Matt Whisenant
Matthew Michael Whisenant
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 8, 1971 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: La Canada (La Canada, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 18th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed May 8, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1997
Final Game: May 29, 2000
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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 26 TOT MLB 1 0 1.000 4.57 28 0 5 0 0 0 21.2 19 13 11 0 18 0 20 3 0 3 105 100 1.708 7.9 0.0 7.5 8.3 1.11
1997 26 FLA NL 0 0 16.88 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 4 6 5 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 19 24 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 13.5 0.67
1997 26 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 2.84 24 0 3 0 0 0 19.0 15 7 6 0 12 0 16 3 0 3 86 164 1.421 7.1 0.0 5.7 7.6 1.33
1998 27 KCR AL 2 1 .667 4.90 70 0 23 0 0 2 60.2 61 37 33 3 33 2 45 3 0 9 267 97 1.549 9.0 0.4 4.9 6.7 1.36
1999 28 TOT MLB 4 5 .444 5.63 67 0 25 0 0 1 54.1 50 34 34 4 36 2 37 7 0 1 244 85 1.583 8.3 0.7 6.0 6.1 1.03
1999 28 KCR AL 4 4 .500 6.35 48 0 21 0 0 1 39.2 40 28 28 4 26 1 27 7 0 1 184 79 1.664 9.1 0.9 5.9 6.1 1.04
1999 28 SDP NL 0 1 .000 3.68 19 0 4 0 0 0 14.2 10 6 6 0 10 1 10 0 0 0 60 114 1.364 6.1 0.0 6.1 6.1 1.00
2000 29 SDP NL 2 2 .500 3.80 24 0 12 0 0 0 21.1 16 12 9 1 17 1 12 0 0 5 95 112 1.547 6.8 0.4 7.2 5.1 0.71
4 Seasons 9 8 .529 4.96 189 0 65 0 0 3 158.0 146 96 87 8 104 5 114 13 0 18 711 94 1.582 8.3 0.5 5.9 6.5 1.10
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .529 4.96 68 0 23 0 0 1 57 53 35 31 3 37 2 41 5 0 6 256 94 1.582 8.3 0.5 5.9 6.5 1.10
KCR (3 yrs) 7 5 .583 5.05 142 0 47 0 0 3 119.1 116 72 67 7 71 3 88 13 0 13 537 95 1.567 8.7 0.5 5.4 6.6 1.24
SDP (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 3.75 43 0 16 0 0 0 36.0 26 18 15 1 27 2 22 0 0 5 155 113 1.472 6.5 0.3 6.8 5.5 0.81
FLA (1 yr) 0 0 16.88 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 4 6 5 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 19 24 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 13.5 0.67
AL (3 yrs) 7 5 .583 5.05 142 0 47 0 0 3 119.1 116 72 67 7 71 3 88 13 0 13 537 95 1.567 8.7 0.5 5.4 6.6 1.24
NL (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 4.66 47 0 18 0 0 0 38.2 30 24 20 1 33 2 26 0 0 5 174 91 1.629 7.0 0.2 7.7 6.1 0.79

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1997 26 TOT MLB 28 105 83 13 19 2 0 0 0 0 18 20 .229 .385 .253 .638 .302 21 2 3 1 0 0
1997 26 FLA NL 4 19 12 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 .333 .556 .333 .889 .500 4 0 0 1 0 0
1997 26 KCR AL 24 86 71 7 15 2 0 0 0 0 12 16 .211 .349 .239 .588 .273 17 2 3 0 0 0
