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Matt Capps

Matthew Dicus Capps

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 245 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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Twins/Nationals 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 1 yr/$7.15M (11), 1 yr/$4.75M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.017, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Paul Kinzer, previously: Arn Tellem [*]
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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
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 16 102 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 4 329 118 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 1 315 192 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 0 211 140 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 72 1.656 12.1 1.7 2.8 7.6 2.71
2010 26 TOT MLB 5 3 .625 2.47 74 0 66 0 0 42 73.0 75 27 20 6 17 4 59 0 0 1 305 165 1.260 9.2 0.7 2.1 7.3 3.47 AS
2010 26 MIN AL 2 0 1.000 2.00 27 0 23 0 0 16 27.0 24 7 6 1 8 1 21 0 0 1 106 206 1.185 8.0 0.3 2.7 7.0 2.63
2010 26 WSN NL 3 3 .500 2.74 47 0 43 0 0 26 46.0 51 20 14 5 9 3 38 0 0 0 199 148 1.304 10.0 1.0 1.8 7.4 4.22
2011 27 MIN AL 4 7 .364 4.25 69 0 35 0 0 15 65.2 66 31 31 10 13 1 34 4 0 1 274 95 1.203 9.0 1.4 1.8 4.7 2.62
7 Seasons 28 29 .491 3.51 414 0 252 0 0 124 410.1 411 175 160 48 80 23 301 16 0 7 1701 121 1.197 9.0 1.1 1.8 6.6 3.76
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .491 3.51 68 0 41 0 0 20 67 68 29 26 8 13 4 49 3 0 1 279 121 1.197 9.0 1.1 1.8 6.6 3.76
PIT (5 yrs) 19 19 .500 3.61 271 0 151 0 0 67 271.2 270 117 109 32 50 18 208 12 0 5 1122 120 1.178 8.9 1.1 1.7 6.9 4.16
MIN (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 3.59 96 0 58 0 0 31 92.2 90 38 37 11 21 2 55 4 0 2 380 113 1.198 8.7 1.1 2.0 5.3 2.62
WSN (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.74 47 0 43 0 0 26 46.0 51 20 14 5 9 3 38 0 0 0 199 148 1.304 10.0 1.0 1.8 7.4 4.22
NL (6 yrs) NL 22 22 .500 3.48 318 0 194 0 0 93 317.2 321 137 123 37 59 21 246 12 0 5 1321 123 1.196 9.1 1.0 1.7 7.0 4.17
AL (2 yrs) AL 6 7 .462 3.59 96 0 58 0 0 31 92.2 90 38 37 11 21 2 55 4 0 2 380 113 1.198 8.7 1.1 2.0 5.3 2.62

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 21 PIT NL 4.0 0 2 2 0 .2 0 0.0 $
2006 22 PIT NL 80.2 0 37 51 0 1.0 14 0.7 $327,000
2007 23 PIT NL 79.0 0 22 49 -1 1.6 27 2.8 $401,000
2008 24 PIT NL 53.2 0 20 32 -1 1.6 12 1.2 $435,500
2009 25 PIT NL 54.1 0 36 32 -1 1.6 -4 -1.1 $2,425,000
2010 26 WSN NL 46.0 0 20 24 -0 2.2 4 0.6 $3,500,000 AS
2010 26 MIN AL 27.0 0 7 14 0 1.9 7 1.1 $ AS
2011 27 MIN AL 65.2 0 31 37 -2 1.5 6 0.8 $7,150,000
7 Seasons 410.1 0 175 241 -5 1.5 66 6.1 $14,238,500
PIT (5 yrs) 271.2 0 117 166 -3 1.4 49 3.6 $3,588,500
MIN (2 yrs) 92.2 0 38 51 -1 1.6 13 1.9 $7,150,000
WSN (1 yr) 46.0 0 20 24 -0 2.2 4 0.6 $3,500,000

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 26 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 WSN NL 26 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0

