Matt Righter

Matthew R. Righter

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 5", Weight 195 lb.

• School University of Phoenix, Johns Hopkins University
• High School The Lawrenceville School

• Born August 7, 1981 in Doylestown, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Matt Righter pitched as high as AAA then became a college coach.

He was All-Conference in both baseball and basketball at Johns Hopkins. The Detroit Tigers took him in the 21st round of the 2004 amateur draft. He split the summer between the GCL Tigers (1 R in 2 1/3 IP), Oneonta Tigers (0-1, 4.43 in 14 G) and West Michigan Whitecaps (0 R in 6 IP). In '05, he went 4-1 with a 3.14 ERA for West Michigan. Demoted to the GCL Tigers in 2006, he posted a 4-1, 2.47 record. He was 8th in the Gulf Coast League in ERA, between Dionis Rodriguez and Jeanmar Gomez.

Righter split 2007 between the Lakeland Flying Tigers (3-2, 6.14 in 17 G) and Erie SeaWolves (3-4, 4.80 in 19 G). In '08, he was with Erie (1-1, 5.51 in 16 G) and the Toledo Mud Hens (2 R in 2 2/3 IP in his lone taste of AAA). Let go by Detroit, he was 2-2 with a 7.31 ERA in nine games for the Grand Prairie AirHogs. Remaining in the indy leagues, he went 1-3 with a 2.66 ERA for the 2009 Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.

The Pennsylvanian then returned to Johns Hopkins as assistant baseball and basketball coach; they went to the 2010 Division III College World Series. He became head coach at SUNY-New Paltz, a role he held from 2013-2016. He then guided Vassar College from 2017-2023 before moving to Stevenson University for 2024.