Matt Maloney

Matthew Michael Maloney (twitter: @mo44maloney)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 16, 1984 in Sandusky, OH
High School: Huron HS (Huron, OH)
School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
Drafted
by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 2009
Teams (by GP): Reds/Twins 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$483k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.055, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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 25 CIN NL 2 4 .333 4.87 7 7 0 0 0 0 40.2 43 22 22 9 8 1 28 3 0 0 170 87 1.254 9.5 2.0 1.8 6.2 3.50
2010 26 CIN NL 2 2 .500 3.05 7 2 0 0 0 0 20.2 20 7 7 2 5 1 13 1 0 0 86 136 1.210 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.7 2.60
2011 27 CIN NL 0 3 .000 9.16 8 2 1 0 0 0 18.2 36 21 19 7 4 0 13 1 0 0 96 44 2.143 17.4 3.4 1.9 6.3 3.25
2012 28 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 8.18 9 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 17 10 10 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 52 50 1.636 13.9 1.6 0.8 4.1 5.00
4 Yrs 5 9 .357 5.74 31 11 3 0 0 0 91.0 116 60 58 20 18 2 59 6 0 0 404 72 1.473 11.5 2.0 1.8 5.8 3.28
162 Game Avg. 8 15 .357 5.74 50 18 5 0 0 0 147 188 97 94 32 29 3 96 10 0 0 654 72 1.473 11.5 2.0 1.8 5.8 3.28
CIN (3 yrs) 4 9 .308 5.40 22 11 1 0 0 0 80.0 99 50 48 18 17 2 54 5 0 0 352 77 1.450 11.1 2.0 1.9 6.1 3.18
MIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 8.18 9 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 17 10 10 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 52 50 1.636 13.9 1.6 0.8 4.1 5.00
NL (3 yrs) 4 9 .308 5.40 22 11 1 0 0 0 80.0 99 50 48 18 17 2 54 5 0 0 352 77 1.450 11.1 2.0 1.9 6.1 3.18
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 8.18 9 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 17 10 10 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 52 50 1.636 13.9 1.6 0.8 4.1 5.00

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 gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2009 25 CIN NL 40.2 7 7 22 4.87 4.52 0.13 0.18 101.6 4.64 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.2 3 .484 .499 $
2010 26 CIN NL 20.2 7 2 7 3.05 4.44 0.21 -0.05 104.3 4.36 3 0.3 .7 -0.1 0.4 5 .546 .502 $
2011 27 CIN NL 18.2 8 2 21 10.13 4.18 0.26 -0.22 105.7 3.91 -13 -1.2 .2 0.4 -0.7 -11 .347 .492 $415,000
2012 28 MIN AL 11.0 9 0 10 8.18 4.90 0.16 -0.36 101.0 4.43 -5 -0.5 .6 0.1 -0.3 -3 .447 .497 $
4 Seasons 91.0 31 11 60 5.93 4.48 0.18 -0.02 103.0 4.40 -16 -1.5 .5 0.4 -0.4 -7 .452 .498 $415,000
CIN (3 yrs) 80.0 22 11 50 5.63 4.42 0.18 0.03 103.2 4.40 -11 -1.0 .4 0.3 -0.1 -3 .454 .498 $415,000
MIN (1 yr) 11.0 9 0 10 8.18 4.90 0.16 -0.36 101.0 4.43 -5 -0.5 .6 0.1 -0.3 -3 .447 .497 $

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 25 CIN NL 7 170 153 22 43 11 0 9 2 3 8 28 .281 .321 .529 .851 .283 81 3 3 2 4 1 2
2010 26 CIN NL 7 86 78 7 20 3 0 2 0 1 5 13 .256 .310 .372 .681 .286 29 1 1 2 0 1 0
2011 27 CIN NL 8 96 88 21 36 9 0 7 0 0 4 13 .409 .432 .750 1.182 .414 66 2 1 1 2 0 2
2012 28 MIN AL 9 52 49 10 17 8 1 2 2 0 1 5 .347 .365 .673 1.039 .349 33 0 1 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 31 404 368 60 116 31 1 20 4 4 18 59 .315 .351 .568 .919 .324 209 6 6 5 7 2 4
162 Game Avg. 50 654 596 97 188 50 2 32 6 6 29 96 .315 .351 .568 .919 .324 338 10 10 8 11 3 6
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 LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 25 CIN NL -2.0 -0.2 175 -0.1 2.7 -2.8 .85 -0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.85 -6.5 0 0 0
2010 26 CIN NL 2.8 0.3 87 0.4 1.5 -1.1 .93 0.1 0.4 3.0 0.3 0.93 1.1 0 3 1
2011 27 CIN NL -10.7 -1.0 97 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .40 -1.1 -0.8 -12.6 -1.2 0.40 -14.1 0 0 6
2012 28 MIN AL -4.6 -0.5 53 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .50 -0.5 0.2 -5.5 -0.5 0.50 -6.0 0 3 6
4 Yrs -14.6 -1.4 412 -0.7 5.0 -5.7 .72 -2.1 1.2 -14.6 -1.4 0.72 -25.7 0 6 13

