Mike Matheny

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: September 22, 1970 in Columbus, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 31st round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Reynoldsburg HS (Reynoldsburg, OH) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: Reynoldsburg HS (Reynoldsburg, OH)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: April 7, 1994 (Age 23-197d, 16,470th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 31, 2006 (Age 35-251d)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: Michael Scott Matheny

Pronunciation: \muh-THEE-nee\

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4x Gold Glove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

3877

925

.239

353

RBI

443

OBP

.293

SLG

.344

OPS

.637

OPS+

Summary of 67 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 26 go ahead

4 Tms
STL	29
MIL	19
SFG	16
TOR	3

Platoon
vs RHP	44
vs LHP	23

Home/Road
Home	36
Away	31

Outs
1	23
0	22
2	22

24 Opps
ARI	7
LAD	6
MIL	6
COL	5
CIN	4
SEA	4
PIT	4
OAK	3
TEX	3
SDP	3
NYM	3
MON	3
MIN	2
KCR	2
CLE	2
HOU	2
SFG	1
CHC	1
ANA	1
DET	1
ATL	1
BOS	1
FLA	1
CHW	1

64 Pitchers
Jeff Weaver	2
Randy Johnson	2
Ken Hill	2
Russ Springer	1
Carlos Reyes	1
Jason Grimsley	1
Yhency Brazobán	1
Brandon Webb	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1
Lance Cormier	1
Chuck McElroy	1
Russ Ortiz	1
Horacio Ramírez	1
Jesús Sánchez	1
Doug Davis	1
Jeff Francis	1
Ben Sheets	1
Nick Neugebauer	1
Carl Pavano	1
Bob Wells	1
Mark Corey	1
Steve Trachsel	1
Edwin Hurtado	1
Mac Suzuki	1
Glendon Rusch	1
Dan Miceli	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Javier Vázquez	1
Terry Clark	1
Luis Ayala	1
A.J. Sager	1
Sterling Hitchcock	1
Jimmy Haynes	1
Chuck Finley	1
Brad Halsey	1
Dan Haren	1
Tim Wakefield	1
Willie Adams	1
Mark Brandenburg	1
Jeff Wallace	1
Orel Hershiser	1
Darrell May	1
Mike Trombley	1
Brian Anderson	1
Matt Belisle	1
Cliff Lee	1
Rich Rodriguez	1
Jim Deshaies	1
Matt Skrmetta	1
José Capellán	1
Wayne Franklin	1
José Lima	1
Mark Redman	1
Dennys Reyes	1
Jeff Fassero	1
Wade Miller	1
Shawn Chacón	1
Rob Bell	1
Darryl Kile	1
Aaron Harang	1
Jim Parque	1
Tom Glavine	1
LaTroy Hawkins	1
Franquelis Osoria	1

20 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	15
County Stad (MIL)	13
Oracle Park (SFO)	8
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	51
78	13
8	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	21
5	12
3	11
1	11
7+	5
6	3
4	3
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	11
12-	5
123	3
-23	3
--3	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

107 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	42
1 on	13
2 on	9
3 on	3
Any on	25

Inning
2	10
3	13
4	8
5	5
6	10
7	9
8	7
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	23
4-6	23
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	2
+2	7
+1	4
Tied	20
-1	8
-2	3
-3	5
-4..	6

Ahead	25
Tied	20
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	12
0-0	11
2-2	11
1-1	10
1-0	9
1-2	8
3-2	2
3-1	2
Unk	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	67

