How many strikeouts (pitching) did Josh Beckett have in 2009?
1992009 Regular Season
Josh Beckett recorded 199 strikeouts (pitching) in the 2009 regular season, 11th in the MLB.
- Josh Beckett's best regular season for strikeouts (pitching) in 14 seasons on file.
- Up 27 from 172 in 2008.
- 20% of the Boston Red Sox's strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Best of 14 regular seasons, 2001 through 2014. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 |  MIA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1.50 | 24.0 | 24 | 11 | 1.04 | 0 |
| 2002 | MIA | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4.10 | 107.2 | 113 | 44 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2003 | MIA | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3.04 | 142.0 | 152 | 56 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIA | 26 | 9 | 9 | 3.79 | 156.2 | 152 | 54 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 2005 | MIA | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3.38 | 178.2 | 166 | 58 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2006 |  BOS | 33 | 16 | 11 | 5.01 | 204.2 | 158 | 74 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 2007 | BOS | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3.27 | 200.2 | 194 | 40 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 2008 | BOS | 27 | 12 | 10 | 4.03 | 174.1 | 172 | 34 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 2009 | BOS | 32 | 17 | 6 | 3.86 | 212.1 | 199 | 55 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 2010 | BOS | 21 | 6 | 6 | 5.78 | 127.2 | 116 | 45 | 1.54 | 0 |
| 2011 | BOS | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2.89 | 193.0 | 175 | 52 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 2012 |  BOS/LAD | 28 | 7 | 14 | 4.65 | 170.1 | 132 | 52 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 2013 | LAD | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5.19 | 43.1 | 41 | 15 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2014 | LAD | 20 | 6 | 6 | 2.88 | 115.2 | 107 | 39 | 1.17 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV