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

Born: November 11, 1983 in Selma, CA
Schools: 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 4 367 118 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 3 772 120 1.240 8.3 0.9 2.9 6.2 2.17
2009 25 TBR AL 6 5 .545 3.45 16 16 0 0 0 0 104.1 81 41 40 14 42 0 88 3 0 1 428 129 1.179 7.0 1.2 3.6 7.6 2.10
4 Seasons 25 27 .481 3.88 72 70 1 3 2 0 422.0 409 201 182 47 156 6 321 13 2 9 1799 114 1.339 8.7 1.0 3.3 6.8 2.06
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .481 3.88 34 34 0 1 1 0 202 196 96 87 23 75 3 154 6 1 4 861 114 1.339 8.7 1.0 3.3 6.8 2.06
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) 17 14 .548 3.61 46 46 0 3 2 0 289.0 251 124 116 33 101 2 216 9 2 4 1200 123 1.218 7.8 1.0 3.1 6.7 2.14

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 6.0 7 5 4 4 1.833 10.5 6.0 6.0 1.00
2008 24 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 2 0 1.000 1.38 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 8 2 6 14 1.077 5.5 4.2 9.7 2.33
2008 24 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 2 7 1.333 9.0 3.0 10.5 3.50
1 Season (3 Series) 2 1 .667 3.96 4 4 0 0 0 25.0 21 11 12 25 1.320 7.6 4.3 9.0 2.08
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 5 4 4 1.833 10.5 6.0 6.0 1.00
1 ALCS 2 0 1.000 1.38 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 8 2 6 14 1.077 5.5 4.2 9.7 2.33
1 WS 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 2 7 1.333 9.0 3.0 10.5 3.50

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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

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
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0

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 16 16 104.1 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.86 0.63 .964 1.63 0.43
4 Seasons P 72 70 422.0 57 24 28 5 0 .912 1.11 0.72 .956 1.60 0.42
4 Seasons TOT 72 70 422.0 57 24 28 5 0 .912 1.11 0.72 .868 1.60 0.42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2008-AL-ALCS MVP

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL--1.179--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--8.285--7th
2009 AL--6.987--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL--88--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
2008 AL--3--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 AL--2--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--14--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 AL--42--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (833), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1564), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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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

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2008Tampa Bay Rays$404,600
Career (may be incomplete)$404,600
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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