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Matt Garza    \GAR-zuh\

Matthew Scott Garza

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 26, 1983 in Selma, CA
High Schools: Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA), Washington Union HS (Washington Union, CA)
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Rays/Cubs/Twins 2006-2012
2013 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$10.25M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.149, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 6:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #902. Steve Howe… #903. Eddie Fisher… #904. Phil Collins… #905. MATT GARZA… #906. George Pipgras… #907. Jose Guzman… #908. Ivy Andrews… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 4 367 117 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 3 861 110 1.261 7.8 1.1 3.5 8.4 2.39
2010 26 TBR AL 15 10 .600 3.91 33 32 1 3 1 1 204.2 193 94 89 28 63 2 150 7 2 12 855 100 1.251 8.5 1.2 2.8 6.6 2.38
2011 27 CHC NL 10 10 .500 3.32 31 31 0 2 0 0 198.0 186 90 73 14 63 5 197 3 0 6 839 118 1.258 8.5 0.6 2.9 9.0 3.13
2012 28 CHC NL 5 7 .417 3.91 18 18 0 0 0 0 103.2 90 48 45 15 32 0 96 4 0 1 424 105 1.177 7.8 1.3 2.8 8.3 3.00
7 Yrs 57 61 .483 3.84 170 167 2 8 3 1 1027.0 974 485 438 115 351 13 865 35 4 30 4350 108 1.290 8.5 1.0 3.1 7.6 2.46
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .483 3.84 34 34 0 2 1 0 207 197 98 88 23 71 3 175 7 1 6 878 108 1.290 8.5 1.0 3.1 7.6 2.46
TBR (3 yrs) 34 31 .523 3.86 95 94 1 6 3 1 592.1 540 270 254 72 201 4 467 24 4 18 2488 109 1.251 8.2 1.1 3.1 7.1 2.32
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
CHC (2 yrs) 15 17 .469 3.52 49 49 0 2 0 0 301.2 276 138 118 29 95 5 293 7 0 7 1263 113 1.230 8.2 0.9 2.8 8.7 3.08
AL (5 yrs) 42 44 .488 3.97 121 118 2 6 3 1 725.1 698 347 320 86 256 8 572 28 4 23 3087 107 1.315 8.7 1.1 3.2 7.1 2.23
NL (2 yrs) 15 17 .469 3.52 49 49 0 2 0 0 301.2 276 138 118 29 95 5 293 7 0 7 1263 113 1.230 8.2 0.9 2.8 8.7 3.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2006 22 MIN AL 50.0 10 9 33 5.94 5.07 0.08 0.13 98.4 5.04 -6 -0.5 1.6 -0.1 -0.1 1 .447 .497
2007 23 MIN AL 83.0 16 15 44 4.77 4.95 0.09 0.18 97.2 4.90 0 0.0 .1 -0.1 0.9 10 .503 .500
2008 24 TBR AL 184.2 30 30 83 4.05 4.84 0.15 0.19 101.2 4.94 15 1.6 -0.1 3.3 38 .552 .510 $404,600
2009 25 TBR AL 203.0 32 32 93 4.12 5.03 0.25 0.20 98.6 4.90 16 1.6 -0.2 3.5 40 .551 .510 $433,300
2010 26 TBR AL 204.2 33 32 94 4.13 4.38 0.34 0.16 96.6 4.06 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 1.7 19 .490 .498 $3,350,000
2011 27 CHC NL 198.0 31 31 90 4.09 4.17 -0.21 0.16 102.6 4.66 11 1.3 -0.1 2.8 28 .541 .508 $5,950,000
2012 28 CHC NL 103.2 18 18 48 4.17 4.43 0.01 0.17 99.0 4.54 3 0.4 -0.1 1.2 13 .521 .502 $9,500,000
7 Seasons 1027.0 170 167 485 4.25 4.64 0.11 0.17 99.4 4.66 37 4.0 .9 -0.7 13.3 150 .524 .504 $19,637,900
TBR (3 yrs) 592.1 95 94 270 4.10 4.75 0.25 0.18 98.7 4.62 27 2.8 .9 -0.4 8.5 98 .530 .506 $4,187,900
MIN (2 yrs) 133.0 26 24 77 5.21 5.00 0.09 0.16 97.6 4.95 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.1 0.8 11 .481 .499
CHC (2 yrs) 301.2 49 49 138 4.12 4.26 -0.14 0.16 101.4 4.62 15 1.6 -0.2 4.0 41 .534 .505 $15,450,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 26 TBR AL ALDS L TEX 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 24 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 2.00
2 Yrs (4 Series) 2 1 .667 3.48 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.0 26 13 12 5 14 0 29 1 0 2 131 1.290 7.5 1.5 4.1 8.4 2.07
2 ALDS 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 12 7 6 1 6 0 8 0 0 1 52 1.500 9.0 0.8 4.5 6.0 1.33
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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2006 22 MIN AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 23 MIN AL 16 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 30 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 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 26 TBR AL 33 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2011 27 CHC NL 31 71 64 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 42 .094 .121 .094 .215 -40 6 1 1 5 0 0 1
2012 28 CHC NL 18 34 30 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 .067 .067 .100 .167 -56 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
7 Yrs 170 120 105 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 74 .076 .102 .086 .188 -48 9 1 1 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 114 100 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 71 .076 .102 .086 .188 -48 9 1 1 11 0 0
