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.

2015 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2015 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	LAA	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 10	LAA		KCR	L,2-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	Apr 11	LAA		KCR	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	6	Apr 12	LAA		KCR	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	7	Apr 13	LAA	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	8	Apr 14	LAA	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	9	Apr 15	LAA	@	TEX	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	12 (2)	Apr 19	LAA	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	13	Apr 20	LAA		OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	16 (2)	Apr 23	LAA		OAK	W,2-0	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	17	Apr 24	LAA		TEX	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	18	Apr 25	LAA		TEX	W,4-1	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	19	Apr 26	LAA		TEX	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	20	Apr 28	LAA	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	21	Apr 29	LAA	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	22	Apr 30	LAA	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	23	May 1	LAA	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
18	24	May 2	LAA	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	25	May 3	LAA	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	26	May 4	LAA		SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	30 (3)	May 8	LAA		HOU	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	32 (1)	May 10	LAA		HOU	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	33	May 12	LAA		COL	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	34	May 13	LAA		COL	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	36 (1)	May 16	LAA	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	37	May 17	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	39 (1)	May 19	LAA	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	40	May 20	LAA	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	41	May 21	LAA	@	TOR	L,4-8	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	42	May 22	LAA	@	BOS	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	43	May 23	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	44	May 24	LAA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	45	May 25	LAA		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	46	May 26	LAA		SDP	L,0-4	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	47	May 27	LAA		SDP	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	48	May 28	LAA		DET	W,12-2	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	50 (1)	May 30	LAA		DET	W,8-6	GS	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	53 (2)	Jun 2	LAA		TBR	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	56 (2)	Jun 6	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	57	Jun 7	LAA	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	59 (1)	Jun 10	LAA	@	TBR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	62 (2)	Jun 13	LAA		OAK	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	63	Jun 14	LAA		OAK	L,1-8	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	65 (1)	Jun 16	LAA		ARI	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	66	Jun 17	LAA	@	ARI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	73 (6)	Jun 24	LAA		HOU	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	76 (2)	Jun 28	LAA		SEA	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	78 (1)	Jun 30	LAA		NYY	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	79	Jul 1	LAA		NYY	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	80	Jul 3	LAA	@	TEX	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	81	Jul 4	LAA	@	TEX	W,13-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	82	Jul 5	LAA	@	TEX	W,12-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	83	Jul 7	LAA	@	COL	W,10-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	85 (1)	Jul 9	LAA	@	SEA	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	87 (1)	Jul 11	LAA	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	88	Jul 12	LAA	@	SEA	W,10-3	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	90 (1)	Jul 18	LAA		BOS	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	91	Jul 20 (1)	LAA		BOS	W,11-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	92	Jul 20 (2)	LAA		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	93	Jul 21	LAA		MIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	94	Jul 22	LAA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	95	Jul 23	LAA		MIN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	97 (1)	Jul 25	LAA		TEX	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	98	Jul 26	LAA		TEX	W,13-7	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	143 (44)	Sep 14	LAA	@	SEA	L,1-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							66gm		469.2	95	2	1	98	0