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Matt Wieters

Matthew Richard Wieters

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 21, 1986 in Goose Creek, SC
High School: Stratford (Goose Creek, SC)
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
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   vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Orioles 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$452k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.129, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
2009 23 BAL AL 96 385 354 35 102 15 1 9 43 0 0 28 86 .288 .340 .412 .753 97 146 11 1 0 2 2 2
2010 24 BAL AL 130 502 446 37 111 22 1 11 55 0 1 47 94 .249 .319 .377 .695 91 168 13 2 0 7 7 *2
2011 25 BAL AL 139 551 500 72 131 28 0 22 68 1 0 48 84 .262 .328 .450 .778 113 225 16 2 0 1 3 *2/D3 AS,GG
3 Seasons 365 1438 1300 144 344 65 2 42 166 1 1 123 264 .265 .328 .415 .743 101 539 40 5 0 10 12
162 Game Avg. 162 638 577 64 153 29 1 19 74 0 0 55 117 .265 .328 .415 .743 101 239 18 2 0 4 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 23 BAL AL 385 -1 -2 -1 -1 0 4 13 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ 2
2010 24 BAL AL 502 -6 -2 1 -0 7 8 17 24 2.4 17 1.7 0.7 $400,000 *2
2011 25 BAL AL 551 8 0 -3 -2 10 8 19 40 4.0 30 3.0 1.0 $452,250 *2/D3 AS,GG
3 Seasons 1438 1 -4 -4 -3 17 20 49 76 7.5 58 5.8 1.7 $852,250

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
2009 BAL AL 23 C 86 529 489 35 5 12 .991 -1 6.09 .992 7.39 3 65 21 24%
2009 BAL AL 23 DH 10 10
2010 BAL AL 24 C 126 831 775 51 5 10 .994 7 5 6.56 .990 7.37 2 53 24 31%
2010 BAL AL 24 DH 2 2
2011 BAL AL 25 C 132 129 122 1150.0 930 855 70 5 14 .995 10 14 11 15 7.24 7.01 .992 7.61 7.57 1 25 58 34 37% 0 AS,GG
2011 BAL AL 25 DH 3 3 AS,GG
2011 BAL AL 25 1B 1 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 4.00 .992 9.34 9.20 AS,GG
3 Seasons C 344 129 122 1150.0 2290 2119 156 15 36 .993 17 18 18 18 7.24 6.61 .991 7.61 7.45 6 25 176 79 31% 0
1 Season 1B 1 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 4.00 .992 9.34 9.20
3 Seasons TOT 345 130 123 1158.0 2294 2123 156 15 38 .993 17 18 18 18 7.22 6.61 .991 7.62 7.46 6 25 176 79 31% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 *

Gold Gloves
2011 AL (C)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2010 AL  126 (2nd)
2011 AL  132 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2010 AL  775 (4th)
2011 AL  855 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2010 AL  51 (4th)
2011 AL  70 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2011 AL  34 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2011 AL  37.0 (3rd)
Active  31.0 (16th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2010 AL  7 (1st)
2011 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  17 (15th)
Career  17 (68th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2010 AL  .994 (4th)
2011 AL  .995 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Bill Haselman (951)
  6. Nick Hundley (946)
  7. Javier Valentin (946)
  8. Bob Montgomery (945)
  9. Joe Nolan (942)
  10. Bill Sarni (942)
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  6. Rollie Hemsley (941)
  7. Bruce Edwards (940)
  8. Sherm Lollar (940)
  9. Milt May (938)
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  1. Kurt Suzuki (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kurt Suzuki (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 7, 2007: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2007 amateur draft. Player signed August 15, 2007.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201024Baltimore Orioles$400,000
201125Baltimore Orioles$452,250
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$852,250
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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