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Yuniesky Betancourt

Yuniesky (Perez) Betancourt

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 31, 1982 in Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 2005
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Royals/Brewers 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$11.75M (08-11), 1 yr/$2M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.067, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Jaime Torres, previously: Gus Dominguez [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 4:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1676. Jack Burns… #1677. Tommy Dowd… #1678. Jack Boyle… #1679. YUNIESKY BETANCOURT… #1680. Jose Pagan… #1681. Bob Aspromonte… #1682. Kevin Mench… 

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 Awards
2005 23 SEA AL 60 228 211 24 54 11 5 1 15 1 3 11 24 .256 .296 .370 .666 80 78 2 2 2 2 0 6/4
2006 24 SEA AL 157 584 558 68 161 28 6 8 47 11 8 17 54 .289 .310 .403 .713 86 225 10 1 7 1 0 *6
2007 25 SEA AL 155 559 536 72 155 38 2 9 67 5 4 15 48 .289 .308 .418 .725 93 224 10 1 3 4 3 *6
2008 26 SEA AL 153 590 559 66 156 36 3 7 51 4 4 17 42 .279 .300 .392 .691 85 219 23 2 6 6 0 *6
2009 27 TOT AL 134 508 470 40 115 20 6 6 49 3 3 21 44 .245 .274 .351 .625 67 165 17 0 11 6 0 *6
2009 27 SEA AL 63 245 224 15 56 10 1 2 22 3 1 10 18 .250 .278 .330 .609 64 74 9 0 8 3 0 6
2009 27 KCR AL 71 263 246 25 59 10 5 4 27 0 2 11 26 .240 .269 .370 .639 69 91 8 0 3 3 0 6
2010 28 KCR AL 151 588 556 60 144 29 2 16 78 2 3 23 64 .259 .288 .405 .692 88 225 13 1 4 4 1 *6
2011 29 MIL NL 152 584 556 51 140 27 3 13 68 4 4 16 63 .252 .271 .381 .652 75 212 16 2 0 10 3 *6
7 Seasons 962 3641 3446 381 925 189 27 60 375 30 29 120 339 .268 .292 .391 .683 82 1348 91 9 33 33 7
162 Game Avg. 162 613 580 64 156 32 5 10 63 5 5 20 57 .268 .292 .391 .683 82 227 15 2 6 6 1
SEA (5 yrs) 588 2206 2088 245 582 123 17 27 202 24 20 70 186 .279 .302 .393 .695 85 820 54 6 26 16 3
KCR (2 yrs) 222 851 802 85 203 39 7 20 105 2 5 34 90 .253 .282 .394 .676 82 316 21 1 7 7 1
MIL (1 yr) 152 584 556 51 140 27 3 13 68 4 4 16 63 .252 .271 .381 .652 75 212 16 2 0 10 3
AL (6 yrs) 810 3057 2890 330 785 162 24 47 307 26 25 104 276 .272 .296 .393 .689 84 1136 75 7 33 23 4
NL (1 yr) 152 584 556 51 140 27 3 13 68 4 4 16 63 .252 .271 .381 .652 75 212 16 2 0 10 3

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 Awards
2005 23 SEA AL 228 -6 0 -1 0 -3 3 8 1 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ 6/4
2006 24 SEA AL 584 -15 -2 0 1 2 8 20 14 1.5 12 1.2 0.3 $677,500 *6
2007 25 SEA AL 559 -7 1 2 0 -1 7 19 21 2.2 22 2.2 0.0 $727,500 *6
2008 26 SEA AL 590 -11 -3 -1 -2 -8 7 20 2 0.2 10 1.0 -0.8 $1,550,000 *6
2009 27 SEA AL 245 -13 -1 1 -1 -3 3 8 -5 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $2,300,000 6
2009 27 KCR AL 263 -12 -2 -0 -1 -9 3 9 -13 -1.3 -4 -0.4 -0.9 $ 6
2010 28 KCR AL 588 -11 1 -2 -1 -2 7 20 13 1.3 15 1.5 -0.2 $3,300,000 *6
2011 29 MIL NL 584 -21 1 -1 -1 5 7 16 7 0.7 2 0.2 0.5 $4,300,000 *6
7 Seasons 3641 -96 -5 -2 -4 -18 46 120 40 4.2 58 5.9 -1.7 $12,855,000
SEA (5 yrs) 2206 -52 -5 1 -2 -13 28 75 33 3.5 46 4.6 -1.1 $5,255,000
KCR (2 yrs) 851 -23 -2 -2 -2 -11 10 29 0 0.0 11 1.1 -1.1 $3,300,000
MIL (1 yr) 584 -21 1 -1 -1 5 7 16 7 0.7 2 0.2 0.5 $4,300,000

