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Matt Lindstrom

Matthew Raymond Lindstrom

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 11, 1980 in Rexburg, ID
High School: Madison HS (Rexburg, ID)
School: Ricks JC (Rexburg, ID)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2007 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Rockies/Astros/Orioles/WhiteSox/... 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$2.8M (13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.000, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Sparta Group [*]
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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
2002	22	NYM-min	Rk	0	6	.000	4.84	12	11	1	0	0	0	48.1	56	45	26	6	21	0	39	2	1	4	228		1.593	10.4	1.1	3.9	7.3	1.86	KPT · APPY
2003	23	NYM-min	A-,A	9	6	.600	3.17	26	25	0	0	0	0	122.0	107	49	43	4	60	0	102	8	3	12	517		1.369	7.9	0.3	4.4	7.5	1.70	BKN,CLM · NYPL,SALL
2004	24	NYM-min	A+,A	8	7	.533	3.52	27	26	0	1	0	0	135.2	130	70	53	8	30	0	114	7	0	11	551		1.179	8.6	0.5	2.0	7.6	3.80	SCE,CLM · FLOR,SALL
2005	25	NYM-min	AA	2	5	.286	5.40	35	10	11	0	0	0	73.1	90	61	44	11	55	2	58	5	1	11	366		1.977	11.0	1.4	6.8	7.1	1.05	BNG · EL
2006	26	NYM-min	AA,A+	3	4	.429	3.38	46	0	27	0	0	13	58.2	56	26	22	4	21	1	70	5	2	4	253		1.312	8.6	0.6	3.2	10.7	3.33	BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
2007	27	FLA	NL	3	4	.429	3.09	71	0	11	0	0	0	67.0	66	27	23	2	21	4	62	3	0	5	284	141	1.299	8.9	0.3	2.8	8.3	2.95
2008	28	FLA-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	18		1.500	11.2	2.2	2.2	9.0	4.00	ABQ · PCL
2008	28	FLA	NL	3	3	.500	3.14	66	0	27	0	0	5	57.1	57	21	20	1	26	4	43	1	0	4	245	139	1.448	8.9	0.2	4.1	6.8	1.65
2009	29	FLA-min	AA,A+	0	1	.000	4.50	4	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	14		0.750	6.8	2.2	0.0	9.0		JCK,JUP · SOUL,FLOR
2009	29	FLA	NL	2	1	.667	5.89	54	0	32	0	0	15	47.1	54	35	31	5	24	2	39	2	1	0	219	73	1.648	10.3	1.0	4.6	7.4	1.63
2010	30	HOU-min	AA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	4		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		CPC · TL
2010	30	HOU	NL	2	5	.286	4.39	58	0	41	0	0	23	53.1	68	26	26	5	20	1	43	0	0	8	244	91	1.650	11.5	0.8	3.4	7.3	2.15
2011	31	COL-min	AAA	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	10		2.000	18.0	4.5	0.0	18.0		CSP · PCL
2011	31	COL	NL	2	2	.500	3.00	63	0	16	0	0	2	54.0	52	21	18	3	14	4	36	2	0	2	226	152	1.222	8.7	0.5	2.3	6.0	2.57
2012	32	BAL-min	AA,Rk	0	0		4.15	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	20		1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	6.2	3.00	BOW,OLS · EL,GULF
2012	32	TOT	MLB	1	0	1.000	2.68	46	0	6	0	0	0	47.0	45	17	14	2	14	2	40	5	1	1	200	159	1.255	8.6	0.4	2.7	7.7	2.86
2012	32	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	2.72	34	0	3	0	0	0	36.1	35	14	11	2	12	2	30	4	1	1	155	156	1.294	8.7	0.5	3.0	7.4	2.50
2012	32	ARI	NL	0	0		2.53	12	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	10	3	3	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	45	168	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	8.4	5.00
2013	33	CHW	AL	2	2	.500	4.76	21	0	2	0	0	0	17.0	14	9	9	0	10	1	15	0	0	1	71	94	1.412	7.4	0.0	5.3	7.9	1.50
7 Yrs				15	17	.469	3.70	379	0	135	0	0	45	343.0	356	156	141	18	129	18	278	13	2	21	1489	117	1.414	9.3	0.5	3.4	7.3	2.16
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.469	3.70	68	0	24	0	0	8	62	64	28	25	3	23	3	50	2	0	4	267	117	1.414	9.3	0.5	3.4	7.3	2.16

