Steven Matz
Durham Bulls · No. 28 · P

Steven Matz

6' 2", 205 lbs·Age 35·Bats R / Throws L
15-DayInjured 15-Day
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2026 · 17,967 pitches · 93.9 mph fastball
2026 · 15 G
6.28
ERA
4-4
W-L
53.0
IP
1.40
WHIP
41
SO
19
BB
7.0
K/9
0
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
3.05
Best ERA · 2025
14
Most W · 2021
153
Most K · 2019
1.10
Best WHIP · 2025
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
14 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jun 23265020
Jun 191.66710010H
Jun 15221011L
Jun 100.33322001
Jun 7101200
Jun 21.66765022L
May 27376221L
May 20431250
May 3641210
Apr 27742121W

Career · Hitting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201561405
2016243602
2017172101
2018304624
2019365711
202129200
Career142176313

Career · Pitching

14 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2015635.2402.27341.23
201622132.1983.401291.21
20171366.2276.08481.53
201830154.05113.971521.25
201932160.111104.211531.34
2020930.2059.68361.70
202129150.21473.821441.33
20221548.0535.25541.25
202325105.0473.86981.33
20241244.1125.08331.44
20253255.0523.44471.18
20252121.2002.08120.88
20255376.2523.05591.10
20261553.0446.28411.40
Career3141130.569681040
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

LHP · 17,918 pitches · 2015–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHCUSL
SI · Sinker55.9% · 93.9 mph
CH · Changeup20.1% · 84.2 mph
CU · Curveball16.4% · 78.4 mph
SL · Slider7.5% · 88.3 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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