Matt Herges

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, 17,535th 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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