FLA (3 yrs)				8	8	.500	3.88	191	0	70	0	0	20	171.2	177	83	74	8	71	10	144	6	1	9	748	112	1.445	9.3	0.4	3.7	7.5	2.03
ARI (1 yr)				0	0		2.53	12	0	3	0	0	0	10.2	10	3	3	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	45	168	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	8.4	5.00
COL (1 yr)				2	2	.500	3.00	63	0	16	0	0	2	54.0	52	21	18	3	14	4	36	2	0	2	226	152	1.222	8.7	0.5	2.3	6.0	2.57
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.72	34	0	3	0	0	0	36.1	35	14	11	2	12	2	30	4	1	1	155	156	1.294	8.7	0.5	3.0	7.4	2.50
HOU (1 yr)				2	5	.286	4.39	58	0	41	0	0	23	53.1	68	26	26	5	20	1	43	0	0	8	244	91	1.650	11.5	0.8	3.4	7.3	2.15
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.76	21	0	2	0	0	0	17.0	14	9	9	0	10	1	15	0	0	1	71	94	1.412	7.4	0.0	5.3	7.9	1.50

NL (6 yrs)				12	15	.444	3.76	324	0	130	0	0	45	289.2	307	133	121	16	107	15	233	9	1	19	1263	115	1.429	9.5	0.5	3.3	7.2	2.18
AL (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.38	55	0	5	0	0	0	53.1	49	23	20	2	22	3	45	4	1	2	226	128	1.331	8.3	0.3	3.7	7.6	2.05

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
2007	27	FLA	NL	67.0	71	0	27	3.63	4.81	-0.32	-0.35	97.1	4.65	8	0.8	1.1	-0.1	1.3	14	.511	.505	$380,000
2008	28	FLA	NL	57.1	66	0	21	3.30	4.63	0.06	-0.34	101.5	4.30	7	0.7	1.1	-0.0	1.1	11	.510	.504	$395,000
2009	29	FLA	NL	47.1	54	0	35	6.65	4.59	-0.35	-0.34	102.8	4.73	-10	-1.0	1.2	-0.2	-0.8	-6	.481	.494	$410,000
2010	30	HOU	NL	53.1	58	0	26	4.39	4.51	-0.19	-0.34	96.0	4.19	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.2	0.2	3	.498	.499	$1,625,000
2011	31	COL	NL	54.0	63	0	21	3.50	4.15	0.13	-0.31	116.0	4.31	4	0.5	1.3	-0.1	0.9	9	.508	.503	$2,800,000
2012	32	BAL	AL	36.1	34	0	14	3.47	4.61	-0.12	-0.34	104.6	4.59	5	0.5	.8	-0.1	0.7	8	.514	.503	$3,600,000
2012	32	ARI	NL	10.2	12	0	3	2.53	4.55	0.04	-0.34	99.8	4.16	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.517	.501
2013	33	CHW	AL	17.0	21	0	9	4.76	4.68	-0.26	-0.34	105.8	4.86	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.1	0.1	2	.499	.500	$2,300,000
7 Seasons				343.0	379	0	156	4.09	4.56	-0.14	-0.34	102.8	4.47	14	1.5	1.2	-0.8	3.8	44	.504	.501	$11,510,000

FLA (3 yrs)				171.2	191	0	83	4.35	4.69	-0.20	-0.34	100.2	4.55	4	0.4	1.1	-0.3	1.6	19	.502	.501	$1,185,000
ARI (1 yr)				10.2	12	0	3	2.53	4.55	0.04	-0.34	99.8	4.16	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.517	.501
COL (1 yr)				54.0	63	0	21	3.50	4.15	0.13	-0.31	116.0	4.31	4	0.5	1.3	-0.1	0.9	9	.508	.503	$2,800,000
BAL (1 yr)				36.1	34	0	14	3.47	4.61	-0.12	-0.34	104.6	4.59	5	0.5	.8	-0.1	0.7	8	.514	.503	$3,600,000
HOU (1 yr)				53.1	58	0	26	4.39	4.51	-0.19	-0.34	96.0	4.19	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.2	0.2	3	.498	.499	$1,625,000
CHW (1 yr)				17.0	21	0	9	4.76	4.68	-0.26	-0.34	105.8	4.86	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.1	0.1	2	.499	.500	$2,300,000