TBR (3 yrs) 95 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 0 2 0 0
MIN (2 yrs) 26 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 49 105 94 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 65 .085 .104 .096 .200 -45 9 1 1 9 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 121 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 3 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 49 105 94 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 65 .085 .104 .096 .200 -45 9 1 1 9 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 22 MIN AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
2007 23 MIN AL 16 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 1
2008 24 TBR AL 30 6 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $404,600 1
2009 25 TBR AL 32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $433,300 1
2010 26 TBR AL 33 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,350,000 1
2011 27 CHC NL 31 71 -13 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $5,950,000 1
2012 28 CHC NL 18 34 -7 -0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $9,500,000 1
7 Seasons 170 120 -23 0 0 0 17 -6 -0.7 4 -2 -0.7 .496 .499 -0.7 0.2 -2 $19,637,900
TBR (3 yrs) 95 12 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $4,187,900
MIN (2 yrs) 26 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0
CHC (2 yrs) 49 105 -20 0 0 0 14 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .488 .498 -0.6 0.0 -2 $15,450,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 ALDS CHW W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
2010 26 TBR AL ALDS TEX L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2006 MIN AL 22 P 10 9 0 50.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -8 1.08 0.60 .958 1.57 1.54 2 0 0% 30% 0
2007 MIN AL 23 P 16 15 0 83.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 -3 -7 1.19 0.69 .955 1.60 1.59 1 3 75% 26% 0
2008 TBR AL 24 P 30 30 3 184.2 27 14 11 2 0 .926 -4 -4 1.22 0.83 .952 1.60 1.59 5 1 17% 27% 0
2009 TBR AL 25 P 32 32 0 203.0 22 10 11 1 1 .955 0 0 0.93 0.66 .953 1.53 1.51 3 4 57% 26% 0
2010 TBR AL 26 P 33 32 3 204.2 24 10 13 1 0 .958 -2 -2 1.01 0.70 .953 1.63 1.61 9 4 31% 26% 1
2011 CHC NL 27 P 31 31 2 198.0 33 10 16 7 1 .788 -3 -3 1.18 0.84 .955 1.80 1.79 10 5 33% 28% 0
2012 CHC NL 28 P 18 18 0 103.2 19 4 12 3 0 .842 -5 -10 1.39 0.89 .950 1.77 1.75 2 3 60% 27% 1
7 Seasons P 170 167 8 1027.0 144 54 74 16 2 .889 -19 -3 1.12 0.75 .953 1.65 1.63 32 20 38% 27% 2
7 Seasons TOT 170 167 8 1027.0 144 54 74 16 2 .889 -19 -22 1.12 0.75 .953 1.65 1.63 32 20 38% 27% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL ALCS MVP

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Active  3.84 (22nd)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  15 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Active  1.290 (23rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  8.285 (7th)
2009 AL  7.847 (4th)
Active  8.536 (23rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  3.076 (50th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  8.379 (6th)
2011 NL  8.955 (7th)
Active  7.580 (25th)
Career  7.580 (55th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL  189 (9th)
2011 NL  197 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL  3 (3rd)
2010 AL  3 (8th)
2011 NL  2 (9th)
Active  8 (44th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
Active  3 (47th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  28 (4th)

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

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Active  2.464 (30th)
Career  2.464 (105th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 NL  0.636 (10th)
Active  1.008 (36th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2010 AL  12 (5th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Active  108 (31st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2011 NL  7 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (858), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (966), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (745th), 12.7 career WAR/12.7 7yr-peak WAR/12.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200824Tampa Bay Rays$404,600
200925Tampa Bay Rays$433,300
201026Tampa Bay Rays$3,350,000
201127Chicago Cubs$5,950,000
201228Chicago Cubs$9,500,000contracts
201329Chicago Cubs$10,250,000
2013 Status4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$29,887,900
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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