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Matt Karchner

Matthew Dean Karchner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: June 28, 1967 in Berwick, PA
High School: Berwick HS (Berwick, PA)
School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1995
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cubs 1995-2000

Final Game: June 14, 2000
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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
1995 28 CHW AL 4 2 .667 1.69 31 0 10 0 0 0 32.0 33 8 6 2 12 2 24 1 0 1 137 269 1.406 9.3 0.6 3.4 6.8 2.00
1996 29 CHW AL 7 4 .636 5.76 50 0 13 0 0 1 59.1 61 42 38 10 41 8 46 2 0 4 278 83 1.719 9.3 1.5 6.2 7.0 1.12
1997 30 CHW AL 3 1 .750 2.91 52 0 25 0 0 15 52.2 50 18 17 4 26 4 30 0 0 6 224 152 1.443 8.5 0.7 4.4 5.1 1.15
1998 31 TOT MLB 5 5 .500 5.15 61 0 26 0 0 11 64.2 63 39 37 8 33 8 52 7 0 1 299 88 1.485 8.8 1.1 4.6 7.2 1.58
1998 31 CHW AL 2 4 .333 5.15 32 0 23 0 0 11 36.2 33 21 21 2 19 6 30 5 0 0 167 89 1.418 8.1 0.5 4.7 7.4 1.58
1998 31 CHC NL 3 1 .750 5.14 29 0 3 0 0 0 28.0 30 18 16 6 14 2 22 2 0 1 132 86 1.571 9.6 1.9 4.5 7.1 1.57
1999 32 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 2.50 16 0 2 0 0 0 18.0 16 5 5 3 9 0 9 2 0 1 80 182 1.389 8.0 1.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
2000 33 CHC NL 1 1 .500 6.14 13 0 5 0 0 0 14.2 19 11 10 3 11 0 5 0 0 2 75 76 2.045 11.7 1.8 6.8 3.1 0.45
6 Yrs 21 13 .618 4.21 223 0 81 0 0 27 241.1 242 123 113 30 132 22 166 12 0 15 1093 109 1.550 9.0 1.1 4.9 6.2 1.26
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .618 4.21 68 0 25 0 0 8 74 74 38 34 9 40 7 51 4 0 5 333 109 1.550 9.0 1.1 4.9 6.2 1.26
CHW (4 yrs) 16 11 .593 4.08 165 0 71 0 0 27 180.2 177 89 82 18 98 20 130 8 0 11 806 112 1.522 8.8 0.9 4.9 6.5 1.33
CHC (3 yrs) 5 2 .714 4.60 58 0 10 0 0 0 60.2 65 34 31 12 34 2 36 4 0 4 287 98 1.632 9.6 1.8 5.0 5.3 1.06
AL (4 yrs) 16 11 .593 4.08 165 0 71 0 0 27 180.2 177 89 82 18 98 20 130 8 0 11 806 112 1.522 8.8 0.9 4.9 6.5 1.33
NL (3 yrs) 5 2 .714 4.60 58 0 10 0 0 0 60.2 65 34 31 12 34 2 36 4 0 4 287 98 1.632 9.6 1.8 5.0 5.3 1.06

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1995 28 CHW AL 32.0 31 0 8 2.25 5.03 -0.13 -0.37 93.8 4.49 8 0.8 1.8 0.3 1.3 12 .525 .505 $
1996 29 CHW AL 59.1 50 0 42 6.37 5.39 -0.09 -0.40 96.1 4.89 -11 -1.0 1.6 -0.5 -0.8 -2 .481 .494 $135,000
1997 30 CHW AL 52.2 52 0 18 3.08 5.00 -0.16 -0.38 96.0 4.59 9 0.8 1.7 0.2 1.5 16 .516 .505 $200,000
1998 31 CHW AL 36.2 32 0 21 5.15 5.09 0.03 -0.39 97.4 4.55 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.2 -0.1 2 .493 .499 $300,000
1998 31 CHC NL 28.0 29 0 18 5.79 4.98 -0.10 -0.38 103.5 4.86 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 -0.2 -0 .490 .498 $
1999 32 CHC NL 18.0 16 0 5 2.50 5.16 -0.13 -0.39 99.8 4.89 5 0.5 .9 -0.1 0.5 7 .529 .503 $776,000
2000 33 CHC NL 14.2 13 0 11 6.75 5.44 0.05 -0.41 99.6 4.96 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .479 .498 $776,000
6 Seasons 241.1 223 0 123 4.59 5.15 -0.09 -0.39 97.3 4.72 2 0.3 1.6 -0.5 2.0 33 .501 .500 $2,187,000
CHW (4 yrs) 180.2 165 0 89 4.43 5.15 -0.09 -0.39 95.9 4.66 4 0.4 1.7 -0.2 1.9 28 .503 .501 $635,000
CHC (3 yrs) 60.2 58 0 34 5.04 5.14 -0.08 -0.39 101.4 4.89 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.3 0.1 5 .498 .500 $1,552,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1998 31 CHC NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 13.5 0.0 13.5
1 NLDS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 13.5 0.0 13.5

