Matt Kinney
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 16, 1976 in Bangor, ME
High School: Bangor (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
Final Game: September 28, 2005
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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
2000 23 MIN AL 2 2 .500 5.10 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.1 41 26 24 7 25 1 24 0 0 4 186 101 1.559 8.7 1.5 5.3 5.1 0.96
2002 25 MIN AL 2 7 .222 4.64 14 12 1 0 0 0 66.0 78 39 34 13 33 0 45 1 0 5 305 96 1.682 10.6 1.8 4.5 6.1 1.36
2003 26 MIL NL 10 13 .435 5.19 33 31 1 1 0 0 190.2 201 121 110 27 80 4 152 6 2 10 847 83 1.474 9.5 1.3 3.8 7.2 1.90
2004 27 TOT MLB 3 5 .375 6.06 43 6 14 0 0 0 78.2 104 55 53 11 30 2 73 4 0 7 370 73 1.703 11.9 1.3 3.4 8.4 2.43
2004 27 MIL NL 3 4 .429 5.78 32 6 10 0 0 0 62.1 77 41 40 8 23 1 52 2 0 5 286 75 1.604 11.1 1.2 3.3 7.5 2.26
2004 27 KCR AL 0 1 .000 7.16 11 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 27 14 13 3 7 1 21 2 0 2 84 67 2.082 14.9 1.7 3.9 11.6 3.00
2005 28 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 6.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 18 8 8 2 6 0 3 1 0 0 55 71 2.000 13.5 1.5 4.5 2.3 0.50
5 Seasons 19 27 .413 5.29 103 58 17 1 0 0 389.2 442 249 229 60 174 7 297 12 2 26 1763 84 1.581 10.2 1.4 4.0 6.9 1.71
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .413 5.29 44 24 7 0 0 0 165 187 105 97 25 73 3 125 5 1 11 745 84 1.581 10.2 1.4 4.0 6.9 1.71
MIN (2 yrs) 4 9 .308 4.82 22 20 1 0 0 0 108.1 119 65 58 20 58 1 69 1 0 9 491 98 1.634 9.9 1.7 4.8 5.7 1.19
MIL (2 yrs) 13 17 .433 5.34 65 37 11 1 0 0 253.0 278 162 150 35 103 5 204 8 2 15 1133 81 1.506 9.9 1.2 3.7 7.3 1.98
KCR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.16 11 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 27 14 13 3 7 1 21 2 0 2 84 67 2.082 14.9 1.7 3.9 11.6 3.00
SFG (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 6.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 18 8 8 2 6 0 3 1 0 0 55 71 2.000 13.5 1.5 4.5 2.3 0.50
NL (3 yrs) 15 17 .469 5.37 70 38 12 1 0 0 265.0 296 170 158 37 109 5 207 9 2 15 1188 80 1.528 10.1 1.3 3.7 7.0 1.90
AL (3 yrs) 4 10 .286 5.13 33 20 5 0 0 0 124.2 146 79 71 23 65 2 90 3 0 11 575 93 1.693 10.5 1.7 4.7 6.5 1.38

