Matt Karchner

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 245lb (193cm, 111kg)

Born: June 28, 1967 in Berwick, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 8th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA).

High School: Berwick HS (Berwick, PA)

School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA)

Debut: July 18, 1995 (Age 28-020d, 16,726th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 14, 2000 (Age 32-352d)
vs. NYM 1.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Matthew Dean Karchner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

4.21

223

241.1

166

WHIP

1.550

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
1989	22	KCR-min	A-	1	1	.500	3.90	8	5	0	0	0	0	30.0	30	19	13	1	8	0	25	5	0	7				1.267	9.0	0.3	2.4	7.5	3.13	EUG NORW
1990	23	KCR-min	A	2	7	.222	4.82	27	11	5	1	0	0	71.0	70	42	38	3	31	2	58	6	1	4				1.423	8.9	0.4	3.9	7.4	1.87	APP MIDW
1991	24	KCR-min	A+	6	3	.667	1.97	38	0	16	0	0	5	73.0	49	28	16	1	25	3	65	5	1	7	295			1.014	6.0	0.1	3.1	8.0	2.60	BBC FLOR
1992	25	KCR-min	AA	8	8	.500	4.47	33	18	2	2	0	1	141.0	161	83	70	5	35	0	88	11	1	8	606			1.390	10.3	0.3	2.2	5.6	2.51	MEM SOUL
1993	26	KCR-min	AA	3	2	.600	4.20	6	5	1	0	0	0	30.0	34	16	14	2	4	0	14	4	0	1	126			1.267	10.2	0.6	1.2	4.2	3.50	MEM SOUL
1994	27	CHW-min	AA,AAA	9	4	.692	1.30	56	0	44	0	0	8	69.1	54	15	10	0	21	3	48	3	0	6	278			1.082	7.0	0.0	2.7	6.2	2.29	BIR,NVL SOUL,AA
1995	28	CHW-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.45	28	0	21	0	0	9	37.1	39	7	6	3	10	5	29	0	0	2	156			1.313	9.4	0.7	2.4	7.0	2.90	NVL AA
1995	28	CHW	AL	4	2	.667	1.69	31	0	10	0	0	0	32.0	33	8	6	2	12	2	24	1	0	1	137	269	3.63	1.406	9.3	0.6	3.4	6.8	2.00
1996	29	CHW-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		NVL AA
1996	29	CHW	AL	7	4	.636	5.76	50	0	13	0	0	1	59.1	61	42	38	10	41	8	46	2	0	4	278	83	5.99	1.719	9.3	1.5	6.2	7.0	1.12
1997	30	CHW-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.93	13	0	8	0	0	3	18.2	12	5	4	1	6	0	11	1	0	1	78			0.964	5.8	0.5	2.9	5.3	1.83	NVL AA
1997	30	CHW	AL	3	1	.750	2.91	52	0	25	0	0	15	52.2	50	18	17	4	26	4	30	0	0	6	224	152	4.44	1.443	8.5	0.7	4.4	5.1	1.15
1998	31	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	5.15	61	0	26	0	0	11	64.2	63	39	37	8	33	8	52	7	0	1	299	88	4.99	1.485	8.8	1.1	4.6	7.2	1.58
1998	31	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	5.15	32	0	23	0	0	11	36.2	33	21	21	2	19	6	30	5	0	0	167	89	4.18	1.418	8.1	0.5	4.7	7.4	1.58
1998	31	CHC	NL	3	1	.750	5.14	29	0	3	0	0	0	28.0	30	18	16	6	14	2	22	2	0	1	132	86	6.07	1.571	9.6	1.9	4.5	7.1	1.57
1999	32	CHC-min	AAA	0	0		6.35	5	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	24			1.235	9.5	1.6	1.6	9.5	6.00	IWA PCL
1999	32	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	2.50	16	0	2	0	0	0	18.0	16	5	5	3	9	0	9	2	0	1	80	182	6.13	1.389	8.0	1.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
2000	33	CHC-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.01	20	1	5	0	0	2	42.2	46	23	19	2	12	1	35	2	0	2	184			1.359	9.7	0.4	2.5	7.4	2.92	IWA PCL
2000	33	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	6.14	13	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	19	11	10	3	11	0	5	0	0	2	75	76	7.36	2.045	11.7	1.8	6.8	3.1	0.45
6 Yrs				21	13	.618	4.21	223	0	81	0	0	27	241.1	242	123	113	30	132	22	166	12	0	15	1093	109	5.17	1.550	9.0	1.1	4.9	6.2	1.26
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.618	4.21	68	0	25	0	0	8	74	74	38	34	9	40	7	51	4	0	5	333	109	5.17	1.550	9.0	1.1	4.9	6.2	1.26

CHW (4 yrs)				16	11	.593	4.08	165	0	71	0	0	27	180.2	177	89	82	18	98	20	130	8	0	11	806	112	4.75	1.522	8.8	0.9	4.9	6.5	1.33
CHC (3 yrs)				5	2	.714	4.60	58	0	10	0	0	0	60.2	65	34	31	12	34	2	36	4	0	4	287	98	6.40	1.632	9.6	1.8	5.0	5.3	1.06

AL (4 yrs)				16	11	.593	4.08	165	0	71	0	0	27	180.2	177	89	82	18	98	20	130	8	0	11	806	112	4.75	1.522	8.8	0.9	4.9	6.5	1.33
NL (3 yrs)				5	2	.714	4.60	58	0	10	0	0	0	60.2	65	34	31	12	34	2	36	4	0	4	287	98	6.40	1.632	9.6	1.8	5.0	5.3	1.06

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