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Birth Date	1-20-1983
Height	6' 1"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	41 years, 10 months, 1 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2006	HOU	MLB	4	2	15.0	0	2	0	17	7	11	1	86	10.2	4.2	0.6	6.6	0%	.340	1.60	3.90	6.00	109	5.06	103.0	0.1
2007	HOU	MLB	31	18	110.7	4	11	0	127	50	71	18	101	10.3	4.1	1.5	5.8	0%	.301	1.60	5.54	5.86	111	5.49	113.6	0.3
2008	BAL	MLB	28	3	49.0	3	3	0	43	22	26	4	106	7.9	4.0	0.7	4.8	0%	.253	1.33	4.62	3.49	113	6.03	128.6	-0.3
2009	BAL	MLB	56	0	67.0	3	6	0	80	36	49	3	108	10.7	4.8	0.4	6.6	0%	.352	1.73	3.95	5.51	109	6.47	138.7	-0.9
2010	BAL	MLB	62	0	75.7	5	3	0	78	34	49	6	113	9.3	4.0	0.7	5.8	0%	.303	1.48	4.21	4.52	107	5.32	120.1	-0.4
2011	BOS	MLB	56	0	64.7	4	4	0	62	31	68	7	110	8.6	4.3	1.0	9.5	0%	.309	1.44	4.03	4.73	106	4.90	114.0	-0.1
2012	ARI	0	23	0	21.0	1	1	0	16	7	19	3	101	6.9	3.0	1.3	8.1	0%	.241	1.10	4.32	2.57	95	5.38	123.4	-0.1
2012	BOS	0	40	0	39.3	2	0	0	30	15	25	6	105	6.9	3.4	1.4	5.7	0%	.218	1.14	4.97	2.29	109	5.66	129.8	-0.4
2013	CLE	MLB	56	0	63.0	3	1	0	57	23	35	2	100	8.1	3.3	0.3	5.0	0%	.274	1.27	3.51	3.14	101	4.53	108.5	0.0
2014	HOU	MLB	8	0	10.0	0	0	0	10	3	8	0	95	9.0	2.7	0.0	7.2	0%	.333	1.30	2.76	0.90	116	5.96	146.2	-0.2
2015	CHA	MLB	30	0	37.3	2	0	0	31	9	28	3	106	7.5	2.2	0.7	6.8	0%	.259	1.07	3.45	1.21	103	4.59	107.3	0.1
2016	CHA	MLB	58	1	51.3	2	6	0	67	19	30	10	103	11.7	3.3	1.8	5.3	49%	.328	1.68	5.75	6.31	124	7.20	159.4	-1.3
2017	WAS	MLB	63	0	61.0	7	2	2	35	17	63	6		5.2	2.5	0.9	9.3	52%	.203	0.85	3.42	1.62	95	3.93	83.7	0.8
2018	MIL	MLB	34	0	34.3	3	3	1	45	12	32	10	97	11.8	3.1	2.6	8.4	47%	.347	1.66	6.26	7.34	115	6.09	136.1	-0.5
2019	MIL	MLB	67	0	59.7	8	6	4	53	29	57	8	94	8.0	4.4	1.2	8.6	52%	.280	1.37	4.60	5.13	104	4.79	98.3	0.4
2012	TOT	MLB	63	0	60.3	3	1	0	46	22	44	9	104	6.9	3.3	1.3	6.6	0%	.000	1.13	4.74	2.39	104	5.57	127.6	-0.5
Career		MLB	616	24	759.0	47	48	7	751	314	571	87	95	8.9	3.7	1.0	6.8	53%	.293	1.40	4.48	4.35	108	5.39	118.6	-2.6

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2002	MAR	Rk	APL	13	13	59.7	2	3	0	61	38	72	2		9.2	5.7	0.3	10.9	0%	.383	1.66	3.94	5.13	0	0.00	0.0
2003	TCV	A-	NYP	15	14	86.3	5	4	0	69	25	94	1		7.2	2.6	0.1	9.8	0%	.296	1.09	2.27	2.92	0	0.00	0.0
2004	LEX	A	SAL	22	21	111.3	8	3	0	95	57	140	3		7.7	4.6	0.2	11.3	0%	.329	1.37	3.01	3.32	0	0.00	0.0
