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Matt White

Matthew Joseph White

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 19, 1977 in Pittsfield, MA
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 15th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 2003
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Mariners/Nationals 2003-2005
Agents: Mike Fischlin,Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: August 27, 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
1998	20	CLE-min	Rk,A-	7	3	.700	2.81	14	14	0	0	0	0	73.2	65	33	23	4	35	1	71	2	6	5	310		1.357	7.9	0.5	4.3	8.7	2.03	BRL,WTR · APPY,NYPL
1999	21	CLE-min	A	3	10	.231	5.29	19	18	0	1	0	0	95.1	99	67	56	12	31	0	75	5	1	7	414		1.364	9.3	1.1	2.9	7.1	2.42	CBS · SALL
2000	22	CLE-min	A+	11	9	.550	4.07	28	26	1	2	0	0	143.2	136	76	65	14	63	0	115	10	1	7	616		1.385	8.5	0.9	3.9	7.2	1.83	KIN · CARL
2001	23	CLE-min	AA	8	10	.444	4.81	25	25	0	0	0	0	144.0	151	84	77	18	60	1	72	3	2	7	618		1.465	9.4	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.20	AKR · EL
2002	24	CLE-min	AA,AAA	6	2	.750	4.06	34	12	7	0	0	1	106.1	120	55	48	10	45	0	75	2	0	3	473		1.552	10.2	0.8	3.8	6.3	1.67	AKR,BFL · EL,IL
2003	25	CLE-BOS-min	AAA,A+,AA	2	3	.400	1.68	25	4	8	0	0	0	53.2	44	15	10	3	19	0	44	1	0	3	224		1.174	7.4	0.5	3.2	7.4	2.32	BFL,PAW,SAR,PRT · IL,FLOR,EL
2003	25	TOT	AL	0	1	.000	22.24	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	13	14	14	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	33	23	3.176	20.6	4.8	7.9	0.0	0.00
2003	25	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	27.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	10	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	19	3.545	24.5	2.5	7.4	0.0	0.00
2003	25	SEA	AL	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	38	2.500	13.5	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

2004	26	KCR-CLE-min	AAA	4	4	.500	6.10	36	8	10	0	0	1	87.0	116	70	59	13	53	5	67	1	3	2	421		1.943	12.0	1.3	5.5	6.9	1.26	OMA,BFL · PCL,IL
2005	27	WSN-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.72	35	16	3	0	0	0	125.2	122	62	52	7	45	0	102	2	2	9	534		1.329	8.7	0.5	3.2	7.3	2.27	NOR · PCL
2005	27	WSN	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	20	49	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
2006	28	PHI-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.58	38	13	8	0	0	1	110.2	111	46	44	8	36	3	69	6	2	1	469		1.328	9.0	0.7	2.9	5.6	1.92	SWB · IL
2007	29	LAD-min	AAA,Fgn	2	7	.222	4.27	64	3	20	0	0	2	84.1	86	43	40	12	28	2	70	4	3	2	353		1.352	9.2	1.3	3.0	7.5	2.50	LVG,YKO · PCL,JPCL
2008	30	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.50	15	0		0	0	2	14.0	16	7	7	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	58		1.357	10.3	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00	YKO · JPCL
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	16.76	7	1	3	0	0	0	9.2	17	18	18	3	8	0	3	1	0	1	53	29	2.586	15.8	2.8	7.4	2.8	0.38
162 Game Avg.				0	17	.000	16.76	60	9	26	0	0	0	82	145	153	153	26	68	0	26	9	0	9	451	29	2.586	15.8	2.8	7.4	2.8	0.38

BOS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	27.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	10	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	19	3.545	24.5	2.5	7.4	0.0	0.00
WSN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	20	49	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	38	2.500	13.5	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	22.24	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	13	14	14	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	33	23	3.176	20.6	4.8	7.9	0.0	0.00
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	20	49	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00

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
2003	25	BOS	AL	3.2	3	0	11	27.00	5.42	-0.24	-0.41	103.1	5.42	-9	-0.7	.4	0.2	-0.5	-8	.275	.496	$300,000
2003	25	SEA	AL	2.0	3	0	3	13.50	5.04	0.28	-0.38	89.8	3.94	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.435	.499	$

2005	27	WSN	NL	4.0	1	1	4	9.00	5.03	-0.02	0.18	92.0	4.81	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.336	.499	$
2 Seasons				9.2	7	1	18	16.76	5.18	-0.04	-0.16	95.8	4.86	-13	-1.0	.4	0.2	-0.7	-12	.352	.498	$300,000

BOS (1 yr)				3.2	3	0	11	27.00	5.42	-0.24	-0.41	103.1	5.42	-9	-0.7	.4	0.2	-0.5	-8	.275	.496	$300,000
WSN (1 yr)				4.0	1	1	4	9.00	5.03	-0.02	0.18	92.0	4.81	-2	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.336	.499	$
SEA (1 yr)				2.0	3	0	3	13.50	5.04	0.28	-0.38	89.8	3.94	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.435	.499	$

