Joe Beckwith

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: January 28, 1955 in Opelika, AL us

Died: May 22, 2021 in Auburn, AL

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Auburn, AL

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Auburn University (Auburn, AL) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Auburn University (Auburn, AL).

High School: Auburn HS (Auburn, AL)

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: July 21, 1979 (Age 24-174d, 14,203rd in major league history)
vs. MON 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1986 (Age 31-245d)
vs. SDP 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Thomas Joseph Beckwith

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1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

ERA

3.54

229

422.0

319

WHIP

1.379

Summary of 39 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 7 go ahead

2 Tms
KCR	22
LAD	17

Platoon
vs LHB	23
vs RHB	16

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	16

Outs
0	14
1	13
2	12

19 Opps
CIN	5
SFG	4
BOS	4
OAK	3
HOU	3
NYY	2
DET	2
BAL	2
CLE	2
CHW	2
TOR	2
MIN	1
STL	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
MON	1
MIL	1

37 Batters
Bill Buckner	2
Jeffrey Leonard	2
Lou Whitaker	1
Gary Carter	1
Dave Collins	1
Dan Driessen	1
Mark Funderburk	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Dwight Evans	1
Terry Kennedy	1
Eddie Milner	1
Dwayne Murphy	1
Will Clark	1
Von Hayes	1
Mel Hall	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Dickie Thon	1
Denny Walling	1
Tony Armas	1
Al Oliver	1
Ken Griffey	1
Julio Cruz	1
Jack Clark	1
Omar Moreno	1
George Foster	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Tony Scott	1
José Cruz	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Dave Kingman	1
Bo Díaz	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Paul Householder	1
Andre Thornton	1
Garth Iorg	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Fred Lynn	1

12 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	13
Dodger Stad (LOS)	10
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	8
7	7
8	1
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
3·HR gms	2
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	9
123	4
1-3	3
--3	1

67 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	22
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	4
Any on	17

Inning
1	3
3	1
4	3
5	5
6	7
7	4
8	8
9	6
Extra	2

1-3	4
4-6	15
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	8
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	7
-1	1
-2	2
-4..	1

Ahead	28
Tied	7
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	7
CF	7
LF	6
C	4
DH	4
2B	3
RF	3
PH	2
SS	2
3B	1

