Rigo Beltrán
| Rigo Beltrán | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
As player
As coach | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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
Shreveport
, striking out six and walking two.
From
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)