Matt Capps
Matthew Dicus Capps
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 238 lb.

Born: September 3, 1983 in Douglasville, GA
High School: Alexander (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
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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
2005 21 PIT NL 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 16 94 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 6.8
2006 22 PIT NL 9 1 .900 3.79 85 0 15 0 0 1 80.2 81 37 34 12 12 5 56 3 0 4 329 117 1.153 9.0 1.3 1.3 6.2 4.67
2007 23 PIT NL 4 7 .364 2.28 76 0 47 0 0 18 79.0 64 22 20 5 16 10 64 3 0 1 315 191 1.013 7.3 0.6 1.8 7.3 4.00
2008 24 PIT NL 2 3 .400 3.02 49 0 39 0 0 21 53.2 47 20 18 5 5 0 39 2 0 0 211 139 0.969 7.9 0.8 0.8 6.5 7.80
2009 25 PIT NL 4 8 .333 5.80 57 0 50 0 0 27 54.1 73 36 35 10 17 3 46 3 0 0 251 71 1.656 12.1 1.7 2.8 7.6 2.71
5 Seasons 19 19 .500 3.61 271 0 151 0 0 67 271.2 270 117 109 32 50 18 208 12 0 5 1122 119 1.178 8.9 1.1 1.7 6.9 4.16
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 3.61 68 0 38 0 0 17 68 68 29 27 8 13 5 52 3 0 1 282 119 1.178 8.9 1.1 1.7 6.9 4.16

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
2005 21 PIT NL 4 16 15 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 .333 .375 .400 .775 .417 6 1 1 0 0 0
2006 22 PIT NL 85 329 304 37 81 17 1 12 3 3 12 56 .266 .299 .447 .746 .290 136 9 3 8 2 5
2007 23 PIT NL 76 315 291 22 64 13 0 5 1 0 16 64 .220 .266 .316 .582 .263 92 4 3 3 2 10
2008 24 PIT NL 49 210 201 20 47 9 2 5 4 1 5 39 .234 .260 .373 .633 .268 75 3 2 2 0 0
2009 25 PIT NL 57 251 225 36 73 13 2 10 6 0 17 46 .324 .373 .533 .907 .364 120 7 3 2 4 3
5 Seasons 271 1121 1036 117 270 53 5 32 16 4 50 208 .261 .300 .414 .714 .296 429 24 12 15 8 18
162 Game Avg. 68 281 260 29 68 13 1 8 4 1 13 52 .261 .300 .414 .714 .296 108 6 3 4 2 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2005 21 PIT NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 0.218 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 3.0 17
2006 22 PIT NL 85 85 15 9 1 10 1 9 10% 24 13 60 21 35% 7 1.027 28 22 34 34 12 39 39 46 18 33 22 28 2.8 13
2007 23 PIT NL 76 76 47 4 7 21 18 3 86% 36 15 11 5 45% 9 1.662 44 11 19 51 15 10 9 67 9 8 11 22 3.1 15
2008 24 PIT NL 49 49 39 2 3 26 21 5 81% 26 0 5 2 40% 9 1.717 27 8 13 34 7 8 3 46 6 3 6 14 3.3 15
2009 25 PIT NL 57 57 50 4 8 32 27 5 84% 33 1 7 4 57% 9 1.645 30 12 13 39 9 9 4 53 2 9 2 9 2.9 16
5 Seasons 271 271 151 19 19 89 67 22 75% 119 29 87 33 38% 1.462 129 53 83 158 43 70 57 214 36 54 42 74 3.0 15

