Matt DeSalvo
Matthew Thomas DeSalvo
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 11, 1980 in New Castle, PA
High School: Union (Rimersburg, PA)
School: Marietta College
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 2007
Final Game: August 22, 2008
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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
2007 26 NYY AL 1 3 .250 6.18 7 6 0 0 0 0 27.2 34 20 19 2 18 0 10 3 0 2 135 73 1.880 11.1 0.7 5.9 3.3 0.56
2008 27 ATL NL 0 0 31.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 11 7 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 13 6.500 49.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 Seasons 1 3 .250 7.89 9 6 0 0 0 0 29.2 45 27 26 2 20 0 12 3 0 2 153 57 2.191 13.7 0.6 6.1 3.6 0.60
162 Game Avg. 5 14 .250 7.89 41 27 0 0 0 0 135 204 122 118 9 91 0 54 14 0 9 694 57 2.191 13.7 0.6 6.1 3.6 0.60
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 31.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 11 7 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 13 6.500 49.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
NYY (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.18 7 6 0 0 0 0 27.2 34 20 19 2 18 0 10 3 0 2 135 73 1.880 11.1 0.7 5.9 3.3 0.56

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
2007 26 NYY AL 7 134 112 20 34 11 1 2 4 0 18 10 .304 .414 .473 .887 .320 53 4 3 1 0 0
2008 27 ATL NL 2 18 16 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .688 .722 .688 1.410 .786 11 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 9 152 128 27 45 11 1 2 4 0 20 12 .352 .450 .500 .950 .377 64 5 3 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 41 689 580 122 204 50 5 9 18 0 91 54 .352 .450 .500 .950 .377 290 23 14 5 0 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 26 NYY AL 7 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 2 33% 43 64 30 13 2 1 3 5.6 5.5 4.6 80 2 4 0 0 96
1 Season 7 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 2 33% 43 64 30 13 2 1 3 5.6 5.5 4.6 80 2 4 0 0 96
MLB Averages

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
2007 26 NYY AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.942 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 21
2008 27 ATL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.074 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 38
2 Seasons 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.840 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2.0 32

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%
2007 26 NYY AL 135 36% 1.5% 7.5% 13.4% 10.5% 41% 0.57 0.62 75% 20% 3.6% 15% 31 4 13%
2008 27 ATL NL 18 61% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 0.27 1.00 78% 43% 0.0% 9% 13 1 8%
2 Seasons 153 39% 1.3% 7.9% 13.2% 9.2% 31% 0.53 0.64 75% 23% 3.1% 14% 44 5 11%
MLB Averages

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
2007 26 NYY AL 135 499 3.70 291 58% 27% 9% 28% 36% 73% 0% 42% 88% 53% 7% 9 5 12% 16 9 1 20% 2 4 0 0 0
2008 27 ATL NL 18 75 4.17 49 65% 18% 14% 39% 29% 82% 0% 53% 83% 67% 11% 2 0 22% 4 3 0 50% 1 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 153 574 3.75 340 59% 26% 10% 30% 35% 74% 0% 44% 87% 55% 7% 11 5 13% 20 12 1 25% 3 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
2007 26 NYY AL 135 34 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 6 4 0 67% 1 2 1 63 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 27 ATL NL 18 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 153 45 3 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 9 6 0 67% 1 2 1 75 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MLB Averages

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+
2007 26 1 3 .250 6.18 7 6 0 0 0 0 27.2 34 20 19 2 18 0 10 3 0 2 135 73 1.880 11.1 0.7 5.9 3.3 0.56 73
2008 27 1 3 .250 7.89 9 6 0 0 0 0 29.2 45 27 26 2 20 0 12 3 0 2 153 57 2.191 13.7 0.6 6.1 3.6 0.60 57

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
2007 26 1 1 .500 6.33 27.0 34 21 19 2 18 10 3 1.926 11.3 6.0 3.3 0.56 0.7 7
2008 27 0 0 31.50 2.0 10 8 7 0 2 2 0 6.000 45.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 2
2 Seasons 1 1 .500 8.07 29.0 44 29 26 2 20 12 3 2.207 13.7 3.7 0.60 0.6 9

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