2005	SLM	A+	CRL	28	27	148.7	8	12	0	161	62	146	15	121	9.7	3.8	0.9	8.8	0%	-.632	1.50	4.09	4.66	103	0.00	0.0
2006	HOU	MLB	NL	4	2	15.0	0	2	0	17	7	11	1	86	10.2	4.2	0.6	6.6	0%	.340	1.60	3.90	6.00	109	5.06	103.0
2006	CCH	AA	TXS	19	19	116.1	10	2	0	96	47	95	4		7.4	3.6	0.3	7.4	0%	.272	1.23	3.60	2.17	0	0.00	0.0
2006	ROU	AAA	PCL	4	4	25.2	2	1	0	24	10	26	2	92	8.6	3.6	0.7	9.3	0%	.328	1.35	3.73	3.93	94	4.06	85.2
2007	HOU	MLB	NL	31	18	110.7	4	11	0	127	50	71	18	101	10.3	4.1	1.5	5.8	0%	.301	1.60	5.54	5.86	111	5.49	113.6
2007	ROU	AAA	PCL	9	9	53.0	2	3	0	50	22	43	6	96	8.5	3.7	1.0	7.3	0%	.293	1.36	4.74	3.74	97	4.10	84.2
2008	BAL	MLB	AL	28	3	49.0	3	3	0	43	22	26	4	106	7.9	4.0	0.7	4.8	0%	.253	1.33	4.62	3.49	113	6.03	128.6
2008	ABE	A-	NYP	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	94	4.5	4.5	0.0	18.0	0%	.333	1.00	1.11	0.00	75	3.33	68.2
2009	BAL	MLB	AL	56	0	67.0	3	6	0	80	36	49	3	108	10.7	4.8	0.4	6.6	0%	.352	1.73	3.95	5.51	109	6.47	138.7
2009	NOR	AAA	INT	10	0	12.7	1	0	0	19	5	12	1	102	13.5	3.5	0.7	8.5	0%	.400	1.89	3.46	5.67	89	6.31	132.7
2010	BAL	MLB	AL	62	0	75.7	5	3	0	78	34	49	6	113	9.3	4.0	0.7	5.8	0%	.303	1.48	4.21	4.52	107	5.32	120.1
2011	BOS	MLB	AL	56	0	64.7	4	4	0	62	31	68	7	110	8.6	4.3	1.0	9.5	0%	.309	1.44	4.03	4.73	106	4.90	114.0
2011	PAW	AAA	INT	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	0%	.125	0.33	1.90	0.00	95	3.73	76.1
2012	ARI	MLB	NL	23	0	21.0	1	1	0	16	7	19	3	101	6.9	3.0	1.3	8.1	0%	.241	1.10	4.32	2.57	95	5.38	123.4
2012	BOS	MLB	AL	40	0	39.3	2	0	0	30	15	25	6	105	6.9	3.4	1.4	5.7	0%	.218	1.14	4.97	2.29	109	5.66	129.8
2013	CLE	MLB	AL	56	0	63.0	3	1	0	57	23	35	2	100	8.1	3.3	0.3	5.0	0%	.274	1.27	3.51	3.14	101	4.53	108.5
2014	HOU	MLB	AL	8	0	10.0	0	0	0	10	3	8	0	95	9.0	2.7	0.0	7.2	0%	.333	1.30	2.76	0.90	116	5.96	146.2
2015	CHA	MLB	AL	30	0	37.3	2	0	0	31	9	28	3	106	7.5	2.2	0.7	6.8	0%	.259	1.07	3.45	1.21	103	4.59	107.3
2015	BIR	AA	SOU	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	0.00	-0.70	0.00	47	2.08	45.5
2015	CHR	AAA	INT	7	0	9.7	1	0	0	10	1	5	2		9.3	0.9	1.9	4.7	0%	.258	1.14	5.11	5.59	99	3.49	76.6
2016	CHA	MLB	AL	58	1	51.3	2	6	0	67	19	30	10	103	11.7	3.3	1.8	5.3	49%	.328	1.68	5.75	6.31	124	7.20	159.4
2017	WAS	MLB	NL	63	0	61.0	7	2	2	35	17	63	6		5.2	2.5	0.9	9.3	52%	.203	0.85	3.42	1.62	95	3.93	83.7
2018	MIL	MLB	NL	34	0	34.3	3	3	1	45	12	32	10	97	11.8	3.1	2.6	8.4	47%	.347	1.66	6.26	7.34	115	6.09	136.1
