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Matt Beech

Lucas Matthew Beech

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 20, 1972 in Oakland, CA
High School: Tom Clark HS (San Antonio, TX)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1996
Team: Phillies 1996-1998

Final Game: August 9, 1998
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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
1994	22	PHI-min	A,A-	6	5	.545	2.45	14	13	1	4	1	0	88.1	60	27	24	7	35	0	110	7	3	5	354		1.075	6.1	0.7	3.6	11.2	3.14	SPB,BAT · SALL,NYPL
1995	23	PHI-min	A+,AA	11	8	.579	3.60	29	28	0	0	0	0	165.0	154	78	66	12	63	1	155	9	1	10	708		1.315	8.4	0.7	3.4	8.5	2.46	CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
1996	24	PHI-min	AA,AAA	13	6	.684	3.09	23	23	0	0	0	0	148.1	117	63	51	19	33	0	146	4	0	9	604		1.011	7.1	1.2	2.0	8.9	4.42	REA,SWB · EL,IL
1996	24	PHI	NL	1	4	.200	6.97	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.1	49	32	32	8	11	0	33	3	0	0	182	62	1.452	10.7	1.7	2.4	7.2	3.00
1997	25	PHI-min	AAA,A+	3	1	.750	4.79	6	6	0	1	0	0	35.2	25	21	19	5	14	0	47	0	0	2	149		1.093	6.3	1.3	3.5	11.9	3.36	SWB,CLW · IL,FLOR
1997	25	PHI	NL	4	9	.308	5.07	24	24	0	0	0	0	136.2	147	81	77	25	57	9	120	5	2	6	602	84	1.493	9.7	1.6	3.8	7.9	2.11
1998	26	PHI	NL	3	9	.250	5.15	21	21	0	0	0	0	117.0	126	78	67	19	63	2	113	4	0	8	531	85	1.615	9.7	1.5	4.8	8.7	1.79
1999	27	PHI-min	A+	0	0		7.71	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	7	5	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	24		1.929	13.5	0.0	3.9	5.8	1.50	CLW · FLOR
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2001	29	TEX-min	AAA,AA,A+	4	7	.364	4.49	19	18	0	1	1	0	110.1	127	67	55	17	36	0	90	6	0	4	484		1.477	10.4	1.4	2.9	7.3	2.50	OKC,TUL,CHT · PCL,TL,FLOR
2002	30	NYY-min	AAA,AA	6	8	.429	4.11	23	21	1	1	5	0	120.1	127	66	55	7	57	1	105	10	0	6	544		1.529	9.5	0.5	4.3	7.9	1.84	CLB,NCH · IL,EL
2003	31	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	12		1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	13.5	2.00	CLB · IL
2004	32	BOS-CIN-min	AAA,AA,Rk	4	1	.800	4.11	13	8	1	0	0	1	35.0	36	19	16	6	20	0	30	1	0	1	157		1.600	9.3	1.5	5.1	7.7	1.50	PAW,CNG,RES · IL,SOUL,GULF
2005	33	DET-min	AA	2	3	.400	4.68	6	5	0	1	0	0	32.2	34	19	17	4	18	0	23	5	0	3	148		1.592	9.4	1.1	5.0	6.3	1.28	ERI · EL
3 Yrs				8	22	.267	5.37	53	53	0	0	0	0	295.0	322	191	176	52	131	11	266	12	2	14	1315	80	1.536	9.8	1.6	4.0	8.1	2.03
162 Game Avg.				5	14	.267	5.37	34	34	0	0	0	0	189	207	123	113	33	84	7	171	8	1	9	844	80	1.536	9.8	1.6	4.0	8.1	2.03

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1996	24	PHI	NL	41.1	8	8	32	6.97	4.74	0.01	0.18	99.7	4.89	-9	-0.8	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.395	.495	$109,000
1997	25	PHI	NL	136.2	24	24	81	5.33	4.75	0.07	0.17	101.0	4.91	-7	-0.7	-0.1	0.3	7	.472	.496	$150,000
1998	26	PHI	NL	117.0	21	21	78	6.00	4.71	0.22	0.17	100.9	4.70	-17	-1.6	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.423	.490	$185,000
3 Seasons				295.0	53	53	191	5.83	4.74	0.12	0.17	100.8	4.82	-33	-3.1	-0.2	-1.1	-4	.441	.494	$444,000

