Matt Herges

Q: When was Matt Herges born?

Matt Herges was born on April 1, 1970.

Q: Where was Matt Herges born?

Matt Herges was born in Champaign, IL .

Q: How tall is Matt Herges?

Matt Herges is 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Matt Herges weigh when playing?

Matt Herges weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Matt Herges in the Hall of Fame?

Matt Herges has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Matt Herges have?

Matt Herges had 473 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Matt Herges played for?

Matt Herges played for 8 teams; the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies and Cleveland Indians.

Q: When did Matt Herges retire?

Matt Herges last played in 2009.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: April 1, 1970 in Champaign, IL us

High School: Centennial HS (Champaign, IL)

School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)

Debut: August 3, 1999 (Age 29-124d, 17,528th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 39-186d)
vs. LAD 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Dan Horwits

Full Name: Matthew Tyler Herges

Pronunciation: \HER-jess\

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Todd Hollandsworth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

ERA

3.91

567

691.0

473

WHIP

1.436

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1992	22	LAD-min	A-	2	3	.400	3.22	27	0	23	0	0	9	44.2	33	21	16	2	24	1	57	3	3	2	194			1.276	6.6	0.4	4.8	11.5	2.38	YAK NORW
1993	23	LAD-min	A+	2	6	.250	3.69	51	0	17	0	0	2	90.1	70	49	37	6	56	6	84	10	3	4	403			1.395	7.0	0.6	5.6	8.4	1.50	BAK CALL
1994	24	LAD-min	A+	8	9	.471	3.32	48	3	12	1	0	3	111.0	115	45	41	8	33	3	61	4	3	3	476			1.333	9.3	0.6	2.7	4.9	1.85	VRO FLOR
1995	25	LAD-min	A+,AA	5	5	.500	4.08	41	2	17	0	0	9	79.1	92	45	36	5	31	1	53	2	0	3	361			1.550	10.4	0.6	3.5	6.0	1.71	SBR,SAN CALL,TL
1996	26	LAD-min	AA,AAA	7	3	.700	2.68	40	10	11	2	1	3	117.2	116	49	35	5	42	0	60	2	1	6	495			1.343	8.9	0.4	3.2	4.6	1.43	SAN,ABQ TL,PCL
1997	27	LAD-min	AAA,AA	0	9	.000	8.88	35	15	5	0	0	0	100.1	142	107	99	15	56	1	73	11	0	8	491			1.973	12.7	1.3	5.0	6.5	1.30	ABQ,SAN PCL,TL
1998	28	LAD-min	AAA,AA	3	5	.375	5.34	37	8	9	0	0	0	94.1	118	64	56	9	39	1	78	5	0	4	427			1.664	11.3	0.9	3.7	7.4	2.00	ABQ,SAN PCL,TL
1999	29	LAD-min	AAA	8	3	.727	4.73	21	21	0	2	0	0	131.1	135	82	69	17	47	0	88	7	0	4	563			1.386	9.3	1.2	3.2	6.0	1.87	ABQ PCL
1999	29	LAD	NL	0	2	.000	4.07	17	0	9	0	0	0	24.1	24	13	11	5	8	0	18	1	0	0	104	107	5.44	1.315	8.9	1.8	3.0	6.7	2.25
2000	30	LAD	NL	11	3	.786	3.17	59	4	17	0	0	1	110.2	100	43	39	7	40	5	75	6	0	4	461	136	3.85	1.265	8.1	0.6	3.3	6.1	1.88
2001	31	LAD	NL	9	8	.529	3.44	75	0	22	0	0	1	99.1	97	39	38	8	46	12	76	8	0	2	435	116	4.20	1.440	8.8	0.7	4.2	6.9	1.65
2002	32	MON	NL	2	5	.286	4.04	62	0	25	0	0	6	64.2	80	33	29	10	26	8	50	2	0	3	298	106	4.72	1.639	11.1	1.4	3.6	7.0	1.92
2003	33	SDP-min	AAA	0	0		1.80	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	18			0.600	1.8	0.0	3.6	9.0	2.50	POR PCL
2003	33	TOT	NL	3	2	.600	2.62	67	0	24	0	0	3	79.0	68	27	23	3	29	2	68	3	1	1	332	156	3.02	1.228	7.7	0.3	3.3	7.7	2.34
2003	33	SDP	NL	2	2	.500	2.86	40	0	21	0	0	3	44.0	40	16	14	2	20	2	40	2	0	1	192	139	3.30	1.364	8.2	0.4	4.1	8.2	2.00
2003	33	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	2.31	27	0	3	0	0	0	35.0	28	11	9	1	9	0	28	1	1	0	140	183	2.66	1.057	7.2	0.3	2.3	7.2	3.11
2004	34	SFG	NL	4	5	.444	5.23	70	0	43	0	0	23	65.1	90	44	38	8	21	4	39	3	0	2	301	84	4.55	1.699	12.4	1.1	2.9	5.4	1.86
2005	35	ARI-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.14	26	0	2	0	0	0	28.2	39	13	10	3	8	0	29	1	0	1	125			1.640	12.2	0.9	2.5	9.1	3.63	TUC PCL
2005	35	TOT	NL	1	1	.500	7.14	28	0	7	0	0	0	29.0	35	23	23	6	12	1	9	1	0	0	132	62	6.43	1.621	10.9	1.9	3.7	2.8	0.75
2005	35	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	4.71	21	0	5	0	0	0	21.0	23	11	11	2	7	1	6	0	0	0	90	92	4.69	1.429	9.9	0.9	3.0	2.6	0.86
2005	35	ARI	NL	0	0		13.50	7	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	12	12	12	4	5	0	3	1	0	0	42	34	11.02	2.125	13.5	4.5	5.6	3.4	0.60