1998 27 KCR AL 70 267 225 37 61 8 0 3 2 1 33 45 .271 .365 .347 .711 .319 78 9 3 1 5 2
1999 28 TOT MLB 67 244 200 34 50 8 1 4 3 1 36 37 .250 .383 .360 .743 .289 72 10 7 1 0 2
1999 28 KCR AL 48 184 150 28 40 6 1 4 3 0 26 27 .267 .399 .400 .799 .303 60 7 7 1 0 1
1999 28 SDP NL 19 60 50 6 10 2 0 0 0 1 10 10 .200 .333 .240 .573 .250 12 3 0 0 0 1
2000 29 SDP NL 24 95 75 12 16 3 0 1 2 0 17 12 .213 .351 .293 .644 .234 22 3 0 1 2 1
4 Seasons 189 711 583 96 146 21 1 8 7 2 104 114 .250 .372 .331 .703 .295 193 24 13 4 7 5
162 Game Avg. 68 256 210 35 53 8 0 3 3 1 37 41 .250 .372 .331 .703 .295 69 9 5 1 3 2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1997 26 TOT MLB 28 28 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 23 7 30% 0.737 12 2 14 7 5 16 14 14 4 18 6 4 2.3 15
1997 26 FLA NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.169 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 2.0 22
1997 26 KCR AL 24 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 23 7 30% 8 0.863 12 2 10 7 5 12 14 10 4 16 6 4 2.4 14
1998 27 KCR AL 70 70 23 2 1 5 2 3 40% 22 16 64 20 31% 8 1.241 29 12 27 28 8 34 39 31 13 29 20 18 2.6 15
1999 28 TOT MLB 67 67 25 4 5 5 1 4 20% 19 11 54 19 35% 1.176 26 8 31 26 10 31 28 39 10 28 15 20 2.4 13
1999 28 KCR AL 48 48 21 4 4 4 1 3 25% 13 6 39 12 31% 8 1.159 19 4 24 19 7 22 21 27 9 20 14 14 2.5 14
1999 28 SDP NL 19 19 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 6 5 15 7 47% 8 1.229 7 4 7 7 3 9 7 12 1 8 1 6 2.3 13
2000 29 SDP NL 24 24 12 2 2 3 0 3 0% 4 1 17 6 35% 9 1.091 9 1 13 8 4 12 11 13 5 9 5 11 2.7 16
4 Seasons 189 189 65 9 8 13 3 10 23% 51 33 158 52 33% 1.124 76 23 85 69 27 93 92 97 32 84 46 53 2.5 14

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1997 26 TOT MLB 105 51% 0.0% 19.1% 17.1% 1.9% 11% 1.58 1.50 60% 14% 0.0% 8% 29 2 7%
1997 26 FLA NL 19 58% 0.0% 21.1% 31.6% 0.0% 0% 2.50 0.33 42% 11% 0.0% 0% 9 0 0%
1997 26 KCR AL 86 50% 0.0% 18.6% 14.0% 2.3% 13% 1.50 1.73 64% 15% 0.0% 9% 20 2 10%
1998 27 KCR AL 267 60% 1.1% 16.9% 12.4% 4.1% 18% 1.02 1.35 68% 21% 3.8% 11% 81 9 11%
1999 28 TOT MLB 244 60% 1.6% 15.2% 14.8% 5.3% 26% 1.13 1.84 65% 22% 5.6% 7% 69 10 14%
1999 28 KCR AL 184 63% 2.2% 14.7% 14.1% 6.0% 28% 1.10 1.79 65% 21% 7.3% 5% 48 7 15%
1999 28 SDP NL 60 52% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 3.3% 20% 1.22 2.00 67% 25% 0.0% 11% 21 3 14%
2000 29 SDP NL 95 55% 1.1% 12.6% 17.9% 4.2% 25% 1.78 3.00 67% 20% 4.8% 9% 29 3 10%
4 Seasons 711 58% 1.1% 16.0% 14.6% 4.2% 21% 1.21 1.70 66% 20% 4.1% 9% 208 24 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1997 26 TOT MLB 98 395 4.03 229 58% 27% 19% 28% 26% 73% 0% 43% 74% 53% 7% 7 5 19% 19 11 1 21% 3 2 7 0 0
1997 26 FLA NL 13 65 5.00 37 57% 19% 32% 35% 14% 81% 0% 46% 60% 54% 15% 2 2 46% 6 4 0 0% 1 0 6 0 0
