Rafael Betancourt

Positions: Relief Pitcher, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: April 29, 1975 in Cumana, Venezuela ve

Last Game: August 22, 2015 (Age 40-115d)
vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Octagon • Previously: Bill Rego, Mitch Frankel

Full Name: Rafael Jose Betancourt

Pronunciation: \bet-AN-court\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.1

ERA

3.36

680

685.2

724

WHIP

1.108

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1997	22	0.6	Michigan	MIDW	A	BOS	0	3	.000	1.95	2.51	27	0	22	0	0	11	32.1	26	9	7	2	2	0	52	0	1	3	125	0.866	7.2	0.6	0.6	14.5	26.00
1998	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-Rk	BOS	3	3	.500	4.68	5.10	31	3	7	0	0	2	42.1	37	24	22	3	10	0	46	0	1	1	175	1.110	7.9	0.6	2.1	9.8	4.60
1998	23	-0.9	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		6.75	6.75	7	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	9	7	7	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	42	1.286	8.7	0.0	2.9	8.7	3.00
1998	23	0.6	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	3	1	.750	3.54	3.86	20	0	4	0	0	2	28.0	22	12	11	2	6	0	33	0	0	0	111	1.000	7.1	0.6	1.9	10.6	5.50
1998	23	3.6	Red Sox	GULF	Rk	BOS	0	2	.000	7.20	9.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	4	1	1	0	4	0	1	1	22	1.400	10.8	1.8	1.8	7.2	4.00
1999	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	BOS	6	2	.750	3.21	3.50	45	0	35	0	0	17	61.2	55	24	22	7	11	0	63	0	1	0	243	1.070	8.0	1.0	1.6	9.2	5.73
1999	24	0.1	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	6	2	.750	3.62	3.95	39	0	30	0	0	13	54.2	50	24	22	7	10	0	57	0	1	0	218	1.098	8.2	1.2	1.6	9.4	5.70
1999	24	1.3	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	6	0	5	0	0	4	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	25	0.857	6.4	0.0	1.3	7.7	6.00
2000	25	-3.2	Yokohama	JPCL	Fgn		1	2	.333	4.08	5.02	11	4	2	0	0	0	28.2	30	16	13	5	11	0	16	1	2	1	127	1.430	9.4	1.6	3.5	5.0	1.45
2001	26	1.8	Trenton	EL	AA	BOS	0	1	.000	5.63	6.00	16	0	10	0	0	4	24.0	28	16	15	0	3	0	27	2	0	1	100	1.292	10.5	0.0	1.1	10.1	9.00

