Matt Walbeck

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: October 2, 1969 in Sacramento, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sacramento HS (Sacramento, CA).

High School: Sacramento HS (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1993 (Age 23-187d, 16,255th in major league history)
vs. ATL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 33-361d)
vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Full Name: Matthew Lovick Walbeck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.4

2109

492

.233

215

RBI

208

OBP

.280

SLG

.315

OPS

.596

OPS+

Summary of 28 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 8 go ahead

4 Tms
ANA	15
MIN	8
DET	4
CHC	1

Platoon
vs RHP	23
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Away	17
Home	11

Outs
0	13
1	9
2	6

16 Opps
MIN	4
CHW	4
TEX	3
SEA	3
CLE	2
TOR	2
ARI	1
OAK	1
SDP	1
CAL	1
BAL	1
DET	1
PHI	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
MIL	1

28 Pitchers
Chan Ho Park	1
Bob Wolcott	1
Eric Plunk	1
Jay Howell	1
Jesse Orosco	1
Keith Foulke	1
Dave Mlicki	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Matt Karchner	1
Todd Stottlemyre	1
John Wetteland	1
José DeLeón	1
Pedro Borbón	1
Brett Hinchliffe	1
Tim Hudson	1
Mark Buehrle	1
James Baldwin	1
Rick Aguilera	1
Vaughn Eshelman	1
Rafael Carmona	1
Kevin Brown	1
Charles Nagy	1
Kenny Rogers	1
Gil Meche	1
Mike Trombley	1
Brad Radke	1
Matt Clement	1
Jason Johnson	1

15 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	6
Metrodome (MIN)	5
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	19
7	5
89	4

General field locations
when available.

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

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	4
-2-	4
123	2
12-	1
--3	1

45 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	16
1 on	9
2 on	1
3 on	2
Any on	12

Inning
1	1
2	3
3	3
4	5
5	4
6	2
7	3
8	3
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	7
4-6	11
7-end	10

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

Ahead	8
Tied	7
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	5
1-0	4
0-2	3
3-2	3
1-2	3
1-1	3
3-1	2
2-2	2
2-0	2
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	28

OrderPos
8th	18
7th	5
9th	3
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1993-04-18	CHC		PHI	José DeLeón	behind 8-11	b 11	1	-2-	6,(3-2) BBCFB.X	2	8	2	0.061	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Buechele Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1994-05-04	MIN	@	MIL	Jesse Orosco	behind 3-5	t 6	2	123	4,(1-2) CFBX	4	8	2	0.443	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); P. Muñoz Scores; D. McCarty Scores; S. Leius Scores
3	3	2	1	1994-05-08	MIN	@	TEX	Kevin Brown	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	2	0.081	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
4	4	3	1	1994-07-03	MIN	@	CLE	Eric Plunk	behind 7-9	t 8	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.258	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Hale Scores
5	5	4	1	1994-07-19	MIN	@	TOR	Todd Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	11,(2-2) SBCBFFFFFFX	1	8	2	0.103	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6	6	5	1	1994-07-26	MIN	@	TEX	Jay Howell	tied 6-6	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.252	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1995-05-15	MIN		CAL	Scott Sanderson	ahead 4-2	b 4	1	---		1	9	2	0.079	84%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1996-07-25	MIN		BOS	Vaughn Eshelman	ahead 8-4	b 5	0	1--	5,(1-2) CBFFX	2	8	2	0.043	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Kelly Scores; M. Walbeck Scores
9	9	2	1	1996-08-10	MIN	@	SEA	Rafael Carmona	ahead 6-4	t 5	0	-2-	6,(3-2) CB111FB1B.X	2	8	2	0.097	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hollins Scores; M. Walbeck Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1997-04-02	DET	@	MIN	Rick Aguilera	behind 5-6	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	2	0.326	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Walbeck Scores
11	11	2	1	1997-07-23	DET		CHW	James Baldwin	tied 4-4	b 3	2	-2-	4,(0-2) SCFX	2	8	2	0.192	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Nieves Scores
12	12	3	1	1997-08-25	DET	@	MIN	Brad Radke	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.068	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1998-04-05	ANA		CLE	Charles Nagy	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	2,(0-2) CX	1	8	2	0.026	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1998-05-04	ANA		CHW	Matt Karchner	behind 4-6	b 9	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	2	0.118	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1998-05-31	ANA	@	MIN	Mike Trombley	behind 3-5	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	0.213	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Anderson Scores
16	16	4	1	1998-06-11	ANA	@	ARI	Bob Wolcott	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	2	0.156	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Edmonds Scores; C. Fielder Scores
17	17	5	1	1998-08-18	ANA		CHW	Keith Foulke	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	8	2	0.097	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	6	1	1998-09-16	ANA	@	TEX	John Wetteland	behind 1-5	t 9	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	2	0.024	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Johnson Scores; M. Walbeck Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1999-04-18	ANA		SEA	Brett Hinchliffe	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	7,(3-2) BCBFFBX	1	8	2	0.086	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	2	1	1999-05-04	ANA	@	DET	Dave Mlicki	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	8	2	0.127	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	3	1	1999-06-05	ANA	@	LAD	Chan Ho Park	tied 0-0	t 4	2	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	7	2	0.332	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Vaughn Scores; G. Anderson Scores; T. Glaus Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2000-04-20	ANA	@	TOR	Pedro Borbón	behind 9-11	t 7	1	---	4,(1-2) BLCX	1	8	2	0.112	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	2000-05-03	ANA	@	BAL	Jason Johnson	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	6,(2-2) CFBBFX	1	8	2	0.106	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	2000-07-04	ANA		SEA	Gil Meche	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.082	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	4	1	2000-07-17	ANA	@	SDP	Matt Clement	tied 1-1	t 4	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.218	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Kennedy Scores
26	26	5	1	2000-07-21	ANA	@	OAK	Tim Hudson	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.100	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	2000-07-29	ANA		CHW	Mark Buehrle	behind 2-5	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	2	0.093	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2003-08-10	DET		MIN	Kenny Rogers	behind 0-4	b 5	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.133	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Munson Scores