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Matt Albers

Matthew James Albers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 20, 1983 in Houston, TX
High School: Clements HS (Sugar Land, TX)
School: San Jacinto College (Pasadena, 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
Teams (by GP): Orioles/RedSox/Astros 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$1.08M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.141, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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 76 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 1 208 128 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 83 1.731 10.7 0.4 4.8 6.6 1.36
2010 27 BAL AL 5 3 .625 4.52 62 0 19 0 0 0 75.2 78 41 38 6 34 5 49 2 0 2 329 92 1.480 9.3 0.7 4.0 5.8 1.44
2011 28 BOS AL 4 4 .500 4.73 56 0 10 0 0 0 64.2 62 35 34 7 31 1 68 5 0 2 289 90 1.438 8.6 1.0 4.3 9.5 2.19
2012 29 BOS AL 0 0 2.14 18 0 6 0 0 0 21.0 14 7 5 3 6 0 13 1 0 0 80 199 0.952 6.0 1.3 2.6 5.6 2.17
7 Yrs 19 29 .396 4.89 255 23 55 0 0 0 403.0 421 234 219 42 186 16 287 19 0 15 1789 90 1.506 9.4 0.9 4.2 6.4 1.54
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .396 4.89 62 6 13 0 0 0 99 103 57 54 10 45 4 70 5 0 4 438 90 1.506 9.4 0.9 4.2 6.4 1.54
BAL (3 yrs) 11 12 .478 4.60 146 3 37 0 0 0 191.2 201 105 98 13 92 9 124 6 0 6 846 95 1.529 9.4 0.6 4.3 5.8 1.35
BOS (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.10 74 0 16 0 0 0 85.2 76 42 39 10 37 1 81 6 0 2 369 104 1.319 8.0 1.1 3.9 8.5 2.19
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 (5 yrs) 15 16 .484 4.45 220 3 53 0 0 0 277.1 277 147 137 23 129 10 205 12 0 8 1215 98 1.464 9.0 0.7 4.2 6.7 1.59
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2006 23 HOU NL 15.0 4 2 10 6.00 4.66 0.28 -0.00 91.2 3.99 -3 -0.3 .3 0.0 -0.2 -2 .424 .498 $
2007 24 HOU NL 110.2 31 18 77 6.26 4.72 -0.35 0.11 98.8 5.11 -14 -1.3 .6 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .458 .492 $
2008 25 BAL AL 49.0 28 3 21 3.86 4.74 -0.01 -0.23 101.8 4.60 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.7 10 .512 .502 $395,000
2009 26 BAL AL 67.0 56 0 43 5.78 4.97 -0.12 -0.37 102.8 4.86 -7 -0.7 1.1 -0.2 -0.3 1 .487 .496 $410,000
2010 27 BAL AL 75.2 62 0 41 4.88 4.74 -0.17 -0.36 100.9 4.58 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.2 0.2 6 .495 .498 $680,000
