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 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
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 1 137 266 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 82 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 6 224 151 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 87 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 85 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 80 179 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 74 2.045 11.7 1.8 6.8 3.1 0.45
6 Seasons 21 13 .618 4.21 223 0 81 0 0 27 241.1 242 123 113 30 132 22 166 12 0 15 1093 107 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 5 333 107 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 97 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 97 1.632 9.6 1.8 5.0 5.3 1.06

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
1996 29 CHW AL 50 277 228 42 61 9 1 10 3 1 41 46 .268 .378 .447 .826 .290 102 5 2 2 4 8
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
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
1998 31 CHC NL 29 131 113 18 30 4 0 6 4 1 14 22 .265 .357 .460 .817 .282 52 1 2 2 0 2
1998 31 TOT MLB 61 298 249 39 63 10 0 8 10 1 33 52 .253 .352 .390 .741 .285 97 1 7 5 4 8
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
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
6 Seasons 223 1091 920 123 242 37 4 30 27 7 132 166 .263 .358 .410 .768 .287 377 17 12 13 14 22
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
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 1.508 25 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 1.482 27 13 11 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% 1.728 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 2.047 20 5 6 18 7 7 8 24 10 6 10 7 3.4 21
1998 31 CHC NL 29 29 3 3 1 3 0 3 0% 14 9 18 5 28% 7 1.324 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 0.734 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 0.961 5 1 7 1 4 8 7 6 6 3 7 2 3.4 21
6 Seasons 223 223 81 21 13 44 27 17 61% 96 49 158 52 33% 1.486 117 47 52 112 41 70 94 129 80 71 87 53 3.2 19

Ratio Pitching*

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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 43% 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 45% 3.6% 16.6% 14.8% 7.2% 33% 0.69 0.79 64% 18% 12.0% 24% 60 5 8%
1997 30 CHW AL 224 38% 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 44% 2.7% 17.5% 11.1% 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 36% 4.6% 16.8% 10.7% 7.6% 33% 0.75 0.85 65% 17% 12.5% 8% 23 1 4%
1999 32 CHC NL 80 38% 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 28% 4.0% 6.7% 14.7% 12.0% 47% 0.66 1.00 72% 24% 10.0% 6% 12 0 0%
6 Seasons 1093 41% 2.8% 15.2% 12.1% 6.5% 29% 0.72 0.86 68% 19% 8.0% 15% 230 17 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 235 913 3.89 524 57% 27% 16% 27% 30% 73% 5% 42% 78% 55% 8% 18 9 18% 42 22 1 23% 7 3 43 0 1
1997 30 CHW AL 216 823 3.81 497 60% 24% 15% 29% 33% 76% 4% 46% 80% 50% 7% 15 7 19% 41 22 2 26% 6 4 8 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 Seasons 1042 3938 3.78 2336 59% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 4% 44% 80% 55% 7% 75 36 18% 189 91 7 27% 28 20 51 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 1 137 266 1.406 9.3 0.6 3.4 6.8 2.00 266
1996 29 11 6 .647 4.34 81 0 23 0 0 1 91.1 94 50 44 12 53 10 70 3 0 5 415 107 1.609 9.3 1.2 5.2 6.9 1.32 107
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 12 938 107 1.529 8.9 1.0 4.8 6.6 1.36 107
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 111 1.518 8.9 1.1 4.8 6.4 1.33 111
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 107 1.550 9.0 1.1 4.9 6.2 1.26 107

Neutralized Pitching

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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 2 1 .667 1.85 34.0 37 8 7 2 13 26 1 1.471 9.8 3.4 6.9 2.00 0.5 31
1996 29 2 4 .333 5.34 59.0 60 39 35 10 40 46 2 1.695 9.2 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 4.85 65.0 63 39 35 8 33 52 7 1.477 8.7 4.6 7.2 1.58 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 5.40 15.0 19 10 9 3 11 5 0 2.000 11.4 6.6 3.0 0.45 1.8 13
6 Seasons 11 12 .478 4.05 240.0 245 121 108 30 132 166 12 1.571 9.2 6.2 1.26 1.1 223

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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