OrderPos
8th	41
9th	13
7th	10
6th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	19
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1994-07-21	MIL		MIN	Jim Deshaies	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---	6,(1-2) CBTFFX	1	7	2	0.099	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1996-04-05	MIL	@	SEA	Bob Wells	ahead 9-3	t 8	2	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	9	2	0.007	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1996-04-14	MIL		KCR	Terry Clark	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	8,(2-2) FFBBFFFX	1	7	2	0.038	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	3	1	1996-04-26	MIL		SEA	Edwin Hurtado	tied 4-4	b 7	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	9	2	0.177	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
5	5	4	1	1996-06-11	MIL	@	TEX	Mark Brandenburg	ahead 11-4	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	5	1	1996-07-15	MIL		DET	A.J. Sager	behind 3-9	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.025	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	6	1	1996-08-05	MIL	@	OAK	Willie Adams	tied 0-0	t 2	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	9	2	0.214	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores; M. Mieske Scores; M. Newfield Scores
8	8	7	1	1996-09-03	MIL		CLE	Orel Hershiser	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.119	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Matheny Scores
9	9	8	1	1996-09-07	MIL		TEX	Ken Hill	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	6,(3-2) FCBBBX	1	9	2	0.105	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Matheny Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1997-04-07	MIL		TEX	Ken Hill	behind 0-1	b 2	1	123	5,(2-2) CBFBX	4	9	2	0.244	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Burnitz Scores; J. Valentín Scores; G. Williams Scores
11	11	2	1	1997-05-26	MIL	@	BOS	Tim Wakefield	tied 0-0	t 5	1	--3		2	9	2	0.160	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores
12	12	3	1	1997-07-06	MIL		MIN	LaTroy Hawkins	ahead 5-1	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	9	2	0.036	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Matheny Scores
13	13	4	1	1997-08-12	MIL	@	SEA	Jeff Fassero	tied 0-0	t 2	2	12-	5,(1-2) SBSFX	3	9	2	0.253	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Banks Scores; G. Williams Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1998-04-09	MIL		MON	Javier Vázquez	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	8	2	0.113	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	1998-04-26	MIL	@	SFG	Rich Rodriguez	ahead 6-5	t 8	0	---	7,(2-2) SSFBFBX	1	9	2	0.117	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	3	1	1998-05-04	MIL		SDP	Sterling Hitchcock	behind 0-12	b 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores
17	17	4	1	1998-05-31	MIL		FLA	Jesús Sánchez	behind 1-2	b 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	2	0.174	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Newfield Scores/unER
18	18	5	1	1998-08-02	MIL		ARI	Brian Anderson	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	8	2	0.061	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	6	1	1998-08-25	MIL	@	COL	Darryl Kile	behind 0-1	t 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	2	0.292	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Cirillo Scores; G. Jenkins Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1999-04-20	TOR		ANA	Chuck Finley	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	8	2	0.108	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	2	1	1999-05-02	TOR	@	SEA	Mac Suzuki	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	5,(1-2) BFSFX	1	8	2	0.104	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	3	1	1999-07-23	TOR	@	CHW	Jim Parque	tied 0-0	t 5	1	1--	5,(2-2) BFBF11X	2	9	2	0.211	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Bush Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2000-04-06	STL		CHC	Kyle Farnsworth	ahead 7-2	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	2	0.030	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	2000-05-20	STL	@	PIT	Jeff Wallace	ahead 11-1	t 8	2	-23	4,(1-2) FBFX	3	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Edmonds Scores/unER; C. Paquette Scores/unER; M. Matheny Scores/unER
25	25	3	1	2000-06-12	STL	@	SDP	Carlos Reyes	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	2	0.068	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); L. Sutton Scores
26	26	4	1	2000-07-25	STL		ARI	Randy Johnson	behind 1-3	b 6	1	1--	5,(1-2) BFCFX	2	8	2	0.263	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Paquette Scores
27	27	5	1	2000-09-09	STL	@	MIL	Jimmy Haynes	tied 4-4	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	2	0.154	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	6	1	2000-09-12	STL	@	PIT	Matt Skrmetta	ahead 5-0	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.023	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2001-04-05	STL	@	COL	Pedro Astacio	behind 0-6	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.038	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
30	30	2	1	2001-04-08	STL	@	ARI	Randy Johnson	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.096	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	3	1	2001-06-03	STL		CIN	Rob Bell	behind 0-3	b 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.179	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); É. Rentería Scores
32	32	4	1	2001-08-11	STL	@	NYM	Glendon Rusch	tied 2-2	t 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	2	0.235	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); É. Rentería Scores/unER; M. Matheny Scores/unER
