Mike Matthews
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 24, 1973 in Fredericksburg, VA
High School: Woodbridge (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
Final Game: April 24, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 40 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 4 368 133 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 5 205 101 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 5 184 103 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 91 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 38 2.600 16.2 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50
6 Seasons 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 38 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 91 2.500 6.8 0.0 15.8 4.5 0.29

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 230 1073 915 129 237 53 5 29 12 5 121 175 .259 .349 .423 .772 .287 387 24 13 11 13 16
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 75 25 19 1 1 5 4.0 2.9 4.7 76 4 6 0 0 98
1 Season 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 76 4 6 0 0 98
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.506 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 0.828 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% 0.564 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 0.510 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 1.038 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 0.928 29 19 25 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 0.552 9 8 18 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 0.289 0 1 5 0 0 6 2 4 1 3 1 1 2.5 19
6 Seasons 230 220 47 12 6 9 1 8 11% 45 30 153 48 31% 0.738 50 54 106 71 26 123 93 127 45 108 56 54 2.7 16

Ratio Pitching*

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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 56% 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 70% 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 60% 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 57% 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 81% 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 58% 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 66% 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 57% 0.0% 7.1% 14.3% 10.7% 33% 0.31 0.30 75% 23% 0.0% 31% 7 0 0%
6 Seasons 1073 63% 2.7% 16.3% 11.3% 8.1% 37% 0.62 0.88 67% 24% 7.6% 15% 207 24 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 368 1450 3.94 882 61% 23% 15% 33% 29% 77% 3% 47% 81% 57% 7% 24 11 18% 66 28 1 31% 12 9 0 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 281 1045 3.72 624 60% 24% 15% 28% 33% 76% 4% 45% 80% 56% 7% 19 9 21% 59 37 1 25% 9 5 0 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 Seasons 1073 4170 3.89 2474 59% 24% 14% 31% 31% 76% 4% 45% 81% 54% 7% 74 32 19% 200 103 5 30% 33 26 0 0 0
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Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 Seasons 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 6 3 50 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 40 2.679 14.5 1.9 9.6 7.7 0.80 40
2001 27 3 4 .429 4.03 65 10 11 0 0 1 98.1 89 44 44 13 43 6 80 5 1 4 422 108 1.342 8.1 1.2 3.9 7.3 1.86 108
2002 28 5 5 .500 4.00 112 10 21 0 0 1 144.0 132 67 64 18 72 9 114 7 2 9 627 106 1.417 8.3 1.1 4.5 7.1 1.58 106
2003 29 11 9 .550 4.14 189 10 41 0 0 1 208.2 197 101 96 22 101 14 158 11 2 13 908 100 1.428 8.5 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.56 100
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 94 1.446 8.6 1.1 4.4 6.5 1.48 94
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

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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
2000 26 0 1 .000 11.00 9.0 15 12 11 2 10 8 1 2.778 15.0 10.0 8.0 0.80 2.0 14
2001 27 6 3 .667 3.14 86.0 73 33 30 11 33 70 4 1.233 7.6 3.5 7.3 2.12 1.2 51
2002 28 2 2 .500 4.09 44.0 43 22 20 5 29 33 2 1.636 8.8 5.9 6.8 1.14 1.0 47
2003 29 2 4 .333 4.87 61.0 65 37 33 4 29 41 4 1.541 9.6 4.3 6.0 1.41 0.6 77
2004 30 1 2 .333 6.52 29.0 31 23 21 7 16 14 2 1.621 9.6 5.0 4.3 0.88 2.2 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 Seasons 11 12 .478 4.65 234.0 236 134 121 29 121 168 13 1.526 9.1 6.5 1.39 1.1 230

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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