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.

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	TBR		BAL	L,4-7	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 3	TBR		BAL	W,8-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 4	TBR		BAL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 6	TBR		CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	6	Apr 7	TBR		CLE	L,0-13	GS	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	7	Apr 8	TBR	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	8	Apr 9	TBR	@	TEX	L,1-6	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	10 (1)	Apr 13	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
9	12 (1)	Apr 15	TBR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
10	13	Apr 16	TBR	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	14	Apr 17	TBR	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	15	Apr 18	TBR	@	BAL	L,6-10	GS	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17 (1)	Apr 20	TBR		OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	20 (2)	Apr 23	TBR		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	23 (2)	Apr 26	TBR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	24	Apr 27	TBR	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	25	Apr 28	TBR	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	26	Apr 30	TBR	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	27	May 1	TBR	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	28	May 3	TBR	@	COL	W,7-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	29	May 4	TBR	@	COL	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	30	May 5	TBR	@	COL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	32 (1)	May 7	TBR		TOR	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	34 (1)	May 9	TBR		TOR	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	35	May 10	TBR		SDP	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	36	May 11	TBR		SDP	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	37	May 12	TBR		SDP	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	38	May 14	TBR		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	39	May 15	TBR		BOS	L,2-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	40	May 16	TBR		BOS	L,3-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	41	May 17	TBR	@	BAL	W,12-10	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	42	May 18	TBR	@	BAL	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	43	May 19	TBR	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	44	May 20	TBR	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	45	May 21	TBR	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	47 (1)	May 24	TBR		NYY	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	48	May 25	TBR		NYY	L,3-4	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	50 (1)	May 27	TBR		MIA	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	51	May 28	TBR		MIA	W,7-6	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	52	May 29	TBR	@	MIA	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
41	53	May 30	TBR	@	MIA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	54	May 31	TBR	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	55	Jun 1	TBR	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	56	Jun 2	TBR	@	CLE	W,11-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	57	Jun 4	TBR	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	58	Jun 5	TBR	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	59	Jun 6	TBR	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	60	Jun 7	TBR		BAL	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	61	Jun 8	TBR		BAL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	62	Jun 9	TBR		BAL	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	63	Jun 10	TBR		BOS	L,8-10	GS	62	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	65 (1)	Jun 12	TBR		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	66	Jun 13	TBR		KCR	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	67	Jun 14	TBR		KCR	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	68	Jun 15	TBR		KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	69	Jun 16	TBR		KCR	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	70	Jun 18 (1)	TBR	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	72 (1)	Jun 19	TBR	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	74 (1)	Jun 21	TBR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	77 (2)	Jun 24	TBR		TOR	W,4-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	78	Jun 25	TBR		TOR	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	79	Jun 26	TBR		TOR	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	80	Jun 28	TBR		DET	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	81	Jun 29	TBR		DET	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	82	Jun 30	TBR		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	83	Jul 1	TBR	@	HOU	W,12-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	84	Jul 2	TBR	@	HOU	W,8-0	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	85	Jul 3	TBR	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	86	Jul 4	TBR	@	HOU	W,7-5	GS	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	87	Jul 5	TBR		CHW	W,8-3	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	89 (1)	Jul 7	TBR		CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	90	Jul 8	TBR		MIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	91	Jul 9	TBR		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	93 (1)	Jul 11	TBR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	94	Jul 12	TBR		HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	95	Jul 13	TBR		HOU	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	97 (1)	Jul 19	TBR	@	TOR	W,8-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	99 (1)	Jul 21	TBR	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	100	Jul 22	TBR	@	BOS	W,3-0	GS	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	103 (2)	Jul 26	TBR	@	NYY	W,10-6	GF	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	105 (1)	Jul 28	TBR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	106	Jul 29	TBR	@	BOS	W,2-1		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	107	Jul 30	TBR		ARI	W,5-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	111 (3)	Aug 4	TBR		SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	113 (1)	Aug 7	TBR	@	ARI	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	114	Aug 9	TBR	@	LAD	L,6-7		16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	115	Aug 10	TBR	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	117 (1)	Aug 13	TBR		SEA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	118	Aug 14	TBR		SEA	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	119	Aug 15	TBR		SEA	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	120	Aug 16	TBR		TOR	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	121	Aug 17	TBR		TOR	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	122	Aug 18	TBR		TOR	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	123	Aug 19	TBR	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	124	Aug 20	TBR	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	126 (1)	Aug 23	TBR		NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
97	129 (2)	Aug 26	TBR	@	KCR	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	133 (3)	Aug 30	TBR	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	138 (4)	Sep 4	TBR	@	LAA	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	139	Sep 5	TBR	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	140	Sep 6	TBR	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	142 (1)	Sep 8	TBR	@	SEA	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	143	Sep 10	TBR		BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	152 (8)	Sep 19	TBR		TEX	L,2-8	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	153	Sep 20	TBR		BAL	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	156 (2)	Sep 23	TBR		BAL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	158 (1)	Sep 25	TBR	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	159	Sep 26	TBR	@	NYY	W,4-0	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	160	Sep 27	TBR	@	TOR	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	162 (1)	Sep 29	TBR	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
							116gm		803.2	168	2	1	171	1