Matt Albers
Matthew James Albers
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 20, 1983 in Houston, TX
High School: Clements (Sugar Land, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed May 31, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 23 HOU NL 0 2 .000 6.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 17 10 10 1 7 0 11 0 0 0 66 74 1.600 10.2 0.6 4.2 6.6 1.57
2007 24 HOU NL 4 11 .267 5.86 31 18 2 0 0 0 110.2 127 77 72 18 50 6 71 7 0 7 508 76 1.599 10.3 1.5 4.1 5.8 1.42
2008 25 BAL AL 3 3 .500 3.49 28 3 5 0 0 0 49.0 43 21 19 4 22 1 26 2 0 1 208 127 1.327 7.9 0.7 4.0 4.8 1.18
2009 26 BAL AL 3 6 .333 5.51 56 0 13 0 0 0 67.0 80 43 41 3 36 3 49 2 0 3 309 82 1.731 10.7 0.4 4.8 6.6 1.36
4 Seasons 10 22 .313 5.29 119 23 20 0 0 0 241.2 267 151 142 26 115 10 157 11 0 11 1091 84 1.581 9.9 1.0 4.3 5.8 1.37
162 Game Avg. 5 11 .313 5.29 57 11 10 0 0 0 116 128 72 68 12 55 5 75 5 0 5 522 84 1.581 9.9 1.0 4.3 5.8 1.37
BAL (2 yrs) 6 9 .400 4.66 84 3 18 0 0 0 116.0 123 64 60 7 58 4 75 4 0 4 517 96 1.560 9.5 0.5 4.5 5.8 1.29
HOU (2 yrs) 4 13 .235 5.87 35 20 2 0 0 0 125.2 144 87 82 19 57 6 82 7 0 7 574 76 1.599 10.3 1.4 4.1 5.9 1.44
AL (2 yrs) 6 9 .400 4.66 84 3 18 0 0 0 116.0 123 64 60 7 58 4 75 4 0 4 517 96 1.560 9.5 0.5 4.5 5.8 1.29
NL (2 yrs) 4 13 .235 5.87 35 20 2 0 0 0 125.2 144 87 82 19 57 6 82 7 0 7 574 76 1.599 10.3 1.4 4.1 5.9 1.44

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 23 HOU NL 4 66 57 10 17 4 0 1 1 0 7 11 .298 .375 .421 .796 .356 24 3 0 2 0 0
2007 24 HOU NL 31 508 437 77 127 26 4 18 11 3 50 71 .291 .367 .492 .859 .306 215 10 7 6 8 6
2008 25 BAL AL 28 207 179 21 43 4 0 4 3 1 22 26 .240 .325 .330 .655 .257 59 9 2 1 3 1
2009 26 BAL AL 56 309 264 43 80 19 0 3 9 3 36 49 .303 .388 .409 .797 .360 108 8 2 5 2 3
4 Seasons 119 1090 937 151 267 53 4 26 24 7 115 157 .285 .365 .433 .799 .314 406 30 11 14 13 10
162 Game Avg. 57 522 449 72 128 25 2 12 11 3 55 75 .285 .365 .433 .799 .314 194 14 5 7 6 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 23 HOU NL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 34 32 3 1 0 2 3.0 1.8 4.8 86 0 2 0 0 91
2007 24 HOU NL 31 18 3 11 4 0 2 5 13 .278 1 3 0 0 8 44% 44 73 14 15 4 4 7 3.4 3.6 5.2 88 5 9 4 0 107
2008 25 BAL AL 28 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 45 53 29 13 6 2 1 3.1 1.8 3.8 66 1 2 0 0 94
3 Seasons 63 23 4 15 4 1 3 6 17 .261 1 3 0 0 9 39% 43 73 14 31 11 6 10 3.4 3.3 5.0 85 6 13 4 0 107
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 23 HOU NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.757 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 8.0 38
2007 24 HOU NL 31 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.946 3 1 9 1 3 9 0 13 6 1 6 1 4.1 24
2008 25 BAL AL 28 25 5 2 1 2 0 2 0% 8 6 18 4 22% 6 1.102 9 7 8 11 4 10 13 12 12 5 14 3 4.5 23
2009 26 BAL AL 56 56 13 3 6 4 0 4 0% 14 10 48 18 38% 7 0.800 18 12 25 22 5 29 26 30 24 14 30 5 3.6 21
4 Seasons 119 96 20 6 7 6 0 6 0% 22 16 66 22 33% 0.923 30 20 44 34 12 50 39 57 43 21 51 9 4.0 23

