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Matt Garza

Matthew Scott Garza

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 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
Teams (by GP): Rays/Twins 2006-2010
2011 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$3.35M (10) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 2.149, Arb Eligible: 2011, Free Agent: 2014 [?], Agents: Nez Balelo [?]
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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 4 367 117 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 3 861 114 1.261 7.8 1.1 3.5 8.4 2.39
2010 26 TBR AL 11 5 .688 4.06 21 20 1 2 1 1 128.2 118 59 58 18 41 0 97 6 1 9 531 105 1.236 8.3 1.3 2.9 6.8 2.37
5 Seasons 38 39 .494 4.01 109 106 2 5 3 1 649.1 623 312 289 76 234 6 519 27 3 20 2763 110 1.320 8.6 1.1 3.2 7.2 2.22
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .494 4.01 34 34 1 2 1 0 205 197 99 91 24 74 2 164 9 1 6 874 110 1.320 8.6 1.1 3.2 7.2 2.22
TBR (3 yrs) 30 26 .536 3.89 83 82 1 5 3 1 516.1 465 235 223 62 179 2 414 23 3 15 2164 114 1.247 8.1 1.1 3.1 7.2 2.31
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

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2006 22 MIN AL 50.0 9 33 32 1 1.0 -1 -0.1
2007 23 MIN AL 83.0 15 44 53 1 1.0 9 0.9
2008 24 TBR AL 184.2 30 83 115 7 1.0 32 3.2 $404,600
2009 25 TBR AL 203.0 32 93 132 7 1.0 39 3.8 $433,300
2010 26 TBR AL 128.2 20 59 72 3 .9 13 1.3 $3,350,000
5 Seasons 649.4 106 312 404 19 1.0 92 9.1 $4,187,900
TBR (3 yrs) 516.4 82 235 319 17 1.0 84 8.3 $4,187,900
MIN (2 yrs) 133.0 24 77 85 2 1.0 8 0.8

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

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
2010 26 TBR AL 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
5 Seasons 6 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 405 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 243 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 81 0 0
TBR (3 yrs) 5 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) 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 MIN AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1
2008 24 TBR AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $404,600 1
2009 25 TBR AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $433,300 1
2010 26 TBR AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 $3,350,000 1
4 Seasons 15 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 $4,187,900
TBR (3 yrs) 12 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 $4,187,900
MIN (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 MIN AL 22 P 10 9 50.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -48 1.08 0.60 .950 1.57 1.54
2007 MIN AL 23 P 16 15 83.0 13 1 10 2 0 .846 -1 -14 1.19 0.69 .962 1.60 1.59
2008 TBR AL 24 P 30 30 184.2 27 14 11 2 0 .926 -3 -19 1.22 0.83 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 TBR AL 25 P 32 32 203.0 22 10 11 1 1 .955 0 0 0.93 0.66 .955 1.53 1.51
2010 TBR AL 26 P 21 20 128.2 15 5 10 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.05 0.71 .953 1.65 1.63
5 Seasons P 109 106 649.1 83 35 43 5 1 .940 -6 -11 1.08 0.72 .954 1.59 1.57
5 Seasons TOT 109 106 649.1 83 35 43 5 1 .940 -6 -11 1.08 0.72 .954 1.59 1.57

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2008 AL ALCS MVP

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  11 (6th)

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)
2010 AL  2 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (1st)
2010 AL  1 (2nd)
Active  3 (42nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  18 (6th)

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

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (2nd)
2010 AL  6 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (826), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 18 (1130), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1261), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1220), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  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)
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  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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  3. Jay Tibbs (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2005.

November 28, 2007: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Eduardo Morlan (minors) and Jason Bartlett to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brendan Harris, Jason Pridie and Delmon Young.

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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
200824Tampa Bay Rays$404,600
200925Tampa Bay Rays$433,300
201026Tampa Bay Rays$3,350,000
2011 Status2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2011, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,187,900
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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