Matt Karchner
Matthew Dean Karchner
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 245 lb.

Born: June 28, 1967 in Berwick, PA
High School: Berwick (Berwick, PA)
School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1995
Final Game: June 14, 2000
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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
1995 CHW AL 28 P 31 0 32.0 9 6 3 0 2 1.000 2.53 0.29 .956 1.80 0.53
1996 CHW AL 29 P 50 0 59.1 9 4 3 2 1 .778 1.06 0.14 .967 1.77 0.52
1997 CHW AL 30 P 52 0 52.2 8 2 6 0 2 1.000 1.37 0.15 .950 1.71 0.49
1998 TOT MLB 31 P 61 0 64.2 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.95 0.23 .957 1.82 0.52
1998 CHW AL 31 P 32 0 36.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.25 .950 1.79 0.50
1998 CHC NL 31 P 29 0 28.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.21 .967 1.86 0.54
1999 CHC NL 32 P 16 0 18.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.13 .950 1.70 0.48
2000 CHC NL 33 P 13 0 14.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.07 0.38 .960 1.72 0.48
6 Seasons P 223 0 241.1 47 18 27 2 5 .957 1.68 0.20 .957 1.77 0.51
6 Seasons TOT 223 0 241.1 47 18 27 2 5 .957 1.68 0.20 .915 1.77 0.51

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 CHW AL 28 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CHW AL 29 50 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 CHW AL 30 52 0 2 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHW AL 31 32 0 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHC NL 31 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CHC NL 32 16 0 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CHC NL 33 13 0 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 223 0 61 223 223 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1995 CHW AL 28 143 73% 29% 5 100% 0 6 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 100%
1996 CHW AL 29 288 69% 26% 5 60% 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1997 CHW AL 30 239 77% 30% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1998 CHW AL 31 176 69% 27% 7 100% 0 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 CHC NL 31 138 72% 28% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 CHC NL 32 83 76% 27% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 CHC NL 33 82 80% 26% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1149 73% 28% 32 94% 0 17 4 12 27 18 4 2 1 1 0 1 5 3 3 2 8 100%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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