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
2000 23 MIN AL 8 186 157 26 41 10 1 7 3 0 25 24 .261 .355 .471 .826 .262 74 7 0 0 4 1
2002 25 MIN AL 14 305 264 39 78 10 3 13 7 1 33 45 .295 .371 .504 .875 .310 133 2 1 3 4 0
2003 26 MIL NL 33 847 740 121 201 33 7 27 24 4 80 152 .272 .343 .445 .787 .304 329 13 6 10 11 4
2004 27 KCR AL 11 84 74 14 27 3 2 3 0 0 7 21 .365 .429 .581 1.010 .471 43 1 2 0 1 1
2004 27 MIL NL 32 286 256 41 77 21 1 8 5 3 23 52 .301 .359 .484 .844 .347 124 3 2 2 3 1
2004 27 TOT MLB 43 370 330 55 104 24 3 11 5 3 30 73 .315 .375 .506 .881 .372 167 4 4 2 4 2
2005 28 SFG NL 5 55 47 8 18 3 0 2 0 1 6 3 .383 .463 .574 1.037 .381 27 3 1 1 0 0
5 Seasons 103 1763 1538 249 442 80 14 60 39 9 174 297 .287 .359 .475 .834 .317 730 29 12 16 23 7
162 Game Avg. 44 745 650 105 187 34 6 25 16 4 73 125 .287 .359 .475 .834 .317 308 12 5 7 10 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2000 23 MIN AL 8 8 2 2 4 1 1 5 3 .625 1 3 0 0 5 63% 46 63 8 4 1 1 5 5.3 4.8 5.3 95 1 3 4 0 109
2002 25 MIN AL 14 12 2 7 3 1 1 4 8 .333 0 2 0 0 5 42% 47 64 23 12 1 1 6 3.0 2.5 5.3 89 2 8 2 0 103
2003 26 MIL NL 33 31 10 13 8 4 0 13 18 .419 2 4 1 0 10 32% 47 74 18 18 5 0 10 4.8 4.9 6.0 100 1 12 18 0 119
2004 27 TOT MLB 43 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 1 1 0 0 2 33% 60 18 18 4 0 3 5.3 5.0 4.2 83 3 2 1 0 114
2004 27 MIL NL 32 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 1 1 0 0 2 33% 34 60 18 13 4 0 3 5.3 5.0 4.2 83 3 2 1 0 114
2005 28 SFG NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 16 16 16 2 0 0 0 7.0 0.0 2.3 53 1 0 0 0 53
5 Seasons 92 58 14 25 19 6 2 25 33 .431 4 11 1 0 22 38% 45 74 8 49 11 2 24 4.6 4.4 5.5 95 8 25 25 0 119
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
2002 25 MIN AL 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1.007 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5 36
2003 26 MIL NL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.935 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 29
2004 27 TOT MLB 43 37 14 3 2 0 0 0 4 3 27 17 63% 0.723 8 3 24 6 5 26 12 25 18 10 19 4 4.4 26
2004 27 MIL NL 32 26 10 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 18 11 61% 6 0.839 6 3 15 6 3 17 8 18 14 6 15 3 4.3 24
2004 27 KCR AL 11 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 7 0.329 2 0 9 0 2 9 4 7 4 4 4 1 4.5 30
2005 28 SFG NL 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 0.841 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 7.3 36
4 Seasons 95 45 17 5 2 1 0 1 0% 5 3 30 18 60% 0.896 8 6 28 8 5 32 14 31 22 10 23 4 4.6 27

