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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 (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 2003-2011
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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
1999	19	ATL-min	Rk	2	5	.286	4.67	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.1	86	50	37	3	23	0	60	8	2	6	329		1.528	10.9	0.4	2.9	7.6	2.61	DAN · APPY
2000	20	ATL-min	A,A+	12	9	.571	2.83	27	27	0	1	0	0	181.0	151	69	57	12	29	0	168	6	1	16	706		0.994	7.5	0.6	1.4	8.4	5.79	MAC,MYR · SALL,CARL
2002	22	ATL-min	AA	5	9	.357	4.35	26	26	0	1	0	0	159.1	162	91	77	18	39	1	123	10	2	6	682		1.262	9.2	1.0	2.2	6.9	3.15	GRV · SOUL
2003	23	CIN-ATL-min	AA,AAA	8	12	.400	3.41	28	28	0	1	0	0	171.1	176	80	65	8	47	2	119	9	2	3	717		1.302	9.2	0.4	2.5	6.3	2.53	GRV,LOU,RMD · SOUL,IL
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	83	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-min	AAA,A,AA	2	0	1.000	0.00	12	2	3	0	0	1	16.1	10	1	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	1	61		0.673	5.5	0.0	0.6	8.8	16.00	LOU,DAY,CNG · IL,MIDW,SOUL
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	131	1.550	9.7	1.1	4.3	5.9	1.37
2007	27	CIN-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	28		1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	10.5	3.50	LOU · IL
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-min	AAA,AA,A+	7	1	.875	3.23	28	3	9	1	0	4	55.2	52	25	20	1	11	1	33	4	0	1	233		1.132	8.4	0.2	1.8	5.3	3.00	LOU,CNG,SAR · IL,SOUL,FLOR
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-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.09	33	4	17	0	0	9	58.1	58	20	20	2	15	1	47	0	1	1	237		1.251	8.9	0.3	2.3	7.3	3.13	CSP · PCL
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	86	1.290	10.2	1.7	1.5	6.4	4.40
2010	30	COL	NL	7	5	.583	2.93	76	0	11	0	0	1	92.0	84	34	30	7	16	5	91	2	1	3	365	158	1.087	8.2	0.7	1.6	8.9	5.69
2011	31	COL	NL	10	4	.714	3.25	74	0	10	0	0	0	72.0	77	33	26	5	14	3	58	4	0	2	301	138	1.264	9.6	0.6	1.8	7.3	4.14
8 Seasons				36	32	.529	4.48	306	43	51	1	0	2	536.2	609	298	267	65	131	20	401	24	2	20	2313	102	1.379	10.2	1.1	2.2	6.7	3.06
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.529	4.48	60	8	10	0	0	0	105	119	58	52	13	26	4	78	5	0	4	451	102	1.379	10.2	1.1	2.2	6.7	3.06

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	90	1.490	10.9	1.2	2.5	6.1	2.40
COL (3 yrs)				20	10	.667	3.46	174	0	27	0	0	1	195.0	196	88	75	18	35	9	171	7	1	6	799	133	1.185	9.0	0.8	1.6	7.9	4.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2003	23	CIN	NL	8.2	0	5	5	0	.5	0	0.0	$

2005	25	CIN	NL	85.2	5	49	54	-4	1.0	5	0.1	$316,000
2006	26	CIN	NL	40.0	2	18	26	-1	.6	8	0.5	$343,500
2007	27	CIN	NL	177.2	30	111	123	-8	1.0	12	1.2	$390,000
2008	28	CIN	NL	29.2	6	27	19	-1	.9	-8	-0.8	$1,250,000
2009	29	COL	NL	31.0	0	21	19	0	.7	-2	-0.4	$
2010	30	COL	NL	92.0	0	34	52	0	1.2	18	1.9	$850,000
2011	31	COL	NL	72.0	0	33	45	-2	1.2	12	1.2	$2,350,000
8 Seasons				536.2	43	298	343	-16	1.0	45	3.7	$5,499,500

