Matt Festa stats
GuardiansRelief Pitcher · #52
Bio
- Age
- 33 yearsMar 11, 1993
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 195 lbs
- Experience
- 7 yearsDebut 2018
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, NY
- Draft
- 2016Rd 7, Pk 207
- College
- East Stroudsburg
Bio
- Age
- 33 yearsMar 11, 1993
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 195 lbs
- Experience
- 7 yearsDebut 2018
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, NY
- Draft
- 2016Rd 7, Pk 207
- College
- East Stroudsburg
Stats
Standard
Guardians- GP
- 64
- W
- 2
- L
- 3
- ERA
- 3.60
- IP
- 65.0
- K
- 69
- BB
- 20
- WHIP
- 1.29
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SEA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 8.1 | 4 | 2 | 1.80 |
| 2019 | SEA | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5.64 | 22.1 | 21 | 12 | 1.43 |
| 2022 | SEA | 53 | 2 | 0 | 4.17 | 54.0 | 64 | 18 | 1.13 |
| 2023 | SEA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 9.0 | 13 | 12 | 1.78 |
| 2024 |  NYM/TEX | 19 | 6 | 1 | 5.70 | 23.2 | 24 | 8 | 1.23 |
| 2025 | CLE | 63 | 5 | 4 | 4.12 | 54.2 | 56 | 15 | 1.08 |
| 2026 | CLE | 64 | 2 | 3 | 3.60 | 65.0 | 69 | 20 | 1.29 |
Career regular season
- GP
- 235
- W
- 15
- L
- 10
- ERA
- 4.22
- IP
- 237.0
- K
- 251
- BB
- 87
- WHIP
- 1.25
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 2.25
- IP
- 4.0
- K
- 3
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 0.50
Expanded
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.6
- GB
- 70
- FB
- 116
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 0
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 11 | 22 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2019 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 26 | 39 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2022 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 56 | 79 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2023 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 6 | 12 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | NYM/TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 18 | 49 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2025 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 64 | 86 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2026 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 70 | 116 | 0.6 | 0 |
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.5
- GB
- 251
- FB
- 403
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 6
Latest performance
Matt Festa
Sep 19 · vs ATH · W 12-6
- IP
- 1.1
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 1
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 3.60
Games
All gamesNext
at BOSTue, Sep 22
vs BOS since 2022
- 6
- GP
- 4.5
- IP
- 1
- H
- 1
- R
- 1
- ER
- 10
- K
| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Sep 19 | vs ATHW 12-6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 13 | at MINW 9-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wed, Sep 09 | at BALL 9-5 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat, Sep 05 | vs DETL 6-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Thu, Sep 03 | vs TORL 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tue, Sep 01 | vsTORW 6-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What are Matt Festa's career stats?
Matt Festa has played 7 seasons for the Mariners and the Guardians. He has 15 wins and 251 strikeouts with a 4.22 ERA over 237.0 innings. His best season so far is 2024: 6 wins, a 5.70 ERA and 24 strikeouts.
Best single games
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 5 vs LAA on Jul 21, 2019, L 9-3
Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2018.
More on Matt Festa
Playoff series
Matt Festa played 3 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 3 series — 1 won, 2 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | DET | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | TOR | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 |  HOU | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Matt Festa against each club
- vs Houston Astros (16)
- vs Texas Rangers (15)
- vs Detroit Tigers (13)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (13)
- vs Minnesota Twins (13)
- vs Athletics (12)
- vs Chicago White Sox (12)
- vs Kansas City Royals (11)
- vs New York Yankees (10)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (10)
- vs Seattle Mariners (9)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (7)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (6)
- vs Boston Red Sox (6)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (6)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (5)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (5)
- vs San Francisco Giants (5)
- vs Atlanta Braves (4)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs San Diego Padres (4)
- vs Chicago Cubs (3)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (3)
- vs Miami Marlins (3)
- vs New York Mets (3)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (3)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (3)
- vs Washington Nationals (3)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (2)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (1)
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