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Brian Matusz

Brian Robert Matusz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 11, 1987 in Grand Junction, CO
High School: St. Marys HS (Phoenix, AZ)
School: University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 2009
Team: Orioles 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.026, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Brodie Van Wagenen) [*]
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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
2009 22 BAL AL 5 2 .714 4.63 8 8 0 0 0 0 44.2 52 24 23 6 14 0 38 0 0 0 196 99 1.478 10.5 1.2 2.8 7.7 2.71
2010 23 BAL AL 10 12 .455 4.30 32 32 0 0 0 0 175.2 173 88 84 19 63 3 143 7 0 1 760 96 1.343 8.9 1.0 3.2 7.3 2.27 RoY-5
2011 24 BAL AL 1 9 .100 10.69 12 12 0 0 0 0 49.2 81 60 59 18 24 1 38 0 0 0 245 39 2.114 14.7 3.3 4.3 6.9 1.58
2012 25 BAL AL 4 5 .444 4.82 10 10 0 0 0 0 56.0 65 36 30 8 22 2 43 0 0 0 252 85 1.554 10.4 1.3 3.5 6.9 1.95
4 Yrs 20 28 .417 5.41 62 62 0 0 0 0 326.0 371 208 196 51 123 6 262 7 0 1 1453 78 1.515 10.2 1.4 3.4 7.2 2.13
162 Game Avg. 11 15 .417 5.41 34 34 0 0 0 0 179 203 114 107 28 67 3 144 4 0 1 797 78 1.515 10.2 1.4 3.4 7.2 2.13

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
2009 22 BAL AL 44.2 8 8 24 4.84 5.13 -0.12 0.20 101.5 5.53 3 0.3 -0.0 0.7 9 .540 .502 $
2010 23 BAL AL 175.2 32 32 88 4.51 4.73 -0.16 0.17 101.0 5.11 11 1.1 -0.1 2.6 32 .536 .507 $1,300,000 RoY-5
2011 24 BAL AL 49.2 12 12 60 10.87 4.47 -0.14 0.16 98.7 4.70 -34 -2.8 -0.0 -2.4 -28 .269 .483 $1,350,000
2012 25 BAL AL 56.0 10 10 36 5.79 4.62 0.00 0.18 102.3 4.91 -6 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 1 .442 .496 $
4 Seasons 326.0 62 62 208 5.74 4.73 -0.13 0.17 100.9 5.07 -26 -1.9 -0.2 0.8 13 .469 .497 $2,650,000

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
2009 22 BAL AL 8 196 178 24 52 10 3 6 9 2 14 38 .292 .340 .483 .823 .338 86 3 0 2 2 0 1
2010 23 BAL AL 32 760 678 88 173 32 3 19 17 3 63 143 .255 .322 .395 .718 .295 268 9 7 6 6 3 6
2011 24 BAL AL 12 245 218 60 81 16 0 18 8 2 24 38 .372 .430 .693 1.123 .384 151 4 0 1 2 1 4
2012 25 BAL AL 10 252 226 36 65 14 0 8 1 1 22 43 .288 .348 .456 .804 .322 103 5 0 2 2 2 5
4 Yrs 62 1453 1300 208 371 72 6 51 35 8 123 262 .285 .347 .468 .815 .320 608 21 7 11 12 6 16
162 Game Avg. 34 797 713 114 203 39 3 28 19 4 67 144 .285 .347 .468 .815 .320 333 12 4 6 7 3 9
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 22 BAL AL 0.2 0.0 204 -0.0 3.4 -3.4 .95 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.95 -1.5 0 0 0
2010 23 BAL AL -1.0 -0.1 778 0.6 14.5 -13.8 1.10 0.8 -0.3 3.2 0.3 1.10 9.0 0 0 0
2011 24 BAL AL -33.7 -3.0 253 -3.1 3.5 -6.5 .96 -2.9 -0.3 -32.8 -2.9 0.96 -30.1 0 0 0
2012 25 BAL AL -6.1 -0.6 253 -0.6 4.5 -5.1 1.02 -0.9 0.3 -5.4 -0.5 1.02 -9.3 0 0 0
4 Yrs -40.7 -3.6 1488 -3.0 25.8 -28.9 1.04 -3.1 0.2 -34.9 -3.1 1.04 -31.8 0 0 0

