Matt Garza

Position: Starting 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)

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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Career

WAR

12.5

106

ERA

4.09

290

284

1710.2

1380

WHIP

1.322

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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
2005	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	MIN	4	4	.500	3.57	4.04	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.2	67	34	30	8	21	0	89	5	0	3	313	1.163	8.0	1.0	2.5	10.6	4.24
2005	21	-0.7	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIN	3	3	.500	3.54	3.86	10	10	0	0	0	0	56.0	53	24	22	5	15	0	64	4	0	1	235	1.214	8.5	0.8	2.4	10.3	4.27
2005	21	0.4	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	1	1	.500	3.66	4.58	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	14	10	8	3	6	0	25	1	0	2	78	1.017	6.4	1.4	2.7	11.4	4.17
2006	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	MIN	14	4	.778	1.99	2.79	23	23	0	2	1	0	135.2	87	42	30	6	32	0	154	8	0	3	531	0.877	5.8	0.4	2.1	10.2	4.81
2006	22	-5.1	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	3	1	.750	1.85	1.85	5	5	0	2	1	0	34.0	20	7	7	1	7	0	33	3	0	0	126	0.794	5.3	0.3	1.9	8.7	4.71
2006	22	-2.8	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	6	2	.750	2.51	3.45	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.1	40	22	16	2	14	0	68	3	0	3	228	0.942	6.3	0.3	2.2	10.7	4.86
2006	22	-1.0	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	5	1	.833	1.42	2.64	8	8	0	0	0	0	44.1	27	13	7	3	11	0	53	2	0	0	177	0.857	5.5	0.6	2.2	10.8	4.82
2006	22	-6.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	3	6	.333	5.76	5.94	10	9	0	0	0	0	50.0	62	33	32	6	23	0	38	0	0	1	232	1.700	11.2	1.1	4.1	6.8	1.65
2007	23	-3.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	4	6	.400	3.62	4.21	16	16	0	1	0	0	92.0	93	43	37	5	31	0	95	5	0	6	401	1.348	9.1	0.5	3.0	9.3	3.06
2007	23	-5.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	5	7	.417	3.69	4.77	16	15	1	0	0	0	83.0	96	44	34	8	32	4	67	4	0	4	367	1.542	10.4	0.9	3.5	7.3	2.09
2008	24	0.8	Vero Beach	FLOR	A+	TBR	0	0		9.82	9.82	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	4	4	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	20	3.000	19.6	0.0	7.4	9.8	1.33
2008	24	-4.3	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	11	9	.550	3.70	4.05	30	30	0	3	2	0	184.2	170	83	76	19	59	2	128	6	2	3	772	1.240	8.3	0.9	2.9	6.2	2.17
2009	25	-3.1	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	8	12	.400	3.95	4.12	32	32	0	0	0	0	203.0	177	93	89	25	79	0	189	11	0	3	861	1.261	7.8	1.1	3.5	8.4	2.39
2010	26	-2.0	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	15	10	.600	3.91	4.13	33	32	1	3	1	1	204.2	193	94	89	28	63	2	150	7	2	12	855	1.251	8.5	1.2	2.8	6.6	2.38
2011	27	-1.5	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	10	10	.500	3.32	4.09	31	31	0	2	0	0	198.0	186	90	73	14	63	5	197	3	0	6	839	1.258	8.5	0.6	2.9	9.0	3.13
2012	28	-0.5	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	5	7	.417	3.91	4.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	103.2	90	48	45	15	32	0	96	4	0	1	424	1.177	7.8	1.3	2.8	8.3	3.00
2013	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHC	1	1	.500	1.17	1.17	4	4	0	0	0	0	15.1	10	2	2	0	4	0	11	1	0	0	60	0.913	5.9	0.0	2.3	6.5	2.75
2013	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHC	10	6	.625	3.82	4.23	24	24	0	1	0	0	155.1	150	73	66	20	42	3	136	5	0	6	652	1.236	8.7	1.2	2.4	7.9	3.24
