Steven Matz

#32 - Starting Pitcher

St. Louis Cardinals

Bats / Throws	Right / Left
Date of Birth	5/29/1991 (32)
Height, Weight	6'2", 201 lb
Hometown	Stony Brook, NY

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	4-7	105.0	3.86	1.33	21.8%	7.1%	29.5%

	125^th 7 W	109^th 114 IP	64^th 4.60 ERA	114^th 1.33 WHIP	97^th 21.6% K%	67^th 8.0% BB%	49^th 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.1	12.1%	26.1%	48.4%	4.89	4.22

	55^th 93.5 FB MPH	81^st 11.7% SwStr%	75^th 27.6% HC%	42^nd 43.8% GB%	140^th 4.98 PLV	80^th 4.57 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	NYM	30	30	154.0	5	11	3.97	-	4.62	-	1.25	7.8	23.2%	8.9%	.270	-	-	1.46	-	74.9%	10.0%	29.6%	-
2019	NYM	32	30	160.1	11	10	4.21	-	4.61	-	1.34	9.2	22.1%	7.5%	.304	-	-	1.52	-	75.5%	10.8%	28.5%	-
2020	NYM	9	6	30.2	0	5	9.68	7.38	7.82	4.18	1.70	12.3	25.4%	7.0%	.346	33.3%	36.8%	4.11	40.0%	58.6%	11.1%	28.1%	5.14
2021	TOR	29	29	150.2	14	7	3.82	4.11	3.79	3.96	1.33	9.4	22.3%	6.6%	.321	26.2%	49.0%	1.08	13.4%	75.4%	10.4%	28.8%	5.16
2022	STL	15	10	48.0	5	3	5.25	4.63	3.78	3.20	1.25	9.4	26.1%	4.8%	.316	24.6%	36.9%	1.50	17.4%	66.9%	13.7%	31.9%	5.33
2023	STL	25	17	105.0	4	7	3.86	4.22	3.75	4.09	1.33	9.3	21.8%	7.1%	.320	26.1%	48.4%	0.94	11.3%	74.5%	12.1%	29.5%	4.89
SP MLB Percentile		60	32	45	29	38	67	60	84	69	43	32	51	65	19	62	79	81	82	63	58	75	28
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7	7	4.60	4.57	4.59	4.55	1.33	8.9	21.6%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.8%	1.37	15.3%	72.1%	11.7%	28.0%	4.98
6 Years		140	122	648.2	39	43	4.34	-	-	-	1.33	9.1	22.8%	7.3%	.306	20.5%	46.0%	1.43	33.0%	73.8%	11.0%	29.2%	5.10

Repertoire

Sinker | 56%
Changeup | 27%
Curveball | 15%
Slider | 2%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	93.4	1.8%	-	-	6.1%	16.3%	22.4%	55.1%	53.1%	-	-	.111	.272	.000	-	-	-	-	-
2019	93.3	21.1%	-	-	7.7%	18.1%	25.8%	59.6%	53.9%	-	-	.287	.341	.322	-	-	-	-	-
2020	94.4	54.2%	22.0%	49.6%	9.3%	18.4%	27.7%	63.8%	58.3%	34.0%	44.7%	.317	.441	.317	28.6%	.300	.409	32.4%	2,206
2021	94.5	52.0%	20.5%	57.4%	8.5%	22.0%	30.5%	67.4%	60.9%	45.7%	27.4%	.296	.345	.370	11.5%	.285	.343	28.2%	2,182
2022	94.5	48.7%	24.6%	53.8%	14.0%	21.3%	35.4%	65.9%	60.3%	27.7%	31.9%	.299	.388	.429	33.3%	.303	.385	24.7%	2,274
2023	94.1	56.1%	24.7%	49.6%	11.4%	18.4%	29.7%	64.3%	59.7%	45.4%	32.2%	.240	.316	.297	12.2%	.231	.303	26.1%	2,225
SP MLB Percentile	72	98	46	38	96	32	69	32	50	22	82	79	66	56	54	83	75	77	73
SP MLB AVG	92.7	25.0%	25.8%	51.1%	5.7%	20.9%	26.6%	66.1%	58.8%	55.5%	23.2%	.299	.360	.320	16.4%	.291	.359	32.9%	2,144

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.300	.409	.313	.473	32.4%	10.6%	46.8%	32.4%	91.6	89.0	21.5	8.6	7.7	1.5	5.6	6.4	2,206
2021	.285	.343	.350	.402	28.2%	7.2%	41.7%	28.5%	89.1	88.0	9.6	9.2	7.2	1.7	5.7	6.4	2,182
2022	.303	.385	.446	.579	24.7%	8.5%	57.4%	31.8%	90.7	85.5	13.8	9.4	7.2	1.6	5.7	6.4	2,274
2023	.231	.303	.285	.343	26.1%	4.6%	34.2%	22.6%	89.6	87.6	12.1	8.9	6.6	1.5	5.5	6.5	2,225
SP MLB Percentile	83	75	70	61	77	65	65	78	53	54	21	40	73	82	31	50	73
SP MLB AVG	.291	.359	.309	.367	32.9%	6.6%	38.1%	29.3%	89.5	86.6	6.2	9.0	5.3	-0.8	5.6	6.4	2,144

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	49	10	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	27	22	.111	.444	.272
2019	570	125	22	5	1	5	23	8	0	0	340	230	.287	.478	.341
2020	343	68	10	3	0	6	13	8	0	0	219	124	.317	.667	.441
2021	1,330	326	65	14	1	7	71	31	1	0	897	433	.296	.422	.345
2022	413	85	15	3	0	5	30	7	1	0	272	141	.299	.532	.388
2023	1,046	230	30	12	1	6	53	24	1	0	673	373	.240	.397	.316
SP MLB Percentile	96	91	14	5	6	9	98	6	31	15	97	2	79	58	66
SP MLB AVG	286	81	14	4	0	2	11	7	1	0	192	93	.299	.454	.360

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	34.0%	21.3%	44.7%	14.9%	28.6%	38.3%	34.0%	27.7%	22.4%	2.1%	19.1%	31.9%	31.9%	4.3%	44.7%
2021	45.7%	26.9%	27.4%	6.7%	11.5%	24.2%	38.6%	37.2%	20.2%	2.7%	36.8%	18.8%	28.7%	5.8%	37.7%
2022	27.7%	40.4%	31.9%	4.3%	33.3%	34.0%	27.7%	38.3%	19.1%	0.0%	19.1%	23.4%	40.4%	8.5%	55.3%
2023	45.4%	22.4%	32.2%	9.9%	12.2%	25.7%	36.8%	37.5%	20.1%	3.3%	34.2%	28.3%	21.7%	7.9%	34.9%
SP MLB Percentile	22	43	82	84	54	15	60	85	70	43	32	86	67	20	44
SP MLB AVG	55.5%	21.3%	23.2%	5.4%	16.4%	37.4%	35.2%	27.4%	18.0%	4.9%	40.6%	17.2%	25.1%	5.6%	33.7%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.111	.272	.000	.143	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.287	.341	.322	.359	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	32.4%	10.6%	46.8%	32.4%	.317	.441	.317	.404	.300	.409	.313	.473	91.6	89.0	21.5
2021	28.2%	7.2%	41.7%	28.5%	.296	.345	.370	.390	.285	.343	.350	.402	89.1	88.0	9.6
2022	24.7%	8.5%	57.4%	31.8%	.299	.388	.429	.489	.303	.385	.446	.579	90.7	85.5	13.8
2023	26.1%	4.6%	34.2%	22.6%	.240	.316	.297	.325	.231	.303	.285	.343	89.6	87.6	12.1
SP MLB Percentile	77	65	65	78	79	66	56	56	83	75	70	61	53	54	21
SP MLB AVG	32.9%	6.6%	38.1%	29.3%	.299	.360	.320	.344	.291	.359	.309	.367	89.5	86.6	6.2

