Matt Beech
Lucas Matthew Beech
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 20, 1972 in Oakland, CA
High School: Tom Clark (San Antonio, TX)
School: University of Houston
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1996
Final Game: August 9, 1998
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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
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 61 1.452 10.7 1.7 2.4 7.2 3.00
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
3 Seasons 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

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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 53 1315 1145 191 322 56 6 52 20 12 131 266 .281 .357 .477 .834 .321 546 25 12 13 14 11
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
MLB Averages

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
1996 24 PHI NL 8 8 1 4 3 0 1 3 5 .375 0 2 0 0 2 25% 43 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% 48 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 79 20 21 10 0 11 3.9 3.4 5.6 100 2 7 11 1 121
3 Seasons 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 9 14 24 5 127
MLB Averages

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%
1996 24 PHI NL 182 83% 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 83% 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 86% 3.6% 21.3% 11.9% 8.1% 34% 0.66 0.91 62% 26% 10.9% 16% 108 12 11%
3 Seasons 1315 84% 4.0% 20.2% 10.0% 8.7% 35% 0.55 0.71 64% 27% 10.9% 15% 281 25 9%
MLB Averages

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
1996 24 PHI NL 182 678 3.73 443 65% 21% 14% 35% 30% 79% 0% 51% 83% 59% 2% 4 1 25% 46 34 3 24% 9 3 0 0 0
1997 25 PHI NL 572 2304 4.03 1404 61% 23% 17% 31% 28% 77% 3% 47% 77% 57% 8% 46 26 19% 111 43 5 26% 13 12 30 0 3
1998 26 PHI NL 531 2096 3.95 1258 60% 26% 17% 29% 28% 74% 1% 44% 76% 60% 7% 35 16 24% 125 65 4 33% 15 17 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1285 5078 3.95 3105 61% 24% 17% 31% 28% 76% 2% 46% 78% 58% 7% 85 43 22% 282 142 12 29% 37 32 30 0 3
MLB Averages

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1996 24 1 4 .200 6.97 8 8 0 0 0 0 41.1 49 32 32 8 11 0 33 3 0 0 182 61 1.452 10.7 1.7 2.4 7.2 3.00 61
1997 25 5 13 .278 5.51 32 32 0 0 0 0 178.0 196 113 109 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 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 80

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
1996 24 1 3 .250 6.98 40.0 48 34 31 8 11 32 3 1.475 10.8 2.5 7.2 2.91 1.8 8
1997 25 5 9 .357 4.98 132.0 145 81 73 25 56 116 5 1.523 9.9 3.8 7.9 2.07 1.7 24
1998 26 5 7 .417 4.97 114.0 123 70 63 19 62 110 4 1.623 9.7 4.9 8.7 1.77 1.5 21
3 Seasons 11 19 .367 5.26 286.0 316 185 167 52 129 258 12 1.556 9.9 8.1 2.00 1.6 53

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1997 NL  25 (5th)

                                         

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