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Matt Garza

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: November 26, 1983 in Selma, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 40th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (25th) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA).

High School: Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA)

School: California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA)

Last Game: September 27, 2017 (Age 33-305d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Matthew Scott Garza

Nicknames: The Count

Pronunciation: \GAR-zuh\

Twitter: @Gdeuceswild

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.5

106

ERA

4.09

290

284

1710.2

1380

WHIP

1.322

2008 Player Pitching Game Log

2008 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2008-04-02	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6		5.1	6	5	5	2	3	2	0	37	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	87	53	13	7	10	9	4	0
2	2008-04-08	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Seattle Mariners	1-3		2.2	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	33	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	16	70	40	12	7	6	5	3	0
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to A+-FLOR
3	2008-04-20	A+-FLOR	Vero Beach Devil Rays		Brevard County Manatees	1-4		3.2	8	4	4	3	4	0	0	30	17	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	20					7	6	5	1
		Player Moved from A+-FLOR to Maj-AL
4	2008-04-25	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Boston Red Sox	1-5		5.0	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	43	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	84	49	15	4	3	16	5	5
5	2008-05-01	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	6.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	59	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	98	63	12	8	6	12	5	2
6	2008-05-07	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	L	6.2	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	57	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	106	59	15	3	11	11	2	3
7	2008-05-12	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		New York Yankees	1-7	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	69	23	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	25	108	68	17	8	7	13	6	6
8	2008-05-17	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-5		4.1	10	7	6	2	1	1	0	16	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	85	50	13	3	10	13	5	4
9	2008-05-23	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Baltimore Orioles	1-8	W	7.1	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	70	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	101	59	13	6	10	11	2	3
10	2008-05-28	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Texas Rangers	1-8	W	8.0	4	2	2	2	10	0	0	74	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	114	77	22	9	9	9	4	0
11	2008-06-03	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Boston Red Sox	1-6	L	5.1	6	7	5	2	3	2	2	33	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	96	55	16	1	10	9	2	1
12	2008-06-08	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Texas Rangers	1-4	L	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	2	0	39	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	77	48	13	3	6	12	4	3
13	2008-06-14	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Florida Marlins	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	69	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	112	68	11	9	13	8	3	3
14	2008-06-20	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Houston Astros	1-6	L	6.0	7	4	3	2	8	0	0	50	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	26	113	79	14	18	7	10	6	0
15	2008-06-26	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Florida Marlins	1-9	W	9.0	1	1	1	1	10	1	0	90	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	108	76	18	11	8	9	3	3
16	2008-07-01	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Boston Red Sox	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	68	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	102	65	16	7	9	16	4	6
17	2008-07-07	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Kansas City Royals	1-7		6.2	9	3	3	2	5	0	1	47	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	31	109	77	14	12	10	9	3	1
18	2008-07-12	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Cleveland Indians	1-5	L	5.0	11	7	7	2	6	2	0	21	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	108	72	15	14	6	15	4	1
19	2008-07-19	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Toronto Blue Jays	1-8	W	7.2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	81	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	107	70	10	9	7	12	4	1
20	2008-07-24	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Kansas City Royals	1-5	L	5.0	8	4	4	4	0	0	0	31	20	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	25	82	46	12	1	9	12	3	2
21	2008-07-29	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-9	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	81	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	30	106	74	16	9	12	12	5	3
22	2008-08-04	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Cleveland Indians	1-5	L	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	0	39	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22	102	60	12	7	6	10	4	2
23	2008-08-09	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Seattle Mariners	1-6		5.2	10	5	5	1	5	1	0	33	26	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	97	67	12	10	7	14	7	4
24	2008-08-15	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Texas Rangers	1-9	W	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	90	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	119	78	20	14	10	9	1	2
25	2008-08-20	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1-7		6.2	7	4	4	4	7	0	1	47	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	109	69	16	7	9	10	5	1
26	2008-08-27	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Toronto Blue Jays	1-8	W	7.2	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	69	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	31	115	69	19	8	13	10	1	3
27	2008-09-02	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		New York Yankees	1-6	L	5.0	5	6	4	1	2	1	0	38	19	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	22	100	65	17	7	5	13	5	1
28	2008-09-07	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	L	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	67	27	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	29	100	66	12	10	6	15	4	5
29	2008-09-13 (2)	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	New York Yankees	1-5		5.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	43	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	24	83	47	10	2	8	9	1	1
30	2008-09-17	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays		Boston Red Sox	1-5		4.2	5	3	3	2	3	2	0	43	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	75	42	13	2	6	9	4	4
31	2008-09-27	Maj-AL	Tampa Bay Rays	@	Detroit Tigers	1-5		5.0	4	3	3	2	3	1	0	48	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	74	47	12	8	4	12	3	1

