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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


See also[]

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