1997 26 KCR AL 85 330 3.88 192 58% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 0% 42% 78% 53% 6% 5 3 15% 13 7 1 25% 2 2 1 0 0
1998 27 KCR AL 267 998 3.74 610 61% 25% 18% 27% 30% 75% 2% 46% 76% 59% 6% 16 7 21% 56 26 3 31% 5 7 0 0 0
1999 28 TOT MLB 244 936 3.84 520 56% 24% 16% 29% 32% 76% 2% 42% 79% 47% 10% 24 7 15% 36 17 2 27% 4 15 0 0 0
1999 28 KCR AL 184 696 3.78 386 55% 24% 16% 28% 32% 76% 1% 42% 80% 47% 9% 17 4 15% 27 14 1 30% 4 12 0 0 0
1999 28 SDP NL 60 240 4.00 134 56% 25% 16% 30% 30% 75% 4% 42% 79% 47% 12% 7 3 15% 9 3 1 20% 0 3 0 0 0
2000 29 SDP NL 95 389 4.09 214 55% 29% 9% 30% 31% 71% 2% 39% 87% 55% 6% 6 2 14% 13 3 0 50% 1 3 0 0 0
4 Seasons 704 2718 3.86 1573 58% 25% 16% 28% 30% 75% 2% 43% 78% 53% 8% 53 21 18% 124 57 6 30% 13 27 7 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1997 26 TOT MLB 105 19 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 4 1 44% 3 3 2 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1997 26 FLA NL 19 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 KCR AL 86 15 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 33% 1 3 2 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1998 27 KCR AL 267 61 16 0 3 0 16 2 1 1 2 20 12 3 60% 3 9 0 127 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1999 28 TOT MLB 244 50 7 1 4 0 14 2 2 4 0 16 7 7 44% 1 1 1 106 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 28 KCR AL 184 40 5 1 4 0 9 2 2 4 0 10 3 4 30% 1 1 0 82 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 28 SDP NL 60 10 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 4 3 67% 0 0 1 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 29 SDP NL 95 16 3 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 10 6 1 60% 3 5 0 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
4 Seasons 711 146 29 1 8 0 43 5 3 5 3 55 29 12 53% 10 18 3 325 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1997 26 1 0 1.000 4.57 28 0 5 0 0 0 21.2 19 13 11 0 18 0 20 3 0 3 105 100 1.708 7.9 0.0 7.5 8.3 1.11 100
1998 27 3 1 .750 4.81 98 0 28 0 0 2 82.1 80 50 44 3 51 2 65 6 0 12 372 98 1.591 8.7 0.3 5.6 7.1 1.27 98
1999 28 7 6 .538 5.14 165 0 53 0 0 3 136.2 130 84 78 7 87 4 102 13 0 13 616 92 1.588 8.6 0.5 5.7 6.7 1.17 92
2000 29 9 8 .529 4.96 189 0 65 0 0 3 158.0 146 96 87 8 104 5 114 13 0 18 711 94 1.582 8.3 0.5 5.9 6.5 1.10 94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1997 26 1 1 .500 4.50 22.0 19 12 11 0 18 20 3 1.682 7.8 7.4 8.2 1.11 0.0 28
1998 27 2 4 .333 4.81 58.0 58 34 31 3 31 43 3 1.534 9.0 4.8 6.7 1.39 0.5 70
1999 28 2 3 .400 5.37 52.0 47 34 31 4 34 35 7 1.558 8.1 5.9 6.1 1.03 0.7 67
2000 29 1 1 .500 3.86 21.0 16 10 9 1 17 12 0 1.571 6.9 7.3 5.1 0.71 0.4 24
4 Seasons 6 9 .400 4.82 153.0 140 90 82 8 100 110 13 1.569 8.2 6.5 1.10 0.5 189

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