Matt Capps stats

Last played for the Minnesota Twins, 2012

Relief Pitcher

Age 43 · 6' 2"

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Matt Capps played 8 MLB seasons, 2005 to 2012.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
444
W
29
L
33
ERA
3.52
IP
439.2
K
319
BB
84
WHIP
1.19
Standard by season
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.
2005PIT4004.504.0301.25
2006PIT85913.7980.256121.15
2007PIT76472.2879.064161.01
2008PIT49233.0253.23950.97
2009PIT57485.8054.146171.66
2010WSH/MIN74532.4773.059171.26
2011MIN69474.2565.234131.20
2012MIN30143.6829.11841.09

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

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
Expanded by season
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.
2005PIT0006.8390.30
2006PIT0006.21121460.84
2007PIT0007.3791530.51
2008PIT0006.5541100.50
2009PIT0007.6811040.80
2010WSH/MIN0007.311611211
2011MIN0004.7971260.81
2012MIN0005.544540.83

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
43 yearsSep 3, 1983
Height
6' 2"
Debut
2005
Birthplace
Douglasville, GA
Draft
2002Rd 7, Pk 193

Latest performance

Matt Capps

Sep 24 · vs NYY · L 6-3

IP
1.0
H
2
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
0
HR
0
ERA
3.68

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Mon, Sep 24vsNYYL 6-312000
Mon, Jul 16vsBALW 19-712221
Sat, Jul 14vsATHL 9-310001
Sat, Jun 23atCINL 6-011101
Fri, Jun 15vsMILL 5-312221
Tue, Jun 12vsPHIW 11-710000

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 9,244 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.

More on Matt Capps

Playoff series

Matt Capps played 1 game across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.

Matt Capps's line in each playoff series
SeasonOppSeriesGIPIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ERER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.KK: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2010NYYLost 0-111.0210

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.