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Matt Morris
Matthew Christian Morris
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 9, 1974 in Middletown, NY
High School: Valley Central (Montgomery, NY)
School: Seton Hall University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 7, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1997
Final Game: April 26, 2008
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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
1997 22 STL NL 12 9 .571 3.19 33 33 0 3 0 0 217.0 208 88 77 12 69 2 149 7 3 5 900 130 1.276 8.6 0.5 2.9 6.2 2.16 RoY-2
1998 23 STL NL 7 5 .583 2.53 17 17 0 2 1 0 113.2 101 37 32 8 42 6 79 3 0 3 468 167 1.258 8.0 0.6 3.3 6.3 1.88
2000 25 STL NL 3 3 .500 3.57 31 0 12 0 0 4 53.0 53 22 21 3 17 1 34 2 0 0 226 131 1.321 9.0 0.5 2.9 5.8 2.00
2001 26 STL NL 22 8 .733 3.16 34 34 0 2 1 0 216.1 218 86 76 13 54 3 185 13 1 5 909 137 1.257 9.1 0.5 2.2 7.7 3.43 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
2002 27 STL NL 17 9 .654 3.42 32 32 0 1 1 0 210.1 210 86 80 16 64 3 171 6 0 3 890 117 1.303 9.0 0.7 2.7 7.3 2.67 AS
2003 28 STL NL 11 8 .579 3.76 27 27 0 5 3 0 172.1 164 76 72 20 39 1 120 4 0 3 703 109 1.178 8.6 1.0 2.0 6.3 3.08
2004 29 STL NL 15 10 .600 4.72 32 32 0 3 2 0 202.0 205 116 106 35 56 3 131 6 1 3 850 90 1.292 9.1 1.6 2.5 5.8 2.34
2005 30 STL NL 14 10 .583 4.11 31 31 0 2 0 0 192.2 209 101 88 22 37 3 117 8 1 1 818 103 1.277 9.8 1.0 1.7 5.5 3.16
2006 31 SFG NL 10 15 .400 4.98 33 33 0 2 0 0 207.2 218 123 115 22 63 9 117 14 3 1 903 90 1.353 9.4 1.0 2.7 5.1 1.86
2007 32 TOT NL 10 11 .476 4.89 32 32 0 3 0 0 198.2 240 123 108 18 61 4 102 9 0 4 884 91 1.515 10.9 0.8 2.8 4.6 1.67
2007 32 SFG NL 7 7 .500 4.35 21 21 0 3 0 0 136.2 162 79 66 12 39 3 73 5 0 1 603 103 1.471 10.7 0.8 2.6 4.8 1.87
2007 32 PIT NL 3 4 .429 6.10 11 11 0 0 0 0 62.0 78 44 42 6 22 1 29 4 0 3 281 71 1.613 11.3 0.9 3.2 4.2 1.32
2008 33 PIT NL 0 4 .000 9.67 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.1 41 31 24 6 7 1 9 2 0 2 118 44 2.149 16.5 2.4 2.8 3.6 1.29
11 Seasons 121 92 .568 3.98 307 276 12 23 8 4 1806.0 1867 889 799 175 509 36 1214 74 9 30 7669 107 1.316 9.3 0.9 2.5 6.0 2.39
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .568 3.98 36 32 1 3 1 0 211 218 104 93 20 59 4 142 9 1 3 894 107 1.316 9.3 0.9 2.5 6.0 2.39
STL (8 yrs) 101 62 .620 3.61 237 206 12 18 8 4 1377.1 1368 612 552 129 378 22 986 49 6 23 5764 117 1.268 8.9 0.8 2.5 6.4 2.61
PIT (2 yrs) 3 8 .273 7.04 16 16 0 0 0 0 84.1 119 75 66 12 29 2 38 6 0 5 399 61 1.755 12.7 1.3 3.1 4.1 1.31
SFG (2 yrs) 17 22 .436 4.73 54 54 0 5 0 0 344.1 380 202 181 34 102 12 190 19 3 2 1506 95 1.400 9.9 0.9 2.7 5.0 1.86