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%
2000 23 MIN AL 186 60% 3.8% 12.9% 13.4% 9.7% 44% 0.53 0.78 70% 23% 9.3% 12% 37 7 19%
2002 25 MIN AL 305 54% 4.3% 14.8% 10.8% 8.5% 33% 0.56 0.72 69% 22% 11.1% 11% 58 2 3%
2003 26 MIL NL 847 47% 3.2% 18.0% 9.5% 7.9% 33% 0.60 0.77 68% 23% 8.5% 13% 182 13 7%
2004 27 TOT MLB 370 46% 3.0% 19.7% 8.1% 10.3% 37% 0.47 0.55 68% 29% 6.9% 9% 79 4 5%
2004 27 MIL NL 286 46% 2.8% 18.2% 8.0% 10.5% 39% 0.48 0.55 70% 28% 6.5% 11% 58 3 5%
2004 27 KCR AL 84 48% 3.6% 25.0% 8.3% 9.5% 30% 0.46 0.56 61% 30% 8.3% 3% 21 1 5%
2005 28 SFG NL 55 36% 3.6% 5.5% 10.9% 9.1% 28% 0.65 1.21 76% 29% 8.7% 12% 15 3 20%
5 Seasons 1763 49% 3.4% 16.9% 9.9% 8.7% 35% 0.56 0.73 68% 24% 8.7% 12% 371 29 8%
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
2000 23 MIN AL 186 756 4.06 425 56% 26% 13% 28% 32% 74% 1% 42% 82% 44% 5% 9 6 12% 22 9 0 29% 3 2 0 0 0
2002 25 MIN AL 305 1143 3.75 702 61% 26% 12% 30% 32% 74% 0% 46% 84% 63% 6% 18 11 25% 76 33 6 20% 5 7 0 0 0
2003 26 MIL NL 847 3172 3.74 1972 62% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 1% 45% 80% 58% 5% 45 21 20% 171 90 9 28% 24 19 0 0 0
2004 27 TOT MLB 370 1451 3.92 890 61% 24% 17% 30% 30% 76% 1% 47% 78% 54% 5% 20 12 22% 83 44 2 21% 9 6 0 0 0
2004 27 MIL NL 286 1117 3.91 683 61% 23% 16% 30% 31% 77% 0% 47% 79% 53% 6% 16 10 23% 67 33 1 17% 6 5 0 0 0
2004 27 KCR AL 84 334 3.98 207 62% 24% 18% 32% 26% 76% 2% 47% 76% 57% 5% 4 2 19% 16 11 1 29% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 28 SFG NL 55 195 3.55 108 55% 28% 6% 25% 42% 72% 0% 40% 92% 51% 7% 4 2 11% 6 5 1 67% 1 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1763 6717 3.81 4097 61% 26% 14% 28% 31% 74% 1% 45% 81% 57% 5% 96 52 20% 358 181 18 26% 42 36 0 0 0
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
2000 23 MIN AL 186 41 5 0 7 0 2 3 4 3 4 12 8 0 67% 0 4 2 73 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
2002 25 MIN AL 305 78 10 3 13 0 7 4 9 8 5 19 12 2 63% 3 5 1 112 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2003 26 MIL NL 847 201 21 5 27 2 18 15 12 15 12 54 27 17 50% 11 10 1 323 24 4 86% 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2004 27 TOT MLB 370 104 7 1 11 0 14 6 5 3 8 35 18 4 51% 3 7 2 145 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 0
2004 27 MIL NL 286 77 4 1 8 0 10 5 3 2 6 26 16 1 62% 3 5 1 111 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
2004 27 KCR AL 84 27 3 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 9 2 3 22% 0 2 1 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2005 28 SFG NL 55 18 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1763 442 45 10 60 2 42 30 30 29 31 121 65 23 54% 17 26 6 681 39 9 81% 38 9 1 0 0 0 4 1 79 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+
2000 23 2 2 .500 5.10 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.1 41 26 24 7 25 1 24 0 0 4 186 101 1.559 8.7 1.5 5.3 5.1 0.96 101
2001 24 2 2 .500 5.10 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.1 41 26 24 7 25 1 24 0 0 4 186 101 1.559 8.7 1.5 5.3 5.1 0.96 101
2002 25 4 9 .308 4.82 22 20 1 0 0 0 108.1 119 65 58 20 58 1 69 1 0 9 491 98 1.634 9.9 1.7 4.8 5.7 1.19 98
2003 26 14 22 .389 5.06 55 51 2 1 0 0 299.0 320 186 168 47 138 5 221 7 2 19 1338 88 1.532 9.6 1.4 4.2 6.7 1.60 88
2004 27 17 27 .386 5.27 98 57 16 1 0 0 377.2 424 241 221 58 168 7 294 11 2 26 1708 84 1.568 10.1 1.4 4.0 7.0 1.75 84
2005 28 19 27 .413 5.29 103 58 17 1 0 0 389.2 442 249 229 60 174 7 297 12 2 26 1763 84 1.581 10.2 1.4 4.0 6.9 1.71 84

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
2000 23 2 2 .500 4.29 42.0 38 22 20 6 23 24 0 1.452 8.1 4.9 5.1 1.04 1.3 8
2002 25 3 4 .429 4.64 64.0 78 37 33 13 33 44 1 1.734 11.0 4.6 6.2 1.33 1.8 14
2003 26 8 12 .400 5.10 187.0 200 118 106 27 80 149 6 1.497 9.6 3.9 7.2 1.86 1.3 33
2004 27 3 5 .375 5.77 78.0 102 56 50 11 29 72 4 1.679 11.8 3.3 8.3 2.48 1.3 43
2005 28 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 17 9 8 2 6 2 1 2.300 15.3 5.4 1.8 0.33 1.8 5
5 Seasons 16 24 .400 5.13 381.0 435 242 217 59 171 291 12 1.591 10.3 6.9 1.70 1.4 103

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 NL--27--9th

Losses s c a p y
2003 NL--13--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 NL--110--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 NL--10--10th

Similarity Scores

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