Matt Joyce

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 194lb (188cm, 87kg)

Born: August 3, 1984 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL).

High School: Armwood HS (Seffner, FL)

School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Debut: May 5, 2008 (Age 23-276d, 19,295th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 2021 (Age 37-051d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Matthew Ryan Joyce

Nicknames: DJ SS or Sweet Swingin'

Twitter: @sweetswingin20

Instagram: @joycer247

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

3718

898

149

.242

537

RBI

503

OBP

.342

SLG

.425

OPS

.767

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	TBR		NYY	W,7-6	GS	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 7	TBR		NYY	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 8	TBR		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 10	TBR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 11	TBR	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 12	TBR	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 13	TBR	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 14	TBR	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 15	TBR	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 16	TBR	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 17	TBR	@	TOR	L,3-7	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 18	TBR	@	TOR	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 19	TBR	@	TOR	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 20	TBR		MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 21	TBR		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	17 (1)	Apr 24	TBR		LAA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	18	Apr 25	TBR		LAA	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	19	Apr 26	TBR		LAA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21 (1)	Apr 28	TBR	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	22	Apr 29	TBR	@	TEX	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	23	Apr 30	TBR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	24	May 1	TBR		SEA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	25	May 2	TBR		SEA	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	26	May 3	TBR		SEA	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	27	May 4	TBR		OAK	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	28	May 5	TBR		OAK	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	29	May 6	TBR		OAK	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	30	May 8	TBR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	31	May 9	TBR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	33 (1)	May 11	TBR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	34	May 12	TBR	@	BAL	L,3-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	35	May 13	TBR	@	BAL	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	36	May 14	TBR	@	TOR	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	37	May 15	TBR	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	38	May 16	TBR		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	39	May 17	TBR		BOS	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	40	May 18	TBR		ATL	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	41	May 19	TBR		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	42	May 20	TBR		ATL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	43	May 21	TBR		TOR	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	44	May 22	TBR		TOR	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	45	May 23	TBR		TOR	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	46	May 25	TBR	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	47	May 26	TBR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
45	48	May 27	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	50 (1)	May 29	TBR		CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	51	May 30	TBR		CHW	L,3-4	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	52	Jun 1	TBR		BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	54 (1)	Jun 3	TBR		BAL	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	56 (1)	Jun 6	TBR	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	57	Jun 7	TBR	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	58	Jun 8	TBR	@	MIA	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	59	Jun 9	TBR	@	MIA	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	60	Jun 10	TBR	@	MIA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	61	Jun 12	TBR		NYM	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	62	Jun 13	TBR		NYM	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	63	Jun 14	TBR		NYM	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	64	Jun 15	TBR		MIA	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	65	Jun 16	TBR		MIA	L,3-4	CG	65	15.0	4	0	1	5	0
60	67 (1)	Jun 19	TBR	@	WSN	W,5-4	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	91 (23)	Jul 17	TBR		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	92	Jul 18	TBR		CLE	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	94 (1)	Jul 20	TBR		SEA	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	95	Jul 21	TBR		SEA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	96	Jul 22	TBR		SEA	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	97	Jul 24	TBR	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	98	Jul 25	TBR	@	BAL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	100 (1)	Jul 27	TBR	@	LAA	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	101	Jul 28	TBR	@	LAA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	102	Jul 29	TBR	@	LAA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	103	Jul 30	TBR	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	55	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	105 (1)	Aug 1	TBR	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	106	Aug 3	TBR		BAL	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	108 (1)	Aug 5	TBR		BAL	L,0-1	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	110 (1)	Aug 8	TBR		TOR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	111	Aug 9	TBR		TOR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	112	Aug 10	TBR	@	MIN	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	113	Aug 11	TBR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	115 (1)	Aug 13	TBR	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	116	Aug 14	TBR	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	117	Aug 15	TBR	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	118	Aug 16	TBR	@	LAA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	119	Aug 17	TBR	@	LAA	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	121 (1)	Aug 19	TBR	@	LAA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	123 (1)	Aug 21	TBR		KCR	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	124	Aug 22	TBR		KCR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	125	Aug 23	TBR		OAK	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	126	Aug 24	TBR		OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	127	Aug 25	TBR		OAK	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	129 (1)	Aug 28	TBR	@	TEX	L,0-1	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	132 (2)	Aug 31	TBR	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	133	Sep 1	TBR	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	136 (2)	Sep 4	TBR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	137	Sep 5	TBR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	139 (1)	Sep 8	TBR		TEX	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	140	Sep 9	TBR		TEX	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	141	Sep 11	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
98	142	Sep 12	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
99	143	Sep 13	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	26	5.2	2	0	0	2	0
100	145 (1)	Sep 15	TBR	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	147 (1)	Sep 17	TBR		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	148	Sep 18	TBR		BOS	L,5-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	149	Sep 19	TBR		BOS	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	150	Sep 20	TBR		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	151	Sep 21	TBR		TOR	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	152	Sep 22	TBR		TOR	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	153	Sep 23	TBR		TOR	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	154	Sep 25	TBR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	155	Sep 26	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	156	Sep 27	TBR	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	157	Sep 28	TBR	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	158	Sep 29	TBR	@	CHW	W,10-4	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	159	Sep 30	TBR	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	161 (1)	Oct 2	TBR		BAL	L,0-1	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	162	Oct 3	TBR		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							122gm		957.1	181	2	2	185	0