Josh Beckett vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Josh Beckett
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Josh Beckett built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.88 and 1.245 for Josh Beckett. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Beckett and Fred Rath Jr.

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.47
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.56
56.56
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
3.88
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1897
8.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
2.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1901
8.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.26
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8579
37.65
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
38.81
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
957
4.2
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7767
34.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Josh Beckett and Fred Rath Jr.

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.58
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.97
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
1.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.55
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.89
94.89
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Beckett and Fred Rath Jr.

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
517.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.43
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
46.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.87
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.08
21.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
111.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
94.93
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
32.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
9.68
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
197.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
59.1
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.16
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA