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Matt Riley

Matthew Paul Riley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 2, 1979 in Antioch, CA
High School: Liberty Union HS (Liberty Union, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed May 28, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1999
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rangers 1999-2005

Final Game: May 4, 2005
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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
1999 19 BAL AL 0 0 7.36 3 3 0 0 0 0 11.0 17 9 9 4 13 0 6 0 2 0 59 65 2.727 13.9 3.3 10.6 4.9 0.46
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003 23 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 1.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 7 2 2 1 5 0 8 0 0 0 41 258 1.200 6.3 0.9 4.5 7.2 1.60
2004 24 BAL AL 3 4 .429 5.63 14 13 0 0 0 0 64.0 60 43 40 11 44 0 60 1 0 2 292 81 1.625 8.4 1.5 6.2 8.4 1.36
2005 25 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 9.95 7 0 0 0 0 0 12.2 16 14 14 2 10 0 4 1 1 1 62 47 2.053 11.4 1.4 7.1 2.8 0.40
4 Yrs 5 4 .556 5.99 26 18 0 0 0 0 97.2 100 68 65 18 72 0 78 2 3 3 454 77 1.761 9.2 1.7 6.6 7.2 1.08
162 Game Avg. 8 6 .556 5.99 40 28 0 0 0 0 151 155 105 100 28 111 0 121 3 5 5 702 77 1.761 9.2 1.7 6.6 7.2 1.08
BAL (3 yrs) 4 4 .500 5.40 19 18 0 0 0 0 85.0 84 54 51 16 62 0 74 1 2 2 392 85 1.718 8.9 1.7 6.6 7.8 1.19
TEX (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 9.95 7 0 0 0 0 0 12.2 16 14 14 2 10 0 4 1 1 1 62 47 2.053 11.4 1.4 7.1 2.8 0.40

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
1999 19 BAL AL 11.0 3 3 9 7.36 5.52 0.28 0.22 94.6 5.16 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .423 .499 $
2003 23 BAL AL 10.0 2 2 2 1.80 5.38 -0.01 0.20 103.1 5.77 4 0.5 -0.0 0.6 6 .745 .503 $
2004 24 BAL AL 64.0 14 13 43 6.05 4.96 -0.17 0.18 99.1 5.26 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.0 0.0 3 .459 .496 $310,000
2005 25 TEX AL 12.2 7 0 14 9.95 5.10 -0.31 -0.39 103.4 5.20 -7 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .410 .496 $328,000
4 Seasons 97.2 26 18 68 6.27 5.09 -0.12 0.12 99.5 5.29 -11 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 2 .464 .499 $638,000
BAL (3 yrs) 85.0 19 18 54 5.72 5.08 -0.09 0.19 99.0 5.31 -4 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.5 7 .483 .499 $310,000
TEX (1 yr) 12.2 7 0 14 9.95 5.10 -0.31 -0.39 103.4 5.20 -7 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .410 .496 $328,000

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
1999 19 BAL AL 3 59 45 9 17 3 1 4 2 2 13 6 .378 .508 .756 1.264 .361 34 1 0 0 1 0 0
2003 23 BAL AL 2 41 36 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 5 8 .194 .293 .306 .598 .222 11 2 0 0 0 0 1
2004 24 BAL AL 14 292 246 43 60 7 0 11 4 1 44 60 .244 .361 .407 .767 .280 100 7 1 1 0 0 4
2005 25 TEX AL 7 62 50 14 16 3 0 2 0 1 10 4 .320 .435 .500 .935 .311 25 2 1 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 26 454 377 68 100 14 1 18 6 4 72 78 .265 .384 .451 .835 .290 170 12 2 1 2 0 5
162 Game Avg. 40 702 583 105 155 22 2 28 9 6 111 121 .265 .384 .451 .835 .290 263 19 3 2 3 0 8
MLB Averages .266 .336 .426 .762 .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
1999 19 BAL AL -2.9 -0.2 64 -0.3 1.1 -1.5 1.14 -0.8 0.5 -3.7 -0.3 1.14 -9.4 0 0 0
2003 23 BAL AL 3.3 0.3 41 0.4 1.0 -0.6 1.10 0.2 0.1 3.5 0.4 1.10 2.4 0 0 0
2004 24 BAL AL -7.1 -0.6 301 -0.3 5.2 -5.4 1.02 -0.1 -0.2 -7.1 -0.7 1.02 -2.2 0 1 0
2005 25 TEX AL -6.4 -0.6 65 0.1 0.6 -0.5 .59 -0.3 0.5 -5.8 -0.5 0.59 -5.7 2 3 2
4 Yrs -13.1 -1.2 471 -0.1 7.9 -8.0 .98 -1.1 0.9 -13.1 -1.2 0.98 -14.9 2 4 2

