Matt Capps

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 250lb (188cm, 113kg)

Born: September 3, 1983 in Douglasville, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Alexander HS (Douglasville, GA).

High School: Alexander HS (Douglasville, GA)

Debut: September 16, 2005 (Age 22-013d, 18,793rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 24, 2012 (Age 29-021d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: Rep 1 Baseball • Previously: Arn Tellem

Full Name: Matthew Dicus Capps

Twitter: @MattCapps55

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

ERA

3.52

444

138

439.2

319

WHIP

1.190

Summary of 53 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 5 walk-off, 7 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
PIT	32
MIN	16
WSN	5

Platoon
vs RHB	28
vs LHB	25

Home/Road
Away	29
Home	24

Outs
1	19
0	18
2	16

23 Opps
CIN	8
BAL	4
MIL	4
STL	3
CHC	3
PHI	3
CLE	3
HOU	3
ARI	2
TBR	2
SFG	2
SDP	2
NYY	2
DET	2
KCR	2
COL	1
NYM	1
ATL	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
WSN	1
FLA	1
CHW	1

49 Batters
Carlos Lee	2
Matt Stairs	2
Scott Rolen	2
Brandon Phillips	2
Skip Schumaker	1
Brad Hawpe	1
J.J. Hardy	1
Oscar Salazar	1
Ángel Pagán	1
Garret Anderson	1
David Ross	1
B.J. Upton	1
Jack Hannahan	1
Mark Teahen	1
Jeremy Hermida	1
Derrek Lee	1
Alexei Ramírez	1
Ryan Howard	1
Lastings Milledge	1
Fernando Tatís	1
Johnny Damon	1
Andruw Jones	1
Luke Scott	1
Brian Roberts	1
Rickie Weeks	1
Endy Chávez	1
Kelly Johnson	1
Carlos Santana	1
Jhonny Peralta	1
Morgan Ensberg	1
Lance Berkman	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Martín Maldonado	1
Albert Pujols	1
Marlon Anderson	1
Derek Jeter	1
Shane Victorino	1
Jeff Keppinger	1
Scott Hairston	1
Gerardo Parra	1
Scott Hatteberg	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Moisés Alou	1
Cody Ross	1
Adam Dunn	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Austin Kearns	1
Todd Linden	1
Eric Hosmer	1

18 Parks
PNC Pk (PIT)	11
Target Field (MIN)	10
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	5
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
CitizensBank (PHI)	3
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Nationals Pk (WAS)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1

Where Hit
7	17
9	11
78	10
8	8
89	7

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	18
1	11
4	6
3	6
5	6
6	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
-2-	9
1--	8
12-	4
123	2
--3	2
1-3	2

90 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	26
1 on	19
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	27

Inning
6	1
7	5
8	11
9	33
Extra	3

4-6	1
7-end	52

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	1
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	16
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	10
Tied	9
Behind	34

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	14
0-0	11
1-2	5
2-2	5
1-0	4
2-1	3
1-1	3
3-1	3
3-2	2
2-0	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	10
PH	8
3B	8
1B	5
2B	5
RF	5
CF	4
SS	4
C	2
DH	2

