Matt Joyce

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 194lb (188cm, 87kg)

Born: August 3, 1984 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL).

High School: Armwood HS (Seffner, FL)

School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Debut: May 5, 2008 (Age 23-276d, 19,295th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 2021 (Age 37-051d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Matthew Ryan Joyce

Nicknames: DJ SS or Sweet Swingin'

Twitter: @sweetswingin20

Instagram: @joycer247

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

3718

898

149

.242

537

RBI

503

OBP

.342

SLG

.425

OPS

.767

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 1	TBR		TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 3	TBR		TOR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 5	TBR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	7	Apr 6	TBR		TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	11 (3)	Apr 11	TBR	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	12	Apr 12	TBR	@	CIN	W,1-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	13	Apr 13	TBR	@	CIN	L,4-12	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	14	Apr 14	TBR	@	BAL	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	16 (1)	Apr 17	TBR		NYY	L,2-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	17	Apr 18	TBR		NYY	W,11-5	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	19 (1)	Apr 20	TBR		NYY	L,1-5	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	22 (2)	Apr 24	TBR		MIN	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	23	Apr 25	TBR	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	24	Apr 26	TBR	@	CHW	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	25	Apr 27	TBR	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	26	Apr 28	TBR	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
17	27	Apr 29	TBR	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	28	May 1 (1)	TBR	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	29	May 1 (2)	TBR	@	BOS	W,6-5	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	31 (1)	May 3	TBR	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	33 (1)	May 6	TBR		BAL	L,3-5	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	34	May 7	TBR		BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	35	May 8	TBR		BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	36	May 9	TBR		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	37	May 10	TBR		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	38	May 11	TBR		CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	39	May 12	TBR	@	SEA	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	40	May 13	TBR	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	41	May 14	TBR	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	43 (1)	May 16	TBR	@	LAA	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	45 (1)	May 18	TBR	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	47 (1)	May 21	TBR		OAK	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	48	May 22	TBR		OAK	W,5-2	CG	42	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	49	May 23	TBR		BOS	W,1-0	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	50	May 24	TBR		BOS	W,6-5	CG	56	15.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	52 (1)	May 26	TBR	@	TOR	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	54 (1)	May 28	TBR	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	55	May 30	TBR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
39	56	May 31	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	59 (2)	Jun 3	TBR	@	MIA	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	60	Jun 4	TBR		MIA	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	61	Jun 5	TBR		MIA	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	62	Jun 6	TBR		SEA	W,4-0	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	64 (1)	Jun 8	TBR		SEA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	65	Jun 9	TBR		SEA	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	66	Jun 10	TBR		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	67	Jun 11	TBR		STL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	68	Jun 13	TBR	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	69	Jun 14	TBR	@	HOU	L,3-7	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	70	Jun 15	TBR	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	72 (1)	Jun 17	TBR		BAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	73	Jun 18	TBR		BAL	L,0-2	GS	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
53	82 (8)	Jun 27 (2)	TBR	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	84 (1)	Jun 29	TBR	@	BAL	W,12-7	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	86 (1)	Jul 1	TBR	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	88 (1)	Jul 3	TBR	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	91 (2)	Jul 6	TBR	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	92	Jul 7	TBR		KCR	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	100 (7)	Jul 20	TBR	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	101	Jul 22	TBR	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	102	Jul 23	TBR	@	STL	W,3-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	108 (5)	Jul 30	TBR		MIL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	116 (7)	Aug 9	TBR	@	CHC	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	119 (2)	Aug 12	TBR	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
65	123 (3)	Aug 16	TBR		NYY	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	124	Aug 17	TBR		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	125	Aug 19	TBR		DET	L,6-8	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	126	Aug 20	TBR		DET	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	128 (1)	Aug 22	TBR	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	129	Aug 23	TBR	@	TOR	L,4-5	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
71	130	Aug 24	TBR	@	TOR	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	131	Aug 25	TBR	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
73	132	Aug 26	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	133	Aug 27	TBR	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	134	Aug 28	TBR	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	135	Aug 29	TBR		BOS	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	137 (1)	Aug 31	TBR		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	138	Sep 1	TBR		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	139	Sep 2	TBR		TOR	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	140	Sep 3	TBR		TOR	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	142 (1)	Sep 5	TBR		BAL	W,3-0		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	143	Sep 6	TBR		BAL	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	144	Sep 7	TBR		BAL	L,5-7	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	145	Sep 9	TBR	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	146	Sep 10	TBR	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	147	Sep 11	TBR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
87	149 (1)	Sep 13	TBR	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	152 (2)	Sep 16	TBR		NYY	W,6-1	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	153	Sep 17	TBR		NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	155 (1)	Sep 20	TBR		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	157 (1)	Sep 23	TBR	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	159 (1)	Sep 25	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	160	Sep 26	TBR	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	161	Sep 27	TBR	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							96gm		729.0	156	5	3	164	1