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%
2005 21 PIT NL 16 25% 0.0% 18.8% 0.0% 6.3% 20% 0.33 1.00 75% 50% 0.0% 0% 3 1 33%
2006 22 PIT NL 329 32% 3.7% 17.0% 3.7% 9.1% 37% 0.68 1.04 72% 21% 9.4% 12% 67 9 13%
2007 23 PIT NL 315 42% 1.6% 20.3% 5.1% 5.7% 28% 0.48 0.53 71% 19% 3.8% 13% 55 4 7%
2008 24 PIT NL 211 49% 2.4% 18.6% 2.4% 7.6% 34% 0.46 0.56 75% 23% 5.1% 10% 36 3 8%
2009 25 PIT NL 251 51% 4.0% 18.3% 6.8% 10.0% 34% 0.75 1.05 69% 16% 11.0% 13% 53 7 13%
5 Seasons 1122 42% 2.9% 18.6% 4.5% 8.0% 33% 0.59 0.76 72% 20% 7.0% 12% 214 24 11%
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
2005 21 PIT NL 16 68 4.25 46 68% 17% 9% 48% 26% 83% 0% 56% 89% 69% 0% 0 0 50% 8 4 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 22 PIT NL 329 1138 3.46 798 70% 24% 15% 29% 32% 76% 5% 54% 81% 70% 3% 9 3 29% 94 54 3 25% 8 2 0 0 0
2007 23 PIT NL 315 1115 3.54 798 72% 26% 15% 31% 29% 74% 12% 53% 80% 71% 4% 13 3 42% 133 95 7 20% 14 0 0 0 0
2008 24 PIT NL 211 725 3.44 490 68% 25% 14% 28% 33% 75% 0% 50% 81% 60% 1% 2 1 21% 45 21 2 26% 7 1 0 0 1
2009 25 PIT NL 251 939 3.74 633 67% 26% 14% 31% 29% 74% 4% 50% 81% 67% 4% 11 7 34% 85 51 4 22% 8 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1122 3985 3.55 2765 69% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 5% 52% 81% 68% 3% 35 14 33% 365 225 16 23% 37 4 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
2005 21 PIT NL 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 11 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2006 22 PIT NL 329 81 10 2 12 1 11 8 4 3 9 26 11 3 42% 3 4 2 128 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2007 23 PIT NL 315 64 5 0 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 10 4 1 40% 2 1 0 115 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 24 PIT NL 211 47 8 0 5 0 3 3 2 1 4 11 6 2 55% 2 0 0 71 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2009 25 PIT NL 251 73 7 0 10 0 11 2 8 5 5 18 11 4 61% 2 0 2 99 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
5 Seasons 1122 270 30 2 32 1 33 16 16 11 21 66 33 10 50% 9 5 4 424 16 4 80% 16 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 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+
2005 21 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 16 94 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 6.8 94
2006 22 9 1 .900 3.83 89 0 15 0 0 1 84.2 86 39 36 12 12 5 59 4 0 4 345 116 1.157 9.1 1.3 1.3 6.3 4.92 116
2007 23 13 8 .619 3.08 165 0 62 0 0 19 163.2 150 61 56 17 28 15 123 7 0 5 660 143 1.088 8.2 0.9 1.5 6.8 4.39 143
2008 24 15 11 .577 3.06 214 0 101 0 0 40 217.1 197 81 74 22 33 15 162 9 0 5 871 142 1.058 8.2 0.9 1.4 6.7 4.91 142
2009 25 19 19 .500 3.61 271 0 151 0 0 67 271.2 270 117 109 32 50 18 208 12 0 5 1122 119 1.178 8.9 1.1 1.7 6.9 4.16 119

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
2005 21 0 0 3.60 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 7.2 0.0 4
2006 22 4 4 .500 3.69 78.0 79 36 32 12 12 54 3 1.167 9.1 1.4 6.2 4.50 1.4 85
2007 23 6 2 .750 2.19 78.0 62 21 19 5 16 63 3 1.000 7.2 1.8 7.3 3.94 0.6 76
2008 24 3 2 .600 3.12 52.0 48 20 18 5 5 38 2 1.019 8.3 0.9 6.6 7.60 0.9 49
2009 25 2 3 .400 6.06 52.0 74 39 35 10 17 44 3 1.750 12.8 2.9 7.6 2.59 1.7 57
5 Seasons 15 11 .577 3.60 265.0 263 118 106 32 50 203 12 1.181 8.9 6.9 4.06 1.1 271

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL--85--2nd

Saves s c a p y
2009 NL--27--10th
Active--67--41st
Career--67--190th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Barney Schultz (971)
  2. Bill Landrum (969)
  3. Heath Bell (965)
  4. Dale Mohorcic (964)
  5. Mike Schooler (960)
  6. Todd Frohwirth (958)
  7. Julio Mateo (957)
  8. Mike Perez (957)
  9. Tom Buskey (955)
  10. Mike James (955)
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  2. Stan Belinda (960)
  3. Jorge Julio (959)
  4. Turk Farrell (959)
  5. Joey McLaughlin (954)
  6. Armando Benitez (952)
  7. Ed Roebuck (950)
  8. Ken Howell (950)
  9. Randy Moffitt (949)
  10. Danny Graves (948)
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  1. Elias Sosa (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Antonio Osuna (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Elias Sosa (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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