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 23 HOU NL 66 52% 1.5% 16.7% 10.6% 7.6% 29% 0.77 1.83 68% 23% 4.5% 15% 15 3 20%
2007 24 HOU NL 508 44% 3.5% 14.0% 9.8% 9.5% 38% 0.94 1.32 70% 17% 10.6% 11% 111 10 9%
2008 25 BAL AL 208 49% 1.9% 12.6% 10.6% 3.9% 19% 1.14 1.37 73% 11% 6.3% 11% 58 9 16%
2009 26 BAL AL 309 45% 1.0% 15.9% 11.7% 7.1% 28% 0.99 1.48 69% 20% 3.3% 16% 72 8 11%
4 Seasons 1091 46% 2.4% 14.4% 10.6% 7.6% 31% 0.98 1.40 70% 17% 7.5% 13% 256 30 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 23 HOU NL 66 246 3.73 145 59% 29% 17% 21% 33% 71% 0% 42% 76% 50% 12% 8 3 18% 12 8 3 0% 1 5 0 0 0
2007 24 HOU NL 508 1895 3.73 1165 61% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 3% 45% 81% 57% 9% 44 29 19% 97 49 3 24% 12 9 0 0 0
2008 25 BAL AL 208 780 3.75 451 58% 30% 10% 25% 35% 70% 1% 40% 85% 52% 8% 17 8 14% 29 8 0 19% 0 8 0 0 1
2009 26 BAL AL 309 1197 3.87 720 60% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 2% 44% 82% 59% 6% 20 10 22% 67 23 2 22% 4 7 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1091 4118 3.77 2481 60% 27% 13% 27% 33% 73% 2% 44% 81% 56% 8% 89 50 19% 205 88 8 21% 17 29 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 23 HOU NL 66 17 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 27 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 HOU NL 508 127 17 1 18 0 12 9 9 6 12 45 21 7 47% 6 7 0 200 11 3 79% 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2008 25 BAL AL 208 43 8 2 4 0 3 3 1 3 1 9 5 0 56% 2 1 0 92 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
2009 26 BAL AL 309 80 11 1 3 0 29 1 2 2 1 37 17 5 46% 2 3 0 123 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Seasons 1091 267 36 4 26 0 45 14 12 12 14 93 45 12 48% 10 11 0 442 24 7 77% 22 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 27 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 23 0 2 .000 6.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 17 10 10 1 7 0 11 0 0 0 66 74 1.600 10.2 0.6 4.2 6.6 1.57 74
2007 24 4 13 .235 5.87 35 20 2 0 0 0 125.2 144 87 82 19 57 6 82 7 0 7 574 76 1.599 10.3 1.4 4.1 5.9 1.44 76
2008 25 7 16 .304 5.20 63 23 7 0 0 0 174.2 187 108 101 23 79 7 108 9 0 8 782 85 1.523 9.6 1.2 4.1 5.6 1.37 85
2009 26 10 22 .313 5.29 119 23 20 0 0 0 241.2 267 151 142 26 115 10 157 11 0 11 1091 84 1.581 9.9 1.0 4.3 5.8 1.37 84

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 23 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 16 10 9 1 7 10 0 1.643 10.3 4.5 6.4 1.43 0.6 4
2007 24 4 8 .333 5.61 109.0 125 76 68 18 49 70 7 1.596 10.3 4.0 5.8 1.43 1.5 31
2008 25 3 2 .600 3.38 48.0 42 20 18 4 21 25 2 1.313 7.9 3.9 4.7 1.19 0.8 28
2009 26 2 5 .286 5.54 65.0 78 44 40 3 35 48 2 1.738 10.8 4.8 6.6 1.37 0.4 56
4 Seasons 9 16 .360 5.15 236.0 261 150 135 26 112 153 11 1.581 10.0 5.8 1.37 1.0 119

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Similarity Scores

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  5. A.J. Sager (981)
  6. Jim Duckworth (981)
  7. Bob Hall (980)
  8. Sergio Valdez (978)
  9. Sun-Woo Kim (978)
  10. Terry Clark (978)
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  1. Rocky Biddle (981)
  2. George Murray (978)
  3. Ray Herbert (976)
  4. David Aardsma (976)
  5. Steve Baker (976)
  6. Jim Duckworth (975)
  7. Jeff Karstens (974)
  8. Will Cunnane (974)
  9. Mike Wood (974)
  10. Frank Gabler (974)
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  2. Howie Fox (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rocky Biddle (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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