Esteban Beltré

Esteban (Valera) Beltre

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 26, 1967 in Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: San Pedro de Macoris (San Pedro de Macoris, DO)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1991
Teams (by GP): Rangers/WhiteSox/RedSox 1991-1996

Final Game: June 5, 1996
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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
1984	16	WSN-min	Rk	18	22	20	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	8	.200	.273	.200	.473		4		0	0	0	0		CGY · PION
1985	17	UTI	A-	72	271	241	19	48	6	2	0	22	8	7	18	58	.199	.262	.241	.503		58		3	8	1	0		UTI · NYPL
1986	18	WSN-min	A	97	306	285	24	69	11	1	1	20	4	2	16	59	.242	.281	.298	.580		85		0	4	1	2		WPB · FLOR
1987	19	WSN-min	AA	142	544	491	55	104	15	4	4	34	9	8	40	98	.212	.275	.283	.558		139		3	10	0	0		JCK · SOUL
1988	20	WSN-min	A,AA	104	366	339	28	80	7	6	0	21	5	0	14	66	.236	.268	.292	.560		99	4	1	11	1	0		WPB,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
1989	21	WSN-min	A	104	414	375	42	80	15	3	2	33	9	3	33	83	.213	.276	.285	.562		107	8	0	5	1	1		RFD · MIDW
1990	22	WSN-min	AAA	133	450	407	33	92	11	2	1	37	8	2	32	77	.226	.283	.270	.553		110		2	5	4	1		INA · AA
1991	23	CHW-MIL-min	AAA	115	465	425	59	108	12	6	0	39	11	10	32	77	.254	.306	.311	.616		132	9	0	7	1	0		VAN,DEN · PCL,AA
1991	23	CHW	AL	8	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1992	24	CHW-min	AAA	40	176	161	17	43	5	2	0	16	4	4	8	27	.267	.304	.323	.627		52	3	1	5	1	1		VAN · PCL
1992	24	CHW	AL	49	116	110	21	21	2	0	1	10	1	0	3	18	.191	.211	.236	.447	26	26	3	0	2	1	0	6/D

1993	25	CHW-min	AAA	134	527	489	67	143	24	4	8	52	18	6	33	102	.292	.337	.407	.744		199	13	0	5	0	1		NVL · AA
1994	26	TEX	AL	48	153	131	12	37	5	0	0	12	2	5	16	25	.282	.358	.321	.679	78	42	3	0	5	1	0	6/54
1995	27	TEX	AL	54	99	92	7	20	8	0	0	7	0	0	4	15	.217	.250	.304	.554	42	28	1	0	3	0	0	64/5
1996	28	PHI-ATL-min	AAA	14	44	43	4	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.209	.227	.279	.506		12	2	0	0	0	0		SWB,RMD · IL
1996	28	BOS	AL	27	68	62	6	16	2	0	0	6	1	0	4	14	.258	.299	.290	.589	50	18	1	0	1	1	0	5/46D
1998	30	MIN-min	AAA	133	558	510	84	142	24	4	2	49	26	11	39	109	.278	.327	.353	.680		180	7	0	5	4	0		SLK · PCL
1999	31	BAL-CHW-min	AAA	130	476	435	72	114	27	3	3	40	9	3	30	80	.262	.309	.359	.668		156	17	1	7	3	1		ROC,CHR · IL
2000	32	ARI-min	AAA	129	485	452	52	142	23	4	3	60	6	9	28	71	.314	.353	.403	.755		182	12	0	3	2	0		TUC · PCL
5 Yrs				186	443	401	46	95	17	0	1	35	5	5	28	73	.237	.285	.287	.572	52	115	8	0	11	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	386	349	40	83	15	0	1	30	4	4	24	64	.237	.285	.287	.572	52	100	7	0	10	3	0

TEX (2 yrs)				102	252	223	19	57	13	0	0	19	2	5	20	40	.256	.316	.314	.629	64	70	4	0	8	1	0
CHW (2 yrs)				57	123	116	21	22	2	0	1	10	2	0	4	19	.190	.215	.233	.448	26	27	3	0	2	1	0
BOS (1 yr)				27	68	62	6	16	2	0	0	6	1	0	4	14	.258	.299	.290	.589	50	18	1	0	1	1	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
1991	23	CHW	AL	8	7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	/6
1992	24	CHW	AL	49	116	-12	0	0	-5	2	-15	-1.6	4	-11	-1.2	.467	.490	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$	6/D

