Matt Garza
Matthew Scott Garza
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 11, 1983 in Selma, CA
High School: Wahington Union (Wahington Union, CA)
School: California State University, Fresno
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 2006
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 23 MIN AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2008 24 TBR AL 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 25 TBR AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 4 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 446 324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 243 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 0 81 0 0
TBR (2 yrs) 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 1 0 0
MIN (2 yrs) 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 23 MIN AL 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .265 .000 .332 .000 .414 .000 .746 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2008 24 TBR AL 6 5 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .269 .200 .337 .000 .423 .200 .760 -41 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
2009 25 TBR AL 2 2 0 0.0 108 .000 .268 .000 .338 .000 .431 .000 .768 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
4 Seasons 11 10 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .268 .111 .336 .000 .423 .111 .759 -67 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .125 .125 .000
162 Game Avg. 446 405 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .268 .111 .336 .000 .423 .111 .759 -67 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .125 .125 .000
TBR (2 yrs) 8 7 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .269 .143 .337 .000 .426 .143 .763 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
MIN (2 yrs) 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .265 .000 .332 .000 .414 .000 .746 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 24 TBR AL WS PHI L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 23 MIN AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 33% 0%
2008 24 TBR AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 16.7% 0.0% 3.00 1.3 17% 0%
2009 25 TBR AL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
4 Seasons 11 0.0% 54.6% 9.1% 0.0% 6.00 1.3 18% 0%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 23 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 TBR AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 TBR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 23 MIN AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 TBR AL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 TBR AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 11 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 12 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 MIN AL 3 7 2.33 6 86% 33% 33% 0% 33% 67% 0% 57% 50% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 24 TBR AL 6 24 4.00 15 63% 47% 27% 13% 13% 53% 0% 33% 50% 33% 17% 1 0 17% 1 0 17% 1 0 67% 0 0 0
2009 25 TBR AL 2 9 4.50 6 67% 0% 83% 17% 0% 100% 0% 67% 17% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 11 40 3.64 27 68% 33% 41% 11% 15% 67% 0% 45% 39% 45% 9% 1 0 9% 1 0 9% 1 0 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2008 24 3 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 2 0 0
2009 25 4 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2008 24 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2
2009 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
3 Seasons 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 4
162 Game Avg. 162 365 324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 243 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 4

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL ALCS MVP

                                         

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