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
1995 28 CHW AL 31 137 120 8 33 5 0 2 2 2 12 24 .275 .336 .367 .702 .316 44 3 1 0 4 2 1
1996 29 CHW AL 50 278 228 42 61 9 1 10 3 1 41 46 .268 .378 .447 .826 .290 102 5 2 2 4 8 3
1997 30 CHW AL 52 224 194 18 50 7 1 4 7 2 26 30 .258 .344 .366 .710 .286 71 8 0 3 1 4 1
1998 31 CHC NL 29 132 113 18 30 4 0 6 4 1 14 22 .265 .357 .460 .817 .282 52 1 2 2 0 2 3
1998 31 CHW AL 32 167 136 21 33 6 0 2 6 0 19 30 .243 .348 .331 .678 .287 45 0 5 3 4 6 1
1998 31 TOT MLB 61 299 249 39 63 10 0 8 10 1 33 52 .253 .352 .390 .741 .285 97 1 7 5 4 8 4
1999 32 CHC NL 16 80 68 5 16 2 0 3 1 0 9 9 .235 .342 .397 .739 .232 27 0 2 1 0 0 0
2000 33 CHC NL 13 75 61 11 19 4 2 3 4 1 11 5 .311 .411 .590 1.001 .296 36 0 0 2 1 0 3
6 Yrs 223 1093 920 123 242 37 4 30 27 7 132 166 .263 .358 .410 .768 .287 377 17 12 13 14 22 12
162 Game Avg. 68 333 281 38 74 11 1 9 8 2 40 51 .263 .358 .410 .768 .287 115 5 4 4 4 7 4
MLB Averages .269 .340 .426 .766 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 28 CHW AL 9.9 0.9 142 0.8 4.3 -3.6 1.64 0.2 0.3 7.2 0.7 1.64 4.2 19 3 9
1996 29 CHW AL -7.2 -0.7 288 -0.9 6.9 -7.8 1.52 -0.5 -0.1 -6.6 -0.6 1.52 -6.8 26 15 8
1997 30 CHW AL 9.5 0.9 239 2.5 6.7 -4.2 1.47 0.3 1.4 9.1 0.9 1.47 6.4 27 13 10
1998 31 TOT MLB -3.8 -0.4 314 -0.8 8.3 -9.0 1.72 -0.6 0.2 -6.3 -0.6 1.72 -4.6 38 10 11
1998 31 CHW AL -1.4 -0.1 176 -0.7 5.2 -5.9 2.05 -0.1 -0.2 -1.3 -0.1 2.05 0.6 20 5 6
1998 31 CHC NL -2.4 -0.2 138 -0.1 3.1 -3.2 1.30 -0.5 0.4 -5.0 -0.5 1.30 -5.2 18 5 5
1999 32 CHC NL 4.4 0.4 83 0.2 1.1 -0.9 .73 -0.2 0.4 3.8 0.4 0.73 -0.7 3 5 6
2000 33 CHC NL -2.5 -0.2 82 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 .97 -0.8 -0.2 -5.8 -0.5 0.97 -8.1 5 1 7
6 Yrs 10.2 1.0 1148 0.9 28.2 -27.4 1.48 -1.5 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.48 -9.7 118 47 51

