Rigo Beltrán

Rigoberto Beltran

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 13, 1969 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
High School: Point Lomas HS (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1997
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mets/Rockies/Expos 1997-2004

Final Game: April 28, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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 27 STL NL 1 2 .333 3.48 35 4 16 0 0 1 54.1 47 25 21 3 17 0 50 0 0 1 224 121 1.178 7.8 0.5 2.8 8.3 2.94
1998 28 NYM NL 0 0 3.38 7 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 33 130 1.250 6.8 1.1 4.5 5.6 1.25
1999 29 TOT NL 1 1 .500 4.50 33 0 12 0 0 0 42.0 50 24 21 7 19 3 50 1 0 7 195 108 1.643 10.7 1.5 4.1 10.7 2.63
1999 29 NYM NL 1 1 .500 3.48 21 0 10 0 0 0 31.0 30 15 12 5 12 2 35 0 0 6 134 129 1.355 8.7 1.5 3.5 10.2 2.92
1999 29 COL NL 0 0 7.36 12 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 20 9 9 2 7 1 15 1 0 1 61 81 2.455 16.4 1.6 5.7 12.3 2.14
2000 30 COL NL 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 6 6 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 17 6.750 40.5 13.5 20.3 6.8 0.33
2004 34 MON NL 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 51 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs 2 3 .400 4.40 78 5 28 0 0 1 106.1 110 59 52 13 43 3 106 1 0 8 468 103 1.439 9.3 1.1 3.6 9.0 2.47
162 Game Avg. 2 2 .400 4.40 64 4 23 0 0 1 87 90 48 43 11 35 2 87 1 0 7 383 103 1.439 9.3 1.1 3.6 9.0 2.47
NYM (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.46 28 0 10 0 0 0 39.0 36 18 15 6 16 2 40 0 0 6 167 129 1.333 8.3 1.4 3.7 9.2 2.50
COL (2 yrs) 0 0 10.95 13 1 2 0 0 0 12.1 26 15 15 4 10 1 16 1 0 1 74 55 2.919 19.0 2.9 7.3 11.7 1.60
STL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.48 35 4 16 0 0 1 54.1 47 25 21 3 17 0 50 0 0 1 224 121 1.178 7.8 0.5 2.8 8.3 2.94
MON (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 51 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1997 27 STL NL 54.1 35 4 25 4.14 4.58 0.34 -0.15 100.8 4.12 -0 -0.0 .6 -0.1 0.3 5 .499 .500 $150,000
1998 28 NYM NL 8.0 7 0 3 3.38 5.21 0.05 -0.40 95.0 4.53 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .515 .501 $
1999 29 NYM NL 31.0 21 0 15 4.35 5.16 0.13 -0.39 95.1 4.41 0 0.0 .5 -0.1 0.2 3 .500 .500 $
1999 29 COL NL 11.0 12 0 9 7.36 5.51 -0.57 -0.42 133.8 7.57 0 0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 1 .502 .500 $215,000
2000 30 COL NL 1.1 1 1 6 40.50 6.10 0.70 0.22 150.0 8.43 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .193 .498 $
2004 34 MON NL 0.2 2 0 1 13.50 7.41 0.42 -0.54 80.0 5.16 -1 -0.1 1.9 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .469 .500 $
5 Seasons 106.1 78 5 59 4.99 4.93 0.17 -0.26 102.6 4.66 -4 -0.3 .7 -0.2 0.3 7 .497 .500 $365,000
NYM (2 yrs) 39.0 28 0 18 4.15 5.17 0.11 -0.39 95.1 4.44 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 0.3 5 .504 .500 $
COL (2 yrs) 12.1 13 1 15 10.95 5.58 -0.43 -0.35 135.5 7.67 -5 -0.3 .8 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .478 .499 $215,000
STL (1 yr) 54.1 35 4 25 4.14 4.58 0.34 -0.15 100.8 4.12 -0 -0.0 .6 -0.1 0.3 5 .499 .500 $150,000
MON (1 yr) 0.2 2 0 1 13.50 7.41 0.42 -0.54 80.0 5.16 -1 -0.1 1.9 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .469 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1997 27 STL NL 35 224 198 25 47 8 2 3 1 3 17 50 .237 .294 .343 .637 .297 68 3 0 6 3 0 3
1998 28 NYM NL 7 33 28 3 6 2 0 1 0 0 4 5 .214 .303 .393 .696 .217 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
1999 29 COL NL 12 61 52 9 20 5 0 2 1 0 7 15 .385 .467 .596 1.063 .514 31 0 1 1 0 1 0
1999 29 NYM NL 21 134 120 15 30 9 0 5 2 0 12 35 .250 .318 .450 .768 .313 54 0 0 2 0 2 1
1999 29 TOT NL 33 195 172 24 50 14 0 7 3 0 19 50 .291 .365 .494 .859 .374 85 0 1 3 0 3 1
2000 30 COL NL 1 13 10 6 6 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 .600 .692 1.400 2.092 .571 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 34 MON NL 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 78 468 411 59 110 26 2 13 4 3 43 106 .268 .336 .436 .771 .328 179 3 1 9 4 3 4
162 Game Avg. 64 383 337 48 90 21 2 11 3 2 35 87 .268 .336 .436 .771 .328 147 2 1 7 3 2 3
MLB Averages .266 .337 .426 .762 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1997 27 STL NL 3.5 0.4 229 -0.3 2.8 -3.1 .81 0.7 -1.0 5.0 0.5 0.81 7.2 5 4 20
1998 28 NYM NL 1.0 0.1 33 0.2 0.5 -0.3 .60 0.2 0.1 2.7 0.3 0.60 1.1 2 0 5
1999 29 TOT NL 1.6 0.2 205 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 .41 -0.7 -0.3 -4.1 -0.4 0.41 -5.5 6 6 20
1999 29 NYM NL 2.6 0.2 142 -0.4 0.8 -1.1 .34 -0.2 -0.9 -0.9 -0.1 0.34 -1.2 2 5 13
1999 29 COL NL -1.1 -0.1 63 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 .55 -0.5 0.4 -3.3 -0.3 0.55 -4.3 4 1 7
2000 30 COL NL -3.8 -0.3 13 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .70 -0.5 0.0 -4.7 -0.3 0.70 -6.3 0 0 0
2004 34 MON NL -0.4 -0.0 3 0.0 0.1 -0.1 2.03 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 2.03 0.1 2 0 0
5 Yrs 1.9 0.3 483 -0.8 4.7 -5.5 .63 -0.4 -0.9 -0.9 0.1 0.63 -3.4 15 10 45