CIN (5 yrs)				341.2	43	210	227	-14	.9	17	1.0	$2,299,500
COL (3 yrs)				195.0	0	88	116	-2	1.1	28	2.7	$3,200,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Batting

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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
1999	19	ATL-min	Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	DAN · APPY
2000	20	ATL-min	A,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MAC,MYR · SALL,CARL
2002	22	ATL-min	AA	26	30	22	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.182	.269	.182	.451		4	0	0	4	1	0	GRV · SOUL
2003	23	ATL-CIN-min	AA,AAA	28	42	35	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	.200	.263	.229	.492		8	2	0	4	0	0	GRV,RMD,LOU · SOUL,IL
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-min	AA,A,AAA	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	CNG,DAY,LOU · SOUL,MIDW,IL
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-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
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-min	AA,AAA,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CNG,LOU,SAR · SOUL,IL,FLOR
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-min	AAA	33	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	CSP · PCL
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	71	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
8 Seasons				304	102	80	2	7	3	0	0	3	1	0	3	45	.088	.131	.125	.256	-34	10	2	1	18	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	54	43	1	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	24	.088	.131	.125	.256	-34	5	1	1	10	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 (3 yrs)				171	14	9	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.222	.300	.444	.744	87	4	1	1	4	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2003	23	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

2005	25	CIN	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$316,000	1
2006	26	CIN	NL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$343,500	1
2007	27	CIN	NL	61	-11	0	0	0	0	6	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$390,000	1
2008	28	CIN	NL	11	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,250,000	/1
2009	29	COL	NL	4	-1	0	-0	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
2010	30	COL	NL	7	0	0	-0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$850,000	1
2011	31	COL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$2,350,000	1
8 Seasons				102	-14	0	-0	-0	0	10	2	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$5,499,500

CIN (5 yrs)				88	-14	0	0	0	0	9	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$2,299,500
COL (3 yrs)				14	-0	0	-0	-0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$3,200,000

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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2003	CIN	NL	23	P	6			8.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-23	2.08	0.33	.955	1.87	1.83
2005	CIN	NL	25	P	60			85.2	18	6	10	2	1	.889	-1	-2	1.68	0.27	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	CIN	NL	26	P	30			40.0	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.35	0.20	.958	1.71	1.71
2007	CIN	NL	27	P	30			177.2	30	18	12	0	0	1.000	-2	-2	1.52	1.00	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	CIN	NL	28	P	6			29.2	8	6	1	1	0	.875	0	0	2.12	1.17	.959	1.73	1.72
2009	COL	NL	29	P	24			31.0	8	4	4	0	2	1.000	-1	-6	2.32	0.33	.955	1.71	1.70
2010	COL	NL	30	P	76			92.0	16	4	10	2	2	.875	1	2	1.37	0.18	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	COL	NL	31	P	74	0	0	72.0	13	2	11	0	0	1.000	3	8	1.62	0.18	.955	1.80	1.79	0	4	100%	1
	8 Seasons			P	306	0	0	536.2	101	41	55	5	5	.950	-1	0	1.61	0.31	.959	1.73	1.73	0	4	100%	1
	8 Seasons			TOT	306	0	0	536.2	101	41	55	5	5	.950	-1	-2	1.61	0.31	.959	1.73	1.73	0	4	100%	1

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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)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2006 NL 1.000 (1st)

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2006 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 1998.
August 14, 2003: the Atlanta Braves sent Matt Belisle to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on August 12, 2003. August 12, 2003: The Atlanta Braves sent a player to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds for Kent Mercker.
December 12, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
February 1, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2005	25	Cincinnati Reds	$316,000
2006	26	Cincinnati Reds	$343,500
2007	27	Cincinnati Reds	$390,000
2008	28	Cincinnati Reds	$1,250,000

2010	30	Colorado Rockies	$850,000
2011	31	Colorado Rockies	$2,350,000

2012	32	Colorado Rockies	$3,775,000
2013	33	Colorado Rockies	$4,100,000
2014	34	Colorado Rockies	*$4,250,000	$4.25M Mutual Option, $250k Buyout

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,499,500	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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