Mike Matthews

Michael Scott Matthews

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 24, 1973 in Fredericksburg, VA
High School: Woodbridge HS (Woodbridge, VA)
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 2000
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Reds/Mets/Brewers 2000-2005

Final Game: April 24, 2005
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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
1993 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000 26 STL NL 0 0 11.57 14 0 4 0 0 0 9.1 15 12 12 2 10 2 8 1 0 0 54 42 2.679 14.5 1.9 9.6 7.7 0.80
2001 27 STL NL 3 4 .429 3.24 51 10 7 0 0 1 89.0 74 32 32 11 33 4 72 4 1 4 368 134 1.202 7.5 1.1 3.3 7.3 2.18
2002 28 TOT NL 2 1 .667 3.94 47 0 10 0 0 0 45.2 43 23 20 5 29 3 34 2 1 5 205 103 1.577 8.5 1.0 5.7 6.7 1.17
2002 28 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.89 43 0 10 0 0 0 41.2 40 21 18 5 22 2 32 2 0 5 184 104 1.488 8.6 1.1 4.8 6.9 1.45
2002 28 MIL NL 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 7 1 2 0 1 0 21 99 2.500 6.8 0.0 15.8 4.5 0.29
2003 29 SDP NL 6 4 .600 4.45 77 0 20 0 0 0 64.2 65 34 32 4 29 5 44 4 0 4 281 89 1.454 9.0 0.6 4.0 6.1 1.52
2004 30 CIN NL 2 1 .667 6.30 35 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 31 22 21 7 16 1 15 2 1 4 137 68 1.567 9.3 2.1 4.8 4.5 0.94
2005 31 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 10.80 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 28 41 2.600 16.2 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50
6 Yrs 14 10 .583 4.54 230 10 47 0 0 1 243.2 237 129 123 29 121 16 175 13 3 19 1073 92 1.469 8.8 1.1 4.5 6.5 1.45
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .583 4.54 65 3 13 0 0 0 69 67 37 35 8 34 5 50 4 1 5 304 92 1.469 8.8 1.1 4.5 6.5 1.45
STL (3 yrs) 5 5 .500 3.99 108 10 21 0 0 1 140.0 129 65 62 18 65 8 112 7 1 9 606 107 1.386 8.3 1.2 4.2 7.2 1.72
NYM (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 10.80 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 28 41 2.600 16.2 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50
SDP (1 yr) 6 4 .600 4.45 77 0 20 0 0 0 64.2 65 34 32 4 29 5 44 4 0 4 281 89 1.454 9.0 0.6 4.0 6.1 1.52
CIN (1 yr) 2 1 .667 6.30 35 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 31 22 21 7 16 1 15 2 1 4 137 68 1.567 9.3 2.1 4.8 4.5 0.94
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 4.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 7 1 2 0 1 0 21 99 2.500 6.8 0.0 15.8 4.5 0.29

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
2000 26 STL NL 9.1 14 0 12 11.57 5.92 0.33 -0.45 99.8 5.13 -7 -0.6 .7 0.1 -0.5 -6 .456 .496 $
2001 27 STL NL 89.0 51 10 32 3.24 4.75 0.36 -0.07 103.9 4.49 12 1.3 .7 -0.2 1.7 21 .525 .508 $225,000
2002 28 STL NL 41.2 43 0 21 4.54 4.59 0.30 -0.34 98.9 3.91 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.0 0.0 1 .493 .498 $300,000
2002 28 MIL NL 4.0 4 0 2 4.50 4.80 -0.08 -0.36 103.5 4.69 0 0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .502 .500 $
2003 29 SDP NL 64.2 77 0 34 4.73 4.66 0.00 -0.35 94.3 4.07 -5 -0.5 1.4 -0.2 -0.2 2 .493 .497 $350,000
2004 30 CIN NL 30.0 35 0 22 6.60 4.79 0.05 -0.35 96.9 4.26 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .477 .495 $
2005 31 NYM NL 5.0 6 0 6 10.80 4.70 -0.22 -0.36 95.8 4.37 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.2 -3 .442 .498 $500,000
6 Seasons 243.2 230 10 129 4.76 4.75 0.19 -0.25 99.3 4.28 -14 -1.3 1.0 -0.3 0.2 11 .494 .499 $1,375,000
STL (3 yrs) 140.0 108 10 65 4.18 4.78 0.34 -0.18 102.2 4.36 3 0.3 .7 -0.2 1.2 17 .503 .501 $525,000
NYM (1 yr) 5.0 6 0 6 10.80 4.70 -0.22 -0.36 95.8 4.37 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.2 -3 .442 .498 $500,000
SDP (1 yr) 64.2 77 0 34 4.73 4.66 0.00 -0.35 94.3 4.07 -5 -0.5 1.4 -0.2 -0.2 2 .493 .497 $350,000
CIN (1 yr) 30.0 35 0 22 6.60 4.79 0.05 -0.35 96.9 4.26 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.0 -0.6 -5 .477 .495 $
MIL (1 yr) 4.0 4 0 2 4.50 4.80 -0.08 -0.36 103.5 4.69 0 0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .502 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

