Rafael
Belliard
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 150
 
Born: October 24, 1961 in D.R., , PUEBLO NUEVO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1988    1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1982 20 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
1983 21 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1984 22 NYG NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
1985 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
1986 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 7
1987 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 7 6 7
1988 26 NYG NL $ 357,143   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 2 2 8 7 7
1989 27 NYG NL $ 357,143   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 2 8 7 7
1990 28 NYG NL $ 460,714   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 460,714   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1982 20 OAK AL 27 78 8 22 1 0 1 8 4 2 3 7 .282 .305 .333 .638 8.2 1.0
    A   132 563 70 133 13 6 7 34 16 8 52 68 .236 .301 .318 .619 55.9  
1983 21 OAK AL 75 210 23 39 5 4 0 13 10 4 13 39 .186 .245 .248 .492 12.1 0.0
    AA   36 84 13 27 3 0 2 11 1 1 6 8 .321 .367 .429 .795 12.5  
1984 22 AAA   136 544 54 150 15 6 2 42 19 8 42 72 .276 .328 .336 .664 60.7  
1985 23 NYG NL 11 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.0 0.3
    AAA   80 325 37 86 10 1 6 37 9 5 25 51 .265 .317 .357 .674 37.0  
1986 24 NYG NL 148 573 57 146 17 4 3 38 18 10 24 95 .255 .293 .314 .607 52.1 6.2
1987 25 NYG NL 153 561 70 140 17 1 7 49 37 11 22 84 .250 .278 .321 .599 45.8 2.6
1988 26 NYG NL 82 176 19 43 10 2 1 13 11 5 4 23 .244 .268 .341 .609 15.7 1.2
1989 27 NYG NL 85 144 26 36 2 3 2 9 13 3 6 18 .250 .285 .347 .632 14.4 1.7
1990 28 NYG NL 72 130 19 28 3 0 0 13 11 1 8 28 .215 .264 .238 .503 9.7 0.0
8 Years Sim 653 1878 225 456 55 14 14 143 106 36 80 294 .243 .279 .309 .588 159.0 13.1
2 Years AAA 216 869 91 236 25 7 8 79 28 13 67 123 .272 .326 .344 .670 97.7  
1 Years AA 36 84 13 27 3 0 2 11 1 1 6 8 .321 .363 .429 .791 12.5  
1 Years A 132 563 70 133 13 6 7 34 16 8 52 68 .236 .303 .318 .621 55.9  
4 Years Minors 384 1516 174 396 41 13 17 124 45 22 125 199 .261 .319 .339 .659 166.1  
162 Game Average 465 55 113 13 3 3 35 26 8 19 72 .243 .279 .309 .588 39.4  
Career Highs 153 573 70 146 17 4 7 49 37 11 24 95 .333 .333 .347 .667 52.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1346 159 322 39 12 7 103 79 30 54 228 .239 .274 .302 .576 107.3
vs LH   532 66 134 16 2 7 40 27 6 26 66 .252 .289 .329 .618 51.8
Home 315 881 95 228 27 4 8 69 41 17 33 153 .259 .290 .326 .616 80.1
Away 338 997 130 228 28 10 6 74 65 19 47 141 .229 .268 .295 .563 79.0
RISP   374 0 84 7 1 5 123 0 0 15 52 .225 .256 .289 .544 26.0
Pinch Hitting   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Close/Late   173 27 52 3 2 3 15 0 0 6 23 .301 .324 .393 .717 21.0
Mar/Apr 110 304 44 86 14 5 2 24 20 5 17 38 .283 .324 .382 .706 37.5
May 112 349 40 70 9 4 2 28 12 5 10 56 .201 .227 .266 .494 18.2
June 114 344 37 74 9 0 1 16 23 6 18 64 .215 .258 .250 .508 22.3
July 79 231 26 61 7 1 4 26 9 2 10 47 .264 .298 .355 .653 24.4
August 105 270 29 59 7 2 1 17 15 7 12 34 .219 .264 .270 .534 17.3
Sep/Oct 133 380 49 106 9 2 4 32 27 11 13 55 .279 .306 .345 .650 39.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1982 20 OAK AL SS 27 26 210.0 30 85 2 16 .983 4.93   1.0
1983 21 OAK AL SS 71 71 586.0 83 242 15 42 .956 4.99   1.2
    2B 2 2 19.0 6 13 1 1 .950 9.00   0.2
1985 23 NYG NL SS 6 0 10.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1986 24 NYG NL 2B 122 121 1016.3 232 412 7 93 .989 5.70   2.8
    SS 25 24 203.0 25 71 7 12 .932 4.26   0.6
1987 25 NYG NL 2B 97 97 782.0 178 321 8 65 .984 5.74   2.7
    SS 54 51 448.3 67 210 7 45 .975 5.56   1.5
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 26 NYG NL 2B 50 32 299.0 59 106 3 21 .982 4.97   1.3
    SS 28 16 168.3 17 71 2 8 .978 4.71   1.0
1989 27 NYG NL 2B 47 18 221.7 44 82 0 13 1.000 5.12   1.1
    SS 26 14 148.0 10 77 3 12 .967 5.29   1.1
1990 28 NYG NL 2B 47 15 201.0 43 82 2 17 .984 5.60   1.0
    SS 19 18 151.7 21 55 3 8 .962 4.51   0.7
  2B 368 285 2544.0 563 1017 21 210 .987 5.59   9.1
  SS 256 220 1926.0 254 814 39 143 .965 4.99   7.1
  RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   625 505 4471.3 817 1831 60 353 .978 5.33   16.2
Career Highs   152 148 1231.7 257 531 16 110 1.000 5.67    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 26 NYG NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1989 27 NYG NL 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1990 28 NYG NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1986-9-122
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Alex Grammas (954)
  7. Bill Almon (954)
  8. Dick Schofield (953)
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  10. Jimmy Brown (950)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 54th overall pick, by Oakland in 1982
Had first career hit on 9/1/1982, off Rick Mahler (IND)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1982, off Bruce Hurst (TOR)
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 7/1/1983 (Going to OAK: CF Mike Easler, SS Phil Garner. Going to NYG: SS Rafael Belliard, P Mark Ballinger)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/19/1986
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1988
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1989
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $460,714 through salary arbitration
10/3/1990: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $700,000 per year, for 4 years