Rigoberto Beltrán (born November 13, 1969) is a Mexican former professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He played internationally for the Mexico national team. He served as bullpen coach for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 2023 season.
| Rigo Beltrán | |||||||||||||||
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| Pitcher / Bullpen coach | |||||||||||||||
| Born: November 13, 1969 Tijuana, Mexico | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: June 2, 1997, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: April 2, 2002, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: July 6, 2002, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: April 28, 2004, for the Montreal Expos | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 2–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.40 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 106 | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 9.15 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Career
editA native of Tijuana, Mexico, Beltrán attended Point Loma High School in San Diego,[1] and is an alumnus of the University of Wyoming. In 1989 and 1990, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2]
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft, Beltrán would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cardinals on June 2, 1997. He pitched for Mexico at the 2003 Pan American Games,[3] winning a bronze medal. His final game came on April 28, 2004, as a member of the Montreal Expos. On April 10, 1994, while playing for the Arkansas Travelers, he pitched a no-hitter at Shreveport, striking out six and walking two.
From 2007 to 2008, Beltrán was the pitching coach for the Gulf Coast Reds; he received a promotion to pitching coach of the Single-A Dayton Dragons for the 2009 season.[1]
Beltrán joined the Cleveland Indians/Guardians organization in 2014, serving as pitching coach for their Triple-A affilitate, the Columbus Clippers, from 2019 to 2022. He was named the Guardians' major league bullpen coach on December 20, 2022.[4]
On October 31, 2023, the Guardians announced that Beltrán would not return as bullpen coach for the 2024 season.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Marc Katz (October 6, 2008). "Reds name new Dragons manager". Daytondailynews.com. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ Kubatko, Rich. "This year, playoffs won't be missing Lynx", The Baltimore Sun, September 1, 2003.
- ^ Bell, Mandy (December 20, 2022). "Guardians finalize 2023 coaching staff". CleGuardians.com.
- ^ Hoynes, Paul (October 31, 2023). "Guardians coaches Mike Sarbaugh, Rigo Beltran, replay coordinator Mike Barnett won't be back". Cleveland.com.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)