Matt Karchner

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 245lb (193cm, 111kg)

Born: June 28, 1967 in Berwick, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 8th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA).

High School: Berwick HS (Berwick, PA)

School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA)

Debut: July 18, 1995 (Age 28-020d, 16,719th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 14, 2000 (Age 32-352d)
vs. NYM 1.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Matthew Dean Karchner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

4.21

223

241.1

166

WHIP

1.550

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 4 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	18
CHC	12

Platoon
vs RHB	18
vs LHB	12

Home/Road
Home	18
Away	12

Outs
0	15
2	8
1	7

13 Opps
TEX	6
STL	4
HOU	3
DET	3
MIL	3
SDP	2
CIN	2
ANA/CAL	2
NYM	1
OAK	1
BOS	1
SEA	1
BAL	1

28 Batters
Delino DeShields	2
Will Clark	2
Mickey Tettleton	1
Craig Worthington	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Scott Brosius	1
Tony Gwynn	1
Mitch Meluskey	1
Benny Agbayani	1
Dean Palmer	1
Chili Davis	1
Jeffrey Hammonds	1
Juan González	1
Matt Mieske	1
Alex Ochoa	1
Andy Tomberlin	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Dan Wilson	1
Melvin Nieves	1
Matt Walbeck	1
Mark McGwire	1
Mark Loretta	1
Moisés Alou	1
Mike Cameron	1
Tim Naehring	1
Shawon Dunston	1
Eddie Williams	1
Ken Caminiti	1

10 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	11
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	9
9	8
8	6
78	5
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	6
4	6
5	6
7+	4
2	3
1	3
6	1
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
-2-	3
1--	3
-23	1
1-3	1

40 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	22
1 on	6
2 on	2
Any on	8

Inning
6	2
7	7
8	12
9	7
Extra	2

4-6	2
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	4
-1	6
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	12
Tied	4
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	5
2-1	4
0-0	3
1-0	3
1-1	3
3-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	2
0-2	1
1-2	1
Unk	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	6
3B	5
DH	4
PH	3
1B	3
C	3
RF	3
2B	2
CF	1

OrderPos
7th	6
5th	6
6th	5
3rd	3
1st	3
4th	3
9th	2
2nd	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-08-17	Craig Worthington	TEX	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 10	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	37%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
2	2	2	1	1995-09-16	Dan Wilson	SEA	@	CHW	tied 3-3	t 9	1	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	9	2	37%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1996-04-11	Mickey Tettleton	TEX	@	CHW	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	8,(3-2) ...CBBBFFFX	1	5	DH	23%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	2	2	1996-04-11	Will Clark	TEX	@	CHW	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	3	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1996-05-17	Melvin Nieves	DET		CHW	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	5	9	11%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1996-05-25	Greg Vaughn	MIL	@	CHW	behind 2-9	t 9	1	-23	3,(2-0) B.BX	3	4	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Carr Scores; J. Valentín Scores
7	7	5	2	1996-05-25	Matt Mieske	MIL	@	CHW	behind 5-9	t 9	1	1--	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	6	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. Nilsson Scores
8	8	6	1	1996-06-02 (2)	Eddie Williams	DET	@	CHW	behind 3-13	t 9	2	-2-		2	6	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Nieves Scores
9	9	7	1	1996-06-05	Tim Naehring	BOS		CHW	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	5	5	28%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Naehring Scores
10	10	8	1	1996-06-17	Chili Davis	CAL		CHW	ahead 6-5	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	5	DH	11%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	1996-07-25	Juan González	TEX	@	CHW	behind 1-3	t 8	0	1--	4,(3-0) BBBX	2	4	DH	28%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Greer Scores; J. González Scores
12	12	10	1	1996-07-31	Scott Brosius	OAK		CHW	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	3	5	28%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1997-05-23	Mark Loretta	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	4	13%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Burnitz Scores
14	14	2	1	1997-07-19	Jeffrey Hammonds	BAL		CHW	ahead 5-3	b 8	1	---	8,(3-2) BFBSBFFX	1	6	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1997-07-24	Dean Palmer	TEX	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .BSX	1	7	5	24%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
16	16	4	1	1997-07-27	Will Clark	TEX	@	CHW	ahead 4-3	t 8	0	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	5	DH	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1998-05-04	Matt Walbeck	ANA		CHW	behind 4-6	b 9	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	2	12%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	2	1	1998-05-28	Andy Tomberlin	DET		CHW	behind 4-7	b 9	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	1	PH	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Manto Scores; F. Catalanotto Scores
19	19	3	1	1998-08-19	Delino DeShields	STL	@	CHC	behind 3-6	t 7	2	-2-	5,(2-2) FS.BBX	2	8	PH	15%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Marrero Scores/unER
20	20	4	2	1998-08-19	Mark McGwire	STL	@	CHC	behind 5-6	t 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	3	3	25%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
21	21	5	1	1998-08-24	Moisés Alou	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	-2-	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	5	7	13%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Bagwell Scores/unER
22	22	6	1	1998-09-07	Delino DeShields	STL		CHC	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) CPBBFX	1	1	4	10%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	7	1	1998-09-14	Ken Caminiti	SDP		CHC	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	5	27%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	8	1	1998-09-17	Tony Gwynn	SDP		CHC	behind 2-3	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	9	31%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1999-04-12	Mike Cameron	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	8	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
26	26	2	1	1999-04-20	Richard Hidalgo	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 5-4	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	7	14%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	3	2	1999-04-20	Mitch Meluskey	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 6-4	t 7	2	---	7,(3-2) CFBBBFX	1	7	2	9%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2000-04-03	Shawon Dunston	STL		CHC	ahead 5-1	b 6	0	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	9	PH	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
29	29	2	1	2000-04-07	Alex Ochoa	CIN		CHC	behind 4-10	b 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
30	30	3	1	2000-06-14	Benny Agbayani	NYM	@	CHC	ahead 8-4	t 7	0	---	7,(3-2) BCBCFBX	1	7	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)