OrderPos
4th	10
6th	7
5th	6
3rd	5
1st	3
2nd	3
7th	2
9th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-07-21	Gary Carter	MON	@	LAD	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	1--	2	5	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Valentine Scores
2	2	2	1	1979-08-24	Tony Scott	STL	@	LAD	ahead 10-5	t 9	0	---	1	6	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1979-09-15	Dave Collins	CIN	@	LAD	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1	1	9	27%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	2	1979-09-15	Dan Driessen	CIN	@	LAD	tied 1-1	t 9	2	---	1	6	3	42%	82%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1980-05-26 (2)	George Foster	CIN		LAD	tied 1-1	b 5	0	123	4	4	7	17%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Collins Scores; D. Concepción Scores; K. Griffey Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1982-08-01	Chris Chambliss	ATL		LAD	tied 0-0	b 1	2	123	4	6	3	29%	86%		Home Run; G. Hubbard Scores; T. Harper Scores; B. Horner Scores
7	7	2	1	1982-08-15	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG	@	LAD	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	--3	2	6	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1983-05-29	Jack Clark	SFG	@	LAD	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	9	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	2	1	1983-06-26	Dickie Thon	HOU	@	LAD	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	1-3	3	3	6	16%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Mizerock Scores; T. Scott Scores
10	10	3	1	1983-07-02	José Cruz	HOU		LAD	tied 0-0	b 4	2	1-3	3	5	7	31%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Thon Scores; P. Garner Scores
11	11	4	1	1983-08-15	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG	@	LAD	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	1-3	3	4	7	6%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Evans Scores; J. Clark Scores
12	12	5	1	1983-09-05	Terry Kennedy	SDP	@	LAD	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	4	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1984-04-26	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	KCR	ahead 10-1	t 9	1	---	1	3	6	0%	100%		Home Run
14	14	2	1	1984-05-16	Carlton Fisk	CHW		KCR	ahead 5-4	b 4	2	---	1	2	2	11%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1984-05-22	Julio Cruz	CHW	@	KCR	behind 4-6	t 6	0	1--	2	9	4	23%	50%		Home Run; V. Law Scores
16	16	4	1	1984-05-27	Dwight Evans	BOS		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	10%	63%		Home Run
17	17	5	2	1984-05-27	Tony Armas	BOS		KCR	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	8	9%	70%		Home Run
18	18	6	3	1984-05-27	Bill Buckner	BOS		KCR	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	7	3	10%	91%		Home Run; M. Easler Scores
19	19	7	1	1984-06-27	Dwayne Murphy	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 4-3	t 5	0	---	1	2	8	11%	76%		Home Run
20	20	8	2	1984-06-27	Rickey Henderson	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 6-3	t 6	2	---	1	1	7	6%	91%		Home Run
21	21	9	3	1984-06-27	Dave Kingman	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 7-3	t 7	1	---	1	4	DH	3%	97%		Home Run
22	22	10	1	1984-07-03	Andre Thornton	CLE		KCR	ahead 8-2	b 6	1	1--	2	4	DH	1%	100%		Home Run; M. Hargrove Scores
23	23	11	1	1984-07-13 (1)	Omar Moreno	NYY		KCR	ahead 5-1	b 7	0	---	1	9	8	1%	99%		Home Run
24	24	12	1	1984-07-17 (2)	Mel Hall	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	1--	2	4	7	9%	96%		Home Run; M. Hargrove Scores
25	25	13	1	1984-08-10	Ruppert Jones	DET	@	KCR	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	PH	25%	75%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1985-05-05	Ken Griffey	NYY		KCR	ahead 4-1	b 6	2	---	1	8	PH	4%	95%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1985-05-20	Pete O'Brien	TEX		KCR	behind 5-7	b 6	1	1--	2	7	3	28%	54%		Home Run; C. Johnson Scores
28	28	3	1	1985-07-06	Fred Lynn	BAL	@	KCR	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	123	4	5	8	6%	99%		Home Run; J. Shelby Scores/unER; C. Ripken Scores/Team unER; E. Murray Scores/Team unER
29	29	4	1	1985-08-05	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	KCR	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	1--	2	1	4	3%	99%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores
30	30	5	1	1985-08-11	Al Oliver	TOR	@	KCR	tied 3-3	t 10	0	---	1	3	DH	34%	84%		Home Run
31	31	6	2	1985-08-11	Garth Iorg	TOR	@	KCR	ahead 4-3	t 10	2	---	1	6	4	10%	91%		Home Run
32	32	7	1	1985-08-14	Bill Buckner	BOS		KCR	ahead 7-2	b 3	1	123	4	4	3	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Barrett Scores; W. Boggs Scores; D. Evans Scores
33	33	8	1	1985-09-08	Paul Householder	MIL	@	KCR	behind 6-11	t 7	1	1--	2	6	8	5%	8%		Home Run; C. Ponce Scores
34	34	9	1	1985-09-21	Mark Funderburk	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1	5	DH	7%	93%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1986-08-05	Denny Walling	HOU	@	LAD	ahead 5-2	t 9	1	---	1	3	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	2	1	1986-08-08 (2)	Eddie Milner	CIN		LAD	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	1--	2	6	8	6%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Esasky Scores
37	37	3	1	1986-08-09	Bo Díaz	CIN		LAD	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	1	5	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	1986-08-15	Will Clark	SFG		LAD	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	1%	100%		Home Run
39	39	5	1	1986-09-05	Von Hayes	PHI		LAD	ahead 2-0	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)