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Rafael Belliard
Rafael Leonidas (Matias) Belliard

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 150 lb.

Debut September 6, 1982
  vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 9, 1998
Born October 24, 1961 in Pueblo Nuevo, D.R.

Cousin of Ron Belliard

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 20 PIT NL   9    2    3    1   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  177    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 21 PIT NL   4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 22 PIT NL  20   22    3    5   0  0   0    0   4  1   0   1  .227  .227  .227   28    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1985 23 PIT NL  17   20    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .200  .200  .200   13    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1986 24 PIT NL 117  309   33   72   5  2   0   31  12  2  26  54  .233  .298  .262   55   81  11   1   6   3   8
 1987 25 PIT NL  81  203   26   42   4  3   1   15   5  1  20  25  .207  .286  .271   49   55   2   1   6   3   4
 1988 26 PIT NL 122  286   28   61   0  4   0   11   7  1  26  47  .213  .288  .241   55   69   5   0   3   4  10
 1989 27 PIT NL  67  154   10   33   4  0   0    8   5  2   8  22  .214  .253  .240   45   37   3   0   2   0   1
 1990 28 PIT NL  47   54   10   11   3  0   0    6   1  2   5  13  .204  .283  .259   54   14   1   0   0   1   2
 1991 29 ATL NL 149  353   36   88   9  2   0   27   3  1  22  63  .249  .296  .286   61  101   7   1   2   2   4
 1992 30 ATL NL 144  285   20   60   6  1   0   14   0  1  14  43  .211  .255  .239   37   68  13   0   4   3   6
 1993 31 ATL NL  91   79    6   18   5  0   0    6   0  0   4  13  .228  .291  .291   56   23   3   0   0   3   1
 1994 32 ATL NL  46  120    9   29   7  1   0    9   0  2   2  29  .242  .264  .317   50   38   2   1   1   2   4
 1995 33 ATL NL  75  180   12   40   2  1   0    7   2  2   6  28  .222  .255  .244   31   44   4   0   2   2   4
 1996 34 ATL NL  86  142    9   24   7  0   0    3   3  1   2  22  .169  .179  .218    2   31   3   1   0   0   6
 1997 35 ATL NL  72   71    9   15   3  0   1    3   0  1   1  17  .211  .219  .296   33   21   4   1   0   0   1
 1998 36 ATL NL   7   20    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   33    5   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1154 2301  217  508  55 14   2  142  43 17 136 384  .221  .270  .259   46  597  58   6  26  23  53
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        323   30   71   8  2   0   20   6  2  19  54  .221  .270  .259   46   84   8   1   4   3   7
 Career High    149  353   36   88   9  4   1   31  12  2  26  63  .249  .298  .286   61  101  13   1   6   4  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 20 PIT NL    2    1    1  27.1    98| .500  .270| .500  .334| .500  .392|1.000  .726| 177  .968   0.2   0.0 100%
 1983 21 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0    99| .000  .267| .000  .336| .000  .395| .000  .731|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1984 22 PIT NL   22   18    1   1.5    95| .227  .264| .227  .330| .227  .384| .454  .714|  28  .133  -2.2  -0.2  80%
 1985 23 PIT NL   20   16    1   1.7    94| .200  .259| .200  .327| .200  .386| .400  .712|  13  .158  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1986 24 PIT NL  350  259   26   2.7    99| .233  .264| .298  .334| .262  .398| .560  .732|  55  .299 -19.5  -2.0  85%
 1987 25 PIT NL  229  169   17   2.7   106| .207  .269| .286  .339| .271  .419| .557  .758|  49  .262 -15.3  -1.5  83%
 1988 26 PIT NL  321  241   21   2.4    88| .213  .254| .288  .317| .241  .373| .529  .690|  55  .276 -16.8  -1.8  87%
 1989 27 PIT NL  165  127   10   2.1    87| .214  .249| .253  .316| .240  .371| .493  .687|  45  .235 -11.2  -1.2  71%
 1990 28 PIT NL   61   48    4   2.2    95| .204  .260| .283  .325| .259  .390| .542  .715|  54  .224  -3.2  -0.3  33%
 1991 29 ATL NL  385  278   31   3.0    98| .249  .264| .296  .333| .286  .396| .582  .729|  61  .352 -19.4  -2.0  75%
 1992 30 ATL NL  315  245   17   1.9    98| .211  .267| .255  .334| .239  .393| .494  .726|  37  .190 -25.1  -2.7   0%
