Matt
Morris
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 9, 1974 in Usa, NY, MIDDLETOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2006    2007   
Cy Young Award 2007   
All-Star Selections 2006    2007   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 STL NL $ 8,750,000 9 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
2005 30 CLE AL $ 16,000,000 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
2006 31 CLE AL $ 16,000,000 9 7 7 7 7 8 7 9 9 9
2007 32 SEA AL $ 16,000,000 9 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8
2008 33 SEA AL $ 16,000,000 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7
2009 34 ANA AL $ 13,000,000 8 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 5 5
2010 35 ANA AL $ 13,000,000 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
2011 36 ANA AL $ 13,000,000 8 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 8,750,000 8 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 16,000,000 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
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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 29 STL NL $ 8,750,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2005 30 CLE AL $ 16,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2006 31 CLE AL $ 16,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2007 32 SEA AL $ 16,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2008 33 SEA AL $ 16,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2009 34 ANA AL $ 13,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2010 35 ANA AL $ 13,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
2011 36 ANA AL $ 13,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 8,750,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 16,000,000   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 29 STL NL 16 11 .593 33 33 2 0 0 222.7 228 93 27 55 166 3.76 .270 .318 .412 .730 14.9
2005 30 CLE AL 16 12 .571 35 35 2 1 0 239.7 211 88 18 65 189 3.30 .232 .287 .339 .627 18.5
2006 31 CLE AL 17 8 .680 33 33 1 0 0 218.0 208 94 18 61 153 3.88 .250 .307 .383 .689 16.2
2007 32 SEA AL 21 6 .778 32 32 3 1 0 235.7 219 73 17 53 195 2.79 .243 .291 .340 .631 22.7
2008 33 SEA AL 16 8 .667 33 33 5 4 0 231.7 217 86 22 62 173 3.34 .245 .298 .357 .656 19.1
2009 34 ANA AL 0 8 .000 22 11 1 0 0 77.0 101 67 18 43 65 7.83 .326 .409 .568 .977 0.0
2010 35 ANA AL 3 1 .750 33 0 0 0 1 56.3 64 28 8 16 36 4.47 .294 .350 .440 .791 3.3
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 6 1 0 1 1 3.38 .400 .438 .400 .838  
2011 36 AAA   2 1 .667 44 1 0 0 0 77.3 90 51 17 28 71 5.94 .284 .342 .508 .850  
7 Years Sim 89 54 .622 221 177 14 6 1 1281.0 1248 529 128 355 977 3.72 .254 .309 .382 .691 94.6
2 Years AAA 2 1 .667 46 1 0 0 0 80.0 96 52 17 29 72 5.85 .289 .346 .503 .849  
Season Average 12 7 .632 31 25 2 0 0 183.0 178 75 18 50 139 3.72 .254 .309 .382 .691  
Career Highs 21 12 .778 35 35 5 4 1 239.7 228 94 27 65 195 7.83 .326 .409 .568 .977  
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   587 235 58 135 486   .247 .287 .361 .649
vs LH   661 294 70 220 491   .262 .321 .401 .721
Home 41 23 .641 110 86 4 2 1 644.7 618 251 71 175 494 3.50 .252 .302 .381 .683
Away 48 31 .608 111 91 10 4 0 636.3 630 278 57 180 483 3.93 .257 .308 .382 .690
Mar/Apr 13 14 .481 34 32 1 0 0 204.6 224 110 28 66 152 4.84 .273 .327 .424 .751
May 16 10 .615 41 34 4 1 0 240.3 267 121 32 72 182 4.53 .284 .335 .439 .774
June 13 9 .591 36 27 4 2 0 204.6 191 73 21 53 165 3.21 .250 .299 .377 .676
July 16 8 .667 41 26 3 1 1 202.0 198 81 14 49 175 3.61 .254 .298 .345 .644
August 17 6 .739 37 29 1 1 0 218.0 173 68 19 49 160 2.81 .215 .261 .333 .593
Sep/Oct 14 7 .667 32 29 1 1 0 211.3 195 76 14 66 143 3.24 .245 .303 .359 .662
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 29 STL NL 33 77 11 17 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 28 .221 .250 .221 .471 4.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 33 77 11 17 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 28 .221 .250 .221 .471 4.1 0.0
