Matt Garza

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: November 26, 1983 in Selma, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 40th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA).

High School: Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA)

School: California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Debut: August 11, 2006 (Age 22-258d, 18,952nd in major league history)
vs. TOR 2.2 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER, L

Last Game: September 27, 2017 (Age 33-305d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Matthew Scott Garza

Nicknames: The Count

Pronunciation: \GAR-zuh\

Twitter: @Gdeuceswild

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ALCS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.5

106

ERA

4.09

290

284

1710.2

1380

WHIP

1.322

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-8 / in Starts: 16-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2013 Pitching Game Log

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2013 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	171	44	May 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-5		99	5.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0.00	2.85	19	82	49	18	12	8	3	1	0	0	67			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.218	.47	0.06%	2.11	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
2	172	49	May 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-4		4	4.0	4	4	4	4	7	1	1	4.00	4.49	21	92	52	10	11	2	7	4	2	0	41			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.208	.18	-0.02%	-2.21	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
3	173	53	May 31	CHC		ARI	W,7-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.38	3.36	26	93	66	17	2	10	12	6	1	0	61			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	.51	0.163	.14	0.03%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	174	57	Jun 5	CHC	@	LAA	W,8-6	GS-7		4	6.1	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.03	3.54	27	103	60	20	8	8	13	8	1	0	47			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.215	.20	-0.03%	-1.72	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out a1
5	175	62	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,2-12	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	5.0	9	9	9	2	3	3	1	6.26	4.99	26	89	59	14	9	8	12	7	1	0	14			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.322	.11	-0.03%	-6.11	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d7
6	176	67	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	1	4.98	4.56	27	107	64	17	8	8	11	3	3	0	74			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.349	.18	0.03%	2.92	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
7	177	72	Jun 21	CHC		HOU	W,3-1	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	8	1	0	4.25	4.35	29	98	63	17	12	12	7	3	0	0	76			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.00	0.319	.08	0.01%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
8	178	77	Jun 27	CHC	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	8	1	1	1	10	0	1	3.83	3.88	30	101	66	13	13	5	13	6	0	0	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.144	.04	0.01%	2.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	179	82	Jul 3	CHC	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	8.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.45	3.97	31	114	71	20	11	5	18	7	4	0	72			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.450	.18	0.03%	2.79	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
10	180	87	Jul 8	CHC	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	7.0	5	2	1	0	6	1	0	3.22	3.89	26	102	64	18	6	8	12	6	1	0	67			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.145	.15	0.01%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
11	181	92	Jul 13	CHC		STL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(6-1)	4	6.2	10	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.17	3.78	31	113	73	22	7	15	10	5	1	0	48			0	1	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.85	0.083	.11	0.01%	0.75	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Texas Rangers
12	182	101	Jul 24	TEX		NYY	W,3-1	GS-8	W(7-1)	10	7.1	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	2.87	3.58	27	95	66	23	8	13	9	4	1	0	71			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.351	2.27	0.35%	2.73	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
13	183	106	Jul 29	TEX		LAA	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.95	3.66	29	107	68	19	14	5	15	9	1	0	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.042	1.09	-0.03%	0.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	184	111	Aug 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-2)	4	8.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.09	3.67	33	114	76	21	8	8	19	10	1	0	54			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.126	1.83	-0.20%	-0.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	185	116	Aug 9	TEX	@	HOU	W,9-5	GS-7	W(8-2)	5	7.0	7	4	4	1	8	2	0	3.23	3.76	29	107	72	16	19	7	13	4	0	0	54			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.208	1.46	-0.22%	-0.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	186	121	Aug 14	TEX		MIL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.2	8	4	4	2	4	2	1	3.40	3.97	26	99	66	12	10	8	11	7	1	0	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.228	1.44	-0.23%	-1.44	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d2
17	187	125	Aug 19	TEX		HOU	W,16-5	GS-7	W(9-2)	4	6.2	8	5	5	1	8	0	0	3.59	3.80	28	112	79	20	14	9	10	5	1	0	45			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.064	.66	0.07%	-0.83	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a11
18	188	130	Aug 25	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	L(9-3)	5	7.0	7	5	4	2	8	2	0	3.69	3.89	30	105	70	13	15	8	12	4	1	0	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	1	.90	-0.228	1.35	-0.21%	-1.48	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
19	189	135	Aug 31	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	3	1	1	3	9	1	0	3.55	3.88	26	119	73	17	16	8	6	2	1	0	73			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.340	1.77	0.30%	2.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	190	140	Sep 6	TEX	@	LAA	L,5-6	GS-7	L(9-4)	5	7.0	9	6	5	0	4	1	0	3.70	3.87	29	96	72	16	12	11	14	8	1	0	41			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.448	1.57	-0.48%	-2.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
21	191	145	Sep 11	TEX		PIT	L,5-7	GS-4	L(9-5)	4	4.0	5	3	3	4	6	0	0	3.79	3.85	20	89	53	15	9	3	7	4	3	0	42			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.132	2.41	-0.16%	-1.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
22	192	149	Sep 16	TEX	@	TBR	L,2-6	GS-5	L(9-6)	4	4.1	8	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.06	3.91	22	81	48	15	7	8	9	6	0	0	24			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.347	2.79	-0.47%	-2.53	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d2
23	193	154	Sep 21	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS-9	W(10-6)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.90	3.91	30	97	70	18	7	9	15	5	4	0	72			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	0.367	1.90	0.52%	2.99	1b start a 1	9b --- 0 out a2
24	194	159	Sep 26	TEX		LAA	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.1	11	4	1	2	3	0	0	3.82	3.88	30	110	71	15	7	10	15	11	2	0	37			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.31	-0.167	3.59	-0.28%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d1
							16-8		W-L:10-6	4.3	155.1	150	73	66	42	136	20	5	3.82	3.88	652	2425	65%	17%	10%	0.72		29%	7%	0	54		---%	5	3	0	594	29	1	3	10	3	7	.94	0.322	1.08	-0.92%	1.88

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