2013	29	2.4	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	1	0	1.000	0.96	0.96	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	6	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	34	0.643	5.8	0.0	0.0	8.7
2013	29	4.7	Tennessee	SOUL	AA	CHC	0	1	.000	1.50	1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	26	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
2013	29	0.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	4	5	.444	4.38	5.02	13	13	0	1	0	0	84.1	89	47	41	12	22	1	74	1	0	4	359	1.316	9.5	1.3	2.3	7.9	3.36
2013	29	0.9	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	6	1	.857	3.17	3.30	11	11	0	0	0	0	71.0	61	26	25	8	20	2	62	4	0	2	293	1.141	7.7	1.0	2.5	7.9	3.10
2014	30	1.5	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	8	8	.500	3.64	4.24	27	27	0	1	1	0	163.1	143	77	66	12	50	2	126	4	1	3	680	1.182	7.9	0.7	2.8	6.9	2.52
2015	31	2.6	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	6	14	.300	5.63	6.17	26	25	1	0	0	0	148.2	176	102	93	23	57	3	104	2	0	7	666	1.567	10.7	1.4	3.5	6.3	1.82
2016	32	10.3	Wisconsin	MIDW	A	MIL	0	2	.000	4.76	5.56	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	7	6	1	1	0	10	1	0	1	46	1.235	10.3	0.8	0.8	7.9	10.00
2016	32	3.9	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	6	8	.429	4.51	5.93	19	19	0	0	0	0	101.2	117	67	51	11	36	2	70	3	0	3	461	1.505	10.4	1.0	3.2	6.2	1.94
2017	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	MIL	0	1	.000	4.22	5.06	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	6	5	2	4	0	12	0	0	2	46	1.406	9.3	1.7	3.4	10.1	3.00
2017	33	6.4	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	MIL	0	0		1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	18	0.800	3.6	1.8	3.6	7.2	2.00
2017	33	11.1	Wisconsin	MIDW	A	MIL	0	1	.000	6.35	7.94	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	5	4	1	2	0	8	0	0	2	28	1.941	14.3	1.6	3.2	12.7	4.00
2017	33	4.6	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	6	9	.400	4.94	5.65	24	22	1	0	0	0	114.2	121	72	63	17	45	4	79	1	0	4	504	1.448	9.5	1.3	3.5	6.2	1.76
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 (12 seasons)					Majors		93	106	.467	4.09	4.61	290	284	4	10	4	1	1710.2	1681	876	777	198	581	27	1380	50	5	53	7313	1.322	8.8	1.0	3.1	7.3	2.38
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		23	18	.561	2.98	3.61	63	63	0	3	1	0	344.1	289	138	114	22	96	0	375	20	0	15	1417	1.118	7.6	0.6	2.5	9.8	3.91
All Levels (13 Seasons)							116	124	.483	3.90	4.44	353	347	4	13	5	1	2055.0	1970	1014	891	220	677	27	1755	70	5	68	8730	1.288	8.6	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.59

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		8	7	.533	2.95	3.33	24	24	0	3	1	0	140.1	121	52	46	7	40	0	141	9	0	6	579	1.147	7.8	0.4	2.6	9.0	3.53
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		6	3	.667	2.42	3.27	12	12	0	0	0	0	63.1	44	23	17	2	18	0	70	3	0	3	254	0.979	6.3	0.3	2.6	9.9	3.89
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		5	1	.833	2.06	3.19	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.0	35	17	11	3	14	0	57	2	0	0	197	1.021	6.6	0.6	2.6	10.7	4.07
A (3 seasons)					Minors		3	6	.333	3.95	4.44	14	14	0	0	0	0	73.0	75	36	32	7	18	0	82	5	0	4	309	1.274	9.2	0.9	2.2	10.1	4.56
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	3.66	4.58	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	14	10	8	3	6	0	25	1	0	2	78	1.017	6.4	1.4	2.7	11.4	4.17