Matt Guerrier

Matthew Olson Guerrier

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 2, 1978 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Shaker Heights (Shaker Heights, OH)
School: Kent State University
Drafted
by the Chicago White Sox in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 2004
Teams (by GP): Twins/Dodgers 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 3 yrs/$12M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.056, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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
2004 25 MIN AL 0 1 .000 5.68 9 2 5 0 0 0 19.0 22 13 12 5 6 0 11 1 0 0 84 85 1.474 10.4 2.4 2.8 5.2 1.83
2005 26 MIN AL 0 3 .000 3.39 43 0 14 0 0 0 71.2 71 29 27 6 24 5 46 3 0 3 306 132 1.326 8.9 0.8 3.0 5.8 1.92
2006 27 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 3.36 39 1 13 0 0 1 69.2 78 29 26 9 21 0 37 0 0 6 300 134 1.421 10.1 1.2 2.7 4.8 1.76
2007 28 MIN AL 2 4 .333 2.35 73 0 16 0 0 1 88.0 71 23 23 9 21 1 68 5 0 6 351 183 1.045 7.3 0.9 2.1 7.0 3.24
2008 29 MIN AL 6 9 .400 5.19 76 0 15 0 0 1 76.1 84 47 44 12 37 9 59 0 0 2 344 81 1.585 9.9 1.4 4.4 7.0 1.59
2009 30 MIN AL 5 1 .833 2.36 79 0 15 0 0 1 76.1 58 23 20 10 16 2 47 4 0 6 304 186 0.969 6.8 1.2 1.9 5.5 2.94
2010 31 MIN AL 5 7 .417 3.17 74 0 13 0 0 1 71.0 56 28 25 7 22 1 42 3 0 2 286 129 1.099 7.1 0.9 2.8 5.3 1.91
2011 32 LAD NL 4 3 .571 4.07 70 0 12 0 0 1 66.1 59 31 30 4 25 5 50 0 0 2 282 92 1.266 8.0 0.5 3.4 6.8 2.00
8 Seasons 23 28 .451 3.46 463 3 103 0 0 6 538.1 499 223 207 62 172 23 360 16 0 27 2257 123 1.246 8.3 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.09
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .451 3.46 68 0 15 0 0 1 79 73 33 30 9 25 3 53 2 0 4 329 123 1.246 8.3 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.09
MIN (7 yrs) 19 25 .432 3.38 393 3 91 0 0 5 472.0 440 192 177 58 147 18 310 16 0 25 1975 129 1.244 8.4 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.11
LAD (1 yr) 4 3 .571 4.07 70 0 12 0 0 1 66.1 59 31 30 4 25 5 50 0 0 2 282 92 1.266 8.0 0.5 3.4 6.8 2.00
AL (7 yrs) AL 19 25 .432 3.38 393 3 91 0 0 5 472.0 440 192 177 58 147 18 310 16 0 25 1975 129 1.244 8.4 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.11
NL (1 yr) NL 4 3 .571 4.07 70 0 12 0 0 1 66.1 59 31 30 4 25 5 50 0 0 2 282 92 1.266 8.0 0.5 3.4 6.8 2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2004 25 MIN AL 19.0 2 13 12 0 .5 -1 -0.1 $
2005 26 MIN AL 71.2 0 29 42 3 .5 13 0.6 $318,500
2006 27 MIN AL 69.2 1 29 46 1 .5 17 0.8 $343,500
2007 28 MIN AL 88.0 0 23 55 1 .9 32 2.4 $407,500
2008 29 MIN AL 76.1 0 47 48 -2 1.3 1 -0.6 $950,000
2009 30 MIN AL 76.1 0 23 49 -2 1.3 26 2.3 $1,475,000
2010 31 MIN AL 71.0 0 28 36 1 1.4 8 1.0 $3,150,000
2011 32 LAD NL 66.1 0 31 33 -0 1.2 2 0.3 $2,461,499
8 Seasons 538.1 3 223 321 2 1.0 98 6.7 $9,105,999
MIN (7 yrs) 472.0 3 192 288 2 1.0 96 6.4 $6,644,500
LAD (1 yr) 66.1 0 31 33 -0 1.2 2 0.3 $2,461,499

