Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2023
- Draft
- 2022Rd 18, Pk 550
- College
- Nebraska
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2023
- Draft
- 2022Rd 18, Pk 550
- College
- Nebraska
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 53
- W
- 10
- L
- 17
- ERA
- 5.16
- IP
- 235.1
- K
- 200
- BB
- 69
- WHIP
- 1.34
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | SD | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4.35 | 41.1 | 31 | 12 | 1.23 |
| 2024 | SD | 27 | 7 | 11 | 4.91 | 146.2 | 133 | 40 | 1.26 |
| 2025 | SD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 4.2 | 3 | 6 | 2.57 |
| 2026 |  SD/TOR/WSH | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6.54 | 42.2 | 33 | 11 | 1.59 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 11
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.6
- GB
- 298
- FB
- 436
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 8
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | SD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 52 | 78 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2024 | SD | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 172 | 268 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2025 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | SD/TOR/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 66 | 82 | 0.8 | 0 |
Latest performance
Matt Waldron
Sep 02 · vs ATL · L 9-0
- IP
- 0.2
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- ER
- 0
- BB
- 0
- K
- 1
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 6.54
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Sep 02 | vs ATLL 9-0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mon, Aug 31 | vs MIAW 6-3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Aug 26 | vs COLL 13-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tue, Aug 18 | at TBW 10-5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Wed, Aug 12 | vs BOSW 6-4 | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Sat, Aug 08 | at PHIW 7-5 F/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Matt Waldron's career stats?
Matt Waldron played 4 seasons for the Padres. He had 10 wins and 200 strikeouts with a 5.16 ERA over 235.1 innings. His best season was 2024: 7 wins, a 4.91 ERA and 133 strikeouts.
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Matt Waldron against each club
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (5)
- vs Colorado Rockies (5)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (5)
- vs Atlanta Braves (4)
- vs Miami Marlins (4)
- vs San Francisco Giants (4)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (3)
- vs Washington Nationals (3)
- vs Boston Red Sox (2)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (2)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (2)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (2)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (2)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (2)
- vs Athletics (1)
- vs Chicago Cubs (1)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (1)
- vs Houston Astros (1)
- vs Kansas City Royals (1)
- vs Minnesota Twins (1)
- vs New York Mets (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (1)
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