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Matt Ginter P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
11	96	232	5	7	1	5.43	-0.6

Birth Date	12-24-1977
Height	6' 1"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	46 years, 4 months, 0 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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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
2000	CHA	MLB	7	0	9.3	1	0	0	18	7	6	5	92	17.4	6.8	4.8	5.8	0%	.382	2.68	11.15	13.50	127	9.21	177.3	-0.3
2001	CHA	MLB	20	0	39.7	1	0	0	34	14	24	2	103	7.7	3.2	0.5	5.4	0%	.267	1.21	4.12	5.22	115	5.92	122.6	-0.2
2002	CHA	MLB	33	0	54.3	1	0	1	59	21	37	6	102	9.8	3.5	1.0	6.1	0%	.310	1.47	4.34	4.47	113	5.36	115.1	0.0
2003	CHA	MLB	3	0	3.3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	99	5.4	2.7	2.7	0.0	0%	.091	0.90	9.69	13.50	110	5.56	116.5	0.0
2004	NYN	MLB	15	14	69.3	1	3	0	82	20	38	8	94	10.6	2.6	1.0	4.9	0%	.306	1.47	4.43	4.54	110	5.83	120.2	0.0
2005	DET	MLB	14	1	35.0	0	1	0	49	9	15	6	99	12.6	2.3	1.5	3.9	0%	.344	1.66	5.36	6.17	113	5.90	127.0	-0.2
2008	CLE	MLB	4	4	21.0	1	3	0	25	3	12	3	101	10.7	1.3	1.3	5.1	0%	.319	1.33	4.30	5.14	106	4.65	99.3	0.2
Career		MLB	96	19	232.0	5	7	1	269	75	132	31	99	10.4	2.9	1.2	5.1	44%	.308	1.48	4.83	5.43	112	5.77	120.8	-0.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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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-
1999	BUR	A	MDW	9	9	40.0	4	2	0	38	19	29	3		8.6	4.3	0.7	6.5	0%	-.686	1.43	4.69	4.05	0	0.00	0.0
2000	CHA	MLB	AL	7	0	9.3	1	0	0	18	7	6	5	92	17.4	6.8	4.8	5.8	0%	.382	2.68	11.15	13.50	127	9.21	177.3
2000	BIR	AA	SOU	27	26	179.7	11	8	0	153	60	126	6		7.7	3.0	0.3	6.3	0%	-.758	1.19	3.04	2.25	0	0.00	0.0
2001	CHA	MLB	AL	20	0	39.7	1	0	0	34	14	24	2	103	7.7	3.2	0.5	5.4	0%	.267	1.21	4.12	5.22	115	5.92	122.6
2001	CHR	AAA	INT	22	10	76.3	2	3	0	62	24	67	3		7.3	2.8	0.4	7.9	0%	-.602	1.13	3.02	2.60	0	0.00	0.0
2002	CHA	MLB	AL	33	0	54.3	1	0	1	59	21	37	6	102	9.8	3.5	1.0	6.1	0%	.310	1.47	4.34	4.47	113	5.36	115.1
2002	CHR	AAA	INT	13	0	16.0	1	0	0	20	10	9	3		11.3	5.6	1.7	5.1	0%	.327	1.88	6.28	3.94	0	0.00	0.0
2003	CHA	MLB	AL	3	0	3.3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	99	5.4	2.7	2.7	0.0	0%	.091	0.90	9.69	13.50	110	5.56	116.5
2003	CHR	AAA	INT	49	0	68.3	3	5	14	66	22	52	2		8.7	2.9	0.3	6.9	0%	.294	1.29	3.28	3.03	0	0.00	0.0
2004	NYN	MLB	NL	15	14	69.3	1	3	0	82	20	38	8	94	10.6	2.6	1.0	4.9	0%	.306	1.47	4.43	4.54	110	5.83	120.2
2004	NOR	AAA	INT	11	11	64.0	1	5	0	55	8	49	4		7.7	1.1	0.6	6.9	0%	.262	0.98	2.96	2.95	0	0.00	0.0
2005	DET	MLB	AL	14	1	35.0	0	1	0	49	9	15	6	99	12.6	2.3	1.5	3.9	0%	.344	1.66	5.36	6.17	113	5.90	127.0
2005	TOL	AAA	INT	17	10	68.7	4	3	0	72	10	49	9	79	9.4	1.3	1.2	6.4	0%	-.887	1.19	4.04	4.32	96	4.57	90.1
2006	IND	AAA	INT	9	8	52.0	2	5	1	59	8	36	10	71	10.2	1.4	1.7	6.2	0%	.293	1.29	4.71	5.54	104	5.67	118.9
2006	PAW	AAA	INT	15	15	89.2	3	9	0	88	18	49	5	90	8.9	1.8	0.5	4.9	0%	.287	1.19	3.44	3.63	105	5.22	109.6
2007	MEM	AAA	PCL	31	8	68.7	2	6	2	86	8	43	5	95	11.3	1.0	0.7	5.6	0%	.343	1.37	3.66	4.06	85	5.30	108.7
2007	NAS	AAA	PCL	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	90	25.7	25.7	0.0	0.0	0%	.500	5.71	12.10	38.57	83	6.28	128.8
2008	CLE	MLB	AL	4	4	21.0	1	3	0	25	3	12	3	101	10.7	1.3	1.3	5.1	0%	.319	1.33	4.30	5.14	106	4.65	99.3
2008	BUF	AAA	INT	18	17	100.0	6	6	0	109	32	65	10	83	9.8	2.9	0.9	5.9	0%	.303	1.41	4.42	4.14	106	5.48	112.1
2009	NAS	AAA	PCL	38	3	75.7	3	3	2	85	24	52	7	86	10.1	2.9	0.8	6.2	0%	.315	1.44	4.43	3.80	103	5.20	109.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	308	0.5227	0.4740	0.8562	0.6398	0.2925	0.8835	0.7907	0.1438
Career	308	0.5227	0.4740	0.8562	0.6398	0.2925	0.8835	0.7907	0.1438

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
2008-08-04	2008-08-25	15-DL	21	19	Right	Forearm	Strain		-
2004-09-10	2004-10-04	15-DL	24	23	Right	Ankle	Sprain	Bone Chips	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2005	DET	$333,000

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$333,000
1 yr	Total	$333,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 140 d

Details

signed as a free agent from MIL 12/09 (minor-league contract)
sent outright to Triple-A 8/25/08 contract purchased 7/12/08 signed as a free agent from MIL/STL 12/21/07 (minor-league contract)
sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from DET 1/06 (minor-league contract)
sent outright to Triple-A 10/05 contract purchased 9/05 sent outright to Triple-A 6/05 acquired in trade from NYM 4/05 re-signed 3/05, 1 year/$0.333M (05) recalled 9/04 optioned to Triple-A 8/04 recalled 8/04 optioned to Triple-A 8/04 recalled 7/04 optioned to Triple-A 7/04 acquired in trade from CWS 3/04 re-signed 3/04 optioned to Triple-A 8/03 3/03 re-signed 3/03 recalled 6/02 optioned to Triple-A 6/02 recalled 5/02 optioned to Triple-A 3/02 signed 3/02
recalled 9/01 recalled 7/01 optioned to Triple-A 6/01 recalled 6/01 Miss St 99 1-22

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	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Matt Ginter threw 308 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Sinker (91mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (80mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph).