Matthew Liberatore

#52 - Relief Pitcher

St. Louis Cardinals

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	11/6/1999 (25)
Height, Weight	6'4", 215 lb
Hometown	Peoria, AZ

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	0	63.1	3.69	1.23	21.0%	7.6%

	197^th 3 Sv	59^th 45 IP	164^th 4.00 ERA	143^rd 1.28 WHIP	228^th 23.7% K%	110^th 9.1% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	95.1	13.0%	27.8%	-	8.2%	5.15	2.94

	142^nd 94.6 FB MPH	146^th 12.7% SwStr%	240^th 29.2% CSW%	- Str-ICR	302^nd - MTK%	155^th 5.13 PLV	119^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2022	STL	9	7	34.2	2-2	0	1	5.97	1.73	5.26	5.04	4.98	4.65	17.4%	11.2%	10.9	1.30	.346	13.2%	70.4%	43.0%	39.5%	9.5%	25.2%	0.35	4.80
2023	STL	22	11	61.2	3-6	0	2	5.25	1.48	5.80	4.28	5.06	4.62	16.7%	9.1%	9.6	0.73	.314	8.2%	60.7%	41.2%	44.4%	8.4%	24.6%	0.34	4.82
2024	STL	60	6	86.0	3-4	0	7	4.40	1.27	4.05	4.11	4.12	3.24	21.2%	7.8%	8.5	1.15	.293	12.9%	70.1%	36.5%	45.8%	13.1%	27.6%	0.51	5.07
RP MLB Percentile		63	0	82	37-38	0	55	52	57	50	60	48	65	34	67	43	61	46	66	48	69	66	57	30	-	54
RP MLB AVG		41	0	45.0	3-2	3	7	4.00	1.28	4.11	4.05	4.01	3.18	23.7%	9.1%	8.0	1.07	.288	12.5%	72.5%	36.8%	44.8%	12.7%	29.2%	0.53	5.13
Career		91	24	182.1	8-12	0	10	4.99	1.43	-	-	-	3.97	18.9%	8.9%	9.3	1.04	.311	11.4%	66.6%	39.5%	44.0%	10.7%	26.1%	0.42	4.93

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 29%
Slider | 28%
Sinker | 20%
Cutter | 12%
Curveball | 6%
Changeup | 4%
All

2022 2023 2024 All

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	34.6%	93.6	42.7%	28.7%	62.2%	9.8%	11.6%	21.3%	44.4%	33.3%	43.8%	41.7%	9.5%	.345	.400	+9	7.7	7.1%	4.80
2023	38.3%	94.2	52.5%	26.9%	64.0%	7.9%	14.8%	22.7%	45.3%	32.6%	38.2%	42.7%	8.8%	.305	.337	+6	2.0	10.3%	4.87
2024	28.6%	94.7	51.8%	20.9%	63.9%	8.5%	19.8%	28.4%	52.6%	34.5%	48.3%	37.9%	21.4%	.262	.216	-2	2.0	3.9%	4.96
RP MLB Percentile	22	57	46	17	31	32	80	62	64	62	51	48	25	42	72	57	42	78	52
RP MLB AVG	40.1%	94.6	51.0%	26.4%	65.5%	11.0%	16.7%	27.8%	52.3%	35.7%	41.1%	41.0%	12.9%	.244	.295	+0	-0.3	6.5%	4.95

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.276	.379	.289	.412	-	14.6%	41.7%	89.4	87.2	20.6	4.2	9.6	0.4	6.2	6.4	2,101
2023	.319	.387	.335	.435	-	9.0%	42.7%	90.6	85.1	18.3	4.3	9.6	1.1	6.2	6.3	2,130
2024	.245	.376	.188	.395	-	12.1%	37.9%	90.7	91.3	20.5	4.1	9.6	0.6	6.3	6.3	2,113
RP MLB Percentile	42	36	91	46	-	41	48	44	29	53	29	55	77	94	30	10
RP MLB AVG	.242	.337	.289	.386	-	9.1%	41.0%	90.2	88.6	18.6	5.0	9.0	-0.8	5.6	6.4	2,291