Postseason Pitching

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
2006 27 MIN AL ALDS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 30 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2010 31 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16 0.429 1.9 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
3 ALDS 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 16 0.429 1.9 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2004 25 MIN AL 9 84 75 13 22 3 0 5 0 0 6 11 .293 .354 .533 .887 .288 40 0 1 2 0 0 1
2005 26 MIN AL 43 306 274 29 71 13 2 6 2 3 24 46 .259 .325 .387 .711 .291 106 3 3 4 1 5 4
2006 27 MIN AL 39 300 272 29 78 9 1 9 1 3 21 37 .287 .333 .426 .760 .300 116 5 0 3 4 0 2
2007 28 MIN AL 73 351 322 23 71 10 1 9 6 2 21 68 .220 .276 .342 .618 .250 110 7 5 0 3 1 2
2008 29 MIN AL 76 344 305 47 84 13 2 12 8 1 37 59 .275 .353 .449 .802 .306 137 3 0 1 1 9 3
2009 30 MIN AL 79 304 280 23 58 5 1 10 4 2 16 47 .207 .259 .339 .598 .214 95 5 4 3 1 2 5
2010 31 MIN AL 74 286 256 28 56 8 1 7 1 2 22 42 .219 .285 .340 .625 .233 87 5 3 2 3 1 1
2011 32 LAD NL 70 282 253 31 59 9 2 4 7 0 25 50 .233 .301 .332 .633 .275 84 3 0 3 1 5 2
8 Seasons 463 2257 2037 223 499 70 10 62 29 13 172 360 .245 .307 .380 .687 .268 775 31 16 18 14 23 20
162 Game Avg. 68 329 297 33 73 10 1 9 4 2 25 53 .245 .307 .380 .687 .268 113 5 2 3 2 3 3
MLB Averages .263 .331 .417 .748 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 25 MIN AL -1.8 -0.2 85 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .47 -0.6 -0.2 -4.9 -0.4 0.47 -4.0 0 0 5
2005 26 MIN AL 8.6 0.8 314 0.0 2.8 -2.8 .53 0.7 -0.7 9.1 0.9 0.53 7.2 5 9 28
2006 27 MIN AL 8.6 0.8 311 0.3 2.6 -2.3 .50 -0.3 0.9 8.1 0.8 0.50 2.9 4 8 26
2007 28 MIN AL 21.0 2.0 362 1.5 6.7 -5.2 .94 1.4 0.2 23.3 2.3 0.94 20.3 20 21 32
2008 29 MIN AL -8.4 -0.8 355 -0.1 7.6 -7.7 1.27 -0.2 0.2 -2.2 -0.2 1.27 -5.5 35 16 23
2009 30 MIN AL 17.0 1.7 316 2.5 7.7 -5.2 1.27 1.5 0.5 19.1 1.9 1.27 16.9 35 21 22
2010 31 MIN AL 7.4 0.7 293 0.6 7.2 -6.6 1.43 1.1 -0.7 12.2 1.2 1.43 12.4 31 15 28
2011 32 LAD NL -1.8 -0.2 294 -1.0 5.4 -6.3 1.22 0.2 -1.0 -7.8 -0.8 1.22 0.5 27 14 29
8 Seasons 50.5 5.0 2330 3.5 40.6 -37.1 1.00 3.7 -0.3 57.0 5.7 1.00 50.6 157 104 193

Starting Pitching*

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
2004 25 MIN AL 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 42 33 4 0 1 1 4.0 0.0 4.0 71 2 0 0 0 77
2006 27 MIN AL 39 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 8 4 0 0 7.9 6.0 4.0 68 1 0 0 0 68
2 Seasons 48 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 0 0% 40 45 33 12 4 1 1 5.2 1.8 4.0 70 3 0 0 0 77
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2004 25 MIN AL 9 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 8 .471 0 0 5 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 4 1 4.7 27
2005 26 MIN AL 43 43 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 20 5 25% 6 .532 5 9 28 6 6 31 11 32 24 6 26 1 5.0 25
2006 27 MIN AL 39 38 13 1 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 17 9 53% 9 .501 4 8 26 15 2 21 10 28 19 3 20 3 5.2 26
2007 28 MIN AL 73 73 16 2 4 4 1 3 25% 18 14 45 14 31% 7 .944 20 21 32 30 9 34 26 47 32 16 34 16 3.6 18
2008 29 MIN AL 76 76 15 6 9 5 1 4 20% 25 20 37 8 22% 8 1.268 35 16 23 36 17 23 21 55 18 24 21 22 3.0 17
2009 30 MIN AL 79 79 15 5 1 4 1 3 25% 37 33 54 13 24% 8 1.274 35 21 22 46 12 21 32 47 17 29 21 23 2.9 14
2010 31 MIN AL 74 74 13 5 7 7 1 6 14% 32 24 45 10 22% 8 1.433 31 15 28 46 11 17 27 47 14 26 17 20 2.9 14
2011 32 LAD NL 70 70 12 4 3 4 1 3 25% 18 13 41 19 46% 7 1.221 27 14 29 30 16 24 22 48 13 19 15 16 2.8 15
8 Seasons 463 460 103 23 27 25 6 19 24% 134 107 265 82 31% 1.002 157 104 193 209 73 178 152 308 141 123 158 102 3.4 17

