Matt Herges

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: April 1, 1970 in Champaign, IL us

High School: Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)

School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)

Debut: August 3, 1999 (Age 29-124d, 17,528th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 39-186d)
vs. LAD 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Dan Horwits

Full Name: Matthew Tyler Herges

Pronunciation: \HER-jess\

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Todd Hollandsworth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

ERA

3.91

567

691.0

473

WHIP

1.436

Summary of 66 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 11 go ahead

8 Tms
LAD	20
COL	11
SFG	11
MON	10
FLA	5
ARI	4
CLE	3
SDP	2

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	31

Home/Road
Away	35
Home	31

Outs
2	24
0	23
1	19

23 Opps
ARI	8
COL	8
PHI	6
MON/WSN	5
SFG	4
STL	4
SDP	4
NYM	3
PIT	3
LAD	3
MIN	2
TBD/TBR	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
OAK	1
CHC	1
ANA	1
DET	1
BOS	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
TOR	1

62 Batters
Scott Rolen	3
Pat Burrell	2
Jeromy Burnitz	2
Luis González	1
Rey Ordóñez	1
Jason Giambi	1
Ken Caminiti	1
Pablo Sandoval	1
Troy Glaus	1
Mark Teixeira	1
Albert Pujols	1
Andy LaRoche	1
Mike Lowell	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
J.T. Snow	1
Mark McGwire	1
Preston Wilson	1
Ryan Klesko	1
Ben Zobrist	1
John Vander Wal	1
Grady Sizemore	1
Danny Bautista	1
Orlando Cabrera	1
David Dellucci	1
Luke Carlin	1
Steve Finley	1
James Loney	1
Justin Upton	1
Mark Grace	1
Garrett Atkins	1
Greg Norton	1
José Hernández	1
Marvin Benard	1
Ryan Ludwick	1
José Castillo	1
Yunel Escobar	1
Shane Halter	1
Michael Cuddyer	1
Mike Cameron	1
Wilson Betemit	1
Abraham Núñez	1
Wally Joyner	1
Marlon Anderson	1
Stephen Drew	1
Eric Hinske	1
Torii Hunter	1
Jason Bay	1
Willie Harris	1
José Guillén	1
Ryan Church	1
Todd Helton	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Jhonny Peralta	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Julio Lugo	1
Jeremy Giambi	1
Jay Payton	1
Wiki González	1
Mark Reynolds	1
Barry Bonds	1
Andy Fox	1
Shane Spencer	1

22 Parks
Coors Fld (DEN)	14
Dodger Stad (LOS)	10
Chase Field (PHO)	7
SunLife Stad (MIA)	5
Oracle Park (SFO)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Turner Fld (ATL)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1

Where Hit
7	21
9	20
8	9
78	9
89	7

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	14
5	13
4	12
3	12
1	8
6	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	8

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	11
12-	7
-2-	5
123	1
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

104 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	39
1 on	17
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	27

Inning
3	4
5	3
6	9
7	15
8	17
9	16
Extra	2

1-3	4
4-6	12
7-end	50

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	6
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	10
-1	6
-2	6
-3	3
-4..	11

Ahead	30
Tied	10
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	11
1-0	9
0-0	8
1-2	7
3-1	7
2-2	7
2-1	6
0-1	5
3-2	4
3-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	15
1B	12
LF	10
RF	9
SS	7
CF	6
2B	3
PH	2
C	2

