Matt Belisle
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Belisle with the Washington Nationals in 2016
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| Minnesota Twins – No. 9 | |||
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Born: June 6, 1980 Austin, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 7, 2003, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 5, 2017) |
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| Win–loss record | 49–55 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.19 | ||
| Strikeouts | 635 | ||
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Matthew Thomas Belisle (beh-LYLE; born Friday, June 6, 1980) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Atlanta Braves selected him in the second round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft, and he has played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Nationals.
He was born in Austin, Texas and attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School through middle school. He attended McCallum High School and was drafted out of high school by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft.
Belisle began his professional career in 1999, pitching for the Rookie level Danville Braves. He was promoted to the Single-A Macon Braves to begin the 2000 season; in 15 starts, he had a 2.38 ERA and a WHIP under 1. This was good enough to get Belisle a promotion to Single-A Advanced Myrtle Beach where he had a 3.43 ERA in 12 starts. He spent all of 2002 and most of 2003 with the Double-A Greenville Braves before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds for veteran relief pitcher Kent Mercker as the PTBNL on August 14, 2003.
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