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
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 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 3
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 2
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 2
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 2
2010 26 TOT MLB 74 305 283 27 75 15 0 6 3 2 17 59 .265 .307 .382 .688 .317 108 7 0 5 0 4 7
2010 26 MIN AL 27 106 97 7 24 4 0 1 2 1 8 21 .247 .305 .320 .624 .307 31 5 0 1 0 1 2
2010 26 WSN NL 47 199 186 20 51 11 0 5 1 1 9 38 .274 .308 .414 .722 .322 77 2 0 4 0 3 5
2011 27 MIN AL 69 274 252 31 66 8 1 10 2 0 13 34 .262 .305 .421 .726 .265 106 6 4 2 3 1 1
7 Seasons 414 1700 1571 175 411 76 6 48 21 6 80 301 .262 .302 .409 .711 .294 643 37 16 22 11 23 17
162 Game Avg. 68 279 258 29 68 12 1 8 3 1 13 49 .262 .302 .409 .711 .294 106 6 3 4 2 4 3
MLB Averages .263 .331 .416 .746 .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
2005 21 PIT NL 0.1 0.0 18 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .21 -0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.21 -0.1 0 0 4
2006 22 PIT NL 6.1 0.6 342 -0.1 6.4 -6.5 1.02 0.3 -0.4 3.0 0.3 1.02 6.5 24 23 37
2007 23 PIT NL 18.5 1.8 321 2.0 9.5 -7.4 1.63 1.9 -0.6 21.0 2.1 1.63 24.1 37 15 22
2008 24 PIT NL 7.2 0.7 219 1.0 6.9 -5.9 1.67 0.9 -0.3 8.1 0.8 1.67 10.0 23 10 15
2009 25 PIT NL -9.0 -0.9 263 -2.8 6.3 -9.1 1.59 -1.1 -0.7 -10.0 -1.0 1.59 -13.6 26 15 14
2010 26 TOT MLB 10.9 1.1 315 1.1 11.2 -10.0 2.09 0.6 -0.1 12.9 1.3 2.08 8.6 39 17 17
2010 26 WSN NL 4.6 0.5 204 -0.5 7.1 -7.6 2.16 0.2 -0.4 6.2 0.6 2.16 3.3 22 15 10
2010 26 MIN AL 6.3 0.6 111 1.7 4.1 -2.4 1.93 0.5 0.4 6.7 0.7 1.93 5.4 17 2 7
2011 27 MIN AL -0.4 -0.0 277 -1.0 7.5 -8.5 1.54 -0.1 -0.5 2.1 0.2 1.54 1.3 33 14 19
7 Seasons 33.5 3.3 1755 0.3 47.9 -47.6 1.56 2.5 -2.3 37.2 3.7 1.56 36.7 182 94 128

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
2005 21 PIT NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 8 .214 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 1.022 24 23 37 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 1.629 37 15 22 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 1.668 23 10 15 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 1.588 26 15 14 39 9 9 4 53 2 9 2 9 2.9 16
2010 26 TOT MLB 74 74 66 5 3 48 42 6 88% 48 0 16 4 25% 2.085 39 17 17 52 9 13 10 64 6 10 6 24 3.0 14
2010 26 WSN NL 47 47 43 3 3 30 26 4 87% 30 0 11 3 27% 9 2.165 22 15 10 31 7 9 6 41 4 8 4 14 2.9 15
2010 26 MIN AL 27 27 23 2 0 18 16 2 89% 18 0 5 1 20% 9 1.935 17 2 7 21 2 4 4 23 2 2 2 10 3.0 14
2011 27 MIN AL 69 69 35 4 7 24 15 9 63% 31 7 34 9 26% 9 1.539 33 14 19 37 9 23 18 51 9 19 11 19 2.9 13
7 Seasons 414 414 252 28 29 161 124 37 77% 198 36 137 46 34% 1.564 182 94 128 247 61 106 85 329 51 83 59 117 3.0 14