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
2009 22 BAL AL 8 8 5 2 1 3 0 5 3 .625 1 0 0 0 2 25% 48.2 72 23 3 0 0 4 5.5 6.7 5.6 93 1 6 1 0 106
2010 23 BAL AL 32 32 10 12 10 1 5 16 16 .500 5 3 0 0 18 56% 50.8 78 14 24 12 0 17 3.7 3.8 5.5 94 6 11 15 0 117
2011 24 BAL AL 12 12 1 9 2 1 0 2 10 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.4 60 11 12 6 0 9 4.9 5.2 4.1 79 4 7 1 0 109
2012 25 BAL AL 10 10 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 .500 0 2 0 0 5 50% 45.5 73 21 8 5 0 4 3.9 3.5 5.6 99 0 5 5 0 106
4 Yrs 62 62 20 28 14 6 6 28 34 .452 6 5 0 0 25 40% 46 78 11 47 23 0 34 4.2 4.4 5.3 92 11 29 22 0 117
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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%
2009 22 BAL AL 196 18% 3.1% 19.4% 7.1% 9.7% 37% 0.41 0.59 69% 28% 6.9% 13% 34 3 9%
2010 23 BAL AL 760 22% 2.5% 18.8% 8.3% 7.1% 31% 0.58 0.74 69% 17% 6.8% 17% 152 9 6%
2011 24 BAL AL 245 24% 7.4% 15.5% 9.8% 13.9% 42% 0.39 0.40 67% 19% 16.4% 15% 65 4 6%
2012 25 BAL AL 252 22% 3.2% 17.1% 8.7% 8.7% 34% 0.55 0.72 70% 20% 8.2% 16% 58 5 9%
4 Yrs 1453 22% 3.5% 18.0% 8.5% 8.9% 35% 0.51 0.65 69% 19% 8.9% 16% 309 21 7%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 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
2009 22 BAL AL 197 745 3.78 473 63% 28% 17% 25% 30% 72% 0% 46% 77% 62% 6% 11 9 23% 45 24 2 34% 7 2 -1 0 0
2010 23 BAL AL 761 3007 3.95 1942 65% 27% 14% 31% 28% 73% 1% 47% 81% 57% 5% 39 20 25% 192 105 10 22% 22 15 -1 0 0
2011 24 BAL AL 246 945 3.84 576 61% 33% 10% 25% 32% 67% 1% 41% 85% 58% 5% 13 8 21% 51 27 9 32% 5 4 -1 0 0
2012 25 BAL AL 252 988 3.92 641 65% 30% 12% 29% 29% 70% 2% 45% 83% 60% 8% 20 14 28% 71 45 2 28% 8 4 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1456 5685 3.90 3632 64% 29% 13% 29% 29% 71% 1% 46% 81% 58% 6% 83 51 25% 359 201 23 26% 42 25 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2009 22 BAL AL 196 52 3 1 6 0 4 4 2 1 5 10 7 2 70% 1 0 0 70 9 2 82% 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010 23 BAL AL 760 173 23 2 19 2 13 17 2 11 8 42 20 5 48% 6 1 0 276 17 3 85% 12 3 5 0 0 0 4 3 11 0
2011 24 BAL AL 245 81 7 0 18 0 2 12 6 10 8 13 9 1 69% 4 0 0 102 8 2 80% 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
2012 25 BAL AL 252 65 13 3 8 0 3 7 1 5 3 10 4 1 40% 5 0 0 108 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Yrs 1453 371 46 6 51 2 22 40 11 27 24 75 40 9 53% 16 1 0 556 35 8 81% 23 6 12 2 0 0 4 3 19 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2009 22 5 2 .714 4.63 8 8 0 0 0 0 44.2 52 24 23 6 14 0 38 0 0 0 196 99 1.478 10.5 1.2 2.8 7.7 2.71 99
2010 23 15 14 .517 4.37 40 40 0 0 0 0 220.1 225 112 107 25 77 3 181 7 0 1 956 97 1.371 9.2 1.0 3.1 7.4 2.35 97
2011 24 16 23 .410 5.53 52 52 0 0 0 0 270.0 306 172 166 43 101 4 219 7 0 1 1201 76 1.507 10.2 1.4 3.4 7.3 2.17 76
2012 25 20 28 .417 5.41 62 62 0 0 0 0 326.0 371 208 196 51 123 6 262 7 0 1 1453 78 1.515 10.2 1.4 3.4 7.2 2.13 78

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
2009 22 2 2 .500 4.50 44.0 51 24 22 6 14 37 0 1.477 10.4 2.9 7.6 2.64 1.2 8
2010 23 7 11 .389 4.71 170.0 178 99 89 20 65 138 7 1.429 9.4 3.4 7.3 2.12 1.1 32
2011 24 1 4 .200 11.93 46.0 82 68 61 18 24 35 0 2.304 16.0 4.7 6.8 1.46 3.5 12
2012 25 2 4 .333 5.07 55.0 66 34 31 8 22 42 0 1.600 10.8 3.6 6.9 1.91 1.3 10
4 Yrs 12 21 .364 5.80 315.0 377 225 203 52 125 252 7 1.594 10.8 7.2 2.02 1.5 62

* 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

Losses s c a p y
2012 AL  5 (5th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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