Matt DeWitt

Matthew Brian DeWitt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 4, 1977 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Valley HS (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 2000
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Padres 2000-2002

Final Game: May 2, 2002
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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
1995	17	STL-min	Rk	2	6	.250	7.04	13	12	0	0	0	0	62.2	84	56	49	10	32	0	45	1	6	5	305		1.851	12.1	1.4	4.6	6.5	1.41	JOH · APPY
1996	18	STL-min	Rk	5	5	.500	5.42	14	14	0	0	0	0	79.2	96	53	48	17	26	0	58	3	0	7	353		1.531	10.8	1.9	2.9	6.6	2.23	JOH · APPY
1997	19	STL-min	A	9	9	.500	4.09	27	27	0	1	0	0	158.1	152	84	72	16	57	2	121	9	1	6	672		1.320	8.6	0.9	3.2	6.9	2.12	PEO · MIDW
1998	20	STL-min	A+	6	9	.400	3.64	24	24	0	1	0	0	148.1	132	65	60	13	18	0	118	7	0	5	588		1.011	8.0	0.8	1.1	7.2	6.56	PRW · CARL
1999	21	STL-min	AA	9	8	.529	4.43	26	26	0	0	0	0	148.1	153	87	73	21	59	0	107	1	1	3	644		1.429	9.3	1.3	3.6	6.5	1.81	ARK · TL
2000	22	TOR-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.87	31	7	23	0	0	15	64.2	78	42	35	6	25	0	41	2	0	0	296		1.593	10.9	0.8	3.5	5.7	1.64	SYR · IL
2000	22	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	8.56	8	0	4	0	0	0	13.2	20	13	13	4	9	0	6	2	0	1	68	61	2.122	13.2	2.6	5.9	4.0	0.67
2001	23	TOR-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.78	53	0	47	0	0	27	58.1	45	20	18	4	17	1	44	1	0	2	239		1.063	6.9	0.6	2.6	6.8	2.59	SYR · IL
2001	23	TOR	AL	0	2	.000	3.79	16	0	9	0	0	0	19.0	22	8	8	2	10	5	13	1	0	2	87	123	1.684	10.4	0.9	4.7	6.2	1.30
2002	24	SDP-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	34		0.778	5.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	3.50	POR · PCL
2002	24	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	1.23	5	0	4	0	0	0	7.1	6	2	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	30	322	1.227	7.4	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.67
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004	26	BAL-min	AAA	2	4	.333	7.88	25	5	4	0	0	1	53.2	70	47	47	12	20	2	25	1	0	0	248		1.677	11.7	2.0	3.4	4.2	1.25	OTT · IL
2005	27	MIL-min	AA	1	3	.250	4.65	26	0	12	0	0	5	31.0	46	25	16	2	11	1	31	0	0	3	150		1.839	13.4	0.6	3.2	9.0	2.82	HVL · SOUL
3 Yrs				1	3	.250	4.95	29	0	17	0	0	0	40.0	48	23	22	7	22	5	24	3	0	3	185	95	1.750	10.8	1.6	5.0	5.4	1.09
162 Game Avg.				2	7	.250	4.95	68	0	40	0	0	0	94	113	54	52	16	52	12	56	7	0	7	434	95	1.750	10.8	1.6	5.0	5.4	1.09

TOR (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.79	24	0	13	0	0	0	32.2	42	21	21	6	19	5	19	3	0	3	155	84	1.867	11.6	1.7	5.2	5.2	1.00
SDP (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.23	5	0	4	0	0	0	7.1	6	2	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	30	322	1.227	7.4	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.67

AL (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.79	24	0	13	0	0	0	32.2	42	21	21	6	19	5	19	3	0	3	155	84	1.867	11.6	1.7	5.2	5.2	1.00
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.23	5	0	4	0	0	0	7.1	6	2	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	30	322	1.227	7.4	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.67

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
2000	22	TOR	AL	13.2	8	0	13	8.56	5.32	0.01	-0.39	100.7	4.96	-6	-0.5	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.439	.497	$
2001	23	TOR	AL	19.0	16	0	8	3.79	4.93	-0.02	-0.37	100.3	4.60	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.3	4	.510	.501	$
2002	24	SDP	NL	7.1	5	0	2	2.45	4.59	-0.42	-0.34	87.9	4.11	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.2	2	.528	.501	$
3 Seasons				40.0	29	0	23	5.18	5.00	-0.09	-0.37	98.2	4.63	-3	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.2	3	.493	.500	$

TOR (2 yrs)				32.2	24	0	21	5.79	5.09	-0.01	-0.38	100.5	4.75	-4	-0.3	.5	0.0	0.0	0	.486	.499	$
SDP (1 yr)				7.1	5	0	2	2.45	4.59	-0.42	-0.34	87.9	4.11	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.2	2	.528	.501	$

