Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2002Rd 7, Pk 193
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2005
- Draft
- 2002Rd 7, Pk 193
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 444
- W
- 29
- L
- 33
- ERA
- 3.52
- IP
- 439.2
- K
- 319
- BB
- 84
- WHIP
- 1.19
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 |
| 2006 | PIT | 85 | 9 | 1 | 3.79 | 80.2 | 56 | 12 | 1.15 |
| 2007 | PIT | 76 | 4 | 7 | 2.28 | 79.0 | 64 | 16 | 1.01 |
| 2008 | PIT | 49 | 2 | 3 | 3.02 | 53.2 | 39 | 5 | 0.97 |
| 2009 | PIT | 57 | 4 | 8 | 5.80 | 54.1 | 46 | 17 | 1.66 |
| 2010 |  WSH/MIN | 74 | 5 | 3 | 2.47 | 73.0 | 59 | 17 | 1.26 |
| 2011 | MIN | 69 | 4 | 7 | 4.25 | 65.2 | 34 | 13 | 1.20 |
| 2012 | MIN | 30 | 1 | 4 | 3.68 | 29.1 | 18 | 4 | 1.09 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 9.00
- IP
- 1.0
- K
- 0
- BB
- 0
- WHIP
- 2.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.5
- GB
- 586
- FB
- 814
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 10
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 3 | 9 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2006 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 112 | 146 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2007 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 79 | 153 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2008 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 54 | 110 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2009 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 81 | 104 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2010 | WSH/MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 116 | 112 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 97 | 126 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2012 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 44 | 54 | 0.8 | 3 |
What were Matt Capps's career stats?
Matt Capps played 8 seasons for the Pirates and the Twins. He had 29 wins and 319 strikeouts with a 3.52 ERA over 439.2 innings. His best season was 2006: 9 wins, a 3.79 ERA and 56 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 2005 to 2012
Matt Capps finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 105th in saves (138)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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