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Mat Latos    \matt LAY-tos\

Mathew A. Latos

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

Born: December 9, 1987 in Alexandria, VA
High School: Coconut Creek HS (Coconut Creek, FL)
School: Broward Community College (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed May 30, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 2009 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 2 yrs/$11.5M (13-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.079, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Bledsoe Brothers [*]
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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
2009 21 SDP NL 4 5 .444 4.62 10 10 0 0 0 0 50.2 43 29 26 7 23 1 39 0 2 0 212 82 1.303 7.6 1.2 4.1 6.9 1.70
2010 22 SDP NL 14 10 .583 2.92 31 31 0 1 1 0 184.2 150 63 60 16 50 3 189 2 1 5 748 126 1.083 7.3 0.8 2.4 9.2 3.78 CYA-8
2011 23 SDP NL 9 14 .391 3.47 31 31 0 0 0 0 194.1 168 82 75 16 62 3 185 1 0 5 799 102 1.184 7.8 0.7 2.9 8.6 2.98
2012 24 CIN NL 14 4 .778 3.48 33 33 0 2 0 0 209.1 179 87 81 25 64 9 185 4 1 3 858 120 1.161 7.7 1.1 2.8 8.0 2.89
2013 25 CIN NL 4 0 1.000 2.91 9 9 0 0 0 0 58.2 54 23 19 6 15 1 51 2 0 2 239 139 1.176 8.3 0.9 2.3 7.8 3.40
5 Yrs 45 33 .577 3.37 114 114 0 3 1 0 697.2 594 284 261 70 214 17 649 9 4 15 2856 114 1.158 7.7 0.9 2.8 8.4 3.03
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .577 3.37 34 34 0 1 0 0 208 177 85 78 21 64 5 194 3 1 4 852 114 1.158 7.7 0.9 2.8 8.4 3.03
SDP (3 yrs) 27 29 .482 3.37 72 72 0 1 1 0 429.2 361 174 161 39 135 7 413 3 3 10 1759 108 1.154 7.6 0.8 2.8 8.7 3.06
CIN (2 yrs) 18 4 .818 3.36 42 42 0 2 0 0 268.0 233 110 100 31 79 10 236 6 1 5 1097 124 1.164 7.8 1.0 2.7 7.9 2.99

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2009 21 SDP NL 50.2 10 10 29 5.15 4.49 -0.08 0.18 90.3 4.29 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .451 .497
2010 22 SDP NL 184.2 31 31 63 3.07 4.32 0.37 0.16 94.0 3.86 16 1.7 -0.1 3.2 32 .556 .511 $407,800 CYA-8
2011 23 SDP NL 194.1 31 31 82 3.80 4.13 0.19 0.15 95.8 3.92 1 0.1 -0.1 1.7 18 .504 .501 $460,700
2012 24 CIN NL 209.1 33 33 87 3.74 4.37 0.05 0.17 106.9 4.79 23 2.6 -0.1 4.3 41 .578 .516 $550,000
2013 25 CIN NL 58.2 9 9 23 3.53 4.32 0.11 0.16 102.8 4.50 6 0.6 -0.1 1.1 11 .572 .504 $4,250,000
5 Seasons 697.2 114 114 284 3.66 4.29 0.17 0.16 98.9 4.24 40 4.6 -0.5 10.1 101 .540 .506 $5,668,500
SDP (3 yrs) 429.2 72 72 174 3.64 4.25 0.24 0.16 94.4 3.94 12 1.4 -0.3 4.7 49 .519 .503 $868,500
CIN (2 yrs) 268.0 42 42 110 3.69 4.36 0.07 0.17 106.0 4.73 28 3.2 -0.2 5.3 52 .577 .510 $4,800,000

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
2012 24 CIN NL NLDS L SFG 0 1 .000 6.48 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 7 6 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 39 1.560 11.9 2.2 2.2 5.4 2.50
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 6.48 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 7 6 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 39 1.560 11.9 2.2 2.2 5.4 2.50

