Matt Walbeck
Matthew Lovick Walbeck
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 2, 1969 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1993
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1993 CHC NL 23 C 11 7 69.0 51 49 2 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -17.4 -1 6.65 4.64 .988 6.74 5.75 1 2 8 1 11%
1994 MIN AL 24 C 95 89 787.0 545 496 45 4 3 .993 7.0 10.7 7 6.19 5.69 .991 6.79 5.73 5 34 65 42 39%
1994 MIN AL 24 DH 1
1995 MIN AL 25 C 113 107 935.1 645 604 35 6 3 .991 -2.0 -2.6 -2 6.15 5.65 .990 6.74 5.64 8 37 64 20 24%
1996 MIN AL 26 C 61 54 487.0 347 326 19 2 2 .994 0.0 0.0 0 6.38 5.66 .990 6.91 5.84 5 16 32 14 30%
1997 DET AL 27 C 44 38 344.2 258 240 15 3 2 .988 -2.0 -7.0 -2 6.66 5.80 .991 7.15 6.08 3 20 27 12 31%
1998 ANA AL 28 C 104 91 831.1 735 682 46 7 3 .990 -4.0 -5.8 -4 7.88 7.00 .990 7.13 6.17 8 38 96 41 30%
1998 ANA AL 28 DH 2
1999 ANA AL 29 C 97 79 721.1 458 407 46 5 9 .989 -1.0 -1.7 -1 5.65 4.67 .991 6.98 6.11 6 36 59 30 34%
1999 ANA AL 29 DH 1
2000 ANA AL 30 C 44 38 343.0 218 200 16 2 0 .991 2.0 7.0 2 5.67 4.91 .991 6.93 6.02 0 11 31 16 34%
2000 ANA AL 30 1B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 2.25 0.50 1.000 9.45 8.15
2000 ANA AL 30 DH 1
2002 DET AL 32 C 27 24 219.1 136 127 8 1 2 .993 0.0 0.0 0 5.54 5.00 .993 6.96 6.16 2 7 6 2 25%
2003 DET AL 33 C 55 38 338.2 192 172 16 4 1 .979 -2.0 -7.1 -2 5.00 3.42 .991 6.79 5.88 4 10 32 10 24%
10 Seasons C 651 565 5076.2 3585 3303 248 34 25 .991 -3.0 -0.7 -3 6.30 5.45 .991 6.92 5.93 42 211 420 188 31%
4 Seasons DH 5
1 Season 1B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 2.25 0.50 1.000 9.45 8.15
11 Seasons TOT 653 565 5080.2 3586 3304 248 34 26 .991 -3.2 -0.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -3 6.29 5.44 .981 6.92 5.93 42 211 420 188 31%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1993 CHC NL 23 11 7 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 MIN AL 24 97 89 97 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1995 MIN AL 25 115 107 115 113 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1996 MIN AL 26 63 54 63 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1997 DET AL 27 47 38 47 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1998 ANA AL 28 108 91 108 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1999 ANA AL 29 107 80 107 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 3
2000 ANA AL 30 47 38 47 46 0 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2001 PHI NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 DET AL 32 27 24 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 DET AL 33 59 38 59 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
11 Seasons 682 566 682 653 0 651 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1993 CHC NL 23 293 3.39 3.65 4 100% 0 0 49 3 0 0 46 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MIN AL 24 3653 5.56 5.99 16 81% 0 0 497 9 1 9 478 45 3 1 0 6 4 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 5 60%
1995 MIN AL 25 4285 5.61 6.12 25 92% 0 1 609 18 1 15 575 35 4 1 0 9 6 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 50%
1996 MIN AL 26 2171 4.84 5.25 10 90% 0 0 329 6 0 5 318 18 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1997 DET AL 27 1587 5.30 5.64 14 86% 0 0 240 10 1 1 228 15 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1998 ANA AL 28 3800 4.37 4.72 21 76% 0 1 684 9 1 9 665 44 6 0 0 5 7 0 3 4 1 3 0 0 1 10 70%
1999 ANA AL 29 3294 4.65 5.02 19 89% 0 0 408 10 5 7 383 46 10 0 0 7 5 0 3 2 0 9 0 3 4 6 100%
2000 ANA AL 30 1560 5.06 5.33 9 89% 0 0 200 7 1 4 188 16 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2002 DET AL 32 953 4.14 4.60 8 88% 0 0 129 4 3 4 118 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 100%
2003 DET AL 33 1560 5.90 6.14 13 92% 0 0 172 7 0 2 163 16 5 0 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
10 Seasons 23156 5.06 5.45 139 87% 0 2 3317 83 13 56 3162 243 37 2 0 36 34 1 9 24 4 25 0 4 7 38 74%
MLB Averages 4.46 4.89 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1993 CHC NL 23 1 2 92 8 1 1 11% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1.55 1.30
1994 MIN AL 24 5 34 1343 65 42 31 39% 51 39 14 3 0 0 0 0 131 49 1.30 1.07
1995 MIN AL 25 8 37 1558 64 20 19 24% 55 18 9 2 0 0 1 0 134 24 1.21 1.10
1996 MIN AL 26 5 16 777 32 14 13 30% 26 11 6 2 0 1 0 0 61 14 1.28 1.09
1997 DET AL 27 3 20 558 27 12 9 31% 26 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 65 15 1.14 1.40
1998 ANA AL 28 8 38 1372 96 41 30 30% 83 37 13 4 0 0 0 0 169 43 1.29 1.40
1999 ANA AL 29 6 36 1201 59 30 26 34% 51 24 7 2 1 4 0 0 127 36 1.36 1.07
2000 ANA AL 30 0 11 550 31 16 14 34% 27 15 4 0 0 1 0 0 56 17 1.13 1.17
2002 DET AL 32 2 7 342 6 2 2 25% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 2.02 0.82
2003 DET AL 33 4 10 560 32 10 6 24% 25 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 60 12 1.10 1.07
10 Seasons 42 211 8353 420 188 151 31% 357 166 62 16 1 6 1 0 829 214 1.27 1.18
MLB Averages 31% 1.29 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2000 ANA AL 30 17 59% 59% 18% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 17 59% 59% 18% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 30% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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