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
2011 29 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 5 19 18 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278 .316 .444 .760 8 1 0 0 0 0
2011 29 MIL NL NLCS STL L 6 24 24 2 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .542 .875 13 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 11 43 42 7 13 3 1 1 6 0 0 1 4 .310 .326 .500 .826 21 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 5 19 18 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278 .316 .444 .760 8 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 6 24 24 2 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .542 .875 13 0 0 0 0 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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 SEA AL 23 SS 53 226 83 138 5 34 .978 -4 0 4.17 .972 4.55
2005 SEA AL 23 2B 9 44 23 21 0 5 1.000 1 2 4.89 .983 4.90
2006 SEA AL 24 SS 157 701 251 430 20 95 .971 2 0 4.34 .970 4.42
2007 SEA AL 25 SS 152 697 239 435 23 110 .967 -1 -7 4.43 .970 4.42
2008 SEA AL 26 SS 153 659 237 401 21 98 .968 -8 -13 4.17 .971 4.35
2009 TOT AL 27 SS 133 131 126 1159.0 570 212 340 18 78 .968 -12 -19 -12 -19 4.29 4.15 .972 34.12 4.31
2009 SEA AL 27 SS 62 61 60 548.0 269 101 159 9 38 .967 -3 -8 -6 -18 4.27 4.19 .972 34.12 4.31
2009 KCR AL 27 SS 71 70 66 611.0 301 111 181 9 40 .970 -9 -11 -18 -22 4.30 4.11 .972 34.12 4.31
2010 KCR AL 28 SS 151 692 256 418 18 84 .974 -2 -21 4.46 .973 4.36
2011 MIL NL 29 SS 149 146 131 1278.2 606 167 418 21 85 .965 5 -6 5 -6 4.12 3.93 .971 4.41 4.40
7 Seasons SS 948 277 257 2437.2 4151 1445 2580 126 584 .970 -19 -66 -9 -32 4.20 4.25 .971 18.54 4.39
1 Season 2B 9 44 23 21 0 5 1.000 1 2 4.89 .983 4.90
7 Seasons TOT 957 277 257 2437.2 4195 1468 2601 126 589 .970 -18 -64 -9 -31 4.20 4.25 .971 18.54 4.39
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL  157 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
2006 AL  6 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 NL  10 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 AL  23 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2006 AL  8 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2006 AL  10.3 (6th)
2007 AL  11.2 (4th)
2008 AL  13.3 (2nd)
2009 AL  10.7 (4th)
2011 NL  8.8 (8th)
Active  10.2 (5th)

Assists† s c a p y
2006 AL  430 (5th)
2010 AL  418 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2006 AL  20 (4th)
2007 AL  23 (3rd)
2008 AL  21 (1st)
2011 NL  21 (3rd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
2006 AL  157 (1st)
2007 AL  152 (3rd)
2008 AL  153 (2nd)
2010 AL  151 (3rd)
2011 NL  149 (3rd)
Active  948 (14th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2006 AL  251 (2nd)
2007 AL  239 (3rd)
2008 AL  237 (2nd)
2009 AL  212 (5th)
2010 AL  256 (1st)
Active  1,445 (14th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
2006 AL  430 (3rd)
2007 AL  435 (5th)
2008 AL  401 (4th)
2010 AL  418 (3rd)
2011 NL  418 (4th)
Active  2,580 (16th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2006 AL  20 (2nd)
2007 AL  23 (3rd)
2008 AL  21 (1st)
2009 AL  18 (5th)
2010 AL  18 (5th)
2011 NL  21 (3rd)
Active  126 (11th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2007 AL  4.66 (5th)
Active  4.20 (20th)
Career  4.20 (45th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2007 AL  4.43 (5th)
2008 AL  4.17 (5th)
2010 AL  4.46 (3rd)
Active  4.25 (13th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
Career  .970 (83rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Gary Disarcina (922)
  6. Jason Bartlett (919)
  7. Eddie Bressoud (914)
  8. Stephen Drew (913)
  9. Marco Scutaro (913)
  10. Ricky Gutierrez (910)
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  5. Deivi Cruz (945)
  6. B.J. Surhoff (942)
  7. Alex Gonzalez (937)
  8. Bill Knickerbocker (936)
  9. Johnny Logan (935)
  10. Dave Concepcion (934)
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  1. Julio Franco (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jocko Milligan (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lonny Frey (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Deivi Cruz (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Orlando Cabrera (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Wilson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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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
200624Seattle Mariners$677,500
200725Seattle Mariners$727,500
200826Seattle Mariners$1,550,000
200927Seattle Mariners$2,300,000
201028Kansas City Royals$3,300,000 $1.38M paid by Seattle Mariners
201129Milwaukee Brewers$4,300,000 $2M paid by Kansas City Royals
201230Kansas City Royals$2,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,855,000Does not include future salaries
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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