Starting Pitching*

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
1997 27 STL NL 35 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .000 0 2 0 0 1 25% 44.5 58 35 9 4 1 0 3.0 3.2 5.3 85 2 1 1 0 109
2000 30 COL NL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 16.0 16 16 2 1 0 1 10.0 9.0 1.3 45 1 0 0 0 45
2 Yrs 36 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .000 0 3 0 0 1 20% 39 58 16 11 5 1 1 4.1 3.4 4.5 77 3 1 1 0 109
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
1997 27 STL NL 35 31 16 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 11 2 18% 9 .809 5 4 20 11 3 17 9 22 7 12 9 6 3.2 16
1998 28 NYM NL 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 7 .603 2 0 5 1 1 5 2 5 2 2 2 1 3.4 19
1999 29 TOT NL 33 33 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 19 9 47% .408 6 6 20 6 2 25 11 22 12 10 13 8 3.8 25
1999 29 NYM NL 21 21 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 58% 8 .342 2 5 13 4 1 16 5 16 10 3 11 5 4.4 27
1999 29 COL NL 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 2 29% 7 .553 4 1 7 2 1 9 6 6 2 7 2 3 2.8 21
2004 34 MON NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 7 2.027 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.0 6
4 Yrs 77 73 28 2 2 1 1 0 100% 7 4 35 12 34% .630 15 10 45 19 7 47 23 50 21 26 24 15 3.4 20

