Matt Garza

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: November 26, 1983 in Selma, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 40th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA).

High School: Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA)

School: California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: August 11, 2006 (Age 22-258d, 18,952nd in major league history)
vs. TOR 2.2 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER, L

Last Game: September 27, 2017 (Age 33-305d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Matthew Scott Garza

Nicknames: The Count

Pronunciation: \GAR-zuh\

Twitter: @Gdeuceswild

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ALCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.5

106

ERA

4.09

290

284

1710.2

1380

WHIP

1.322

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-17 / in Starts: 15-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	57	3	Apr 9	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	1.29	2.95	29	106	63	20	5	5	16	5	0	0	67			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	.93	0.308	1.03	0.20%	2.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
2	58	8	Apr 14	TBR		NYY	L,2-7	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	2	9	1	0	1.93	3.10	27	112	73	23	9	8	8	6	1	0	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	0.103	1.05	0.07%	1.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
3	59	13	Apr 19	TBR		CHW	L,2-12	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.2	6	7	7	5	4	1	1	4.58	4.27	27	98	54	12	5	9	8	2	0	0	28			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	1	0	.83	-0.188	.73	-0.10%	-2.44	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d5
4	60	18	Apr 25	TBR	@	OAK	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	5.2	4	4	4	4	6	1	0	4.97	4.52	25	107	62	20	6	6	9	5	0	0	47			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.146	.58	-0.07%	-1.27	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
5	61	23	Apr 30	TBR		BOS	W,13-0	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	7.2	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	3.82	3.67	24	108	75	27	10	7	6	1	1	0	86			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.224	.27	0.10%	4.14	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	62	28	May 5	TBR		BAL	W,6-3	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.0	4	3	2	2	2	2	0	3.51	4.24	29	99	63	16	6	12	13	7	1	0	64			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.046	.59	0.02%	0.62	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a3
7	63	33	May 10	TBR	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.56	3.95	29	116	72	24	10	8	13	2	2	0	55			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.114	1.17	0.07%	0.98	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
8	64	38	May 16	TBR		CLE	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-2)	5	6.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.50	3.97	27	120	71	15	10	10	10	2	3	0	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	0.169	1.16	0.08%	1.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
9	65	43	May 21	TBR		OAK	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.2	7	2	2	4	8	0	0	3.41	3.81	31	107	64	13	16	8	11	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	0.188	1.25	0.09%	1.48	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
10	66	48	May 26	TBR	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	6.0	5	4	4	0	7	3	1	3.65	4.16	25	106	67	15	10	7	10	2	2	0	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.099	.60	-0.06%	-0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
11	67	53	May 31	TBR		MIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.67	4.12	29	104	71	11	13	16	6	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.044	1.06	-0.02%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	68	58	Jun 7	TBR	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-5		6	5.0	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.55	4.24	21	96	56	17	3	11	6	1	1	0	55			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.184	1.51	0.14%	1.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
13	69	63	Jun 12	TBR		WSN	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.2	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.63	4.19	26	116	67	23	8	7	10	6	0	0	44			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.017	.94	-0.01%	-0.05	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d1
14	70	68	Jun 18	TBR	@	COL	L,3-4	GS-5	L(4-5)	5	5.0	5	4	4	2	5	3	0	3.83	4.52	21	83	51	13	8	1	13	3	2	0	44			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.190	.70	-0.13%	-1.21	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