2003	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	0	0		1.73	2.25	35	0	22	0	0	17	52.0	39	13	10	1	15	2	81	0	0	2	210	1.038	6.8	0.2	2.6	14.0	5.40
2003	28	1.2	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	0	0		4.05	4.05	4	0	2	0	0	1	6.2	6	3	3	1	2	0	6	0	0	1	27	1.200	8.1	1.4	2.7	8.1	3.00
2003	28	3.8	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		1.39	1.99	31	0	20	0	0	16	45.1	33	10	7	0	13	2	75	0	0	1	183	1.015	6.6	0.0	2.6	14.9	5.77
2003	28	-0.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	2	.500	2.13	2.61	33	0	13	0	0	1	38.0	27	11	9	5	13	2	36	1	0	1	154	1.053	6.4	1.2	3.1	8.5	2.77
2004	29	4.7	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2004	29	0.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	6	.455	3.92	4.32	68	0	21	0	0	4	66.2	71	32	29	7	18	6	76	0	1	5	286	1.335	9.6	0.9	2.4	10.3	4.22
2005	30	0.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	3	.571	2.79	3.06	54	0	12	0	0	1	67.2	57	23	21	5	17	2	73	0	0	0	272	1.094	7.6	0.7	2.3	9.7	4.29
2006	31	6.2	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	2.00
2006	31	2.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	4	.429	3.81	3.97	50	0	17	0	0	3	56.2	52	25	24	7	11	5	48	0	0	0	231	1.112	8.3	1.1	1.7	7.6	4.36
2007	32	3.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	1	.833	1.47	1.47	68	0	15	0	0	3	79.1	51	13	13	4	9	3	80	0	0	0	289	0.756	5.8	0.5	1.0	9.1	8.89
2008	33	4.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	4	.429	5.07	5.20	69	0	20	0	0	4	71.0	76	41	40	11	25	5	64	0	0	2	309	1.423	9.6	1.4	3.2	8.1	2.56
2009	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CLE	4	3	.571	2.73	3.21	61	0	10	0	0	2	56.0	42	20	17	4	20	5	61	0	0	0	227	1.107	6.8	0.6	3.2	9.8	3.05
2009	34	7.1	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	11	0.300	0.0	0.0	2.7	10.8	4.00
2009	34	5.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	2	.333	3.52	4.40	29	0	7	0	0	1	30.2	25	15	12	3	15	4	32	0	0	0	129	1.304	7.3	0.9	4.4	9.4	2.13
2009	34	5.4	COL	NL	Maj	COL	3	1	.750	1.78	1.78	32	0	3	0	0	1	25.1	17	5	5	1	5	1	29	0	0	0	98	0.868	6.0	0.4	1.8	10.3	5.80
2010	35	6.3	COL	NL	Maj	COL	5	1	.833	3.61	3.61	72	0	18	0	0	1	62.1	52	25	25	9	8	2	89	0	0	7	248	0.963	7.5	1.3	1.2	12.9	11.13
2011	36	7.5	COL	NL	Maj	COL	2	0	1.000	2.89	3.03	68	0	24	0	0	8	62.1	46	21	20	7	8	0	73	0	2	1	237	0.866	6.6	1.0	1.2	10.5	9.13
2012	37	8.5	COL	NL	Maj	COL	1	4	.200	2.81	2.97	60	0	53	0	0	31	57.2	53	19	18	6	12	4	57	0	1	0	236	1.127	8.3	0.9	1.9	8.9	4.75
2013	38	11.4	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2013	38	9.9	COL	NL	Maj	COL	2	5	.286	4.08	4.71	32	0	29	0	0	16	28.2	26	15	13	2	11	2	27	0	0	1	123	1.291	8.2	0.6	3.5	8.5	2.45
2014	39		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-AAA	COL	2	0	1.000	4.66	6.52	21	0	4	0	0	0	19.1	28	14	10	2	8	0	15	0	0	1	95	1.862	13.0	0.9	3.7	7.0	1.88
2014	39	12.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	COL	1	0	1.000	10.50	10.50	7	0	4	0	0	0	6.0	10	7	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	30	2.167	15.0	3.0	4.5	6.0	1.33
2014	39	17.8	Grand Junction	PION	Rk	COL	1	0	1.000	2.03	4.73	14	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	18	7	3	0	5	0	11	0	0	1	65	1.725	12.2	0.0	3.4	7.4	2.20
2015	40	13.2	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	2.250	13.5	6.8	6.8	13.5	2.00
2015	40	11.6	COL	NL	Maj	COL	2	4	.333	6.18	6.64	45	0	9	0	0	1	39.1	43	29	27	4	12	4	40	0	0	0	175	1.398	9.8	0.9	2.7	9.2	3.33
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		38	37	.507	3.36	3.60	680	0	241	0	0	75	685.2	596	274	256	71	164	40	724	1	4	17	2787	1.108	7.8	0.9	2.2	9.5	4.41
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		12	9	.571	3.35	3.87	182	4	100	0	0	51	239.1	217	103	89	16	53	2	295	2	3	8	979	1.128	8.2	0.6	2.0	11.1	5.57
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		1	2	.333	4.08	5.02	11	4	2	0	0	0	28.2	30	16	13	5	11	0	16	1	2	1	127	1.430	9.4	1.6	3.5	5.0	1.45
All Levels (18 Seasons)							51	48	.515	3.38	3.71	873	8	343	0	0	126	953.2	843	393	358	92	228	42	1035	4	9	26	3893	1.123	8.0	0.9	2.2	9.8	4.54

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		2	0	1.000	6.38	6.38	16	0	6	0	0	1	18.1	20	13	13	4	7	0	17	0	0	1	80	1.473	9.8	2.0	3.4	8.3	2.43
AA (6 seasons)					Minors		6	3	.667	3.39	3.79	95	1	63	0	0	33	135.1	120	57	51	7	31	2	172	2	1	2	551	1.116	8.0	0.5	2.1	11.4	5.55
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		3	1	.750	2.83	3.09	26	0	9	0	0	6	35.0	27	12	11	2	7	0	39	0	0	0	136	0.971	6.9	0.5	1.8	10.0	5.57
A (1 season)					Minors		0	3	.000	1.95	2.51	27	0	22	0	0	11	32.1	26	9	7	2	2	0	52	0	1	3	125	0.866	7.2	0.6	0.6	14.5	26.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		1	2	.333	3.44	5.89	18	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	24	12	7	1	6	0	15	0	1	2	87	1.636	11.8	0.5	2.9	7.4	2.50