2018	WIS	A	MID	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	100%	.000	0.00	1.48	0.00	93	3.62	76.5
2018	BLX	AA	SOU	3	0	4.0	1	0	0	2	0	6	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	50%	.250	0.50	0.36	0.00	69	2.67	56.4
2018	CSP	AAA	PCL	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	1	0	3	0		5.4	0.0	0.0	16.2	50%	.500	0.60	0.14	0.00	47	2.22	47.0
2019	MIL	MLB	NL	67	0	59.7	8	6	4	53	29	57	8	94	8.0	4.4	1.2	8.6	52%	.280	1.37	4.60	5.13	104	4.79	98.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	727	0.4498	0.3989	0.8448	0.6116	0.2250	0.9050	0.7111	0.1552
2009	1185	0.3916	0.4363	0.8162	0.5991	0.3315	0.8993	0.7197	0.1838
2010	1275	0.4047	0.4267	0.8033	0.5930	0.3136	0.8791	0.7059	0.1967
2011	1170	0.5325	0.3855	0.8093	0.5538	0.1938	0.8435	0.6981	0.1907
2012	880	0.3943	0.4466	0.7888	0.6513	0.3133	0.8673	0.6826	0.2112
2013	933	0.4330	0.4405	0.8175	0.6089	0.3119	0.8821	0.7212	0.1825
2014	169	0.4083	0.4615	0.7051	0.6087	0.3600	0.8095	0.5833	0.2949
2015	557	0.4327	0.4273	0.8235	0.5892	0.3038	0.8944	0.7188	0.1765
2016	886	0.4695	0.4402	0.8256	0.6130	0.2872	0.8784	0.7259	0.1744
2017	956	0.5188	0.4320	0.7651	0.6109	0.2391	0.8218	0.6091	0.2349
2018	673	0.4279	0.4933	0.7651	0.7326	0.3143	0.8341	0.6446	0.2349
2019	1004	0.3785	0.4104	0.7549	0.5737	0.3109	0.8716	0.6237	0.2451
Career	10415	0.4389	0.4291	0.7991	0.6075	0.2867	0.8692	0.6860	0.2009

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-04-22	2014-09-29	60-DL	160	142	Right	Shoulder	Tendonitis		-	-
2011-04-06	2011-04-21	15-DL	15	13	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Latissimus Dorsi	-
2008-06-26	2008-09-29	60-DL	95	84	Right	Shoulder	Cartilage Injury	Labrum	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	MIL	$2,500,000
2018	MIL	$2,500,000
2017	WAS	$
2016	CHA	$2,000,000
2015	CHA	$1,500,000
2014	HOU	$2,250,000
2013	CLE	$1,750,000
2012	BOS	$1,075,000
2011	BOS	$875,000
2010	BAL	$680,000
2009	BAL	$410,000
2008	BAL	$395,000
2007	HOU	$380,000
2006	HOU	$327,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$16,642,000
13 yr	Total	$16,642,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 141 d	SSG Baseball	2 years/$5M (2018-19)

Details

2 years/$5M (2018-19). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/28/18. 18:$2.5M, 19:$2.5M. May earn additional $1M annually in performance bonuses.