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
2009 21 SDP NL 10 212 185 29 43 5 0 7 4 3 23 39 .232 .316 .373 .689 .257 69 3 0 3 1 1 1
2010 22 SDP NL 31 748 691 63 150 28 1 16 7 0 50 189 .217 .272 .330 .601 .275 228 7 2 4 1 3 3
2011 23 SDP NL 31 799 721 82 168 28 9 16 25 8 62 185 .233 .292 .363 .655 .288 262 8 1 8 7 3 5
2012 24 CIN NL 33 858 777 87 179 41 4 25 17 3 64 185 .230 .291 .390 .681 .270 303 16 4 9 3 9 6
2013 25 CIN NL 9 239 219 23 54 11 1 6 2 4 15 51 .247 .301 .388 .689 .296 85 6 2 3 0 1 3
5 Yrs 114 2856 2593 284 594 113 15 70 55 18 214 649 .229 .289 .365 .654 .278 947 40 9 27 12 17 18
162 Game Avg. 34 852 773 85 177 34 4 21 16 5 64 194 .229 .289 .365 .654 .278 282 12 3 8 4 5 5
MLB Averages .257 .324 .406 .730 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 21 SDP NL -5.6 -0.5 219 -0.0 3.7 -3.8 1.01 -0.3 0.2 -5.0 -0.5 1.01 -3.0 0 0 0
2010 22 SDP NL 18.1 1.9 762 3.2 14.1 -11.0 1.00 2.6 0.6 23.9 2.7 1.00 27.1 0 0 0
2011 23 SDP NL 2.0 0.2 834 0.5 15.2 -14.7 1.06 0.9 -0.4 7.5 0.8 1.06 9.1 0 0 0
2012 24 CIN NL 16.9 1.8 880 2.4 17.1 -14.7 1.11 2.5 -0.4 17.3 1.8 1.11 25.6 0 0 0
2013 25 CIN NL 6.0 0.6 247 1.0 4.9 -3.9 1.05 0.3 0.6 5.7 0.6 1.05 2.6 0 0 0
5 Yrs 37.4 4.0 2942 7.0 55.0 -48.1 1.05 6.1 0.6 49.3 5.3 1.05 61.4 0 0 0

Starting Pitching*

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
2009 21 SDP NL 10 10 4 5 1 1 0 5 5 .500 1 0 0 0 4 40% 49.6 77 16 6 2 0 4 3.4 3.9 5.1 87 1 9 0 0 95
2010 22 SDP NL 31 31 14 10 7 0 3 17 14 .548 4 0 1 1 21 68% 58.7 91 3 13 4 0 14 3.5 3.7 6.0 96 1 17 13 0 113
2011 23 SDP NL 31 31 9 14 8 2 7 13 18 .419 5 1 0 0 20 65% 56.1 81 37 17 6 0 16 3.3 3.0 6.3 102 0 13 16 2 123
2012 24 CIN NL 33 33 14 4 15 3 0 23 10 .697 4 6 2 0 18 55% 56.2 86 22 16 5 0 15 4.5 4.3 6.3 99 4 11 18 0 118
2013 25 CIN NL 9 9 4 0 5 2 0 7 2 .778 3 1 0 0 7 78% 56.9 72 29 4 2 0 4 6.1 5.2 6.5 100 0 4 5 0 107
5 Yrs 114 114 45 33 36 8 10 65 49 .570 17 8 3 1 70 61% 56 91 3 56 19 0 53 3.9 3.8 6.1 98 6 54 52 2 123
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 101 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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%
2009 21 SDP NL 212 52% 3.3% 18.4% 10.9% 5.7% 28% 0.57 0.77 66% 21% 8.3% 9% 42 3 7%
2010 22 SDP NL 748 51% 2.1% 25.3% 6.7% 6.0% 30% 0.81 0.97 65% 16% 6.8% 14% 112 7 6%
2011 23 SDP NL 799 47% 2.0% 23.2% 7.8% 6.6% 32% 0.76 0.90 66% 15% 6.1% 14% 129 8 6%
2012 24 CIN NL 858 50% 2.9% 21.6% 7.5% 8.2% 39% 0.85 1.21 66% 19% 9.0% 13% 135 16 12%
2013 25 CIN NL 239 58% 2.5% 21.3% 6.3% 7.5% 33% 0.90 1.33 68% 26% 7.7% 10% 39 6 15%
5 Yrs 2856 50% 2.5% 22.7% 7.5% 6.9% 33% 0.79 1.03 66% 18% 7.5% 13% 457 40 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 13% 11%

