Stay up to date this MLB Season with the daily Baseball Reference Newsletter.

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, 17,668th 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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

ERA

4.54

230

243.2

175

WHIP

1.469

Summary of 29 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 10 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	18
CIN	7
SDP	4

Platoon
vs RHB	21
vs LHB	8

Home/Road
Away	17
Home	12

Outs
1	12
0	9
2	8

14 Opps
PIT	3
CIN	3
DET	3
HOU	3
MIL	3
ARI	2
COL	2
CLE	2
MON	2
CHC	2
NYM	1
STL	1
LAD	1
FLA	1

27 Batters
Brad Ausmus	2
Richie Sexson	2
Steve Finley	1
Brad Wilkerson	1
Gary Matthews	1
Coco Crisp	1
Matthew Cepicky	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Reggie Taylor	1
Ben Petrick	1
Matt Lawton	1
Albert Pujols	1
José Hernández	1
Craig Wilson	1
Danny Bautista	1
Aaron Boone	1
Craig Biggio	1
Luis Castillo	1
Carlos Zambrano	1
Rob Mackowiak	1
Bobby Higginson	1
Moisés Alou	1
Fred McGriff	1
Jay Payton	1
Dean Palmer	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Pokey Reese	1

11 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	8
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
9	8
7	7
78	7
8	4
89	3

General field locations
when available.

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

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	20
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
12-	4
1--	3
-2-	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

51 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	16
1 on	5
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	2
2	4
4	3
5	2
6	2
7	4
8	11
Extra	1

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

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

Ahead	15
Tied	8
Behind	6

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-2	4
0-0	4
1-0	4
3-2	3
2-2	3
1-1	2
2-1	2
3-1	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	4
CF	4
RF	4
LF	4
C	3
3B	3
PH	2
2B	2
SS	2
P	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-06-10	Dean Palmer	DET		STL	ahead 5-1	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2	2	2	2	2000-06-10	Brad Ausmus	DET		STL	ahead 7-1	b 8	2	12-	8,(2-2) BCFFFFBX	3	2	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Cruz Scores; D. Easley Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2001-05-10	Craig Wilson	PIT	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	PH	31%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Bell Scores
4	4	2	1	2001-05-24	Richie Sexson	MIL		STL	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	9,(3-2) SBBSBFFFX	2	5	3	17%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Burnitz Scores
5	5	3	2	2001-05-24	Richie Sexson	MIL		STL	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	5	3	14%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	4	1	2001-06-03	Pokey Reese	CIN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	-23	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	6	6	15%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Casey Scores; R. Rivera Scores
7	7	5	1	2001-06-08	Ben Petrick	COL		STL	tied 1-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	12%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	6	1	2001-06-20	Gary Matthews	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	8	20%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Coomer Scores; J. Zuleta Scores
9	9	7	1	2001-07-13	Bobby Higginson	DET	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	5,(2-2) BCCB1X	2	3	7	15%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Easley Scores
10	10	8	1	2001-07-18	Moisés Alou	HOU		STL	tied 1-1	b 1	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	9	20%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bagwell Scores; L. Berkman Scores
11	11	9	2	2001-07-18	Brad Ausmus	HOU		STL	ahead 4-1	b 2	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	8	2	6%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	10	3	2001-07-18	Craig Biggio	HOU		STL	ahead 5-1	b 2	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	1	4	4%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
13	13	11	1	2001-08-05	Luis Castillo	FLA	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	7,(3-2) CBFBBFX	1	1	4	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2002-04-16	Steve Finley	ARI		STL	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	8	9%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
15	15	2	1	2002-04-19	José Hernández	MIL		STL	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
16	16	3	1	2002-06-04	Aaron Boone	CIN		STL	behind 1-7	b 8	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	6	5	4%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Griffey Scores; S. Casey Scores
17	17	4	1	2002-08-20	Aramis Ramírez	PIT	@	STL	ahead 6-0	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	5	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	5	2	2002-08-20	Rob Mackowiak	PIT	@	STL	ahead 7-0	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2003-04-04	Fred McGriff	LAD	@	SDP	behind 1-3	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	3	10%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	2	1	2003-04-20	Jay Payton	COL		SDP	ahead 6-0	b 7	0	1--	5,(2-2) BBFFX	2	2	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Belliard Scores
21	21	3	1	2003-05-23	Danny Bautista	ARI		SDP	tied 2-2	b 8	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	9	29%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Gonzalez Scores; S. Finley Scores
22	22	4	1	2003-08-09	Reggie Taylor	CIN	@	SDP	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	123	3,(1-1) .FBX	4	2	7	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Castro Scores; A. Dunn Scores; D. Jimenez Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2004-05-28	Matthew Cepicky	MON		CIN	behind 5-7	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) ..BFCX	1	9	PH	13%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	2	1	2004-05-30	Brad Wilkerson	MON		CIN	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	1	9	5%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
25	25	3	1	2004-06-13	Matt Lawton	CLE		CIN	tied 8-8	b 7	1	-2-	7,(3-2) .C*BFBFBX	2	1	7	25%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); T. Laker Scores
26	26	4	1	2004-06-18	Albert Pujols	STL		CIN	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	3	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	5	1	2004-07-01	Richard Hidalgo	NYM	@	CIN	ahead 5-0	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
28	28	6	1	2004-07-02	Coco Crisp	CLE	@	CIN	ahead 6-1	t 5	2	1-3	3,(0-2) FFX	3	8	8	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); L. Merloni Scores; J. Gerut Scores
29	29	7	1	2004-09-17	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 6-0	t 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	9	1	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)