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
2001 27 STL NL NLDS L ARI 0 1 .000 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 54.0 13.5 0.0 0.0
1 NLDS 0 1 .000 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 54.0 13.5 0.0 0.0

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
2000 26 STL NL 14 54 43 12 15 4 0 2 1 0 10 8 .349 .481 .581 1.063 .394 25 0 1 0 0 2 0
2001 27 STL NL 51 368 326 32 74 18 0 11 2 1 33 72 .227 .305 .383 .688 .258 125 6 4 4 1 4 0
2002 28 TOT NL 47 205 168 23 43 8 0 5 3 0 29 34 .256 .365 .393 .757 .286 66 7 2 2 4 3 3
2002 28 MIL NL 4 21 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 .214 .476 .214 .690 .250 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
2002 28 STL NL 43 184 154 21 40 8 0 5 2 0 22 32 .260 .352 .409 .761 .289 63 6 2 2 4 2 3
2003 29 SDP NL 77 281 240 34 65 13 4 4 4 4 29 44 .271 .353 .408 .761 .310 98 7 4 3 5 5 3
2004 30 CIN NL 35 137 117 22 31 7 1 7 1 0 16 15 .265 .360 .521 .882 .250 61 4 2 1 1 1 2
2005 31 NYM NL 6 28 21 6 9 3 0 0 1 0 4 2 .429 .481 .571 1.053 .429 12 0 0 1 2 1 0
6 Yrs 230 1073 915 129 237 53 5 29 12 5 121 175 .259 .349 .423 .772 .287 387 24 13 11 13 16 8
162 Game Avg. 65 304 259 37 67 15 1 8 3 1 34 50 .259 .349 .423 .772 .287 110 7 4 3 4 5 2
MLB Averages .265 .334 .425 .759 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2000 26 STL NL -6.4 -0.6 55 -0.1 0.4 -0.4 .52 -0.5 0.4 -9.9 -0.9 0.52 -6.4 1 4 9
2001 27 STL NL 12.3 1.2 378 0.1 5.4 -5.2 .82 0.9 -0.7 10.5 1.0 0.82 13.8 6 8 25
2002 28 TOT NL 0.1 0.0 215 -0.6 1.8 -2.3 .54 -0.7 -0.3 -2.3 -0.2 0.55 -6.5 5 14 24
2002 28 STL NL 0.0 0.0 192 -0.6 1.4 -2.0 .49 -0.7 -0.6 -3.1 -0.3 0.49 -6.3 5 12 22
2002 28 MIL NL 0.1 0.0 23 0.1 0.4 -0.3 1.01 -0.0 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.01 -0.2 0 2 2
2003 29 SDP NL -3.5 -0.3 292 -0.9 3.9 -4.8 .91 -0.3 -0.8 -3.1 -0.3 0.91 -0.4 29 15 27
2004 30 CIN NL -6.3 -0.6 144 -0.4 1.2 -1.6 .53 -0.6 -0.2 -6.6 -0.6 0.53 -7.6 9 5 21
2005 31 NYM NL -3.4 -0.3 31 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .25 -0.2 0.4 -2.2 -0.2 0.25 -2.2 0 1 5
6 Yrs -7.2 -0.6 1115 -1.8 12.7 -14.5 .72 -1.3 -1.1 -13.6 -1.3 0.72 -9.3 50 47 111