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
2003	25	BOS	AL	3	23	19	11	10	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	.526	.565	1.105	1.670	.474	21	1	0	0	1	0	0
2003	25	SEA	AL	3	10	8	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	.375	.500	1.125	1.625	.167	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	25	TOT	AL	6	33	27	14	13	6	1	3	0	1	5	0	.481	.545	1.111	1.657	.400	30	1	0	0	1	0	0

2005	27	WSN	NL	1	20	15	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.267	.400	.333	.733	.308	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
2 Yrs				7	53	42	18	17	7	1	3	0	1	8	3	.405	.491	.833	1.324	.368	35	1	1	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				60	451	357	153	145	60	9	26	0	9	68	26	.405	.491	.833	1.324	.368	298	9	9	0	17	0	0
MLB Averages																.265	.333	.423	.756	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2003	25	TOT	AL	-10.1	-0.9	34	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.31	-0.9	-0.5	-9.4	-0.8	0.31	-9.9	0	1	5
2003	25	BOS	AL	-8.2	-0.7	23	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.31	-0.5	-0.3	-7.2	-0.6	0.31	-6.2	0	1	2
2003	25	SEA	AL	-1.8	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.33	-0.4	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.33	-3.8	0	0	3

2005	27	WSN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	21	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.11	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.11	-0.7	0	0	0
2 Yrs				-12.0	-1.0	55	-0.6	0.3	-1.0	.62	-0.9	-0.1	-11.5	-1.0	0.62	-10.6	0	1	5

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
2005	27	WSN	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	38	38	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	66	1	0	0	0	66
1 Yr				1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38	38	38	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	4.0	66	1	0	0	0	66
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-11					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2003	25	TOT	AL	6	6	3	1	1	1	100%		.313	1	5	1	5	1	5	1	5	1	2.8	19
2003	25	BOS	AL	3	3	1	1	1	1	100%	5	.307	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	3.7	28
2003	25	SEA	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0		8	.327	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	2.0	10
1 Yr				6	6	3	1	1	1	100%		.313	1	5	1	5	1	5	1	5	1	2.8	19

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%
2003	25	TOT	AL	33	33%	9.1%	0.0%	15.2%	30.3%	77%	0.42	0.78	76%	18%	16.7%	5%	5	1	20%
2003	25	BOS	AL	23	35%	4.4%	0.0%	13.0%	34.8%	80%	0.33	0.57	83%	25%	7.1%	7%	2	1	50%
2003	25	SEA	AL	10	30%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	67%	0.75	1.50	60%	0%	50.0%	0%	3	0	0%

2005	27	WSN	NL	20	35%	0.0%	15.0%	15.0%	5.0%	25%	0.30	0.13	65%	15%	0.0%	10%	3	0	0%
2 Yrs				53	34%	5.7%	5.7%	15.1%	20.8%	65%	0.38	0.47	72%	17%	11.1%	7%	8	1	13%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.6%	8.4%	8.0%	34%	0.81	1.09	70%	18%	7.8%	11%			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
2003	25	TOT	AL	33	113	3.42	67	59%	33%	6%	19%	42%	67%	0%	40%	91%	64%	9%	3	2	15%	5	2	1		0	1	0	0	0
2003	25	BOS	AL	23	83	3.61	48	58%	38%	4%	17%	42%	63%	0%	36%	93%	57%	9%	2	2	13%	3	1	1		0	0	0	0	0
2003	25	SEA	AL	10	30	3.00	19	63%	21%	11%	26%	42%	79%	0%	50%	87%	80%	10%	1	0	20%	2	1	0		0	1	0	0	0

2005	27	WSN	NL	20	66	3.30	40	61%	28%	13%	28%	33%	73%	0%	44%	83%	55%	5%	1	0	15%	3	2	0	33%	1	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				53	179	3.38	107	60%	31%	8%	22%	38%	69%	0%	41%	88%	60%	8%	4	2	15%	8	4	1	33%	1	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	81%	59%	5%			21%				26%

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
2003	25	TOT	AL	33	13	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	13	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
2003	25	BOS	AL	23	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003	25	SEA	AL	10	3	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

2005	27	WSN	NL	20	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				53	17	1	1	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	100%	0	1	0	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
MLB Averages																		53%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2003	25	1	.000	22.24	6	0	3	5.2	13	14	14	3	5	0	0	0	33	23	3.176	20.6	4.8	7.9	0.0	0.00	23
2004	26	1	.000	22.24	6	0	3	5.2	13	14	14	3	5	0	0	0	33	23	3.176	20.6	4.8	7.9	0.0	0.00	23
2005	27	2	.000	16.76	7	1	3	9.2	17	18	18	3	8	3	1	1	53	29	2.586	15.8	2.8	7.4	2.8	0.38	29

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2003	25	0	0	25.20	5.0	13	16	14	3	5	0	0	3.600	23.4	9.0	0.0	0.00	5.4	6

2005	27	0	0	9.00	4.0	4	4	4	0	3	3	1	1.750	9.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		0	0	18.00	9.0	17	20	18	3	8	3	1	2.778	17.0		3.0	0.38	3.0	7

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