162 Game Average 378 54 83 0 0 0 24 0 0 14 137 .221 .250 .221 .471 20.1  
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   55 10 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 20 .218 .259 .218 .477 2.9
vs LH   22 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .227 .227 .227 .455 0.9
Home 15 34 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .265 .306 .265 .570 2.8
Away 18 43 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .186 .205 .186 .391 1.0
RISP   17 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .294 .294 .294 .588 1.3
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
May 6 13 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .385 .467 .385 .851 2.4
June 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.1
July 5 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
August 6 16 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.8
Sep/Oct 5 13 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .308 .357 .308 .665 1.5
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 29 STL NL P 33 33 222.7 11 31 0 2 1.000 1.70    
2005 30 CLE AL P 35 35 239.7 12 26 0 2 1.000 1.43    
2006 31 CLE AL P 33 33 218.0 18 41 1 1 .983 2.44    
2007 32 SEA AL P 32 32 235.7 17 40 1 3 .983 2.18    
2008 33 SEA AL P 33 33 231.7 14 32 0 1 1.000 1.79    
2009 34 ANA AL P 22 11 77.0 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.75    
2010 35 ANA AL P 33 0 56.3 4 8 0 2 1.000 1.92    
Career Totals   221 177 1281.0 80 189 2 12 .993 1.89    
Career Highs   35 35 239.7 18 41 1 3 1.000 2.44    
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
2006 31 CLE AL 1 3 .250 4 4 0 0 0 26.3 24 10 2 13 20 3.42 .242 .330 .404 .734
2007 32 SEA AL 4 1 .800 6 6 0 0 0 42.3 33 11 3 16 29 2.34 .209 .282 .297 .579
2008 33 SEA AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 11 4 2 3 6 3.09 .250 .298 .409 .707
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 4 .600 12 12 0 0 0 80.3 68 25 7 32 55 2.80 .226 .300 .349 .649
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
2007 32 SEA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
2006-10-3.88
2007-3-2.79
2008-5-3.34
Wins
2004-9-16
2005-7-16
2006-4-17
2007-1-21
2008-5-16
Winning Pct
2006-5-.680
2007-1-.778
2008-6-.667
CAR-34-.622
Complete Games
2004-5-2
2007-8-3
2008-1-5
Shutouts
2005-8-1
2007-8-1
2008-1-4
Innings Pitched
2004-7-222.7
2005-8-239.7
2006-10-218.0
2007-7-235.7
2008-5-231.7
Hits Allowed
2004-5-228
2008-8-217
Homeruns Allowed
2004-10-27
Strikeouts
2005-10-189
Walks per 9IP
2004-10-2.2
2007-6-2.0
Hits per 9IP
2006-9-8.6
2007-10-8.4
2008-9-8.4
WHiP
2005-9-1.15
2006-7-1.23
2007-4-1.15
2008-5-1.20
OAVG
2005-9-.232
2006-9-.250
2007-10-.243
2008-9-.245
OOBP
2005-7-.287
2006-8-.307
2007-4-.291
2008-5-.298
OSLG
2005-9-.339
2007-5-.340
2008-6-.357
OOPS
2005-8-.627
2006-8-.689
2007-4-.631
2008-6-.656
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 79    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 4/10/2004
Had first career hit on 5/11/2004, off Roy Oswalt (HOU)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/3/2005 to a 4-year deal worth $16,000,000 per year
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Cleveland in 2006
Traded from Cleveland to Seattle on 1/29/2007 (Going to CLE: 3B Brian Snyder. Going to SEA: P Matt Morris)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2007, going 5-0, 1.17
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 2007
Won Cy Young Award in 2007, going 21-6, 2.79 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2008, going 2-0, 1.08
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2008, going 4-0, 1.88
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (A) on 9/14/2008, striking out 8
Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on 2/3/2009 to a 4-year deal worth $13,000,000 per year