Why is josh beckett wearing 61

The x axis is the date represented by the total day of the year. So the 31st of March would be day 90 on this plot and so on. By looking at his game log you can get a better idea of how this matches up. You can see how consistent Beckett has been this year with his fastball, especially his fastball speed, which has hovered around 95 for the entire year.

His movement with his fastball has stayed mostly steady with a small fluctuation at the beginning of the year in his horizontal movement. Notice, though, the huge spike in vertical movement during his last start before going on the DL with his elbow injury. Often when a pitcher is hurt his arm angle will be altered and his horizontal and vertical movement will be changed from their norms and usual the velocity will decrease. So what is going on here?

For those of you who are wondering about the validity of the data here notice that this start was at home and no other home start even looks close to this. Shoutout to our friends at Royals Review for this one.

I straight up stole this idea from them. Also shoutout to Baseball-Reference for their list of players by uniform number. Phillips is the only player who has worn number zero in franchise history.

Bernie Carbo also wore number one. This was a very easy call. We have another retired number here, with Cronin being one of the top players for the franchise in the s. Cronin made five All-Star teams in his time with the Red Sox, and also served as a player-manager and later a regular manager with a. Jackie Jensen gets a shoutout here as well. As a child of the late 90s and early aughts, I know I certainly think of Nomar when I think of the number five, though I expected there might be older players who better fit here.

This is the case alluded to above where a player for whom a number is a retired does not get the nod. In terms of pure talent on the field, though, I give the slight edge to Petrocelli, though it is admittedly a coin flip. This was one of the more interesting numbers in franchise history, with a couple of my favorites from more recent history — Trot Nixon and J.

Drew — not even really being considered. DiMaggio gets the nod for his eleven very strong years that were interrupted for three years due to military service in World War II. Reggie Smith was also right there as well. This was one of the easiest decisions on this list. No explanation needed here, I would think. Again, no explanation here. Number nine is the number that has had the longest amount of time pass since it was last worn, as no one has donned the number since Williams retired in Grove is another player whose best years are not associated with the Red Sox, with the first half of his career, as well as his MVP season, coming in Philadelphia.

This was a really tough one, though longevity hands it to Malzone. While up, he mostly kept runs off the board, but allowed a. After trading for James Russell , Atlanta optioned Shreve back to the minors to make roster space.

A month later, Shreve was called back up with the September 1 roster expansion, now sporting In 10 appearances with 61 on his back, he went 7. Opponents slashed just. Jimmie Johnson began his NASCAR career in , and in just over a decade he's become one of the most successful race car drivers of all time.

To date, he has 55 wins, top finishes and in he was named the Male Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press—the first racing driver in history to take the honor. Bone-crushing linebacker Dick Butkus is one of the greatest players to never with a Super Bowl. He played his entire nine-season career for the Chicago Bears and was selected to the Pro Bowl in all but one of those seasons. The Bears have retired his number. Even if Lewis fails to make it back to the Super Bowl, he has earned a place among the greatest linebackers of all time.

Sabathia, MLB. His number has been retired by the Dodgers. Hall of Fame defenseman Larry Murphy played 23 seasons in the NHL before retiring as the fifth highest scoring defenseman of all time in Murphy was a member of four Stanley Cup winning teams during the s—the only NHL player to accomplish that feat.

Since then. Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Lambert played all 11 seasons of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hall of fame linebacker Jack Ham played all 12 seasons of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham was drafted No. After being traded to the Boston Red Sox in , Beckett has gone as a starter, winning a World Series Championship in and voted onto the All-Star team three times.

He was ranked No. Bobby Orr, the legendary defenseman of the Boston Bruins, once called Pittsburgh Penguins' great Mario Lemieux the most talented player he had ever seen—noting that because of the countless injuries that plagued his career, we'd never see the true potential of "Le Magnifique" realized.

Injuries aside, Lemieux is still considered one of the greatest players of all time and is the only person to ever win a Stanley Cup as both a player and an owner. He also led his native Canada to an Olympic gold medal in Lemieux was inducted to the Hall of Fame immediately after his retirement in , waiving the standard three-year waiting period.

Jagr began his career with the Pittsburgh Penguins in , winning two Stanley Cups with all-time great Mario Lemieux in and Though not always the most popular player in the locker room, the right winger is one of the best to ever play the game. He is currently the highest-scoring European-born player in NHL history. Greenwood, NFL. The tenacious guard out of the University of Idaho played at a high level throughout his career, despite battling chronic knee problems and undergoing 29 surgeries.

He was considered one of the most uniquely athletic tackles of his era and his dominating style resulted in six Pro Bowl and four first-team All-Pro selections. However, it didn't take long for "Geno" to make an impact; he awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy after the season as the leagues best rookie. When he retired in , Carlton Fisk closed his year career as the record-holder for most home runs by a catcher; a record that held until The Hall of Fame player was named the consensus American League Rookie of the Year in and over the span of his career was voted onto the All-Star team 11 times.

A Golden Glove winner and three-time Silver Slugger Award recipient, "Pudge" famously hit the game-winning home run in the 12th inning of Game 6 in the World Series. In , the Dallas Cowboys signed Larry Allen to a one-day contract, allowing him to retire as a Cowboy after a tremendous season pro career.