OrderPos
5th	16
4th	13
7th	9
6th	8
3rd	7
8th	6
9th	3
1st	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-09-15	Vladimir Guerrero	MON	@	LAD	ahead 9-6	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	4	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
2	2	2	1	1999-09-20	J.T. Snow	SFG	@	LAD	behind 3-5	t 7	1	1--	5,(3-1) BF1BBX	2	5	3	27%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Kent Scores
3	3	3	1	1999-09-25	Wally Joyner	SDP	@	LAD	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---	7,(3-2) FBCFBBX	1	5	3	24%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	2	1999-09-25	Wiki González	SDP	@	LAD	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	6	2	24%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
5	5	5	1	1999-10-03	Ken Caminiti	HOU		LAD	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	5	5	6%	88%		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
6	6	1	1	2000-05-08	Steve Finley	ARI		LAD	ahead 10-4	b 5	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Gonzalez Scores
7	7	2	2	2000-05-08	Andy Fox	ARI		LAD	ahead 13-4	b 5	2	-2-	4,(2-1) SBBX	2	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Stinnett Scores
8	8	3	1	2000-06-23	Mark McGwire	STL		LAD	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	3	29%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	4	1	2000-07-04	Ryan Klesko	SDP		LAD	ahead 6-2	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	5	1	2000-07-15	Troy Glaus	ANA	@	LAD	ahead 5-2	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	5	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	6	1	2000-07-21	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	LAD	ahead 4-3	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	7	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	7	1	2000-08-21	Orlando Cabrera	MON	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2001-04-12	David Dellucci	ARI		LAD	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	9	PH	6%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	2001-04-28	Marlon Anderson	PHI	@	LAD	behind 4-6	t 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	4	33%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lieberthal Scores
15	15	3	1	2001-06-05	Mark Grace	ARI		LAD	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
16	16	4	1	2001-07-02	Marvin Benard	SFG	@	LAD	behind 5-7	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	12%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
17	17	5	1	2001-07-13	Jason Giambi	OAK		LAD	ahead 9-7	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	4	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
18	18	6	1	2001-07-22	Greg Norton	COL		LAD	behind 6-9	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	9	7	9%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
19	19	7	1	2001-08-10	Pat Burrell	PHI		LAD	ahead 6-4	b 7	2	123	7,(3-2) FBFBFBX	4	5	7	10%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Anderson Scores; S. Rolen Scores; B. Abreu Scores
20	20	8	1	2001-08-17	Rey Ordóñez	NYM	@	LAD	behind 2-6	t 7	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	6	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2002-04-10	Mike Lowell	FLA		MON	behind 5-9	b 9	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BFCBX	2	5	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Wilson Scores
22	22	2	1	2002-06-11	Shane Halter	DET		MON	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) CCBBBX	1	8	7	23%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	3	1	2002-06-29	Eric Hinske	TOR		MON	tied 4-4	b 10	1	---	4,(1-2) BCCX	1	2	5	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	4	1	2002-07-06	Jeremy Giambi	PHI		MON	behind 2-4	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	3	13%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
25	25	5	1	2002-07-07	Scott Rolen	PHI		MON	tied 8-8	b 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	5	39%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Giambi Scores
26	26	6	1	2002-07-15	Pat Burrell	PHI	@	MON	behind 6-8	t 9	1	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	4	7	65%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Rollins Scores/unER; B. Abreu Scores
27	27	7	2	2002-07-15	Scott Rolen	PHI	@	MON	ahead 9-8	t 9	1	-2-	5,(2-2) BCBCX	2	6	5	11%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Glanville Scores
28	28	8	1	2002-08-11	José Hernández	MIL		MON	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	6	11%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	9	1	2002-08-22	Todd Helton	COL		MON	ahead 8-5	b 6	1	--3	5,(2-2) BBFSX	2	3	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Pierre Scores
30	30	10	2	2002-08-22	Jay Payton	COL		MON	ahead 11-6	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	4	7	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Pierre Scores; T. Helton Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2003-05-20	John Vander Wal	MIL		SDP	tied 7-7	b 9	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	5	9	46%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
32	32	2	1	2003-07-12	Albert Pujols	STL		SDP	tied 7-7	b 11	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	3	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Drew Scores
33	33	3	1	2003-07-31	Sammy Sosa	CHC		SFG	ahead 6-2	b 6	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	3	9	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); K. Lofton Scores; M. Grudzielanek Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2004-05-05	Shane Spencer	NYM		SFG	tied 2-2	b 8	2	12-	3,(1-1) ..CBX	3	5	7	38%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. McEwing Scores; K. García Scores
