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.

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 29	OAK		LAA	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Mar 30	OAK		LAA	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	1	3	0
3	7 (4)	Apr 4	OAK		TEX	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	8	Apr 5	OAK		TEX	L,3-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	9	Apr 6	OAK	@	LAA	L,9-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	10	Apr 7	OAK	@	LAA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	11	Apr 8	OAK	@	LAA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	12	Apr 10	OAK	@	LAD	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	13	Apr 11	OAK	@	LAD	W,16-6	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	14	Apr 13	OAK	@	SEA	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	15	Apr 14	OAK	@	SEA	L,8-10	GF	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	16	Apr 15	OAK	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	17	Apr 16	OAK		CHW	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	18	Apr 17	OAK		CHW	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	19	Apr 18	OAK		CHW	W,12-11	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	20	Apr 20	OAK		BOS	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	23 (2)	Apr 23	OAK	@	TEX	W,9-4		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	24	Apr 24	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	25	Apr 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	27 (1)	Apr 28	OAK	@	HOU	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	28	Apr 29	OAK	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	29	May 1	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	30	May 2	OAK	@	SEA	W,3-2	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	31	May 3	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	32	May 4	OAK		BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	33	May 5	OAK		BAL	W,2-0	CG	47	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	34	May 6	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	35	May 7	OAK		HOU	L,2-16	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	36	May 8	OAK		HOU	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	37	May 9	OAK		HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	38	May 11	OAK	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	39	May 12	OAK	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	52	10.2	7	0	0	7	0
33	40	May 13	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	41	May 14	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	43 (1)	May 16	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	44	May 17	OAK	@	TOR	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	45	May 18	OAK	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	46	May 19	OAK	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	50 (3)	May 24	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	52 (1)	May 26	OAK		ARI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	55 (2)	May 29	OAK		TBR	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	56	May 30	OAK		TBR	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	57	May 31	OAK		TBR	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	58	Jun 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,16-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	59	Jun 2	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	76 (16)	Jun 22 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	77	Jun 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	79 (1)	Jun 25	OAK	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	80	Jun 26	OAK	@	DET	W,9-7	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	81	Jun 27	OAK	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	83 (1)	Jun 29	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	85 (1)	Jul 1	OAK		CLE	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	87 (1)	Jul 4	OAK		SDP	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	153 (65)	Sep 20	OAK		LAA	W,21-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	158 (4)	Sep 25	OAK	@	SEA	L,8-10	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	161 (2)	Sep 29	OAK	@	LAA	W,5-2	GF	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	162	Sep 30	OAK	@	LAA	L,4-5	GF	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
							58gm		387.2	86	1	1	88	0