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Ryan Mattheus

Nationals Career team 2011–2014
Number #41
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 42
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Sacramento, CA
Born Nov 10, 1983

Key Insights

2015
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Mattheus throws a fastball 96.5% of the time, against 68.2% when he is ahead.

230 pitches behind in the count, 258 ahead.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .360 expected average against them, against .186 on his offspeed pitches.

103 of his breaking balls thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Mattheus's slider leaves the bat at 88.6 mph, against 77.9 off his cutter.

103 and 53 of them thrown.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well

Only 28.1% of the contact Mattheus gives up is hit hard, 96th percentile.

940 pitches in 2015. 96th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 31st in MLB.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Mattheus averages 90.9 mph across his arsenal, 82nd percentile in the league.

940 pitches in 2015. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 123rd in MLB.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Mattheus goes to the splitter: 15.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 2.6% the rest of the time.

259 two-strike pitches in 2015.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 10, 1983
Birth Place Sacramento, CA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right