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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 22 MIN AL 3 6 .333 5.76 10 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 62 33 32 6 23 0 38 0 0 1 232 78 1.700 11.2 1.1 4.1 6.8 1.65
2007 23 MIN AL 5 7 .417 3.69 16 15 1 0 0 0 83.0 96 44 34 8 32 4 67 4 0 4 367 116 1.542 10.4 0.9 3.5 7.3 2.09
2008 24 TBR AL 11 9 .550 3.70 30 30 0 3 2 0 184.2 170 83 76 19 59 2 128 6 2 3 772 119 1.240 8.3 0.9 2.9 6.2 2.17
2009 25 TBR AL 8 12 .400 3.95 32 32 0 0 0 0 203.0 177 93 89 25 79 0 189 11 0 3 861 114 1.261 7.8 1.1 3.5 8.4 2.39
4 Seasons 27 34 .443 3.99 88 86 1 3 2 0 520.2 505 253 231 58 193 6 422 21 2 11 2232 111 1.341 8.7 1.0 3.3 7.3 2.19
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .443 3.99 34 34 0 1 1 0 203 197 99 90 23 75 2 165 8 1 4 872 111 1.341 8.7 1.0 3.3 7.3 2.19
MIN (2 yrs) 8 13 .381 4.47 26 24 1 0 0 0 133.0 158 77 66 14 55 4 105 4 0 5 599 98 1.602 10.7 0.9 3.7 7.1 1.91
TBR (2 yrs) 19 21 .475 3.83 62 62 0 3 2 0 387.2 347 176 165 44 138 2 317 17 2 6 1633 116 1.251 8.1 1.0 3.2 7.4 2.30

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 24 TBR AL ALDS W CHW 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 5 5 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 28 1.833 10.5 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2008 24 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 2 0 1.000 1.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 14 1 0 0 54 1.077 5.5 0.7 4.2 9.7 2.33
2008 24 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 25 1.333 9.0 4.5 3.0 10.5 3.50
1 Season (3 Series) 2 1 .667 3.96 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.0 21 11 11 4 12 0 25 1 0 2 107 1.320 7.6 1.4 4.3 9.0 2.08
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 5 5 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 28 1.833 10.5 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
1 ALCS 2 0 1.000 1.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 2 2 1 6 0 14 1 0 0 54 1.077 5.5 0.7 4.2 9.7 2.33
1 WS 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 25 1.333 9.0 4.5 3.0 10.5 3.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 22 MIN AL 10 232 206 33 62 14 2 6 2 0 23 38 .301 .366 .476 .842 .339 98 3 0 0 3 0
2007 23 MIN AL 16 367 326 44 96 16 1 8 1 3 32 67 .294 .361 .423 .784 .345 138 11 4 1 4 4
2008 24 TBR AL 30 772 695 83 170 25 5 19 5 1 59 128 .245 .306 .377 .683 .271 262 22 6 3 9 2
2009 25 TBR AL 32 861 761 93 177 32 4 25 3 4 79 189 .233 .311 .384 .695 .274 292 14 11 2 8 0
4 Seasons 88 2232 1988 253 505 87 12 58 11 8 193 422 .254 .323 .397 .720 .292 790 50 21 6 24 6
162 Game Avg. 34 872 777 99 197 34 5 23 4 3 75 165 .254 .323 .397 .720 .292 309 20 8 2 9 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 22 MIN AL 10 9 3 5 1 2 1 4 5 .444 0 1 0 0 2 22% 42 67 14 10 1 0 6 3.7 3.9 4.9 89 2 6 1 0 102
2007 23 MIN AL 16 15 5 7 3 2 2 7 8 .467 0 2 0 0 6 40% 48 71 13 15 7 1 8 4.3 3.9 5.4 95 1 8 6 0 109
2008 24 TBR AL 30 30 11 9 10 0 3 14 16 .467 4 4 3 2 15 50% 53 90 16 21 2 1 18 4.3 4.6 6.2 98 4 8 18 0 119
2009 25 TBR AL 32 32 8 12 12 0 5 15 17 .469 2 5 0 0 19 59% 54 86 27 18 5 0 17 3.9 3.2 6.3 107 0 6 22 4 120
4 Seasons 88 86 27 33 26 4 11 40 46 .465 6 12 3 2 42 49% 51 90 13 64 15 2 49 4.1 3.9 6.0 100 7 28 47 4 120
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 22 MIN AL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0.966 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0 94
2007 23 MIN AL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.025 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 30
2 Seasons 26 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1.002 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 11.5 62

