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Matt Childers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 215lb (196cm, 97kg)

Born: December 3, 1978 in Douglas, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 9th round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Westside HS (Augusta, GA).

High School: Westside HS (Augusta, GA)

Debut: August 3, 2002 (Age 23-243d, 18,147th in major league history)
vs. FLA 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 28, 2005 (Age 26-176d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Full Name: Matthew Wilkie Childers

Pronunciation: \CHILL-ders\

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Relatives: Brother of Jason Childers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

9.69

13.0

WHIP

2.231

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1997	18	MIL-min	Rk	1	4	.200	6.20	14	10	1	0	0	1	61.0	81	49	42	5	24	0	19	0	0	1	285			1.721	12.0	0.7	3.5	2.8	0.79	HEL PION
1998	19	MIL-min	A,Rk	4	7	.364	4.33	16	14	0	4	1	0	81.0	98	56	39	5	24	1	53	4	0	2	356			1.506	10.9	0.6	2.7	5.9	2.21	BEL,HEL MIDW,PION
1999	20	MIL-min	A	3	10	.231	5.94	20	19	0	0	0	0	100.0	129	72	66	9	30	1	52	5	2	0	448			1.590	11.6	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.73	BEL MIDW
2000	21	MIL-min	A+,A	11	11	.500	3.81	27	27	0	1	1	0	158.1	167	92	67	14	49	0	90	4	3	5	688			1.364	9.5	0.8	2.8	5.1	1.84	MUD,BEL CALL,MIDW
2001	22	MIL-min	A+,AA	8	13	.381	5.69	27	27	0	0	0	0	156.2	196	114	99	22	41	0	97	11	0	8	701			1.513	11.3	1.3	2.4	5.6	2.37	HDS,HVL CALL,SOUL
2002	23	MIL-min	AA,AAA	2	5	.286	4.24	38	10	25	0	0	12	87.0	104	47	41	6	29	0	61	2	0	2	392			1.529	10.8	0.6	3.0	6.3	2.10	HVL,INA SOUL,IL
2002	23	MIL	NL	0	0		12.00	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	13	12	12	2	8	1	6	1	0	0	48	35	7.52	2.333	13.0	2.0	8.0	6.0	0.75

2003	24	MIL-min	AA,AAA	4	0	1.000	2.43	47	1	24	0	0	8	92.2	82	34	25	4	30	2	63	5	1	2	391			1.209	8.0	0.4	2.9	6.1	2.10	HVL,INA SOUL,IL
2004	25	MIL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.87	35	10	12	0	0	2	98.0	100	55	53	8	27	3	65	6	0	2	422			1.296	9.2	0.7	2.5	6.0	2.41	INA IL
2005	26	ATL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.93	51	1	12	0	0	2	73.1	69	37	32	4	21	1	62	4	0	6	312			1.227	8.5	0.5	2.6	7.6	2.95	RMD IL
2005	26	ATL	NL	0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	21	103	8.27	2.000	11.3	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67
2006	27	NYY-min	AAA,AA	4	7	.364	4.77	36	15	7	1	1	0	111.1	118	64	59	14	30	0	79	3	0	5	477			1.329	9.5	1.1	2.4	6.4	2.63	CLB,TRE IL,EL
2007	28	PHI-min	AAA	7	4	.636	5.17	19	19	0	1	0	0	102.2	138	63	59	11	26	0	73	1	0	2	459			1.597	12.1	1.0	2.3	6.4	2.81	OTT IL
2008	29	PHI-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.78	53	0	49	0	0	20	66.2	74	34	28	7	18	4	68	1	1	6	290			1.380	10.0	0.9	2.4	9.2	3.78	LHV IL
2 Yrs				0	0		9.69	11	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	18	14	14	3	11	1	8	2	0	0	69	45	7.75	2.231	12.5	2.1	7.6	5.5	0.73
162 Game Avg.				0	0		9.69	68	0	19	0	0	0	80	111	87	87	19	68	6	49	12	0	0	427	45	7.75	2.231	12.5	2.1	7.6	5.5	0.73

ATL (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	21	103	8.27	2.000	11.3	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67
MIL (1 yr)				0	0		12.00	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	13	12	12	2	8	1	6	1	0	0	48	35	7.52	2.333	13.0	2.0	8.0	6.0	0.75

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