2011 28 BOS AL 64.2 56 0 35 4.87 4.54 0.19 -0.35 105.0 4.20 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.2 -0.1 3 .491 .497 $875,000
2012 29 BOS AL 21.0 18 0 7 3.00 4.59 0.60 -0.34 104.4 3.81 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 4 .511 .501 $
7 Seasons 403.0 255 23 234 5.23 4.73 -0.08 -0.20 101.2 4.65 -27 -2.7 1.0 -0.7 0.1 20 .490 .498 $2,360,000
BAL (3 yrs) 191.2 146 3 105 4.93 4.82 -0.11 -0.33 101.8 4.68 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.5 0.6 18 .495 .499 $1,485,000
BOS (2 yrs) 85.2 74 0 42 4.41 4.55 0.29 -0.35 104.8 4.10 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 0.2 7 .496 .499 $875,000
HOU (2 yrs) 125.2 35 20 87 6.23 4.71 -0.27 0.09 97.9 4.97 -17 -1.6 .6 -0.0 -0.7 -5 .454 .495 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 6
2008 25 BAL AL 28 208 179 21 43 4 0 4 3 1 22 26 .240 .325 .330 .655 .257 59 9 2 1 3 1 2
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 2
2010 27 BAL AL 62 329 290 41 78 11 1 6 8 2 34 49 .269 .350 .376 .726 .306 109 12 2 3 0 5 4
2011 28 BOS AL 56 289 247 35 62 13 0 7 6 4 31 68 .251 .344 .389 .733 .316 96 3 5 4 2 1 4
2012 29 BOS AL 18 80 73 7 14 1 0 3 1 1 6 13 .192 .263 .329 .591 .193 24 3 1 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 255 1789 1547 234 421 78 5 42 39 14 186 287 .272 .354 .410 .765 .307 635 48 19 21 15 16 19
162 Game Avg. 62 438 378 57 103 19 1 10 10 3 45 70 .272 .354 .410 .765 .307 155 12 5 5 4 4 5
MLB Averages .262 .330 .414 .745 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 23 HOU NL -2.0 -0.2 67 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .75 -0.2 -0.3 -2.2 -0.2 0.75 -1.6 0 0 2
2007 24 HOU NL -16.9 -1.6 531 -0.5 8.4 -8.9 .95 -1.8 1.3 -19.4 -1.8 0.95 -18.3 3 1 8
2008 25 BAL AL 5.1 0.5 211 0.3 4.3 -4.0 1.09 0.5 -0.2 7.9 0.8 1.09 6.9 9 7 8
2009 26 BAL AL -6.2 -0.6 324 -0.0 4.4 -4.4 .80 -0.1 0.1 -3.9 -0.4 0.80 -2.9 18 11 26
2010 27 BAL AL -2.7 -0.3 341 0.2 4.0 -3.8 .75 0.2 0.1 3.5 0.3 0.75 1.5 15 10 36
2011 28 BOS AL -2.3 -0.2 302 -0.3 4.3 -4.6 .92 -0.3 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.92 -2.8 17 13 24
2012 29 BOS AL 4.0 0.4 83 0.1 1.2 -1.0 .65 0.5 -0.3 5.9 0.6 0.65 5.7 4 3 10
7 Yrs -21.0 -2.0 1859 -0.6 27.3 -27.9 .88 -1.2 0.6 -9.8 -0.8 0.88 -11.4 66 45 114

