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Matt
Desalvo		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: September 11, 1980 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2011   
All-Star Selections 2016   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 23 NYA AL   7 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2005 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 3 4 3 6 7 6
2006 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7
2007 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6
2008 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
2009 28 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
2010 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 8
2011 30 NYA AL $ 762,857 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
2012 31 NYA AL $ 2,078,571 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7
2013 32 BAL AL $ 3,800,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7
2014 33 BAL AL $ 3,800,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7
2015 34 MIN AL $ 3,800,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7
2016 35 CHA AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
2017 36 CHA AL   7 5 6 5 7 8 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,800,000 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 23 A   5 15 .250 30 30 1 1 0 202.3 212 92 15 51 163 4.09 .270 .315 .387 .702  
2005 24 NYA AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.3 12 3 1 6 8 2.03 .226 .305 .302 .607 1.0
    AAA   5 4 .556 14 14 1 1 0 97.7 79 37 10 36 71 3.41 .218 .289 .326 .615  
    AA   6 2 .750 10 10 0 0 0 67.7 69 32 8 20 53 4.26 .262 .314 .422 .737  
2006 25 NYA AL 2 11 .154 19 18 1 0 0 101.3 116 74 17 53 52 6.57 .288 .372 .447 .819 0.0
    AAA   3 2 .600 10 10 0 0 0 65.0 74 30 4 33 40 4.15 .289 .370 .383 .753  
2007 26 NYA AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 14 10 2 5 6 9.65 .350 .422 .525 .947 0.0
    AAA   10 11 .476 29 29 2 0 0 204.7 208 88 17 67 191 3.87 .266 .324 .391 .715  
2008 27 NYA AL 3 1 .750 10 10 0 0 0 56.3 68 38 9 22 40 6.07 .296 .357 .443 .800 1.4
    AAA   8 5 .615 19 19 2 1 0 119.0 126 51 10 40 110 3.86 .269 .327 .391 .718  
2009 28 NYA AL 18 8 .692 33 33 1 1 0 226.7 244 108 20 84 163 4.29 .279 .345 .399 .743 17.3
2010 29 NYA AL 7 8 .467 25 23 1 0 0 117.7 156 80 17 47 88 6.12 .322 .387 .483 .871 2.7
2011 30 NYA AL 12 7 .632 30 30 1 0 0 186.3 193 86 16 56 148 4.15 .263 .320 .368 .688 10.8
2012 31 NYA AL 17 10 .630 33 33 1 0 0 222.0 203 84 22 46 185 3.41 .239 .280 .353 .634 18.6
2013 32 NYA AL 7 4 .636 17 17 0 0 0 101.3 101 40 14 31 86 3.55 .254 .311 .380 .691 7.5
  BAL AL 6 5 .545 18 18 0 0 0 101.0 115 56 15 25 82 4.99 .281 .324 .416 .740 3.9
  TOT   13 9 .591 35 35 0 0 0 202.3 216 96 29 56 168 4.27 .268 .318 .398 .716 11.4
2014 33 BAL AL 12 15 .444 33 33 0 0 0 188.0 258 138 39 51 160 6.61 .328 .371 .522 .893 0.9
2015 34 BAL AL 2 5 .286 12 12 1 0 0 55.7 73 48 12 19 46 7.76 .313 .366 .511 .877 0.0
  MIN AL 6 6 .500 17 17 2 1 0 110.3 127 55 20 24 103 4.49 .287 .324 .465 .789 6.7
  TOT   8 11 .421 29 29 3 1 0 166.0 200 103 32 43 149 5.58 .296 .339 .481 .820 6.7
2016 35 MIN AL 10 5 .667 17 17 0 0 0 109.0 107 56 13 40 63 4.62 .258 .330 .386 .715 6.4
  CHA AL 3 6 .333 15 15 0 0 0 98.0 119 44 15 37 62 4.04 .301 .367 .453 .820 5.2
  TOT   13 11 .542 32 32 0 0 0 207.0 226 100 28 77 125 4.35 .279 .348 .419 .766 11.6
2017 36 CHA AL 0 4 .000 20 0 0 0 0 44.7 64 33 7 16 26 6.65 .328 .385 .462 .847 0.0
13 Years Sim 105 97 .520 303 280 8 2 0 1741.0 1970 953 239 562 1318 4.93 .284 .340 .426 .767 82.4
4 Years AAA 26 22 .542 72 72 5 2 0 486.3 487 206 41 176 412 3.81 .261 .325 .377 .702  
1 Years AA 6 2 .750 10 10 0 0 0 67.7 69 32 8 20 53 4.26 .262 .314 .422 .737  
1 Years A 5 15 .250 30 30 1 1 0 202.3 212 92 15 51 163 4.09 .270 .315 .387 .702  
6 Years Minors 37 39 .487 112 112 6 3 0 756.3 768 330 64 247 628 3.93 .263 .321 .384 .705  
Season Average 8 7 .533 23 21 0 0 0 133.9 151 73 18 43 101 4.93 .284 .340 .426 .767  
