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Matt Blethen

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: February 23, 1980 in Havre de Grace, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 42nd round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Havre de Grace HS (Havre de Grace, MD) and the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV).

High School: Havre de Grace HS (Havre de Grace, MD)

School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)

Full Name: Matthew E. Blethen

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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
2001	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	CLE	4	1	.800	3.18	3.88	19	0	5	0	0	1	51.0	49	22	18	6	18	0	43	1	0	3	219	1.314	8.6	1.1	3.2	7.6	2.39
2001	21	-0.4	Columbus	SALL	A	CLE	0	0		13.50	22.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	5.000	31.5	4.5	13.5	4.5	0.33
2001	21	1.0	Burlington	APPY	Rk	CLE	4	1	.800	2.76	3.12	18	0	5	0	0	1	49.0	42	17	15	5	15	0	42	1	0	3	203	1.163	7.7	0.9	2.8	7.7	2.80
2002	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	CLE	3	2	.600	6.41	7.77	27	0	7	0	0	0	46.1	56	40	33	4	27	0	32	1	0	3	225	1.791	10.9	0.8	5.2	6.2	1.19
2002	22	0.6	Columbus	SALL	A	CLE	2	0	1.000	8.80	10.57	11	0	1	0	0	0	15.1	24	18	15	3	8	0	13	0	0	2	79	2.087	14.1	1.8	4.7	7.6	1.63
2002	22	0.7	Mahoning Valley	NYPL	A-	CLE	1	2	.333	5.23	6.39	16	0	6	0	0	0	31.0	32	22	18	1	19	0	19	1	0	1	146	1.645	9.3	0.3	5.5	5.5	1.00
All Levels (2 Seasons)							7	3	.700	4.72	5.73	46	0	12	0	0	1	97.1	105	62	51	10	45	0	75	2	0	6	444	1.541	9.7	0.9	4.2	6.9	1.67

A (2 seasons)					Minors		2	0	1.000	9.35	11.94	12	0	1	0	0	0	17.1	31	23	18	4	11	0	14	0	0	2	95	2.423	16.1	2.1	5.7	7.3	1.27
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	2	.333	5.23	6.39	16	0	6	0	0	0	31.0	32	22	18	1	19	0	19	1	0	1	146	1.645	9.3	0.3	5.5	5.5	1.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	1	.800	2.76	3.12	18	0	5	0	0	1	49.0	42	17	15	5	15	0	42	1	0	3	203	1.163	7.7	0.9	2.8	7.7	2.80