Starting Pitching*

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% 33.0 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 2 3 0 0 8 44% 43.9 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% 45.0 53 29 13 6 2 1 3.1 1.8 3.8 66 1 2 0 0 94
3 Yrs 63 23 4 15 4 1 3 6 17 .261 2 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 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .751 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 .948 3 1 8 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 1.094 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 .795 18 11 26 22 5 29 26 30 24 14 30 5 3.6 21
2010 27 BAL AL 62 62 19 5 3 2 0 2 0% 9 7 45 14 31% 7 .754 15 10 36 14 7 41 26 36 25 18 27 12 3.7 21
2011 28 BOS AL 56 56 10 4 4 3 0 3 0% 13 10 23 10 43% 7 .915 17 13 24 23 10 23 15 41 21 13 23 8 3.5 21
2012 29 BOS AL 18 18 6 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 13 4 31% 8 .653 4 3 10 6 2 10 6 12 7 6 7 4 3.5 17
7 Yrs 255 232 55 15 14 12 0 12 0% 46 34 147 50 34% .877 66 45 114 77 31 124 86 146 96 58 108 33 3.7 21

Ratio Pitching*

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 48% 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 56% 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 51% 1.9% 12.5% 10.6% 3.9% 19% 1.14 1.37 73% 11% 6.3% 11% 58 9 16%
2009 26 BAL AL 309 55% 1.0% 15.9% 11.7% 7.1% 28% 0.99 1.48 69% 20% 3.3% 16% 72 8 11%
2010 27 BAL AL 329 60% 1.8% 14.9% 10.3% 5.5% 23% 1.33 1.93 71% 15% 6.2% 6% 89 12 13%
2011 28 BOS AL 289 59% 2.4% 23.5% 10.7% 6.9% 32% 0.86 1.14 60% 16% 8.4% 14% 56 3 5%
2012 29 BOS AL 80 54% 3.8% 16.3% 7.5% 5.0% 29% 0.97 1.53 71% 13% 11.1% 10% 13 3 23%
7 Yrs 1789 56% 2.4% 16.0% 10.4% 7.0% 30% 1.02 1.45 69% 16% 7.6% 12% 414 48 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 509 1896 3.72 1165 61% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 3% 45% 81% 57% 9% 44 29 19% 97 49 3 24% 12 9 -1 0 0
2008 25 BAL AL 209 784 3.75 453 58% 30% 10% 25% 35% 70% 1% 41% 85% 52% 8% 17 8 14% 29 8 0 19% 0 8 -1 0 0
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
2010 27 BAL AL 329 1302 3.96 775 60% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 3% 43% 81% 58% 7% 23 9 19% 61 25 3 33% 6 9 0 0 0
2011 28 BOS AL 292 1175 4.02 715 61% 35% 12% 27% 26% 65% 1% 40% 82% 61% 5% 14 9 21% 61 32 5 47% 12 4 -3 0 0
2012 29 BOS AL 80 301 3.76 186 62% 31% 12% 24% 32% 69% 0% 43% 82% 66% 6% 5 3 20% 16 7 0 31% 1 2 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1794 6901 3.85 4159 60% 29% 13% 27% 31% 71% 2% 43% 81% 58% 7% 131 71 19% 343 152 16 30% 36 44 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2010 27 BAL AL 329 78 12 0 6 0 17 2 4 3 3 28 9 7 32% 4 2 0 145 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011 28 BOS AL 289 62 7 0 7 1 12 3 4 5 2 13 6 3 46% 4 2 0 125 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012 29 BOS AL 80 14 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 7 2 1 29% 1 0 0 21 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1789 421 55 4 42 1 78 20 22 21 21 141 62 23 44% 19 15 0 733 39 14 74% 34 12 5 1 0 1 0 0 34 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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 76 1.600 10.2 0.6 4.2 6.6 1.57 76
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 86 1.523 9.6 1.2 4.1 5.6 1.37 86
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 85 1.581 9.9 1.0 4.3 5.8 1.37 85
2010 27 15 25 .375 5.11 181 23 39 0 0 0 317.1 345 192 180 32 149 15 206 13 0 13 1420 87 1.557 9.8 0.9 4.2 5.8 1.38 87
2011 28 19 29 .396 5.04 237 23 49 0 0 0 382.0 407 227 214 39 180 16 274 18 0 15 1709 87 1.537 9.6 0.9 4.2 6.5 1.52 87
2012 29 19 29 .396 4.89 255 23 55 0 0 0 403.0 421 234 219 42 186 16 287 19 0 15 1789 90 1.506 9.4 0.9 4.2 6.4 1.54 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 11 0 1.643 10.3 4.5 7.1 1.57 0.6 4
2007 24 4 8 .333 5.56 110.0 123 76 68 17 48 71 7 1.555 10.1 3.9 5.8 1.48 1.4 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 5.63 64.0 79 44 40 3 36 47 2 1.797 11.1 5.1 6.6 1.31 0.4 56
2010 27 3 4 .429 5.07 71.0 80 44 40 6 35 46 2 1.620 10.1 4.4 5.8 1.31 0.8 62
2011 28 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 62 38 34 7 31 67 5 1.453 8.7 4.4 9.4 2.16 1.0 56
2012 29 1 1 .500 2.25 20.0 14 6 5 3 6 12 1 1.000 6.3 2.7 5.4 2.00 1.4 18
7 Yrs 16 25 .390 4.93 391.0 416 238 214 41 184 279 19 1.535 9.6 6.4 1.52 0.9 255

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