 1993 31 ATL NL   89   65    7   2.9   104| .228  .272| .291  .337| .291  .415| .582  .752|  56  .296  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1994 32 ATL NL  127  100    9   2.4   111| .242  .277| .264  .344| .317  .433| .581  .777|  50  .213  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1995 33 ATL NL  192  150   11   2.0   109| .222  .274| .255  .344| .244  .427| .499  .771|  31  .161 -18.9  -1.8  50%
 1996 34 ATL NL  148  129    5   1.0   112| .169  .277| .179  .347| .218  .433| .397  .780|   2  .057 -20.9  -2.0  75%
 1997 35 ATL NL   77   63    4   1.7   110| .211  .273| .219  .345| .296  .428| .515  .773|  33  .127  -7.3  -0.7   0%
 1998 36 ATL NL   20   17    1   1.6   107| .250  .269| .250  .340| .250  .424| .500  .764|  33  .113  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     2524 1927  166   2.3   100| .221  .265| .270  .333| .259  .401| .529  .735|  46  .237 -178.3 -18.1  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 20 PIT NL SS 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 4.38 6.00 4.95 0 6.0 1983 21 PIT NL SS 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 4.17 7.20 4.86 1 5.0 1984 22 PIT NL SS 12 11 13 3 4 .889 .964 2.00 3.98 3.86 4.87 6 56.0 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 3.00 5.40 0 3.0 1985 23 PIT NL SS 12 13 23 2 3 .947 .963 3.00 4.26 5.62 4.88 7 57.7 1986 24 PIT NL SS 96 117 269 12 42 .970 .963 4.02 3.96 4.96 4.75 85 700.0 2B 23 30 48 0 8 1.000 .980 3.39 4.54 5.36 5.21 15 131.0 1987 25 PIT NL SS 71 104 176 6 29 .979 .965 3.94 3.89 4.75 4.72 63 530.0 2B 7 9 15 0 2 1.000 .984 3.43 4.44 7.71 5.17 4 28.0 1988 26 PIT NL SS 117 131 258 9 50 .977 .967 3.32 3.99 4.32 4.63 92 811.0 2B 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.57 7.01 5.26 1 7.7 1989 27 PIT NL SS 40 46 90 3 13 .978 .966 3.40 3.88 4.58 4.51 32 267.3 2B 20 23 46 0 7 1.000 .982 3.45 4.43 4.61 5.12 14 134.7 3B 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.25 2.16 2.69 1 16.7 1990 28 PIT NL 2B 21 23 16 0 5 1.000 .982 1.86 4.28 5.34 5.01 4 65.7 SS 10 11 17 2 3 .933 .966 2.80 4.00 4.13 4.59 9 61.0 3B 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 2.32 6.75 2.70 0 8.0 1991 29 ATL NL SS 145 168 361 18 53 .967 .966 3.65 3.88 4.81 4.67 110 990.0 1992 30 ATL NL SS 139 151 289 14 47 .969 .969 3.17 3.86 4.60 4.59 90 860.7 2B 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.30 9.00 5.10 0 3.0 1993 31 ATL NL SS 58 27 49 0 11 1.000 .964 1.31 4.04 5.46 4.69 3 125.3 2B 24 26 50 1 7 .987 .979 3.17 4.49 4.96 5.16 13 138.0 1994 32 ATL NL SS 26 17 44 1 9 .984 .967 2.35 4.05 3.11 4.53 18 176.7 2B 18 28 42 0 7 1.000 .980 3.89 4.56 4.99 5.26 12 126.3 1995 33 ATL NL SS 40 33 90 1 11 .992 .968 3.08 3.97 3.95 4.51 30 280.0 2B 32 41 91 0 11 1.000 .984 4.12 4.58 5.25 5.25 24 226.3 1996 34 ATL NL SS 63 51 125 3 25 .983 .967 2.79 3.99 4.70 4.60 33 337.3 2B 15 14 25 2 7 .951 .980 2.60 4.40 5.57 5.09 6 63.0 1997 35 ATL NL SS 53 36 64 1 14 .990 .973 1.89 3.85 4.10 4.58 15 219.7 2B 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 4.31 5.05 5.05 0 10.7 1998 36 ATL NL SS 7 7 13 1 4 .952 .966 2.86 3.89 3.53 4.52 6 51.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 22 PIT NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 3.00 5.40 0 3.0 1986 24 PIT NL 2B 23 30 48 0 8 1.000 .980 3.39 4.54 5.36 5.21 15 131.0 1987 25 PIT NL 2B 7 9 15 0 2 1.000 .984 3.43 4.44 7.71 5.17 4 28.0 1988 26 PIT NL 2B 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.57 7.01 5.26 1 7.7 1989 27 PIT NL 2B 20 23 46 0 7 1.000 .982 3.45 4.43 4.61 5.12 14 134.7 1990 28 PIT NL 2B 21 23 16 0 5 1.000 .982 1.86 4.28 5.34 5.01 4 65.7 1992 30 ATL NL 2B 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.30 9.00 5.10 0 3.0 1993 31 ATL NL 2B 24 26 50 1 7 .987 .979 3.17 4.49 4.96 5.16 13 138.0 1994 32 ATL NL 2B 18 28 42 0 7 1.000 .980 3.89 4.56 4.99 5.26 12 126.3 1995 33 ATL NL 2B 32 41 91 0 11 1.000 .984 4.12 4.58 5.25 5.25 24 226.3 1996 34 ATL NL 2B 15 14 25 2 7 .951 .980 2.60 4.40 5.57 5.09 6 63.0 1997 35 ATL NL 2B 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 4.31 5.05 5.05 0 10.7 1989 27 PIT NL 