Matt Barnes

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 208lb (193cm, 94kg)

Born: June 17, 1990 in Danbury, CT us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th) of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT).

High School: Bethel HS (Bethel, CT)

School: University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2025 Contract Status: Not Updated

Agents: ISE Baseball

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Matthew David Barnes

Nicknames: Barnicles, Barnesy or Matty Backpacks

Twitter: @mattbarnesRHP

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.2

4.1

ERA

6.75

4.21

467

13.1

466.1

586

WHIP

1.500

1.360

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2010	20	0.0	Wareham	CCBL	Summ		1	2	.333	2.18	3.05	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.2	12	7	5	0	7	0	20	3	0	0	79	0.919	5.2	0.0	3.0	8.7	2.86
2011	21		Connecticut	BigE	NCAA					2.01	2.45		17			3		121.0	79	33	27		33		117					0.926	5.9		2.5	8.7	3.55

2012	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	BOS	7	5	.583	2.86	3.23	25	25	0	1	1	0	119.2	97	43	38	6	29	0	133	9	2	6	480	1.053	7.3	0.5	2.2	10.0	4.59
2012	22	-0.8	Salem	CARL	A+	BOS	5	5	.500	3.58	4.06	20	20	0	1	1	0	93.0	85	42	37	6	25	0	91	8	1	6	383	1.183	8.2	0.6	2.4	8.8	3.64
2012	22	0.4	Greenville	SALL	A	BOS	2	0	1.000	0.34	0.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	12	1	1	0	4	0	42	1	1	0	97	0.600	4.1	0.0	1.4	14.2	10.50
2013	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BOS	6	10	.375	4.13	4.92	25	25	0	0	0	0	113.1	115	62	52	11	48	0	142	4	0	7	499	1.438	9.1	0.9	3.8	11.3	2.96
2013	23	-4.2	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	20	0.938	5.1	0.0	3.4	11.8	3.50
2013	23	-1.6	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	5	10	.333	4.33	5.17	24	24	0	0	0	0	108.0	112	62	52	11	46	0	135	4	0	7	479	1.463	9.3	0.9	3.8	11.3	2.93
2014	24	-2.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	8	9	.471	3.95	4.23	23	22	0	0	0	0	127.2	119	60	56	8	46	0	103	3	0	6	538	1.292	8.4	0.6	3.2	7.3	2.24
2014	24	-4.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		4.00	4.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	11	4	4	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	39	1.444	11.0	1.0	2.0	8.0	4.00
2015	25	-2.0	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	1	.500	4.06	4.06	17	5	2	0	0	0	37.2	36	17	17	3	22	0	41	1	1	2	170	1.540	8.6	0.7	5.3	9.8	1.86
2015	25	-3.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	4	.429	5.44	5.86	32	2	7	0	0	0	43.0	56	28	26	9	15	0	39	2	0	4	199	1.651	11.7	1.9	3.1	8.2	2.60
2016	26	-2.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	3	.571	4.05	4.32	62	0	13	0	0	1	66.2	62	32	30	6	31	1	71	3	0	4	287	1.395	8.4	0.8	4.2	9.6	2.29
2017	27	2.7	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2017	27	-1.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	3	.700	3.88	4.00	70	0	15	0	0	1	69.2	57	31	30	7	28	0	83	1	0	3	287	1.220	7.4	0.9	3.6	10.7	2.96
2018	28	-0.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	4	.600	3.65	3.65	62	0	8	0	0	0	61.2	47	25	25	5	31	1	96	2	0	8	265	1.265	6.9	0.7	4.5	14.0	3.10
2019	29	0.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	5	4	.556	3.78	4.06	70	0	14	0	0	4	64.1	51	29	27	8	38	2	110	2	1	13	285	1.383	7.1	1.1	5.3	15.4	2.89
2020	30	1.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	3	.250	4.30	5.09	24	0	14	0	0	9	23.0	18	13	11	4	14	1	31	2	0	4	102	1.391	7.0	1.6	5.5	12.1	2.21
2021	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BOS	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	10	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2021	31	4.0	Worcester	AAAE	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2021	31	6.3	Portland	AANE	AA	BOS	0	1	.000	18.00	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2021	31	2.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	5	.545	3.79	4.12	60	0	44	0	0	24	54.2	41	25	23	8	20	2	84	2	0	3	222	1.116	6.8	1.3	3.3	13.8	4.20
2022	32		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Rk-AA-AAA	BOS	2	0	1.000	8.22	9.39	8	3	0	0	0	0	7.2	12	8	7	1	4	0	11	2	0	3	40	2.087	14.1	1.2	4.7	12.9	2.75
2022	32	5.0	Worcester	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		10.80	10.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	11	3.600	21.6	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
2022	32	7.5	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	2	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	12	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2022	32	11.0	Red Sox	FCL	Rk	BOS	0	0		12.00	15.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	4	1	1	0	5	1	0	2	17	2.333	18.0	3.0	3.0	15.0	5.00
2022	32	3.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	4	.000	4.31	4.99	44	0	16	0	0	8	39.2	36	22	19	2	21	1	34	3	0	4	176	1.437	8.2	0.5	4.8	7.7	1.62
2023	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	MIA	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
2023	33	10.8	Jupiter	FLOR	A	MIA	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
2023	33	12.2	Marlins	FCL	Rk	MIA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2023	33	3.8	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	1	0	1.000	5.48	5.48	24	1	3	0	0	0	21.1	25	13	13	2	10	1	20	1	1	2	99	1.641	10.5	0.8	4.2	8.4	2.00
2024	34	4.9	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	0		6.75	7.43	14	0	8	0	0	0	13.1	16	11	10	1	4	0	10	0	1	2	60	1.500	10.8	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		33	30	.524	4.21	4.50	467	3	145	0	0	47	466.1	420	233	218	53	214	9	586	18	3	47	2021	1.360	8.1	1.0	4.1	11.3	2.74
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		25	26	.490	3.75	4.18	104	84	2	1	1	0	413.0	385	192	172	29	152	0	437	20	3	25	1756	1.300	8.4	0.6	3.3	9.5	2.88
College (1 season)					College					2.01	2.45		17			3		121.0	79	33	27		33		117					0.926	5.9		2.5	8.7	3.55
Other (1 season)					Other		1	2	.333	2.18	3.05	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.2	12	7	5	0	7	0	20	3	0	0	79	0.919	5.2	0.0	3.0	8.7	2.86
All Levels (15 Seasons)							59	58		3.72	4.10	574	107	147	2	4	47	1021.0	896	465	422	82	406	9	1160	41	6	72	3856	1.275	7.9		3.6	10.2	2.86

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		10	10	.500	3.89	4.10	44	28	2	0	0	0	173.1	162	79	75	11	72	0	154	6	1	8	743	1.350	8.4	0.6	3.7	8.0	2.14
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		7	11	.389	4.38	5.18	29	26	0	0	0	0	113.0	118	65	55	11	48	0	142	4	0	9	502	1.469	9.4	0.9	3.8	11.3	2.96
A+ (1 season)					Minors		5	5	.500	3.58	4.06	20	20	0	1	1	0	93.0	85	42	37	6	25	0	91	8	1	6	383	1.183	8.2	0.6	2.4	8.8	3.64
A (2 seasons)					Minors		3	0	1.000	0.30	0.30	7	6	0	0	0	0	29.2	14	1	1	0	5	0	44	1	1	0	107	0.640	4.2	0.0	1.5	13.3	8.80
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		9.00	11.25	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	4	1	2	0	6	1	0	2	21	2.000	13.5	2.3	4.5	13.5	3.00