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Rick Matula
Richard Carlton Matula

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.
School Sam Houston State University

Debut April 8, 1979
  vs. HOU 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L
Final Game June 11, 1981
Born November 22, 1953 in Wharton, TX

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1979 25 ATL NL   8  10  28  28   1   0   0  0  171.3  193   90   79  14   64   67   3   3   754   9   1  4.15  4.08   98 1.500
 1980 26 ATL NL  11  13  33  30   3   1   2  0  176.7  195  100   90  17   60   62   0   3   761   9   3  4.58  3.72   81 1.443
 1981 27 ATL NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0    7.0    8    5    5   1    2    0   0   0    30   0   0  6.43  3.60   56 1.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .452  19  23  66  58   4   1   4  0  355.0  396  195  174  32  126  129   3   6  1545  18   4  4.41  3.89   88 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  36  31   2   0   2  0  194.7  217  106   95  17   69   70   1   3   847   9   2  4.41  3.89   88 1.470
 Career High     11  13  33  30   3   1   2  0  176.7  195  100   90  17   64   67   3   3   761   9   3  4.15  4.08   98 1.443

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 25 ATL NL  28   53    1    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  23  .094  .111  .094  -45    5   6   0   0   0   2
 1980 26 ATL NL  33   57    0    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  25  .105  .136  .105  -32    6   5   0   0   0   0
 1981 27 ATL NL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       66  111    1   11   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  48  .099  .123  .099  -39   11  11   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        272    2   27   0  0   0    0   0  0   7 118  .099  .123  .099  -39   27  27   0   0   0   5
 Career High     33   57    1    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  25                           6   6   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 25 ATL NL   60   56    1   0.5   105| .094  .277| .111  .344| .094  .411| .205  .755| -45  .017 -11.1  -1.1   0%
 1980 26 ATL NL   64   56    1   0.5    97| .105  .270| .136  .333| .105  .392| .241  .725| -32  .018 -10.5  -1.1   0%
 1981 27 ATL NL    1    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .265| .000  .330| .000  .379| .000  .709|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       125  113    2   0.5   101| .099  .273| .123  .338| .099  .401| .222  .739| -39  .018 -21.9  -2.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 25 ATL NL P 28 15 23 0 6 1.000 .950 1.36 0.66 2.00 1.80 28 171.3 1980 26 ATL NL P 33 20 28 1 5 .980 .952 1.45 0.69 2.44 1.91 30 176.7 1981 27 ATL NL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 2.57 1.93 0 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 25 ATL NL P 28 15 23 0 6 1.000 .950 1.36 0.66 2.00 1.80 28 171.3 1980 26 ATL NL P 33 20 28 1 5 .980 .952 1.45 0.69 2.44 1.91 30 176.7 1981 27 ATL NL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 2.57 1.93 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 66 36 52 1 11 .989 .951 1.33 0.68 2.23 1.86 58 355.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 66 36 52 1 11 .989 .951 1.33 0.68 2.23 1.86 58 355
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Losses
1980 NL-13-9

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

March 29, 1982: Released by the Atlanta Braves.


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