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Matt Capps

Matthew Dicus Capps (twitter: @MattCapps55)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: September 3, 1983 in Douglasville, GA
High School: Alexander HS (Douglasville, GA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 8, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 2005 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Twins/Nationals 2005-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.017, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Paul Kinzer, previously: Arn Tellem [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2002	18	PIT-min	Rk	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BRD · GULF
2003	19	PIT-min	Rk,A+	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BRD,LBG · GULF,CARL
2004	20	PIT-min	A,A-	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HCK,WPT · SALL,NYPL
2005	21	PIT-min	A,AA	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		HCK,ATO · SALL,EL
2005	21	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	22	PIT	NL	85	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	23	PIT	NL	76	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	428	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	24	PIT-min	AAA,Rk,AA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		INA,BRD,ATO · IL,GULF,EL
2008	24	PIT	NL	49	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	25	PIT	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	26	TOT	MLB	74	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
2010	26	WSN	NL	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	26	MIN	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	27	MIN	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	28	MIN-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FTM · FLOR
2012	28	MIN	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				444	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	0	0	0	0	0	0

PIT (5 yrs)				271	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	76	1	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (3 yrs)				126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
WSN (1 yr)				47	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				318	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1	0	0	0	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2005	21	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2006	22	PIT	NL	85	3	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$327,000	1
2007	23	PIT	NL	76	1	0	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$401,000	1
2008	24	PIT	NL	49	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$435,500	1
2009	25	PIT	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,425,000	1
2010	26	WSN	NL	47	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,500,000	1	AS
2010	26	MIN	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1	AS
2011	27	MIN	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$7,150,000	1
2012	28	MIN	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,500,000	1
8 Seasons				444	6	-0	0	0	0	3	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	0.1	3	$18,738,500

PIT (5 yrs)				271	5	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$3,588,500
MIN (3 yrs)				126	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$11,650,000
WSN (1 yr)				47	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,500,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2006	22	PIT	NL	3	2	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.270	.333	.340	.000	.438	.333	.778	-2	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
2007	23	PIT	NL	1	0	1		108	1.000	1.000	.269	1.000	.338	1.000	.430	2.000	.768	428	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
2008	24	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104		.000	.262	.000	.334	.000	.419	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2010	26	TOT	MLB	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.261	.000	.331	.000	.411	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2010	26	WSN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.261	.000	.331	.000	.411	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				6	4	1	6.7	107	.500	.200	.266	.333	.337	.200	.427	.533	.765	46	.632	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.200	.000
162 Game Avg.				2	1	0	6.7	107	.500	.200	.266	.333	.337	.200	.427	.533	.765	46	.632	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.200	.000

PIT (5 yrs)				5	3	1	8.9	109	.500	.250	.268	.400	.339	.250	.431	.650	.770	76	.739	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
WSN (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.261	.000	.331	.000	.411	.000	.742	-100		-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (6 yrs)				6	4	1	6.7	107	.500	.200	.266	.333	.337	.200	.427	.533	.765	46	.633	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.200	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	26	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	WSN	NL	26

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2006	22	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	2.0			0.00	0.00	33%	0%	0.0%	0%
2007	23	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							100%	0%
2008	24	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

2010	26	TOT	MLB	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2010	26	WSN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
8 Yrs				6	0.0%	50.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	1.7			1.00	0.00	33%	0%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.8%	8.4%	7.8%	34%	2.12	5.0	33.8	7.9	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2005	21	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2006	22	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	-0.0	-0.0	.40	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.88	-0.3	0
2007	23	PIT	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	.29	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.39	0.3	0
2008	24	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	-0.0	1.36	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2010	26	TOT	MLB	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
2010	26	WSN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
2010	26	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2011	27	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2012	28	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
8 Yrs				-0.4	-0.1	7	-0.1	-0.1	.48	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.72	-0.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	22	PIT	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	23	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	24	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	26	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	26	WSN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2006	22	PIT	NL	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2007	23	PIT	NL	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2008	24	PIT	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2010	26	TOT	MLB	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2010	26	WSN	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				6	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2006	22	PIT	NL	3	10	3.33	6	60%	67%	17%	0%	17%	33%	0%	20%	50%	0%	33%	1	0	33%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2007	23	PIT	NL	1	3	3.00	2	67%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2008	24	PIT	NL	1	6	6.00	5	83%	20%	40%	40%	0%	80%	0%	67%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2010	26	TOT	MLB	1	4	4.00	3	75%	67%	0%	33%	0%	33%	0%	25%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2010	26	WSN	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	67%	0%	33%	0%	33%	0%	25%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				6	23	3.83	16	70%	50%	19%	19%	13%	50%	0%	35%	63%	0%	17%	1	0	17%	1	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2006	22	89	3	2	1	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0
2007	23	165	4	3	1	1	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	124	1
2008	24	214	5	4	1	1	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	76	1
2009	25	271	5	4	1	1	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	76	1
2010	26	345	6	5	1	1	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1
2011	27	414	6	5	1	1	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1
2012	28	444	6	5	1	1	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	22	85	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	85
2007	23	76	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	76
2008	24	49	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	49

2010	26	74	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	74
4 Yrs		284	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	284
162 Game Avg.		162	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	284

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games 2010 *

All-Star Games
2010 *

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