Rod Beck

Full Name: Rodney Roy Beck Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 1"/215 First Game: May 6, 1991 Birthdate: August 3, 1968 Final Game: August 14, 2004 Birthplace: Burbank, California MLB Experience: 13 years Died: June 23, 2007 Deathplace: Phoenix, Arizona Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on August 3, 1968 in Burbank, California, Rod Beck (Rodney Roy Beck) played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres over the course of his 13 year career. Beck broke into the bigs on May 6, 1991 with the San Francisco Giants, and put up a 3.78 ERA in 52.1 innings pitched in 1991, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rod Beck's best season was 1993, when he posted a 2.16 ERA, notched 48 saves and struck out 86 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1991	SF	N	31	0	1	1	3.78	38	22	22	0	0	1	52.1	53	4	13	2	0	1
1992	SF	N	65	0	3	3	1.76	87	20	18	0	0	17	92	62	4	15	2	5	2
1993	SF	N	76	0	3	1	2.16	86	20	19	0	0	48	79.1	57	11	13	4	4	3
1994	SF	N	48	0	2	4	2.77	39	17	15	0	0	28	48.2	49	10	13	2	0	0
1995	SF	N	60	0	5	6	4.45	42	31	29	0	0	33	58.2	60	7	21	3	2	2
1996	SF	N	63	0	0	9	3.34	48	23	23	0	0	35	62	56	9	10	2	1	1
1997	SF	N	73	0	7	4	3.47	53	31	27	0	0	37	70	67	7	8	2	1	2
1998	CHI	N	81	0	3	4	3.02	81	33	27	0	0	51	80.1	86	11	20	4	2	2
1999	CHI	N	31	0	2	4	7.80	13	26	26	0	0	7	30	41	5	13	3	1	0
1999	BOS	A	12	0	0	1	1.93	12	3	3	0	0	3	14	9	0	5	0	0	1
1999	Total		43	0	2	5	5.93	25	29	29	0	0	10	44	50	5	18	3	1	1
2000	BOS	A	34	0	3	0	3.10	35	15	14	0	0	0	40.2	34	2	12	1	1	2
2001	BOS	A	68	0	6	4	3.90	63	42	35	0	0	6	80.2	77	15	28	6	5	3
2003	SD	N	36	0	3	2	1.78	32	7	7	0	0	20	35.1	25	4	11	2	0	1
2004	SD	N	26	0	0	2	6.38	15	18	17	0	0	0	24	27	8	9	0	1	0
Total	NL		590	0	29	40	3.27	534	248	230	0	0	277	632.2	583	80	146	26	17	14
Total	AL		114	0	9	5	3.46	110	60	52	0	0	9	135.1	120	17	45	7	6	6
Total			704	0	38	45	3.30	644	308	282	0	0	286	768	703	97	191	33	23	20

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1991	SF	N	P	31	0	52.1	1	10	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1.000
1992	SF	N	P	65	0	92	2	13	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	.938
1993	SF	N	P	76	0	79.1	0	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.889
1994	SF	N	P	48	0	48.2	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1995	SF	N	P	60	0	58.2	6	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1996	SF	N	P	63	0	62	2	6	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	1.000
1997	SF	N	P	73	0	70	7	4	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	.917
1998	CHI	N	P	81	0	80.1	8	11	0	1	0	1	8	1	0	1.000
1999	CHI	N	P	31	0	30	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1999	BOS	A	P	12	0	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1999	Total		P	43	0	44	5	6	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1.000
2000	BOS	A	P	34	0	40.2	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
2001	BOS	A	P	68	0	80.2	3	16	0	2	0	0	6	3	2	1.000
2003	SD	N	P	36	0	35.1	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2004	SD	N	P	26	0	24	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	.667
Total			P	704	0	768	39	96	4	7	0	4	45	17	2	.971

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1991	SF	N	31	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	SF	N	65	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1993	SF	N	76	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1994	SF	N	48	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1995	SF	N	60	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996	SF	N	63	3	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1997	SF	N	73	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	CHI	N	81	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	CHI	N	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	BOS	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	Total		43	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	BOS	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	BOS	A	68	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	SD	N	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	SD	N	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		590	18	0	4	0	1	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		114	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			704	19	0	4	0	1	.211	.211	.211	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0

Transactions

• Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 22, 1986).
• Traded by Oakland Athletics to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Charlie Corbell (March 23, 1988).
• Granted free agency (October 27, 1997).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 15, 1998).
• Traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mark Guthrie and a player to be named later (August 31, 1999); Chicago Cubs received Cole Liniak (September 1, 1999).
• Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 2, 2003).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (May 31, 2003).
• Signed by San Diego Padres (June 2, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
• Signed by San Diego Padres (December 6, 2003).
• Released by San Diego Padres (August 19, 2004).

Trivia

• All-Star in 1993, 1994, and 1997