Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2003
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2003
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 680
- W
- 38
- L
- 37
- ERA
- 3.36
- IP
- 685.2
- K
- 724
- BB
- 164
- WHIP
- 1.11
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | CLE | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2.13 | 38.0 | 36 | 13 | 1.05 |
| 2004 | CLE | 68 | 5 | 6 | 3.92 | 66.2 | 76 | 18 | 1.34 |
| 2005 | CLE | 54 | 4 | 3 | 2.79 | 67.2 | 73 | 17 | 1.09 |
| 2006 | CLE | 50 | 3 | 4 | 3.81 | 56.2 | 48 | 11 | 1.11 |
| 2007 | CLE | 68 | 5 | 1 | 1.47 | 79.1 | 80 | 9 | 0.76 |
| 2008 | CLE | 69 | 3 | 4 | 5.07 | 71.0 | 64 | 25 | 1.42 |
| 2009 |  CLE/COL | 61 | 4 | 3 | 2.73 | 56.0 | 61 | 20 | 1.11 |
| 2010 | COL | 72 | 5 | 1 | 3.61 | 62.1 | 89 | 8 | 0.96 |
| 2011 | COL | 68 | 2 | 0 | 2.89 | 62.1 | 73 | 8 | 0.87 |
| 2012 | COL | 60 | 1 | 4 | 2.81 | 57.2 | 57 | 12 | 1.13 |
| 2013 | COL | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4.08 | 28.2 | 27 | 11 | 1.29 |
| 2015 | COL | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6.18 | 39.1 | 40 | 12 | 1.40 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 5.11
- IP
- 12.1
- K
- 12
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 0.89
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.5
- GB
- 574
- FB
- 1,220
- G/F
- 0.50
- WP
- 17
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 76 | 116 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2005 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 64 | 118 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2006 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 44 | 128 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2007 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 58 | 142 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2008 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 69 | 151 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2009 | CLE/COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 47 | 99 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2010 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.9 | 43 | 108 | 0.4 | 7 |
| 2011 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 49 | 107 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2012 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 62 | 105 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2013 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 32 | 53 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2015 | COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 30 | 93 | 0.3 | 0 |
What were Rafael Betancourt's career stats?
Rafael Betancourt played 12 seasons for the Guardians and the Rockies. He had 38 wins and 724 strikeouts with a 3.36 ERA over 685.2 innings. His best season was 2004: 5 wins, a 3.92 ERA and 76 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 2003 to 2015
All-time career rank
- 246th in saves (75)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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