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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 (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
Team: Braves 1979-1981

Final Game: June 11, 1981
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:50AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 59 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1979 25 ATL NL 171.1 28 90 116 -11 1.1 26 2.7 $
1980 26 ATL NL 176.2 30 100 93 2 1.0 -7 -0.8 $
1981 27 ATL NL 7.0 0 5 4 0 .2 -1 -0.1 $
3 Seasons 355.0 58 195 213 -9 1.0 18 1.8 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 25 ATL NL 28 60 53 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 .094 .111 .094 .205 -45 5 2 0 6 0 0 1
1980 26 ATL NL 33 64 57 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 .105 .136 .105 .241 -32 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
1981 27 ATL NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
3 Seasons 66 125 111 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 48 .099 .123 .099 .222 -39 11 2 0 11 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 307 272 2 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 118 .099 .123 .099 .222 -39 27 5 0 27 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1979 25 ATL NL 60 -10 0 -1 -1 0 5 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1980 26 ATL NL 64 -9 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1981 27 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $90,000 /1
3 Seasons 125 -19 0 -2 -1 0 10 4 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $90,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1979 ATL NL 25 P 28 28 1 171.1 38 15 23 0 6 1.000 2.00 1.36 .951 1.80 1.80 22 7 24% 1
1980 ATL NL 26 P 33 30 3 176.2 49 20 28 1 5 .980 2.45 1.45 .952 1.91 1.91 18 10 36% 1
1981 ATL NL 27 P 5 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0.40 .960 1.93 1.98 1 0 0% 0
3 Seasons P 66 58 4 355.0 89 36 52 1 11 .989 2.23 1.33 .952 1.86 1.87 41 17 29% 2
3 Seasons TOT 66 58 4 355.0 89 36 52 1 11 .989 2.23 1.33 .952 1.86 1.87 41 17 29% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Losses s c a p y
1980 NL  13 (9th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1979 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198127Atlanta Braves$90,0004/4/81 TSN
198228Atlanta Braves$90,000TSN, 8/2/82
Career to date (may be incomplete)$180,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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