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Matt Belisle

Matthew Thomas Belisle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 6, 1980 in Austin, TX
High School: McCallum HS (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 2003
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Reds 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$10.48M (11-13) & 14 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.019, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Greg Landry), previously: SFX [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003 23 CIN NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2005 25 CIN NL 61 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2006 26 CIN NL 30 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2007 27 CIN NL 30 61 50 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 32 .060 .113 .080 .193 -49 4 1 0 8 0 0 1
2008 28 CIN NL 6 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 3 0 0 /1
2009 29 COL NL 24 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
2010 30 COL NL 76 7 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .400 .500 .900 128 2 0 1 2 0 0 1
2011 31 COL NL 74 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 275 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
2012 32 COL NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 332 103 81 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 45 .086 .129 .123 .253 -35 10 2 1 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 50 40 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 .086 .129 .123 .253 -35 5 1 0 9 0 0
CIN (5 yrs) 133 88 71 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 41 .070 .108 .085 .193 -50 6 1 0 14 0 0
COL (4 yrs) 199 15 10 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .200 .273 .400 .673 69 4 1 1 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2003 23 CIN NL 6 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
2005 25 CIN NL 61 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $316,000 1
2006 26 CIN NL 30 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $343,500 1
2007 27 CIN NL 30 61 -12 0 -0 0 9 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $390,000 1
2008 28 CIN NL 6 11 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,250,000 /1
2009 29 COL NL 24 4 -1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
2010 30 COL NL 76 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $850,000 1
2011 31 COL NL 74 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $2,350,000 1
2012 32 COL NL 25 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
9 Seasons 332 103 -19 0 -0 0 15 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.1 -1 $5,499,500
CIN (5 yrs) 133 88 -18 0 0 0 13 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.4 .496 .499 -0.4 0.0 -3 $2,299,500
COL (4 yrs) 199 15 -1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 2 $3,200,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2003 23 CIN NL 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .263 .000 .334 .000 .421 .000 .755 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2005 25 CIN NL 8 7 0 0.0 108 .250 .143 .269 .143 .339 .143 .428 .286 .767 -24 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
2006 26 CIN NL 7 7 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .277 .000 .348 .000 .450 .000 .798 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2007 27 CIN NL 61 56 1 0.5 115 .167 .060 .278 .113 .348 .080 .444 .193 .791 -49 .013 -11.7 -1.1 .167 .100 .020 .0
2008 28 CIN NL 11 10 0 0.0 110 .200 .125 .270 .125 .342 .125 .430 .250 .772 -34 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
2009 29 COL NL 4 5 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .279 .000 .354 .000 .444 .000 .798 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 30 COL NL 7 5 1 5.3 114 .500 .250 .278 .400 .351 .500 .439 .900 .790 128 .570 0.2 0.0 1.000 .250 .250
2011 31 COL NL 3 2 1 13.5 112 .500 .500 .278 .500 .348 1.000 .432 1.500 .780 275 .884 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .500
2012 32 COL NL 1 1 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .278 .000 .348 .000 .439 .000 .787 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Yrs 103 94 3 0.9 114 .194 .086 .276 .129 .347 .123 .440 .253 .787 -35 .039 -16.9 -1.6 .197 .086 .037 .0
162 Game Avg. 50 46 1 0.9 114 .194 .086 .276 .129 .347 .123 .440 .253 .787 -35 .039 -16.9 -1.6 .197 .086 .037
CIN (5 yrs) 88 81 1 0.3 113 .167 .070 .275 .108 .346 .085 .441 .193 .787 -50 .007 -16.4 -1.6 .149 .070 .014 .0
COL (4 yrs) 15 13 2 4.1 114 .333 .200 .278 .273 .351 .400 .439 .673 .790 69 .449 -0.5 -0.0 .556 .200 .200

