Born June 6, 1980
Austin, TX, USA
He started 44 games early in his career with modest results, then Colorado turned him into a reliever in 2009 and he worked 76 games that year and 70 or more in four other seasons there — an unusually heavy workload sustained across most of a decade at altitude, where relievers often break down faster.
Fifteen seasons gave him 52 wins, 14 saves, 928 innings and a 4.32 earned run average across 693 appearances for six clubs. He pitched for four more organizations after Colorado let him go, finding steady work into his late thirties.
He finished with Cleveland in 2018 at thirty-eight. He is not on a Hall of Fame ballot.
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | CIN | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2005 | CIN | 61 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 |
| 2006 | CIN | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2007 | CIN | 30 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 1 | .060 |
| 2008 | CIN | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .125 |
| 2009 | COL | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2010 | COL | 76 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| 2011 | COL | 74 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 2012 | COL | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2013 | COL | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2014 | COL | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2015 | STL | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | WSN | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 2017 | MIN | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | CLE/MIN | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 694 | 89 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 1 | .079 |
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | CIN | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5.19 |
| 2005 | CIN | 4 | 8 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 85.2 | 101 | 42 | 26 | 59 | 4.41 |
| 2006 | CIN | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 3.60 |
| 2007 | CIN | 8 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 177.2 | 212 | 105 | 43 | 125 | 5.32 |
| 2008 | CIN | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 29.2 | 47 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 7.28 |
| 2009 | COL | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 5.52 |
| 2010 | COL | 7 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 92.0 | 84 | 30 | 16 | 91 | 2.93 |
| 2011 | COL | 10 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 77 | 26 | 14 | 58 | 3.25 |
| 2012 | COL | 3 | 8 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 80.0 | 91 | 33 | 18 | 69 | 3.71 |
| 2013 | COL | 5 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 76 | 35 | 15 | 62 | 4.32 |
| 2014 | COL | 4 | 7 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 64.2 | 74 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 4.87 |
| 2015 | STL | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2.67 |
| 2016 | WSN | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 1.76 |
| 2017 | MIN | 2 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 9 | 60.1 | 48 | 27 | 22 | 54 | 4.03 |
| 2018 | CLE/MIN | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 49 | 30 | 11 | 25 | 7.86 |
| Career | — | 52 | 58 | 693 | 44 | 14 | 928.2 | 1024 | 446 | 238 | 711 | 4.32 |
Austin, TX, USA
Matt Belisle made a major-league debut on September 7, 2003.
Matt Belisle played a final major-league game on September 30, 2018.