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
2000 25 STL NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
2000 25 STL NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 16 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00
2001 26 STL NL NLDS L ARI 0 1 .000 1.20 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 2 2 1 5 0 12 1 0 0 63 1.200 7.8 0.6 3.0 7.2 2.40
2002 27 STL NL NLDS W ARI 1 0 1.000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 30 1.286 9.0 0.0 2.6 3.9 1.50
2002 27 STL NL NLCS L SFG 0 2 .000 6.23 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 9 9 2 6 1 6 3 0 0 62 1.692 11.1 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
2004 29 STL NL NLDS W LAD 0 1 .000 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 4 2 2 1 5 1 0 0 30 1.143 7.7 2.6 2.6 6.4 2.50
2004 29 STL NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 5.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 11 6 6 3 8 1 6 0 1 2 46 1.900 9.9 2.7 7.2 5.4 0.75
2004 29 STL NL WS L BOS 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 21 1.846 8.3 0.0 8.3 6.2 0.75
2005 30 STL NL NLDS W SDP 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 26 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 6.0 1.33
2005 30 STL NL NLCS L HOU 0 1 .000 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 25 1.688 13.5 1.7 1.7 5.1 3.00
5 Seasons (10 Series) 2 6 .250 4.05 15 11 1 0 0 0 73.1 73 35 33 9 34 4 44 6 1 2 326 1.459 9.0 1.1 4.2 5.4 1.29
5 NLDS 2 2 .500 2.19 7 5 1 0 0 0 37.0 31 10 9 3 13 1 24 2 0 0 156 1.189 7.5 0.7 3.2 5.8 1.85
4 NLCS 0 3 .000 5.62 7 5 0 0 0 0 32.0 38 21 20 6 17 3 17 3 1 2 149 1.719 10.7 1.7 4.8 4.8 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 4 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 21 1.846 8.3 0.0 8.3 6.2 0.75

Standard Batting

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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
1997 22 STL NL 34 80 73 4 15 2 0 0 6 0 1 5 36 .205 .256 .233 .489 30 17 0 0 2 0 0 1 RoY-2
1998 23 STL NL 17 41 29 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 16 .069 .206 .103 .309 -15 3 0 0 7 0 0 1
2000 25 STL NL 30 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 68 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
2001 26 STL NL 32 85 72 5 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 33 .139 .162 .167 .329 -14 12 0 0 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
2002 27 STL NL 31 79 71 4 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 23 .169 .203 .211 .414 11 15 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
2003 28 STL NL 26 66 52 5 10 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 16 .192 .222 .288 .511 34 15 1 0 12 0 0 1
2004 29 STL NL 31 75 62 4 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 26 .161 .209 .177 .386 2 11 0 0 8 1 0 1
2005 30 STL NL 29 69 57 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 23 .088 .148 .088 .235 -36 5 0 0 8 0 0 1
2006 31 SFG NL 33 75 60 2 12 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 21 .200 .213 .267 .480 22 16 0 0 14 0 0 1
2007 32 TOT NL 30 69 57 6 13 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 17 .228 .241 .316 .557 43 18 0 0 11 0 0 1
2007 32 SFG NL 19 45 38 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .184 .205 .211 .416 8 8 0 0 6 0 0 1
2007 32 PIT NL 11 24 19 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 .316 .316 .526 .842 116 10 0 0 5 0 0 1
2008 33 PIT NL 5 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 88 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 298 652 543 35 92 18 0 2 38 0 1 27 216 .169 .208 .214 .422 11 116 1 0 81 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 354 295 19 50 10 0 1 21 0 1 15 117 .169 .208 .214 .422 11 63 1 0 44 1 0
STL (8 yrs) 230 501 419 27 65 11 0 1 28 0 1 25 174 .155 .202 .189 .391 4 79 1 0 56 1 0
PIT (2 yrs) 16 31 26 3 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 11 .308 .308 .500 .808 108 13 0 0 5 0 0
SFG (2 yrs) 52 120 98 5 19 5 0 0 7 0 0 2 31 .194 .210 .245 .455 17 24 0 0 20 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 25 STL NL NLDS ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 25 STL NL NLCS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 26 STL NL NLDS ARI L 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2002 27 STL NL NLDS ARI W 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 STL NL NLCS SFG L 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
2004 29 STL NL NLDS LAD W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 29 STL NL NLCS HOU W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2005 30 STL NL NLDS SDP W 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 1 0 0
2005 30 STL NL NLCS HOU L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons (9 Series) 14 25 19 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .105 .211 2 0 0 6 0 0
5 NLDS 7 14 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 0 0 2 0 0
4 NLCS 7 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 4 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 STL NL 22 P 33 33 217.0 38 5 28 5 1 .868 1.37 1.00 .958 1.85 0.52 RoY-2
1998 STL NL 23 P 17 17 113.2 22 4 17 1 5 .955 1.66 1.24 .959 1.85 0.54
2000 STL NL 25 P 31 0 53.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.19 0.23 .957 1.73 0.48
2001 STL NL 26 P 34 34 216.1 42 8 32 2 0 .952 1.66 1.18 .960 1.75 0.46 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
2002 STL NL 27 P 32 32 210.1 33 11 22 0 0 1.000 1.41 1.03 .961 1.83 0.48 AS
2003 STL NL 28 P 27 27 172.1 32 15 17 0 0 1.000 1.67 1.19 .956 1.85 0.48
2004 STL NL 29 P 32 32 202.0 47 17 29 1 2 .979 2.05 1.44 .964 1.84 0.47
2005 STL NL 30 P 31 31 192.2 34 6 27 1 2 .971 1.54 1.06 .959 1.75 0.46
2006 SFG NL 31 P 33 33 207.2 51 20 28 3 4 .941 2.08 1.45 .957 1.72 0.43
2007 TOT NL 32 P 32 32 198.2 45 16 28 1 3 .978 1.99 1.38 .964 1.68 0.40
2007 SFG NL 32 P 21 21 136.2 23 10 12 1 2 .957 1.45 1.05 .965 1.68 0.40
2007 PIT NL 32 P 11 11 62.0 22 6 16 0 1 1.000 3.19 2.00 .964 1.68 0.40
2008 PIT NL 33 P 5 5 22.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.80 .950 1.73 0.44
11 Seasons P 307 276 1806.0 355 107 234 14 18 .961 1.70 1.11 .960 1.79 0.47
11 Seasons TOT 307 276 1806.0 355 107 234 14 18 .961 1.70 1.11 .920 1.79 0.47

