What years did Dellin Betances play?

Dellin Betances played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2021.

Was Dellin Betances a pitcher?

Yes. Dellin Betances pitched in the major leagues, recording 21 wins and 633 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dellin Betances hit?

Dellin Betances hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Dellin Betances play for?

Dellin Betances played for 2 teams: the New York Yankees (2011, 2013–2019) and the New York Mets (2020–2021).

Did Dellin Betances win a Cy Young Award?

No. Dellin Betances did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Dellin Betances win?

Dellin Betances was selected to 4 All-Star Games.

What were Dellin Betances's career stats?

In 374 games, Dellin Betances went 21-23 with a 2.53 ERA, 633 strikeouts, 394.1 innings pitched, and 36 saves.

What was Dellin Betances's salary?

Dellin Betances's last recorded salary was $507,500, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $507,500, in 2015, and his lowest was $502,100, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.

What position did Dellin Betances play?

Dellin Betances played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Dellin Betances and how much did he weigh?

Dellin Betances was listed at 6 feet 8 inches and 265 pounds.

What was Dellin Betances's career ERA?

Dellin Betances finished with a 2.53 career ERA, going 21-23 with 633 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Dellin Betances have?

Dellin Betances recorded 633 career strikeouts.

Is Dellin Betances in the Hall of Fame?

No. Dellin Betances has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dellin Betances

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2011-2021)

Dellin Betances was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2021 for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, a span of 11 seasons. Across 374 career appearances, he went 21-23 with a 2.53 ERA, 633 strikeouts, and 36 saves. Dellin Betances was a 4-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 16858.6.

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 24, 2026

W–L 21–23

ERA 2.53

WHIP 1.07

SO 633

Pitcher PIV 16858.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'8" / 265 lb
Born: 3/23/1988 in New York, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 2011-09-22
Last Game: 2021-04-07
Awards: 4× All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dellin Betances — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
21	23	374	1	0	0	36	394.1	240	111	26	183	633	2.53	16858.6

Career ERA 2.53 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 38.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Dellin Betances Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2011	NYA	AL	0	0	2	1	0	2.2	1	2	6	2	6.75	—	0.0
2013	NYA	AL	0	0	6	0	0	5.0	9	6	2	10	10.80	—	0.0
2014	NYA	AL	5	0	70	0	1	90.0	46	14	24	135	1.40	3.74 (+63%)	4806.3
2015	NYA	AL	6	4	74	0	9	84.0	45	14	40	131	1.50	3.96 (+62%)	3167.4
2016	NYA	AL	3	6	73	0	12	73.0	54	25	28	126	3.08	4.19 (+26%)	4470.2
2017	NYA	AL	3	6	66	0	10	59.2	29	19	44	100	2.87	4.36 (+34%)	1711.3
2018	NYA	AL	4	6	66	0	4	66.2	44	20	26	115	2.70	4.15 (+35%)	2835.4
2019	NYA	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	2	0.00	—	0.0
2020	NYN	NL	0	1	15	0	0	11.2	12	10	12	11	7.71	4.45 (-73%)	-132.0
2021	NYN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	1	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			21	23	374	1	36	394.1	240	111	183	633	2.53	—	16,859

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

Dellin Betances — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
374	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dellin Betances Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2011	NYA	AL	2	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYA	AL	6	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	NYA	AL	70	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	NYA	AL	74	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	NYA	AL	73	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	NYA	AL	66	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	NYA	AL	66	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	NYA	AL	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	NYN	NL	15	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	NYN	NL	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			374	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0

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

Dellin Betances — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Dellin Betances — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2018	ALDS1	NYA	2	.000
2018	ALWC	NYA	1	.000
2017	ALCS	NYA	2	.000
2017	ALDS1	NYA	3	.000
2015	ALWC	NYA	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Dellin Betances — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	9	0	0	11.0	6	4	7	17	3.27

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dellin Betances — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2018	ALDS1	NYA	0	0	2	3.1	3	1	1	4	2.70
2018	ALWC	NYA	1	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	3	0.00
2017	ALCS	NYA	0	0	2	1.0	1	1	2	1	9.00
2017	ALDS1	NYA	0	1	3	3.0	1	1	3	5	3.00
2015	ALWC	NYA	0	0	1	1.2	1	1	1	4	5.40

