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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 7, 2012, 7:58PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 16 102 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

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Batting

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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
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 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 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
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 11
2011 27 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 346 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 3 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 (2 yrs) 28 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 (2 yrs) 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 22 PIT NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $327,000 1
2007 23 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $401,000 1
2008 24 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $435,500 1
2010 26 WSN NL 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $3,500,000 11 AS
2010 26 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ 11 AS
2011 27 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,150,000 1
5 Seasons 6 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $11,813,500
PIT (3 yrs) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,163,500
MIN (2 yrs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,150,000
WSN (1 yr) 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $3,500,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 PIT NL 21 P 4 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 0.50 .960 1.80 1.72
2006 PIT NL 22 P 85 80.2 16 4 10 2 0 .875 1 2 1.56 0.16 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 PIT NL 23 P 76 79.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 -2 -5 1.03 0.12 .964 1.67 1.67
2008 PIT NL 24 P 49 53.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 0.84 0.10 .960 1.73 1.72
2009 PIT NL 25 P 57 54.1 10 4 5 1 1 .900 -1 -4 1.49 0.16 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 TOT MLB 26 P 74 73.0 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 -1 -2 1.36 0.15 .953 1.69 1.68 AS
2010 WSN NL 26 P 47 46.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 1.17 0.13 .953 1.72 1.72
2010 MIN AL 26 P 27 27.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.67 0.19 .952 1.63 1.61
2011 MIN AL 27 P 69 0 0 65.2 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 2 6 2.06 0.22 .949 1.60 1.59 2 0 0% 0
7 Seasons P 414 0 0 410.1 68 17 48 3 2 .956 -2 0 1.43 0.16 .956 1.69 1.68 2 0 0% 0
7 Seasons TOT 414 0 0 410.1 68 17 48 3 2 .956 -2 -5 1.43 0.16 .956 1.69 1.68 2 0 0% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

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)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2006 NL  85 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Heath Bell (952)
  2. Rawly Eastwick (948)
  3. Billy Koch (946)
  4. Huston Street (943)
  5. Mike Schooler (943)
  6. Luis Ayala (941)
  7. J.J. Putz (940)
  8. Bobby Jenks (939)
  9. Wayne Granger (939)
  10. Jonathan Broxton (938)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
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  1. Danny Graves (958)
  2. Ugueth Urbina (957)
  3. Mark Wohlers (952)
  4. Danys Baez (951)
  5. Billy Koch (947)
  6. Robb Nen (943)
  7. Huston Street (943)
  8. Elias Sosa (942)
  9. Bill Caudill (938)
  10. Jonathan Broxton (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Drew Storen (976)  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
  4. Ugueth Urbina (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Danny Graves (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200622Pittsburgh Pirates$327,000
200723Pittsburgh Pirates$401,000
200824Pittsburgh Pirates$435,500
200925Pittsburgh Pirates$2,425,000
201026Washington Nationals$3,500,000
201127Minnesota Twins$7,150,000
201228Minnesota Twins$4,500,000
201329Minnesota Twins*$6,000,000$6M Team Option, $250k Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,238,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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