Matt Chico

Matthew Bryan Chico

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 10, 1983 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Fallbrook (Fallbrook, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2007
Team: Nationals 2007-2010
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.100, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
2003	20	ARI-min	A-	7	4	.636	3.53	17	13	0	0	0	0	71.1	75	28	28	4	25	1	71	5	1	9	309		1.402	9.5	0.5	3.2	9.0	2.84	YAK · NORW
2004	21	ARI-min	A,AA	11	12	.478	3.90	28	26	0	2	1	0	150.0	141	79	65	16	63	1	148	5	1	12	644		1.360	8.5	1.0	3.8	8.9	2.35	SBN,ELP · MIDW,TL
2005	22	ARI-min	A+,AA	8	9	.471	4.48	28	28	0	0	0	0	162.2	176	94	81	21	54	1	137	5	3	6	708		1.414	9.7	1.2	3.0	7.6	2.54	LNR,KNX · CALL,SOUL
2006	23	ARI-WSN-min	A+,AA	12	6	.667	2.88	27	27	0	0	0	0	153.1	138	56	49	14	40	0	125	3	2	15	632		1.161	8.1	0.8	2.3	7.3	3.13	KNX,LNR,HRB · SOUL,CALL,EL
2007	24	WSN-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	7	0	0	0	44		1.273	7.4	0.8	4.1	5.7	1.40	CLB · IL
2007	24	WSN	NL	7	9	.438	4.63	31	31	0	0	0	0	167.0	183	96	86	26	74	3	94	5	0	7	747	91	1.539	9.9	1.4	4.0	5.1	1.27
2008	25	WSN-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	20		2.250	15.8	0.0	4.5	2.2	0.50	CLB · IL
2008	25	WSN	NL	0	6	.000	6.19	11	8	0	0	0	0	48.0	63	34	33	10	17	1	31	1	0	1	219	70	1.667	11.8	1.9	3.2	5.8	1.82

2010	27	WSN-min	AAA,AA	7	9	.438	3.62	26	26	0	0	0	0	141.2	146	67	57	14	41	1	86	0	1	10	600		1.320	9.3	0.9	2.6	5.5	2.10	SYR,HRB · IL,EL
2010	27	WSN	NL	0	0		3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	22	120	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	5.4
2011	28	WSN-min	Rk,AA,AAA	3	4	.429	5.87	27	2	9	0	0	1	46.0	60	37	30	3	14	1	38	2	0	13	211		1.609	11.7	0.6	2.7	7.4	2.71	NAT,HRB,SYR · GULF,EL,IL
3 Seasons				7	15	.318	4.95	43	40	0	0	0	0	220.0	252	132	121	36	91	4	128	7	0	9	988	86	1.559	10.3	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.41
162 Game Avg.				6	12	.318	4.95	35	33	0	0	0	0	180	206	108	99	29	75	3	105	6	0	7	809	86	1.559	10.3	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.41

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
2007	24	WSN	NL	167.0	31	96	100	0	1.0	4	0.4	$380,000
2008	25	WSN	NL	48.0	8	34	32	-1	.8	-2	-0.2	$409,000

2010	27	WSN	NL	5.0	1	2	3	0	1.1	1	0.1	$
3 Seasons				220.0	40	132	135	-1	1.0	3	0.3	$789,000

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
2003	20	ARI-min	A-	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	YAK · NORW
2004	21	ARI-min	AA,A	29	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0	ELP,SBN · TL,MIDW
2005	22	ARI-min	AA,A+	28	16	15	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.200	.333		3	0	0	1	0	0	KNX,LNR · SOUL,CALL
2006	23	WSN-ARI-min	AA,A+	28	30	22	3	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	1	.227	.261	.364	.625		8	2	0	7	0	0	KNX,HRB,LNR · SOUL,EL,CALL
2007	24	WSN-min	AAA	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
2007	24	WSN	NL	31	57	48	1	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	8	0	0	9	0	0	1
2008	25	WSN-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
2008	25	WSN	NL	11	15	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	2	0	0	1

2010	27	WSN-min	AAA,AA	27	21	18	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.222	.263	.222	.485		4	0	0	2	0	0	SYR,HRB · IL,EL
2010	27	WSN	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
2011	28	WSN-min	AA,AAA,Rk	29	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667		1	0	0	0	0	0	HRB,SYR,NAT · EL,IL,GULF
3 Seasons				43	74	63	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	.159	.159	.159	.317	-15	10	1	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	279	237	11	38	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	57	.159	.159	.159	.317	-15	38	4	0	41	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
2007	24	WSN	NL	57	-8	0	-1	1	0	6	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$380,000	1
2008	25	WSN	NL	15	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$409,000	1

2010	27	WSN	NL	2	-1	0	-0	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				74	-11	0	-1	1	0	7	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$789,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2007	WSN	NL	24	P	31	167.0	20	2	18	1	1.000	0	0	1.08	0.65	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	WSN	NL	25	P	11	48.0	9	0	9	0	1.000	2	8	1.69	0.82	.959	1.72	1.72
2010	WSN	NL	27	P	1	5.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.70
	3 Seasons			P	43	220.0	29	2	27	1	1.000	2	1	1.19	0.67	.963	1.69	1.68
	3 Seasons			TOT	43	220.0	29	2	27	1	1.000	2	10	1.19	0.67	.963	1.69	1.68

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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.
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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.
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Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2003.
August 7, 2006: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Garrett Mock to the Washington Nationals for Livan Hernandez and cash.
July 21, 2011: Released by the Washington Nationals.
December 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2007	24	Washington Nationals	$380,000
2008	25	Washington Nationals	$409,000
2009	26	Washington Nationals	$431,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,220,000

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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