Rafael Betancourt
Rafael Jose Betancourt
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: April 29, 1975 in Cumana, Venezuela
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 2003
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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
2003 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 2.13 33 0 13 0 0 1 38.0 27 11 9 5 13 2 36 1 0 1 154 206 1.053 6.4 1.2 3.1 8.5 2.77
2004 29 CLE AL 5 6 .455 3.92 68 0 21 0 0 4 66.2 71 32 29 7 18 6 76 0 1 5 286 111 1.335 9.6 0.9 2.4 10.3 4.22
2005 30 CLE AL 4 3 .571 2.79 54 0 12 0 0 1 67.2 57 23 21 5 17 2 73 0 0 0 272 150 1.094 7.6 0.7 2.3 9.7 4.29
2006 31 CLE AL 3 4 .429 3.81 50 0 17 0 0 3 56.2 52 25 24 7 11 5 48 0 0 0 231 117 1.112 8.3 1.1 1.7 7.6 4.36
2007 32 CLE AL 5 1 .833 1.47 68 0 15 0 0 3 79.1 51 13 13 4 9 3 80 0 0 0 289 306 0.756 5.8 0.5 1.0 9.1 8.89
2008 33 CLE AL 3 4 .429 5.07 69 0 20 0 0 4 71.0 76 41 40 11 25 5 64 0 0 2 309 84 1.423 9.6 1.4 3.2 8.1 2.56
2009 34 TOT MLB 4 3 .571 2.73 61 0 10 0 0 2 56.0 42 20 17 4 20 5 61 0 0 0 227 160 1.107 6.8 0.6 3.2 9.8 3.05
2009 34 CLE AL 1 2 .333 3.52 29 0 7 0 0 1 30.2 25 15 12 3 15 4 32 0 0 0 129 119 1.304 7.3 0.9 4.4 9.4 2.13
2009 34 COL NL 3 1 .750 1.78 32 0 3 0 0 1 25.1 17 5 5 1 5 1 29 0 0 0 98 258 0.868 6.0 0.4 1.8 10.3 5.80
7 Seasons 26 23 .531 3.16 403 0 108 0 0 18 435.1 376 165 153 43 113 28 438 1 1 8 1768 138 1.123 7.8 0.9 2.3 9.1 3.88
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .531 3.16 68 0 18 0 0 3 73 63 28 26 7 19 5 74 0 0 1 298 138 1.123 7.8 0.9 2.3 9.1 3.88
CLE (7 yrs) 23 22 .511 3.25 371 0 105 0 0 17 410.0 359 160 148 42 108 27 409 1 1 8 1670 134 1.139 7.9 0.9 2.4 9.0 3.79
COL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 1.78 32 0 3 0 0 1 25.1 17 5 5 1 5 1 29 0 0 0 98 258 0.868 6.0 0.4 1.8 10.3 5.80
AL (7 yrs) 23 22 .511 3.25 371 0 105 0 0 17 410.0 359 160 148 42 108 27 409 1 1 8 1670 134 1.139 7.9 0.9 2.4 9.0 3.79
NL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 1.78 32 0 3 0 0 1 25.1 17 5 5 1 5 1 29 0 0 0 98 258 0.868 6.0 0.4 1.8 10.3 5.80

