Matt Capps - First Inning

Matt Capps

25-year-old Pitcher

Pittsburgh Pirates

Date of Birth: September 3, 1983

Height: 6-2 Weight: 240

Bats/Throws: R/R

Drafted: Round 7 of 2002 draft

Basic Statistics

Basic Statistics
Year	Age		Team	G	W	L	IP	TBF	H	2B	3B	HR	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	RA9
2005	21	A	Hickory	35	3	4	53.2	209	47			0	15	15	5	39	2.52	0.96	2.52
2005	21	AA	Altoona	17	0	2	20.0	81	21			2	8	6	1	26	2.70	1.10	3.60
2005	21	MLB	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	0	0	4.0	17	5			0	2	2	0	3	4.50	1.25	4.50
2006	22	MLB	Pittsburgh	85	9	1	80.2	329	81	16	1	12	37	34	12	56	3.79	1.15	4.13
2007	23	MLB	Pittsburgh	76	4	7	79.0	315	64	13	0	5	22	20	16	64	2.28	1.01	2.51
2008	24	MLB	Pittsburgh	49	2	3	53.2	211	47	9	2	5	20	18	5	39	3.02	0.96	3.35
2009	25	MLB	Pittsburgh	30	1	4	27.2	121	30	3	0	4	15	15	11	20	4.88	1.48	4.88

Extended Statistics
Year	Age		Team	BB/PA	K/PA	BABIP	GB%	HR/Air	FIP	BsRA9
2005	21	A	Hickory	2.4%	18.7%	.312			2.40
2005	21	AA	Altoona	1.2%	32.1%	.397			2.19
2005	21	MLB	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.0%	17.6%	.395			1.52
2006	22	MLB	Pittsburgh	3.6%	17.0%	.297	45%	9%	4.22	4.36
2007	23	MLB	Pittsburgh	5.1%	20.3%	.278	33%	3%	3.11	2.80
2008	24	MLB	Pittsburgh	2.4%	18.5%	.266	31%	4%	3.26	3.09
2009	25	MLB	Pittsburgh	9.1%	16.5%	.321	42%	8%	4.87	5.49

Extended Statistics

2009: Pittsburgh | 2008: Pittsburgh | 2007: Pittsburgh

Split Statistics with Pittsburgh in 2009
Split	IP	TBF	BB/PA	K/PA	BABIP	GB%	ERA
April	6.1	25	12.0%	16.0%	.222	31%	1.42
May	9.1	49	12.2%	16.3%	.533	48%	9.65
June	11.0	42	4.8%	16.7%	.167	42%	2.45
AWAY	9.2	39	7.7%	12.8%	.250	26%	3.72
HOME	18.0	82	9.8%	18.3%	.358	50%	5.50

Batted Ball Chart

Game Log

Game Log


Date	Level		IP	R	ER	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB
July 2	MLB	vs. NY Mets	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
June 30	MLB	vs. Chi Cubs	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
June 26	MLB	vs. Kansas City	1.0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
June 25	MLB	vs. Cleveland	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
June 23	MLB	vs. Cleveland	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
June 19	MLB	@ Colorado	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
June 14	MLB	vs. Detroit	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
June 11	MLB	@ Atlanta	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
June 10	MLB	@ Atlanta	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
June 6	MLB	@ Houston	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
June 2	MLB	vs. NY Mets	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
June 1	MLB	vs. NY Mets	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
May 30	MLB	vs. Houston	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
May 25	MLB	@ Chi Cubs	0.1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
May 24	MLB	@ Chi White Sox	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
May 20	MLB	@ Washington	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
May 18	MLB	@ Washington	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
May 16	MLB	vs. Colorado	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
May 15	MLB	vs. Colorado	1.0	3	3	5	1	0	1	0	0
May 13	MLB	vs. St. Louis	0.2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
May 12	MLB	vs. St. Louis	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
May 4	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	1.0	4	4	3	0	0	1	1	1
May 2	MLB	vs. Cincinnati	1.0	2	2	5	0	0	0	2	0
April 24	MLB	@ San Diego	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
April 22	MLB	vs. Florida	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
April 21	MLB	vs. Florida	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
April 17	MLB	vs. Atlanta	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
April 16	MLB	vs. Houston	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
April 8	MLB	@ St. Louis	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
April 6	MLB	@ St. Louis	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Player Notes

May 2009

PBC Blog: X-rays show no fracture for Capps

MVN: Pittsburgh Lumber Company: Potential closers

Capps, sending Capps tumbling toward the dugout in pain.

MLB.com: X-rays of Capps' elbow are negative

PBC Blog: No disabled list yet for Capps

PBC Blog: Capps has minor elbow ailment

April 2009

Bird Land: The P-DQ: Pittsburgh closer Matt Capps

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