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2004 25 MIN AL 84 37% 6.0% 13.1% 7.1% 9.5% 36% 0.78 1.09 70% 23% 15.6% 11% 19 0 0%
2005 26 MIN AL 306 60% 2.0% 15.0% 7.8% 6.9% 30% 0.92 1.16 73% 16% 6.0% 15% 53 3 6%
2006 27 MIN AL 300 60% 3.0% 12.3% 7.0% 6.3% 24% 0.86 1.11 77% 15% 7.7% 9% 57 5 9%
2007 28 MIN AL 351 56% 2.6% 19.4% 6.0% 5.7% 28% 0.92 1.17 71% 16% 8.0% 16% 58 7 12%
2008 29 MIN AL 344 63% 3.5% 17.2% 10.8% 7.9% 32% 0.88 1.10 68% 16% 10.2% 9% 63 3 5%
2009 30 MIN AL 304 61% 3.3% 15.5% 5.3% 5.3% 28% 0.76 1.00 74% 18% 8.5% 12% 55 5 9%
2010 31 MIN AL 286 64% 2.5% 14.7% 7.7% 5.6% 29% 0.88 1.15 73% 15% 7.7% 21% 61 5 8%
2011 32 LAD NL 282 57% 1.4% 17.7% 8.9% 5.3% 25% 0.67 0.82 71% 16% 4.0% 17% 54 3 6%
8 Seasons 2257 59% 2.8% 16.0% 7.6% 6.3% 29% 0.84 1.07 72% 16% 7.9% 14% 420 31 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.5% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2004 25 MIN AL 84 330 3.93 207 63% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 0% 44% 82% 60% 4% 3 1 26% 22 13 0 36% 0 2 0 0 0
2005 26 MIN AL 306 1094 3.58 685 63% 25% 16% 26% 34% 75% 4% 47% 79% 62% 4% 13 6 20% 61 31 6 26% 9 3 0 0 0
2006 27 MIN AL 300 1070 3.57 680 64% 23% 15% 26% 36% 77% 0% 49% 80% 67% 2% 5 2 20% 60 28 4 8% 7 3 0 0 0
2007 28 MIN AL 351 1296 3.69 802 62% 25% 18% 25% 32% 75% 1% 46% 76% 58% 4% 14 8 19% 68 29 2 21% 9 5 0 0 0
2008 29 MIN AL 344 1315 3.82 820 62% 24% 18% 28% 30% 76% 7% 48% 77% 59% 5% 17 4 21% 71 37 6 34% 6 4 0 0 0
2009 30 MIN AL 304 1079 3.55 717 66% 25% 14% 28% 33% 75% 1% 50% 81% 63% 2% 6 3 29% 88 52 3 28% 10 1 0 0 0
2010 31 MIN AL 286 1039 3.63 674 65% 24% 17% 27% 32% 76% 1% 49% 78% 63% 5% 14 9 23% 67 39 3 26% 7 4 0 0 0
2011 32 LAD NL 282 1019 3.61 648 64% 25% 20% 23% 32% 75% 5% 47% 74% 53% 6% 17 10 22% 63 44 4 22% 18 2 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2257 8242 3.65 5233 63% 25% 17% 26% 33% 75% 3% 48% 78% 61% 4% 89 43 22% 500 273 28 24% 66 24 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2004 25 MIN AL 84 22 1 0 5 0 1 1 4 2 3 5 3 0 60% 1 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 MIN AL 306 71 7 1 6 1 10 5 1 4 2 14 9 1 64% 4 3 0 111 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2006 27 MIN AL 300 78 10 0 9 0 8 6 3 5 4 15 9 1 60% 2 6 1 118 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 0
2007 28 MIN AL 351 71 7 0 9 0 6 3 6 2 7 15 6 5 40% 2 6 0 129 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
2008 29 MIN AL 344 84 10 1 12 0 14 9 3 7 5 25 9 4 36% 3 2 0 120 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2009 30 MIN AL 304 58 8 0 10 0 9 8 2 7 3 13 8 0 62% 5 6 2 117 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2010 31 MIN AL 286 56 9 0 7 2 11 6 1 3 4 21 9 2 43% 1 2 0 108 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2011 32 LAD NL 282 59 9 2 4 1 12 2 2 4 0 19 13 2 68% 2 2 2 109 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
8 Seasons 2257 499 61 4 62 4 71 40 22 34 28 127 66 15 52% 20 27 5 844 29 13 69% 27 13 2 0 0 0 6 1 57 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2004 25 0 1 .000 5.68 9 2 5 0 0 0 19.0 22 13 12 5 6 0 11 1 0 0 84 85 1.474 10.4 2.4 2.8 5.2 1.83 85
2005 26 0 4 .000 3.87 52 2 19 0 0 0 90.2 93 42 39 11 30 5 57 4 0 3 390 117 1.357 9.2 1.1 3.0 5.7 1.90 117
2006 27 1 4 .200 3.65 91 3 32 0 0 1 160.1 171 71 65 20 51 5 94 4 0 9 690 124 1.385 9.6 1.1 2.9 5.3 1.84 124
2007 28 3 8 .273 3.19 164 3 48 0 0 2 248.1 242 94 88 29 72 6 162 9 0 15 1041 139 1.264 8.8 1.1 2.6 5.9 2.25 139
2008 29 9 17 .346 3.66 240 3 63 0 0 3 324.2 326 141 132 41 109 15 221 9 0 17 1385 120 1.340 9.0 1.1 3.0 6.1 2.03 120
2009 30 14 18 .438 3.41 319 3 78 0 0 4 401.0 384 164 152 51 125 17 268 13 0 23 1689 129 1.269 8.6 1.1 2.8 6.0 2.14 129
2010 31 19 25 .432 3.38 393 3 91 0 0 5 472.0 440 192 177 58 147 18 310 16 0 25 1975 129 1.244 8.4 1.1 2.8 5.9 2.11 129
2011 32 23 28 .451 3.46 463 3 103 0 0 6 538.1 499 223 207 62 172 23 360 16 0 27 2257 123 1.246 8.3 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.09 123

