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Matt Wieters

Matthew Richard Wieters

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 21, 1986 in Goose Creek, SC
High School: Stratford HS (Goose Creek, SC)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 2009
Team: Orioles 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.129, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2008	22	BAL-min	A+,AA	130	530	437	89	155	22	2	27	91	2	2	82	76	.355	.454	.600	1.053		262	15	3	1	7	8		FDK,BOW · CARL,EL
2009	23	BAL-min	AAA	39	163	141	25	43	9	2	5	30	0	0	20	30	.305	.387	.504	.890		71	6	0	0	2	1		NFK · IL
2009	23	BAL	AL	96	385	354	35	102	15	1	9	43	0	0	28	86	.288	.340	.412	.753	96	146	11	1	0	2	2	2D
2010	24	BAL	AL	130	502	446	37	111	22	1	11	55	0	1	47	94	.249	.319	.377	.695	90	168	13	2	0	7	7	*2/D
2011	25	BAL	AL	139	551	500	72	131	28	0	22	68	1	0	48	84	.262	.328	.450	.778	112	225	16	2	0	1	3	*2/D3	AS,GG
2012	26	BAL	AL	46	187	164	24	37	7	1	8	22	0	0	18	37	.226	.316	.427	.742	104	70	3	4	0	1	0	*2/D
4 Yrs				411	1625	1464	168	381	72	3	50	188	1	1	141	301	.260	.327	.416	.743	101	609	43	9	0	11	12
162 Game Avg.				162	641	577	66	150	28	1	20	74	0	0	56	119	.260	.327	.416	.743	101	240	17	4	0	4	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2009	23	BAL	AL	96	385	-3	-3	-1	2	4	-1	0.0	13	12	1.2	.499	.499	1.0	0.7	10	$	2D
2010	24	BAL	AL	130	502	-6	-2	-0	7	7	6	0.8	17	23	2.3	.504	.504	1.6	1.6	16	$400,000	*2/D
2011	25	BAL	AL	139	551	5	-0	-2	17	8	28	3.0	19	46	4.8	.521	.518	3.0	2.7	29	$452,250	*2/D3	AS,GG
2012	26	BAL	AL	46	187	1	-0	-0	3	2	6	0.6	6	12	1.1	.513	.504	0.9	0.5	9	$	*2/D
4 Seasons				411	1625	-3	-5	-3	29	21	38	4.4	55	93	9.4	.510	.506	6.5	5.5	64	$852,250

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2009	23	BAL	AL	385	265	48	4.8	109	.356	.288	.268	.340	.338	.412	.431	.753	.769	96	.479	-2.2	-0.2	.665	.203	.124	.0
2010	24	BAL	AL	502	356	53	4.0	99	.287	.249	.259	.319	.327	.377	.406	.695	.733	90	.426	-5.2	-0.5	.619	.231	.128	.0
2011	25	BAL	AL	551	386	71	4.9	99	.276	.262	.258	.328	.323	.450	.409	.778	.732	112	.531	7.6	0.7	.717	.286	.188	1.9
2012	26	BAL	AL	187	131	23	4.7	97	.242	.226	.252	.316	.319	.427	.408	.742	.727	104	.512	0.7	0.1	.708	.311	.201	.0
4 Yrs				1625	1138	195	4.6	101	.294	.260	.260	.327	.327	.416	.413	.743	.740	101	.485	0.9	0.1	.673	.252	.156	2.0
162 Game Avg.				641	449	77	4.6	101	.294	.260	.260	.327	.327	.416	.413	.743	.740	101	.485	0	0	.673	.252	.156	1

