Matt Bush

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 193lb (178cm, 87kg)

Born: February 8, 1986 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mission Bay HS (San Diego, CA).

High School: Mission Bay HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: May 13, 2016 (Age 30-095d, 21,108th in major league history)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 30, 2023 (Age 37-142d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

Agents: Full Circle Sports Management • Previously: The Legacy Agency

National Team: us USA (18U,16U)

Full Name: Matthew Brian Bush

Nicknames: Matty Ice

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

3.75

217

211.0

227

WHIP

1.204

Summary of 33 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 7 go ahead

2 Tms
TEX	22
MIL	11

Platoon
vs RHB	19
vs LHB	14

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	10

Outs
0	15
1	9
2	9

19 Opps
SEA	4
OAK	3
LAA	3
BOS	3
TBR	2
NYM	2
PIT	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
NYY	1
KCR	1
PHI	1
LAD	1
CLE	1

33 Batters
Mookie Betts	1
Mitch Haniger	1
Joc Pederson	1
Shohei Ohtani	1
Bo Bichette	1
Travis d'Arnaud	1
Wilson Ramos	1
Chris Taylor	1
Jared Walsh	1
Mike Trout	1
Carlos Santana	1
Justin Turner	1
Coco Crisp	1
Seth Smith	1
Andrew Knizner	1
Whit Merrifield	1
Ty France	1
Ian Happ	1
Brett Gardner	1
Marcus Semien	1
Michael Chavis	1
Kyle Tucker	1
Spencer Steer	1
Kevin Kiermaier	1
Masataka Yoshida	1
J.T. Realmuto	1
Jose Altuve	1
Curtis Granderson	1
Khris Davis	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Trent Grisham	1
Julio Rodríguez	1
Matt Joyce	1

12 Parks
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	10
Am Fam Field (MIL)	7
GlbLifeField (ARL)	6
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	11
89	8
7	6
8	5
78	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	8
2	7
5	7
3	5
4	3
6	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	27
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	7
-2-	4

44 Runs
RISP	4
0 on	22
1 on	11
Any on	11

Inning
1	1
7	6
8	17
9	9

1-3	1
7-end	32

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	4
-1	9
-2	5
-3	8
-4..	4

Ahead	3
Tied	4
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
0-1	6
1-1	5
3-2	3
1-2	3
3-1	3
2-2	3
1-0	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	6
1B	5
LF	5
C	4
DH	4
PH	2
2B	2
RF	2
SS	2
3B	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-06-24	Mookie Betts	BOS	@	TEX	behind 5-7	t 9	2	-2-	3,(1-1) .BCX	2	1	9	35%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. León Scores
2	2	2	1	2016-07-27	Coco Crisp	OAK	@	TEX	behind 2-3	t 8	0	1--	5,(2-2) BBCFX	2	1	7	39%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); R. Healy Scores
3	3	3	2	2016-07-27	Khris Davis	OAK	@	TEX	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	1--	5,(2-2) CBB1TX	2	4	DH	18%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Reddick Scores
4	4	4	1	2016-09-06	Seth Smith	SEA		TEX	behind 6-9	b 8	1	---	8,(3-2) .CSFFBBBX	1	2	PH	6%	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2017-04-03	Edwin Encarnación	CLE	@	TEX	behind 4-5	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	4	3	24%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	2	1	2017-05-31	Kevin Kiermaier	TBR	@	TEX	behind 3-4	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	34%	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	3	1	2017-06-06	Curtis Granderson	NYM	@	TEX	behind 5-10	t 9	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	7	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Flores Scores
8	8	4	2	2017-06-06	Travis d'Arnaud	NYM	@	TEX	behind 7-10	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	5	1	2017-06-23	Brett Gardner	NYY		TEX	behind 0-1	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	7	46%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
10	10	6	1	2017-09-17	Mike Trout	LAA		TEX	behind 1-4	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ..CBX	1	1	8	8%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11	11	7	1	2017-09-30	Matt Joyce	OAK	@	TEX	behind 2-8	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	2	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2018-04-17	Wilson Ramos	TBR		TEX	behind 1-7	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	5	2	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
13	13	2	1	2018-04-22	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	TEX	behind 2-5	t 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	8	16%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Segura Scores/unER
14	14	3	1	2018-06-08	Jose Altuve	HOU	@	TEX	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	3	4	14%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Bregman Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2021-04-03	Whit Merrifield	KCR		TEX	ahead 10-4	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	2	1	2021-04-06	Bo Bichette	TOR	@	TEX	behind 3-6	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	6	4%	8%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
17	17	3	1	2021-04-07	Marcus Semien	TOR	@	TEX	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBSBX	1	1	6	12%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2022-04-15	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	DH	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	2	1	2022-04-28	Kyle Tucker	HOU	@	TEX	tied 1-1	t 8	1	1--	5,(2-2) .F1F11BBX	2	8	PH	36%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Peña Scores
20	20	3	1	2022-05-03	J.T. Realmuto	PHI		TEX	behind 3-6	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) .BCBBFX	1	4	2	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	4	1	2022-05-18	Jared Walsh	LAA	@	TEX	behind 2-4	t 9	0	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	5	3	34%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); A. Rendon Scores
22	22	5	1	2022-06-05	Ty France	SEA	@	TEX	behind 2-5	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	2	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
23	23	6	1	2022-08-16	Chris Taylor	LAD	@	MIL	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	8	20%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	7	1	2022-08-26	Ian Happ	CHC	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 7	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BBBCTX	2	3	7	33%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Madrigal Scores/unER
25	25	8	1	2022-08-30	Michael Chavis	PIT	@	MIL	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	7	3	20%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	2022-09-08 (2)	Joc Pederson	SFG	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	7	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
27	27	10	1	2022-09-25	Spencer Steer	CIN		MIL	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	5,(1-2) ..FFBFX	1	4	5	25%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
28	28	11	1	2022-09-28	Andrew Knizner	STL	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) ...BBCBX	1	8	2	12%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2023-04-13	Trent Grisham	SDP		MIL	behind 1-3	b 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	1	8	41%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Carpenter Scores
30	30	2	1	2023-04-17	Julio Rodríguez	SEA		MIL	behind 2-6	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	3	1	2023-04-23	Justin Turner	BOS	@	MIL	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	3	DH	24%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	4	2	2023-04-23	Masataka Yoshida	BOS	@	MIL	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	4	7	24%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
33	33	5	1	2023-06-30	Carlos Santana	PIT		MIL	behind 6-7	b 9	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	85%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. McCutchen Scores