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%
2005 21 PIT NL 16 75% 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 68% 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 58% 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 51% 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 49% 4.0% 18.3% 6.8% 10.0% 34% 0.75 1.05 69% 16% 11.0% 13% 53 7 13%
2010 26 TOT MLB 305 52% 2.0% 19.3% 5.6% 6.9% 28% 0.97 1.55 71% 19% 6.1% 12% 62 7 11%
2010 26 WSN NL 199 54% 2.5% 19.1% 4.5% 8.0% 31% 0.91 1.41 72% 20% 7.5% 13% 40 2 5%
2010 26 MIN AL 106 49% 0.9% 19.8% 7.6% 4.7% 21% 1.11 1.81 71% 18% 3.1% 9% 22 5 23%
2011 27 MIN AL 274 53% 3.7% 12.4% 4.7% 6.9% 29% 0.74 0.94 77% 13% 9.1% 13% 57 6 11%
7 Seasons 1701 56% 2.8% 17.7% 4.7% 7.7% 32% 0.67 0.89 73% 19% 7.2% 12% 333 37 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 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
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
2010 26 TOT MLB 305 1059 3.47 744 70% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 4% 51% 80% 68% 3% 9 2 32% 97 55 3 34% 17 4 0 0 0
2010 26 WSN NL 199 684 3.44 475 69% 27% 15% 26% 32% 73% 4% 51% 79% 67% 3% 6 1 31% 61 34 2 32% 12 3 0 0 0
2010 26 MIN AL 106 375 3.54 269 72% 29% 13% 30% 29% 71% 4% 51% 82% 69% 3% 3 1 34% 36 21 1 38% 5 1 0 0 0
2011 27 MIN AL 274 923 3.37 625 68% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 1% 51% 85% 63% 3% 7 3 23% 63 33 1 35% 3 3 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1701 5967 3.51 4134 69% 25% 14% 29% 32% 75% 5% 52% 82% 67% 3% 51 19 31% 525 313 20 27% 57 11 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 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
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
2010 26 TOT MLB 305 75 10 1 6 0 13 4 2 4 2 17 5 5 29% 7 1 0 120 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 26 WSN NL 199 51 6 0 5 0 11 3 2 3 2 12 3 4 25% 5 0 0 75 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 26 MIN AL 106 24 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 1 40% 2 1 0 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 27 MIN AL 274 66 6 1 10 1 4 4 6 5 5 13 8 1 62% 1 1 0 111 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Seasons 1701 411 46 4 48 2 50 24 24 20 28 96 46 16 48% 17 7 4 655 21 6 78% 21 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 29 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2005 21 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 16 102 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 6.8 102
2006 22 9 1 .900 3.83 89 0 15 0 0 1 84.2 86 39 36 12 12 5 59 4 0 4 345 117 1.157 9.1 1.3 1.3 6.3 4.92 117
2007 23 13 8 .619 3.08 165 0 62 0 0 19 163.2 150 61 56 17 28 15 123 7 0 5 660 144 1.088 8.2 0.9 1.5 6.8 4.39 144
2008 24 15 11 .577 3.06 214 0 101 0 0 40 217.1 197 81 74 22 33 15 162 9 0 5 871 143 1.058 8.2 0.9 1.4 6.7 4.91 143
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 120 1.178 8.9 1.1 1.7 6.9 4.16 120
2010 26 24 22 .522 3.37 345 0 217 0 0 109 344.2 345 144 129 38 67 22 267 12 0 6 1427 127 1.195 9.0 1.0 1.7 7.0 3.99 127
2011 27 28 29 .491 3.51 414 0 252 0 0 124 410.1 411 175 160 48 80 23 301 16 0 7 1701 121 1.197 9.0 1.1 1.8 6.6 3.76 121

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
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
2010 26 5 2 .714 2.70 70.0 77 23 21 6 17 57 0 1.343 9.9 2.2 7.3 3.35 0.8 74
2011 27 2 4 .333 4.94 62.0 70 38 34 11 14 32 4 1.355 10.2 2.0 4.6 2.29 1.6 69
7 Seasons 22 17 .564 3.65 397.0 410 179 161 49 81 292 16 1.237 9.3 6.6 3.60 1.1 414

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2006 NL  85 (2nd)
2011 AL  69 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
2009 NL  27 (10th)
2010 NL  26 (9th)
Active  124 (18th)
Career  124 (99th)

Games Finished s c a p y
Active  252 (17th)
Career  252 (164th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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