Rigo Beltrán
| Rigo Beltrán | ||||||||||||||
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| Pitcher | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| MLB: April 28, 2004, for the Montreal Expos | ||||||||||||||
| NPB: July 6, 2002, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | ||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 2–3 | |||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.40 | |||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 106 | |||||||||||||
| Teams | ||||||||||||||
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Rigoberto Beltrán (born November 13, 1969) is a former professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He played internationally for the Mexican national team, and is currently the pitching coach for the Columbus Clippers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians.
Career[]
A 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]
References[]
- ^ a b Marc Katz (2008-10-06). "Reds name new Dragons manager". Daytondailynews.com. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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