Rick Matula

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: November 22, 1953 in Wharton, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wharton HS (Wharton, TX) and the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).

High School: Wharton HS (Wharton, TX)

School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Debut: April 8, 1979 (Age 25-137d, 14,156th in major league history)
vs. HOU 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: June 11, 1981 (Age 27-201d)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Richard Carlton Matula

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

ERA

4.41

355.0

129

WHIP

1.470

Summary of 32 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 10 go ahead

1 Tm
ATL	32

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	10

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	13

Outs
1	13
0	13
2	6

10 Opps
SDP	6
SFG	5
PHI	5
STL	4
LAD	4
PIT	2
MON	2
CIN	2
CHC	1
HOU	1

25 Batters
Gene Tenace	3
Mike Schmidt	3
Mike Ivie	2
Ted Simmons	2
Dusty Baker	2
Darrell Evans	1
Jack Clark	1
Terry Puhl	1
Reggie Smith	1
Jerry Turner	1
Larry Herndon	1
Ray Knight	1
Dave Winfield	1
Jerry Martin	1
Bake McBride	1
Dale Berra	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Ken Reitz	1
Lonnie Smith	1
Omar Moreno	1
Larry Parrish	1
George Foster	1
Jerry Mumphrey	1
Gary Carter	1
Ron Cey	1

9 Parks
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	19
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	16
9	6
8	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
-2-	3
1--	3
123	2
1-3	2
12-	1
--3	1

51 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	20
1 on	7
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	12

Inning
1	6
2	3
3	4
4	8
5	2
6	4
7	3
8	2

1-3	13
4-6	14
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	7
-1	3
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	16
Tied	7
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	8
LF	6
C	5
RF	5
CF	4
1B	3
SS	1

OrderPos
3rd	9
5th	6
4th	5
7th	3
1st	3
6th	3
2nd	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-04-20	Jerry Turner	SDP	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2	3	7	19%	73%		Home Run; O. Smith Scores
2	2	2	2	1979-04-20	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	--3	2	6	2	6%	95%		Home Run; D. Winfield Scores
3	3	3	1	1979-05-19 (2)	Mike Ivie	SFG	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	2	1979-05-19 (2)	Larry Herndon	SFG	@	ATL	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	8	10%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1979-05-31	Dave Winfield	SDP		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	1--	2	3	9	16%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Smith Scores
6	6	6	1	1979-06-18	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	ATL	ahead 3-2	t 3	1	---	1	4	5	11%	70%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1979-06-24	Reggie Smith	LAD	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	9	13%	59%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1979-06-29	Ron Cey	LAD		ATL	behind 0-2	b 7	1	-2-	2	5	5	32%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores
9	9	9	1	1979-07-04	Jack Clark	SFG	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	6%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1979-07-14	Omar Moreno	PIT	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	1	1	8	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	11	1	1979-08-21	Bake McBride	PHI		ATL	behind 0-3	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	9%	34%	Lead-Off	Home Run
12	12	12	1	1979-09-03	George Foster	CIN	@	ATL	behind 3-4	t 7	2	1--	2	4	7	40%	65%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Morgan Scores
13	13	13	1	1979-09-15	Gene Tenace	SDP		ATL	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	3	3	7%	19%		Home Run
14	14	14	1	1979-09-23	Mike Ivie	SFG	@	ATL	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1	5	7	26%	45%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1980-05-05	Mike Schmidt	PHI		ATL	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	3	5	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	2	2	1980-05-05	Mike Schmidt	PHI		ATL	ahead 6-0	b 4	2	---	1	3	5	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Schmidt Scores/unER
17	17	3	1	1980-05-30	Dusty Baker	LAD		ATL	behind 0-2	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	7	29%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Thomas Scores; R. Smith Scores
18	18	4	1	1980-06-09	Ted Simmons	STL	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	2	9%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	5	1	1980-06-15	Jerry Martin	CHC		ATL	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	8	8%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	6	1	1980-06-25	Ray Knight	CIN		ATL	behind 0-1	b 1	1	123	4	5	5	26%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Collins Scores; J. Kennedy Scores; K. Griffey Scores
21	21	7	1	1980-06-30	Terry Puhl	HOU	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	8	1	1980-07-05	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	9	1	1980-07-21	Gary Carter	MON	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 1	0	123	4	6	2	11%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Dawson Scores; E. Valentine Scores; W. Cromartie Scores/unER
24	24	10	1	1980-07-27	Lonnie Smith	PHI		ATL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	11	1	1980-08-06	Dusty Baker	LAD	@	ATL	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep CF)
26	26	12	1	1980-08-16	Darrell Evans	SFG		ATL	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	5	11%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	13	1	1980-08-22	Keith Hernandez	STL	@	ATL	tied 0-0	t 4	0	-2-	2	3	3	17%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Oberkfell Scores
28	28	14	2	1980-08-22	Ted Simmons	STL	@	ATL	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	2	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	15	3	1980-08-22	Ken Reitz	STL	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	12-	3	8	5	11%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hendrick Scores; T. Kennedy Scores
30	30	16	1	1980-08-27	Dale Berra	PIT		ATL	behind 2-7	b 8	1	-2-	2	2	6	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Moreno Scores
31	31	17	1	1980-09-13	Jerry Mumphrey	SDP	@	ATL	behind 1-4	t 6	2	---	1	3	8	7%	16%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1981-06-10	Larry Parrish	MON		ATL	ahead 6-0	b 5	1	1-3	3	7	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Cromartie Scores; W. Montañez Scores