35	35	2	2	2004-05-05	Mike Cameron	NYM		SFG	ahead 5-2	b 8	2	1--	4,(1-2) BCCX	2	7	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Phillips Scores
36	36	3	1	2004-05-16	Abraham Núñez	PIT	@	SFG	ahead 5-1	t 9	0	---	4,(1-2) ..SBFX	1	7	PH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	4	1	2004-05-27	Danny Bautista	ARI	@	SFG	behind 3-4	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	36%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
38	38	5	1	2004-07-06	Jeromy Burnitz	COL	@	SFG	behind 4-6	t 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	8	32%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Holliday Scores/Team unER; J. Burnitz Scores/Team unER
39	39	6	1	2004-07-18	Jeromy Burnitz	COL		SFG	behind 6-9	b 9	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	9	13%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); V. Castilla Scores
40	40	7	2	2004-07-18	Preston Wilson	COL		SFG	behind 8-9	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	6	8	43%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	8	1	2004-07-31	Scott Rolen	STL	@	SFG	behind 5-8	t 9	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	1	4	5	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2005-05-10	José Castillo	PIT	@	SFG	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	5	4	12%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
43	43	2	1	2005-05-19	Garrett Atkins	COL		SFG	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	6	5	11%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	3	1	2005-06-07	Torii Hunter	MIN	@	ARI	tied 5-5	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	8	20%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	4	2	2005-06-07	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	@	ARI	ahead 6-5	t 7	2	1--	6,(1-2) CCF1BFX	2	7	5	22%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Morneau Scores
46	46	5	1	2005-06-17	Jhonny Peralta	CLE		ARI	ahead 7-3	b 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) .1BX	2	9	6	7%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Blake Scores/unER; J. Peralta Scores/Team unER
47	47	6	2	2005-06-17	Grady Sizemore	CLE		ARI	ahead 9-3	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Sizemore Scores/Team unER
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	2006-04-16	Ryan Church	WSN	@	FLA	tied 5-5	t 9	2	-2-	6,(2-2) C*B.BCFX	2	5	9	45%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Zimmerman Scores/unER; R. Church Scores/unER
49	49	2	1	2006-04-30	Luis González	COL	@	FLA	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	4	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
50	50	3	1	2006-06-27	Julio Lugo	TBD	@	FLA	behind 3-8	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ...BCX	1	1	6	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	4	1	2006-07-03	José Guillén	WSN		FLA	ahead 6-1	b 5	1	12-	4,(3-0) B*BBX	3	5	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Vidro Scores; R. Zimmerman Scores
52	52	5	1	2006-08-04	Wilson Betemit	LAD	@	FLA	ahead 3-1	t 7	0	---	5,(1-2) .BFSFX	1	6	5	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2007-08-03	Mark Teixeira	ATL		COL	behind 1-9	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ...CX	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
54	54	2	1	2007-09-01	Stephen Drew	ARI		COL	ahead 12-7	b 8	2	---	5,(2-2) FBSBX	1	5	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	3	1	2007-09-18 (2)	James Loney	LAD	@	COL	behind 4-5	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	6	3	15%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
56	56	4	1	2007-09-20	Andy LaRoche	LAD	@	COL	behind 3-7	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	5	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	2008-04-04	Justin Upton	ARI	@	COL	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	2008-05-08	Ryan Ludwick	STL	@	COL	behind 2-7	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
59	59	3	1	2008-08-04	Willie Harris	WSN	@	COL	ahead 7-4	t 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) BF1LX	2	2	5	6%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Belliard Scores
60	60	4	1	2008-08-10	Luke Carlin	SDP	@	COL	ahead 11-7	t 6	2	12-	7,(2-2) SBSBFFX	3	8	2	7%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. González Scores; C. Headley Scores
61	61	5	1	2008-09-11	Yunel Escobar	ATL		COL	ahead 5-4	b 6	2	12-	4,(2-1) .BCBX	3	5	6	21%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Jones Scores; B. McCann Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	2009-05-07	Jason Bay	BOS		CLE	ahead 10-2	b 6	0	12-	5,(3-1) .CBBBX	3	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Lugo Scores; D. Pedroia Scores
63	63	2	1	2009-05-14	Ben Zobrist	TBR		CLE	behind 3-9	b 6	1	-23	4,(1-2) .BCFX	3	7	7	7%	14%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); W. Aybar Scores; G. Gross Scores
64	64	3	1	2009-06-23	Adam LaRoche	PIT		CLE	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .SBX	1	4	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
65	65	4	1	2009-08-22	Pablo Sandoval	SFG	@	COL	behind 9-14	t 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Ishikawa Scores/unER
66	66	5	1	2009-09-06	Mark Reynolds	ARI	@	COL	behind 4-13	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)