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Dellin Betances — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	190	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	184	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Dellin Betances — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	190	195.1	117	48	85	321	2.21
Away	184	199.0	123	63	98	312	2.85

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dellin Betances — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2021-04-07	NYN	PHI	—	1.0	0	1	1	1	1
2020-09-27	NYN	WAS	—	0.1	2	3	3	3	1
2020-09-26	NYN	WAS	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	2
2020-08-29	NYN	NYY	L	0.1	1	1	1	1	1
2020-08-28	NYN	NYY	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2020-08-19	NYN	MIA	—	0.2	2	2	2	1	0
2020-08-18	NYN	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2020-08-15	NYN	PHI	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2020-08-14	NYN	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
2020-08-12	NYN	WAS	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	3

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dellin Betances — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	374	1	23	32	8	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dellin Betances — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2011	NYA	P	2	1	0	0	0	0
2013	NYA	P	6	0	0	0	0	0
2014	NYA	P	70	0	6	6	2	0
2015	NYA	P	74	0	5	8	0	0
2016	NYA	P	73	0	4	6	3	1
2017	NYA	P	66	0	5	4	0	0
2018	NYA	P	66	0	3	8	3	0
2019	NYA	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020	NYN	P	15	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Dellin Betances Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	374

Salary History

Dellin Betances's recorded salaries total $1,517,100 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Betances's career ran from 2011 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2011 and 2013.

Dellin Betances — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	NYA	AL	$507,500
2015	NYA	AL	$507,500
2014	NYA	AL	$502,100
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,517,100

Award Voting History

Dellin Betances — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2015	Cy Young Award	AL	14th	1.0	210	0
2014	Rookie of the Year	AL	3rd	27.0	150	0

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Dellin Betances: the record in brief

The profile opens with Dellin Betances's first major league game on September 22, 2011; the last one listed came on April 7, 2021. The season rows list, in order, the New York Yankees (2011 to 2019) and the New York Mets (2020 to 2021). Betances played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on March 23, 1988, in New York, NY, USA, Betances was listed at 6 feet, 8 inches and 265 pounds.

Betances pitched in 374 games, starting 1, and finished with a 21-23 record and 2.53 ERA. Betances had 633 strikeouts and 36 saves. That 2.53 ERA compares with a 4.12 league average across the same seasons, 38.5% better. No season topped the 6 wins of 2015. Betances struck out 135 batters in 2014, a career high. The most saves in one season was 12, in 2016. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 1.40 in 2014, when the league's was 3.74.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dellin Betances

What years did Dellin Betances play?: Dellin Betances played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2021.
Was Dellin Betances a pitcher?: Yes. Dellin Betances pitched in the major leagues, recording 21 wins and 633 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dellin Betances hit?: Dellin Betances hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Dellin Betances play for?: Dellin Betances played for 2 teams: the New York Yankees (2011, 2013–2019) and the New York Mets (2020–2021).
Did Dellin Betances win a Cy Young Award?: No. Dellin Betances did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Dellin Betances win?: Dellin Betances was selected to 4 All-Star Games.
What were Dellin Betances's career stats?: In 374 games, Dellin Betances went 21-23 with a 2.53 ERA, 633 strikeouts, 394.1 innings pitched, and 36 saves.
How much did Dellin Betances earn in his career?: Dellin Betances's recorded salaries total $1,517,100 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Betances's career ran from 2011 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2011 and 2013.
What was Dellin Betances's salary?: Dellin Betances's last recorded salary was $507,500, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $507,500, in 2015, and his lowest was $502,100, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.
What position did Dellin Betances play?: Dellin Betances played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dellin Betances and how much did he weigh?: Dellin Betances was listed at 6 feet 8 inches and 265 pounds.
What was Dellin Betances's career ERA?: Dellin Betances finished with a 2.53 career ERA, going 21-23 with 633 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Dellin Betances have?: Dellin Betances recorded 633 career strikeouts.
Is Dellin Betances in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dellin Betances has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.