Matt Kinney

Matthew John Kinney

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 16, 1976 in Bangor, ME
High School: Bangor HS (Bangor, ME)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 2000
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Twins/Royals/Giants 2000-2005
Agents: Gregg Clifton [*]
Final Game: September 28, 2005
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1995	18	BOS-min	Rk	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		RES · GULF
1996	19	BOS-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOW · NYPL
1997	20	BOS-min	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BTC · MIDW
1998	21	BOS-MIN-min	A+	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAR,FTM · FLOR
1999	22	MIN-min	Rk,AA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TWN,NBR · GULF,EL
2000	23	MIN-min	AAA,AA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK,NBR · PCL,EL
2000	23	MIN	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2001	24	MIN-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
2002	25	MIN-min	AAA,Rk,A+,AA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM,TWN,FTM,NBR · PCL,GULF,FLOR,EL
2002	25	MIN	AL	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	26	MIL	NL	33	62	55	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	.036	.070	.055	.125	-66	3	1	0	5	0	0	1
2004	27	TOT	MLB	43	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	27	MIL	NL	32	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	27	KCR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	28	SFG-min	AAA,A+	24	28	22	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.182	.250	.273	.523		6	0	0	4	0	0		FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2005	28	SFG	NL	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	29	SFG-min	AAA	28	32	27	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.111	.143	.148	.291		4	0	0	4	0	0		FRE · PCL
2007	30	SFG-min	AAA	28	32	32	3	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	9	.250	.250	.313	.563		10	0	0	0	0	0		FRE · PCL
2008	31	SEI	Fgn	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SEI · JPPL
2009	32	SFG-min	AAA	30	30	26	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.115	.148	.192	.340		5	0	0	3	0	0		FRE · PCL
2010	33	SFG-min	AAA	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		FRE · PCL
5 Yrs				103	77	69	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	30	.072	.099	.087	.186	-51	6	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	121	109	5	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	47	.072	.099	.087	.186	-51	9	2	0	9	0	0

MIN (2 yrs)				22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				65	72	64	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	28	.063	.091	.078	.169	-55	5	1	0	6	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				70	75	67	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	29	.075	.101	.090	.191	-49	6	1	0	6	0	0
AL (3 yrs)				33	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2000	23	MIN	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	/1

2002	25	MIN	AL	14	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
2003	26	MIL	NL	33	62	-14	-0	0	0	9	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.481	.496	-0.6	0.0	-4	$318,000	1
2004	27	MIL	NL	32	10	-1	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$400,000	1
2004	27	KCR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2005	28	SFG	NL	5	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
5 Seasons				103	77	-16	-0	0	0	11	-6	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.494	.499	-0.6	0.0	-3	$918,000

MIN (2 yrs)				22	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$200,000
MIL (2 yrs)				65	72	-16	-0	0	0	10	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.491	.498	-0.6	0.0	-4	$718,000
KCR (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
SFG (1 yr)				5	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2002	25	MIN	AL	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.332	.000	.425	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2003	26	MIL	NL	62	59	0	0.0	108	.071	.036	.266	.070	.338	.055	.427	.125	.765	-66	.000	-13.6	-1.3	.093	.055	.018
2004	27	TOT	MLB	10	8	1	3.4	111	.250	.222	.270	.222	.341	.222	.437	.444	.778	16	.322	-1.2	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
2004	27	MIL	NL	10	8	1	3.4	111	.250	.222	.270	.222	.341	.222	.437	.444	.778	16	.322	-1.2	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
2005	28	SFG	NL	3	2	0	0.0	109	.500	.333	.270	.333	.340	.333	.430	.667	.770	76	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
5 Yrs				77	71	1	0.4	108	.128	.072	.267	.099	.338	.087	.428	.186	.767	-51	.009	-15.5	-1.5	.123	.043	.014
162 Game Avg.				121	112	2	0.4	108	.128	.072	.267	.099	.338	.087	.428	.186	.767	-51	.009	-15.5	-1.5	.123	.043	.014

