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Matt Joyce

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 194lb (188cm, 87kg)

Born: August 3, 1984 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL).

High School: Armwood HS (Seffner, FL)

School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Debut: May 5, 2008 (Age 23-276d, 19,305th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 2021 (Age 37-051d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Matthew Ryan Joyce

Nicknames: DJ SS or Sweet Swingin'

Twitter: @sweetswingin20

Instagram: @joycer247

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

3718

898

149

.242

537

RBI

503

OBP

.342

SLG

.425

OPS

.767

OPS+

111

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
2005	20	DET-min	A-	65	283	247	51	82	10	4	4	46	9	5	28	29	.332	.394	.453	.847		112	4	1	1	6	0		ONE · NYPL
2006	21	DET-min	A	122	530	465	75	120	30	5	11	86	5	4	56	70	.258	.338	.415	.753		193	7	3	1	5	2		WMI · MIDW
2007	22	DET-min	AA	130	514	456	61	117	33	3	17	70	4	6	51	127	.257	.333	.454	.787		207	7	3	1	3	1		ERI · EL
2008	23	DET-min	AAA	56	227	200	36	54	13	2	13	41	2	3	24	62	.270	.352	.550	.902		110	1	2	0	1	1		TOL · IL
2008	23	DET	AL	92	277	242	40	61	16	3	12	33	0	2	31	65	.252	.339	.492	.831	116	119	3	2	0	2	0	79H/D
2009	24	TBR-min	AAA	111	493	417	73	114	35	2	16	66	14	5	67	98	.273	.373	.482	.855		201	5	3	0	6	3		DHM · IL
2009	24	TBR	AL	11	37	32	3	6	1	0	3	7	1	0	3	7	.188	.270	.500	.770	99	16	0	1	0	1	0	/98HD
2010	25	TBR-min	AAA,A+	35	155	121	24	38	13	0	5	20	2	3	32	29	.314	.458	.545	1.004		66	0	1	0	1	4		DHM,POE · IL,FLOR
2010	25	TBR	AL	77	261	216	30	52	15	3	10	40	2	2	40	55	.241	.360	.477	.837	132	103	2	2	0	3	2	9H7D
2011	26	TBR	AL	141	522	462	69	128	32	2	19	75	13	1	49	106	.277	.347	.478	.825	131	221	7	4	0	7	9	*9H7/D	AS
2012	27	TBR-min	A+,AAA	3	12	10	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	.200	.333	.300	.633		3	0	0	0	0	0		POE,DHM · FLOR,IL
2012	27	TBR	AL	124	462	399	55	96	18	3	17	59	4	3	55	102	.241	.341	.429	.769	115	171	10	6	1	1	4	*97H/D
2013	28	TBR	AL	140	481	413	61	97	22	0	18	47	7	3	59	87	.235	.328	.419	.747	108	173	8	2	0	7	0	*79HD
2014	29	TBR	AL	140	493	418	51	106	23	2	9	52	2	5	62	111	.254	.349	.383	.732	111	160	11	4	0	9	4	7DH9
2015	30	LAA-min	AAA	11	43	36	3	12	1	0	2	6	0	0	5	9	.333	.419	.528	.946		19	1	1	0	1	0		SLK · PCL
2015	30	LAA	AL	93	284	247	17	43	12	1	5	21	0	3	30	67	.174	.272	.291	.564	60	72	5	4	1	2	1	7DH/9
2016	31	PIT	NL	140	293	231	45	56	10	1	13	42	1	1	59	67	.242	.403	.463	.866	132	107	9	3	0	0	4	H97/D
2017	32	OAK	AL	141	544	469	78	114	33	0	25	68	4	1	66	113	.243	.335	.473	.808	118	222	10	2	0	7	0	*97H/D8
2018	33	OAK-min	AAA	9	35	32	4	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	.281	.343	.375	.718		12	1	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2018	33	OAK	AL	83	246	207	34	43	9	0	7	15	0	2	35	53	.208	.322	.353	.675	88	73	3	1	1	2	2	7HD/98
2019	34	ATL	NL	129	238	200	32	59	10	0	7	23	0	0	38	45	.295	.408	.450	.858	119	90	3	0	0	0	0	H9/D7
2020	35	MIA	NL	46	148	127	16	32	4	0	2	14	1	0	20	41	.252	.351	.331	.682	87	42	3	0	0	1	0	97D/H
2021	36	PHI-min	A,AA,AAA	14	49	37	4	11	2	0	2	9	0	0	9	7	.297	.429	.514	.942		19	0	1	0	2	0		CLW,REA,LHV · LASE,AANE,AAAE
2021	36	PHI	NL	43	69	55	6	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	12	16	.091	.261	.218	.479	32	12	2	1	0	1	2	H/79
14 Yrs				1400	4355	3718	537	898	206	15	149	503	35	23	559	935	.242	.342	.425	.767	111	1581	76	32	3	43	28
162 Game Avg.				162	504	430	62	104	24	2	17	58	4	3	65	108	.242	.342	.425	.767	111	183	9	4	0	5	3

TBR (6 yrs)				633	2256	1940	269	485	111	10	76	280	29	14	268	468	.250	.342	.435	.777	118	844	38	19	1	28	19
OAK (2 yrs)				224	790	676	112	157	42	0	32	83	4	3	101	166	.232	.331	.436	.767	109	295	13	3	1	9	2
PIT (1 yr)				140	293	231	45	56	10	1	13	42	1	1	59	67	.242	.403	.463	.866	132	107	9	3	0	0	4
PHI (1 yr)				43	69	55	6	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	12	16	.091	.261	.218	.479	32	12	2	1	0	1	2
ATL (1 yr)				129	238	200	32	59	10	0	7	23	0	0	38	45	.295	.408	.450	.858	119	90	3	0	0	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				93	284	247	17	43	12	1	5	21	0	3	30	67	.174	.272	.291	.564	60	72	5	4	1	2	1
MIA (1 yr)				46	148	127	16	32	4	0	2	14	1	0	20	41	.252	.351	.331	.682	87	42	3	0	0	1	0
DET (1 yr)				92	277	242	40	61	16	3	12	33	0	2	31	65	.252	.339	.492	.831	116	119	3	2	0	2	0

AL (10 yrs)				1042	3607	3105	438	746	181	14	125	417	33	22	430	766	.240	.334	.428	.762	111	1330	59	28	3	41	22
NL (4 yrs)				358	748	613	99	152	25	1	24	86	2	1	129	169	.248	.381	.409	.790	110	251	17	4	0	2	6

Player Value--Batting

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

Advanced Batting

Sabermetric Batting

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Postseason Batting

Postseason Game Log

All-Star Batting

Ratio Batting *

Win Probability *

Baserunning & Misc. Stats *

Situational Batting *

Pitch Summary -- Batting *

Cumulative Batting

Neutralized Batting

Adjust to Different Run-Scoring Environments

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Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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