1994	26	TEX	AL	48	153	-2	-3	1	-5	2	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.488	.496	0.4	-0.2	3	$130,000	6/54
1995	27	TEX	AL	54	99	-9	-0	0	-2	2	-9	-0.8	3	-6	-0.5	.484	.495	-0.3	0.0	-4	$150,000	64/5
1996	28	BOS	AL	27	68	-5	0	0	-4	0	-8	-0.7	2	-6	-0.5	.472	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$200,000	5/46D
5 Seasons				186	443	-28	-3	2	-16	7	-38	-3.7	14	-24	-2.3	.480	.495	-0.7	-0.7	-8	$480,000

TEX (2 yrs)				102	252	-11	-3	2	-7	4	-15	-1.4	8	-7	-0.6	.486	.496	0.1	-0.2	-0	$280,000
CHW (2 yrs)				57	123	-12	0	0	-5	2	-15	-1.5	4	-11	-1.2	.472	.495	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$
BOS (1 yr)				27	68	-5	0	0	-4	0	-8	-0.7	2	-6	-0.5	.472	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$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
1991	23	CHW	AL	7	5	1	5.4	95	.200	.167	.258	.286	.326	.167	.391	.452	.717	30	.577	-0.6	-0.1	.600	.333	.000	.0
1992	24	CHW	AL	116	95	5	1.4	93	.217	.191	.258	.211	.327	.236	.383	.447	.710	26	.112	-11.2	-1.2	.326	.082	.045	1.0

1994	26	TEX	AL	153	108	15	3.7	111	.346	.282	.271	.358	.343	.321	.432	.679	.776	78	.340	-3.6	-0.3	.539	.137	.038	.0
1995	27	TEX	AL	99	76	7	2.5	112	.260	.217	.274	.250	.348	.304	.433	.554	.781	42	.202	-8.1	-0.8	.438	.130	.087
1996	28	BOS	AL	68	49	6	3.3	117	.327	.258	.278	.299	.352	.290	.447	.589	.799	50	.274	-4.8	-0.4	.489	.113	.032	.0
5 Yrs				443	333	34	2.7	107	.285	.237	.269	.285	.341	.287	.421	.572	.762	52	.243	-28.3	-2.7	.448	.120	.050	1.7
162 Game Avg.				386	290	30	2.7	107	.285	.237	.269	.285	.341	.287	.421	.572	.762	52	.243	-28.3	-2.7	.448	.120	.050	1

TEX (2 yrs)				252	184	22	3.2	111	.310	.256	.272	.316	.345	.314	.432	.629	.778	64	.284	-11.7	-1.1	.497	.135	.058	.0
CHW (2 yrs)				123	100	6	1.6	94	.216	.190	.258	.215	.327	.233	.384	.448	.711	26	.137	-11.8	-1.2	.340	.095	.043	1.3
BOS (1 yr)				68	49	6	3.3	117	.327	.258	.278	.299	.352	.290	.447	.589	.799	50	.274	-4.8	-0.4	.489	.113	.032	.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
1991	23	CHW	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0					71%	0%
1992	24	CHW	AL	116	0.9%	15.5%	2.6%	2.6%	14%	6.00	6.1	110.0	11.0	1.58	1.85	79%	15%	2.9%	6%

1994	26	TEX	AL	153	0.0%	16.3%	10.5%	3.3%	14%	1.56	5.2		10.9	1.47	1.89	70%	20%	0.0%	2%
1995	27	TEX	AL	99	0.0%	15.2%	4.0%	8.1%	40%	3.75	6.1		13.1	1.38	2.10	78%	20%	0.0%	13%
1996	28	BOS	AL	68	0.0%	20.6%	5.9%	2.9%	13%	3.50	4.4		10.3	1.23	1.50	72%	18%	0.0%	23%
5 Yrs				443	0.2%	16.5%	6.3%	4.1%	19%	2.61	5.5	401.0	11.5	1.47	1.91	74%	18%	0.8%	9%
MLB Averages					2.4%	15.6%	8.8%	7.2%	31%	1.77	5.7	37.1	7.9	0.82	1.08	72%	21%	7.1%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	23	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.69	-0.6		0
1992	24	CHW	AL	-11.2	-1.2	118	-1.5	0.8	-2.3	.87	-1.1	-0.6	-12.9	-1.3	0.98	-12.7		0