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

Leverage
High Lev	28
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2006-04-03	Carlos Lee	MIL		PIT	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	1--	11,(2-2) CFBFFBFFFFX	2	4	7	10%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); G. Jenkins Scores
2	2	2	1	2006-04-07	David Ross	CIN		PIT	ahead 6-3	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2006-04-16	Aramis Ramírez	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 5-0	t 6	0	--3	3,(2-0) ..B.BX	2	4	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Lee Scores
4	4	4	1	2006-06-11	Moisés Alou	SFG		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	4	7	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2006-06-14	Scott Rolen	STL	@	PIT	behind 5-9	t 9	2	1--	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	3	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); S. Taguchi Scores
6	6	6	1	2006-07-23	Jeremy Hermida	FLA		PIT	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	6,(2-2) ..BCBSFX	1	7	9	22%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	2006-07-30	Todd Linden	SFG	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 8	0	---	5,(1-2) CBCFX	1	7	7	24%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	2006-08-05	Ángel Pagán	CHC		PIT	ahead 6-5	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	9	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	2006-08-10	Morgan Ensberg	HOU		PIT	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) .SX	3	5	5	19%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Biggio Scores; L. Berkman Scores
10	10	10	1	2006-08-19	Brandon Phillips	CIN		PIT	ahead 12-7	b 7	2	--3	4,(1-2) SFB.X	2	8	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Ross Scores/Team unER; B. Phillips Scores/Team unER
11	11	11	1	2006-09-06	Derrek Lee	CHC		PIT	behind 1-2	b 8	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	4	3	40%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); Á. Pagán Scores; J. Pierre Scores; R. Theriot Scores
12	12	12	1	2006-09-19	Marlon Anderson	LAD		PIT	behind 3-10	b 8	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Loney Scores/unER; R. Martin Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2007-05-05	J.J. Hardy	MIL		PIT	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	2	6	15%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Graffanino Scores; R. Weeks Scores
14	14	2	1	2007-05-26	Scott Hatteberg	CIN		PIT	behind 2-7	b 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
15	15	3	1	2007-08-04	Jeff Keppinger	CIN	@	PIT	behind 6-7	t 9	0	---	5,(3-1) .CBBBX	1	9	6	34%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
16	16	4	2	2007-08-04	Adam Dunn	CIN	@	PIT	tied 7-7	t 10	0	1--	4,(1-2) 1BFC1X	2	5	7	34%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Phillips Scores
17	17	5	1	2007-09-19	Scott Hairston	SDP		PIT	behind 2-3	b 9	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	7	7	83%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Clark Scores; K. Kouzmanoff Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2008-05-29	Brandon Phillips	CIN		PIT	behind 1-7	b 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
19	19	2	1	2008-06-10	Lastings Milledge	WSN	@	PIT	behind 5-6	t 9	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	70%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Dukes Scores
20	20	3	1	2008-06-14	Oscar Salazar	BAL		PIT	behind 6-7	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	3	5	43%	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
21	21	4	1	2008-06-15	Brian Roberts	BAL		PIT	behind 2-4	b 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	4	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Salazar Scores/unER; B. Roberts Scores/unER
22	22	5	1	2008-06-30	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN		PIT	behind 2-3	b 9	0	-2-	2,(0-1) .CX	2	9	9	55%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Thompson Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2009-05-04	Rickie Weeks	MIL	@	PIT	tied 4-4	t 9	1	1-3	6,(3-2) 1*BCB1FBX	3	3	4	28%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Counsell Scores; C. Hart Scores
24	24	2	1	2009-05-15	Brad Hawpe	COL	@	PIT	behind 0-1	t 9	0	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	9	48%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); I. Stewart Scores
25	25	3	1	2009-06-10	Garret Anderson	ATL		PIT	behind 1-3	b 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	4	1	2009-06-26	Mark Teahen	KCR	@	PIT	behind 2-5	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	5	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	5	1	2009-07-11	Matt Stairs	PHI		PIT	behind 3-7	b 9	0	---	5,(3-1) ..BCBBX	1	9	PH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	6	2	2009-07-11	Ryan Howard	PHI		PIT	behind 4-7	b 9	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	3	47%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Rollins Scores; C. Utley Scores
29	29	7	1	2009-07-26	Gerardo Parra	ARI		PIT	ahead 7-0	b 8	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Roberts Scores
30	30	8	1	2009-08-09	Skip Schumaker	STL	@	PIT	behind 2-3	t 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) ..1FX	2	2	PH	47%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Ryan Scores
31	31	9	1	2009-09-05	Albert Pujols	STL	@	PIT	tied 1-1	t 10	0	---	5,(1-2) .CBSFX	1	6	PH	34%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
32	32	10	1	2009-09-13	Lance Berkman	HOU		PIT	behind 0-2	b 9	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	3	3	11%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2010-04-15	Shane Victorino	PHI		WSN	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) ...BBCFX	1	1	8	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
34	34	2	1	2010-05-19	Fernando Tatís	NYM	@	WSN	behind 2-5	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	3	1	2010-06-03	Carlos Lee	HOU		WSN	tied 4-4	b 9	2	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	4	7	40%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Berkman Scores/unER; C. Lee Scores/unER
36	36	4	1	2010-06-06	Scott Rolen	CIN	@	WSN	tied 2-2	t 9	1	-2-	7,(2-2) .FTFBFBX	2	9	PH	36%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Gomes Scores
37	37	5	1	2010-07-07	Matt Stairs	SDP	@	WSN	behind 5-7	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	PH	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	6	1	2010-08-17	Alexei Ramírez	CHW	@	MIN	behind 4-5	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	8	6	34%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2011-04-14	Johnny Damon	TBR		MIN	behind 2-3	b 10	1	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	2	DH	80%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Fuld Scores
40	40	2	1	2011-04-18	Luke Scott	BAL		MIN	behind 2-5	b 9	2	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	9	PH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
41	41	3	1	2011-05-11	Jhonny Peralta	DET	@	MIN	behind 5-6	t 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) ..CX	2	4	PH	47%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Boesch Scores
42	42	4	1	2011-05-21	Kelly Johnson	ARI		MIN	behind 5-6	b 8	1	123	4,(2-1) BBCX	4	2	4	42%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Parra Scores; J. Wilson Scores; R. Roberts Scores
43	43	5	1	2011-06-08	Jack Hannahan	CLE		MIN	behind 1-2	b 9	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	5	49%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
44	44	6	1	2011-07-05	B.J. Upton	TBR	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	8	9%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	7	1	2011-07-15	Eric Hosmer	KCR	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 9	2	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	5	3	70%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Cabrera Scores
46	46	8	1	2011-07-18 (1)	Austin Kearns	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 4-0	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	6	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	9	1	2011-08-20	Andruw Jones	NYY	@	MIN	behind 3-9	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	10	1	2011-09-23	Carlos Santana	CLE		MIN	tied 5-5	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	9	PH	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2012-04-18	Derek Jeter	NYY		MIN	behind 4-6	b 9	1	---	10,(3-2) CCFBBFFFBX	1	1	6	7%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	2	1	2012-04-23	Cody Ross	BOS	@	MIN	tied 5-5	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	7	42%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	3	1	2012-05-27	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	MIN	behind 2-3	t 9	1	-2-	3,(0-2) SFX	2	3	5	60%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Q. Berry Scores
52	52	4	1	2012-06-15	Martín Maldonado	MIL	@	MIN	tied 3-3	t 9	2	-2-	6,(2-2) BFFFBX	2	8	2	45%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Hart Scores
53	53	5	1	2012-07-16	Endy Chávez	BAL	@	MIN	behind 5-19	t 9	1	-2-	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	2	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Tolleson Scores