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Matt Capps

26-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	57	4	8	54.1	251	73	13	2	10	36	35	17	46	5.80	1.65	5.96

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	6.8%	18.3%	.380	43%	10%	4.86	6.91

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
July	8.0	47	8.5%	21.3%	.577	38%	10.13
August	8.2	41	0.0%	19.5%	.400	42%	7.27
September	10.0	43	4.7%	18.6%	.345	52%	4.50
AWAY	17.1	86	8.1%	9.3%	.393	37%	8.83
HOME	37.0	165	6.1%	23.0%	.371	46%	4.38

Batted Ball Chart

Game Log

Game Log


Date	Level		IP	R	ER	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB
October 2	MLB	@ Cincinnati	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
September 27	MLB	vs. LA Dodgers	1.0	3	2	3	0	0	0	1	1
September 25	MLB	vs. LA Dodgers	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
September 21	MLB	vs. San Diego	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
September 18	MLB	vs. San Diego	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
September 15	MLB	@ LA Dodgers	1.0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
September 13	MLB	@ Houston	1.0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
September 9	MLB	vs. Chi Cubs	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
September 5	MLB	vs. St. Louis	2.0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	0
September 1	MLB	@ Cincinnati	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
August 27	MLB	vs. Philadelphia	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
August 25	MLB	vs. Philadelphia	1.0	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
August 21	MLB	vs. Cincinnati	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
August 19	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
August 17	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
August 13	MLB	@ Colorado	0.2	3	3	4	3	0	0	0	0
August 9	MLB	vs. St. Louis	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
August 6	MLB	vs. Arizona	2.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
August 4	MLB	vs. Arizona	1.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
July 31	MLB	vs. Washington	1.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
July 29	MLB	@ San Francisco	0.2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
July 26	MLB	@ Arizona	1.0	2	2	3	0	0	1	1	0
July 22	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	1.0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1
July 18	MLB	vs. San Francisco	1.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
July 17	MLB	vs. San Francisco	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
July 11	MLB	@ Philadelphia	0.1	5	5	6	1	0	2	0	2
July 7	MLB	@ Houston	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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

Player Notes

October 2009

MVN: Pittsburgh Lumber Company: Matt Capps and his 2009 struggles

Matt Capps has decided that the best way to bounce back in 2010 is to throw more fastballs.

September 2009

PBC Blog: Morning links: Capps as closer?

May 2009

PBC Blog: X-rays show no fracture for Capps

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

PBC Blog: No disabled list yet for Capps

PBC Blog: Capps has minor elbow ailment

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