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	6.1%	16.3%	22.4%	55.1%	53.1%	15.8%	38.8%	84.2%	-	-	23.3%	-	26.7%	26.7%
2019	-	-	7.7%	18.1%	25.8%	59.6%	53.9%	18.6%	41.6%	81.4%	-	-	20.5%	-	51.8%	43.4%
2020	22.0%	49.6%	9.3%	18.4%	27.7%	63.8%	58.3%	20.5%	45.5%	79.5%	68.4%	83.1%	23.8%	19.5%	58.2%	53.8%
2021	20.5%	57.4%	8.5%	22.0%	30.5%	67.4%	60.9%	18.7%	45.4%	81.3%	63.8%	85.5%	29.3%	17.2%	61.3%	53.0%
2022	24.6%	53.8%	14.0%	21.3%	35.4%	65.9%	60.3%	31.5%	44.6%	68.5%	57.4%	72.3%	29.1%	19.0%	58.5%	50.9%
2023	24.7%	49.6%	11.4%	18.4%	29.7%	64.3%	59.7%	24.7%	46.0%	75.3%	63.1%	79.8%	24.3%	21.0%	61.4%	53.8%
SP MLB Percentile	46	38	96	32	69	32	50	97	53	97	91	95	47	53	39	69
SP MLB AVG	25.8%	51.1%	5.7%	20.9%	26.6%	66.1%	58.8%	12.6%	45.2%	87.4%	76.9%	91.0%	24.3%	21.2%	63.2%	48.1%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61.2%	24.5%	14.3%	-	6.7%	28.6%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59.1%	16.5%	24.4%	-	13.1%	16.5%
2020	37.0%	27.7%	35.3%	56.3%	27.4%	16.3%	7.3%	30.3%	42.0%	60.1%	14.6%	25.4%	49.6%	10.7%	14.9%
2021	26.2%	29.0%	44.8%	47.7%	30.8%	21.4%	9.0%	35.6%	35.3%	58.0%	14.0%	28.0%	57.4%	12.2%	19.0%
2022	25.4%	29.1%	45.5%	51.1%	32.7%	16.2%	11.6%	38.3%	32.7%	54.0%	9.0%	37.0%	53.8%	4.9%	19.6%
2023	34.8%	27.2%	38.0%	56.7%	29.2%	14.1%	7.3%	31.9%	40.8%	56.2%	12.3%	31.5%	49.6%	10.2%	16.1%
SP MLB Percentile	15	62	83	98	49	1	50	25	74	16	73	93	38	7	48
SP MLB AVG	49.2%	25.9%	24.9%	29.2%	29.6%	41.2%	7.5%	40.3%	33.8%	63.8%	15.7%	20.4%	51.1%	18.9%	16.3%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	570	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	343	4.96	1,703	42.9%	18.4%	38.8%	4.1%	8.6	5.25	+4
2021	1,330	5.13	6,826	48.9%	17.7%	33.3%	15.6%	7.0	3.56	+12
2022	413	5.19	2,142	48.7%	16.5%	34.9%	13.8%	8.0	3.22	0
2023	1,046	4.85	5,074	42.5%	17.6%	39.9%	2.7%	-5.5	4.68	-11
SP MLB Percentile	96	67	97	75	22	58	58	88	-	94
SP MLB AVG	286	4.73	1,359	38.4%	20.7%	40.9%	-2.4%	-0.4	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	84.1	0.5%	-	-	7.1%	28.6%	35.7%	64.3%	50.0%	-	-	.500	.440	.667	-	-	-	-	-
2019	84.4	8.8%	-	-	16.0%	15.6%	31.6%	77.6%	69.6%	-	-	.275	.337	.263	-	-	-	-	-
2020	84.9	26.9%	43.8%	38.2%	18.2%	12.4%	30.6%	68.8%	60.6%	42.4%	24.2%	.298	.406	.321	62.5%	.339	.412	32.0%	2,235
2021	85.1	23.4%	39.4%	45.7%	14.2%	9.3%	23.5%	67.1%	60.8%	57.2%	31.0%	.209	.257	.230	13.3%	.213	.266	26.0%	2,252
2022	85.1	28.9%	41.2%	46.5%	14.7%	12.2%	26.9%	69.8%	63.7%	42.4%	35.6%	.200	.236	.241	4.8%	.248	.282	28.2%	2,317
2023	84.2	27.4%	42.6%	44.8%	16.4%	12.3%	28.8%	69.3%	60.9%