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	225	66	140	85	11	6	1	2	20	25	20	11	7	0
2023	406	111	260	146	20	8	1	3	32	39	38	16	5	1
2024	388	73	248	140	6	5	0	6	17	29	22	9	6	0
RP MLB Percentile	64	55	62	31	54	15	19	18	38	-	-	35	59	43
RP MLB AVG	246	61	163	83	8	2	0	2	12	16	15	15	7	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	33.3%	22.9%	43.8%	20.8%	27.1%	39.6%	33.3%	20.8%	6.3%	14.6%	39.6%	-	58.4%	41.7%
2023	32.6%	29.2%	38.2%	9.0%	31.5%	30.3%	38.2%	29.2%	4.5%	9.0%	41.6%	-	57.3%	42.7%
2024	34.5%	17.2%	48.3%	17.2%	25.9%	44.8%	29.3%	17.2%	8.6%	12.1%	31.0%	-	62.0%	37.9%
RP MLB Percentile	62	65	51	67	21	71	62	63	27	41	67	-	-	48
RP MLB AVG	35.7%	23.2%	41.1%	13.1%	31.6%	35.5%	32.9%	25.1%	6.9%	9.1%	37.6%	-	58.9%	41.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.345	.429	.400	.426	+9	.276	.379	.289	.412	89.4	87.2	20.6	9.5
2023	.305	.355	.337	.360	+6	.319	.387	.335	.435	90.6	85.1	18.3	8.8
2024	.262	.389	.216	.298	-2	.245	.376	.188	.395	90.7	91.3	20.5	21.4
RP MLB Percentile	42	37	72	62	57	42	36	91	46	44	29	53	25
RP MLB AVG	.244	.333	.295	.331	+0	.242	.337	.289	.386	90.2	88.6	18.6	12.9

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	42.7%	62.2%	50.7%	28.7%	19.3%	19.6%	80.7%	87.0%	67.6%	11.6%	9.8%	21.3%	34.3%	21.3%	53.3%	0.24	44.4%
2023	52.5%	64.0%	49.3%	26.9%	16.0%	19.5%	84.0%	91.2%	63.5%	14.8%	7.9%	22.7%	34.2%	21.9%	56.2%	0.30	45.3%
2024	51.8%	63.9%	44.1%	20.9%	19.3%	20.6%	80.7%	83.3%	71.8%	19.8%	8.5%	28.4%	23.4%	14.9%	59.5%	0.55	52.6%
RP MLB Percentile	46	31	14	17	47	15	47	51	41	80	32	62	43	51	35	55	64
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	65.5%	48.7%	26.4%	22.5%	21.6%	77.5%	81.5%	66.3%	16.7%	11.0%	27.8%	-	-	60.2%	0.54	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	42.7%	26.2%	27.1%	46.7%	52.9%	24.9%	22.2%	36.9%	36.0%	8.4%
2023	52.5%	42.4%	26.1%	31.5%	53.7%	26.4%	20.0%	27.3%	46.6%	8.4%
2024	51.8%	45.1%	28.9%	26.0%	56.2%	25.8%	18.0%	19.1%	52.1%	8.0%
RP MLB Percentile	46	83	51	15	70	43	31	5	87	44
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	35.1%	27.8%	37.1%	51.1%	26.7%	22.3%	28.8%	43.4%	7.9%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	51.6%	16.9%	31.6%	17.2%	65.4%	50.0%	13.8%	18.3%	15.5%
2023	63.1%	15.5%	21.4%	16.4%	53.6%	44.8%	18.0%	24.1%	18.4%
2024	68.6%	12.1%	19.3%	10.9%	64.9%	51.9%	22.9%	22.7%	12.0%
RP MLB Percentile	99	85	6	32	57	56	65	66	24
RP MLB AVG	54.4%	14.1%	31.5%	13.2%	62.0%	51.1%	21.8%	20.6%	18.5%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	93.6	6.4	7.7	15.3	17.3	-5.3	0.4	2,101	4.80
2023	94.2	6.3	7.2	15.5	17.2	-5.4	0.4	2,130	4.87
2024	94.7	6.3	7.3	15.6	17.3	-5.2	0.3	2,113	4.96
RP MLB Percentile	57	30	37	53	37	12	4	10	52
RP MLB AVG	94.6	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	2,291	4.95

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2022	225	4.80	4.68	38.2%	21.8%	40.0%	-1.8%	7.7	+9
2023	406	4.87	4.48	40.6%	17.2%	42.1%	-1.5%	2.0	+6
2024	388	4.96	3.57	45.9%	18.0%	36.1%	9.8%	2.0	-2
RP MLB Percentile	64	52	-	44	74	60	60	42	57
RP MLB AVG	246	4.95	1.17	46.1%	17.0%	36.9%	9.1%	-0.3	+0

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	10.8%	85.9	28.6%	34.0%	57.1%	14.3%	8.6%	22.9%	51.4%	44.4%	22.2%	22.2%	0.0%	.286	.444	+1	1.2	7.1%	5.26
2023	12.8%	86.6	44.4%	29.3%	60.7%	13.3%	14.1%	27.4%	45.9%	43.5%	26.1%	43.5%	0.0%	.333	.435	+3	3.2	6.7%	5.04
2024	27.5%	87.4	42.5%	40.5%	67.9%	23.3%	8.0%	31.3%	54.5%	50.0%	32.4%	33.8%	0.0%	.185	.270	+1	-5.0	9.1%	5.24
RP MLB Percentile	49	78	60	79	82	84	11	50	30	70	37	55	64	65	57	44	92	25	62
RP MLB AVG	30.0%	85.5	41.6%	32.1%	62.1%	15.5%	14.8%	30.3%	50.0%	41.6%	36.9%	38.0%	13.3%	.236	.295	+1	1.1	6.8%	5.19

