What years did Tim Belcher play?

Tim Belcher played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 2000.

Was Tim Belcher a pitcher?

Yes. Tim Belcher pitched in the major leagues, recording 146 wins and 1519 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tim Belcher hit?

Tim Belcher hit 2 career home runs with 48 hits.

What was Tim Belcher's career batting average?

Tim Belcher batted .124 over his career, with 48 hits in 388 at bats.

How many RBI did Tim Belcher have?

Tim Belcher drove in 25 runs in his career.

What was Tim Belcher's career ERA?

Tim Belcher finished with a 4.16 career ERA, going 146-140 with 1,519 strikeouts.

Tim Belcher

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1987-2000)

Tim Belcher was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 2000 for 7 teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 14 seasons. Across 394 career appearances, he went 146-140 with a 4.16 ERA and 1,519 strikeouts. He also batted .124 with 2 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 146–140

ERA 4.16

WHIP 1.34

SO 1,519

Pitcher PIV -4321.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 210 lb
Born: 10/19/1961 in Mount Gilead, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1987-09-06
Last Game: 2000-09-30

Full name: Timothy Wayne Belcher

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Career Pitching Statistics

Tim Belcher — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
146	140	394	373	42	18	5	2442.2	2,423	1,130	264	860	1,519	4.16	-4321.9

Career ERA 4.16 vs. league average 4.25 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Tim Belcher Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1987	LAN	NL	4	2	6	5	0	0	0	34.0	30	9	7	23	2.38	4.29 (+45%)	1192.4
1988	LAN	NL	12	6	36	27	4	1	4	179.2	143	58	51	152	2.91	3.73 (+22%)	5555.9
1989	LAN	NL	15	12	39	30	10	8	1	230.0	182	72	80	200	2.82	3.71 (+24%)	2537.7
1990	LAN	NL	9	9	24	24	5	2	0	153.0	136	68	48	102	4.00	3.86 (-4%)	-147.3
1991	LAN	NL	10	9	33	33	2	1	0	209.1	189	61	75	156	2.62	3.91 (+33%)	4484.0
1992	CIN	NL	15	14	35	34	2	1	0	227.2	201	99	80	149	3.91	3.75 (-4%)	1232.3
1993	CIN	NL	9	6	22	22	4	2	0	137.0	134	68	47	101	4.47	4.19 (-7%)	1586.2
1993	CHA	AL	3	5	12	11	1	1	0	71.2	64	35	27	34	4.40	4.19 (-5%)	-846.0
1994	DET	AL	7	15	25	25	3	0	0	162.0	192	106	78	76	5.89	4.51 (-31%)	-3583.5
1995	SEA	AL	10	12	28	28	1	0	0	179.1	188	90	88	96	4.52	4.45 (-1%)	-2307.3
1996	KCA	AL	15	11	35	35	4	1	0	238.2	262	104	68	113	3.92	4.61 (+15%)	-411.9
1997	KCA	AL	13	12	32	32	3	1	0	213.1	242	119	70	113	5.02	4.39 (-14%)	-3222.0
1998	KCA	AL	14	14	34	34	2	0	0	234.0	247	111	73	130	4.27	4.43 (+4%)	-3963.9
1999	ANA	AL	6	8	24	24	0	0	0	132.1	168	99	46	52	6.73	4.71 (-43%)	-4791.1
2000	ANA	AL	4	5	9	9	1	0	0	40.2	45	31	22	22	6.86	4.77 (-44%)	-1637.4
Career · 15 seasons			146	140	394	373	42	18	5	2,442.2	2,423	1,130	860	1,519	4.16	—	-4,322

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Tim Belcher — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
394	388	19	48	9	0	2	25	0	2	147	.124	.137	.162	.299	-2,988

Career AVG .124 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 53.1% below league average.

Career OBP .137 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 58.8% below league average.

Career SLG .162 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 60.2% below league average.

Career OPS .299 vs. league average .740 across their career seasons — 59.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Tim Belcher Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1987	LAN	NL	6	10	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	LAN	NL	36	56	2	4	2	1	3	0	28	.071	.254 (-72%)	.317 (-78%)	.377 (-57%)	.695 (-67%)	-583.6
1989	LAN	NL	39	70	3	7	1	0	6	2	26	.100	.254 (-61%)	.319 (-57%)	.375 (-70%)	.694 (-64%)	-684.6
1990	LAN	NL	24	43	5	7	1	0	1	0	15	.163	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	LAN	NL	33	67	3	8	2	0	3	0	26	.119	.255 (-53%)	.323 (-63%)	.384 (-61%)	.708 (-62%)	-653.8
1992	CIN	NL	35	76	3	8	1	1	4	0	28	.105	.255 (-59%)	.322 (-67%)	.377 (-58%)	.699 (-62%)	-739.5
1993	CIN	NL	22	50	2	10	1	0	7	0	15	.200	.265 (-25%)	.332 (-35%)	.403 (-45%)	.735 (-41%)	-326.9
1993	CHA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	-326.9
1994	DET	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	SEA	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	KCA	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	KCA	AL	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	KCA	AL	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	ANA	AL	24	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	ANA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			394	388	19	48	9	2	25	2	147	.124	—	—	—	—	-3,315