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2004 25 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 21 12 11 5 6 11 1 1.421 9.9 2.8 5.2 1.83 2.4 9
2005 26 4 3 .571 3.34 70.0 70 29 26 6 24 45 3 1.343 9.0 3.1 5.8 1.88 0.8 43
2006 27 4 3 .571 3.36 67.0 77 28 25 9 21 36 0 1.463 10.3 2.8 4.8 1.71 1.2 39
2007 28 6 3 .667 2.57 84.0 72 27 24 9 21 65 5 1.107 7.7 2.3 7.0 3.10 1.0 73
2008 29 3 5 .375 5.67 73.0 87 51 46 12 38 56 0 1.712 10.7 4.7 6.9 1.47 1.5 76
2009 30 6 2 .750 2.40 75.0 59 22 20 10 16 46 4 1.000 7.1 1.9 5.5 2.88 1.2 79
2010 31 4 3 .571 3.63 67.0 59 30 27 7 23 40 3 1.224 7.9 3.1 5.4 1.74 0.9 74
2011 32 3 4 .429 4.57 65.0 62 37 33 4 26 49 0 1.354 8.6 3.6 6.8 1.88 0.6 70
8 Seasons 31 24 .564 3.67 520.0 507 236 212 62 175 348 16 1.312 8.8 6.0 1.99 1.1 463

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2007 AL  73 (7th)
2008 AL  76 (1st)
2009 AL  79 (1st)
2010 AL  74 (3rd)
Active  463 (46th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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