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Julio Mateo

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 235lb (180cm, 106kg)

Born: August 2, 1977 in Bani, Dominican Republic do

High School: Bani (Bani, Dominican Republic)

Debut: May 7, 2002 (Age 24-278d, 18,062nd in major league history)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 2007 (Age 29-274d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Martin Arburua

Full Name: Julio Cesar Mateo

Pronunciation: \Mah-TAY-oh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

3.68

219

318.1

216

WHIP

1.203

Summary of 45 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 3 go ahead

1 Tm
SEA	45

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	22

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	20

Outs
0	18
2	15
1	12

15 Opps
TEX	6
NYY	6
BAL	5
ANA/LAA	4
CLE	4
TOR	4
OAK	3
DET	3
MIN	2
TBD	2
SDP	2
KCR	1
BOS	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

41 Batters
Mark Teixeira	2
Alex Rodriguez	2
Hank Blalock	2
Josh Phelps	2
Brian Jordan	1
Orlando Cabrera	1
Vladimir Guerrero	1
Travis Lee	1
Carlos Lee	1
Larry Bigbie	1
Bengie Molina	1
Marco Scutaro	1
Phil Nevin	1
Miguel Tejada	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Orlando Hudson	1
Reed Johnson	1
Shannon Stewart	1
Shane Spencer	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
Ben Broussard	1
Derek Jeter	1
Dan Johnson	1
Orlando Merced	1
Melky Cabrera	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Omar Vizquel	1
Damian Jackson	1
Nick Markakis	1
Scott Spiezio	1
Tony Batista	1
Bobby Higginson	1
Corey Koskie	1
Chris Singleton	1
Alfonso Soriano	1
Carlos Beltrán	1
Travis Hafner	1
Nick Johnson	1
Craig Monroe	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Erubiel Durazo	1

13 Parks
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	25
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	18
7	12
8	6
78	6
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
2	9
1	8
4	8
5	5
6	3
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	6
-2-	4
-23	2
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

65 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	30
1 on	11
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	15

Inning
3	1
4	1
5	3
6	6
7	16
8	11
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	1
4-6	10
7-end	34