15	71	73	Jun 24	TBR		PHI	W,7-1	GS-8	W(5-5)	5	8.0	3	1	1	3	7	1	1	3.61	4.51	29	117	69	19	11	6	12	3	2	0	76			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.442	1.39	0.29%	3.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
16	72	79	Jun 30	TBR	@	TOR	W,4-1	GS-8	W(6-5)	5	7.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.45	4.45	29	111	66	21	5	8	15	8	1	0	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.318	1.81	0.30%	2.40	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	73	83	Jul 5	TBR	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	5.0	7	5	5	2	7	0	1	3.70	4.34	27	102	63	11	14	6	11	6	1	0	38			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	3	0	1.21	-0.272	1.63	-0.22%	-2.18	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
18	74	88	Jul 11	TBR		OAK	L,2-7	GS-7	L(6-7)	5	6.1	7	3	3	1	7	1	1	3.73	4.32	27	105	69	18	11	4	14	4	5	0	53			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.062	1.55	0.05%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
19	75	92	Jul 19	TBR	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-5		7	5.0	6	3	3	5	5	0	0	3.80	4.31	26	101	61	16	11	8	8	3	3	0	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.068	1.80	-0.06%	-0.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
20	76	97	Jul 24	TBR	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS-9	W(7-7)	4	9.0	5	2	2	0	9	0	0	3.68	4.08	31	116	75	15	10	9	13	3	1	0	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.495	1.62	0.40%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
21	77	102	Jul 29	TBR		NYY	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-8)	4	7.0	8	3	3	3	5	1	1	3.69	4.14	31	110	63	21	8	8	14	3	5	0	51			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	0	.88	-0.010	1.45	-0.01%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	78	107	Aug 4	TBR		BOS	W,4-2	GS-7		5	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	2	1	3.63	4.25	27	120	74	20	11	5	13	3	2	0	67			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.112	1.37	0.12%	1.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	79	112	Aug 10	TBR	@	LAA	L,7-8	GS-4		5	3.1	6	6	4	4	3	2	1	3.80	4.46	21	80	45	16	7	5	8	4	0	0	27			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	-0.496	1.91	-0.51%	-5.47	1b start a 2	4b 123 1 out d3
24	80	117	Aug 16	TBR		TOR	W,5-2	GS-5		5	5.0	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.73	4.37	25	103	63	17	8	5	11	6	0	0	52			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.154	1.60	0.08%	1.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
25	81	122	Aug 22	TBR		TEX	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	0	3.74	4.30	25	110	69	16	13	5	13	4	4	0	60			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.066	1.65	0.06%	0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
26	82	127	Aug 28	TBR	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-5	L(7-9)	5	5.0	5	6	6	3	5	1	1	3.95	4.36	24	88	56	11	6	8	7	3	2	0	35			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.227	.81	-0.17%	-3.26	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	83	132	Sep 2	TBR		BOS	W,8-5	GS-7		4	6.2	6	4	4	3	3	0	1	4.01	4.35	30	120	71	24	4	5	18	5	4	0	46			1	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.016	1.28	0.01%	-0.52	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
28	84	137	Sep 7(1)	TBR	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	0	1	7	0	0	3.85	4.23	28	120	67	29	5	9	11	5	1	0	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.371	.30	0.05%	2.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
29	85	142	Sep 13(1)	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	L(7-10)	5	7.1	9	3	3	0	8	1	0	3.84	4.17	30	118	71	24	11	11	11	3	2	0	56			0	0	0	29	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.037	.02	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d2
30	86	149	Sep 19	TBR		TOR	W,4-0	GS-8	W(8-10)	5	7.1	3	0	0	6	10	0	0	3.70	4.12	30	117	67	21	12	6	8	2	2	0	76			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.234	.00	0.00%	3.31	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
31	87	154	Sep 26	TBR	@	TEX	L,3-15	GS-5	L(8-11)	6	4.2	6	7	7	3	8	2	0	3.93	4.19	24	100	61	21	12	3	11	6	0	0	29			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.353	.00	0.00%	-2.65	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d2
32	88	159	Oct 1	TBR		BAL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(8-12)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	1	3.95	4.17	27	104	65	14	7	8	12	5	2	0	50			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							15-17		W-L:8-12	4.6	203.0	177	93	89	79	189	25	11	3.95	4.17	861	3420	61%	17%	8%	0.67		22%	9%	0	54		---%	3	4	0	761	32	4	0	14	8	8	1.05	1.430	1.02	0.80%	17.19

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