Matt Belisle
Matthew Thomas Belisle
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 6, 1980 in Austin, TX
High School: McCallum (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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2003 23 CIN NL 1 1 .500 5.19 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 10 5 5 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 39 79 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.2 3.00
2005 25 CIN NL 4 8 .333 4.41 60 5 17 0 0 1 85.2 101 49 42 11 26 6 59 6 0 3 382 97 1.482 10.6 1.2 2.7 6.2 2.27
2006 26 CIN NL 2 0 1.000 3.60 30 2 5 0 0 0 40.0 43 18 16 5 19 1 26 3 0 3 180 130 1.550 9.7 1.1 4.3 5.9 1.37
2007 27 CIN NL 8 9 .471 5.32 30 30 0 1 0 0 177.2 212 111 105 26 43 4 125 7 1 6 771 87 1.435 10.7 1.3 2.2 6.3 2.91
2008 28 CIN NL 1 4 .200 7.28 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.2 47 27 24 4 6 0 14 0 0 2 142 61 1.787 14.3 1.2 1.8 4.2 2.33
2009 29 COL NL 3 1 .750 5.52 24 0 6 0 0 0 31.0 35 21 19 6 5 1 22 1 0 1 133 83 1.290 10.2 1.7 1.5 6.4 4.40
6 Seasons 19 23 .452 5.10 156 43 30 1 0 1 372.2 448 231 211 53 101 12 252 18 1 15 1647 89 1.473 10.8 1.3 2.4 6.1 2.50
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .452 5.10 53 15 10 0 0 0 127 153 79 72 18 35 4 86 6 0 5 563 89 1.473 10.8 1.3 2.4 6.1 2.50
CIN (5 yrs) 16 22 .421 5.06 132 43 24 1 0 1 341.2 413 210 192 47 96 11 230 17 1 14 1514 89 1.490 10.9 1.2 2.5 6.1 2.40
COL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 5.52 24 0 6 0 0 0 31.0 35 21 19 6 5 1 22 1 0 1 133 83 1.290 10.2 1.7 1.5 6.4 4.40

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 29 COL NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 23 CIN NL 6 39 33 5 10 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 .303 .351 .455 .806 .333 15 0 1 2 1 0
2005 25 CIN NL 60 381 343 49 101 17 1 11 7 2 26 59 .294 .353 .446 .799 .327 153 8 6 4 2 6
2006 26 CIN NL 30 180 155 18 43 8 0 5 1 0 19 26 .277 .363 .426 .789 .302 66 5 3 1 2 1
2007 27 CIN NL 30 771 705 111 212 44 3 26 11 6 43 125 .301 .343 .482 .825 .330 340 15 7 7 9 4
2008 28 CIN NL 6 142 133 27 47 11 1 4 3 1 6 14 .353 .376 .541 .917 .368 72 3 0 1 2 0
2009 29 COL NL 24 133 125 21 35 4 1 6 4 0 5 22 .280 .308 .472 .780 .293 59 3 1 0 2 1
6 Seasons 156 1646 1494 231 448 86 6 53 26 9 101 252 .300 .348 .472 .820 .327 705 34 18 15 18 12
162 Game Avg. 53 562 511 79 153 29 2 18 9 3 35 86 .300 .348 .472 .820 .327 241 12 6 5 6 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 25 CIN NL 60 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 1 20% 45 60 24 16 4 0 2 6.3 6.1 4.8 73 3 2 0 0 85
2006 26 CIN NL 30 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 55 63 47 10 2 0 1 2.5 3.6 4.8 82 1 1 0 0 87
2007 27 CIN NL 30 30 8 9 13 2 1 12 18 .400 3 6 1 0 11 37% 46 78 20 13 6 0 13 5.4 5.6 5.9 93 2 16 12 0 116
2008 28 CIN NL 6 6 1 4 1 1 1 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 1 17% 35 49 16 6 2 0 4 4.3 3.1 4.9 86 1 5 0 0 94
4 Seasons 126 43 11 15 17 4 2 17 26 .395 3 8 1 0 14 33% 45 78 16 45 14 0 20 5.2 5.2 5.6 89 7 24 12 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2003 23 CIN NL 6 6 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 6 0.480 1 0 5 1 0 5 1 5 3 0 3 0 4.3 24
2005 25 CIN NL 60 55 17 2 6 4 1 3 25% 13 8 24 8 33% 7 1.061 23 7 23 23 12 20 14 41 14 11 15 14 3.4 18
2006 26 CIN NL 30 28 5 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 3 38% 7 0.598 1 6 19 4 0 24 5 23 5 9 5 6 3.3 19
2009 29 COL NL 24 24 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 15 8 53% 7 0.655 3 6 15 7 2 15 8 16 9 5 9 3 3.9 22
4 Seasons 120 113 30 8 8 6 1 5 17% 17 9 49 21 43% 0.843 28 19 62 35 14 64 28 85 31 25 32 23 3.5 19