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
2001 27 STL NL 51 10 2 4 4 0 0 3 7 .300 0 3 0 0 2 20% 47.3 75 25 19 1 1 5 4.0 2.9 4.7 77 4 6 0 0 98
1 Yr 51 10 2 4 4 0 0 3 7 .300 0 3 0 0 2 20% 47 75 25 19 1 1 5 4.0 2.9 4.7 77 4 6 0 0 98
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -11 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

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
2000 26 STL NL 14 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13 6 46% 8 .516 1 4 9 5 0 9 8 6 1 10 1 3 2.0 17
2001 27 STL NL 51 41 7 1 0 4 1 3 25% 8 3 15 5 33% 7 .820 6 8 25 14 4 23 12 29 11 17 14 13 3.0 17
2002 28 TOT NL 47 47 10 2 1 2 0 2 0% 8 4 28 11 39% .544 5 14 24 15 3 29 18 29 11 23 14 8 2.9 17
2002 28 STL NL 43 43 10 2 1 2 0 2 0% 8 4 24 10 42% 8 .491 5 12 22 14 3 26 16 27 9 21 12 8 2.9 16
2002 28 MIL NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 1.012 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 3.0 24
2003 29 SDP NL 77 77 20 6 4 3 0 3 0% 21 16 72 19 26% 7 .907 29 15 27 28 14 35 40 37 14 39 18 23 2.5 14
2004 30 CIN NL 35 35 6 2 1 0 0 0 6 5 21 7 33% 7 .534 9 5 21 9 5 21 13 22 7 16 8 6 2.6 15
2005 31 NYM NL 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 6 .245 0 1 5 0 0 6 2 4 1 3 1 1 2.5 19
6 Yrs 230 220 47 12 6 9 1 8 11% 45 30 153 48 31% .723 50 47 111 71 26 123 93 127 45 108 56 54 2.7 16

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%
2000 26 STL NL 54 44% 3.7% 14.8% 18.5% 11.1% 40% 0.50 0.67 61% 34% 10.5% 14% 11 0 0%
2001 27 STL NL 368 30% 3.0% 19.6% 9.0% 7.9% 39% 0.49 0.66 66% 24% 8.3% 19% 50 6 12%
2002 28 TOT NL 205 40% 2.4% 16.6% 14.2% 6.3% 30% 0.56 0.91 65% 29% 7.0% 15% 47 7 15%
2002 28 STL NL 184 43% 2.7% 17.4% 12.0% 7.1% 33% 0.59 0.94 66% 29% 7.9% 16% 42 6 14%
2002 28 MIL NL 21 19% 0.0% 9.5% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.33 0.67 57% 33% 0.0% 11% 5 1 20%
2003 29 SDP NL 281 42% 1.4% 15.7% 10.3% 7.5% 32% 0.90 1.30 70% 19% 4.3% 10% 68 7 10%
2004 30 CIN NL 137 34% 5.1% 11.0% 11.7% 11.0% 48% 0.68 1.08 70% 25% 13.2% 12% 24 4 17%
2005 31 NYM NL 28 43% 0.0% 7.1% 14.3% 10.7% 33% 0.31 0.30 75% 23% 0.0% 31% 7 0 0%
6 Yrs 1073 37% 2.7% 16.3% 11.3% 8.1% 37% 0.62 0.88 67% 24% 7.6% 15% 207 24 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.77 1.07 70% 22% 8.1% 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
2000 26 STL NL 54 239 4.43 141 59% 23% 12% 40% 25% 77% 8% 45% 84% 54% 7% 4 2 26% 14 6 1 25% 1 0 0 0 0
2001 27 STL NL 370 1453 3.93 883 61% 23% 14% 33% 29% 77% 3% 47% 81% 57% 6% 24 11 18% 66 28 1 31% 12 9 -2 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL 205 796 3.88 451 57% 27% 16% 26% 31% 73% 3% 41% 78% 45% 9% 18 7 14% 29 17 0 29% 10 8 0 0 0
2002 28 STL NL 184 700 3.80 402 57% 28% 16% 24% 32% 72% 3% 41% 78% 48% 8% 14 7 15% 27 15 0 31% 9 5 0 0 0
2002 28 MIL NL 21 96 4.57 49 51% 20% 12% 43% 24% 80% 9% 41% 85% 19% 19% 4 0 10% 2 2 0 0% 1 3 0 0 0
2003 29 SDP NL 284 1049 3.69 626 60% 24% 15% 28% 33% 76% 4% 45% 80% 56% 7% 19 9 21% 59 37 1 25% 9 5 -3 0 0
2004 30 CIN NL 137 524 3.82 310 59% 22% 11% 34% 34% 78% 2% 46% 86% 55% 5% 7 3 19% 26 13 2 40% 0 3 0 0 0
2005 31 NYM NL 28 116 4.14 66 57% 18% 15% 33% 33% 82% 8% 47% 81% 54% 7% 2 0 21% 6 2 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1078 4177 3.87 2477 59% 24% 14% 31% 31% 76% 4% 45% 81% 54% 7% 74 32 19% 200 103 5 30% 33 26 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
2000 26 STL NL 54 15 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 5 5 0 100% 0 0 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 27 STL NL 368 74 4 0 11 0 4 10 1 5 6 6 2 1 33% 0 4 0 124 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 0
2002 28 TOT NL 205 43 4 0 5 0 8 3 2 2 3 19 10 2 53% 3 5 1 88 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2002 28 STL NL 184 40 4 0 5 0 5 3 2 2 3 13 9 1 69% 3 5 1 78 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2002 28 MIL NL 21 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 17% 0 0 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 29 SDP NL 281 65 6 1 4 1 15 2 2 2 2 29 14 6 48% 3 4 0 120 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 10 0
2004 30 CIN NL 137 31 4 2 7 0 2 4 3 3 4 7 7 0 100% 2 4 2 54 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 31 NYM NL 28 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 2 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
6 Yrs 1073 237 18 3 29 1 37 21 8 12 17 70 41 9 59% 8 19 3 423 12 5 71% 10 5 2 0 0 0 5 3 50 0
MLB Averages 53% 69%

