Ronald Belisario
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Ronald J. Belisario (last name sometimes spelled Belizario)
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 240 lbs.
- High School Augusto Mijares High School
- Debut April 7, 2009
- Born December 31, 1982 in Maracay Venezuela
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Ronald Belisario posted a 2.04 in 69 games with the division-winning 2009 Dodgers.
Belisario was a surprise last-minute addition to the 2009 Los Angeles Dodgers 25-man roster. Even in the first game of the 2009 season, the Dodgers had him warming up, to potentially come in as a reliever. He was chosen for the team apparently on the strength of a very good spring training, in which he appeared four times, pitched six innings, and gave up no runs. He had six strikeouts while giving up four hits and two walks. Interestingly, some of his appearances occurred after he was assigned to the minor league camp.
Belisario was an almost total unknown at the major league level because he had never pitched higher than at the AA level in his years in the minors.
He spent 2001-2004 in the Florida Marlins organization, reaching as high as AA ball, and then had Tommy John surgery which kept him out for two seasons, although he pitched in Venezuelan winter ball briefly more than two years after his last minor league appearance. He came back to the minors in 2007 and 2008 in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and pitched for the AA Altoona Curve both years. He also pitched in Venezuela again in the winter.