Postseason Pitching

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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
2007 32 CLE AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2007 32 CLE AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 6.75 5 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 7 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 32 0.875 6.8 1.1 1.1 6.8 6.00
2009 34 COL NL NLDS L PHI 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 3.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 5.11 10 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 9 8 7 2 2 1 12 0 0 0 49 0.892 6.6 1.5 1.5 8.8 6.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 NLDS 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 7.7 3.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
1 ALCS 0 0 6.75 5 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 7 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 32 0.875 6.8 1.1 1.1 6.8 6.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2003 28 CLE AL 33 154 138 11 27 5 2 5 3 0 13 36 .196 .268 .370 .638 .224 51 1 1 1 1 2
2004 29 CLE AL 68 286 265 32 71 12 3 7 7 2 18 76 .268 .312 .415 .727 .348 110 1 0 1 2 6
2005 30 CLE AL 54 272 254 23 57 14 0 5 3 4 17 73 .224 .273 .339 .612 .295 86 2 0 1 0 2
2006 31 CLE AL 50 231 216 25 52 11 0 7 8 2 11 48 .241 .275 .389 .664 .276 84 2 0 2 2 5
2007 32 CLE AL 68 289 278 13 51 12 1 4 4 4 9 80 .183 .208 .277 .485 .240 77 3 0 0 2 3
2008 33 CLE AL 69 309 275 41 76 15 1 11 10 1 25 64 .276 .331 .458 .789 .317 126 3 0 4 5 5
2009 34 CLE AL 29 129 111 15 25 5 1 3 4 1 15 32 .225 .313 .369 .682 .282 41 3 0 1 2 4
2009 34 COL NL 32 98 90 5 17 3 1 1 4 0 5 29 .189 .227 .278 .505 .258 25 2 0 1 2 1
2009 34 TOT MLB 61 227 201 20 42 8 2 4 8 1 20 61 .209 .276 .328 .604 .271 66 5 0 2 4 5
7 Seasons 403 1768 1627 165 376 77 9 43 43 14 113 438 .231 .279 .369 .648 .287 600 17 1 11 16 28
162 Game Avg. 68 298 275 28 63 13 2 7 7 2 19 74 .231 .279 .369 .648 .287 101 3 0 2 3 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2003 28 CLE AL 33 33 13 2 2 4 1 3 25% 8 4 23 10 43% 8 1.071 12 9 12 11 6 16 11 22 12 9 13 11 3.5 18
2004 29 CLE AL 68 68 21 5 6 11 4 7 36% 23 12 22 9 41% 8 1.521 36 13 19 35 19 14 15 53 12 18 13 17 2.9 16
2005 30 CLE AL 54 54 12 4 3 3 1 2 33% 13 10 30 12 40% 7 0.819 15 14 24 26 10 18 16 38 22 9 24 10 3.8 19
2006 31 CLE AL 50 50 17 3 4 6 3 3 50% 13 7 27 7 26% 8 1.340 18 10 22 26 9 15 15 35 14 11 18 6 3.4 18
2007 32 CLE AL 68 68 15 5 1 6 3 3 50% 37 31 33 3 9% 8 1.582 46 14 8 44 16 8 24 44 24 12 25 13 3.5 17
2008 33 CLE AL 69 69 20 3 4 8 4 4 50% 20 12 33 12 36% 8 1.358 26 18 23 34 12 23 19 50 16 19 19 18 3.1 18
2009 34 TOT MLB 61 61 10 4 3 6 2 4 33% 26 20 36 11 31% 1.511 31 13 16 38 9 14 22 39 10 20 10 18 2.8 15
2009 34 CLE AL 29 29 7 1 2 3 1 2 33% 11 8 15 2 13% 8 1.415 13 6 9 16 3 10 10 19 8 6 8 7 3.2 19
2009 34 COL NL 32 32 3 3 1 3 1 2 33% 15 12 21 9 43% 8 1.638 18 7 7 22 6 4 12 20 2 14 2 11 2.4 12
7 Seasons 403 403 108 26 23 44 18 26 41% 140 96 204 64 31% 1.330 184 91 124 214 81 108 122 281 110 98 122 93 3.2 17

