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Matt Capps
Matthew Dicus Capps

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 238 lb.

Debut September 16, 2005

Born September 3, 1983 in Douglasville, GA

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 21 PIT NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  0    4.0    5    2    2   0    0    3   1   0    16   0   0  4.50  4.23   94 1.250
 2006 22 PIT NL   9   1  85   0   0   0  15  1   80.7   81   37   34  12   12   56   3   4   329   5   0  3.79  4.45  117 1.153
 2007 23 PIT NL   4   7  76   0   0   0  47 18   79.0   64   22   20   5   16   64   3   1   315  10   0  2.28  4.35  191 1.013
 2008 24 PIT NL   2   3  49   0   0   0  39 21   53.7   47   20   18   5    5   39   2   0   211   0   0  3.02  4.12  137 0.969
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .577  15  11 214   0   0   0 101 40  217.3  197   81   74  22   33  162   9   5   871  15   0  3.06  4.33  141 1.058
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   3  68   0   0   0  32 12   69.0   62   25   23   6   10   51   2   1   276   4   0  3.06  4.33  141 1.058
 Career High      9   7  85   0   0   0  47 21   80.7   81   37   34  12   16   64   3   4   329  10   0  2.28  4.45  191 0.969

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 22 PIT NL  82    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   -2    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 23 PIT NL  72    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  426    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 24 PIT NL  48    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      206    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .250  .400  .250   76    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .250  .400  .250   76    1   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     82    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 22 PIT NL    3    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .270| .333  .340| .000  .438| .333  .778|  -2  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2007 23 PIT NL    1    0    1         109|1.000  .270|1.000  .339|1.000  .432|2.000  .771| 426         0.5   0.0   0%
 2008 24 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .261| .000  .332| .000  .417| .000  .749|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons         5    3    1   8.9   109| .250  .268| .400  .338| .250  .431| .650  .770|  76  .739  -0.1   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 21 PIT NL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.45 4.50 1.80 0 4.0 2006 22 PIT NL P 85 4 10 2 0 .875 .959 0.16 0.43 1.56 1.72 0 80.7 2007 23 PIT NL P 76 1 8 0 0 1.000 .968 0.12 0.40 1.03 1.67 0 79.0 2008 24 PIT NL P 49 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.10 0.43 0.84 1.73 0 53.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 21 PIT NL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.45 4.50 1.80 0 4.0 2006 22 PIT NL P 85 4 10 2 0 .875 .959 0.16 0.43 1.56 1.72 0 80.7 2007 23 PIT NL P 76 1 8 0 0 1.000 .968 0.12 0.40 1.03 1.67 0 79.0 2008 24 PIT NL P 49 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.10 0.43 0.84 1.73 0 53.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 214 7 23 2 0 .938 .962 0.14 0.42 1.24 1.71 0 217.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 214 7 23 2 0 .938 .962 0.14 0.42 1.24 1.71 0 217
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2006 NL-85-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Pittsburgh Pirates$327,000
2007Pittsburgh Pirates$401,000
2008Pittsburgh Pirates$435,500
Career (may be incomplete)$1,163,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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