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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 MIN AL 22 P 10 9 50.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.60 .950 1.57 0.41
2007 MIN AL 23 P 16 15 83.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 1.19 0.69 .962 1.60 0.42
2008 TBR AL 24 P 30 30 184.2 27 14 11 2 0 .926 1.22 0.83 .952 1.60 0.42
2009 TBR AL 25 P 32 32 203.0 22 10 11 1 1 .955 0.93 0.66 .955 1.53 0.40
4 Seasons P 88 86 520.2 68 30 33 5 1 .926 1.09 0.72 .954 1.57 0.41
4 Seasons TOT 88 86 520.2 68 30 33 5 1 .926 1.09 0.72 .881 1.57 0.41

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2006 MIN AL 22 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 23 16 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 TBR AL 24 30 2 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 25 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 88 34 4 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2006 MIN AL 22 235 74% 27% 2 100% 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 23 378 73% 33% 12 67% 0 1 0 1 10 7 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0%
2008 TBR AL 24 783 75% 31% 21 71% 0 14 2 10 11 10 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2009 TBR AL 25 867 68% 26% 16 75% 2 10 2 8 11 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
4 Seasons 2263 72% 29% 51 73% 2 30 5 22 33 25 2 5 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 5 40%
MLB Averages 74% 31% 86% 81%

* 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.

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