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
1996	24	PHI	NL	8	182	160	32	49	9	1	8	3	3	11	33	.306	.350	.525	.875	.328	84	1	3	2	6	0	0
1997	25	PHI	NL	24	602	527	81	147	26	2	25	14	5	57	120	.279	.351	.478	.829	.314	252	12	5	7	6	9	2
1998	26	PHI	NL	21	531	458	78	126	21	3	19	3	4	63	113	.275	.366	.459	.825	.326	210	12	4	4	2	2	7
3 Yrs				53	1315	1145	191	322	56	6	52	20	12	131	266	.281	.357	.477	.834	.321	546	25	12	13	14	11	9
162 Game Avg.				34	844	735	123	207	36	4	33	13	8	84	171	.281	.357	.477	.834	.321	350	16	8	8	9	7	6
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.422	.759	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1996	24	PHI	NL	-10.5	-1.0	187	-1.2	3.3	-4.5	1.11	-0.8	-0.3	-9.7	-0.9	1.11	-7.6
1997	25	PHI	NL	-10.5	-1.0	627	-1.5	11.1	-12.7	1.04	-1.6	0.2	-8.1	-0.8	1.04	-15.7
1998	26	PHI	NL	-12.0	-1.2	541	-1.4	9.0	-10.3	1.02	-1.4	0.1	-15.6	-1.5	1.02	-15.6
3 Yrs				-32.9	-3.1	1355	-4.1	23.5	-27.5	1.05	-3.9	-0.0	-33.4	-3.1	1.05	-38.9

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
1996	24	PHI	NL	8	8	1	4	3	0	1	3	5	.375	0	2	0	0	2	25%	42.8	69	25	2	2	0	5	4.4	3.3	5.2	85	3	3	2	0	109
1997	25	PHI	NL	24	24	4	9	11	1	3	7	17	.292	2	6	0	0	11	46%	47.7	75	20	16	6	0	11	4.2	3.9	5.7	100	4	4	11	4	127
1998	26	PHI	NL	21	21	3	9	9	0	3	9	12	.429	3	5	0	0	8	38%	46.2	79	20	21	10	0	11	3.9	3.4	5.6	100	1	8	11	1	122
3 Yrs				53	53	8	22	23	1	7	19	34	.358	5	13	0	0	21	40%	46	79	20	39	18	0	27	4.1	3.6	5.6	98	8	15	24	5	127
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

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%
1996	24	PHI	NL	182	17%	4.4%	18.1%	6.0%	9.9%	37%	0.40	0.42	69%	24%	9.5%	10%	44	1	2%
1997	25	PHI	NL	602	17%	4.2%	19.9%	9.5%	8.8%	36%	0.52	0.67	64%	30%	11.3%	15%	129	12	9%
1998	26	PHI	NL	531	14%	3.6%	21.3%	11.9%	8.1%	34%	0.66	0.91	62%	26%	10.9%	16%	108	12	11%
3 Yrs				1315	16%	4.0%	20.2%	10.0%	8.7%	35%	0.55	0.71	64%	27%	10.9%	15%	281	25	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.8%	8.9%	7.8%	33%	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	16%			10%

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
1996	24	PHI	NL	183	679	3.71	443	65%	21%	14%	35%	30%	79%	0%	51%	83%	58%	2%	4	1	25%	46	34	3	24%	9	3	-1	0	0
1997	25	PHI	NL	573	2307	4.03	1406	61%	23%	17%	31%	28%	77%	3%	47%	77%	57%	8%	46	26	19%	111	43	5	26%	13	12	29	0	3
1998	26	PHI	NL	532	2100	3.95	1260	60%	26%	18%	29%	28%	74%	1%	44%	76%	60%	7%	35	16	23%	125	65	4	33%	15	17	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				1288	5086	3.95	3109	61%	24%	17%	31%	28%	76%	2%	46%	78%	58%	7%	85	43	22%	282	142	12	29%	37	32	27	0	3
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

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
1996	24	PHI	NL	182	49	3	0	8	0	0	7	1	7	1	13	8	3	62%	0	0	0	71	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1997	25	PHI	NL	602	147	23	4	25	1	15	22	3	12	13	34	18	6	53%	2	6	3	229	14	5	74%	10	5	4	0	0	0	4	3	21	0
1998	26	PHI	NL	531	126	40	1	19	0	18	18	1	8	11	25	14	6	56%	7	8	1	189	3	4	43%	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	16	0
3 Yrs				1315	322	66	5	52	1	33	47	5	27	25	72	40	15	56%	9	14	4	489	20	12	63%	14	12	6	0	0	0	5	4	44	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
1996	24	1	4	.200	6.97	8	8	41.1	49	32	32	8	11	0	33	3	0	0	182	62	1.452	10.7	1.7	2.4	7.2	3.00	62
1997	25	5	13	.278	5.51	32	32	178.0	196	113	109	33	68	9	153	8	2	6	784	77	1.483	9.9	1.7	3.4	7.7	2.25	77
1998	26	8	22	.267	5.37	53	53	295.0	322	191	176	52	131	11	266	12	2	14	1315	80	1.536	9.8	1.6	4.0	8.1	2.03	80

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996	24	1	3	.250	6.75	40.0	47	33	30	8	11	32	3	1.450	10.6	2.5	7.2	2.91	1.8	8
1997	25	6	8	.429	4.94	133.0	143	81	73	24	55	117	5	1.489	9.7	3.7	7.9	2.13	1.6	24
1998	26	5	7	.417	4.85	115.0	122	69	62	18	61	111	4	1.591	9.5	4.8	8.7	1.82	1.4	21
3 Yrs		12	18	.400	5.16	288.0	312	183	165	50	127	260	12	1.524	9.8		8.1	2.05	1.6	53

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Similarity Scores

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