MIL (2 yrs)				72	67	1	0.4	108	.111	.063	.267	.091	.338	.078	.428	.169	.767	-55	.010	-14.8	-1.4	.115	.047	.016
MIN (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.332	.000	.425	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
SFG (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	109	.500	.333	.270	.333	.340	.333	.430	.667	.770	76	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				75	69	1	0.4	108	.132	.075	.267	.101	.338	.090	.428	.191	.767	-49	.009	-14.9	-1.4	.127	.045	.015
AL (3 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.332	.000	.425	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2002	25	MIN	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%
2003	26	MIL	NL	62	0.0%	43.6%	3.2%	1.6%	50%	13.50	2.0			1.27	1.75	45%	15%	0.0%	0%
2004	27	TOT	MLB	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0		9.0	1.33	6.00	80%	22%	0.0%	0%
2004	27	MIL	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0		9.0	1.33	6.00	80%	22%	0.0%	0%
2005	28	SFG	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00	0.00	67%	50%	0.0%	0%
5 Yrs				77	0.0%	39.0%	2.6%	1.3%	20%	15.00	2.3		69.0	1.19	1.69	51%	18%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.7%	8.0%	34%	1.93	5.3	31.3	7.5	0.78	1.07	70%	22%	8.1%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2000	23	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0

2002	25	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.65	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.29	-0.6	0
2003	26	MIL	NL	-13.6	-1.3	62	-1.3	0.0	-1.3	.89	-1.3	-0.2	-15.2	-1.5	0.98	-14.9	0
2004	27	TOT	MLB	-1.2	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.98	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.02	-1.5	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.98	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.02	-1.5	0
2004	27	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
2005	28	SFG	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.85	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.79	-0.2	0
5 Yrs				-15.5	-1.5	77	-1.5	0.2	-1.7	.92	-1.5	-0.2	-17.7	-1.7	0.99	-17.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
2002	25	MIN	AL		0		0	0
2003	26	MIL	NL	75%	10	0%	3	3
2004	27	TOT	MLB	0%	1		0	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	0%	1		0	0
2005	28	SFG	NL	0%	1		0	0
5 Yrs				43%	12	0%	3	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2002	25	MIN	AL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2003	26	MIL	NL	62	23%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	56%	10	1	10%	12	5	42%	44	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
2004	27	TOT	MLB	10	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	10	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2005	28	SFG	NL	3	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				77	22%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	50%	13	1	8%	15	5	33%	57	1	2%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	25	MIN	AL	2	5	2.50	5	100%	20%	40%	20%	20%	80%		80%	50%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2003	26	MIL	NL	62	217	3.50	163	75%	18%	33%	29%	20%	82%	0%	62%	60%	58%	0%	0	0	5%	3	1	2%	1	0	15%	0	0	0
2004	27	TOT	MLB	10	25	2.50	18	72%	17%	11%	22%	50%	83%	0%	60%	87%	70%	0%	0	0	10%	1	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2004	27	MIL	NL	10	25	2.50	18	72%	17%	11%	22%	50%	83%	0%	60%	87%	70%	0%	0	0	10%	1	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2005	28	SFG	NL	3	10	3.33	7	70%	29%	14%	29%	29%	71%	0%	50%	80%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				77	257	3.34	193	75%	18%	30%	28%	23%	82%	0%	61%	63%	57%	0%	0	0	5%	4	1	1%	1	0	17%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		62%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2002	25	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
2003	26	55	64	57	3	2	1	0	2	28	.035	.068	.053	.120	-68	3	1	5
2004	27	98	74	66	3	4	1	1	2	29	.061	.088	.076	.164	-56	5	1	6
2005	28	103	77	69	3	5	1	1	2	30	.072	.099	.087	.186	-51	6	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
2002	25	14	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	14
2003	26	33	62	55	2	27	.000	.035	.000	.035	33
2004	27	43	10	9	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	43
2005	28	5	3	3	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	5
4 Yrs		95	77	69	2	30	.000	.028	.000	.028	95
162 Game Avg.		162	131	118	3	51	.000	.028	.000	.028	95

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