Matt Albers

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 225lb (185cm, 102kg)

Born: January 20, 1983 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 23rd round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from William P. Clements HS (Sugar Land, TX).

High School: William P. Clements HS (Sugar Land, TX)

School: San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX)

Last Game: September 28, 2019 (Age 36-251d)
vs. COL 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: SSG Baseball

Full Name: Matthew James Albers

Nicknames: Albie or Big Salt

Pronunciation: \AL-burrs\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

4.35

616

759.0

571

WHIP

1.403

Prospect Rankings

Player News

Hide Majors

Hide Minors

Hide Other

Register Pitching

Register Pitching
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2002	19	-1.1	Martinsville	APPY	Rk	HOU	2	3	.400	5.13	5.73	13	13	0	0	0	0	59.2	61	38	34	2	38	0	72	7	1	5	273	1.659	9.2	0.3	5.7	10.9	1.89
2003	20	-1.4	Tri-City	NYPL	A-	HOU	5	4	.556	2.92	3.86	15	14	0	0	0	0	86.1	69	37	28	1	25	0	94	5	1	4	355	1.089	7.2	0.1	2.6	9.8	3.76
2004	21	-0.6	Lexington	SALL	A	HOU	8	3	.727	3.31	4.12	22	21	0	0	0	0	111.1	95	51	41	3	57	0	140	6	0	11	474	1.365	7.7	0.2	4.6	11.3	2.46
2005	22	-0.7	Salem	CARL	A+	HOU	8	12	.400	4.66	5.21	28	27	0	0	0	0	148.2	161	86	77	15	62	0	146	8	0	7	655	1.500	9.7	0.9	3.8	8.8	2.35
2006	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	HOU	12	3	.800	2.49	3.26	23	23	0	0	0	0	141.0	120	51	39	6	57	2	121	14	0	9	603	1.255	7.7	0.4	3.6	7.7	2.12
2006	23	-3.8	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	2	1	.667	3.96	3.96	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.0	24	11	11	2	10	0	26	2	0	0	107	1.360	8.6	0.7	3.6	9.4	2.60
2006	23	-1.2	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	10	2	.833	2.17	3.10	19	19	0	0	0	0	116.0	96	40	28	4	47	2	95	12	0	9	496	1.233	7.4	0.3	3.6	7.4	2.02
2006	23	-0.8	Mesa	AZFL	Fal		0	1	.000	3.94	4.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	16.0	14	8	7	1	6	0	9	2	0	0	66	1.250	7.9	0.6	3.4	5.1	1.50
2006	23	-6.1	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	0	2	.000	6.00	6.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	17	10	10	1	7	0	11	0	0	0	66	1.600	10.2	0.6	4.2	6.6	1.57
2007	24	-2.8	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	2	3	.400	3.74	4.75	9	9	0	1	0	0	53.0	50	28	22	6	22	0	43	2	0	3	223	1.358	8.5	1.0	3.7	7.3	1.95
2007	24	-5.0	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	4	11	.267	5.86	6.26	31	18	2	0	0	0	110.2	127	77	72	18	50	6	71	7	0	7	508	1.599	10.3	1.5	4.1	5.8	1.42
2008	25	3.6	Aberdeen	NYPL	A-	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00
2008	25	-3.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	3	.500	3.49	3.86	28	3	5	0	0	0	49.0	43	21	19	4	22	1	26	2	0	1	208	1.327	7.9	0.7	4.0	4.8	1.18
2009	26	-0.9	Norfolk	IL	AAA	BAL	1	0	1.000	5.68	7.82	10	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	19	11	8	1	5	0	12	0	0	2	63	1.895	13.5	0.7	3.6	8.5	2.40
2009	26	-2.1	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	6	.333	5.51	5.78	56	0	13	0	0	0	67.0	80	43	41	3	36	3	49	2	0	3	309	1.731	10.7	0.4	4.8	6.6	1.36
2010	27	-1.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	3	.625	4.52	4.88	62	0	19	0	0	0	75.2	78	41	38	6	34	5	49	2	0	2	329	1.480	9.3	0.7	4.0	5.8	1.44
2011	28	1.3	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2011	28	-0.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	4	.500	4.73	4.87	56	0	10	0	0	0	64.2	62	35	34	7	31	1	68	5	0	2	289	1.438	8.6	1.0	4.3	9.5	2.19
2012	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BOS	3	1	.750	2.39	3.13	63	0	12	0	0	0	60.1	46	21	16	9	22	3	44	2	0	1	241	1.127	6.9	1.3	3.3	6.6	2.00
2012	29	0.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	0	1.000	2.29	3.20	40	0	8	0	0	0	39.1	30	14	10	6	15	3	25	1	0	0	157	1.144	6.9	1.4	3.4	5.7	1.67