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1997 27 STL NL 224 23% 1.3% 22.3% 7.6% 5.8% 28% 0.54 0.76 66% 23% 4.3% 24% 46 3 7%
1998 28 NYM NL 33 27% 3.0% 15.2% 12.1% 9.1% 50% 0.33 0.36 70% 25% 7.1% 22% 1 0 0%
1999 29 TOT NL 195 42% 3.6% 25.6% 9.7% 10.8% 42% 0.52 0.65 59% 22% 10.3% 14% 40 0 0%
1999 29 NYM NL 134 37% 3.7% 26.1% 9.0% 10.5% 47% 0.50 0.61 60% 24% 10.2% 13% 21 0 0%
1999 29 COL NL 61 52% 3.3% 24.6% 11.5% 11.5% 35% 0.57 0.80 57% 18% 10.5% 17% 19 0 0%
2000 30 COL NL 13 23% 15.4% 7.7% 23.1% 30.8% 67% 0.17 0.50 54% 44% 40.0% 17% 1 0 0%
2004 34 MON NL 3 67% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 1.00 100% 0% 100% 0 0
5 Yrs 468 31% 2.8% 22.7% 9.2% 8.8% 37% 0.51 0.67 63% 23% 8.3% 20% 88 3 3%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.9% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 22% 8.2% 14% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1997 27 STL NL 223 825 3.70 524 64% 26% 15% 29% 30% 74% 0% 47% 80% 57% 2% 5 3 22% 49 23 2 31% 10 2 1 0 0
1998 28 NYM NL 33 134 4.06 84 63% 23% 17% 32% 29% 77% 0% 49% 78% 58% 6% 2 2 36% 12 7 0 20% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 29 TOT NL 195 811 4.16 477 59% 25% 23% 26% 26% 75% 4% 44% 69% 54% 8% 15 9 17% 34 17 3 22% 7 3 0 0 0
1999 29 NYM NL 134 557 4.16 335 60% 23% 27% 24% 26% 77% 4% 46% 66% 54% 7% 10 6 19% 26 13 2 20% 5 2 0 0 0
1999 29 COL NL 61 254 4.16 142 56% 29% 16% 28% 27% 71% 4% 40% 77% 54% 8% 5 3 13% 8 4 1 27% 2 1 0 0 0
2000 30 COL NL 13 45 3.46 20 44% 25% 15% 15% 45% 75% 0% 33% 80% 31% 15% 2 0 15% 2 1 0 100% 0 2 0 0 0
2004 34 MON NL 3 12 4.00 7 58% 29% 14% 14% 43% 71% 0% 42% 80% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 467 1827 3.91 1112 61% 25% 19% 27% 29% 75% 2% 45% 75% 55% 5% 24 14 21% 97 48 5 27% 17 7 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1997 27 STL NL 224 47 9 4 3 0 5 2 1 0 3 18 11 2 61% 3 1 1 78 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 5 0
1998 28 NYM NL 33 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 29 TOT NL 195 50 2 1 7 0 6 5 2 5 2 9 8 1 89% 1 7 0 85 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1999 29 NYM NL 134 30 1 0 5 0 3 4 1 4 1 6 6 0 100% 1 6 0 46 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1999 29 COL NL 61 20 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 67% 0 1 0 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 30 COL NL 13 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 34 MON NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 468 110 12 5 13 0 12 9 4 8 5 28 20 3 71% 4 8 1 181 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 16 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1997 27 1 2 .333 3.48 35 4 16 0 0 1 54.1 47 25 21 3 17 0 50 0 0 1 224 121 1.178 7.8 0.5 2.8 8.3 2.94 121
1998 28 1 2 .333 3.47 42 4 16 0 0 1 62.1 53 28 24 4 21 0 55 0 0 1 257 122 1.187 7.7 0.6 3.0 7.9 2.62 122
1999 29 2 3 .400 3.88 75 4 28 0 0 1 104.1 103 52 45 11 40 3 105 1 0 8 452 115 1.371 8.9 0.9 3.5 9.1 2.63 115
2000 30 2 3 .400 4.34 76 5 28 0 0 1 105.2 109 58 51 13 43 3 106 1 0 8 465 104 1.438 9.3 1.1 3.7 9.0 2.47 104
2001 31 2 3 .400 4.34 76 5 28 0 0 1 105.2 109 58 51 13 43 3 106 1 0 8 465 104 1.438 9.3 1.1 3.7 9.0 2.47 104
2002 32 2 3 .400 4.34 76 5 28 0 0 1 105.2 109 58 51 13 43 3 106 1 0 8 465 104 1.438 9.3 1.1 3.7 9.0 2.47 104
2003 33 2 3 .400 4.34 76 5 28 0 0 1 105.2 109 58 51 13 43 3 106 1 0 8 465 104 1.438 9.3 1.1 3.7 9.0 2.47 104
2004 34 2 3 .400 4.40 78 5 28 0 0 1 106.1 110 59 52 13 43 3 106 1 0 8 468 103 1.439 9.3 1.1 3.6 9.0 2.47 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1997 27 3 2 .600 3.57 53.0 47 23 21 3 17 49 0 1.208 8.0 2.9 8.3 2.88 0.5 35
1998 28 0 0 3.38 8.0 6 3 3 1 4 5 0 1.250 6.8 4.5 5.6 1.25 1.1 7
1999 29 2 2 .500 3.48 44.0 45 19 17 6 17 52 1 1.409 9.2 3.5 10.6 3.06 1.2 33
2000 30 0 0 18.00 2.0 5 4 4 2 2 2 0 3.500 22.5 9.0 9.0 1.00 9.0 1
2004 34 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
5 Yrs 5 4 .556 3.75 108.0 103 49 45 12 40 108 1 1.324 8.6 9.0 2.70 1.0 78

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