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Rafael Belliard

Rafael Leonidas (Matias) Belliard

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 24, 1961 in Pueblo Nuevo, Valverde, Dominican Republic
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1982 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates 1982-1998

Final Game: April 9, 1998 (Age 36)
Relatives: Cousin of Ronnie Belliard
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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 Awards
1982 20 PIT NL 9 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 1 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1983 21 PIT NL 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1984 22 PIT NL 20 22 22 3 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 .227 .227 .227 .455 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 6/4
1985 23 PIT NL 17 20 20 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 6
1986 24 PIT NL 117 350 309 33 72 5 2 0 31 12 2 26 54 .233 .298 .262 .560 55 81 8 3 11 1 6 64
1987 25 PIT NL 81 229 203 26 42 4 3 1 15 5 1 20 25 .207 .286 .271 .557 49 55 4 3 2 1 6 6/4
1988 26 PIT NL 122 321 286 28 61 0 4 0 11 7 1 26 47 .213 .288 .241 .529 55 69 10 4 5 0 3 *6/4
1989 27 PIT NL 67 165 154 10 33 4 0 0 8 5 2 8 22 .214 .253 .240 .493 45 37 1 0 3 0 2 64/5
1990 28 PIT NL 47 61 54 10 11 3 0 0 6 1 2 5 13 .204 .283 .259 .543 54 14 2 1 1 0 0 46/5
1991 29 ATL NL 149 385 353 36 88 9 2 0 27 3 1 22 63 .249 .296 .286 .582 61 101 4 2 7 1 2 *6
1992 30 ATL NL 144 315 285 20 60 6 1 0 14 0 1 14 43 .211 .255 .239 .494 37 68 6 3 13 0 4 *6/4
1993 31 ATL NL 91 89 79 6 18 5 0 0 6 0 0 4 13 .228 .291 .291 .582 57 23 1 3 3 0 0 64
1994 32 ATL NL 46 127 120 9 29 7 1 0 9 0 2 2 29 .242 .264 .317 .581 50 38 4 2 2 1 1 64
1995 33 ATL NL 75 192 180 12 40 2 1 0 7 2 2 6 28 .222 .255 .244 .500 31 44 4 2 4 0 2 64
1996 34 ATL NL 87 148 142 9 24 7 0 0 3 3 1 2 22 .169 .179 .218 .398 2 31 6 0 3 1 0 64
1997 35 ATL NL 72 77 71 9 15 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 17 .211 .219 .296 .515 33 21 1 0 4 1 0 6/4
1998 36 ATL NL 7 20 20 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 5 2 0 0 0 0 /6
17 Yrs 1155 2524 2301 217 508 55 14 2 142 43 17 136 384 .221 .270 .259 .530 46 597 53 23 58 6 26
162 Game Avg. 162 354 323 30 71 8 2 0 20 6 2 19 54 .221 .270 .259 .530 46 84 7 3 8 1 4
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
PIT (9 yrs) 484 1171 1051 115 229 16 9 1 72 35 9 85 168 .218 .283 .253 .536 51 266 25 11 22 2 17
ATL (8 yrs) 671 1353 1250 102 279 39 5 1 70 8 8 51 216 .223 .260 .265 .524 41 331 28 12 36 4 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1982 20 PIT NL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 0 /6
1983 21 PIT NL 4 1 -0 -0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .510 .500 -0.0 0.1 -0 /6
1984 22 PIT NL 20 22 -1 0 1 -3 1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .482 .498 0.1 -0.3 1 $40,000 6/4
1985 23 PIT NL 17 20 -2 0 0 2 0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.2 -1 6
1986 24 PIT NL 117 350 -19 2 0 4 7 -6 -0.6 12 6 0.6 .495 .496 0.0 1.2 2 $65,000 64
1987 25 PIT NL 81 229 -14 1 1 2 4 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .493 .496 -0.1 0.6 -0 $130,000 6/4
1988 26 PIT NL 122 321 -15 1 0 4 6 -3 -0.4 11 8 0.7 .497 .498 0.2 1.1 3 $130,000 *6/4
1989 27 PIT NL 67 165 -10 0 2 2 3 -2 -0.3 5 3 0.2 .496 .498 0.0 0.5 1 $225,000 64/5
1990 28 PIT NL 47 61 -3 -0 -0 -2 1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .489 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $380,000 46/5
1991 29 ATL NL 149 385 -16 0 1 3 7 -4 -0.6 12 8 0.7 .497 .497 0.3 1.1 5 *6
1992 30 ATL NL 144 315 -22 -2 1 -1 6 -18 -2.2 10 -9 -1.2 .485 .487 -1.1 0.6 -7 $500,000 *6/4
1993 31 ATL NL 91 89 -4 -0 0 8 3 7 0.7 3 10 1.0 .508 .504 0.1 1.2 1 $800,000 64
1994 32 ATL NL 46 127 -9 -1 -1 -0 2 -9 -0.9 4 -5 -0.5 .481 .494 -0.5 0.2 -5 $800,000 64
1995 33 ATL NL 75 192 -17 -1 -0 8 3 -6 -0.6 6 0 -0.0 .492 .496 -0.9 1.2 -8 $550,000 64
1996 34 ATL NL 87 148 -20 0 -1 6 3 -12 -1.3 5 -7 -0.8 .486 .493 -1.4 0.8 -13 $575,000 64
1997 35 ATL NL 72 77 -7 -1 1 2 2 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .495 .498 -0.4 0.4 -3 $250,000 6/4
1998 36 ATL NL 7 20 -2 0 -0 -0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .472 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $250,000 /6
17 Seasons 1155 2524 -162 1 5 36 49 -71 -8.1 82 11 0.1 .493 .497 -4.0 8.8 -26 $4,695,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (9 yrs) 484 1171 -65 5 4 10 22 -24 -2.7 40 16 1.2 .495 .498 -0.0 3.5 5 $970,000
ATL (8 yrs) 671 1353 -96 -4 1 26 27 -47 -5.3 42 -5 -1.2 .492 .496 -4.0 5.3 -31 $3,725,000

