Matt Walbeck
Chicago Cubs 1993; Minnesota Twins 1994–1996; Detroit Tigers 1997; Anaheim Angels 1998–2000; Philadelphia Phillies 2001; Detroit Tigers 2002–2003
Percentile snapshot
1994 season — qualified batters
of 157 qualified 1994 batters (min 350 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .226 | .367 | .592 | 52.3 | 56.8 | .262 | 0.0 |
| 1994 | 97 | 359 | 338 | 31 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 37 | 1 | 1 | .204 | .246 | .284 | .530 | 33.2 | 35.8 | .240 | -1.1 |
| 1995 | 115 | 422 | 393 | 40 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 25 | 71 | 3 | 1 | .257 | .302 | .316 | .617 | 58.8 | 60.4 | .282 | 0.2 |
| 1996 | 63 | 227 | 215 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 1 | .223 | .252 | .298 | .550 | 33.6 | 37.5 | .247 | -0.7 |
| 1997 | 47 | 151 | 137 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .277 | .331 | .365 | .696 | 83.2 | 82.3 | .315 | 0.5 |
| 1998 | 108 | 380 | 338 | 41 | 87 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 68 | 1 | 1 | .257 | .317 | .367 | .684 | 78.4 | 78.1 | .307 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 107 | 321 | 288 | 26 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 46 | 2 | 3 | .240 | .308 | .306 | .614 | 59.9 | 58.8 | .283 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | 47 | 155 | 146 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 1 | .199 | .240 | .356 | .596 | 44.2 | 48.3 | .262 | -0.2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 469.3 | 427.1 | .895 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 27 | 89 | 85 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .258 | .259 | .517 | 39.9 | 42.3 | .234 | -0.1 |
| 2003 | 59 | 144 | 138 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | .174 | .197 | .239 | .436 | 12.1 | 17.1 | .195 | -0.6 |
Career totals
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 | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-05-15 | LAA @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1996-08-10 | MIN @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2000-04-20 | LAA @ TOR Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1994-05-20 | BOS @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1998-06-04 | LAA @ SEA Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
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.