Matt Mantei

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 181lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: July 7, 1973 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 25th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from River Valley HS (Three Oaks, MI).

High School: River Valley HS (Three Oaks, MI)

Debut: June 18, 1995 (Age 21-346d, 16,696th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 1, 2005 (Age 31-359d)
vs. TOR 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Bob Garber

Full Name: Matthew Bruce Mantei

Nicknames: The Ice Man

Pronunciation: \MAN-tie\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.3

ERA

4.07

315

322.2

396

WHIP

1.392

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
1991	17	SEA-min	Rk	1	4	.200	6.69	17	5	4	0	0	0	40.1	54	40	30	0	28	2	29	1	8	7	202			2.033	12.0	0.0	6.2	6.5	1.04	MRE ARIZ
1992	18	SEA-min	Rk	1	1	.500	5.62	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	10	10	1	5	0	19	0	0	0	68			1.438	10.1	0.6	2.8	10.7	3.80	MRE ARIZ
1993	19	SEA-min	A-	1	1	.500	5.96	26	0	21	0	0	12	25.2	26	19	17	2	15	0	34	1	0	4	120			1.597	9.1	0.7	5.3	11.9	2.27	BLH NORW
1994	20	SEA-min	A	5	1	.833	2.06	48	0	43	0	0	26	48.0	42	14	11	2	21	3	70	1	0	6	201			1.313	7.9	0.4	3.9	13.1	3.33	APP MIDW
1995	21	FLA-min	AA,AAA	1	1	.500	2.45	14	0	5	0	0	1	18.1	11	6	5	1	10	0	25	2	0	0	75			1.145	5.4	0.5	4.9	12.3	2.50	PRT,CHR EL,IL
1995	21	FLA	NL	0	1	.000	4.73	12	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	12	8	7	1	13	0	15	0	0	1	64	91	4.75	1.875	8.1	0.7	8.8	10.1	1.15
1996	22	FLA-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.70	7	0	6	0	0	2	7.2	6	4	4	1	7	0	8	0	0	3	36			1.696	7.0	1.2	8.2	9.4	1.14	CHR IL
1996	22	FLA	NL	1	0	1.000	6.38	14	0	1	0	0	0	18.1	13	13	13	2	21	1	25	1	0	2	89	65	5.46	1.855	6.4	1.0	10.3	12.3	1.19

1997	23	FLA-min	A+,AA	1	0	1.000	6.30	9	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	5	7	7	1	14	0	18	0	0	1	48			1.900	4.5	0.9	12.6	16.2	1.29	BRE,PRT FLOR,EL
1998	24	FLA-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.51	16	0	8	0	0	3	16.1	11	10	10	2	18	1	25	0	0	2	76			1.776	6.1	1.1	9.9	13.8	1.39	CHR IL
1998	24	FLA	NL	3	4	.429	2.96	42	0	23	0	0	9	54.2	38	19	18	1	23	3	63	7	0	0	224	137	2.72	1.116	6.3	0.2	3.8	10.4	2.74
1999	25	TOT	NL	1	3	.250	2.76	65	0	60	0	0	32	65.1	44	21	20	5	44	1	99	5	0	2	284	162	3.35	1.347	6.1	0.7	6.1	13.6	2.25	MVP-24
1999	25	FLA	NL	1	2	.333	2.72	35	0	32	0	0	10	36.1	24	11	11	4	25	1	50	2	0	0	157	159	4.04	1.349	5.9	1.0	6.2	12.4	2.00
1999	25	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	2.79	30	0	28	0	0	22	29.0	20	10	9	1	19	0	49	3	0	2	127	165	2.48	1.345	6.2	0.3	5.9	15.2	2.58
2000	26	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		2.45	4	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14			1.091	2.5	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67	TUC PCL
2000	26	ARI	NL	1	1	.500	4.57	47	0	38	0	0	17	45.1	31	24	23	4	35	1	53	2	0	5	200	105	4.39	1.456	6.2	0.8	6.9	10.5	1.51
2001	27	ARI	NL	0	0		2.57	8	0	7	0	0	2	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	12	0	0	2	31	190	5.05	1.429	7.7	2.6	5.1	15.4	3.00
2002	28	ARI-min	AAA,AA	1	1	.500	0.64	13	4	2	0	0	0	14.0	11	4	1	0	5	0	14	1	0	1	60			1.143	7.1	0.0	3.2	9.0	2.80	TUC,ELP PCL,TL
2002	28	ARI	NL	2	2	.500	4.73	31	0	6	0	0	0	26.2	28	15	14	3	12	0	26	1	0	1	122	97	3.94	1.500	9.5	1.0	4.1	8.8	2.17
2003	29	ARI-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	13			0.500	4.5	2.3	0.0	9.0		TUC PCL
2003	29	ARI	NL	5	4	.556	2.62	50	0	44	0	0	29	55.0	37	17	16	6	18	1	68	2	0	1	220	180	3.07	1.000	6.1	1.0	2.9	11.1	3.78
2004	30	ARI	NL	0	3	.000	11.81	12	0	9	0	0	4	10.2	17	15	14	5	6	1	13	0	0	0	55	40	8.39	2.156	14.3	4.2	5.1	11.0	2.17
2005	31	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	6.49	34	0	5	0	0	0	26.1	23	20	19	1	24	1	22	5	0	5	125	71	5.15	1.785	7.9	0.3	8.2	7.5	0.92
2006	32	DET-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	20			1.200	1.8	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	TOL IL
10 Yrs				14	18	.438	4.07	315	0	196	0	0	93	322.2	249	154	146	30	200	9	396	23	0	19	1414	110	3.92	1.392	6.9	0.8	5.6	11.0	1.98
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.438	4.07	68	0	42	0	0	20	70	54	33	32	6	43	2	85	5	0	4	305	110	3.92	1.392	6.9	0.8	5.6	11.0	1.98

ARI (6 yrs)				8	11	.421	4.04	178	0	132	0	0	74	173.2	139	83	78	21	94	3	221	8	0	11	755	116	3.86	1.342	7.2	1.1	4.9	11.5	2.35
FLA (4 yrs)				5	7	.417	3.60	103	0	59	0	0	19	122.2	87	51	49	8	82	5	153	10	0	3	534	116	3.74	1.378	6.4	0.6	6.0	11.2	1.87
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.49	34	0	5	0	0	0	26.1	23	20	19	1	24	1	22	5	0	5	125	71	5.15	1.785	7.9	0.3	8.2	7.5	0.92

NL (9 yrs)				13	18	.419	3.86	281	0	191	0	0	93	296.1	226	134	127	29	176	8	374	18	0	14	1289	116	3.81	1.357	6.9	0.9	5.3	11.4	2.13
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.49	34	0	5	0	0	0	26.1	23	20	19	1	24	1	22	5	0	5	125	71	5.15	1.785	7.9	0.3	8.2	7.5	0.92

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