Rick Matula
Richard Carlton Matula
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 22, 1953 in Wharton, TX
High School: Wharton (Wharton, TX)
School: Sam Houston State University
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1979
Final Game: June 11, 1981
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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
1979 25 ATL NL 8 10 .444 4.15 28 28 0 1 0 0 171.1 193 90 79 14 64 9 67 3 1 3 754 98 1.500 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.5 1.05
1980 26 ATL NL 11 13 .458 4.58 33 30 2 3 1 0 176.2 195 100 90 17 60 9 62 0 3 3 761 81 1.443 9.9 0.9 3.1 3.2 1.03
1981 27 ATL NL 0 0 6.43 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 56 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons 19 23 .452 4.41 66 58 4 4 1 0 355.0 396 195 174 32 126 18 129 3 4 6 1545 88 1.470 10.0 0.8 3.2 3.3 1.02
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .452 4.41 36 32 2 2 1 0 195 217 107 95 18 69 10 71 2 2 3 847 88 1.470 10.0 0.8 3.2 3.3 1.02

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
1979 25 ATL NL 28 754 675 90 193 33 4 14 22 7 64 67 .286 .348 .409 .756 .298 276 26 3 6 6 9
1980 26 ATL NL 33 761 683 100 195 30 4 17 18 10 60 62 .286 .339 .416 .754 .290 284 21 0 8 10 9
1981 27 ATL NL 5 30 28 5 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 .286 .333 .464 .798 .259 13 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 66 1545 1386 195 396 65 8 32 41 17 126 129 .286 .343 .413 .756 .293 573 48 3 14 16 18
162 Game Avg. 36 847 760 107 217 36 4 18 22 9 69 71 .286 .343 .413 .756 .293 314 26 2 8 9 10
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
1979 25 ATL NL 28 28 8 10 10 2 4 13 15 .464 2 4 1 0 15 54% 47 71 11 26 6 4 15 4.2 3.3 6.1
1980 26 ATL NL 33 30 11 13 6 1 5 13 17 .433 2 3 3 1 18 60% 46 78 5 25 14 4 12 3.4 3.1 5.8
2 Seasons 61 58 19 23 16 3 9 26 32 .448 4 7 4 1 33 57% 46 78 5 51 20 8 27 3.7 3.2 6.0
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
1980 26 ATL NL 33 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.025 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2.7
1981 27 ATL NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0.237 0 0 4 0 0 5 2 3 2 1 2 2 4.2
2 Seasons 38 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 0.995 0 0 7 0 0 8 2 6 2 2 2 2 3.6

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%
1979 25 ATL NL 754 44% 1.9% 8.9% 8.5% 6.8% 26% 1.91 80% 142 26 18%
1980 26 ATL NL 761 47% 2.2% 8.2% 7.9% 6.7% 26% 1.87 81% 139 21 15%
1981 27 ATL NL 30 43% 3.3% 0.0% 6.7% 10.0% 38% 2.00 90% 4 1 25%
3 Seasons 1545 45% 2.1% 8.4% 8.2% 6.8% 27% 1.89 80% 285 48 17%
MLB Averages

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
1979 25 ATL NL 754 193 14 0 17 10 4 10 4 48 19 4 40% 18 3 1 284 22 7 76% 21 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 0
1980 26 ATL NL 761 195 17 2 9 11 6 9 8 53 32 4 60% 12 3 0 274 18 10 64% 17 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 0
1981 27 ATL NL 30 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1545 396 32 2 26 22 10 19 13 104 53 8 51% 30 6 1 569 41 17 71% 39 15 2 1 0 1 2 0 34 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+
1979 25 8 10 .444 4.15 28 28 0 1 0 0 171.1 193 90 79 14 64 9 67 3 1 3 754 98 1.500 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.5 1.05 98
1980 26 19 23 .452 4.37 61 58 2 4 1 0 348.0 388 190 169 31 124 18 129 3 4 6 1515 89 1.471 10.0 0.8 3.2 3.3 1.04 89
1981 27 19 23 .452 4.41 66 58 4 4 1 0 355.0 396 195 174 32 126 18 129 3 4 6 1545 88 1.470 10.0 0.8 3.2 3.3 1.02 88

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979 25 9 9 .500 4.12 166.0 189 84 76 14 63 65 3 1.518 10.2 3.4 3.5 1.03 0.8 28
1980 26 7 11 .389 5.20 166.0 201 107 96 18 62 58 0 1.584 10.9 3.4 3.1 0.94 1.0 33
1981 27 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 12 9 8 2 3 0 0 1.500 10.8 2.7 0.0 0.00 1.8 5
3 Seasons 16 21 .432 4.74 342.0 402 200 180 34 128 123 3 1.550 10.6 3.2 0.96 0.9 66

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Losses s c a p y
1980 NL--13--9th

                                         

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