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Matt Garza

Rays Career team 2008–2010
Number #22
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 42
Height 6' 4"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Selma, CA
Born Nov 26, 1983

Key Insights

2017
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Ryan Zimmerman has hit .625/.750/1.125 against Garza over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 8 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .716 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Garza has struck Brad Wilkerson out 6 times in 10 plate appearances, 60% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Kurt Suzuki gets nothing on it against Garza: 77.3 mph off the bat, against a median of 90.6 across the hitters he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Garza has walked Jim Thome 5 times in 12 plate appearances, 41.7% of them.

5 walks in 12 plate appearances.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Placido Polanco has hit .091/.083/.091 against Garza over 12 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

1 for 11 with 0 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .716 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Garza throws than Yadier Molina: 55.9% of the swings between them come up empty.

18 plate appearances between them. 98th percentile of the 70 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 26, 1983
Birth Place Selma, CA
Height 6' 4"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Fresno State