Matt DeSalvo

Matthew Thomas DeSalvo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 11, 1980 in New Castle, PA
High School: Union HS (New Castle, PA)
School: Marietta College (Marietta, OH)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 2007
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Braves 2007-2008

Final Game: August 22, 2008
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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
2003	22	NYY-min	A-,A	5	3	.625	1.52	13	13	0	1	0	0	71.0	57	23	12	2	24	2	73	4	2	2	287		1.141	7.2	0.3	3.0	9.3	3.04	STI,BTC · NYPL,MIDW
2004	23	NYY-min	A+,AA	8	5	.615	2.81	18	18	0	0	0	0	102.2	75	40	32	4	40	1	104	4	0	11	426		1.120	6.6	0.4	3.5	9.1	2.60	TAM,TRE · FLOR,EL
2005	24	NYY-min	AA	9	5	.643	3.02	25	24	1	0	0	0	149.0	106	55	50	8	67	1	151	9	0	11	609		1.161	6.4	0.5	4.0	9.1	2.25	TRE · EL
2006	25	NYY-min	AA,AAA	6	10	.375	6.40	27	24	1	0	0	0	116.2	127	99	83	11	93	3	82	7	1	8	561		1.886	9.8	0.8	7.2	6.3	0.88	TRE,CLB · EL,IL
2007	26	NYY-min	AAA	9	5	.643	2.70	20	20	0	0	0	0	113.1	92	39	34	4	56	2	102	6	0	4	483		1.306	7.3	0.3	4.4	8.1	1.82	SWB · IL
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	74	1.880	11.1	0.7	5.9	3.3	0.56
2008	27	ATL-min	AAA	2	11	.154	4.87	34	8	5	0	0	0	92.1	98	58	50	7	55	2	91	6	2	13	419		1.657	9.6	0.7	5.4	8.9	1.65	RMD · IL
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	16	6.500	49.5	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2009	28	TBD-FLA-min	AAA	1	6	.143	5.59	22	13	8	0	0	4	74.0	72	50	46	6	46	1	47	2	0	7	336		1.595	8.8	0.7	5.6	5.7	1.02	DHM,NOR · IL,PCL
2010	29	FLA-min	AAA	0	2	.000	10.38	4	3	0	0	0	0	13.0	16	17	15	1	14	0	14	0	0	2	70		2.308	11.1	0.7	9.7	9.7	1.00	NOR · PCL
2 Yrs				1	3	.250	7.89	9	6	0	0	0	0	29.2	45	27	26	2	20	0	12	3	0	2	153	58	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	58	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	16	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	74	1.880	11.1	0.7	5.9	3.3	0.56

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2007	26	NYY	AL	27.2	7	6	20	6.51	4.97	-0.11	0.19	100.2	5.29	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.446	.498	$
2008	27	ATL	NL	2.0	2	0	7	31.50	4.37	0.42	-0.32	95.2	3.46	-6	-0.5	.1	0.2	-0.2	-6	.259	.497	$
2 Seasons				29.2	9	6	27	8.19	4.93	-0.07	0.16	99.9	5.16	-10	-0.9	.4	0.2	-0.3	-6	.405	.497	$

ATL (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	7	31.50	4.37	0.42	-0.32	95.2	3.46	-6	-0.5	.1	0.2	-0.2	-6	.259	.497	$
NYY (1 yr)				27.2	7	6	20	6.51	4.97	-0.11	0.19	100.2	5.29	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.446	.498	$

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
2007	26	NYY	AL	7	135	112	20	34	11	1	2	4	0	18	10	.304	.414	.473	.887	.320	53	4	3	1	0	0	1
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	0
2 Yrs				9	153	128	27	45	11	1	2	4	0	20	12	.352	.450	.500	.950	.377	64	5	3	1	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				41	694	580	122	204	50	5	9	18	0	91	54	.352	.450	.500	.950	.377	290	23	14	5	0	0	5
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.419	.754	.302

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
2007	26	NYY	AL	-4.7	-0.4	142	-0.4	2.1	-2.5	.94	-0.7	0.3	-7.3	-0.7	0.94	-7.5	1	0
2008	27	ATL	NL	-5.7	-0.5	18	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.4	-0.2	-6.0	-0.5	0.06	-4.2	0	2
2 Yrs				-10.4	-0.9	160	-0.4	2.1	-2.5	.84	-1.1	0.6	-13.3	-1.2	0.84	-11.8	1	2

Starting Pitching*

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%	42.8	64	30	13	2	1	3	5.6	5.5	4.6	80	2	4	0	0	96
1 Yr				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													.500						48%	48	98	-12					4.8	4.8	5.8	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Empt	<3o	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	26	NYY	AL	7	1	5	.937	1	0	0	1	1	1	0.0	21
2008	27	ATL	NL	2	2	5	.064	0	2	1	1	2	0	3.0	38
2 Yrs				9	3		.834	1	2	1	2	3	1	2.0	32

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%
2007	26	NYY	AL	135	64%	1.5%	7.4%	13.3%	10.4%	41%	0.57	0.62	74%	20%	3.6%	15%	31	4	13%
2008	27	ATL	NL	18	39%	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	0.27	1.00	78%	43%	0.0%	9%	13	1	8%
2 Yrs				153	61%	1.3%	7.8%	13.1%	9.2%	31%	0.53	0.64	75%	23%	3.1%	14%	44	5	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.3%	8.6%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	70%	19%	7.5%	13%			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
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 Yrs				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						3.78		63%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	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
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 Yrs				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																		53%							74%

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+
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	74	1.880	11.1	0.7	5.9	3.3	0.56	74
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	58	2.191	13.7	0.6	6.1	3.6	0.60	58

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	2	.333	6.00	27.0	33	20	18	2	17	10	3	1.852	11.0	5.7	3.3	0.59	0.7	7
2008	27	0	0		31.50	2.0	11	8	7	0	2	2	0	6.500	49.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	2
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	7.76	29.0	44	28	25	2	19	12	3	2.172	13.7		3.7	0.63	0.6	9

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