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Carlos Beltran Retires (November, 2017)

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I loved watching Beltran in his early years with KC and when he absolutely lit up the PS with Astros. People forget he was an elite defender in CF and won three GG.

He could always hit and I wonder what could have been without the knee injuries he endured. Still, a HOF career and a class act.

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I think Beltran probably gets into the Hall of Fame, though it’s not a slam dunk.   Consistently very good player who was Rookie of the Year and a 9-time all-star, but who only had one season where he finished in the top 8 in MVP voting and only three times in the top 20. I think he gets in, but he may need to wait his turn. 

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26 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Terrific interview with Beltran here:   http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21403106/long-mlb-vet-carlos-beltran-retiring-world-champion.   He’s a class act.

Thanks for that. Lot of good questions there answered thoughtfully by Beltran. He is a great example of someone who was blessed with the tools to play the game at the highest level, yet remains humble to this day even with all the success.

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On 11/13/2017 at 5:20 PM, OFFNY said:

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Beltran began his career as the Rookie of the Year for the Kansas City Royals in 1999, and ended it as a World Champion with the Houston Astros in 2017.

 

Carlos Beltran Retires from Baseball after 20 Seasons

(By Liz Roscher)

https://sports.yahoo.com/carlos-beltran-retires-baseball-20-seasons-173306543.html

 

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One particular amazing statistic of Beltran's was his percentage of successful stolen base attempts.

 

In 2001, he stole 31 bases and was caught 1 time (96.88%).

In 2004, he was traded from the Royals to the Astros in midseason. After the trade, he stole 28 bases without being caught a single time (100%). For that season overall, he stole 42 bases and was caught 3 times (93.333%).

 

For his entire career, Beltran stole 312 bases while being caught only 49 times (86.427%). That is good for 3rd on the All-Time list for Major Leaguers, behind Alexi Castilla (87.912) and Chase Utley (87.791) ........ and of those 3, Casilla only stole 80 bases, Utley has stolen 151, while Beltran stole 312. So Beltran is far and away the most successful base-stealer of all-time with players who have 300 or more career steals.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrca01.shtml

 

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