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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
2002	22	NYM-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KPT · APPY
2003	23	NYM-min	A,A-	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLM,BKN · SALL,NYPL
2004	24	NYM-min	A,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLM,SCE · SALL,FLOR
2005	25	NYM-min	AA	35	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.250	.000	.250		0	0	1	0	0	0		BNG · EL
2006	26	NYM-min	AA,A+	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		BNG,SCE · EL,FLOR
2007	27	FLA	NL	71	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	28	FLA-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2008	28	FLA	NL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	29	FLA-min	AA,A+	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		JCK,JUP · SOUL,FLOR
2009	29	FLA	NL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	30	HOU-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CPC · TL
2010	30	HOU	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	31	COL-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
2011	31	COL	NL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	BAL-min	Rk,AA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OLS,BOW · GULF,EL
2012	32	TOT	MLB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	BAL	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	32	ARI	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	33	CHW	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				379	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

FLA (3 yrs)				191	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				324	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2007	27	FLA	NL	71	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$380,000	1
2008	28	FLA	NL	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$395,000	1
2009	29	FLA	NL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$410,000	1
2010	30	HOU	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,625,000	1
2011	31	COL	NL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,800,000	1
2012	32	BAL	AL	34		0	0	0	0	0	0					.501	.500		0.0		$3,600,000	1
2012	32	ARI	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2013	33	CHW	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,300,000	1
7 Seasons				361	1	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$11,510,000

FLA (3 yrs)				191	1	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,185,000
ARI (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
COL (1 yr)				63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,800,000
BAL (1 yr)				34		0	0	0	0	0	0					.501	.500		0.0		$3,600,000
HOU (1 yr)				58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,625,000
CHW (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,300,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2007	FLA	NL	27	P	71	67.0	14	7	6	1	2	.929	-2	-6	1.75	0.18	.966	1.68	1.67	1	1	50%	24%	0
2008	FLA	NL	28	P	66	57.1	18	6	11	1	0	.944	1	3	2.67	0.26	.959	1.73	1.72	1	1	50%	27%	0
2009	FLA	NL	29	P	54	47.1	8	2	4	2	0	.750	-2	-8	1.14	0.11	.955	1.71	1.70	5	2	29%	29%	0
2010	HOU	NL	30	P	58	53.1	12	6	6	0	3	1.000	-2	-8	2.02	0.21	.954	1.72	1.72	6	1	14%	29%	0
2011	COL	NL	31	P	63	54.0	16	4	11	1	1	.938	0	0	2.50	0.24	.955	1.80	1.79	10	2	17%	28%	1
2012	TOT	MLB	32	P	46	47.0	7	3	4	0	1	1.000	-3	-12	1.34	0.15	.953	1.61	1.61	8	0	0%	26%	0
2012	BAL	AL	32	P	34	36.1	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-11	1.49	0.18	.953	1.56	1.56	5	0	0%	25%	0
2012	ARI	NL	32	P	12	10.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-19	0.84	0.08	.950	1.77	1.75	3	0	0%	27%	0
2013	CHW	AL	33	P	21	17.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.53	0.05	.970	1.59	1.56	2	0	0%	25%	0
	7 Seasons			P	379	343.0	76	28	43	5	7	.934	-8	-4	1.86	0.19	.958	1.70	1.70	33	7	18%	27%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	379	343.0	76	28	43	5	7	.934	-8	-24	1.86	0.19	.958	1.70	1.70	33	7	18%	27%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2013 AL 21 (3rd)	Saves s c a p y Active 45 (47th)	Games Finished s c a p y Active 135 (48th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2013 AL 21 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 AL 21 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
Active 45 (47th)

Games Finished s c a p y
Active 135 (48th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2013 AL 21 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2640), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (626th), 4.1 career WAR/4.9 7yr-peak WAR/4.5 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2002.
November 20, 2006: Traded by the New York Mets with Henry Owens to the Florida Marlins for Adam Bostick (minors) and Jason Vargas.
December 9, 2009: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later, Luis Bryan (minors) and Robert Bono (minors). The Houston Astros sent Jorge Jimenez (minors) (December 10, 2009) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.
December 23, 2010: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Colorado Rockies for Jonnathan Aristil (minors) and Wes Musick (minors).
February 6, 2012: Traded by the Colorado Rockies with Jason Hammel to the Baltimore Orioles for Jeremy Guthrie.
August 26, 2012: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Joe Saunders and cash.
October 31, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
January 25, 2013: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2007	27	Florida Marlins	$380,000
2008	28	Florida Marlins	$395,000
2009	29	Florida Marlins	$410,000
2010	30	Houston Astros	$1,625,000
2011	31	Colorado Rockies	$2,800,000
2012	32	Baltimore Orioles	$3,600,000	contracts
2013	33	Chicago White Sox	$2,300,000

2014	34	Chicago White Sox	*$4,000,000	$4M Team Option, $500k Buyout
		Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$11,510,000	Does not include future salaries

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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