Matt Koch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: November 2, 1990 in Cherokee, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 37th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington HS (Cherokee, IA) and the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Louisville (Louisville, KY).

High School: Washington HS (Cherokee, IA)

School: University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)

Debut: September 9, 2016 (Age 25-312d, 21,283rd in major league history)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.126 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Matthew David Koch

Pronunciation: \cook\

Twitter: @mattykoch20

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

5.03

168.1

WHIP

1.277

Summary of 37 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
ARI	28
COL	7
SEA	2

Platoon
vs RHB	20
vs LHB	17

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	18

Outs
2	18
0	13
1	6

15 Opps
LAD	7
COL	5
MIL	4
TBR	3
CHC	3
NYM	2
SFG	2
BOS	2
LAA	2
WSN	2
OAK	1
SDP	1
BAL	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

33 Batters
Cody Bellinger	3
Trevor Story	3
Blake Sabol	1
Tyler Saladino	1
Mitch Moreland	1
Ramón Laureano	1
Alex Bregman	1
David Bote	1
DJ LeMahieu	1
Mookie Betts	1
Domingo Santana	1
Michael Conforto	1
Ian Kinsler	1
René Pinto	1
Christopher Morel	1
Mark Trumbo	1
Max Muncy	1
Anthony Rizzo	1
Kole Calhoun	1
Travis Shaw	1
Luis Robert Jr.	1
Franchy Cordero	1
Enrique Hernández	1
Brandon Crawford	1
Brandon Nimmo	1
Christian Yelich	1
Trea Turner	1
Wander Franco	1
Josh Lowe	1
Joc Pederson	1
Nolan Arenado	1
Amed Rosario	1
Anthony Rendon	1

8 Parks
Chase Field (PHO)	16
Coors Fld (DEN)	8
Dodger Stad (LOS)	5
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	11
9	9
8	7
89	6
78	4

General field locations
when available.

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

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	12
2·HR gms	7
4·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	11
-23	2
-2-	2
--3	1

55 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	21
1 on	14
2 on	2
Any on	16

Inning
1	7
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	1
6	4
7	8
8	5
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	8
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	1
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	11
-1	3
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	16
Tied	11
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

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

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

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

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

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-09-23	Mark Trumbo	BAL		ARI	tied 2-2	b 12	0	---	4,(1-2) .BSCX	1	5	9	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2018-04-20	Franchy Cordero	SDP	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	8	13%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	2	1	2018-05-01	Cody Bellinger	LAD	@	ARI	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	5,(3-1) B*BSBX	2	4	3	22%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Y. Grandal Scores
4	4	3	1	2018-05-06	Alex Bregman	HOU	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	5	5	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	4	1	2018-05-11	Trea Turner	WSN	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	8,(3-2) CTBBFBFX	1	1	6	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
6	6	5	2	2018-05-11	Anthony Rendon	WSN	@	ARI	ahead 2-1	t 8	1	---	5,(2-2) BCCBX	1	3	5	13%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	6	1	2018-05-16	Travis Shaw	MIL	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2,(0-1) SX	2	4	5	17%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); L. Cain Scores
8	8	7	2	2018-05-16	Domingo Santana	MIL	@	ARI	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	8%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	8	3	2018-05-16	Christian Yelich	MIL	@	ARI	ahead 3-2	t 2	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	7	18%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); L. Cain Scores
10	10	9	4	2018-05-16	Tyler Saladino	MIL	@	ARI	ahead 5-2	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	6	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	10	1	2018-06-09	Trevor Story	COL		ARI	behind 0-1	b 1	2	--3	9,(3-2) FS*BBBFFFX	2	4	6	17%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. LeMahieu Scores/unER; T. Story Scores/unER
12	12	11	2	2018-06-09	Trevor Story	COL		ARI	tied 2-2	b 3	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	6	20%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Blackmon Scores
13	13	12	3	2018-06-09	DJ LeMahieu	COL		ARI	tied 5-5	b 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) B*BFX	2	1	4	22%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); N. Cuevas Scores
14	14	13	1	2018-06-14	Brandon Nimmo	NYM	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	3	9	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	14	2	2018-06-14	Michael Conforto	NYM	@	ARI	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	12%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	15	1	2018-06-19	Ian Kinsler	LAA		ARI	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	4	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	16	2	2018-06-19	Kole Calhoun	LAA		ARI	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	6	9	7%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
18	18	17	1	2018-09-13	Nolan Arenado	COL		ARI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	5	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	18	2	2018-09-13	Trevor Story	COL		ARI	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	1--	8,(3-2) BCFBFB>F>X	2	5	6	17%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); N. Arenado Scores
20	20	19	1	2018-09-25	Cody Bellinger	LAD	@	ARI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BBSCX	1	5	8	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2019-03-28	Joc Pederson	LAD		ARI	ahead 7-1	b 6	2	1--	6,(1-2) CSFFB1X	2	1	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Hernández Scores
22	22	2	2	2019-03-28	Max Muncy	LAD		ARI	ahead 9-2	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	3	3	2019-03-28	Cody Bellinger	LAD		ARI	ahead 10-2	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	4	4	2019-03-28	Enrique Hernández	LAD		ARI	ahead 11-2	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) BCBSX	1	7	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	5	1	2019-04-05	Mookie Betts	BOS	@	ARI	behind 1-14	t 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) *BBCX	2	2	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Benintendi Scores
26	26	6	2	2019-04-05	Mitch Moreland	BOS	@	ARI	behind 5-15	t 9	1	-23	4,(1-2) BFFX	3	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Benintendi Scores; M. Betts Scores
27	27	7	1	2019-04-27	David Bote	CHC	@	ARI	ahead 5-0	t 5	1	-2-	5,(2-2) CB*BFX	2	5	5	4%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Rizzo Scores
28	28	8	2	2019-04-27	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	@	ARI	ahead 7-1	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2022-04-26	René Pinto	TBR		SEA	behind 0-8	b 7	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	9	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Lowe Scores
30	30	2	2	2022-04-26	Wander Franco	TBR		SEA	behind 2-8	b 7	2	1--	4,(1-2) BFFX	2	2	6	2%	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Lowe Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2023-07-28	Ramón Laureano	OAK	@	COL	ahead 7-5	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ....CX	1	5	9	5%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	2	1	2023-08-12	Amed Rosario	LAD		COL	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	6	6%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	2023-08-19	Luis Robert Jr.	CHW	@	COL	behind 4-9	t 8	1	---	5,(1-2) FSFBX	1	3	8	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	4	1	2023-08-24	Josh Lowe	TBR		COL	tied 3-3	b 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) B>FX	2	4	9	38%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Arozarena Scores
35	35	5	1	2023-09-08	Blake Sabol	SFG		COL	behind 4-7	b 7	0	1--	3,(0-2) CSX	2	9	7	19%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Yastrzemski Scores
36	36	6	1	2023-09-17	Brandon Crawford	SFG	@	COL	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	-23	4,(1-2) SFBX	3	9	6	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Wade Scores; M. Haniger Scores
37	37	7	1	2023-09-23	Christopher Morel	CHC		COL	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) .CSX	1	7	DH	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)