Matt Mantei

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 181lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: July 7, 1973 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 25th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from River Valley HS (Three Oaks, MI).

High School: River Valley HS (Three Oaks, MI)

Debut: June 18, 1995 (Age 21-346d, 16,689th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 1, 2005 (Age 31-359d)
vs. TOR 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Bob Garber

Full Name: Matthew Bruce Mantei

Nicknames: The Ice Man

Pronunciation: \MAN-tie\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.3

ERA

4.07

315

322.2

396

WHIP

1.392

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 4 tying, 10 go ahead

3 Tms
ARI	21
FLA	8
BOS	1

Platoon
vs LHB	20
vs RHB	10

Home/Road
Away	16
Home	14

Outs
1	12
0	12
2	6

14 Opps
COL	6
ATL	3
STL	3
LAD	3
CHC	3
PIT	2
SDP	2
FLA	2
NYM	1
SFG	1
PHI	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
MIL	1

26 Batters
Henry Rodríguez	2
Todd Helton	2
Chipper Jones	2
Larry Walker	2
John Olerud	1
Hideki Matsui	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Marlon Anderson	1
Rafael Furcal	1
Austin Kearns	1
Pat Burrell	1
Jeff King	1
Mike Piazza	1
Brooks Kieschnick	1
Todd Hollandsworth	1
Mike Lansing	1
J.D. Drew	1
Eric Karros	1
Cliff Floyd	1
Ryan Klesko	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Jason Bay	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Mike Lowell	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Randall Simon	1

12 Parks
Chase Field (PHO)	11
Coors Fld (DEN)	6
SunLife Stad (MIA)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1

Where Hit
9	9
8	7
7	7
89	5
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	8
1	6
4	5
6	4
2	4
5	2
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	14
1--	7
12-	4
-2-	3
-23	1
1-3	1

52 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	14
1 on	10
2 on	6
Any on	16

Inning
4	1
6	1
7	3
8	5
9	17
Extra	3

4-6	2
7-end	28

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	2
Tied	6
-1	2
-2	11
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	8
Tied	6
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
2-1	5
1-0	3
1-1	3
2-0	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
3-1	2
1-2	1
Unk	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	7
LF	6
PH	4
CF	4
RF	3
SS	2
3B	2
2B	1
C	1

OrderPos
3rd	6
5th	6
6th	5
4th	4
7th	3
2nd	3
1st	1
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-07-22	Mike Piazza	LAD	@	FLA	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	12-		3	4	2	11%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Offerman Scores; R. Mondesí Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1996-05-03	Larry Walker	COL		FLA	ahead 7-5	b 7	0	-2-	6,(3-2) BC*BFBX	2	4	8	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Bichette Scores
3	3	2	1	1996-06-15	Jeff King	PIT		FLA	ahead 7-2	b 6	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	3	3	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. King Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1998-06-17	Chipper Jones	ATL		FLA	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	1--	3,(2-0) 1BB1X	2	3	5	9%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Weiss Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1999-04-05	John Olerud	NYM	@	FLA	behind 1-6	t 9	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	3	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
6	6	2	1	1999-05-19	Henry Rodríguez	CHC	@	FLA	behind 6-7	t 9	2	1--	3,(1-1) 1FBX	2	6	7	72%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball); S. Sosa Scores
7	7	3	1	1999-06-18	Larry Walker	COL		FLA	behind 8-10	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	13%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	4	2	1999-06-18	Todd Helton	COL		FLA	behind 9-10	b 9	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	67%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Bichette Scores
9	9	5	1	1999-09-18	Mike Lowell	FLA	@	ARI	behind 3-5	t 9	2	12-	5,(3-1) BFBBX	3	6	5	71%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Wilson Scores; D. Lee Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2000-04-29	Henry Rodríguez	CHC		ARI	behind 2-4	b 9	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	9	PH	47%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Girardi Scores/unER
11	11	2	1	2000-06-13	Eric Karros	LAD		ARI	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	2000-06-17	Mike Lansing	COL		ARI	ahead 8-5	b 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	4	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Hunter Scores
13	13	4	2	2000-06-17	Todd Helton	COL		ARI	ahead 10-5	b 8	0	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Walker Scores; J. Cirillo Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2001-04-15	Todd Hollandsworth	COL		ARI	tied 7-7	b 10	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	8	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Gant Scores; T. Helton Scores
15	15	2	1	2001-04-24	Cliff Floyd	FLA	@	ARI	behind 7-9	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2002-08-07	Chipper Jones	ATL	@	ARI	behind 1-3	t 8	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	7	30%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Sheffield Scores
17	17	2	1	2002-08-21	Austin Kearns	CIN	@	ARI	behind 2-11	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	4	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	3	1	2002-09-24	J.D. Drew	STL		ARI	tied 0-0	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	21%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2003-05-02	Rafael Furcal	ATL	@	ARI	tied 2-2	t 11	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	6	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
20	20	2	1	2003-05-16	Randall Simon	PIT	@	ARI	tied 5-5	t 12	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	5	3	28%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Giles Scores; A. Ramírez Scores
21	21	3	1	2003-05-23	Jason Bay	SDP	@	ARI	behind 2-5	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .SX	1	7	8	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	4	1	2003-08-29	Andrés Galarraga	SFG	@	ARI	behind 3-5	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	3	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	2003-09-16	Jeromy Burnitz	LAD		ARI	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---	6,(2-2) .BBFSFX	1	6	7	11%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
24	24	6	1	2003-09-26	Jim Edmonds	STL	@	ARI	behind 5-7	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	2	8	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2004-04-11	Marlon Anderson	STL	@	ARI	tied 5-5	t 9	0	---	6,(1-2) ...SBCFFX	1	2	PH	33%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	2004-04-18	Ryan Klesko	SDP		ARI	behind 3-5	b 9	0	12-	3,(2-0) ..BBX	3	5	7	69%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Giles Scores; B. Buchanan Scores
27	27	3	1	2004-04-22	Brooks Kieschnick	MIL		ARI	behind 7-9	b 9	1	-2-	3,(0-2) .CSX	2	6	PH	46%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); L. Overbay Scores
28	28	4	1	2004-04-28	Alex Gonzalez	CHC	@	ARI	tied 3-3	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	37%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	5	1	2004-05-02	Pat Burrell	PHI		ARI	behind 2-4	b 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	8	PH	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Pérez Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2005-04-03	Hideki Matsui	NYY		BOS	ahead 6-1	b 8	1	1--	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	5	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Sheffield Scores