1994	26	TEX	AL	-3.8	-0.4	162	-0.9	1.8	-2.7	.90	-0.4	-0.6	-7.3	-0.7	0.96	-7.7	0.00	1
1995	27	TEX	AL	-8.1	-0.8	99	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.96	-0.9	0.2	-8.2	-0.8	0.93	-10.8	3.10	2
1996	28	BOS	AL	-4.8	-0.4	69	-0.5	0.8	-1.4	1.07	-0.4	-0.1	-5.8	-0.5	0.99	-6.6	0.00	2
5 Yrs				-28.5	-2.7	456	-3.7	4.5	-8.2	.92	-2.9	-1.1	-34.6	-3.3	0.96	-38.4	1.24	5

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	23	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	24	CHW	AL	0	0	87%	42	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	46%	10	6	4	8	5	3	6	2	4

1994	26	TEX	AL	3	0	23%	65	2	5	29%	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	5	33%	13	8	4	1	1	0	1	0	1
1995	27	TEX	AL	0	0	29%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	29%	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1996	28	BOS	AL	0	0	30%	27	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
5 Yrs				3	0	37%	168	5	5	50%	4	4	1	0	0	1	3	2	6	13	42%	31	20	10	9	6	3	12	3	9

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
1991	23	CHW	AL	7	14%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1992	24	CHW	AL	116	47%	21	12	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	20	3	15%	14	5	36%	76	9	12%	13	7	54%	3	1	33%	0

1994	26	TEX	AL	153	32%	37	6	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	34	3	9%	18	9	50%	101	12	12%	7	3	43%	7	5	71%	0
1995	27	TEX	AL	99	32%	20	4	1	2	2	0	2	3.10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	15	1	7%	8	4	50%	52	7	13%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
1996	28	BOS	AL	68	19%	16	5	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	16	1	6%	8	4	50%	52	6	12%	8	4	50%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				443	34%	95	28	1	5	3	0	2	1.24	1	0	14	0	1	1	0	0	13	11	85%	86	8	9%	48	22	46%	284	34	12%	31	16	52%	16	9	56%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

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
1991	23	CHW	AL	7	15	2.14	10	67%	20%	30%	0%	50%	80%	0%	53%	63%	57%	0%	0	0	14%	1	1	14%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
1992	24	CHW	AL	117	408	3.49	274	67%	23%	13%	29%	35%	77%	0%	51%	83%	26%	2%	2	0	10%	12	10	6%	7	4	22%	-1	0	0

1994	26	TEX	AL	152	564	3.71	355	63%	24%	15%	30%	31%	76%	0%	48%	81%	37%	7%	10	0	13%	19	5	10%	15	6	28%	1	0	0
1995	27	TEX	AL	87	308	3.54	199	65%	27%	10%	29%	35%	73%	0%	47%	87%	31%	6%	5	1	13%	11	2	6%	5	3	50%	12	0	0
1996	28	BOS	AL	62	213	3.44	136	64%	32%	15%	20%	34%	68%	0%	44%	78%	26%	2%	1	0	6%	4	2	2%	1	1	38%	6	0	0
5 Yrs				425	1508	3.55	974	65%	25%	13%	28%	34%	75%	0%	48%	82%	31%	4%	18	1	11%	47	20	7%	29	14	33%	18	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1991	23	8	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	30	1	0	0	0
1992	24	57	123	116	21	22	2	1	10	2	0	4	19	.190	.215	.233	.448	26	27	3	2	1
1993	25	57	123	116	21	22	2	1	10	2	0	4	19	.190	.215	.233	.448	26	27	3	2	1
1994	26	105	276	247	33	59	7	1	22	4	5	20	44	.239	.294	.279	.573	56	69	6	7	2
1995	27	159	375	339	40	79	15	1	29	4	5	24	59	.233	.282	.286	.568	52	97	7	10	2
1996	28	186	443	401	46	95	17	1	35	5	5	28	73	.237	.285	.287	.572	52	115	8	11	3

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1991	23	8	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	8
1992	24	49	117	111	23	22	2	0	1	11	1	3	18	.198	.217	.243	.461	6	49

1994	26	68	214	184	16	50	7	0	0	16	3	22	36	.272	.348	.310	.658	20	48
1995	27	61	109	102	7	21	8	0	0	7	0	4	17	.206	.236	.284	.520	7	54
1996	28	27	67	61	6	15	2	0	0	6	1	4	14	.246	.288	.279	.567	5	27
5 Yrs		213	514	464	52	108	19	0	1	40	6	34	86	.233	.283	.280	.564	38	186
162 Game Avg.		162	391	353	40	82	14	0	1	30	5	26	65	.233	.283	.280	.564	29	186

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