2008 Player Pitching Splits

2008 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	31	792	712	87	178	26	6	19	5	1	62	132	.250	.312	.383	.695	.279	273	24	6	3	9	2

Home	16	405	361	38	88	10	5	5	1	1	33	70	.244	.310	.341	.651	.285	123	12	4	2	5	2
Away	15	387	351	49	90	16	1	14	4	0	29	62	.256	.314	.427	.741	.272	150	12	2	1	4	0

April	4	82	70	15	25	2	1	2	0	0	11	10	.357	.439	.500	.939	.390	35	4	0	0	1	1
May	6	160	145	12	32	5	1	2	0	0	14	23	.221	.294	.310	.604	.250	45	4	1	0	0	0
June	5	127	115	16	23	5	0	5	2	1	7	26	.200	.260	.374	.634	.209	43	2	3	0	2	0
July	6	164	152	15	40	5	1	2	0	0	9	25	.263	.305	.349	.654	.299	53	7	1	0	2	0
August	5	142	128	13	32	7	1	3	0	0	12	30	.250	.319	.391	.710	.305	50	5	1	1	0	1
September	5	117	102	16	26	2	2	5	3	0	9	18	.255	.304	.461	.765	.253	47	2	0	2	4	0

As Starter	31	792	712	87	178	26	6	19	5	1	62	132	.250	.312	.383	.695	.279	273	24	6	3	9	2

vs RHB as RHP	31	417	376		94	12	2	8			30	63	.250	.308	.356	.665	.277	134	15	4	2	5	1
vs LHB as RHP	31	375	336		84	14	4	11			32	69	.250	.316	.414	.729	.281	139	9	2	1	4	1

Bases Empty	31	460	424		106	13	2	10			32	92	.250	.309	.361	.670	.298	153	0	4	0	0	0
Runners On	31	332	288		72	13	4	9			30	40	.250	.316	.417	.733	.254	120	24	2	3	9	2

vs. Younger Batters	19	81	69		20	3	2	4			10	21	.290	.388	.565	.953	.364	39	0	1	1	0	0
vs. Older Batters	31	711	643		158	23	4	15			52	111	.246	.303	.364	.667	.272	234	24	5	2	9	2

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	11	9	.550	3.82	31	31	0	188.1	178	87	80	19	62	2	132	6	2	0	792	1.274	6.3	2.13

Home	7	3	.700	3.15	16	16	0	97.0	88	38	34	5	33	2	70	4	0	0	405	1.247	6.5	2.12
Away	4	6	.400	4.53	15	15	0	91.1	90	49	46	14	29	0	62	2	2	0	387	1.303	6.1	2.14

April	0	0		8.10	4	4	0	16.2	25	15	15	2	11	1	10	0	0	0	82	2.160	5.4	0.91
May	4	1	.800	2.52	6	6	0	39.1	32	12	11	2	14	0	23	1	0	0	160	1.170	5.3	1.64
June	2	3	.400	3.73	5	5	0	31.1	23	16	13	5	7	0	26	3	0	0	127	0.957	7.5	3.71
July	3	2	.600	3.12	6	6	0	40.1	40	15	14	2	9	0	25	1	0	0	164	1.215	5.6	2.78
August	2	1	.667	3.44	5	5	0	34.0	32	13	13	3	12	1	30	1	0	0	142	1.294	7.9	2.50
September	0	2	.000	4.73	5	5	0	26.2	26	16	14	5	9	0	18	0	2	0	117	1.313	6.1	2.00

As Starter	11	9	.550	3.82	31	31	0	188.1	178	87	80	19	62	2	132	6	2	0	792	1.274	6.3	2.13

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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