Rick Matula

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: November 22, 1953 in Wharton, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wharton HS (Wharton, TX) and the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).

High School: Wharton HS (Wharton, TX)

School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Debut: April 8, 1979 (Age 25-137d, 14,156th in major league history)
vs. HOU 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: June 11, 1981 (Age 27-201d)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Richard Carlton Matula

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

ERA

4.41

355.0

129

WHIP

1.470

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-15 / in Starts: 13-15

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Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	1	3	Apr 8	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.57	1.87	27	10	8	1	0	6	60			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.007	.83	-0.01%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	2	8	Apr 13	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.1	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.03	1.38	25	8	4	0	2	7	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.245	1.65	0.19%	1.76	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
3	3	13	Apr 20	ATL		SDP	L,4-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	6	5.1	8	5	5	1	4	2	0	3.86	2.89	25	9	3	0	0	8	35			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.172	.99	-0.12%	-2.51	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d5
4	4	19	Apr 28	ATL		CHC	W,7-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	7	6.1	8	2	2	3	2	0	1	3.60	3.17	29	9	6	0	2	8	48			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.073	.92	0.04%	0.61	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	5	23	May 4	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-5	L(2-3)	5	5.0	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.90	3.27	22	12	1	1	0	4	46			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	-0.140	1.09	-0.07%	-0.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
6	6	32	May 15	ATL		LAD	L,4-5	GS-7		10	7.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.14	3.22	31	14	4	0	1	9	43			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	-0.049	.72	-0.02%	-0.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
7	7	37	May 19(2)	ATL		SFG	L,6-7	GS-7		3	7.0	7	5	3	2	4	2	0	4.09	3.69	29	10	11	5	2	2	49			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	1	.66	-0.192	.40	-0.07%	-1.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
8	8	43	May 26	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS-7		6	6.2	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.09	3.72	28	14	6	2	0	2	50			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.37	0.163	.66	0.05%	0.85	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
9	9	49	May 31	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.06	3.89	27	12	5	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	.79	-0.045	.34	-0.01%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
10	10	54	Jun 5	ATL		MON	W,4-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	4	7.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.62	3.80	27	15	3	1	1	5	67			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.403	.19	0.04%	3.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
11	11	60	Jun 13	ATL	@	MON	L,1-4	GS-5	L(3-5)	7	4.0	4	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.67	3.74	18	6	3	1	0	4	45			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.185	.16	-0.02%	-2.96	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d3
12	12	65	Jun 18	ATL		PHI	W,10-5	GS-6	W(4-5)	4	5.2	10	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.87	3.89	27	5	9	3	2	10	32			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.02	-0.111	.07	-0.01%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
13	13	71	Jun 24	ATL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.67	3.79	34	14	5	1	0	7	71			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.316	.06	0.01%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	14	77	Jun 29	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.59	3.83	25	6	9	1	1	4	63			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.061	.06	0.00%	1.26	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
15	15	81	Jul 4	ATL		SFG	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.82	3.97	21	6	4	3	0	6	31			1	1	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.194	.08	-0.01%	-1.99	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d4
16	16	86	Jul 8	ATL		STL	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.73	3.87	28	13	9	4	1	5	60			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.07	0.230	.08	0.01%	1.60	1t start tie	8t --3 0 out a4
17	17	91	Jul 14	ATL		PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(6-6)	5	6.1	11	5	1	2	1	1	0	3.59	3.96	31	14	3	1	1	11	38			1	1	0	29	1	0	1	3	0	3	.95	-0.132	.17	-0.02%	-1.67	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d4
18	18	95	Jul 21	ATL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-7		6	7.0	7	1	1	3	0	0	1	3.45	3.99	30	13	6	2	1	7	56			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.48	0.284	.19	0.02%	2.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
19	19	101	Jul 25	ATL	@	STL	W,13-4	GS-5		3	5.0	9	4	3	4	2	0	0	3.53	4.00	26	9	2	0	0	9	33			1	0	0	21	0	0	2	2	0	1	.97	-0.183	.03	0.00%	-1.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
20	20	106	Jul 29	ATL		CIN	L,4-9	GS-4	L(6-7)	3	3.2	5	5	3	6	3	0	0	3.65	4.06	21	6	2	1	0	4	32			0	1	0	15	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.06	-0.315	.02	0.00%	-3.59	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
21	21	110	Aug 3	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS-4	L(6-8)	4	3.2	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.83	4.05	21	5	5	0	0	8	28			3	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.271	.01	0.00%	-2.53	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d3
22	22	117	Aug 9	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.76	4.03	26	15	5	0	1	4	59			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
23	23	127	Aug 21	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-6		11	5.2	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.87	4.06	27	5	8	1	0	8	39			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-1.41	1b start a 3	6b -2- 2 out tie
24	24	132	Aug 29	ATL	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-9	W(7-8)	7	8.1	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.89	4.00	39	19	7	1	0	9	45			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.201	.00	0.00%	1.16	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
25	25	136	Sep 3	ATL		CIN	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.2	9	5	4	2	1	1	0	3.96	4.05	32	13	7	0	0	9	37			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.18	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-1.71	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
26	26	141	Sep 8	ATL		SDP	L,2-9	GS-3	L(7-9)	4	2.1	5	8	8	4	0	0	0	4.36	4.11	15	3	3	0	0	5	11			2	1	0	9	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.09	-0.365	.00	0.00%	-6.43	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d7
27	27	147	Sep 15	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-1	GS-7	W(8-9)	6	6.2	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.23	4.11	27	9	8	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	.62	0.112	.00	0.00%	1.33	1b start a 4	7b 123 2 out a5
28	28	153	Sep 23	ATL		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(8-10)	7	7.2	7	2	2	5	4	1	1	4.15	4.19	36	13	12	5	0	1	56			3	0	1	29	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.38	-0.023	.00	0.00%	1.59	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
							13-15		W-L:8-10	4.8	171.1	193	90	79	64	67	14	3	4.15	4.19	754	1.82		8%	3%	175	47		---%	22	7	1	675	33	4	9	26	6	18	1.06	-0.761	.30	0.01%	-8.89

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