Ron Belliard (Ronald Belliard) was born on April 7, 1975 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 12, 1998 for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1999, his rookie year, he hit .295 with 8 home runs and 58 RBI. Belliard played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Ron Belliard's best season was 2004, when he hit for a .282 average and knocked in 70 runs.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1998
MIL
N
8
5
1
1
0
0
.200
.200
.200
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1999
MIL
N
124
457
60
135
8
58
.295
.379
.429
29
4
64
59
0
6
4
0
16
2000
MIL
N
152
571
83
150
8
54
.263
.354
.389
30
9
82
84
3
4
7
4
12
2001
MIL
N
101
364
69
96
11
36
.264
.335
.453
30
3
35
65
5
4
5
2
5
2002
MIL
N
104
289
30
61
3
26
.211
.257
.287
13
0
18
46
1
6
2
0
9
2003
COL
N
116
447
73
124
8
50
.277
.351
.409
31
2
49
71
2
6
7
0
7
2004
CLE
A
152
599
78
169
12
70
.282
.348
.426
48
1
60
98
2
0
3
5
18
2005
CLE
A
145
536
71
152
17
78
.284
.325
.450
36
1
35
72
1
8
2
0
17
2006
STL
N
54
194
20
46
5
23
.237
.295
.371
9
1
15
36
1
1
0
2
9
2006
CLE
A
93
350
43
102
8
44
.291
.337
.420
21
0
21
45
4
2
2
0
8
2006
Total
147
544
63
148
13
67
.272
.322
.403
30
1
36
81
5
3
2
2
17
2007
WSN
N
147
511
57
148
11
58
.290
.332
.427
35
1
34
72
1
6
3
1
12
Total
NL
806
2838
393
761
54
305
.268
?
?
177
20
297
433
13
33
28
9
70
Total
AL
390
1485
192
423
37
192
.285
.337
.433
105
2
116
215
7
10
7
5
43
Total
1196
4323
585
1184
91
497
.274
.338
.412
282
22
413
648
20
43
35
14
113
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1998
MIL
N
2B
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1999
MIL
N
2B
119
113
1007.2
247
330
13
75
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1999
MIL
N
SS
1
1
9
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1999
MIL
N
3B
1
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2000
MIL
N
2B
151
149
1318.2
336
439
19
129
0
0
0
0
0
.976
2001
MIL
N
2B
96
93
826.2
213
290
5
66
0
0
0
0
0
.990
2002
MIL
N
2B
49
40
379
86
106
5
27
0
0
0
0
0
.975
2002
MIL
N
3B
42
20
215
22
43
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
.929
2003
COL
N
2B
113
105
909.1
225
311
15
79
0
0
0
0
0
.973
2004
CLE
A
2B
151
148
1320.2
278
427
14
89
0
0
0
0
0
.981
2004
CLE
A
DH
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2005
CLE
A
2B
141
139
1243.2
257
413
13
95
0
0
0
0
0
.981
2006
STL
N
2B
54
53
448
98
152
3
43
0
0
0
0
0
.988
2006
CLE
A
2B
91
88
768.1
169
252
8
54
0
0
0
0
0
.981
2006
CLE
A
3B
1
1
9.1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2006
Total
2B
145
141
1216.1
267
404
11
97
0
0
0
0
0
.984
Total
2B
966
928
8223
1909
2720
95
657
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Total
SS
1
1
9
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
3B
44
21
228.1
24
44
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
.932
Total
DH
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Transactions[]
Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed July 11, 1994).
Granted free agency (December 21, 2002).
Signed by Colorado Rockies (February 28, 2003).
Released by Colorado Rockies (November 20, 2003).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 26, 2003).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Hector Luna (July 30, 2006).
In 2003, Belliard was signed as a minor league free agent by the Colorado Rockies; he became the first non-roster invitee in franchise history to start on Opening Day.
Belliard's trademark is to stick out his tongue quite often during games, and has even been described by Cardinal commentator Dan McLaughlin as "the Michael Jordan of baseball".
The bats Belliard uses are provided by his friend, Albert Pujols.
When Belliard was with the Cardinals, the song played when he stepped up to the plate at New Busch Stadium was "Temperature" by Sean Paul.
He plays for the Licey Tigers in the Dominican Winter Baseball League, being the team captain.