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Rick Matula

Richard Carlton Matula

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 22, 1953 in Wharton, TX
High School: Wharton HS (Wharton, TX)
School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1979
Team: Braves 1979-1981

Final Game: June 11, 1981
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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
1976	22	ATL-min	Rk,A	4	5	.444	3.17	23	0		0	0	6	54.0	59	23	19	2	14	1	31	1	0	2			1.352	9.8	0.3	2.3	5.2	2.21	KPT,GRW · APPY,WCRS
1977	23	ATL-min	AA,A	10	6	.625	3.05	29	11		2	1	2	121.0	136	59	41	12	31	1	90	6	1	3			1.380	10.1	0.9	2.3	6.7	2.90	SAV,GRW · SOUL,WCRS
1978	24	ATL-min	AA,AAA	10	5	.667	3.12	43	9		3	2	6	127.0	121	55	44	15	38	2	71	1	0	5			1.252	8.6	1.1	2.7	5.0	1.87	SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
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-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.97	16	11	4	4	1	1	94.0	100	41	31	4	32	0	37	3	0	3			1.404	9.6	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.16	RMD · IL
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	59	1.429	10.3	1.3	2.6	0.0	0.00
1982	28	TEX-DET-min	AAA	3	8	.273	5.62	36	10	11	0	0	0	113.2	141	91	71	16	49	8	52	4	0	4			1.672	11.2	1.3	3.9	4.1	1.06	DEN,EVN · AA
3 Yrs				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

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
1979	25	ATL	NL	171.1	28	28	90	4.73	4.30	-0.58	0.14	107.2	5.38	11	1.2		-0.1	2.5	29	.544	.508	$
1980	26	ATL	NL	176.2	33	30	100	5.09	3.98	0.11	0.13	102.8	4.11	-20	-2.1	.4	-0.1	-0.7	-3	.436	.487	$
1981	27	ATL	NL	7.0	5	0	5	6.43	3.93	-0.03	-0.30	96.0	3.51	-2	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.448	.498	$90,000
3 Seasons				355.0	66	58	195	4.94	4.13	-0.23	0.13	104.8	4.71	-11	-1.1	.2	-0.0	1.7	24	.483	.498	$90,000

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
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	18
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	12
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	0
3 Yrs				66	1545	1386	195	396	65	8	32	41	17	126	129	.286	.343	.413	.756	.293	573	48	3	14	16	18	30
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	16
MLB Averages																.263	.326	.387	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1979	25	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	787	-0.8	14.2	-14.9	1.06	-1.2	0.5	-8.9	-0.9	1.06	-12.6	0
1980	26	ATL	NL	-16.1	-1.7	794	-0.6	13.0	-13.5	1.02	-1.3	0.7	-15.2	-1.5	1.02	-13.5	3
1981	27	ATL	NL	-1.7	-0.2	31	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.19	-0.2	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.19	-1.4	4
3 Yrs				-19.3	-2.0	1612	-1.4	27.2	-28.6	1.02	-2.7	1.4	-27.8	-2.8	1.03	-27.5	7

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
1979	25	ATL	NL	28	28	8	10	10	2	4	13	15	.464	3	4	1	0	15	54%	46.6	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	3	3	3	1	18	60%	46.4	78	5	25	14	4	12	3.4	3.1	5.8
2 Yrs				61	58	19	23	16	3	9	26	32	.448	6	7	4	1	33	57%	46	78	5	51	20	8	27	3.7	3.2	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	99	-1					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	26	ATL	NL	33	3	2	0	0		8	1.018	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	2.7
1981	27	ATL	NL	5	5	2	2	2	100%	2	.190	4	5	2	3	2	1	2	2	4.2
2 Yrs				38	8	4	2	2	100%		.987	7	8	2	6	2	2	2	2	3.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	25	ATL	NL	754	56%	1.9%	8.9%	8.5%	6.8%	26%	1.91	80%	142	26	18%
1980	26	ATL	NL	761	53%	2.2%	8.2%	7.9%	6.7%	26%	1.87	81%	139	21	15%
1981	27	ATL	NL	30	57%	3.3%	0.0%	6.7%	10.0%	38%	2.00	90%	4	1	25%
3 Yrs				1545	55%	2.1%	8.4%	8.2%	6.8%	27%	1.89	80%	285	48	17%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.5%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.10	76%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	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	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	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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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	4.17	166.0	190	86	77	14	63	65	3	1.524	10.3	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	8.10	10.0	13	10	9	2	3	0	0	1.600	11.7	2.7	0.0	0.00	1.8	5
3 Yrs		16	21	.432	4.79	342.0	404	203	182	34	128	123	3	1.556	10.6		3.2	0.96	0.9	66

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Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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