1 year (2017). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/31/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.15M in majors. May opt out of contract if not on Major League roster 3/27 & 6/1/17. Performance bonuses based on appearances: $75,000 each for 25, 30 g. $0.1M each for 35, 40 g. $0.125M each for 45, 50 g. Released by Washington 3/27/17 (exercised right to opt out). Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 3/30/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.15M in majors. May earn additional $0.6M in performance bonuses. May opt out of contract if not on Major League roster 5/15 or 6/1/17. Contract selected by Washington 4/9/17.
1 year/$2.25M (2016), plus 2017 club option. Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1/21/16. 16:$2M, 17:$3M club option ($0.25M buyout). Chicago White Sox declined 2017 option 11/3/16.
1 year/$1.5M (2015). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 2/13/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 4/4/15.
1 year/$2.45M (2014). Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/17/13. 14:$2.25M, 15:$3M club option, $0.2M buyout. Houston declined 2015 option 10/9/14.
1 year/$1.75M (2013). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.075M (2012). Re-signed by Boston 12/12/11 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Arizona in trade from Boston 7/31/12. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Arizona 12/11/12.
1 year/$0.875M (2011). Signed by Boston as a free agent 12/16/10. $0.4M guaranteed.
1 year/$0.68M (2010). Re-signed by Baltimore 12/12/09 (avoided arbitration) (split contract, $0.275M in minors). Non-tendered by Baltimore 12/4/10.
1 year/$0.41M (2009). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/2/09.
1 year/$0.395M (2008). Signed by Baltimore 1/25/08.
1 year/$0.38M (2007). Re-signed by Houston 2/07. Optioned to Triple-A 3/07. Recalled 4/07. Optioned to Triple-A 5/24/07. Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Houston 12/12/07.
1 year/$0.327M (2006). Contract purchased by Houston 11/05. Re-signed by Houston 2/06.
Drafted by Houston 2001 (23-686) (San Jacinto JC, Texas) (draft-and-follow).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	15.2	11	5	14	2	.246	1.06	3.19	3.48	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.9	8	3	9	1	.260	1.15	3.57	3.89	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	5	2	6	1	.271	1.21	3.84	4.19	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	3	0	.280	1.27	4.09	4.45	0.0
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.288	1.32	4.32	4.69	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-10-12 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Remember when Matt Albers hit a go-ahead RBI double against the Mets? (cowhitchurch from Austin, TX)	Of course, I have a memory like a cat. (Nick Schaefer)
2017-10-12 20:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm not from Chicago but is there a local TV show or at least gossip blog called the Deep Dish? (Steve from Philly)	I have never actually lived in the Chicago area! But if there aren't at least 200 morning shows on radio and TV and free magazine handouts or whatever with names based on that I would be staggered. Weirder than Matt Albers preserving a 1-run lead in an elimination game. (Nick Schaefer)
2016-02-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Please rate the following pitchers for my 17-team 8x7 dynasty league (32 keepers). (Pitching categories are RA9, FIP-, FRAA, H/9, cFIP, oppTAv, ZSWING_RT.): Shohei Otani, Shohei Otani, and Shohei Otani. (Bryan G. from Ann Arbor, MI)	Give me Matt Albers. (Matthew Trueblood)
2014-11-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	For the uninitiated, what is the Webb/Albers record? (NathanAderhold from Jury Duty :()	Ryan Webb has finished more games without a save than any player in history. Matt Albers had the record until he went down with an injury this year. So it is a race between two players to rack of games finished, but with the looming threat that one single save ends it for them. (Sam Miller)
2013-09-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How is Matt Albers' nickname not "Hey Hey Hey"? (Matt from Austin, TX)	It should be (Sam Miller)
2011-01-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What does Matt Albers have to show in order to make the Red Sox roster as a reliever out of spring training? (dawson950 from cape cod)	Hey, if the Sox are going to pick up Scott Atchison's option and give him a shot, the bar isn't set that high. He just has to not suck, and hope none of the other guys who are fighting for one of the last bullpen spots puts up big spring numbers or an impressive new pitch. (Marc Normandin)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Matt Albers threw 11,464 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (82mph).