Adrian Beltre retires

craig44

A great career is over.

BaltimoreYankee

Super great career. Beltre was the man - offense and defense.

perkdog

Why he doesn’t get heat for steroids is beyond me

Coinstartled

@perkdog said:
Why he doesn’t get heat for steroids is beyond me

Rules are no longer in place in professional sports.

ernie11

My guess is he'll be a first-ballot HOF'er, with a percentage in the 80's.

He ended up on these all-time career lists:
16th in hits.
11th in doubles.
30th in homers.
24th in RBI's.
14th in extra-base hits.
14th in total bases.
8th in at-bats.
14th in games played.

He'd probably get more HOF support except that he was not a black-ink achiever, more of a gray-ink guy. He was a very good player for a long time who compiled some good bottom-line stats cause he was rarely injured until his last couple of years.

Barndog

he was more entertaining than most. Always sure handed and a treat to watch at bat

hammer1

Can't recall why the Dodgers let him go.

Was it cheapskate McCourt?

PatsGuy5000

@perkdog said:
Why he doesn’t get heat for steroids is beyond me

I don’t recall his name coming up in the steroids discussion, although he does look quite jacked.

tommyrusty7

Should have retired as a Red Sox but Sox brass though he was washed up a few years before he actually was.

JoeBanzai

Here's a list with him on it. Quite a few other big names.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi069vC5e_eAhUMOK0KHa5VDgUQFjACegQICBAB&url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/228510-the-103-who-tested-positive-for-steroids-in-2003&usg=AOvVaw2FC7dHy6iKSSGjltEp_4A1

craig44

he did have a huge outlier season where he hit 48 home runs. then he came back and settled in the 25 or so range. that would be my suspicion.

I was surprised to see Pedro Martinez name on the list. I had not heard this before.

larryallen73

What team does he go into Cooperstown representing?

perkdog

@craig44 said:
he did have a huge outlier season where he hit 48 home runs. then he came back and settled in the 25 or so range. that would be my suspicion.

Exactly 

royalbrett

@ernie11 said:
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He ended up on these all-time career lists:

8th in at-bats.

Wow, 8th in total ABs for all-time. That is what really stands out to me.

ernie11

@royalbrett said:

@ernie11 said:
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He ended up on these all-time career lists:

8th in at-bats.

Wow, 8th in total ABs for all-time. That is what really stands out to me.

He ended his career with 11,068 AB's.