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 29 COL NL NLDS PHI L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2003 23 CIN NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2005 25 CIN NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 1.00 1.00 50% 20% 0.0% 0%
2006 26 CIN NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 0.50 1.50 43% 0% 0.0% 50%
2007 27 CIN NL 61 0.0% 52.5% 4.9% 1.6% 33% 10.67 1.6 50.0 1.83 3.80 30% 4% 0.0% 33%
2008 28 CIN NL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 45% 0%
2009 29 COL NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 3.00 25% 0%
2010 30 COL NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 14.3% 100% 2.0 2.0 29% 0%
2011 31 COL NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 0.00 1.00 67% 33% 0.0% 0%
2012 32 COL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
9 Yrs 103 0.0% 43.7% 2.9% 2.9% 43% 15.00 1.8 27.0 1.83 3.55 35% 6% 0.0% 25%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.05 5.1 33.3 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2003 23 CIN NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .17 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
2005 25 CIN NL -1.3 -0.1 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .89 -0.2 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.87 -1.6 0
2006 26 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.2 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.78 -1.8 0
2007 27 CIN NL -11.7 -1.1 62 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 .84 -1.0 -0.2 -11.6 -1.1 0.90 -11.8 0
2008 28 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 11 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 1.52 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.24 -2.1 0
2009 29 COL NL -0.9 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.07 -0.1 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.16 -1.6 0
2010 30 COL NL 0.2 0.0 7 0.2 0.2 -0.1 .68 -0.0 0.3 0.6 0.1 1.31 0.1 0
2011 31 COL NL 0.5 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .14 0.0 0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.91 0.2 0
2012 32 COL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.03 -0.3 0
9 Yrs -16.9 -1.6 104 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 .87 -1.6 -0.0 -18.4 -1.7 0.96 -19.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 23 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 CIN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 CIN NL 1 0 33% 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2008 28 CIN NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 29 COL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 30 COL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 COL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 32 COL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1 0 18% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2003 23 CIN NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 CIN NL 8 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 26 CIN NL 7 57% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 CIN NL 61 34% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 11 1 9% 13 3 23% 36 3 8% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
2008 28 CIN NL 11 36% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 29 COL NL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 30 COL NL 7 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 9 2 22% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 31 COL NL 3 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2012 32 COL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 103 41% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 18 82% 24 2 8% 27 9 33% 72 5 7% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 23 CIN NL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2005 25 CIN NL 8 32 4.00 21 66% 43% 24% 10% 24% 57% 0% 38% 58% 13% 0% 0 0 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
2006 26 CIN NL 7 28 4.00 20 71% 35% 5% 35% 25% 65% 0% 46% 92% 14% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2007 27 CIN NL 61 213 3.49 159 75% 35% 25% 24% 16% 65% 0% 49% 62% 23% 0% 0 0 8% 5 2 2% 1 0 38% 0 0 0
2008 28 CIN NL 11 33 3.00 24 73% 33% 21% 13% 33% 67% 0% 48% 69% 27% 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2009 29 COL NL 4 16 4.00 11 69% 18% 18% 45% 18% 82% 0% 56% 78% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 1 1 25% 1 1 50% 0 0 0
2010 30 COL NL 7 20 2.86 13 65% 31% 8% 31% 31% 69% 0% 45% 89% 29% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2011 31 COL NL 3 9 3.00 6 67% 33% 0% 17% 50% 67% 0% 44% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2012 32 COL NL 1 3 3.00 2 67% 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 33% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 103 358 3.48 259 72% 35% 21% 23% 21% 65% 0% 47% 67% 22% 0% 0 0 8% 8 3 3% 3 1 44% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 23 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 25 67 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 1 0 0 1 0 0
2006 26 97 16 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .077 .077 .077 .154 -60 1 0 0 3 0 0
2007 27 127 77 63 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 38 .063 .106 .079 .185 -51 5 1 0 11 0 0
2008 28 133 88 71 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 41 .070 .108 .085 .193 -50 6 1 0 14 0 0
2009 29 157 92 74 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 43 .068 .104 .081 .185 -52 6 2 0 15 0 0
2010 30 233 99 78 2 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 45 .077 .122 .103 .225 -42 8 2 1 17 0 0
2011 31 307 102 80 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 45 .088 .131 .125 .256 -34 10 2 1 18 0 0
2012 32 332 103 81 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 45 .086 .129 .123 .253 -35 10 2 1 18 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 23 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2005 25 61 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 61
2006 26 30 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
2007 27 30 61 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 32 .000 .057 .000 .057 0 30
2008 28 6 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2009 29 24 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
2010 30 76 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 76
2011 31 74 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 1 74
2012 32 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
9 Yrs 332 103 81 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 45 .012 .059 .025 .084 1 332
162 Game Avg. 162 50 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 .012 .059 .025 .084 0 332

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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