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	5
+2	4
+1	8
Tied	2
-1	4
-2	4
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	27
Tied	2
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
1-1	8
0-1	7
1-2	5
2-1	4
2-2	4
2-0	3
3-2	2
1-0	2
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	8
LF	7
3B	7
RF	6
SS	5
DH	4
C	3
2B	2
CF	2
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	8
2nd	7
3rd	5
1st	5
5th	5
6th	5
7th	4
9th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-05-31	Chris Singleton	BAL		SEA	behind 3-7	b 7	2	-23	3,(1-1) BSX	3	3	8	20%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Mora Scores; G. Matthews Scores
2	2	2	1	2002-06-23	Orlando Merced	HOU		SEA	behind 3-10	b 9	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	9	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Ausmus Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2003-04-05	Hank Blalock	TEX		SEA	ahead 6-3	b 8	2	-2-	7,(2-2) B.BFFFFX	2	2	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Glanville Scores
4	4	2	1	2003-04-09	Scott Spiezio	ANA	@	SEA	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	6	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	2003-05-07	Nick Johnson	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) 11PC1X	2	2	3	6%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Soriano Scores
6	6	4	1	2003-05-08	Alfonso Soriano	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 8-3	t 3	2	-2-	5,(1-2) .FCBFX	2	1	4	6%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); E. Almonte Scores
7	7	5	1	2003-05-15	Omar Vizquel	CLE		SEA	behind 0-7	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	6	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	6	1	2003-05-21	Carlos Beltrán	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 11-5	t 9	1	-23	1,(0-0) N.X	3	5	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Randa Scores; M. López Scores
9	9	7	1	2003-05-24	Corey Koskie	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 6-2	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	3	5	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	8	1	2003-07-12	Travis Lee	TBD	@	SEA	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	3	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	9	1	2003-07-22	Shannon Stewart	MIN		SEA	behind 7-10	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	9	9%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	10	1	2003-07-29	Bobby Higginson	DET	@	SEA	behind 3-11	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	11	1	2003-08-01	Carlos Lee	CHW	@	SEA	ahead 7-0	t 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	7	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
14	14	12	1	2003-08-22	Manny Ramirez	BOS		SEA	ahead 4-3	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	7	10%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	13	1	2003-09-06	Tony Batista	BAL		SEA	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	4	5	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	14	1	2003-09-18	Shane Spencer	TEX		SEA	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	9	16%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2004-04-27	Larry Bigbie	BAL		SEA	behind 3-5	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	9	7	13%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
18	18	2	1	2004-05-09	Derek Jeter	NYY	@	SEA	behind 4-6	t 7	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	6	27%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Cairo Scores
19	19	3	1	2004-06-26	Phil Nevin	SDP	@	SEA	behind 1-4	t 7	2	1--	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	4	3	15%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Loretta Scores
20	20	4	1	2004-06-30	Hank Blalock	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	1--	2,(0-1) F>X	2	2	5	9%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Young Scores
21	21	5	2	2004-06-30	Mark Teixeira	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 7-3	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	5	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	6	1	2004-07-07	Josh Phelps	TOR		SEA	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	123	5,(2-2) CBFBX	4	8	DH	10%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Zaun Scores; E. Hinske Scores; A. Ríos Scores
23	23	7	1	2004-07-16	Ben Broussard	CLE	@	SEA	ahead 13-3	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	8	2	2004-07-16	Víctor Martínez	CLE	@	SEA	ahead 14-3	t 9	1	---	6,(2-2) CBFBFX	1	4	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
25	25	9	3	2004-07-16	Travis Hafner	CLE	@	SEA	ahead 15-3	t 9	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
26	26	10	1	2004-07-26	Erubiel Durazo	OAK		SEA	ahead 12-5	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	11	1	2004-09-24	Brian Jordan	TEX		SEA	behind 6-7	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	22%	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2005-05-17	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) BC1X	2	5	5	10%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Sheffield Scores
29	29	2	1	2005-05-27	Josh Phelps	TBD		SEA	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	--3	4,(1-2) FFBX	2	5	DH	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Lee Scores
30	30	3	1	2005-05-30	Orlando Hudson	TOR	@	SEA	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) ..CBX	1	7	PH	8%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
31	31	4	2	2005-05-30	Reed Johnson	TOR	@	SEA	behind 2-4	t 7	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	11%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	5	1	2005-05-31	Shea Hillenbrand	TOR	@	SEA	ahead 7-2	t 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Hill Scores
33	33	6	1	2005-06-26	Damian Jackson	SDP		SEA	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	4	27%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	7	1	2005-06-30	Dan Johnson	OAK		SEA	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	10%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	8	1	2005-08-02	Iván Rodríguez	DET		SEA	behind 0-1	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	24%	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
36	36	9	1	2005-08-14	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	@	SEA	behind 2-3	t 5	1	1-3	5,(2-2) .1FFBBX	3	4	9	28%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Figgins Scores; O. Cabrera Scores
37	37	10	2	2005-08-14	Bengie Molina	LAA	@	SEA	ahead 5-3	t 5	1	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	5	2	9%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
38	38	11	1	2005-08-23	Mark Teixeira	TEX		SEA	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	3	11%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
39	39	12	1	2005-08-29	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 5-4	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	5	12%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2006-04-05	Orlando Cabrera	LAA	@	SEA	behind 2-5	t 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) C1X	2	2	6	13%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Figgins Scores
41	41	2	1	2006-04-22	Craig Monroe	DET	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	8	7	14%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	3	1	2006-04-28	Miguel Tejada	BAL		SEA	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) SBBFBX	1	3	6	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	4	1	2006-07-18	Melky Cabrera	NYY		SEA	tied 4-4	b 11	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	7	7	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44	44	5	1	2006-07-31	Nick Markakis	BAL		SEA	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	9	14%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
45	45	6	1	2006-08-04	Marco Scutaro	OAK	@	SEA	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	8	6	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)