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 22 MIN AL 232 50% 2.6% 16.4% 9.9% 9.5% 36% 0.60 0.72 71% 21% 6.3% 10% 46 3 7%
2007 23 MIN AL 367 50% 2.2% 18.3% 8.7% 6.8% 26% 0.90 0.99 69% 16% 6.8% 14% 75 11 15%
2008 24 TBR AL 772 48% 2.5% 16.6% 7.6% 6.4% 29% 0.72 0.88 72% 19% 7.3% 21% 156 22 14%
2009 25 TBR AL 861 53% 2.9% 22.0% 9.2% 7.1% 35% 0.65 0.83 64% 22% 8.3% 14% 169 14 8%
4 Seasons 2232 51% 2.6% 18.9% 8.7% 7.0% 31% 0.71 0.86 69% 20% 7.5% 16% 446 50 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 22 MIN AL 232 891 3.84 560 63% 25% 15% 29% 31% 75% 0% 47% 80% 56% 4% 9 5 19% 44 24 1 21% 11 4 0 0 0
2007 23 MIN AL 367 1452 3.96 916 63% 22% 14% 34% 29% 78% 2% 49% 81% 60% 4% 15 5 25% 92 42 8 18% 9 6 0 0 0
2008 24 TBR AL 772 2947 3.82 1858 63% 23% 13% 32% 31% 77% 1% 48% 82% 55% 5% 41 26 21% 165 102 12 26% 26 13 0 0 0
2009 25 TBR AL 861 3416 3.97 2082 61% 28% 15% 29% 28% 72% 0% 44% 80% 56% 5% 45 34 21% 180 94 7 26% 25 11 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2232 8706 3.90 5416 62% 25% 14% 31% 29% 75% 1% 47% 81% 56% 5% 110 70 22% 481 262 28 24% 71 34 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 22 MIN AL 232 62 4 0 6 0 0 5 1 2 4 8 6 2 75% 1 1 0 98 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 23 MIN AL 367 96 17 1 8 0 11 3 5 6 2 23 12 4 52% 4 4 3 140 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
2008 24 TBR AL 772 170 26 2 19 0 12 8 11 5 14 44 26 4 59% 9 3 0 268 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2009 25 TBR AL 861 177 16 3 25 1 28 14 11 11 14 46 22 7 48% 9 3 0 296 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
4 Seasons 2232 505 63 6 58 1 51 30 28 24 34 121 66 17 55% 23 11 3 802 11 8 58% 10 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 47 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 22 3 6 .333 5.76 10 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 62 33 32 6 23 0 38 0 0 1 232 78 1.700 11.2 1.1 4.1 6.8 1.65 78
2007 23 8 13 .381 4.47 26 24 1 0 0 0 133.0 158 77 66 14 55 4 105 4 0 5 599 98 1.602 10.7 0.9 3.7 7.1 1.91 98
2008 24 19 22 .463 4.02 56 54 1 3 2 0 317.2 328 160 142 33 114 6 233 10 2 8 1371 109 1.391 9.3 0.9 3.2 6.6 2.04 109
2009 25 27 34 .443 3.99 88 86 1 3 2 0 520.2 505 253 231 58 193 6 422 21 2 11 2232 111 1.341 8.7 1.0 3.3 7.3 2.19 111

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 22 2 3 .400 5.69 49.0 61 34 31 6 23 37 0 1.714 11.2 4.2 6.8 1.61 1.1 10
2007 23 4 4 .500 4.04 78.0 96 39 35 8 32 63 4 1.641 11.1 3.7 7.3 1.97 0.9 16
2008 24 10 9 .526 3.72 179.0 169 82 74 19 59 124 6 1.274 8.5 3.0 6.2 2.10 1.0 30
2009 25 11 11 .500 3.95 198.0 177 97 87 25 79 184 11 1.293 8.0 3.6 8.4 2.33 1.1 32
4 Seasons 27 27 .500 4.05 504.0 503 252 227 58 193 408 21 1.381 9.0 7.3 2.11 1.0 88

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL ALCS MVP

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  8.285 (7th)
2009 AL  7.847 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  8.379 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL  189 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  3 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  79 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bill Parsons (978)
  2. Jeremy Guthrie (977)
  3. Greg Mathews (974)
  4. Mike Dunne (973)
  5. John Danks (972)
  6. Rich Hand (971)
  7. Marv Breuer (969)
  8. Juan Eichelberger (968)
  9. Ubaldo Jimenez (967)
  10. Floyd Youmans (967)
Similar Pitchers through 25 
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  1. Jay Tibbs (981)
  2. Tony Armas (979)
  3. Steve Trachsel (978)
  4. Bill Parsons (978)
  5. Ken Hill (977)
  6. Kirby Higbe (975)
  7. Craig McMurtry (973)
  8. Kris Benson (971)
  9. Francisco Barrios (971)
  10. Cal Koonce (971)
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  2. Jimmy Jones (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jay Tibbs (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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