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
2009 21 SDP NL 212 869 4.10 543 62% 25% 17% 30% 28% 75% 1% 47% 77% 61% 6% 12 5 22% 47 24 2 18% 6 6 0 0 0
2010 22 SDP NL 748 2965 3.96 1934 65% 28% 18% 28% 26% 72% 1% 47% 75% 62% 4% 27 19 28% 213 116 11 27% 35 5 0 0 0
2011 23 SDP NL 804 3150 3.92 1968 62% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 1% 45% 75% 60% 4% 33 17 25% 199 108 14 27% 29 13 -5 0 0
2012 24 CIN NL 860 3271 3.80 2149 66% 28% 17% 27% 28% 72% 3% 47% 77% 62% 4% 37 21 27% 233 125 8 25% 36 8 -2 0 1
2013 25 CIN NL 240 899 3.75 594 66% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 1% 48% 76% 62% 3% 7 2 31% 75 35 2 29% 11 4 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 2864 11154 3.89 7188 64% 28% 18% 27% 28% 72% 2% 46% 76% 61% 4% 116 64 27% 767 408 37 26% 117 36 -8 0 1
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2009 21 SDP NL 212 43 3 2 7 0 5 3 4 3 4 10 6 1 60% 1 0 0 67 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 22 SDP NL 748 150 19 0 16 0 10 10 6 6 10 21 8 7 38% 3 5 2 241 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2011 23 SDP NL 799 168 28 3 16 0 8 9 7 8 8 37 18 9 49% 5 5 0 265 25 8 76% 22 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 15 0
2012 24 CIN NL 858 179 20 3 25 0 22 11 14 18 7 35 22 4 63% 6 3 1 262 17 3 85% 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2013 25 CIN NL 239 54 6 0 6 0 3 3 3 4 2 7 1 2 14% 3 2 0 78 2 4 33% 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Yrs 2856 594 76 8 70 0 48 36 34 39 31 110 55 23 50% 18 15 3 913 55 18 75% 47 16 8 2 0 0 1 0 41 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

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+
2009 21 4 5 .444 4.62 10 10 0 0 0 0 50.2 43 29 26 7 23 1 39 0 2 0 212 82 1.303 7.6 1.2 4.1 6.9 1.70 82
2010 22 18 15 .545 3.29 41 41 0 1 1 0 235.1 193 92 86 23 73 4 228 2 3 5 960 113 1.130 7.4 0.9 2.8 8.7 3.12 113
2011 23 27 29 .482 3.37 72 72 0 1 1 0 429.2 361 174 161 39 135 7 413 3 3 10 1759 108 1.154 7.6 0.8 2.8 8.7 3.06 108
2012 24 41 33 .554 3.41 105 105 0 3 1 0 639.0 540 261 242 64 199 16 598 7 4 13 2617 112 1.156 7.6 0.9 2.8 8.4 3.01 112
2013 25 45 33 .577 3.37 114 114 0 3 1 0 697.2 594 284 261 70 214 17 649 9 4 15 2856 114 1.158 7.7 0.9 2.8 8.4 3.03 114

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
2009 21 2 3 .400 5.44 48.0 45 32 29 7 24 37 0 1.438 8.4 4.5 6.9 1.54 1.3 10
2010 22 11 8 .579 3.39 178.0 159 74 67 17 53 182 2 1.191 8.0 2.7 9.2 3.43 0.9 31
2011 23 9 11 .450 4.28 183.0 181 97 87 17 67 175 1 1.355 8.9 3.3 8.6 2.61 0.8 31
2012 24 12 10 .545 3.53 204.0 178 89 80 25 64 180 4 1.186 7.9 2.8 7.9 2.81 1.1 33
2013 25 4 2 .667 3.05 56.0 54 21 19 6 15 49 2 1.232 8.7 2.4 7.9 3.27 1.0 9
5 Yrs 38 34 .528 3.79 669.0 617 313 282 72 223 623 9 1.256 8.3 8.4 2.79 1.0 114

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (8, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (270th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.3 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 NL  2.92 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2012 NL  .778 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2010 NL  1.083 (5th)
2012 NL  1.161 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  7.311 (7th)
2011 NL  7.780 (7th)
2012 NL  7.696 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  9.211 (5th)
2011 NL  8.568 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2012 NL  209.3 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
2012 NL  33 (1st)
2013 NL  9 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 NL  2 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  3.780 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 NL  14 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2010 NL  2.6 (9th)
2012 NL  2.5 (5th)
Active  6.1 (47th)

Youngest s c a p y
2009 NL  born 1987-12-09 (5th)
2009 NL  born 1987-12-09 (5th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 21 (1059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1575), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (922nd), 8.9 career WAR/8.9 7yr-peak WAR/8.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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