Career Highs 18 15 .750 35 35 3 1 0 226.7 258 138 39 84 185 9.65 .350 .422 .525 .947  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   960 454 107 247 704   .272 .320 .404 .724
vs LH   1010 499 132 315 614   .296 .356 .449 .804
Home 48 43 .527 144 133 1 0 0 822.3 934 436 112 244 637 4.77 .284 .333 .418 .751
Away 57 54 .514 159 147 7 2 0 918.6 1036 517 127 318 681 5.07 .284 .341 .433 .775
Mar/Apr 15 16 .484 45 41 1 0 0 237.6 283 155 35 95 186 5.87 .295 .359 .439 .798
May 15 19 .441 50 42 0 0 0 267.6 317 164 44 78 215 5.52 .290 .337 .446 .783
June 19 12 .613 51 45 0 0 0 305.7 304 130 41 97 202 3.83 .258 .315 .398 .713
July 15 13 .536 47 45 1 0 0 288.0 321 144 33 91 221 4.50 .283 .337 .415 .751
August 20 15 .571 54 54 2 1 0 317.6 388 179 42 99 244 5.07 .299 .349 .439 .788
Sep/Oct 21 22 .488 56 53 4 1 0 324.3 357 181 44 102 250 5.02 .278 .331 .422 .753
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2005 24 NYA AL P 2 2 13.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.03    
2006 25 NYA AL P 19 18 101.3 6 14 2 2 .909 1.78    
2007 26 NYA AL P 2 2 9.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93    
2008 27 NYA AL P 10 10 56.3 1 7 1 0 .889 1.28    
2009 28 NYA AL P 33 33 226.7 11 28 2 3 .951 1.55    
2010 29 NYA AL P 25 23 117.7 12 22 0 1 1.000 2.60    
2011 30 NYA AL P 30 30 186.3 11 21 1 2 .970 1.55    
2012 31 NYA AL P 33 33 222.0 5 24 0 3 1.000 1.18    
2013 32 NYA AL P 17 17 101.3 3 12 2 2 .882 1.33    
  BAL AL P 18 18 101.0 3 11 1 1 .933 1.25    
  TOT   P 35 35 202.3 6 23 3 3 .906 1.29    
2014 33 BAL AL P 33 33 188.0 9 14 0 1 1.000 1.10    
2015 34 BAL AL P 12 12 55.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.97    
  MIN AL P 17 17 110.3 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.90    
  TOT   P 29 29 166.0 5 12 0 1 1.000 .92    
2016 35 MIN AL P 17 17 109.0 5 12 1 0 .944 1.40    
  CHA AL P 15 15 98.0 4 10 1 0 .933 1.29    
  TOT   P 32 32 207.0 9 22 2 0 .939 1.35    
2017 36 CHA AL P 20 0 44.7 5 2 1 0 .875 1.41    
Career Totals   303 280 1741.0 82 192 12 16 .958 1.42    
Career Highs   35 35 226.7 12 28 3 3 1.000 2.60    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2009 28 NYA AL 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 22.7 17 5 1 7 9 1.99 .213 .276 .288 .563
2010 29 NYA AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 8.7 4 1 1 1 7 1.04 .133 .161 .233 .395
2011 30 NYA AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 11 2 0 6 14 1.46 .234 .321 .277 .597
2012 31 NYA AL 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 15.3 26 14 4 5 13 8.22 .371 .413 .586 .999
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 3 .625 12 8 0 0 0 59.0 58 22 6 19 43 3.36 .256 .313 .370 .683
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 30 NYA AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2012-10-3.41
 Wins
2009-9-18
2012-9-17
 Losses
2014-8-15
 Winning Pct
2009-9-.692
 Games Started
2013-6-35
 Complete Games
2015-8-3
Shutouts
2009-10-1
2015-9-1
 Hits Allowed
2014-3-258
 Homeruns Allowed
2013-9-29
2014-2-39
2015-9-32
CAR-40-239
 Walks per 9IP
2012-10-1.9
 WHiP
2012-6-1.12
 OOBP
2012-6-.280
OSLG
2012-10-.353
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Injured on 6/16/2004 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 7/16/2006
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $762,857 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 2011
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
7/24/2012: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $3,800,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from New York (A) to Baltimore on 7/1/2013 (Going to NYA: P James Ramirez, P Douglas Moncada. Going to BAL: P Matt Desalvo)
Was claimed off waivers by Minnesota on 7/8/2015
7/9/2015: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $300,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Minnesota to Chicago (A) on 7/1/2016 (Going to CHA: P Matt Desalvo, P Charles Robie. Going to MIN: P Chris Young)
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Released by Chicago (A) on 7/10/2017
 
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