Let's revisit Beckett's top 5 Marlins moments

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MIAMI -- Josh Beckett’s name can be found all over the Marlins’ all-time pitching leaderboard, so it’s only fitting his face will forever be etched into franchise history.

Beckett, who went from the second-overall pick in the 1999 MLB Draft to 2003 World Series hero, on Sunday becomes the first pitcher to join the Marlins Legends Hall of Fame and the first member of the 2026 class.

The Marlins Legends Hall of Fame, which was created last year, annually honors former players, coaches, managers and staff members for their significant achievements and contributions to the organization and South Florida community.

The inaugural class of 2025 featured World Series champions Jeff Conine, Luis Castillo, Jim Leyland and Jack McKeon.

Let’s take a look at Beckett’s Top 5 performances in a Marlins uniform:

1) 2003 World Series Game 6

Although Beckett put together statistically better starts during his Marlins tenure, nothing can top the pressure that comes with the Fall Classic stage and securing a World Series title. The Bronx Bombers were no match for 23-year-old Beckett, who was incredibly working on three days’ rest in a 2-0 win at the old Yankee Stadium. Beckett scattered five hits and allowed no runs while walking two batters and striking out nine in a 107-pitch outing, which culminated with his tag of Jorge Posada for the final out and the franchise’s second championship. Beckett was the first pitcher to record a shutout in a World Series clincher since 1991 and is still the most recent to do so.

2) 2003 NLCS Game 5

Beckett had never thrown a complete game until that World Series run, doing so for the first time in a 4-0 victory over the Cubs at Pro Player Stadium to stave off elimination. He held Chicago to a pair of singles and didn’t allow a runner into scoring position, walking just one and striking out a postseason-career-high-tying 11 batters in a 115-pitch outing. Only Liván Hernández’s 15-strikeout performance in Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS tops Beckett’s K tally in franchise history.

3) 2003 NLCS Game 7

Beckett’s World Series gem wasn’t his first time pitching on short rest during the postseason run. Following NLCS Game 5, he returned to the mound three days later to toss four relief innings in a 9-6 win at Wrigley Field. With the Marlins leading 6-5 in the fifth, Beckett took over and allowed just one hit -- a two-out solo homer by Troy O’Leary in the seventh -- for the hold. The Marlins’ bats scored three runs combined in the sixth and seventh with Beckett dealing to advance to the World Series.

4) April 10, 2005

Of the 106 big league regular-season games of Beckett’s Marlins career, none had a higher game score (87) than his five-hit shutout of the Nationals during his fifth and final season in South Florida. He struck out 11 and walked one in an 8-0 win at Dolphin Stadium. That type of gem didn’t seem possible early, as Washington threatened in the first. But Nick Johnson was thrown out at home thanks to a perfect relay from Juan Pierre and Álex González on Jose Guillen's double to left-center.

5) Sept. 4, 2001

Beckett, who grew up idolizing fellow Texan Nolan Ryan, made his Major League debut as a September callup. The cocky 21-year-old flamethrower permitted just one hit -- a one-out single to Rondell White in the second -- across six scoreless innings in an 8-1 win over the Cubs at Pro Player Stadium. He also added a double at the plate. Brad Hand (June 7, 2011) and Adalberto Mendez (Sept. 6, 2010) are the only other Marlins to throw as many as six innings and allow just one hit in an MLB debut.