Josh Beckett vs. Ryan Madson — Career Comparison

Josh Beckett
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ryan Madson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Josh Beckett built a career as a starting pitcher and Ryan Madson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ryan Madson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 120 vs 99), home run suppression (HR9+ 97 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 97). Josh Beckett held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 96). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ryan Madson.

Pitching Stats for Josh Beckett and Ryan Madson

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.61
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.63
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.47
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.5
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.56
56.56
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.96
55.96
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.94
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
3.88
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.48
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1897
8.32
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
830
8.59
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.04
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.85
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
629
2.76
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
2.59
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1901
8.34
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
8.02
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.26
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.41
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.33
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8579
37.65
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3631
37.58
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.44
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
957
4.2
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
3.7
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.29
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.37
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.18
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.25
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.61
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.242
1.242
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7767
34.08
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3277
33.91
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.65
37.65
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Josh Beckett and Ryan Madson

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
7.66
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2609
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
869.2
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.58
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
0.97
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.07
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
1.63
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.52
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.55
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.5
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.89
94.89
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.64
98.64
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.196
0.196
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Beckett and Ryan Madson

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
335
600
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
740
7655.17
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
517.61
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
506.9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.43
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
62.07
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
46.57
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
51.72
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.37
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.87
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.08
21.63
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
8.37
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
111.04
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
72.41
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
94.93
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.03
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
32.24
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.9
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
51.72
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
9.68
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-7.3
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
197.01
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
217.24
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
59.1
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.16
Ryan Madson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
20.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
Ryan Madson
Career
Per 600 PA