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
1999 19 BAL AL 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 0 0% 35.3 40 32 6 0 0 3 8.0 9.9 3.7 80 2 0 1 0 111
2003 23 BAL AL 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 57.5 63 52 0 0 0 2 3.7 4.0 5.0 91 0 2 0 0 92
2004 24 BAL AL 14 13 3 4 6 1 1 6 7 .462 2 1 0 0 6 46% 47.2 75 15 17 8 0 7 4.7 6.3 4.9 88 3 6 4 0 110
3 Yrs 19 18 4 4 10 2 1 10 8 .556 3 2 0 0 6 33% 46 75 15 23 8 0 12 5.1 6.5 4.7 87 5 8 5 0 111
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 100 -11 4.9 4.9 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2004 24 BAL AL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.020 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0 16
2005 25 TEX AL 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 4 .592 2 3 2 1 0 6 6 1 6 1 6 0 5.4 34
2 Yrs 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% .945 2 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 6 2 6 0 5.0 32

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%
1999 19 BAL AL 59 15% 6.8% 10.2% 22.0% 13.6% 47% 0.54 0.67 61% 23% 17.4% 12% 15 1 7%
2003 23 BAL AL 41 22% 2.4% 19.5% 12.2% 4.9% 29% 0.75 1.00 66% 14% 7.7% 19% 8 2 25%
2004 24 BAL AL 292 19% 3.8% 20.6% 15.1% 6.2% 30% 0.65 0.81 60% 18% 11.5% 14% 66 7 11%
2005 25 TEX AL 62 44% 3.2% 6.5% 16.1% 8.1% 31% 0.64 0.94 73% 21% 7.4% 4% 19 2 11%
4 Yrs 454 22% 4.0% 17.2% 15.9% 7.3% 33% 0.64 0.83 62% 19% 11.3% 13% 108 12 11%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.2% 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
1999 19 BAL AL 59 239 4.05 117 49% 23% 12% 31% 34% 77% 0% 38% 84% 36% 19% 11 7 17% 10 5 1 17% 1 4 0 0 0
2003 23 BAL AL 41 182 4.44 110 60% 32% 10% 33% 25% 68% 0% 41% 85% 66% 2% 1 1 22% 9 4 0 63% 1 0 0 0 0
2004 24 BAL AL 292 1164 3.99 681 59% 26% 16% 31% 27% 74% 0% 43% 79% 51% 8% 22 7 17% 51 29 4 22% 8 15 0 0 0
2005 25 TEX AL 62 236 3.81 128 54% 26% 9% 29% 37% 74% 0% 40% 88% 47% 11% 7 3 11% 7 3 0 0% 0 4 0 0 0
4 Yrs 454 1821 4.01 1036 57% 26% 14% 31% 29% 74% 0% 42% 81% 50% 9% 41 18 17% 77 41 5 24% 10 23 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
1999 19 BAL AL 59 17 1 0 4 0 3 3 1 4 0 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 24 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
2003 23 BAL AL 41 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 BAL AL 292 60 6 1 11 0 5 8 3 8 3 14 6 3 43% 4 2 0 117 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
2005 25 TEX AL 62 16 1 1 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 8 6 0 75% 0 1 0 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Yrs 454 100 8 2 18 0 14 14 4 12 6 27 15 3 56% 5 3 0 182 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 11 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1999 19 0 0 7.36 3 3 0 0 0 0 11.0 17 9 9 4 13 0 6 0 2 0 59 65 2.727 13.9 3.3 10.6 4.9 0.46 65
2000 20 0 0 7.36 3 3 0 0 0 0 11.0 17 9 9 4 13 0 6 0 2 0 59 65 2.727 13.9 3.3 10.6 4.9 0.46 65
2001 21 0 0 7.36 3 3 0 0 0 0 11.0 17 9 9 4 13 0 6 0 2 0 59 65 2.727 13.9 3.3 10.6 4.9 0.46 65
2002 22 0 0 7.36 3 3 0 0 0 0 11.0 17 9 9 4 13 0 6 0 2 0 59 65 2.727 13.9 3.3 10.6 4.9 0.46 65
2003 23 1 0 1.000 4.71 5 5 0 0 0 0 21.0 24 11 11 5 18 0 14 0 2 0 100 100 2.000 10.3 2.1 7.7 6.0 0.78 100
2004 24 4 4 .500 5.40 19 18 0 0 0 0 85.0 84 54 51 16 62 0 74 1 2 2 392 85 1.718 8.9 1.7 6.6 7.8 1.19 85
2005 25 5 4 .556 5.99 26 18 0 0 0 0 97.2 100 68 65 18 72 0 78 2 3 3 454 77 1.761 9.2 1.7 6.6 7.2 1.08 77

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
1999 19 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 17 10 9 4 13 5 0 3.000 15.3 11.7 4.5 0.38 3.6 3
2003 23 1 0 1.000 1.80 10.0 7 2 2 1 5 8 0 1.200 6.3 4.5 7.2 1.60 0.9 2
2004 24 2 5 .286 5.43 63.0 58 42 38 11 43 59 1 1.603 8.3 6.1 8.4 1.37 1.6 14
2005 25 0 1 .000 9.75 12.0 15 14 13 2 9 4 1 2.000 11.3 6.8 3.0 0.44 1.5 7
4 Yrs 3 7 .300 5.87 95.0 97 68 62 18 70 76 2 1.758 9.2 7.2 1.09 1.7 26

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1999 AL  born 1979-08-02 (1st)

                                         

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