page_title: Carlos Beltrán
section_title: 2015
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos Beltrán / Professional career / New York Yankees / 2015
caption_attribution_description: Yankees at Orioles 04/15/15
context_page_description: Carlos Iván Beltrán is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2017 for the Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. A right-handed thrower and switch hitter, Beltrán stands 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 215 pounds.
  Beltrán was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1999 while with the Royals. He was named to nine MLB All-Star Games, and won three Gold Glove Awards and two Silver Slugger Awards. Beltrán was the fifth player to reach both 400 home runs and 300 stolen bases and just the fourth switch hitter with 400 home runs. He has the highest success rate in stealing bases of any major league player with 300 or more career attempts. He also joined the 30–30 club in 2004. Beltrán retired after the 2017 season, winning a World Series title with the Houston Astros.
  Beltrán was among the best all-time statistical hitters in postseason games, which has earned him nicknames such as "The New Mr. October", "Mr. October, Jr.", "Señor Octubre", and "the real Mr. October" from the media.
context_section_description: Beltrán got off to a slow start in 2015, batting around .200 through April. He slowly improved throughout the season and in September had a batting average over .280. On July 3, Beltrán was placed on the 15-day disabled list with an oblique injury. He was activated on July 19. On August 14 against the Blue Jays, Beltrán hit a pinch hit go-ahead 3 run home run in the 8th inning. It proved to be the game winner and temporarily put the Yankees back in 1st place. He reached 500 career doubles on August 31 against the Boston Red Sox. Beltrán ended the regular season with 19 home runs, 67 RBIs and a .276 average in 133 games.
  In the 2015 American League Wild Card Game against the Astros, Beltrán had 1 hit in 4 at-bats as the Yankees fell to the Astros 3-0.
caption: Beltrán during his tenure with the New York Yankees in 2015
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