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.

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	OAK		LAA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 4	OAK		LAA	L,6-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 5	OAK		LAA	L,0-5	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 7	OAK	@	TEX	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	6	Apr 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	7	Apr 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-8	GF	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	8	Apr 10	OAK	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	9	Apr 12	OAK	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	12 (2)	Apr 15	OAK		HOU	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	13	Apr 17	OAK		TEX	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	14	Apr 18	OAK		TEX	W,4-2	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	16 (1)	Apr 20	OAK		SEA	W,9-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17	Apr 21	OAK		SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	18	Apr 22	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	19	Apr 23	OAK		SEA	L,1-11	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	20	Apr 25	OAK	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	38	10.2	6	0	0	6	0
17	21	Apr 26	OAK	@	LAA	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	22	Apr 27	OAK	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	23	Apr 28	OAK	@	HOU	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	25 (1)	Apr 30	OAK	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	26	May 2	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	27	May 3	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	28	May 4	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	29	May 5	OAK		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	30	May 6	OAK		DET	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	31	May 7	OAK		DET	W,8-6	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	32	May 8	OAK		LAA	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	33	May 9	OAK		LAA	L,3-7	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	35 (1)	May 12	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	36	May 13	OAK	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	37	May 14	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	38	May 15	OAK	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	39	May 16	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	40	May 17	OAK	@	SEA	L,0-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	41	May 18	OAK		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	45 (3)	May 23	OAK		MIA	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	46	May 24	OAK		MIA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
38	47	May 26	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	48	May 27	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	49	May 28	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
41	50	May 29	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	51	May 30	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	52	May 31	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	53	Jun 1	OAK	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	54	Jun 2	OAK		WSN	L,3-13	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	55	Jun 3	OAK		WSN	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
47	56	Jun 4	OAK		WSN	L,10-11	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	57	Jun 5	OAK		TOR	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	59 (1)	Jun 7	OAK		TOR	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	60	Jun 9	OAK	@	TBR	L,4-13	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	61	Jun 10 (1)	OAK	@	TBR	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	63 (1)	Jun 11	OAK	@	TBR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	64	Jun 13	OAK	@	MIA	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	65	Jun 14	OAK	@	MIA	L,6-11	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	66	Jun 15	OAK		NYY	W,8-7	GF	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	67	Jun 16	OAK		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	68	Jun 17	OAK		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	69	Jun 18	OAK		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	70	Jun 19	OAK		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	72 (1)	Jun 21	OAK		HOU	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	73	Jun 22	OAK		HOU	L,9-12	GS	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	74	Jun 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	76 (1)	Jun 25	OAK	@	CHW	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	77	Jun 27	OAK	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	78	Jun 28	OAK	@	HOU	L,8-11	GS	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	79	Jun 29	OAK	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	80	Jun 30	OAK		ATL	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	81	Jul 1	OAK		ATL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	82	Jul 2	OAK		ATL	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	83	Jul 3	OAK		CHW	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	84	Jul 4	OAK		CHW	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	85	Jul 5	OAK		CHW	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	86	Jul 6	OAK	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	87	Jul 7	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	88	Jul 8	OAK	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	89	Jul 9	OAK	@	SEA	L,0-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	90	Jul 14	OAK		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	91	Jul 15	OAK		CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	92	Jul 16	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	93	Jul 17	OAK		TBR	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	95 (1)	Jul 19	OAK		TBR	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	96	Jul 21	OAK	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	97	Jul 22	OAK	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
84	98	Jul 23	OAK	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	99	Jul 24	OAK	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	100	Jul 25	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	101	Jul 26	OAK	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	102	Jul 27	OAK	@	TOR	L,4-8	CG	42	9.2	4	1	0	5	0
89	103	Jul 28	OAK		MIN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	105 (1)	Jul 30	OAK		MIN	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	106	Jul 31	OAK		SFG	W,8-5	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	107	Aug 1	OAK		SFG	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	108	Aug 2	OAK	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	110 (1)	Aug 4	OAK	@	LAA	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	113 (2)	Aug 8	OAK		SEA	L,6-7	GS	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
96	114	Aug 9	OAK		SEA	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	116 (1)	Aug 11	OAK		BAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	118 (1)	Aug 13	OAK		BAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	119	Aug 14	OAK		KCR	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
100	120	Aug 15	OAK		KCR	W,10-8	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	121	Aug 16	OAK		KCR	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	122	Aug 18	OAK	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	123	Aug 19	OAK	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	124	Aug 20	OAK	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	126 (1)	Aug 22	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	127	Aug 23	OAK	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	128	Aug 25	OAK		TEX	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	129	Aug 26	OAK		TEX	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	130	Aug 27	OAK		TEX	W,8-3	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	131	Aug 28	OAK	@	LAA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
111	132	Aug 29	OAK	@	LAA	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
112	133	Aug 30	OAK	@	LAA	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	134	Sep 1	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
114	135	Sep 2	OAK	@	SEA	L,6-7	GS	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
115	137 (1)	Sep 4	OAK		LAA	L,9-11	CG	52	11.0	3	0	1	4	0
116	138	Sep 5	OAK		LAA	L,7-8	CG	46	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
117	139	Sep 6	OAK		LAA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	140	Sep 8	OAK		HOU	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	141	Sep 9 (1)	OAK		HOU	W,11-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	145 (3)	Sep 13	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	147 (1)	Sep 15	OAK	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	148	Sep 16	OAK	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	149	Sep 17	OAK	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	150	Sep 18	OAK	@	DET	W,8-3	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
125	152 (1)	Sep 20	OAK	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
126	153	Sep 22	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	154	Sep 23	OAK		TEX	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	155	Sep 24	OAK		TEX	W,8-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	156	Sep 25	OAK		SEA	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	158 (1)	Sep 27	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	159	Sep 28	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
132	160	Sep 29	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	161	Sep 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
							140gm		1072.2	249	5	7	261	2