2012	29	0.5	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	1	1	.500	2.57	3.00	23	0	4	0	0	0	21.0	16	7	6	3	7	0	19	1	0	1	84	1.095	6.9	1.3	3.0	8.1	2.71
2013	30	1.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	1	.750	3.14	3.57	56	0	21	0	0	0	63.0	57	25	22	2	23	3	35	1	0	6	262	1.270	8.1	0.3	3.3	5.0	1.52
2014	31	2.5	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	0	0		0.90	0.90	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	10	1	1	0	3	0	8	1	0	0	42	1.300	9.0	0.0	2.7	7.2	2.67
2015	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHW	1	0	1.000	4.63	4.63	8	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	10	6	6	2	1	0	9	0	0	0	45	0.943	7.7	1.5	0.8	6.9	9.00
2015	32	5.0	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	1	0	1.000	5.59	5.59	7	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	10	6	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	39	1.138	9.3	1.9	0.9	4.7	5.00
2015	32	7.7	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2015	32	3.7	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	0	1.000	1.21	1.45	30	0	5	0	0	0	37.1	31	6	5	3	9	2	28	1	0	0	149	1.071	7.5	0.7	2.2	6.8	3.11
2016	33	4.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	6	.250	6.31	7.71	58	1	11	0	0	0	51.1	67	44	36	10	19	1	30	3	0	4	237	1.675	11.7	1.8	3.3	5.3	1.58
2017	34	5.6	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	7	2	.778	1.62	1.77	63	0	23	0	0	2	61.0	35	12	11	6	17	0	63	4	0	0	233	0.852	5.2	0.9	2.5	9.3	3.71
2018	35		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA-A	MIL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	22	0.450	4.1	0.0	0.0	13.5
2018	35	8.4	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	16.2
2018	35	10.7	Biloxi	SOUL	AA	MIL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	14	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2018	35	13.1	Wisconsin	MIDW	A	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2018	35	6.8	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	3	3	.500	7.34	7.60	34	0	10	0	0	1	34.1	45	29	28	10	12	2	32	2	0	1	157	1.660	11.8	2.6	3.1	8.4	2.67
2019	36	7.7	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	8	6	.571	5.13	5.13	67	0	13	0	0	4	59.2	53	34	34	8	29	3	57	3	1	2	258	1.374	8.0	1.2	4.4	8.6	1.97
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		47	48	.495	4.35	4.73	616	24	145	0	0	7	759.0	751	399	367	87	314	30	571	35	1	29	3288	1.403	8.9	1.0	3.7	6.8	1.82
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		40	28	.588	3.61	4.36	137	107	1	1	0	0	636.0	590	308	255	36	268	2	653	42	2	41	2731	1.349	8.3	0.5	3.8	9.2	2.44
Other (1 season)					Other		0	1	.000	3.94	4.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	16.0	14	8	7	1	6	0	9	2	0	0	66	1.250	7.9	0.6	3.4	5.1	1.50
All Levels (18 Seasons)							87	77	.530	4.01	4.56	759	137	146	1	0	7	1411.0	1355	715	629	124	588	32	1233	79	3	70	6085	1.377	8.6	0.8	3.8	7.9	2.10

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		6	4	.600	4.03	4.80	33	13	1	1	0	0	105.0	105	56	47	11	38	0	91	4	0	5	447	1.362	9.0	0.9	3.3	7.8	2.39
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	2	.846	2.07	2.95	23	19	0	0	0	0	122.0	98	40	28	4	47	2	105	12	0	9	516	1.189	7.2	0.3	3.5	7.7	2.23
A+ (1 season)					Minors		8	12	.400	4.66	5.21	28	27	0	0	0	0	148.2	161	86	77	15	62	0	146	8	0	7	655	1.500	9.7	0.9	3.8	8.8	2.35
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	3	.727	3.28	4.09	23	21	0	0	0	0	112.1	95	51	41	3	57	0	141	6	0	11	477	1.353	7.6	0.2	4.6	11.3	2.47
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	2.85	3.77	17	14	0	0	0	0	88.1	70	37	28	1	26	0	98	5	1	4	363	1.087	7.1	0.1	2.6	10.0	3.77
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	3	.400	5.13	5.73	13	13	0	0	0	0	59.2	61	38	34	2	38	0	72	7	1	5	273	1.659	9.2	0.3	5.7	10.9	1.89