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Tim Belcher — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125

Playoff Batting by Year

Tim Belcher — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG
1995	ALCS	SEA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	ALDS2	SEA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	ALCS	CHA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	NLCS	LAN	2	8	1	1	3	.125
1988	WS	LAN	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Tim Belcher — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	2	8	5	0	37.2	38	21	20	28	5.02

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tim Belcher — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1995	ALCS	SEA	0	1	1	1	5.2	9	4	2	1	6.35
1995	ALDS2	SEA	0	1	2	0	4.1	4	3	5	0	6.23
1993	ALCS	CHA	1	0	1	0	3.2	3	1	3	1	2.45
1988	NLCS	LAN	2	0	2	2	15.1	12	7	4	16	4.11
1988	WS	LAN	1	0	2	2	8.2	10	6	6	10	6.23

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Tim Belcher — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	197	191	8	26	2	17	.136
Away	197	197	11	22	0	8	.112

Pitching — Home / Away

Tim Belcher — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	197	1251.2	1245	570	427	798	4.10
Away	197	1191.0	1178	560	433	721	4.23

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tim Belcher — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2000-09-30	LAA	SEA	L	2.2	5	4	4	4	3	1
2000-09-25	LAA	OAK	L	4.0	7	7	7	2	2	2
2000-09-17	LAA	MIN	L	8.0	5	1	1	1	6	0
2000-09-12	LAA	TBR	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	1	1
2000-09-07	LAA	DET	W	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	0
2000-07-02	LAA	OAK	L	0.1	5	7	7	3	0	1
2000-06-27	LAA	SEA	L	1.1	3	3	3	3	2	1
2000-06-22	LAA	KCR	W	6.0	3	3	3	3	2	1
2000-06-17	LAA	BAL	W	5.1	5	1	1	5	3	1
1999-09-14	LAA	KCR	—	2.0	8	5	5	2	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tim Belcher — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	394	373	212	249	19	31

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tim Belcher — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1987	LAN	P	6	5	1	5	0	0
1988	LAN	P	36	27	14	19	0	2
1989	LAN	P	39	30	21	18	3	3
1990	LAN	P	24	24	11	11	0	1
1991	LAN	P	33	33	11	20	2	2
1992	CIN	P	35	34	23	27	1	2
1993	CIN	P	22	22	13	11	2	0
1993	CHA	P	12	11	6	6	0	2
1994	DET	P	25	25	18	25	4	5
1995	SEA	P	28	28	22	16	1	5
1996	KCA	P	35	35	19	32	2	4
1997	KCA	P	32	32	23	22	0	1
1998	KCA	P	34	34	18	17	2	3
1999	ANA	P	24	24	11	15	2	1
2000	ANA	P	9	9	1	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Tim Belcher Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	394

Awards & Honors

Tim Belcher — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1989	Pitcher of the Month	September
1989	Player of the Week	Week of 1989-08-26
1988	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Tim Belcher — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2000	ANA	AL	$4,600,000
1999	ANA	AL	$4,650,000
1998	KCA	AL	$2,300,000
1997	KCA	AL	$2,300,000
1996	KCA	AL	$1,400,000
1995	SEA	AL	$580,000
1994	DET	AL	$3,400,000
1993	CIN	NL	$3,825,000
1992	CIN	NL	$2,100,000
1991	LAN	NL	$900,000
1990	LAN	NL	$450,000
1989	LAN	NL	$225,000
1988	LAN	NL	$78,000
Total Career Earnings			$26,808,000

College History

Tim Belcher — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Mount Vernon Nazarene University	Mount Vernon	OH	1981, 1982, 1983

Award Voting History

Tim Belcher — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1989	Cy Young Award	NL	6th	4.0	120	0
1988	Rookie of the Year	NL	3rd	35.0	120	3

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Tim Belcher: the record in brief

Tim Belcher played a first major league game on September 6, 1987 and a last one on September 30, 2000. Belcher played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1987 through 1991), the Cincinnati Reds (1992 to 1993), the Chicago White Sox (1993), the Detroit Tigers (1994), the Seattle Mariners (1995), the Kansas City Royals (1996 through 1998), and the Anaheim Angels (1999 through 2000). Belcher played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on October 19, 1961, in Mount Gilead, OH, USA and a listed size of 6'3" and 210 pounds. The bio lists the given name Timothy Wayne.

Belcher's career pitching line is 146 wins, 140 losses and a 4.16 ERA over 394 appearances. Belcher had 1,519 strikeouts, 42 complete games, and 18 shutouts. Belcher's 4.16 ERA was close to the 4.25 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 15, in 1989.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tim Belcher

What years did Tim Belcher play?: Tim Belcher played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 2000.
Was Tim Belcher a pitcher?: Yes. Tim Belcher pitched in the major leagues, recording 146 wins and 1519 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tim Belcher hit?: Tim Belcher hit 2 career home runs with 48 hits.
What was Tim Belcher's career batting average?: Tim Belcher batted .124 over his career, with 48 hits in 388 at bats.
How many RBI did Tim Belcher have?: Tim Belcher drove in 25 runs in his career.
What was Tim Belcher's career ERA?: Tim Belcher finished with a 4.16 career ERA, going 146-140 with 1,519 strikeouts.