Rafael Betancourt

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: April 29, 1975 in Cumana, Venezuela ve

Debut: July 13, 2003 (Age 28-075d, 18,328th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

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

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1997	22	BOS-min	A	0	3	.000	1.95	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	BTC MIDW
1998	23	BOS-min	A+,AA,Rk	3	3	.500	4.68	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	SAR,TRE,RES FLOR,EL,GULF
1999	24	BOS-min	AA,A+	6	2	.750	3.21	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	TRE,SAR EL,FLOR
2001	26	BOS-min	AA	0	1	.000	5.62	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	TRE EL
2002			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	28	CLE-min	AA,AAA	0	0		1.73	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	AKR,BFL EL,IL
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	208	3.95	1.053	6.4	1.2	3.1	8.5	2.77
2004	29	CLE-min	AA	0	0		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	AKR EL
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	112	2.94	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	151	2.58	1.094	7.6	0.7	2.3	9.7	4.29
2006	31	CLE-min	AA	0	0		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	AKR EL
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	118	3.64	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	307	2.22	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	4.40	1.423	9.6	1.4	3.2	8.1	2.56
2009	34	CLE-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	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	CLB IL
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	165	2.92	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	122	3.75	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	268	1.91	0.868	6.0	0.4	1.8	10.3	5.80
2010	35	COL	NL	5	1	.833	3.61	72	0	18	0	0	1	62.1	52	25	25	9	8	2	89	0	0	7	248	129	2.49	0.963	7.5	1.3	1.2	12.9	11.13
2011	36	COL	NL	2	0	1.000	2.89	68	0	24	0	0	8	62.1	46	21	20	7	8	0	73	0	2	1	237	158	2.53	0.866	6.6	1.0	1.2	10.5	9.13
2012	37	COL	NL	1	4	.200	2.81	60	0	53	0	0	31	57.2	53	19	18	6	12	4	57	0	1	0	236	166	3.09	1.127	8.3	0.9	1.9	8.9	4.75
2013	38	COL-min	AAA	0	0		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		CSP PCL
2013	38	COL	NL	2	5	.286	4.08	32	0	29	0	0	16	28.2	26	15	13	2	11	2	27	0	0	1	123	110	3.22	1.291	8.2	0.6	3.5	8.5	2.45

2014	39	COL-min	Rk,AAA	2	0	1.000	4.66	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	GRJ,CSP PION,PCL
2015	40	COL-min	AAA	0	0		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	ABQ PCL
2015	40	COL	NL	2	4	.333	6.18	45	0	9	0	0	1	39.1	43	29	27	4	12	4	40	0	0	0	175	75	3.34	1.398	9.8	0.9	2.7	9.2	3.33
12 Yrs				38	37	.507	3.36	680	0	241	0	0	75	685.2	596	274	256	71	164	40	724	1	4	17	2787	133	3.05	1.108	7.8	0.9	2.2	9.5	4.41
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.507	3.36	68	0	24	0	0	8	69	60	27	26	7	16	4	72	0	0	2	279	133	3.05	1.108	7.8	0.9	2.2	9.5	4.41

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	135	3.25	1.139	7.9	0.9	2.4	9.0	3.79
COL (6 yrs)				15	15	.500	3.53	309	0	136	0	0	58	275.2	237	114	108	29	56	13	315	0	3	9	1117	131	2.77	1.063	7.7	0.9	1.8	10.3	5.63

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	135	3.25	1.139	7.9	0.9	2.4	9.0	3.79
NL (6 yrs)				15	15	.500	3.53	309	0	136	0	0	58	275.2	237	114	108	29	56	13	315	0	3	9	1117	131	2.77	1.063	7.7	0.9	1.8	10.3	5.63

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