Matt
Kinney
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 16, 1976 in Usa, ME, BANGOR
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2008    2009   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 27 MIL NL $ 318,000 7 5 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 5
2005 28 MIL NL $ 591,429 7 5 8 6 6 5 5 5 6 5
2006 29 DET AL $ 350,000 7 5 8 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
2007 30 DET AL   7 6 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5
2008 31 CHN NL $ 700,000 7 6 8 7 6 5 6 4 5 5
2009 32 CHN NL $ 700,000 6 6 8 7 6 5 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 7 6 5 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 700,000 7 6 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 27 MIL NL $ 318,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2005 28 MIL NL $ 591,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2006 29 DET AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2007 30 DET AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2008 31 CHN NL $ 700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2009 32 CHN NL $ 700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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 27 MIL NL 10 10 .500 34 30 0 0 1 173.0 172 85 22 67 130 4.42 .259 .324 .400 .724 10.4
2005 28 MIL NL 2 10 .167 27 17 0 0 0 104.7 127 72 20 52 84 6.19 .301 .375 .493 .868 0.8
2006 29 MIL NL 1 5 .167 7 7 0 0 0 37.0 39 23 5 17 26 5.59 .269 .350 .428 .777 0.8
  DET AL 3 5 .375 15 15 0 0 0 83.7 96 45 13 36 56 4.84 .286 .359 .455 .814 3.7
  TOT   4 10 .286 22 22 0 0 0 120.7 135 68 18 53 82 5.07 .281 .356 .447 .803 4.6
2007 30 DET AL 0 2 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 2 1 0 3 7.73 .300 .300 .700 1.000 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 17 5 1 1 1 63.0 60 18 9 15 65 2.57 .254 .299 .424 .723  
    AA   2 1 .667 11 4 0 0 1 36.3 19 8 3 9 32 1.98 .152 .209 .264 .473  
2008 31 CHN NL 2 3 .400 31 1 0 0 3 44.3 44 17 5 22 38 3.45 .256 .345 .378 .723 3.8
2009 32 CHN NL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 2 13.3 19 10 3 6 16 6.75 .328 .391 .569 .960 0.0
6 Years Sim 18 35 .340 131 70 0 0 6 458.3 500 254 69 200 353 4.99 .277 .349 .439 .788 19.6
1 Years AAA 2 2 .500 17 5 1 1 1 63.0 60 18 9 15 65 2.57 .254 .299 .424 .723  
1 Years AA 2 1 .667 11 4 0 0 1 36.3 19 8 3 9 32 1.98 .152 .209 .264 .473  
2 Years Minors 4 3 .571 28 9 1 1 2 99.3 79 26 12 24 97 2.36 .219 .268 .368 .636  
Season Average 3 5 .375 21 11 0 0 1 76.4 83 42 11 33 58 4.99 .277 .349 .439 .788  
Career Highs 10 10 .500 34 30 0 0 3 173.0 172 85 22 67 130 7.73 .328 .391 .700 1.000  
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   239 133 35 102 213   .255 .328 .414 .742
vs LH   261 121 34 98 140   .301 .372 .466 .838
Home 10 17 .370 62 34 0 0 2 222.6 240 123 28 111 184 4.97 .276 .357 .417 .774
Away 8 18 .308 69 36 0 0 4 235.7 260 131 41 89 169 5.00 .278 .341 .460 .801
Mar/Apr 3 11 .214 26 15 0 0 1 90.3 102 58 18 42 71 5.78 .287 .362 .486 .848
May 2 4 .333 15 8 0 0 0 48.3 57 28 9 20 30 5.22 .292 .358 .467 .825
June 0 5 .000 20 5 0 0 2 40.0 43 23 7 19 31 5.18 .265 .343 .432 .775
July 5 4 .556 22 12 0 0 1 87.3 77 45 13 41 76 4.64 .236 .322 .408 .730
August 4 4 .500 23 12 0 0 1 76.0 101 46 13 33 62 5.45 .318 .382 .481 .863
Sep/Oct 4 7 .364 25 18 0 0 1 116.3 120 54 9 45 83 4.18 .267 .334 .385 .719
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 27 MIL NL 34 54 8 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 18 .204 .246 .259 .505 3.3 0.0
2005 28 MIL NL 27 34 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 .235 .235 .294 .529 2.0 0.0
2006 29 MIL NL 7 10 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .400 .500 .500 1.000 2.4 0.6
2008 31 CHN NL 31 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
2009 32 CHN NL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
5 Years Sim 114 105 12 24 6 0 0 9 0 0 5 42 .229 .264 .286 .549 7.8 0.6
162 Game Average 149 17 34 8 0 0 12 0 0 7 59 .229 .264 .286 .549 11.0  
Career Highs 34 54 8 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 18 .400 .500 .500 1.000 3.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   84 7 17 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 38 .202 .230 .250 .480 4.0
vs LH   21 5 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 .333 .391 .429 .820 3.3
Home 52 52 6 13 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 21 .250 .278 .308 .585 4.1
Away 57 53 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .208 .250 .264 .514 3.1
RISP   31 0 7 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 14 .226 .273 .258 .531 2.1
Close/Late   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Mar/Apr 16 27 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .259 .310 .333 .644 2.7
May 8 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .250 .357 .333 .690 1.5
June 17 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
July 18 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .235 .278 .235 .513 1.1
August 9 13 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .308 .538 0.8
Sep/Oct 17 27 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .185 .185 .259 .444 0.8
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    
2004 27 MIL NL P 34 30 173.0 8 18 1 1 .963 1.35    
2005 28 MIL NL P 27 17 104.7 8 15 1 1 .958 1.98    
2006 29 MIL NL P 7 7 37.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.95    
  DET AL P 15 15 83.7 3 12 1 0 .938 1.61    
  TOT   P 22 22 120.7 5 18 1 0 .958 1.72    
2007 30 DET AL P 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2008 31 CHN NL P 31 1 44.3 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.23    
2009 32 CHN NL P 15 0 13.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   131 70 458.3 24 59 3 3 .965 1.63    
Career Highs   34 30 173.0 8 18 1 1 1.000 2.23    
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 32 CHN NL 2 1 .667 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 1 0 1 3 3.38 .250 .308 .333 .641
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 1 0 1 3 3.38 .250 .308 .333 .641
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History
Had first career hit on 4/24/2004, off Jerome Williams (SFN)
Earned first career win on 4/24/2004
Released by Milwaukee on 5/13/2006
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/30/2006 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Released by Detroit on 9/25/2007
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/18/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2008
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2009