Matt Joyce

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 194lb (188cm, 87kg)

Born: August 3, 1984 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL).

High School: Armwood HS (Seffner, FL)

School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Debut: May 5, 2008 (Age 23-276d, 19,295th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 2021 (Age 37-051d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Matthew Ryan Joyce

Nicknames: DJ SS or Sweet Swingin'

Twitter: @sweetswingin20

Instagram: @joycer247

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

3718

898

149

.242

537

RBI

503

OBP

.342

SLG

.425

OPS

.767

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	TBR		BAL	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 2	TBR		BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 3	TBR		BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 5	TBR		LAA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 6	TBR		LAA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 7	TBR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 8	TBR	@	CHW	W,9-7	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	9 (1)	Apr 10	TBR	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	10	Apr 11	TBR	@	BOS	W,16-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	12 (1)	Apr 14	TBR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	13	Apr 15	TBR		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	14	Apr 16	TBR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	15	Apr 17	TBR		MIN	L,2-4	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	16	Apr 18	TBR		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	17	Apr 19	TBR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	18	Apr 20	TBR		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	19	Apr 21	TBR		CHW	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	20	Apr 22	TBR	@	TOR	L,4-6	GF	7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
19	21	Apr 23	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	22	Apr 24	TBR	@	TOR	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	23	Apr 27	TBR	@	MIN	W,8-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	24	Apr 28 (1)	TBR	@	MIN	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
23	25	Apr 28 (2)	TBR	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	26	Apr 29	TBR		LAA	L,5-8	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	27	Apr 30	TBR		LAA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	28	May 1	TBR		LAA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	30 (1)	May 4	TBR		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	31	May 5	TBR		TOR	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	32	May 6	TBR	@	BAL	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	33	May 7	TBR	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	34	May 8	TBR	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	35	May 10	TBR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
33	36	May 11	TBR	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	37	May 12	TBR	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	38	May 13	TBR		BAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	39	May 14	TBR		BAL	L,0-6	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	40	May 15	TBR		BAL	L,3-9	GS	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	41	May 16	TBR		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	42	May 17	TBR		NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	43	May 18	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	44	May 19	TBR	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	45	May 20	TBR	@	FLA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	46	May 21	TBR	@	FLA	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	47	May 22	TBR	@	FLA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	48	May 23	TBR	@	DET	L,3-6	GF	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	49	May 24	TBR	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	50	May 27	TBR		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	51	May 28	TBR		CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	52	May 29	TBR		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	53	May 30	TBR		TEX	L,5-11	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	54	May 31	TBR		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	55	Jun 1	TBR		TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	56	Jun 2	TBR	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	57	Jun 3	TBR	@	SEA	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	58	Jun 4	TBR	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
56	59	Jun 5	TBR	@	SEA	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	60	Jun 6	TBR	@	LAA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	61	Jun 7	TBR	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	62	Jun 8	TBR	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	64 (1)	Jun 11	TBR	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	66 (1)	Jun 13	TBR	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
62	67	Jun 14	TBR		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	68	Jun 15	TBR		BOS	L,0-3	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	69	Jun 16	TBR		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	70	Jun 17	TBR		FLA	W,5-1	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	71	Jun 18	TBR		FLA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	72	Jun 19	TBR		FLA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	74 (1)	Jun 21	TBR	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	77 (2)	Jun 25	TBR	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	78	Jun 26	TBR	@	HOU	W,14-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	79	Jun 27	TBR		CIN	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	80	Jun 28	TBR		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	81	Jun 29	TBR		CIN	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	82	Jul 1	TBR		STL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	83	Jul 2	TBR		STL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	84	Jul 3	TBR		STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	85	Jul 4	TBR	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	86	Jul 5	TBR	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
79	87	Jul 6	TBR	@	MIN	W,12-5	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	88	Jul 7	TBR	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	89	Jul 9	TBR	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	92 (2)	Jul 16	TBR		BOS	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	95 (2)	Jul 19	TBR		NYY	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	96	Jul 20	TBR		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	98 (1)	Jul 22	TBR	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
86	99	Jul 23	TBR	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	100	Jul 24	TBR	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	101	Jul 25	TBR	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	102	Jul 26	TBR	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	103	Jul 27	TBR	@	OAK	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
91	104	Jul 28	TBR	@	OAK	W,10-8	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	105	Jul 29	TBR	@	SEA	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	106	Jul 30	TBR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	108 (1)	Aug 2	TBR		TOR	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	109	Aug 3	TBR		TOR	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	110	Aug 4	TBR		TOR	W,7-6	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	111	Aug 5	TBR		OAK	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	112	Aug 6	TBR		OAK	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	113	Aug 7	TBR		OAK	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	114	Aug 8	TBR		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	116 (1)	Aug 10	TBR		KCR	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	119 (2)	Aug 13	TBR	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	121 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	TBR	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	122	Aug 17	TBR	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	123	Aug 19	TBR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	125 (1)	Aug 21	TBR		SEA	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	126	Aug 22	TBR		DET	L,2-5	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
108	127	Aug 23	TBR		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	128	Aug 24	TBR		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	129	Aug 25	TBR		DET	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	130	Aug 26	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	132 (1)	Aug 28	TBR	@	TOR	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	133	Aug 29	TBR	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	134	Aug 30	TBR	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	135	Aug 31	TBR	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	136	Sep 1	TBR	@	TEX	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	138 (1)	Sep 3	TBR		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	139	Sep 4	TBR		BAL	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	140	Sep 5	TBR		TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	143 (2)	Sep 9	TBR		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	144	Sep 10	TBR		BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	146 (1)	Sep 12	TBR	@	BAL	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	147	Sep 13	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	148	Sep 14	TBR	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	149	Sep 15	TBR	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	150	Sep 16	TBR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	152 (1)	Sep 18	TBR	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	153	Sep 20	TBR	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	42	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	154	Sep 21 (1)	TBR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	156 (1)	Sep 22	TBR	@	NYY	W,15-8	GS	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	157	Sep 23	TBR		TOR	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	158	Sep 24	TBR		TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	159	Sep 25	TBR		TOR	W,5-2	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	160	Sep 26	TBR		NYY	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	161	Sep 27	TBR		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	162	Sep 28	TBR		NYY	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
							141gm		1093.0	231	8	3	242	3