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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
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.
The home runs are what is undoing his season

Mattheus has given up 3 tracked home runs, 3 of them to right field, the longest 405 feet.

3 tracked home runs allowed in 2015.
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.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit

17% of the contact against Mattheus with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 32.7% with the bases empty.

272 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 668 with the bases empty.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

58.6% of the contact against Mattheus is on the ground and 22.9% of it is in the air.

157 tracked batted balls allowed.
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.

Contextual Splits

Pitch
Outcome
Batter
Situation
Single
Double
Triple
Home Run
Out
Vs All Pitchers
Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 10, 1983
Birth Place Sacramento, CA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right