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2003 28 CLE AL 154 49% 3.3% 23.4% 8.4% 7.8% 44% 0.31 0.32 64% 17% 7.8% 18% 29 1 3%
2004 29 CLE AL 286 52% 2.5% 26.6% 6.3% 7.7% 31% 0.62 0.66 64% 17% 7.4% 19% 41 1 2%
2005 30 CLE AL 272 36% 1.8% 26.8% 6.3% 7.0% 33% 0.53 0.64 65% 20% 4.8% 12% 47 2 4%
2006 31 CLE AL 231 42% 3.0% 20.8% 4.8% 7.8% 35% 0.32 0.34 71% 23% 6.3% 12% 43 2 5%
2007 32 CLE AL 289 39% 1.4% 27.7% 3.1% 5.9% 33% 0.40 0.40 68% 19% 3.6% 21% 43 3 7%
2008 33 CLE AL 309 45% 3.6% 20.7% 8.1% 8.7% 36% 0.42 0.53 66% 21% 8.3% 12% 72 3 4%
2009 34 TOT MLB 227 44% 1.8% 26.9% 8.8% 6.2% 33% 0.45 0.54 62% 20% 4.7% 14% 50 5 10%
2009 34 CLE AL 129 45% 2.3% 24.8% 11.6% 7.0% 36% 0.50 0.55 60% 16% 6.3% 11% 33 3 9%
2009 34 COL NL 98 43% 1.0% 29.6% 5.1% 5.1% 29% 0.40 0.52 63% 25% 2.7% 18% 17 2 12%
7 Seasons 1768 44% 2.4% 24.8% 6.4% 7.3% 34% 0.44 0.49 66% 20% 6.1% 15% 325 17 5%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2003 28 CLE AL 154 589 3.82 392 67% 26% 17% 30% 27% 74% 4% 49% 76% 66% 4% 6 3 32% 50 30 0 33% 6 1 0 0 0
2004 29 CLE AL 286 1091 3.81 735 67% 27% 19% 27% 26% 73% 6% 49% 74% 67% 4% 12 5 34% 97 57 5 21% 17 2 0 0 0
2005 30 CLE AL 272 1032 3.79 727 70% 24% 19% 32% 25% 76% 2% 54% 75% 67% 5% 13 9 42% 114 76 6 29% 19 3 0 0 0
2006 31 CLE AL 231 899 3.89 643 72% 21% 16% 36% 27% 79% 8% 56% 80% 70% 4% 9 3 41% 95 67 8 27% 10 1 0 0 0
2007 32 CLE AL 289 1156 4.00 846 73% 23% 18% 36% 24% 77% 4% 57% 76% 75% 3% 9 6 49% 141 93 6 26% 20 0 0 0 0
2008 33 CLE AL 309 1219 3.94 809 66% 22% 21% 29% 27% 78% 5% 52% 72% 66% 4% 13 4 33% 102 63 13 16% 9 4 0 0 0
2009 34 TOT MLB 227 924 4.07 612 66% 20% 22% 34% 24% 80% 6% 53% 73% 65% 5% 12 5 32% 73 41 6 15% 11 2 0 0 0
2009 34 CLE AL 129 526 4.08 348 66% 18% 21% 37% 24% 82% 9% 54% 74% 67% 8% 10 4 36% 46 26 4 6% 4 2 0 0 0
2009 34 COL NL 98 398 4.06 264 66% 22% 23% 31% 24% 78% 3% 52% 71% 61% 2% 2 1 28% 27 15 2 24% 7 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1768 6910 3.91 4764 69% 23% 19% 32% 26% 77% 5% 53% 75% 68% 4% 74 35 38% 672 427 44 23% 92 13 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2003 28 CLE AL 154 27 2 0 5 0 5 2 3 2 3 12 3 3 25% 1 1 0 55 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 29 CLE AL 286 71 6 2 7 0 1 3 4 5 2 14 6 4 43% 2 5 0 101 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2005 30 CLE AL 272 57 5 0 5 0 12 3 2 2 3 8 5 2 63% 3 0 0 98 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2006 31 CLE AL 231 52 4 1 7 0 8 6 1 2 5 16 9 4 56% 3 0 1 82 8 2 80% 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
2007 32 CLE AL 289 51 1 0 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 8 4 1 50% 0 0 0 99 4 4 50% 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 33 CLE AL 309 76 8 0 11 1 13 7 4 5 6 24 11 4 46% 1 2 0 124 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2009 34 TOT MLB 227 42 4 0 4 1 13 2 2 0 4 18 10 1 56% 3 0 0 90 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2009 34 CLE AL 129 25 4 0 3 0 10 1 2 0 3 12 5 1 42% 1 0 0 54 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 34 COL NL 98 17 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 6 5 0 83% 2 0 0 36 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 1768 376 30 3 43 2 54 26 17 19 24 100 48 19 48% 13 8 1 649 43 14 75% 38 12 5 2 0 0 2 0 37 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2003 28 2 2 .500 2.13 33 0 13 0 0 1 38.0 27 11 9 5 13 2 36 1 0 1 154 206 1.053 6.4 1.2 3.1 8.5 2.77 206
2004 29 7 8 .467 3.27 101 0 34 0 0 5 104.2 98 43 38 12 31 8 112 1 1 6 440 134 1.232 8.4 1.0 2.7 9.6 3.61 134
2005 30 11 11 .500 3.08 155 0 46 0 0 6 172.1 155 66 59 17 48 10 185 1 1 6 712 140 1.178 8.1 0.9 2.5 9.7 3.85 140
2006 31 14 15 .483 3.26 205 0 63 0 0 9 229.0 207 91 83 24 59 15 233 1 1 6 943 133 1.162 8.1 0.9 2.3 9.2 3.95 133
2007 32 19 16 .543 2.80 273 0 78 0 0 12 308.1 258 104 96 28 68 18 313 1 1 6 1232 157 1.057 7.5 0.8 2.0 9.1 4.60 157
2008 33 22 20 .524 3.23 342 0 98 0 0 16 379.1 334 145 136 39 93 23 377 1 1 8 1541 135 1.126 7.9 0.9 2.2 8.9 4.05 135
2009 34 26 23 .531 3.16 403 0 108 0 0 18 435.1 376 165 153 43 113 28 438 1 1 8 1768 138 1.123 7.8 0.9 2.3 9.1 3.88 138

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2003 28 3 1 .750 2.19 37.0 28 10 9 5 13 35 1 1.108 6.8 3.2 8.5 2.69 1.2 33
2004 29 4 3 .571 4.02 65.0 72 32 29 7 18 74 0 1.385 10.0 2.5 10.2 4.11 1.0 68
2005 30 4 3 .571 3.05 65.0 59 24 22 5 18 70 0 1.185 8.2 2.5 9.7 3.89 0.7 54
2006 31 3 3 .500 3.70 56.0 51 26 23 7 11 47 0 1.107 8.2 1.8 7.6 4.27 1.1 50
2007 32 7 1 .875 1.40 77.0 49 13 12 4 9 78 0 0.753 5.7 1.1 9.1 8.67 0.5 68
2008 33 2 5 .286 5.43 68.0 78 46 41 11 26 61 0 1.529 10.3 3.4 8.1 2.35 1.5 69
2009 34 4 2 .667 2.62 55.0 41 18 16 4 20 60 0 1.109 6.7 3.3 9.8 3.00 0.7 61
7 Seasons 27 18 .600 3.23 423.0 378 169 152 43 115 425 1 1.165 8.0 9.0 3.70 0.9 403

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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