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Tim Belcher
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Career Notes

1996
Signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals on Feb. 1, 1996 ... Earned Royals Pitcher of the Year honors after posting 15 wins and a 3.92 ERA ... Ranked in the top 10 among American League pitchers in wins, ERA innings (238.2) and walks per nine innings (2.6) ... Earned his 100th career victory on June 2 at Toronto ... Tossed a complete-game shutout on just 90 pitches on Sept 2 at Toronto ... Threw at least seven innings in 17 of his final 20 starts ... Earned Royals Pitcher of the Month honors in April.

1995
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent on May 3, 1995 ... Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Seattle Mariners for Roger Salkeld on May 15, 1995 ... Made his Seattle debut at Minnesota and picked up the 10-6 win with 5.0 innings of work ... Struck out New York's Luis Polonia on May 30 to lead off the game for his 1,000th career K ... Struck out a season-high eight in ND vs. Oakland on Sept. 22 ... His run support seemed to be all or nothing: had 10 starts where Seattle scored 2 or less runs (1-7 record) and 11 games in which they scored 5 or more (7-0 record) ... Led the staff with 19 HRs allowed and with 88 walks ... Granted free agency by the Seattle Mariners on Oct. 31, 1995.

1994
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as a free agent on Feb. 7, 1994 ... Season of streaks ... Lost his first seven decisions, then won seven of his next nine starts ... Finished season with six straight losses ... Led Detroit pitchers with 162 innings and 76 strikeouts, and tied Mike Moore for the club lead with 25 starts ... Threw three complete games, taking the loss each time ... Granted free agency by the Detroit Tigers on Oct. 20, 1994.

1993
Began year with the Reds ... Went 9-6 with a 4.47 ERA in 22 starts for Cincinnati ... Was 8-2 in his final 10 decisions for the Reds ... Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for John Ruffin and Jeff Pierce on July 31, 1993 ... Went 3-5 with a 4.40 ERA for Chicago in 11 starts and one relief appearances ... Pitched in relief in one game in the ALCS vs. Toronto, giving up just one earned run in 3 2/3 innings ... Granted free agency by the Chicago White Sox on Oct. 26, 1993.

1992
Pitched 227-2/3 innings, second-most in his career, in 34 starts and one relief appearance ... Went 15-14, tying his career-high for wins ... Went 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in his last four starts ... Held right-handed batters to a .178 average ... Set down 34 consecutive batters over two starts Aug. 30-Sept. 4.

1991
His last season with the Dodgers ... Posted a 10-9 record and a 2.62 ERA, fourth-lowest in the National League ... His 156 strikeouts were the second-most of his career ... Allowed two or fewer earned runs in 21 of his 33 starts ... Held right-handers to a .195 ERA ... Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with John Wetteland to the Cincinnati Reds for Eric Davis and Kip Gross on Nov. 27, 1991.

1990
Started 24 games for Los Angeles ... Went 9-9 with a 4.00 ERA ... Tossed five complete games ... Walked only 48 batters in 153 innings ... Threw a one-hitter against the Pirates on July 21 ... Didn't pitch after Aug. 17 because of shoulder problems.

1989
Established career-highs with 15 wins, 230 innings pitched and 200 strikeouts ... Tossed ten complete games to tie for the NL lead ... Fired a major-league leading eight shutouts ... Went 15-12 with a 2.82 ERA ... Walked a career-high 80 batters ... Went 5-0 with a 1.51 ERA and three shutouts in September to win Pitcher-of-the-Month honors ... Won his last seven decisions.

1988
His first full season in the majors ... Finished third in NL Rookie-of-the-Year voting ... Named Rookie-of-the-Year by Baseball America ... Won nine of his last 11 starts ... Started four games for the Dodgers in the postseason, going 3-0.

1987
Pitched most of the year at Class AAA Tacoma in the A's organization ... Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rick Honeycutt on Sept. 3, 1987 ... Made his major-league debut against the Mets Sept. 6, winning in a relief appearance.


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