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Mat Latos

Mathew A. Latos

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 235 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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$550k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.079, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2007	19	SDP-min	A-	1	4	.200	3.83	16	13	0	0	0	0	56.1	58	30	24	1	22	0	74	4	4	8	246		1.420	9.3	0.2	3.5	11.8	3.36	EUG · NORW
2008	20	SDP-min	A,A-,Rk	3	3	.500	2.57	15	11	0	0	0	0	56.0	49	20	16	4	13	0	69	4	1	4	232		1.107	7.9	0.6	2.1	11.1	5.31	FWA,EUG,PDS · MIDW,NORW,ARIZ
2009	21	SDP-min	AA,A	8	1	.889	1.37	13	11	1	0	0	0	72.1	42	12	11	1	12	0	73	1	0	1	267		0.747	5.2	0.1	1.5	9.1	6.08	SAN,FWA · TL,MIDW
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	101	1.184	7.8	0.7	2.9	8.6	2.98
2012	24	CIN	NL	4	2	.667	4.58	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.0	57	30	30	11	22	1	51	1	0	1	252	89	1.339	8.7	1.7	3.4	7.8	2.32
4 Yrs				31	31	.500	3.52	82	82	0	1	1	0	488.2	418	204	191	50	157	8	464	4	3	11	2011	104	1.177	7.7	0.9	2.9	8.5	2.96
162 Game Avg.				13	13	.500	3.52	34	34	0	0	0	0	203	173	85	79	21	65	3	192	2	1	5	834	104	1.177	7.7	0.9	2.9	8.5	2.96

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	107	1.154	7.6	0.8	2.8	8.7	3.06
CIN (1 yr)				4	2	.667	4.58	10	10	0	0	0	0	59.0	57	30	30	11	22	1	51	1	0	1	252	89	1.339	8.7	1.7	3.4	7.8	2.32

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2009	21	SDP	NL	50.2	10	10	29	5.15	4.50	-0.08	0.18	90.3	4.30	-5	-0.5	-0.0	-0.1	0	.451	.497	$
2010	22	SDP	NL	184.2	31	31	63	3.07	4.35	0.37	0.16	93.0	3.85	16	1.7	-0.1	3.0	33	.555	.511	$407,800	CYA-8
2011	23	SDP	NL	194.1	31	31	82	3.80	4.12	0.19	0.15	95.8	3.91	1	0.1	-0.1	1.5	19	.505	.501	$460,700
2012	24	CIN	NL	59.0	10	10	30	4.58	4.09	0.06	0.15	102.8	4.30	-2	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	3	.474	.498	$
4 Seasons				488.2	82	82	204	3.76	4.24	0.22	0.16	95.0	3.97	10	1.1	-0.3	4.5	56	.514	.502	$868,500

SDP (3 yrs)				429.2	72	72	174	3.64	4.26	0.24	0.16	93.9	3.93	12	1.4	-0.3	4.4	53	.519	.503	$868,500
CIN (1 yr)				59.0	10	10	30	4.58	4.09	0.06	0.15	102.8	4.30	-2	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	3	.474	.498	$

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	10	252	226	30	57	14	1	11	11	1	22	51	.252	.321	.469	.790	.280	106	3	1	3	0	1	1
4 Yrs				82	2011	1823	204	418	75	11	50	47	12	157	464	.229	.291	.365	.655	.279	665	21	4	18	9	8	10
162 Game Avg.				34	834	756	85	173	31	5	21	19	5	65	192	.229	.291	.365	.655	.279	276	9	2	7	4	3	4
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
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
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
2011	23	SDP	NL	2.0	0.2	834	0.5	15.2	-14.7	1.06	0.9	-0.4	7.6	0.8	1.06	8.8
2012	24	CIN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	264	-0.2	4.3	-4.5	1.01	-0.2	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.01	-3.3
4 Yrs				12.6	1.4	2079	3.5	37.4	-34.0	1.02	3.0	0.3	24.1	2.8	1.02	29.6

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	10	10	4	2	4	1	0	5	5	.500	1	2	0	0	3	30%	50.6	76	22	6	2	0	5	4.3	4.7	5.9	102	0	4	6	0	116
4 Yrs				82	82	31	31	20	4	10	40	42	.488	11	3	1	1	48	59%	56	91	3	42	14	0	39	3.5	3.6	6.0	98	2	43	35	2	123
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-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	252	49%	4.4%	20.2%	8.7%	10.3%	46%	0.60	0.81	65%	20%	11.3%	11%	35	3	9%
4 Yrs				2011	49%	2.5%	23.1%	7.8%	6.8%	33%	0.73	0.90	66%	16%	7.4%	13%	318	21	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	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	253	1023	4.04	655	64%	27%	14%	31%	27%	73%	1%	47%	80%	62%	3%	8	6	24%	60	25	0	31%	8	1	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				2017	8007	3.97	5100	64%	28%	18%	27%	27%	72%	1%	46%	76%	61%	4%	80	47	26%	519	273	27	27%	78	25	-6	0	0
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	252	57	4	0	11	0	8	5	6	10	1	9	3	1	33%	1	1	0	75	11	1	92%	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				2011	418	54	5	50	0	31	27	23	27	23	77	35	18	45%	10	11	2	648	47	12	80%	40	11	7	1	0	0	1	0	29	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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	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	1	1	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	1	1	429.2	361	174	161	39	135	7	413	3	3	10	1759	107	1.154	7.6	0.8	2.8	8.7	3.06	107
2012	24	31	31	.500	3.52	82	82	1	1	488.2	418	204	191	50	157	8	464	4	3	11	2011	104	1.177	7.7	0.9	2.9	8.5	2.96	104

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
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	4.33	183.0	182	98	88	17	67	174	1	1.361	9.0	3.3	8.6	2.60	0.8	31
2012	24	2	4	.333	5.14	56.0	59	36	32	11	23	49	1	1.464	9.5	3.7	7.9	2.13	1.8	10
4 Yrs		24	26	.480	4.18	465.0	445	240	216	52	167	442	4	1.316	8.6		8.6	2.65	1.0	82

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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 (255th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2010 NL 2.92 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2010 NL 1.083 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 7.311 (7th) 2011 NL 7.780 (7th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 9.211 (5th) 2011 NL 8.568 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2010 NL 1 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 11 (2nd)	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)	Youngest s c a p y 2009 NL born 1987-12-09 (5th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1549), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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