 0
| 95
| 7
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 4
| 0
| .905
|
| 1986
| LA
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 18.1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 229
| 5
| 422
| 34
| 51
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 42
| 12
| 1
| .934
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1979
| LA
| N
| 17
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| LA
| N
| 38
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| LA
| N
| 19
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| LA
| N
| 42
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| KC
| A
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| KC
| A
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| LA
| N
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 131
| 19
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .100
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 229
| 19
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .100
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1976).
- Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Joe Szekeley, Jose Torres and John Serritella (December 8, 1983).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (March 28, 1986).
- Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (April 8, 1986).
- Sold by Toronto Blue Jays to Los Angeles Dodgers (July 31, 1986).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 1, 1986).
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