heres something i put together on Beckett on netsports earlier this offseason:
i put together a start log of beckett from last year and sorted by good, average/bad, and awful and heres what i found.
The Good = 19 starts
7 IP, ER
7 IP, ER
7 IP, ER
7 IP, 3 ER
7 IP, ER
7 IP, 3 ER
6 IP, 0 ER
6 IP, 2 ER
8 IP, 2 ER
7.2 IP, 2 ER
7 IP, 3 ER
8 IP, 0 ER
6 IP, 3 ER
6 IP, 3 ER
6 IP, 2 ER
6 IP, 1 ER
7 IP, 2 ER
6 IP, 2 ER
8 IP, 0 ER
129.2 IP, 32 ER
ERA = 2.22
The ok/bad = 7 starts
7.1 IP, 5 ER
5 IP, 4 ER
5.1, 3 ER
6 IP, 5 ER
6 IP, 5 ER
5 IP, 3 ER
8 IP, 4 ER
42.2 IP, 29 ER
ERA (including good) = 3.22 , 26 starts
The terrible = 7 starts
3.2 IP, 8 ER
4.2 IP, 7 ER
1.1 IP, 7 ER
4.1 IP, 7 ER
6 IP, 7 ER
5.2 IP, 9 ER
6.2 IP, 8 ER
and then adding in the terrible and his ERA jumps to 5.02. So in 26 starts he was a 3.22 ERA pitcher but in 7 he was just awful. With some more consistency and less of those awful days I think next year he'll post an ERA around 3.50 hopefully.