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Matt Harrison

Matthew Reid Harrison

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 16, 1985 in Durham, NC
High School: South Granville (Creedmoor, NC)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 2008
Team: Rangers 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$429k (11), 1 yr/$2.95M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.083, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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
2003	17	ATL-min	Rk	3	1	.750	3.69	11	6	1	0	0	1	39.0	40	18	16	2	9	0	33	0	0	3	161		1.256	9.2	0.5	2.1	7.6	3.67	BVS · GULF
2004	18	ATL-min	Rk	4	4	.500	4.09	13	12	0	1	0	0	66.0	72	36	30	3	10	1	49	1	1	3	278		1.242	9.8	0.4	1.4	6.7	4.90	DAN · APPY
2005	19	ATL-min	A	12	7	.632	3.23	27	27	0	2	1	0	167.0	151	65	60	17	30	0	118	6	2	3	672		1.084	8.1	0.9	1.6	6.4	3.93	ROM · SALL
2006	20	ATL-min	A+,AA	11	8	.579	3.35	26	25	0	3	1	0	158.2	160	66	59	12	33	0	114	5	6	5	657		1.216	9.1	0.7	1.9	6.5	3.45	MYR,MSS · CARL,SOUL
2007	21	ATL-min	AA	5	7	.417	3.39	20	20	0	0	0	0	116.2	118	51	44	6	34	0	78	1	3	2	487		1.303	9.1	0.5	2.6	6.0	2.29	MSS · SOUL
2008	22	TEX-min	AA,AAA	6	3	.667	3.43	15	15	0	1	1	0	84.0	89	38	32	6	28	0	55	0	1	1	359		1.393	9.5	0.6	3.0	5.9	1.96	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
2008	22	TEX	AL	9	3	.750	5.49	15	15	0	1	1	0	83.2	100	57	51	12	31	2	42	2	2	2	372	81	1.566	10.8	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.35
2009	23	TEX-min	AA	0	1	.000	3.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	38		1.444	9.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	1.75	FRI · TL
2009	23	TEX	AL	4	5	.444	6.11	11	11	0	2	1	0	63.1	81	43	43	9	23	0	34	2	0	0	283	76	1.642	11.5	1.3	3.3	4.8	1.48
2010	24	TEX-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	4.91	3	1	1	0	0	1	7.1	12	5	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	1	34		1.773	14.7	1.2	1.2	9.8	8.00	OKC,FRI · PCL,TL
2010	24	TEX	AL	3	2	.600	4.71	37	6	9	0	0	2	78.1	80	45	41	10	39	3	46	2	0	4	356	95	1.519	9.2	1.1	4.5	5.3	1.18
2011	25	TEX	AL	14	9	.609	3.39	31	30	0	0	0	0	185.2	180	79	70	13	57	1	126	1	1	6	772	131	1.276	8.7	0.6	2.8	6.1	2.21
4 Seasons				30	19	.612	4.49	94	62	9	3	2	2	411.0	441	224	205	44	150	6	248	7	3	12	1783	100	1.438	9.7	1.0	3.3	5.4	1.65
162 Game Avg.				13	8	.612	4.49	41	27	4	1	1	1	179	192	98	89	19	65	3	108	3	1	5	777	100	1.438	9.7	1.0	3.3	5.4	1.65

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
2008	22	TEX	AL	83.2	15	57	54	-2	.9	-3	-0.3	$
2009	23	TEX	AL	63.1	11	43	37	3	.9	-6	-0.6	$405,500
2010	24	TEX	AL	78.1	6	45	44	-0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$406,090
2011	25	TEX	AL	185.2	30	79	121	3	1.0	42	4.0	$428,830
4 Seasons				411.0	62	224	255	4	1.0	31	3.0	$1,240,420

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	25	TEX	AL	ALDS	W	TBR	1	0	1.000	4.76	2	1	5.2	6	3	3	0	3	0	9	1	26	1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	14.3	3.00
2011	25	TEX	AL	ALCS	W	DET	0	0		3.60	1	1	5.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	20	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
2011	25	TEX	AL	WS	L	STL	0	2	.000	7.04	2	2	7.2	11	8	6	2	3	1	4	0	37	1.826	12.9	2.3	3.5	4.7	1.33
1 Season (3 Series)							1	2	.333	5.40	5	4	18.1	20	13	11	2	9	1	16	1	83	1.582	9.8	1.0	4.4	7.9	1.78
1 ALDS							1	0	1.000	4.76	2	1	5.2	6	3	3	0	3	0	9	1	26	1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	14.3	3.00
1 ALCS							0	0		3.60	1	1	5.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	20	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1 WS							0	2	.000	7.04	2	2	7.2	11	8	6	2	3	1	4	0	37	1.826	12.9	2.3	3.5	4.7	1.33

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	Pos
2003	17	ATL-min	Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	BVS · GULF
2004	18	ATL-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	DAN · APPY
2005	19	ATL-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	ROM · SALL
2006	20	ATL-min	AA,A+	26	21	20	0	2	1	0	10	.100	.100	.100	.200		2	1	MSS,MYR · SOUL,CARL
2007	21	ATL-min	AA	20	16	13	1	1	0	1	8	.077	.143	.077	.220		1	2	MSS · SOUL
2008	22	TEX-min	AA,AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
2008	22	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1
2009	23	TEX-min	AA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	FRI · TL
2009	23	TEX	AL	11	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	1
2010	24	TEX-min	AA,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
2010	24	TEX	AL	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
2011	25	TEX	AL	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
4 Seasons				66	12	11	1	0	0	1	8	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	29	27	2	0	0	2	20	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
2009	23	TEX	AL	2	0	-0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	$405,500	1
2010	24	TEX	AL	1	-0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	$406,090	1
2011	25	TEX	AL	9	-3	0	-0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$428,830	1
3 Seasons				12	-3	-0	-0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$1,240,420

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
2011	25	TEX	AL	WS	STL	L	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2008	TEX	AL	22	P	15			83.2	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	1	2	0.97	0.60	.952	1.60	1.59
2009	TEX	AL	23	P	11			63.1	16	3	13	0	2	1.000	4	13	2.27	1.45	.953	1.53	1.51
2010	TEX	AL	24	P	37			78.1	11	4	6	1	0	.909	-1	-3	1.15	0.27	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	TEX	AL	25	P	31	30	0	185.2	40	4	32	4	3	.900	0	0	1.75	1.16	.949	1.60	1.59	3	3	50%	2
	4 Seasons			P	94	30	0	411.0	76	12	59	5	5	.934	4	1	1.55	0.76	.951	1.60	1.59	3	3	50%	2
	4 Seasons			TOT	94	30	0	411.0	76	12	59	5	5	.934	4	11	1.55	0.76	.951	1.60	1.59	3	3	50%	2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y 2009 AL 2 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2008 AL 1 (9th) 2009 AL 1 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 AL 0.630 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2011 AL 131 (9th)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2011 AL 4 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 2003.
July 31, 2007: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Beau Jones (minors), Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia to the Texas Rangers for Ron Mahay and Mark Teixeira.

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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
2009	23	Texas Rangers	$405,500
2010	24	Texas Rangers	$406,090
2011	25	Texas Rangers	$428,830

2012	26	Texas Rangers	$2,950,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,240,420	Does not include future salaries

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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