Francis Beltrán

Francis LeBron Beltran

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 255 lb.

Born: November 29, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 2002
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Tigers/Expos 2002-2008
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.063 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #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
1997	17	CHC-min	Rk	0	1	.000	3.42	16	0	5	0	0	1	23.2	27	18	9	1	8	0	17	3	2	3	111		1.479	10.3	0.4	3.0	6.5	2.13	CBZ · ARIZ
1998	18	CHC-min	Rk	1	1	.500	5.55	12	5	3	0	0	0	35.2	49	23	22	1	14	1	26	2	1	1	165		1.766	12.4	0.3	3.5	6.6	1.86	CBZ · ARIZ
1999	19	CHC-min	A-,Rk	0	3	.000	6.05	23	0	13	0	0	2	38.2	46	35	26	2	15	0	36	4	0	6	180		1.578	10.7	0.5	3.5	8.4	2.40	EUG,CBZ · NORW,ARIZ
2000	20	CHC-min	A-,A	3	3	.500	4.70	41	0	24	0	0	8	61.1	52	38	32	1	39	2	68	5	0	10	277		1.484	7.6	0.1	5.7	10.0	1.74	EUG,LNS · NORW,MIDW
2001	21	CHC-min	A+	6	9	.400	5.00	21	18	0	0	0	0	95.1	93	62	53	10	40	1	72	9	0	4	424		1.395	8.8	0.9	3.8	6.8	1.80	DYT · FLOR
2002	22	CHC-min	AA	2	2	.500	2.59	39	0	35	0	0	23	41.2	28	14	12	2	19	2	43	2	2	3	171		1.128	6.0	0.4	4.1	9.3	2.26	WTN · SOUL
2002	22	CHC	NL	0	0		7.50	11	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	14	11	10	2	16	1	11	0	0	2	65	55	2.500	10.5	1.5	12.0	8.3	0.69

2004	24	CHC-WSN-min	AAA	0	0		2.19	12	0	12	0	0	7	12.1	9	3	3	1	3	0	14	0	0	0	49		0.973	6.6	0.7	2.2	10.2	4.67	IWA,EDM · PCL
2004	24	TOT	NL	2	2	.500	5.47	45	0	13	0	0	1	49.1	47	31	30	11	27	1	48	2	0	2	221	82	1.500	8.6	2.0	4.9	8.8	1.78
2004	24	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	4.63	34	0	10	0	0	0	35.0	27	19	18	8	22	0	40	0	0	1	152	96	1.400	6.9	2.1	5.7	10.3	1.82
2004	24	MON	NL	0	0		7.53	11	0	3	0	0	1	14.1	20	12	12	3	5	1	8	2	0	1	69	62	1.744	12.6	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.60

2008	28	DET-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.70	37	0	24	0	0	3	44.0	44	24	23	5	11	2	38	1	0	2	184		1.250	9.0	1.0	2.2	7.8	3.45	TOL · IL
2008	28	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	4.85	11	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	13	7	7	3	6	1	9	0	0	1	56	95	1.462	9.0	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50
2009	29	-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.26	45	0	31	0	0	7	49.2	55	28	18	2	20	3	39	1	0	6	224		1.510	10.0	0.4	3.6	7.1	1.95	OAX,MTY · MEX
2010	30	-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.08	15	0	14	0	0	4	17.1	18	4	4	1	9	1	6	0	0	2	73		1.558	9.3	0.5	4.7	3.1	0.67	CMP · MEX
2011	31	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		19.89	5	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	16	14	14	2	4	0	5	2	0	0	40		3.158	22.7	2.8	5.7	7.1	1.25	OKC · PCL
3 Seasons				3	2	.600	5.69	67	0	21	0	0	1	74.1	74	49	47	16	49	3	68	2	0	5	342	78	1.655	9.0	1.9	5.9	8.2	1.39
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.600	5.69	68	0	21	0	0	1	75	75	50	48	16	50	3	69	2	0	5	347	78	1.655	9.0	1.9	5.9	8.2	1.39