3B 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.25 2.16 2.69 1 16.7 1990 28 PIT NL 3B 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 2.32 6.75 2.70 0 8.0 1982 20 PIT NL SS 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 4.38 6.00 4.95 0 6.0 1983 21 PIT NL SS 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 4.17 7.20 4.86 1 5.0 1984 22 PIT NL SS 12 11 13 3 4 .889 .964 2.00 3.98 3.86 4.87 6 56.0 1985 23 PIT NL SS 12 13 23 2 3 .947 .963 3.00 4.26 5.62 4.88 7 57.7 1986 24 PIT NL SS 96 117 269 12 42 .970 .963 4.02 3.96 4.96 4.75 85 700.0 1987 25 PIT NL SS 71 104 176 6 29 .979 .965 3.94 3.89 4.75 4.72 63 530.0 1988 26 PIT NL SS 117 131 258 9 50 .977 .967 3.32 3.99 4.32 4.63 92 811.0 1989 27 PIT NL SS 40 46 90 3 13 .978 .966 3.40 3.88 4.58 4.51 32 267.3 1990 28 PIT NL SS 10 11 17 2 3 .933 .966 2.80 4.00 4.13 4.59 9 61.0 1991 29 ATL NL SS 145 168 361 18 53 .967 .966 3.65 3.88 4.81 4.67 110 990.0 1992 30 ATL NL SS 139 151 289 14 47 .969 .969 3.17 3.86 4.60 4.59 90 860.7 1993 31 ATL NL SS 58 27 49 0 11 1.000 .964 1.31 4.04 5.46 4.69 3 125.3 1994 32 ATL NL SS 26 17 44 1 9 .984 .967 2.35 4.05 3.11 4.53 18 176.7 1995 33 ATL NL SS 40 33 90 1 11 .992 .968 3.08 3.97 3.95 4.51 30 280.0 1996 34 ATL NL SS 63 51 125 3 25 .983 .967 2.79 3.99 4.70 4.60 33 337.3 1997 35 ATL NL SS 53 36 64 1 14 .990 .973 1.89 3.85 4.10 4.58 15 219.7 1998 36 ATL NL SS 7 7 13 1 4 .952 .966 2.86 3.89 3.53 4.52 6 51.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 896 926 1886 76 319 .974 .966 3.14 3.94 4.57 4.64 600 5534.7 2B* 172 200 343 3 56 .995 .982 3.16 4.47 5.21 5.18 93 937.3 3B* 11 5 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.91 2.28 3.64 2.70 1 24.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1079 1131 2234 79 375 .977 .969 3.12 4.01 4.66 4.71 694 6497
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   7  19   0   4  0  0  0   1   3   3  .211  .318  .211   0  0   2   0   0 
        WS    ATL MIN     L   7  16   0   6  1  0  0   4   1   2  .375  .389  .438   0  0   2   1   0 
 1992   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL TOR     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   1   0   0 
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   2   1   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  ATL COL     W   4   5   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL CIN     W   4  11   1   3  0  0  0   0   0   3  .273  .273  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL CLE     W   6  16   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  ATL LAD     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL STL     W   4   6   0   4  0  0  0   2   0   0  .667  .667  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   7   5   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1  20  38   2  11  0  0  0   3   3   7  .289  .341  .289   0  0   3   0   0 
  4 World Series        1-3  21  32   0   6  1  0  0   5   1   6  .188  .206  .219   0  0   5   1   0 
 11 Postseason Series   7-4  48  75   3  17  1  0  0   8   4  14  .227  .263  .240   0  0   8   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1986 NL-11-7
1992 NL-13-4

Youngest Player
1982 NL-20-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1711) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.0 (1124) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 10, 1980: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

October 28, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 31, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 29, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$65,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$130,000
1988Pittsburgh Pirates$130,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$225,000
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$380,000
1992Atlanta Braves$500,000
1993Atlanta Braves$800,000
1994Atlanta Braves$800,000
1995Atlanta Braves$550,000
1996Atlanta Braves$575,000
1997Atlanta Braves$250,000
1998Atlanta Braves$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,655,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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