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.238	.219	.370	.340	-	0.0%	22.2%	87.6	92.3	11.6	-1.9	1.4	0.7	6.1	6.3	2,548
2023	.312	.353	.407	.429	-	8.7%	43.5%	87.9	84.7	14.1	-1.7	0.7	1.2	6.2	6.4	2,654
2024	.192	.242	.258	.306	-	2.7%	33.8%	86.8	85.6	13.6	-1.7	0.7	0.7	6.3	6.3	2,703
RP MLB Percentile	43	46	37	49	-	62	55	49	66	59	42	36	78	93	33	89
RP MLB AVG	.226	.298	.276	.373	-	7.3%	38.0%	86.7	86.6	14.7	-2.5	1.1	-0.9	5.6	6.4	2,429

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	70	14	40	30	4	0	0	0	4	4	2	5	0	0
2023	135	32	82	53	4	6	0	0	10	10	10	7	1	1
2024	374	116	254	120	13	7	0	0	20	20	25	34	8	0
RP MLB Percentile	80	87	83	27	11	7	16	58	14	-	-	81	7	28
RP MLB AVG	164	41	104	60	5	2	0	1	8	10	9	12	3	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	44.4%	33.3%	22.2%	0.0%	33.3%	44.4%	22.2%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	-	77.8%	22.2%
2023	43.5%	30.4%	26.1%	4.3%	52.2%	8.7%	39.1%	34.8%	0.0%	8.7%	30.4%	-	56.5%	43.5%
2024	50.0%	17.6%	32.4%	12.2%	56.8%	32.4%	10.8%	29.7%	1.4%	2.7%	32.4%	-	66.2%	33.8%
RP MLB Percentile	70	63	37	60	67	54	23	22	61	62	49	-	-	55
RP MLB AVG	41.6%	21.7%	36.9%	9.9%	48.1%	31.7%	20.2%	23.9%	5.7%	7.3%	35.6%	-	63.2%	38.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.286	.253	.444	.444	+1	.238	.219	.370	.340	87.6	92.3	11.6	0.0
2023	.333	.388	.435	.435	+3	.312	.353	.407	.429	87.9	84.7	14.1	0.0
2024	.185	.222	.270	.270	+1	.192	.242	.258	.306	86.8	85.6	13.6	0.0
RP MLB Percentile	65	72	57	68	44	43	46	37	49	49	66	59	64
RP MLB AVG	.236	.302	.295	.330	+1	.226	.298	.276	.373	86.7	86.6	14.7	13.3

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	28.6%	57.1%	48.6%	34.0%	29.4%	21.4%	70.6%	88.2%	52.9%	8.6%	14.3%	22.9%	22.5%	12.9%	51.4%	0.34	51.4%
2023	44.4%	60.7%	46.7%	29.3%	28.6%	16.3%	71.4%	90.2%	36.4%	14.1%	13.3%	27.4%	28.0%	17.0%	53.3%	0.42	45.9%
2024	42.5%	67.9%	59.9%	40.5%	38.8%	16.8%	61.2%	76.6%	36.8%	8.0%	23.3%	31.3%	29.1%	19.8%	62.6%	0.59	54.5%
RP MLB Percentile	60	82	94	79	61	73	61	72	58	11	84	50	28	17	83	43	30
RP MLB AVG	41.6%	62.1%	47.3%	32.1%	32.8%	15.5%	67.2%	82.4%	44.8%	14.8%	15.5%	30.3%	-	-	56.8%	0.52	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	28.6%	5.7%	15.7%	78.6%	21.4%	18.6%	60.0%	35.7%	48.6%	4.3%
2023	44.4%	19.3%	22.2%	58.5%	29.6%	25.2%	45.2%	37.8%	40.0%	8.1%
2024	42.5%	12.0%	20.6%	67.4%	20.1%	18.2%	61.8%	32.9%	46.5%	4.5%
RP MLB Percentile	60	16	36	83	74	26	44	64	43	45
RP MLB AVG	41.6%	20.0%	22.4%	57.6%	16.1%	21.5%	62.4%	25.3%	52.4%	6.2%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	42.9%	7.1%	50.0%	10.0%	50.0%	50.0%	13.3%	31.4%	14.3%
2023	51.9%	17.0%	31.1%	15.7%	63.2%	57.9%	21.4%	26.2%	16.7%
2024	48.1%	9.9%	42.0%	14.4%	67.6%	52.1%	11.7%	24.2%	21.7%
RP MLB Percentile	10	31	83	73	85	68	14	40	45
RP MLB AVG	59.0%	8.2%	32.8%	13.6%	59.7%	49.9%	20.2%	26.9%	20.2%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	85.9	6.3	-4.3	0.1	5.4	-8.0	-1.0	2,548	5.26
2023	86.6	6.4	-4.0	-0.9	4.9