CHC (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	5.36	45	0	14	0	0	0	47.0	41	30	28	10	38	1	51	0	0	3	217	82	1.681	7.9	1.9	7.3	9.8	1.34
MON (1 yr)				0	0		7.53	11	0	3	0	0	1	14.1	20	12	12	3	5	1	8	2	0	1	69	62	1.744	12.6	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.60
DET (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.85	11	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	13	7	7	3	6	1	9	0	0	1	56	95	1.462	9.0	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50

NL (2 yrs)			NL	2	2	.500	5.87	56	0	17	0	0	1	61.1	61	42	40	13	43	2	59	2	0	4	286	76	1.696	9.0	1.9	6.3	8.7	1.37
AL (1 yr)			AL	1	0	1.000	4.85	11	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	13	7	7	3	6	1	9	0	0	1	56	95	1.462	9.0	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50

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
2002	22	CHC	NL	12.0	0	11	7	-1	.3	-4	-0.3	$

2004	24	CHC	NL	35.0	0	19	22	0	.8	3	0.0	$
2004	24	MON	NL	14.1	0	12	9	1	.7	-3	-0.3	$

2008	28	DET	AL	13.0	0	7	9	0	.4	2	0.0	$
3 Seasons				74.1	0	49	47	0	.6	-2	-0.6	$

CHC (2 yrs)				47.0	0	30	29	-1	.7	-1	-0.3	$
MON (1 yr)				14.1	0	12	9	1	.7	-3	-0.3	$
DET (1 yr)				13.0	0	7	9	0	.4	2	0.0	$

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
1997	17	CHC-min	Rk	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	CBZ · ARIZ
1998	18	CHC-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CBZ · ARIZ
1999	19	CHC-min	A-,Rk	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	EUG,CBZ · NORW,ARIZ
2000	20	CHC-min	A-,A	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	EUG,LNS · NORW,MIDW
2001	21	CHC-min	A+	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	DYT · FLOR
2002	22	CHC-min	AA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WTN · SOUL
2002	22	CHC	NL	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2004	24	CHC-WSN-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	IWA,EDM · PCL
2004	24	TOT	NL	45	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	71	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	24	CHC	NL	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	24	MON	NL	11	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

2008	28	DET-min	AAA	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TOL · IL
2008	28	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	29	-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MTY,OAX · MEX
2010	30	-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CMP · MEX
2011	31	HOU-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · PCL
3 Seasons				67	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	30	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	30	2	0	0	0	0	0

CHC (2 yrs)				45	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				11	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	156	1	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				56	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	30	1	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	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
2002	22	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

2004	24	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2004	24	MON	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

CHC (2 yrs)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
MON (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	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
2002	CHC	NL	22	P	11			12.0	4	0	4	0	1	1.000			3.00	0.36	.962	1.80	1.81
2004	TOT	NL	24	P	45	0	0	49.1	6	0	5	1	1	.833	-1	-4	0.91	0.11	.965	1.84	1.82	6	1	14%	0
2004	CHC	NL	24	P	34	0	0	35.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-6	1.03	0.12	.965	1.85	1.82	4	1	20%	0
2004	MON	NL	24	P	11	0	0	14.1	2	0	1	1	1	.500	0	0	0.63	0.09	.965	1.82	1.82	2	0	0%	0
2008	DET	AL	28	P	11			13.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.69	0.09	.950	1.59	1.59
	3 Seasons			P	67	0	0	74.1	11	1	9	1	2	.909	-1	-3	1.21	0.15	.963	1.79	1.78	6	1	14%	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	67	0	0	74.1	11	1	9	1	2	.909	-1	-19	1.21	0.15	.963	1.79	1.78	6	1	14%	0

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Transactions

November 15, 1996: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
July 31, 2004: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Chicago Cubs with Alex Gonzalez and Brendan Harris to the Montreal Expos. The Boston Red Sox sent Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton to the Chicago Cubs. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox. The Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs sent Justin Jones (minors) to the Minnesota Twins.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 1, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 8, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 12, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
April 4, 2009: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
May 6, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
June 9, 2011: Released by the Houston Astros.
January 9, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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Salaries

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

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2005	25	Washington Nationals	$318,500

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$318,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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