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
2000	22	TOR	AL	8	68	57	13	20	5	0	4	0	0	9	6	.351	.456	.649	1.105	.340	37	5	2	0	0	0	1
2001	23	TOR	AL	16	87	75	8	22	7	0	2	2	0	10	13	.293	.384	.467	.850	.333	35	2	1	1	0	5	0
2002	24	SDP	NL	5	30	26	2	6	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	.231	.300	.346	.646	.238	9	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				29	185	158	23	48	12	0	7	3	0	22	24	.304	.397	.513	.909	.320	81	7	3	1	1	5	2
162 Game Avg.				68	434	370	54	113	28	0	16	7	0	52	56	.304	.397	.513	.909	.320	190	16	7	2	2	12	5
MLB Averages																.265	.336	.427	.763	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2000	22	TOR	AL	-4.5	-0.4	69	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.28	-0.7	0.7	-9.1	-0.8	0.28	-9.3	1	0	7
2001	23	TOR	AL	2.2	0.2	91	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	.76	-0.2	-0.1	1.5	0.1	0.76	-0.4	2	2	11
2002	24	SDP	NL	2.0	0.2	31	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.56	-0.1	-0.2	0.8	0.1	0.56	-0.4	1	0	4
3 Yrs				-0.3	0.0	191	-0.4	1.3	-1.7	.56	-1.0	0.3	-6.8	-0.6	0.56	-10.2	4	2	22

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2000	22	TOR	AL	8	8	4	1	0	8	7	88%	8	.284	1	0	7	0	1	7	5	3	4	1	4	1	5.1	31
2001	23	TOR	AL	16	16	9	0	2	11	4	36%	8	.764	2	2	11	1	3	12	8	8	4	6	5	2	3.6	20
2002	24	SDP	NL	5	5	4	0	1	3	2	67%	8	.563	1	0	4	2	0	3	2	3	3	0	3	0	4.4	21
3 Yrs				29	29	17	1	3	22	13	59%		.555	4	2	22	3	4	22	15	14	11	7	12	3	4.1	24

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%
2000	22	TOR	AL	68	56%	5.9%	8.8%	13.2%	13.2%	45%	0.88	1.69	69%	24%	18.2%	12%	23	5	22%
2001	23	TOR	AL	87	55%	2.3%	14.9%	11.5%	10.3%	41%	0.76	1.10	69%	24%	6.5%	9%	9	2	22%
2002	24	SDP	NL	30	57%	3.3%	16.7%	10.0%	3.3%	17%	0.40	0.33	70%	18%	7.1%	7%	6	0	0%
3 Yrs				185	56%	3.8%	13.0%	11.9%	10.3%	40%	0.73	1.07	69%	23%	10.4%	9%	38	7	18%
MLB Averages					47%	2.9%	16.9%	8.9%	8.1%	34%	0.74	1.06	70%	25%	8.5%	14%			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
2000	22	TOR	AL	68	249	3.66	141	57%	23%	19%	21%	36%	77%	0%	43%	75%	46%	10%	7	3	7%	5	2	0	0%	2	4	0	0	0
2001	23	TOR	AL	87	327	3.76	199	61%	28%	11%	30%	32%	72%	13%	44%	85%	54%	10%	9	5	21%	18	9	0	46%	1	0	0	0	0
2002	24	SDP	NL	30	107	3.57	67	63%	28%	13%	25%	33%	72%	0%	45%	81%	63%	7%	2	1	10%	3	0	0	20%	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				185	683	3.69	407	60%	27%	14%	26%	33%	73%	6%	44%	81%	52%	10%	18	9	14%	26	11	0	29%	3	5	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				27%

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
2000	22	TOR	AL	68	20	1	0	4	0	2	2	2	3	1	3	2	0	67%	1	1	0	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2001	23	TOR	AL	87	22	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	6	2	3	33%	0	2	0	35	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2002	24	SDP	NL	30	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	50%	1	0	0	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				185	48	3	0	7	0	4	3	4	4	3	13	6	3	46%	2	3	0	86	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2000	22	1	0	1.000	8.56	8	4	13.2	20	13	13	4	9	0	6	2	1	68	61	2.122	13.2	2.6	5.9	4.0	0.67	61
2001	23	1	2	.333	5.79	24	13	32.2	42	21	21	6	19	5	19	3	3	155	84	1.867	11.6	1.7	5.2	5.2	1.00	84
2002	24	1	3	.250	4.95	29	17	40.0	48	23	22	7	22	5	24	3	3	185	95	1.750	10.8	1.6	5.0	5.4	1.09	95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2000	22	0	1	.000	7.62	13.0	18	12	11	4	8	6	2	2.000	12.5	5.5	4.2	0.75	2.8	8
2001	23	1	1	.500	4.00	18.0	22	9	8	2	10	12	1	1.778	11.0	5.0	6.0	1.20	1.0	16
2002	24	0	0		1.29	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	5	0	1.286	7.7	3.9	6.4	1.67	1.3	5
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	4.74	38.0	46	22	20	7	21	23	3	1.763	10.9		5.4	1.10	1.7	29

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