Matt Garza

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 220 lb

BornNovember 26, 1983 · Selma, CA, USA

MLB debutAugust 11, 2006

Final gameSeptember 27, 2017

Seasons12 (2006–2017)

Minnesota Twins 2006–2007; Tampa Bay Rays 2008–2010; Chicago Cubs 2011–2013; Texas Rangers 2013; Milwaukee Brewers 2014–2017

Percentile snapshot

2014 season — qualified pitchers

3.4

4.6

83.9

SHO

63.2

143

93.1

74.7

52.9

126

16.1

89.7

163.3

1.1

ERA

3.64

41.4

WHIP

1.182

64.4

K/9

6.94

36.8

FIP

3.51

62.1

FIP-

93.2

66.7

ERA+

103.5

44.8

sWAR

1.6

29.9

of 88 qualified 2014 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

99.9

37.8

sWAR

15.6

91.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2006	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2
2007	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-116.5	-100.0	.000	1.4
2008	30	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-23.1	-39.8	.147	3.0
2009	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-121.3	-100.0	.000	2.8
2010	33	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.0	-100.0	.000	2.1
2011	31	71	64	2	6	0	1	1	42	0	.094	.121	.094	.215	-60.0	-40.1	.105	3.0
2012	18	34	30	0	2	1	0	0	23	0	.067	.067	.100	.167	-81.7	-55.8	.072	1.0
2013	24	20	18	1	4	1	2	0	9	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	44.1	49.7	.249	1.9
2014	27	57	49	2	3	1	0	1	21	0	.061	.080	.082	.162	-82.6	-55.0	.077	1.6
2015	26	47	39	0	3	0	0	1	21	1	.077	.100	.077	.177	-73.7	-50.6	.086	-1.7
2016	19	33	28	1	1	0	0	2	17	0	.036	.100	.036	.136	-76.0	-61.7	.078	0.5
2017	24	37	35	1	3	0	1	0	13	0	.086	.111	.086	.197	-63.9	-47.3	.094	0.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2006	10	9	3	6	0	0	0	62	32	23	38	6	50.0	5.76	1.700	6.84	4.61	102.9	77.7	-0.2
2007	16	15	5	7	0	0	0	96	34	32	67	8	83.0	3.69	1.542	7.27	4.25	97.8	117.9	1.4
2008	30	30	11	9	0	3	2	170	76	59	128	19	184.7	3.70	1.240	6.24	4.17	98.1	114.8	3.0
2009	32	32	8	12	0	0	0	177	89	79	189	25	203.0	3.95	1.261	8.38	4.21	97.6	109.3	2.8
2010	33	32	15	10	1	3	1	193	89	63	150	28	204.7	3.91	1.251	6.60	4.39	111.6	100.4	2.1
2011	31	31	10	10	0	2	0	186	73	63	197	14	198.0	3.32	1.258	8.95	2.92	75.3	116.9	3.0
2012	18	18	5	7	0	0	0	90	45	32	96	15	103.7	3.91	1.177	8.33	4.21	104.7	102.9	1.0
2013	24	24	10	6	0	1	0	150	66	42	136	20	155.3	3.82	1.236	7.88	3.88	98.0	103.6	1.9
2014	27	27	8	8	0	1	1	143	66	50	126	12	163.3	3.64	1.182	6.94	3.51	93.2	103.5	1.6
2015	26	25	6	14	0	0	0	176	93	57	104	23	148.7	5.63	1.567	6.30	4.97	125.7	70.2	-1.7
2016	19	19	6	8	0	0	0	117	51	36	70	11	101.7	4.51	1.505	6.20	4.37	102.8	94.1	0.5
2017	24	22	6	9	0	0	0	121	63	45	79	17	114.7	4.94	1.448	6.20	4.93	112.8	88.4	0.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

290

314

274

RBI

155

.0803

OBP

.1095

SLG

.0912

OPS

.2007

Pitching

G (P)

290

284

406th-most career GS

106

484th-most career L

SHO

1,711

SO (P)

1,380

290th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

581

ERA

4.088

WHIP

1.3223

K/9

7.26

173rd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
2011-08-30	CHC @ SF Gameday	4	0	2	0	0	2
2013-06-27	CHC @ MIL Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	2
2013-05-21	CHC @ PIT Gameday	2	0	1	1	2	2
2012-06-07	CHC @ MIL Gameday	2	0	1	1	0	2
2014-05-11	NYY @ MIL Gameday	2	1	1	1	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2011-04-03	PIT @ CHC Gameday	7.0	12	3	3	0	12	0
2007-07-29	MIN @ CLE Gameday	6.0	5	1	1	3	11	0
2008-06-26	TB @ MIA Gameday	9.0	1	1	1	1	10	1
2011-09-21	MIL @ CHC Gameday	9.0	6	1	0	1	10	0
2008-05-28	TEX @ TB Gameday	8.0	4	2	2	2	10	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× ALCS MVP

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.