2006	36	FLA	NL	2	3	.400	4.31	66	0	21	0	0	0	71.0	94	42	34	5	28	5	36	3	0	1	328	101	4.36	1.718	11.9	0.6	3.5	4.6	1.29
2007	37	COL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.27	32	0	7	0	0	1	35.1	24	6	5	2	10	0	33	1	0	0	135			0.962	6.1	0.5	2.5	8.4	3.30	CSP PCL
2007	37	COL	NL	5	1	.833	2.96	35	0	9	0	0	0	48.2	34	17	16	4	15	2	30	0	0	0	191	163	4.00	1.007	6.3	0.7	2.8	5.5	2.00
2008	38	COL-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8			1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	4.5		CSP PCL
2008	38	COL	NL	3	4	.429	5.04	58	0	10	0	0	0	64.1	79	40	36	5	24	5	46	5	1	3	294	93	4.06	1.601	11.1	0.7	3.4	6.4	1.92
2009	39	COL-CLE-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.18	24	0	7	0	0	4	28.1	25	10	10	1	9	1	21	1	0	0	118			1.200	7.9	0.3	2.9	6.7	2.33	CSP,CLB PCL,IL
2009	39	TOT	MLB	3	1	.750	3.38	30	0	11	0	0	0	34.2	34	14	13	5	8	0	26	0	0	0	147	132	4.16	1.212	8.8	1.3	2.1	6.8	3.25
2009	39	CLE	AL	2	1	.667	3.55	21	0	6	0	0	0	25.1	24	10	10	3	6	0	18	0	0	0	107	121	3.93	1.184	8.5	1.1	2.1	6.4	3.00
2009	39	COL	NL	1	0	1.000	2.89	9	0	5	0	0	0	9.1	10	4	3	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	40	168	4.81	1.286	9.6	1.9	1.9	7.7	4.00
2010	40	KCR-min	AAA	9	4	.692	4.63	43	5	13	0	0	0	89.1	102	49	46	10	36	6	49	4	0	2	395			1.545	10.3	1.0	3.6	4.9	1.36	OMA PCL
11 Yrs				43	35	.551	3.91	567	4	198	0	0	34	691.0	735	335	300	66	257	44	473	32	2	16	3023	111	4.22	1.436	9.6	0.9	3.3	6.2	1.84
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.551	3.91	68	0	24	0	0	4	82	88	40	36	8	31	5	56	4	0	2	360	111	4.22	1.436	9.6	0.9	3.3	6.2	1.84
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
COL (3 yrs)				9	5	.643	4.05	102	0	24	0	0	0	122.1	123	61	55	11	41	7	84	5	1	3	525	118	4.10	1.341	9.0	0.8	3.0	6.2	2.05
SFG (3 yrs)				6	6	.500	4.30	118	0	51	0	0	23	121.1	141	66	58	11	37	5	73	4	1	2	531	101	4.03	1.467	10.5	0.8	2.7	5.4	1.97
LAD (3 yrs)				20	13	.606	3.38	151	4	48	0	0	2	234.1	221	95	88	20	94	17	169	15	0	6	1000	124	4.16	1.344	8.5	0.8	3.6	6.5	1.80
ARI (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	7	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	12	12	12	4	5	0	3	1	0	0	42	34	11.02	2.125	13.5	4.5	5.6	3.4	0.60
SDP (1 yr)				2	2	.500	2.86	40	0	21	0	0	3	44.0	40	16	14	2	20	2	40	2	0	1	192	139	3.30	1.364	8.2	0.4	4.1	8.2	2.00
CLE (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.55	21	0	6	0	0	0	25.1	24	10	10	3	6	0	18	0	0	0	107	121	3.93	1.184	8.5	1.1	2.1	6.4	3.00
MON (1 yr)				2	5	.286	4.04	62	0	25	0	0	6	64.2	80	33	29	10	26	8	50	2	0	3	298	106	4.72	1.639	11.1	1.4	3.6	7.0	1.92
FLA (1 yr)				2	3	.400	4.31	66	0	21	0	0	0	71.0	94	42	34	5	28	5	36	3	0	1	328	101	4.36	1.718	11.9	0.6	3.5	4.6	1.29

NL (11 yrs)				41	34	.547	3.92	546	4	192	0	0	34	665.2	711	325	290	63	251	44	455	32	2	16	2916	111	4.23	1.445	9.6	0.9	3.4	6.2	1.81
AL (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.55	21	0	6	0	0	0	25.1	24	10	10	3	6	0	18	0	0	0	107	121	3.93	1.184	8.5	1.1	2.1	6.4	3.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Matt Herges?

Matt Herges is 54 years old.

When was Matt Herges born?

Matt Herges was born on April 1, 1970.

Where was Matt Herges born?

Matt Herges was born in Champaign, IL.

How tall is Matt Herges?

Matt Herges is 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Matt Herges weigh when playing?

Matt Herges weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Matt Herges play?

Matt Herges played 11 seasons.

Is Matt Herges in the Hall of Fame?

Matt Herges has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Matt Herges play?

Matt Herges was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Matt Herges have?

Matt Herges had 473 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Matt Herges played for?

Matt Herges played for 8 teams; the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies and Cleveland Indians.

When did Matt Herges retire?

Matt Herges last played in 2009.

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