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2003 23 CIN NL 39 38% 2.6% 15.4% 5.1% 7.7% 30% 1.00 1.00 69% 20% 7.1% 0% 7 0 0%
2005 25 CIN NL 382 38% 2.9% 15.5% 6.8% 7.6% 29% 1.14 1.76 72% 21% 8.9% 7% 79 8 10%
2006 26 CIN NL 180 31% 2.8% 14.4% 10.6% 7.2% 30% 0.98 1.23 70% 17% 8.1% 5% 38 5 13%
2007 27 CIN NL 771 47% 3.4% 16.2% 5.6% 9.5% 34% 0.71 0.95 73% 23% 8.7% 12% 136 15 11%
2008 28 CIN NL 142 54% 2.8% 9.9% 4.2% 11.3% 34% 1.03 2.08 82% 22% 6.9% 2% 29 3 10%
2009 29 COL NL 133 49% 4.5% 16.5% 3.8% 8.3% 31% 0.66 1.03 74% 21% 10.7% 8% 25 3 12%
6 Seasons 1647 44% 3.2% 15.3% 6.1% 8.8% 32% 0.85 1.21 73% 21% 8.7% 9% 314 34 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2003 23 CIN NL 39 141 3.62 91 65% 32% 5% 30% 33% 68% 0% 44% 92% 62% 3% 1 0 26% 10 6 0 33% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 25 CIN NL 382 1367 3.58 891 65% 31% 10% 26% 33% 69% 5% 45% 85% 63% 5% 18 8 27% 102 54 6 44% 10 5 0 0 1
2006 26 CIN NL 180 682 3.79 418 61% 24% 11% 33% 32% 76% 2% 46% 86% 62% 5% 9 4 17% 30 20 6 23% 5 4 0 0 0
2007 27 CIN NL 771 2789 3.62 1820 65% 25% 12% 30% 33% 75% 2% 49% 84% 62% 4% 30 13 22% 173 91 12 24% 20 13 0 0 0
2008 28 CIN NL 142 515 3.63 336 65% 27% 9% 28% 36% 73% 0% 48% 87% 61% 2% 3 1 20% 29 17 2 36% 2 2 0 0 0
2009 29 COL NL 133 516 3.88 355 69% 25% 12% 34% 30% 75% 2% 52% 84% 61% 2% 3 2 38% 51 33 0 27% 7 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1647 6010 3.65 3911 65% 27% 11% 30% 33% 73% 2% 48% 85% 62% 4% 64 28 24% 395 221 26 30% 47 25 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2003 23 CIN NL 39 10 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005 25 CIN NL 382 101 11 0 11 1 17 7 4 6 5 33 15 6 45% 6 3 1 145 7 2 78% 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 26 CIN NL 180 43 4 1 5 0 3 3 2 2 3 10 6 0 60% 1 3 3 79 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2007 27 CIN NL 771 212 17 4 26 2 15 11 15 17 9 34 18 4 53% 6 6 0 278 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2008 28 CIN NL 142 47 3 0 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 14 10 1 71% 3 2 0 58 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 29 COL NL 133 35 3 2 6 1 4 4 2 3 3 10 6 1 60% 3 1 0 50 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 1647 448 40 7 53 4 44 27 26 29 24 104 57 12 55% 19 15 4 624 26 9 74% 25 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 46 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2003 23 1 1 .500 5.19 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 10 5 5 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 39 79 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.2 3.00 79
2004 24 1 1 .500 5.19 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 10 5 5 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 39 79 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.2 3.00 79
2005 25 5 9 .357 4.48 66 5 19 0 0 1 94.1 111 54 47 12 28 6 65 7 0 3 421 95 1.473 10.6 1.1 2.7 6.2 2.32 95
2006 26 7 9 .438 4.22 96 7 24 0 0 1 134.1 154 72 63 17 47 7 91 10 0 6 601 104 1.496 10.3 1.1 3.1 6.1 1.94 104
2007 27 15 18 .455 4.85 126 37 24 1 0 1 312.0 366 183 168 43 90 11 216 17 1 12 1372 93 1.462 10.6 1.2 2.6 6.2 2.40 93
2008 28 16 22 .421 5.06 132 43 24 1 0 1 341.2 413 210 192 47 96 11 230 17 1 14 1514 89 1.490 10.9 1.2 2.5 6.1 2.40 89
2009 29 19 23 .452 5.10 156 43 30 1 0 1 372.2 448 231 211 53 101 12 252 18 1 15 1647 89 1.473 10.8 1.3 2.4 6.1 2.50 89

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2003 23 0 0 5.00 9.0 10 6 5 1 2 6 1 1.333 10.0 2.0 6.0 3.00 1.0 6
2005 25 4 5 .444 4.45 83.0 100 46 41 11 26 57 6 1.518 10.8 2.8 6.2 2.19 1.2 60
2006 26 2 2 .500 3.46 39.0 41 17 15 5 18 25 3 1.513 9.5 4.2 5.8 1.39 1.2 30
2007 27 7 12 .368 4.91 174.0 202 106 95 25 41 122 7 1.397 10.4 2.1 6.3 2.98 1.3 30
2008 28 1 2 .333 6.90 30.0 47 26 23 4 6 14 0 1.767 14.1 1.8 4.2 2.33 1.2 6
2009 29 1 2 .333 4.94 31.0 33 19 17 6 5 22 1 1.226 9.6 1.5 6.4 4.40 1.7 24
6 Seasons 15 23 .395 4.82 366.0 433 220 196 52 98 246 18 1.451 10.6 6.0 2.51 1.3 156

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL--2.178--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 NL--2.907--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 NL--105--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  8. Jose Cabrera (973)
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