Mike Matthews

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: October 24, 1973 in Fredericksburg, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Montgomery College, Rockville Campus (Rockville, MD).

High School: Woodbridge HS (Woodbridge, VA)

School: Montgomery College, Rockville Campus (Rockville, MD)

Debut: May 31, 2000 (Age 26-220d, 17,675th in major league history)
vs. ARI 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 24, 2005 (Age 31-182d)
vs. WSN 0.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Michael Scott Matthews

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

ERA

4.54

230

243.2

175

WHIP

1.469

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
1992	18	CLE-min	Rk,A-	8	0	1.000	1.35	12	12	0	0	0	0	73.1	43	17	11	1	35	0	60	3	1	4	292			1.064	5.3	0.1	4.3	7.4	1.71	BRL,WTR APPY,NYPL
1993			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1994	20	CLE-min	A	6	8	.429	3.08	23	23	0	0	0	0	119.2	120	53	41	8	44	1	99	7	3	7	502			1.370	9.0	0.6	3.3	7.4	2.25	CBS SALL
1995	21	CLE-min	AA	5	8	.385	5.93	15	15	0	1	0	0	74.1	82	62	49	6	43	1	37	2	1	8	345			1.682	9.9	0.7	5.2	4.5	0.86	CAK EL
1996	22	CLE-min	AA	9	11	.450	4.66	27	27	0	3	0	0	162.1	178	96	84	13	74	3	112	5	1	6	713			1.552	9.9	0.7	4.1	6.2	1.51	CAK EL
1997	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	6	10	.375	4.43	24	24	0	3	1	0	134.0	148	81	66	20	67	0	86	7	4	6	598			1.604	9.9	1.3	4.5	5.8	1.28	AKR,BFL EL,AA
1998	24	CLE-min	AAA	9	6	.600	4.63	24	23	1	0	0	0	130.1	137	79	67	19	68	1	86	5	2	5	577			1.573	9.5	1.3	4.7	5.9	1.26	BFL IL
1999	25	CLE-STL-BOS-min	AAA,AA	3	7	.300	6.24	36	11	8	1	1	0	70.2	73	55	49	11	43	0	44	4	3	0	317			1.642	9.3	1.4	5.5	5.6	1.02	AKR,BFL,ARK,TRE IL,TL,EL
2000	26	STL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.12	9	9	0	0	0	0	52.0	33	19	18	4	32	1	50	1	0	3	216			1.250	5.7	0.7	5.5	8.7	1.56	MEM PCL
2000	26	STL	NL	0	0		11.57	14	0	4	0	0	0	9.1	15	12	12	2	10	2	8	1	0	0	54	42	7.74	2.679	14.5	1.9	9.6	7.7	0.80
2001	27	STL	NL	3	4	.429	3.24	51	10	7	0	0	1	89.0	74	32	32	11	33	4	72	4	1	4	368	134	4.28	1.202	7.5	1.1	3.3	7.3	2.18
2002	28	TOT	NL	2	1	.667	3.94	47	0	10	0	0	0	45.2	43	23	20	5	29	3	34	2	1	5	205	103	4.93	1.577	8.5	1.0	5.7	6.7	1.17
2002	28	STL	NL	2	1	.667	3.89	43	0	10	0	0	0	41.2	40	21	18	5	22	2	32	2	0	5	184	104	4.71	1.488	8.6	1.1	4.8	6.9	1.45
2002	28	MIL	NL	0	0		4.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	7	1	2	0	1	0	21	99	7.21	2.500	6.8	0.0	15.8	4.5	0.29
2003	29	SDP	NL	6	4	.600	4.45	77	0	20	0	0	0	64.2	65	34	32	4	29	5	44	4	0	4	281	89	4.01	1.454	9.0	0.6	4.0	6.1	1.52
2004	30	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.53	15	0	3	0	0	1	17.2	12	3	3	1	5	0	16	0	0	3	69			0.962	6.1	0.5	2.5	8.2	3.20	LOU IL
2004	30	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	6.30	35	0	6	0	0	0	30.0	31	22	21	7	16	1	15	2	1	4	137	68	6.88	1.567	9.3	2.1	4.8	4.5	0.94
2005	31	NYM-min	AAA	0	1	.000	12.10	5	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	14	13	13	1	8	0	6	0	0	0	50			2.276	13.0	0.9	7.4	5.6	0.75	NFK IL
2005	31	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	10.80	6	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	1	2	0	0	2	28	41	4.62	2.600	16.2	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50
6 Yrs				14	10	.583	4.54	230	10	47	0	0	1	243.2	237	129	123	29	121	16	175	13	3	19	1073	92	4.79	1.469	8.8	1.1	4.5	6.5	1.45
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.583	4.54	65	3	13	0	0	0	69	67	37	35	8	34	5	50	4	1	5	304	92	4.79	1.469	8.8	1.1	4.5	6.5	1.45

STL (3 yrs)				5	5	.500	3.99	108	10	21	0	0	1	140.0	129	65	62	18	65	8	112	7	1	9	606	107	4.64	1.386	8.3	1.2	4.2	7.2	1.72
NYM (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	10.80	6	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	0	4	1	2	0	0	2	28	41	4.62	2.600	16.2	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50
SDP (1 yr)				6	4	.600	4.45	77	0	20	0	0	0	64.2	65	34	32	4	29	5	44	4	0	4	281	89	4.01	1.454	9.0	0.6	4.0	6.1	1.52
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	.667	6.30	35	0	6	0	0	0	30.0	31	22	21	7	16	1	15	2	1	4	137	68	6.88	1.567	9.3	2.1	4.8	4.5	0.94
MIL (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	7	1	2	0	1	0	21	99	7.21	2.500	6.8	0.0	15.8	4.5	0.29

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