Date of birth: 15 May 1980
Primary position: Pitcher
Career Pitching Statistics through 2018 Season
| Season | W | L | SV | IP | H | ER | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 204.7 | 191 | 114 | 158 | 5.01 |
| 2007 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 200.7 | 189 | 73 | 194 | 3.27 |
| 2008 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 174.3 | 173 | 78 | 172 | 4.03 |
| 2009 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 212.3 | 198 | 91 | 199 | 3.86 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 127.7 | 151 | 82 | 116 | 5.78 |
| 2011 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 193.0 | 146 | 62 | 175 | 2.89 |
| 2012 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 127.3 | 131 | 74 | 94 | 5.23 |
| TOTAL | 89 | 58 | 0 | 1240.0 | 1179 | 574 | 1108 | 4.17 |
Awards and Recognition with Boston
AL Championhip Series MVP Award, 2007
Winning Games Leader (20), 2007
Memorable Moments for Josh Beckett
- 20 May 2006 - Starter Josh Beckett rips a drive into the left-center seats at Citizens Bank Park for his second career homer in the seventh inning to give the Red Sox a 5-1 lead over Philadelphia. It's the first home run hit by a Boston pitcher since Marty Pattin on 26 September 1972. The Red Sox eventually win 8-4 over the Phillies.
- 28 June 2006 - Former Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez gives up eight runs on seven hits and two walks in three innings of work as Boston thumps the visiting New York Mets, 10-2. In contrast, Josh Beckett earns his tenth win, going 7-2/3 innings at allowing just two runs on five hits and one walk.
- 19 July 2006 - Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon combine for Boston's second consecutive 1-0 shutout over Kansas City, the first time since 1916 that the Red Sox had won back-to-back 1-0 wins at Fenway Park. Rookie pitcher Jon Lester had allowed just one hit in eight innings of work the previous day against the Royals and Papelbon had worked a perfect ninth.
- 8 May 2007 - Josh Beckett wins his seventh game in as many starts, putting him second behind three other Boston pitchers for the most starts to begin a season without a loss or a no-decision.
- 21 October 2007 - Boston completes a comeback from a 3-1 American League Champion Series deficit with an 11-2 win over Cleveland, winning the AL pennant in seven games for the second time in four years. Pitcher Josh Beckett, who wins Games One and Five, is named series MVP.
- 15 June 2011 - Josh Beckett pitches a complete game one-hitter and shuts out the Rays 3-0 in Tampa Bay. Kevin Youkilis plates all three Red Sox runs with a seventh inning home run to left field.
- 25 August 2012 - In one of the biggest and most surprising trades in team history, the Red Sox send Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez, Nick Punto and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Ivan De Jesus, James Loney and Allen Webster. The Dodgers later complete the trade by sending Rubby De La Rosa and Jerry Sands to the Red Sox on 04 October.