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
1995 28 CHW AL 31 31 10 4 2 0 0 0 13 13 26 9 35% 8 1.643 19 3 9 15 7 9 14 17 10 13 11 5 3.1 17
1996 29 CHW AL 50 50 13 7 4 9 1 8 11% 22 12 38 14 37% 8 1.519 26 15 8 29 10 11 24 26 22 14 24 9 3.6 22
1997 30 CHW AL 52 52 25 3 1 16 15 1 94% 28 12 37 10 27% 8 1.471 27 13 10 29 8 15 22 30 16 21 17 15 3.0 17
1998 31 TOT MLB 61 61 26 5 5 18 11 7 61% 30 10 33 10 30% 1.719 38 10 11 34 11 16 20 41 21 16 23 19 3.2 18
1998 31 CHW AL 32 32 23 2 4 15 11 4 73% 16 1 15 5 33% 9 2.049 20 5 6 18 7 7 8 24 10 6 10 7 3.4 20
1998 31 CHC NL 29 29 3 3 1 3 0 3 0% 14 9 18 5 28% 7 1.302 18 5 5 16 4 9 12 17 11 10 13 12 2.9 16
1999 32 CHC NL 16 16 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 10 3 30% 6 .733 3 5 6 4 1 11 7 9 5 4 5 3 3.4 18
2000 33 CHC NL 13 13 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 43% 6 .966 5 1 7 1 4 8 7 6 6 3 7 2 3.4 21
6 Yrs 223 223 81 21 13 44 27 17 61% 96 49 158 52 33% 1.484 118 47 51 112 41 70 94 129 80 71 87 53 3.2 19

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%
1995 28 CHW AL 137 57% 1.5% 17.5% 8.8% 5.1% 21% 0.73 0.97 72% 30% 3.9% 9% 36 3 8%
1996 29 CHW AL 278 55% 3.6% 16.6% 14.8% 7.2% 33% 0.69 0.79 63% 18% 12.0% 24% 60 5 8%
1997 30 CHW AL 224 62% 1.8% 13.4% 11.6% 5.4% 24% 0.76 1.03 72% 19% 5.1% 15% 50 8 16%
1998 31 TOT MLB 299 56% 2.7% 17.4% 11.0% 6.0% 29% 0.75 0.78 65% 17% 7.8% 10% 51 1 2%
1998 31 CHW AL 167 50% 1.2% 18.0% 11.4% 4.8% 24% 0.75 0.74 65% 17% 3.6% 13% 28 0 0%
1998 31 CHC NL 132 64% 4.6% 16.7% 10.6% 7.6% 33% 0.75 0.85 64% 17% 12.5% 8% 23 1 4%
1999 32 CHC NL 80 63% 3.8% 11.3% 11.3% 6.3% 31% 0.63 0.67 70% 12% 11.1% 23% 21 0 0%
2000 33 CHC NL 75 72% 4.0% 6.7% 14.7% 12.0% 47% 0.66 1.00 72% 24% 10.0% 6% 12 0 0%
6 Yrs 1093 59% 2.7% 15.2% 12.1% 6.5% 29% 0.72 0.86 68% 19% 8.0% 15% 230 17 7%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.6% 9.2% 7.9% 33% 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.3% 15% 10%