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
1991 29 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 7 24 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .211 .318 .211 .529 4 0 0 2 0 2
1991 29 ATL NL WS MIN L 7 20 16 0 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .375 .389 .438 .826 7 1 0 2 1 0
1992 30 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 30 ATL NL WS TOR L 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1993 31 ATL NL NLCS PHI L 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1995 33 ATL NL NLDS COL W 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 33 ATL NL NLCS CIN W 4 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 0 0 0 0 0
1995 33 ATL NL WS CLE W 6 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 0 2 0 0
1996 34 ATL NL NLDS LAD W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 34 ATL NL NLCS STL W 4 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 4 0 0 0 0 0
1996 34 ATL NL WS NYY L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (11 Series) 48 88 75 3 17 1 0 0 8 0 0 4 14 .227 .263 .240 .503 18 3 0 8 1 2
2 NLDS 7 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 20 44 38 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .289 .341 .289 .631 11 0 0 3 0 2
4 WS 21 39 32 0 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .188 .206 .219 .425 7 3 0 5 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 PIT NL 20 SS 4 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 40 6.00 1.00 .968 4.95 5.03
1983 PIT NL 21 SS 3 1 0 5.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1 144 7.20 1.33 .968 4.86 4.83
1984 PIT NL 22 SS 12 6 4 56.0 27 11 13 3 4 .889 -3 -64 3.86 2.00 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 PIT NL 22 2B 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 3.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.40
1985 PIT NL 23 SS 12 7 1 57.2 38 13 23 2 3 .947 2 35 5.62 3.00 .963 4.88 4.88
1986 PIT NL 24 SS 96 85 54 700.0 398 117 269 12 42 .970 5 9 4.96 4.02 .963 4.75 4.76
1986 PIT NL 24 2B 23 15 9 131.0 78 30 48 0 8 1.000 -1 -8 5.36 3.39 .980 5.21 5.22
1987 PIT NL 25 SS 71 63 48 530.0 286 104 176 6 29 .979 1 2 4.75 3.94 .965 4.72 4.69
1987 PIT NL 25 2B 7 4 1 28.0 24 9 15 0 2 1.000 1 47 7.71 3.43 .982 5.18 5.16
1988 PIT NL 26 SS 117 92 65 811.0 398 131 258 9 50 .977 4 7 4.32 3.32 .967 4.63 4.64
1988 PIT NL 26 2B 3 1 0 7.2 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -31 7.04 2.00 .980 5.28 5.23
1989 PIT NL 27 SS 40 32 17 267.1 139 46 90 3 13 .978 -1 -3 4.58 3.40 .966 4.51 4.52
1989 PIT NL 27 2B 20 14 8 134.2 69 23 46 0 7 1.000 2 15 4.61 3.45 .981 5.12 5.12
1989 PIT NL 27 3B 6 1 1 16.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1 58 2.16 0.67 .942 2.70 2.72
1990 PIT NL 28 2B 21 4 1 65.2 39 23 16 0 5 1.000 -2 -27 5.35 1.86 .983 5.02 4.98
1990 PIT NL 28 SS 10 9 3 61.0 30 11 17 2 3 .933 -1 -18 4.13 2.80 .967 4.59 4.56
1990 PIT NL 28 3B 5 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 60 6.75 1.20 .947 2.70 2.72
1991 ATL NL 29 SS 145 110 72 990.0 547 168 361 18 53 .967 3 3 4.81 3.65 .966 4.67 4.65
1992 ATL NL 30 SS 139 90 53 860.2 454 151 289 14 47 .969 -2 -3 4.60 3.17 .969 4.59 4.60
1992 ATL NL 30 2B 1 0 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1 280 9.00 3.00 .980 5.10 5.20
1993 ATL NL 31 SS 58 3 1 125.1 76 27 49 0 11 1.000 4 39 5.46 1.31 .965 4.69 4.66
1993 ATL NL 31 2B 24 13 8 138.0 77 26 50 1 7 .987 4 36 4.96 3.17 .980 5.16 5.13
1994 ATL NL 32 SS 26 18 14 176.2 62 17 44 1 9 .984 1 9 3.11 2.35 .966 4.53 4.50
1994 ATL NL 32 2B 18 12 10 126.1 70 28 42 0 7 1.000 -1 -13 4.99 3.89 .981 5.26 5.23
1995 ATL NL 33 SS 40 30 23 280.0 124 33 90 1 11 .992 4 15 3.95 3.08 .968 4.51 4.49