33	33	5	1	2001-08-14	STL		CIN	Dennys Reyes	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	7	2	0.148	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Paquette Scores; É. Rentería Scores
34	34	6	1	2001-08-30	STL		SDP	Chuck McElroy	ahead 12-2	b 8	2	---	5,(2-2) CBCBX	1	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	2001-09-09	STL		LAD	Mike Trombley	ahead 7-1	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2002-04-11	STL		MIL	Nick Neugebauer	tied 1-1	b 3	1	-23	8,(2-2) FFFFBBFX	3	7	2	0.183	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Pujols Scores; J. Edmonds Scores
37	37	2	1	2002-04-25	STL	@	NYM	Steve Trachsel	behind 0-1	t 3	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	2	0.193	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); É. Rentería Scores
38	38	3	1	2002-04-26	STL	@	MON	Carl Pavano	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.161	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2003-04-08	STL	@	COL	Dan Miceli	tied 12-12	t 13	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	8	2	0.377	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Rolen Scores; E. Pérez Scores
40	40	2	1	2003-05-02	STL		MON	Luis Ayala	ahead 7-1	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) ...CBFBX	1	8	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	3	1	2003-06-16	STL	@	MIL	Wayne Franklin	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	7,(2-2) CBSBFFX	1	8	2	0.090	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	4	1	2003-06-21	STL		KCR	Darrell May	ahead 3-1	b 6	1	---	10,(2-2) SBSFFFFBFX	1	7	2	0.071	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	5	1	2003-08-10	STL		ATL	Horacio Ramírez	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	0.112	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	6	1	2003-09-07	STL		CIN	Matt Belisle	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	8	2	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	7	1	2003-09-12	STL	@	HOU	Wade Miller	behind 0-11	t 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	8	1	2003-09-23	STL	@	MIL	Ben Sheets	tied 1-1	t 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) 1C1X	2	8	2	0.197	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); É. Rentería Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2004-04-06	STL		MIL	Doug Davis	behind 0-1	b 2	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.198	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); É. Rentería Scores
48	48	2	1	2004-05-18	STL	@	NYM	Tom Glavine	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	2	0.084	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	3	1	2004-08-21	STL		PIT	Mark Corey	ahead 8-5	b 6	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	8	2	0.043	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
50	50	4	1	2004-09-03	STL		LAD	José Lima	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.059	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	5	1	2004-09-17	STL		ARI	Brandon Webb	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	2	0.114	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	2005-04-06	SFG		LAD	Yhency Brazobán	behind 1-10	b 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Snow Scores
53	53	2	1	2005-04-29	SFG	@	PIT	Mark Redman	tied 2-2	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.178	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	3	1	2005-05-02	SFG	@	ARI	Russ Ortiz	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	123	4,(1-2) F*BCX	4	8	2	0.194	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Alou Scores; M. Tucker Scores; R. Durham Scores
55	55	4	1	2005-05-18	SFG	@	COL	Shawn Chacón	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	2	0.096	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	5	1	2005-05-24	SFG		LAD	Jeff Weaver	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	1-3	2,(0-1) LX	3	8	2	0.157	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Durham Scores; E. Alfonzo Scores
57	57	6	1	2005-06-12	SFG		CLE	Cliff Lee	behind 2-5	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.081	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	7	1	2005-06-20	SFG		ARI	Lance Cormier	ahead 7-2	b 7	2	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	8	2	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
59	59	8	1	2005-06-25	SFG	@	OAK	Dan Haren	behind 0-3	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.079	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
60	60	9	1	2005-07-07	SFG		CIN	Aaron Harang	behind 0-1	b 5	1	12-	6,(3-2) BBBFF>X	3	8	2	0.326	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Tucker Scores/unER; P. Feliz Scores
61	61	10	1	2005-08-06	SFG		HOU	Russ Springer	ahead 4-0	b 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
62	62	11	1	2005-08-31	SFG		COL	Jeff Francis	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	2	0.111	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	12	1	2005-09-07	SFG	@	LAD	Jeff Weaver	behind 2-5	t 7	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	2	0.310	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Feliz Scores; T. Linden Scores
64	64	13	1	2005-09-18	SFG		LAD	Franquelis Osoria	tied 3-3	b 6	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	2	0.186	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	2006-04-18	SFG	@	ARI	Jason Grimsley	behind 3-7	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	6	2	0.021	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
66	66	2	1	2006-05-04	SFG	@	MIL	José Capellán	behind 2-5	t 7	0	1--	5,(2-2) ..FFB1BX	2	3	2	0.159	32%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Finley Scores
67	67	3	1	2006-05-20	SFG	@	OAK	Brad Halsey	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.187	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)