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *
2002

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2001-NL-14-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2001-NL--3--19%
0.19 Career Shares (147th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 NL--3.162--6th
Active--3.982--29th

Wins s c a p y
2001 NL--22--1st
2002 NL--17--6th
2004 NL--15--9th
Active--121--26th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2001 NL--.733--5th
2002 NL--.654--10th
Active--.568--27th
Career--.568--230th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2003 NL--1.178--7th
Active--1.316--32nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL--2.247--10th
2003 NL--2.037--6th
2005 NL--1.728--5th
Active--2.537--17th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--6.050--216th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Active--1806.0--27th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2001 NL--185--7th
Active--1214--38th

Games Started s c a p y
1997 NL--33--7th
2001 NL--34--4th
Active--276--28th

Complete Games s c a p y
2003 NL--5--2nd
2004 NL--3--6th
2007 NL--3--2nd
Active--23--17th

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL--1--7th
2002 NL--1--10th
2003 NL--3--1st
2004 NL--2--3rd
Active--8--14th

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 NL--35--2nd
Active--175--46th

Hits s c a p y
2007 NL--240--4th
Active--1867--25th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2001 NL--3.426--8th
2002 NL--2.672--10th
2003 NL--3.077--9th
Active--2.385--28th
Career--2.385--111th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1997 NL--.498--4th
2001 NL--.541--3rd
2002 NL--.685--7th
Active--.872--25th

Losses s c a p y
2006 NL--15--3rd
Active--92--36th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2004 NL--106--5th
2006 NL--115--5th
2007 NL--108--7th
Active--799--38th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2001 NL--13--7th
2006 NL--14--5th
Active--74--21st
Career--74--140th

Batters Faced s c a p y
Active--7669--31st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 NL--137--6th
Active--107--38th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2003 NL--12--4th
2006 NL--14--7th
Active--81--15th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 28 (583), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (499), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 1992 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 7, 1995.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

July 31, 2007: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Rajai Davis. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Stephen MacFarland (minors) (August 27, 2007) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

April 27, 2008: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997St. Louis Cardinals$150,000
1998St. Louis Cardinals$300,000
1999St. Louis Cardinals$550,000
2000St. Louis Cardinals$550,000
2001St. Louis Cardinals$1,200,000
2002St. Louis Cardinals$4,000,000
2003St. Louis Cardinals$10,500,000
2004St. Louis Cardinals$12,500,000
2005St. Louis Cardinals$2,500,000
2006San Francisco Giants$5,525,527
2007San Francisco Giants$10,037,283
2008Pittsburgh Pirates$10,037,283
Career (may be incomplete)$57,850,093
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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