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
1995 28 CHW AL 137 529 3.86 330 62% 26% 18% 26% 30% 74% 4% 46% 76% 63% 4% 5 1 18% 24 12 2 21% 3 2 0 0 0
1996 29 CHW AL 236 914 3.87 525 57% 27% 16% 27% 30% 73% 5% 42% 78% 56% 8% 18 9 18% 42 22 1 23% 7 3 42 0 1
1997 30 CHW AL 217 824 3.80 498 60% 24% 15% 29% 33% 76% 4% 46% 80% 50% 7% 15 7 19% 41 22 2 26% 6 4 7 0 0
1998 31 TOT MLB 299 1108 3.71 662 60% 26% 15% 27% 31% 74% 6% 44% 80% 57% 9% 26 14 18% 54 23 2 35% 9 5 0 0 0
1998 31 CHW AL 167 639 3.83 380 59% 29% 14% 27% 30% 71% 8% 42% 80% 53% 9% 15 8 19% 32 13 1 43% 5 2 0 0 0
1998 31 CHC NL 132 469 3.55 282 60% 23% 16% 28% 33% 77% 3% 46% 80% 61% 8% 11 6 17% 22 10 1 23% 4 3 0 0 0
1999 32 CHC NL 80 295 3.69 181 61% 23% 13% 31% 33% 77% 0% 47% 84% 63% 8% 6 3 29% 23 11 0 11% 3 3 0 0 0
2000 33 CHC NL 75 270 3.60 142 53% 22% 10% 27% 42% 78% 0% 41% 87% 39% 7% 5 2 7% 5 1 0 40% 0 3 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1044 3940 3.77 2338 59% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 4% 44% 80% 55% 7% 75 36 18% 189 91 7 27% 28 20 49 0 1
MLB Averages 3.72 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1995 28 CHW AL 137 33 2 0 2 0 11 2 0 2 0 17 7 4 41% 1 1 0 65 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1996 29 CHW AL 278 61 7 0 10 0 11 6 4 6 4 19 10 4 53% 3 4 1 122 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
1997 30 CHW AL 224 50 5 0 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 17 9 0 53% 1 6 2 98 7 2 78% 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0
1998 31 TOT MLB 299 63 14 0 8 0 9 2 6 3 5 17 9 3 53% 4 1 0 121 10 1 91% 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1998 31 CHW AL 167 33 8 0 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 16 7 3 44% 1 0 0 63 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1998 31 CHC NL 132 30 6 0 6 0 2 2 4 3 3 1 2 0 200% 3 1 0 58 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1999 32 CHC NL 80 16 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 4 1 0 25% 0 1 1 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 33 CHC NL 75 19 2 1 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 5 3 0 60% 3 2 0 30 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
6 Yrs 1093 242 33 1 30 0 44 18 12 18 12 79 39 11 49% 12 15 4 476 27 7 79% 27 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 45 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1995 28 4 2 .667 1.69 31 0 10 0 0 0 32.0 33 8 6 2 12 2 24 1 0 1 137 269 1.406 9.3 0.6 3.4 6.8 2.00 269
1996 29 11 6 .647 4.34 81 0 23 0 0 1 91.1 94 50 44 12 53 10 70 3 0 5 415 108 1.609 9.3 1.2 5.2 6.9 1.32 108
1997 30 14 7 .667 3.81 133 0 48 0 0 16 144.0 144 68 61 16 79 14 100 3 0 11 639 120 1.549 9.0 1.0 4.9 6.3 1.27 120
1998 31 19 12 .613 4.23 194 0 74 0 0 27 208.2 207 107 98 24 112 22 152 10 0 12 938 108 1.529 8.9 1.0 4.8 6.6 1.36 108
1999 32 20 12 .625 4.09 210 0 76 0 0 27 226.2 223 112 103 27 121 22 161 12 0 13 1018 112 1.518 8.9 1.1 4.8 6.4 1.33 112
2000 33 21 13 .618 4.21 223 0 81 0 0 27 241.1 242 123 113 30 132 22 166 12 0 15 1093 109 1.550 9.0 1.1 4.9 6.2 1.26 109

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
1995 28 3 0 1.000 1.54 35.0 36 7 6 2 13 26 1 1.400 9.3 3.3 6.7 2.00 0.5 31
1996 29 2 4 .333 5.34 59.0 59 39 35 10 40 46 2 1.678 9.0 6.1 7.0 1.15 1.5 50
1997 30 3 2 .600 3.12 49.0 50 19 17 4 26 28 0 1.551 9.2 4.8 5.1 1.08 0.7 52
1998 31 3 4 .429 4.77 66.0 61 39 35 8 32 53 7 1.409 8.3 4.4 7.2 1.66 1.1 61
1999 32 1 0 1.000 2.50 18.0 16 6 5 3 9 9 2 1.389 8.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.5 16
2000 33 0 1 .000 5.06 16.0 18 10 9 3 10 5 0 1.750 10.1 5.6 2.8 0.50 1.7 13
6 Yrs 12 11 .522 3.96 243.0 240 120 107 30 130 167 12 1.523 8.9 6.2 1.28 1.1 223

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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