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2011	BAL	AL	25		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	23	BAL	AL	385	2.3%	22.3%	7.3%	6.5%	25%	3.07	4.1	39.3	8.2	0.72	1.00	68%	20%	6.3%	10%
2010	24	BAL	AL	502	2.2%	18.7%	9.4%	6.8%	31%	2.00	4.7	40.5	8.1	0.89	1.27	69%	14%	6.3%	8%
2011	25	BAL	AL	551	4.0%	15.3%	8.7%	9.1%	38%	1.75	6.0	22.7	7.4	0.77	1.09	72%	16%	10.2%	9%
2012	26	BAL	AL	187	4.3%	19.8%	9.6%	8.6%	43%	2.06	4.4	20.5	7.5	0.83	1.21	64%	12%	13.3%	14%
4 Yrs				1625	3.1%	18.5%	8.7%	7.7%	33%	2.13	4.9	29.3	7.8	0.80	1.13	69%	16%	8.5%	9%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	23	BAL	AL	-2.2	-0.2	387	0.0	7.2	-7.2	1.04	-0.7	0.7	-6.3	-0.6	0.95	-8.9	2.09	1
2010	24	BAL	AL	-5.2	-0.5	508	-1.2	8.2	-9.5	1.08	-0.8	-0.3	-8.1	-0.8	0.97	-5.0	2.28	6
2011	25	BAL	AL	8.2	0.8	559	0.1	10.5	-10.4	1.03	0.8	-0.8	9.3	0.9	0.98	6.7	1.65	4
2012	26	BAL	AL	0.7	0.1	188	-0.8	3.0	-3.8	1.11	-0.2	-0.5	-2.0	-0.2	0.92	-0.6	2.08	2
4 Yrs				1.6	0.2	1642	-1.9	28.9	-30.8	1.06	-0.9	-0.9	-7.1	-0.7	0.96	-7.9	2.04	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	23	BAL	AL	1	21%	155	0	0		0	0	2	3	15%	21	19	2	2	2	0	16	12	4
2010	24	BAL	AL	6	17%	207	0	1	0%	0	1	3	8	30%	25	21	4	7	4	3	12	5	6
2011	25	BAL	AL	1	31%	204	1	0	100%	1	0	2	10	31%	28	23	5	7	5	2	14	6	8
2012	26	BAL	AL	1	31%	65	0	0		0	0	1	4	26%	9	9	0	2	1	1	8	4	4
4 Yrs				9	25%	631	1	1	50%	1	1	8	25	26%	83	72	11	18	12	6	50	27	22

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	23	BAL	AL	385	100%	102	7	0	1	1	0	1	2.09	9	0	12	6	3	5	4	0	0	0		77	11	14%	32	9	28%	258	36	14%	18	7	39%	15	10	67%	0
2010	24	BAL	AL	502	99%	111	4	0	6	1	0	0	2.28	11	0	11	9	2	3	8	0	1	0	0%	87	13	15%	47	20	43%	330	46	14%	28	19	68%	25	15	60%	0
2011	25	BAL	AL	551	99%	131	11	0	4	1	0	0	1.65	22	0	12	11	11	13	9	0	0	0		89	16	18%	37	9	24%	303	46	15%	18	10	56%	17	8	47%	0
2012	26	BAL	AL	187	100%	37	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.08	8	1	2	8	0	4	4	0	0	0		30	3	10%	15	5	33%	105	14	13%	10	6	60%	5	2	40%	0
4 Yrs				1625	100%	381	24	0	13	4	0	1	2.04	50	1	37	34	16	25	25	0	1	0	0%	283	43	15%	131	43	33%	996	142	14%	74	42	57%	62	35	56%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	23	BAL	AL	386	1567	4.06	978	62%	25%	18%	29%	28%	75%	1%	47%	76%	24%	6%	24	1	19%	72	28	9%	34	28	26%	-1	0	0
2010	24	BAL	AL	502	2007	4.00	1226	61%	31%	13%	27%	29%	69%	3%	42%	81%	27%	7%	33	4	16%	80	23	13%	65	42	29%	0	0	0
2011	25	BAL	AL	551	2096	3.80	1313	63%	25%	15%	29%	32%	75%	1%	47%	81%	29%	6%	32	3	16%	88	34	10%	54	28	25%	0	0	0
2012	26	BAL	AL	188	727	3.87	439	60%	26%	15%	30%	29%	74%	0%	45%	80%	29%	7%	13	2	13%	25	9	8%	15	10	30%	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				1627	6397	3.93	3956	62%	27%	15%	28%	30%	73%	1%	45%	80%	27%	6%	102	10	16%	265	94	10%	168	108	27%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2009	23	96	385	354	35	102	15	1	9	43	0	0	28	86	.288	.340	.412	.753	96	146	11	1	2	2
2010	24	226	887	800	72	213	37	2	20	98	0	1	75	180	.266	.328	.393	.721	93	314	24	3	9	9
2011	25	365	1438	1300	144	344	65	2	42	166	1	1	123	264	.265	.328	.415	.743	100	539	40	5	10	12
2012	26	411	1625	1464	168	381	72	3	50	188	1	1	141	301	.260	.327	.416	.743	101	609	43	9	11	12

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	23	96	382	352	34	100	15	1	9	42	0	27	86	.284	.335	.409	.744	48	96
2010	24	130	509	451	40	116	23	1	11	59	0	49	94	.257	.328	.386	.714	58	130
2011	25	139	558	505	76	136	29	0	23	72	1	50	84	.269	.337	.463	.800	78	139
2012	26	46	188	165	25	38	7	1	8	23	0	18	37	.230	.319	.430	.749	22	46
4 Yrs		411	1637	1473	175	390	74	3	51	196	1	144	301	.265	.332	.423	.755	206	411
162 Game Avg.		162	645	581	69	154	29	1	20	77	0	57	119	.265	.332	.423	.755	81	411

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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