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 25 CIN NL 7 7 2 4 1 1 0 3 4 .429 1 0 0 0 2 29% 48.9 61 36 2 2 0 7 3.3 5.0 5.8 93 1 4 2 0 106
2010 26 CIN NL 7 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 52.5 60 45 2 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 5.8 93 1 0 1 0 108
2011 27 CIN NL 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19.5 28 11 2 0 1 1 1.0 0.0 1.8 61 2 0 0 0 73
3 Yrs 22 11 2 8 1 1 1 3 7 .300 1 0 0 0 3 27% 44 61 11 6 2 1 9 2.4 3.5 5.1 87 4 4 3 0 108
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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
2010 26 CIN NL 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .928 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 5 3 0 3 0 5.4 24
2011 27 CIN NL 8 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .399 0 0 6 1 0 5 0 6 5 0 5 0 7.5 40
2012 28 MIN AL 9 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 3 .498 0 3 6 0 0 9 4 5 3 3 4 0 3.7 16
3 Yrs 24 20 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 4 50% .615 0 6 13 2 2 16 4 16 11 3 12 0 5.3 25

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 25 CIN NL 170 25% 5.3% 16.5% 4.7% 11.8% 47% 0.54 0.67 71% 17% 12.5% 13% 33 3 9%
2010 26 CIN NL 86 35% 2.3% 15.1% 5.8% 5.8% 25% 0.56 0.78 73% 18% 5.4% 10% 16 1 6%
2011 27 CIN NL 96 29% 7.3% 13.5% 4.2% 16.7% 44% 0.60 0.68 73% 21% 16.3% 10% 21 2 10%
2012 28 MIN AL 52 38% 3.9% 9.6% 1.9% 21.2% 65% 0.73 1.00 83% 16% 9.1% 15% 7 0 0%
4 Yrs 404 30% 5.0% 14.6% 4.5% 12.9% 45% 0.59 0.74 73% 18% 11.5% 12% 77 6 8%
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 25 CIN NL 171 650 3.80 417 64% 29% 13% 26% 31% 71% 2% 46% 81% 62% 4% 7 5 25% 42 18 2 25% 4 1 -1 0 0
2010 26 CIN NL 86 307 3.57 205 67% 26% 12% 30% 33% 74% 4% 50% 84% 64% 3% 3 2 16% 14 6 0 15% 3 0 0 0 0
2011 27 CIN NL 96 362 3.77 234 65% 26% 13% 27% 33% 74% 0% 48% 83% 61% 2% 2 1 22% 21 11 0 15% 0 1 0 0 0
2012 28 MIN AL 52 147 2.83 102 69% 19% 16% 22% 44% 81% 0% 56% 81% 62% 2% 1 0 13% 7 5 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 405 1466 3.62 958 65% 27% 13% 27% 34% 73% 2% 48% 82% 62% 3% 13 8 21% 84 40 2 19% 9 3 -1 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 25 CIN NL 170 43 3 0 9 0 2 8 1 6 3 11 6 1 55% 2 0 0 64 2 3 40% 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 0
2010 26 CIN NL 86 20 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 27 CIN NL 96 36 6 0 7 0 4 4 3 2 5 7 4 1 57% 2 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012 28 MIN AL 52 17 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 22 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 404 116 14 1 20 0 8 14 6 10 10 23 13 2 57% 4 0 0 159 4 4 50% 3 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 8 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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 25 2 4 .333 4.87 7 7 0 0 0 0 40.2 43 22 22 9 8 1 28 3 0 0 170 87 1.254 9.5 2.0 1.8 6.2 3.50 87
2010 26 4 6 .400 4.26 14 9 0 0 0 0 61.1 63 29 29 11 13 2 41 4 0 0 256 99 1.239 9.2 1.6 1.9 6.0 3.15 99
2011 27 4 9 .308 5.40 22 11 1 0 0 0 80.0 99 50 48 18 17 2 54 5 0 0 352 77 1.450 11.1 2.0 1.9 6.1 3.18 77
2012 28 5 9 .357 5.74 31 11 3 0 0 0 91.0 116 60 58 20 18 2 59 6 0 0 404 72 1.473 11.5 2.0 1.8 5.8 3.28 72

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 25 2 2 .500 5.08 39.0 43 24 22 9 8 27 3 1.308 9.9 1.8 6.2 3.38 2.1 7
2010 26 1 1 .500 3.15 20.0 20 8 7 2 5 13 1 1.250 9.0 2.3 5.9 2.60 0.9 7
2011 27 0 2 .000 10.00 18.0 37 22 20 7 4 13 1 2.278 18.5 2.0 6.5 3.25 3.5 8
2012 28 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 17 11 10 2 1 5 1 1.636 13.9 0.8 4.1 5.00 1.6 9
4 Yrs 3 6 .333 6.03 88.0 117 65 59 20 18 58 6 1.534 12.0 5.9 3.22 2.0 31

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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