1995 ATL NL 33 2B 32 24 17 226.1 132 41 91 0 11 1.000 5 25 5.25 4.13 .984 5.25 5.23
1996 ATL NL 34 SS 63 33 20 337.1 179 51 125 3 25 .983 4 16 4.70 2.79 .967 4.60 4.57
1996 ATL NL 34 2B 15 6 3 63.0 41 14 25 2 7 .951 1 21 5.57 2.60 .981 5.09 5.06
1997 ATL NL 35 SS 53 15 8 219.2 101 36 64 1 14 .990 2 10 4.10 1.89 .973 4.58 4.54
1997 ATL NL 35 2B 7 0 0 10.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1 68 5.06 0.86 .980 5.06 5.03
1998 ATL NL 36 SS 7 6 3 51.0 21 7 13 1 4 .952 -0 -5 3.53 2.86 .968 4.52 4.50
17 Seasons SS 896 600 386 5534.2 2888 926 1886 76 319 .974 25 5 4.57 3.14 .966 4.64 4.63
12 Seasons 2B 172 93 57 937.1 546 200 343 3 56 .995 10 13 5.21 3.16 .982 5.18 5.15
2 Seasons 3B 11 1 1 24.2 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 1 58 3.65 0.91 .945 2.70 2.72
17 Seasons TOT 1079 694 444 6496.2 3444 1131 2234 79 375 .977 36 7 4.66 3.12 .969 4.71 4.70
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 NL  11 (7th)
1992 NL  13 (4th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1991 NL  145 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1992 NL  14 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1989 NL  2 (5th)
1993 NL  4 (5th)
1995 NL  5 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1986 NL  5 (5th)
1988 NL  5 (4th)
1991 NL  3 (5th)
1993 NL  4 (5th)
1995 NL  4 (3rd)
Career  25 (63rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1986 NL  4.96 (4th)
1992 NL  4.60 (5th)
Career  4.57 (83rd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1988 NL  .977 (1st)
Career  .974 (44th)

Youngest s c a p y
1982 NL  born 1961-10-24 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1182), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (336th), 0.1 career WAR/3.4 7yr-peak WAR/1.7 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  8. Ed Caskin (929)
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  7. Charley O'Leary (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willy Miranda (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willy Miranda (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

  • July 10, 1980: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.
  • November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 18, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
  • October 28, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • October 31, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 6, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • October 29, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 5, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
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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 Notes/Other Sources
198422Pittsburgh Pirates$40,0004/3/84 TSN
198624Pittsburgh Pirates$65,0001986 USA Today survey
198725Pittsburgh Pirates$130,0001987 USA Today survey
198826Pittsburgh Pirates$130,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198927Pittsburgh Pirates$225,0001991 TSN Guide 28; T. Timmerman database
199028Pittsburgh Pirates$380,000USA TodayArbitration win; $225,000 offer
199230Atlanta Braves$500,0004/2/92 USA Today
199331Atlanta Braves$800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199432Atlanta Braves$800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199533Atlanta Braves$550,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199634Atlanta Braves$575,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199735Atlanta Braves$250,0001997 AP survey
199836Atlanta Braves$250,0004/3/98 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,695,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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