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Rod Beck
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Career Notes

1996
Recorded franchise recored 128th career save in Houston April 9... Finished 6th in National League with 35 saves ... Set club season record with nine losses without a victory

1995
Tied Gary Lavelle (1974-84) for the Giants' franchise all-time lead with his 127th save on Sept. 29 at Colorado in his final appearance of the season ... Ranked third in the NL with 33 saves, trailing only Chicago's Randy Myers (38) and St. Louis' Tom Henke (36) ... Finished in a tie for the seventh in the NL Rolaids Relief Man competition after winning the 1994 Rolaids Championship ... Beck has registered 109 saves over the last 3 years ... That total trails only Lee Smith (113) and Myers (112) in that period ... Led the Giants in saves for the fourth straight year, becoming only the fifth Giant pitcher to accomplish that feat ... His .767 save pct. in 1995 was the second worst in the NL, with only Houston's Todd Jones posting a lower success rate (.750) ... Recorded his 30th save of the year on Sept. 15 at Pittsburgh, marking the second 30-save season of his career (also in 1993 -- registering a franchise best 48) ... Registered his 100th career save May 26, becoming only the 55th pitcher to reach the century mark since the statistic began in 1969 ... Had his major league record streak of successful save opportunities ended at 41 straight May 3, yielding 4 runs and 5 hits in the ninth inning of the Giant's 7-6 defeat vs. the Dodgers ... His 41 straight saves are believed to be a M.L. record, surpassing Oakland's Dennis Eckersley who recorded 40 consecutive in 1991-92 (Elias Statistical Bureau does not keep records for the most consecutive saves over multiple seasons).

1994
Selected to the All-Star Game for his second consecutive season ... Was successful on 28 straight save opportunities, surpassing his own National League record of 24 ... His 28 saves ranked second in the NL ... Finished the season as the NL leader in Rolaids Relief Man points with 80, runner-up Doug Jones had 73.

1993
Was one of four Giants to make the 1993 NL All-Star team ... Also named to UPI's National League All-Star Team after the season ... Recorded 48 saves on the year, establishing a new Giants club record and ranking second in the majors to Chicago's Randy Myers who recorded 53 ... The 48 saves were also the second-highest single-season total in NL history and fourth highest in major league history ... Also erased the old Giants franchise mark by 18 saves, surpassing Greg Minton's former mark of 30 in 1982 ... Was successful on 48 of 52 save attempts on the year, including 41 of his last 43 ... Finished the year successful on his last eight save attemtps ... Set the National League record for consecutive saves in a season with 24 straight, from May 11 through Aug. 1 ... Ranked among the best in the NL in relief ERA (5th-2.16), relief innings pitched (14th-79.1), games finished (1st-71), and saves (2nd-48) ... Held left-handed batters at a .180 clip, after they hit only .178 against him in 1992 ... Appeared in eight straight games at the end of the year (from Sept. 24 - Oct.2), winning one and saving six in the Giants' final push to catch Atlanta ... Finished the season ranked fifth on the club's all-time save list.

1992
Ranked among the best in the NL in relief ERA (2nd-1.76), relief innings pitched (6th-92), games finished (tied for 8th-42), saves (9th-17), save opportunities (9th-23), inherited runners stranded (7th, 32-of-41), runners allowed per nine innings in relief (1st-7.7), batting average allowed with men on base (3rd-.182), batting average allowed to left-handed batters (2nd-.178) ... Allowed just one earned run in 28.1 innings pitched over his last 22 appearances ... Pitched his way onto his first opening day roster with a 2.70 ERA in ten spring training appearances ... Did not allow a run in 17 innings over eight outings during April ... Retired 26 straight batters over five games from May 5-16 before allowing a check-swing infield single to the Cubs' Andre Dawson ... Yielded an earned run in just one of his first 17 appearances, posting a 1.39 ERA and stranding 12 of 14 runners during that span ... Was successful in his first eight save opportunities through July 8, before blowing one on July 9 versus the Expos ... Blew two of his next three chances after that, before coming back with three saves in three days at Dodger Stadium Aug. 14-16 ... Finished 17-for-23 on the year.

1991
Made his major-league debut on May 6 in Montreal, pitching two innings in relief ... Was 0-1, 9.00 in five relief appearances for the Giants when optioned back to Triple-A on May 16 ... Pitched in relief for Phoenix upon his return there ... Allowed just five earned runs in 32-2/3 innings pitched (1.38) after returning to Phoenix ... Earned saves in his last three games before being recalled by the Giants at the All-Star break ... Earned his first major league save on Sept. 16 versus the first-place Braves ... Notched first major- league victory on Sept. 24 in Houston ... Singled off John Smoltz in his first major league at-bat (Aug. 3 at Atlanta) ... Was 1-0 with a 2.98 ERA in 26 games for the Giants after his second recall ... Began the year with Class AAA Phoenix where he made five starts, including back-to-back complete games (April 28 & May 3) ... Was named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week for the week of April 28-May 4 ... Had his contract purchased by the Giants on May 4, 1991.

1988
Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the San Francisco Giants for Charlie Corbell on March 23, 1988.


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