Jon Matlack

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: January 19, 1950 in West Chester, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th) of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from B. Reed Henderson HS (West Chester, PA).

High School: B. Reed Henderson HS (West Chester, PA)

Debut: July 11, 1971 (Age 21-173d, 13,146th in major league history)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 15, 1983 (Age 33-239d)
vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Jonathan Trumpbour Matlack

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Rookie of the Year
3x All-Star
AS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.4

125

126

ERA

3.18

361

318

2363.0

1516

WHIP

1.233

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-16 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 2

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	204	1	Apr 8	TEX		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	1	1.00	2.25	34	9	8	0	0	8	71			0	2	1	30	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.56	0.525	1.87	0.38%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	205	5	Apr 12	TEX		DET	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	7.1	11	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.20	2.77	32	12	3	1	0	11	48			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.046	1.35	-0.03%	0.27	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
3	206	9	Apr 17	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	6	6	1	1	3	1	0	2.01	3.17	26	8	8	1	0	6	48			2	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.04	-0.141	.87	-0.07%	-3.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
4	207	11	Apr 23(1)	TEX	@	DET	L,6-9	GS-4	L(1-3)	5	3.1	7	6	6	4	2	0	2	3.86	3.64	23	4	6	1	1	5	20			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.325	.81	-0.12%	-3.61	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d3
5	208	16	Apr 27	TEX		CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	W(2-3)	3	8.1	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.18	3.20	33	6	11	2	1	8	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.379	.60	0.13%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	209	21	May 5	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	L(2-4)	7	7.1	9	5	3	2	7	0	1	3.27	2.97	33	4	11	1	1	8	49			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.219	.56	-0.13%	-1.70	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out d2
7	210	26	May 12	TEX		BAL	W,9-3	CG	W(3-4)	6	9.0	11	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.22	3.20	38	9	14	0	3	11	53			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.120	1.12	0.09%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	211	31	May 17	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	7	1	0	3.19	3.19	35	11	7	2	0	8	64			1	0	0	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.44	0.375	2.17	0.34%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	212	37	May 22	TEX	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	7	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.07	3.31	34	12	10	2	0	6	56			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.037	1.11	0.04%	1.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
10	213	42	May 27	TEX		SEA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(5-5)	4	8.1	8	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.97	3.31	33	13	7	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.096	1.76	0.08%	1.08	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	214	47	Jun 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(5-6)	5	8.0	7	3	2	1	3	0	0	2.90	3.21	30	10	9	1	0	7	60			0	1	1	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.100	1.24	-0.09%	0.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	215	52	Jun 8(2)	TEX		KCR	W,3-2	GS-9		5	9.0	7	2	1	1	5	0	0	2.72	3.07	35	14	9	1	3	6	71			2	2	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.25	0.323	2.58	0.40%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	216	58	Jun 14	TEX	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	5	8.0	10	4	4	1	6	0	0	2.86	2.94	35	12	6	0	0	10	51			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.131	1.11	-0.18%	-0.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
14	217	64	Jun 19	TEX		OAK	L,1-2	CG	L(5-8)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	0	2.79	2.94	33	11	11	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.114	1.93	0.14%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
15	218	69	Jun 24	TEX		CAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-8)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.58	2.85	31	14	9	1	0	2	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.510	2.44	0.84%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	219	75	Jul 1	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-3	7-GF	S(1)	6	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	2.82	10	2	3	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.183	5.51	0.35%	1.76	7b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
17	220	79	Jul 5	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.49	2.75	33	10	13	1	2	7	68			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.404	3.29	0.51%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	221	82	Jul 8	TEX		DET	L,1-5	6-GF		2	3.2	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.49	2.69	15	3	4	1	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.025	.63	-0.03%	0.33	6t --3 1 out d2	9t end d 4
19	222	88	Jul 16	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-10		7	10.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.38	2.60	37	9	16	1	2	6	82			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.42	0.636	2.73	0.73%	3.43	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
20	223	94	Jul 22	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	GS-9		5	8.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.31	2.68	32	12	10	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.139	1.53	0.10%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
21	224	99	Jul 27	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.24	2.73	35	10	12	2	0	8	70			0	1	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.406	.55	0.14%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	225	105	Aug 1	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-4	L(8-9)	4	3.1	8	7	7	4	1	0	0	2.57	2.79	20	5	2	0	0	8	13			1	0	0	15	1	2	0	1	1	0	.84	-0.312	.25	-0.06%	-4.04	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d5
23	226	108	Aug 6	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	2.44	2.72	35	11	10	1	0	7	74			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.50	-0.089	.68	-0.02%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	227	111	Aug 11	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	12	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.37	2.67	40	16	5	0	0	12	62			0	0	0	39	0	0	0	1	0	2	.99	0.201	.38	0.05%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
25	228	116	Aug 15	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-9)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.26	2.61	33	12	6	0	0	7	79			2	1	1	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.704	1.91	0.52%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	229	121	Aug 20	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(11-10)	4	8.0	6	2	1	0	4	1	0	2.21	2.63	31	9	12	2	6	6	68			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.075	1.47	0.07%	1.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	230	126	Aug 25	TEX		KCR	W,7-2	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.20	2.68	32	14	7	1	1	5	71			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.059	.63	0.04%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	231	130	Aug 29	TEX		TOR	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-11)	3	6.2	11	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.30	2.73	32	9	6	0	0	11	38			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.67	-0.152	.78	-0.11%	-1.45	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	232	133	Sep 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(12-12)	4	6.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.40	2.76	29	12	6	0	1	6	39			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.196	.92	-0.10%	-1.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
30	233	138	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-11	GS-6	L(12-13)	4	5.2	9	10	3	2	3	1	0	2.46	2.81	31	11	7	1	0	8	26			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.29	-0.538	.23	-0.06%	-7.43	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d7
31	234	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	GS-9		4	8.1	6	4	2	3	6	0	0	2.45	2.79	34	8	11	1	0	6	62			0	1	0	30	3	0	1	1	1	1	1.52	-0.463	.30	-0.05%	-0.92	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
32	235	148	Sep 17	TEX		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(13-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	9	1	0	2.40	2.77	33	11	7	0	0	6	80			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.442	.04	0.01%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	236	150	Sep 21	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	W(14-13)	3	9.0	5	3	2	2	5	0	0	2.38	2.74	34	9	13	0	1	5	70			0	0	0	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.264	.01	0.00%	1.32	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
34	237	156	Sep 25	TEX		MIN	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.0	5	2	1	2	5	0	0	2.34	2.72	31	7	12	3	2	5	69			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.057	.00	0.00%	2.15	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
35	238	161	Sep 30	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	W(15-13)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.30	2.71	35	10	15	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.403	.00	0.00%	3.20	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
							19-16		W-L:15-13,Sv:1	4.1	270.0	252	93	69	51	157	14	4	2.30	2.71	1097	1.11		4%	4%	240	60	3	33%	16	13	6	1027	31	7	4	14	3	20	1.09	3.715	1.18	3.88%	33.47

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