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Rafael Betancourt

ラファエル・ベタンコート　/　らふぁえる・べたんこーと

Baseball player from Venezuela

April 29, 1975 (age 51)　・　Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela

Sucre
baseball player

My Take

Rafael Betancourt strikes me as the classic dependable bullpen arm that championship teams quietly rely on. As a Venezuelan relief pitcher out of Cumana, he carved out a long Major League career with the Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies, and I appreciate that he also took his game to Japan with the Yokohama BayStars. That willingness to pitch in Nippon Professional Baseball tells me he had both the adaptability and the durability that relievers need to last. At 188 cm he had the frame for it. He never seemed to chase the spotlight, and honestly that grinder profile is what I respect most in a reliever.

Overview

Rafael Jose Betancourt (born April 29, 1975) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies, as well as in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Rafael Betancourt
Name (Japanese): ラファエル・ベタンコート
Reading: らふぁえる・べたんこーと
Born: April 29, 1975 (age 51)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rabbit
Origin: Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela
Blood type: Private
Height: 188 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88

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