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+
2000 26 0 0 11.57 14 0 4 0 0 0 9.1 15 12 12 2 10 2 8 1 0 0 54 42 2.679 14.5 1.9 9.6 7.7 0.80 42
2001 27 3 4 .429 4.03 65 10 11 0 0 1 98.1 89 44 44 13 43 6 80 5 1 4 422 109 1.342 8.1 1.2 3.9 7.3 1.86 109
2002 28 5 5 .500 4.00 112 10 21 0 0 1 144.0 132 67 64 18 72 9 114 7 2 9 627 107 1.417 8.3 1.1 4.5 7.1 1.58 107
2003 29 11 9 .550 4.14 189 10 41 0 0 1 208.2 197 101 96 22 101 14 158 11 2 13 908 101 1.428 8.5 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.56 101
2004 30 13 10 .565 4.41 224 10 47 0 0 1 238.2 228 123 117 29 117 15 173 13 3 17 1045 95 1.446 8.6 1.1 4.4 6.5 1.48 95
2005 31 14 10 .583 4.54 230 10 47 0 0 1 243.2 237 129 123 29 121 16 175 13 3 19 1073 92 1.469 8.8 1.1 4.5 6.5 1.45 92

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
2000 26 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 14 11 10 2 9 9 1 2.300 12.6 8.1 8.1 1.00 1.8 14
2001 27 6 3 .667 3.10 87.0 72 33 30 11 32 70 4 1.195 7.4 3.3 7.2 2.19 1.1 51
2002 28 2 2 .500 4.19 43.0 44 22 20 5 30 32 2 1.721 9.2 6.3 6.7 1.07 1.0 47
2003 29 2 4 .333 5.10 60.0 67 38 34 4 30 41 4 1.617 10.1 4.5 6.2 1.37 0.6 77
2004 30 1 2 .333 6.00 30.0 30 22 20 7 15 15 2 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 2.1 35
2005 31 0 0 10.80 5.0 9 7 6 0 4 2 0 2.600 16.2 7.2 3.6 0.50 0.0 6
6 Yrs 11 12 .478 4.60 235.0 236 133 120 29 120 169 13 1.515 9.0 6.5 1.41 1.1 230

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL  77 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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