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Luis Matos

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: October 30, 1978 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Academia Discipulos de Cristo (Bayamon, Puerto Rico).

High School: Academia Discipulos de Cristo (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)

Debut: June 19, 2000 (Age 21-233d, 17,689th in major league history)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: August 9, 2006 (Age 27-283d)
vs. FLA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: SFX

Full Name: Luis David Matos

Pronunciation: \MAH-tose\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

1605

410

.256

212

RBI

140

OBP

.312

SLG

.375

OPS

.687

OPS+

Summary of 30 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 4 go ahead

1 Tm
BAL	30

Platoon
vs RHP	22
vs LHP	8

Home/Road
Home	15
Away	15

Outs
0	11
2	11
1	8

14 Opps
BOS	7
OAK	3
TEX	3
CLE	2
ANA	2
SEA	2
NYY	2
CHW	2
TOR	2
ARI	1
TBD	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
DET	1

29 Pitchers
Tim Wakefield	2
Mariano Rivera	1
Curt Schilling	1
Frank Castillo	1
Justin Duchscherer	1
Barry Zito	1
Jim Mecir	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Héctor Mercado	1
Rich Garcés	1
Troy Percival	1
Tanyon Sturtze	1
Cliff Lee	1
Cory Lidle	1
Joaquín Benoit	1
Trey Hodges	1
Jeff Suppan	1
Mike Sirotka	1
Freddy García	1
Ben Weber	1
Brandon Villafuerte	1
John Thomson	1
Scott Stewart	1
Kenny Rogers	1
Eddie Guardado	1
Mike Mussina	1
Jason Johnson	1
Mike Timlin	1
Félix Díaz	1

10 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	15
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	17
78	7
8	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
4	6
2	6
1	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	6
12-	2
1-3	1

42 RBI
RISP	3
0 on	21
1 on	6
2 on	3
Any on	9

Inning
1	1
2	3
3	5
4	2
5	5
6	2
7	4
8	3
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	9
4-6	9
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	3
-1	4
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	6

Ahead	11
Tied	3
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	10
0-0	4
1-0	4
3-2	3
2-1	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
0-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	29
RF	1

OrderPos
7th	9
2nd	8
1st	5
9th	4
8th	2
5th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-08-14	BAL		CHW	Mike Sirotka	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	9	8	0.084	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Fordyce Scores/unER; R. Minor Scores/unER; L. Matos Scores/unER
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2001-09-05	BAL	@	OAK	Jim Mecir	behind 4-12	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Hairston Scores
3	3	2	1	2001-09-21	BAL		NYY	Mike Mussina	tied 1-1	b 3	1	---	7,(3-2) CBFBFBX	1	1	9	0.117	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	2001-09-25	BAL	@	BOS	Frank Castillo	ahead 4-2	t 2	1	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	1	8	0.082	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	2001-09-26	BAL	@	BOS	Rich Garcés	behind 3-9	t 7	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	0.055	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Fordyce Scores; J. Hairston Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2003-05-24	BAL	@	TEX	John Thomson	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	8	0.106	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	2	1	2003-05-25	BAL	@	TEX	Joaquín Benoit	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	7	8	0.116	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Batista Scores
8	8	3	1	2003-06-22	BAL	@	ATL	Trey Hodges	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	0.123	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
9	9	4	1	2003-06-23	BAL	@	TOR	Tanyon Sturtze	behind 2-13	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	5	1	2003-06-27	BAL		PHI	Héctor Mercado	behind 1-4	b 17	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	8	0.029	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	6	1	2003-07-10	BAL	@	SEA	Freddy García	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	1	8	0.141	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
12	12	7	1	2003-07-19	BAL		ANA	Ben Weber	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	8	0.019	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	8	1	2003-08-02	BAL		BOS	Mike Timlin	ahead 6-2	b 6	2	1--	2,(1-0) 1PX	2	2	8	0.040	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Roberts Scores
14	14	9	1	2003-08-03	BAL		BOS	Tim Wakefield	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	4,(0-2) CCFX	1	2	8	0.105	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	10	1	2003-08-16	BAL		NYY	Mariano Rivera	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .FBX	1	3	8	0.432	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	11	1	2003-09-20	BAL		TOR	Cory Lidle	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	8	0.122	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	12	1	2003-09-22	BAL	@	BOS	Jeff Suppan	behind 1-5	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BBC1.X	1	2	8	0.052	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	13	1	2003-09-23	BAL	@	BOS	Tim Wakefield	behind 0-1	t 2	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	8	0.198	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Gibbons Scores; T. Batista Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2004-04-30	BAL	@	CLE	Scott Stewart	behind 1-11	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
20	20	2	1	2004-05-13 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	Félix Díaz	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	8	0.109	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	2004-05-14	BAL		ANA	Troy Percival	behind 6-9	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	7	8	0.055	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	4	1	2004-05-19	BAL	@	SEA	Eddie Guardado	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	8	0.052	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	2004-05-28	BAL	@	DET	Jason Johnson	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	7,(3-2) 1C1B>B11>F*B>F>X	2	8	8	0.174	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Bigbie Scores
24	24	6	1	2004-06-09	BAL		ARI	Brandon Villafuerte	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	7	8	0.052	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Surhoff Scores/unER; L. Matos Scores/Team unER
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2005-04-04	BAL		OAK	Barry Zito	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	8	8	0.176	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); J. Gibbons Scores
26	26	2	1	2005-07-03	BAL		CLE	Cliff Lee	behind 0-6	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	7	8	0.039	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	2005-07-26	BAL		TEX	Kenny Rogers	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	8	0.095	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	4	1	2005-08-17	BAL	@	OAK	Justin Duchscherer	ahead 4-0	t 7	0	---	8,(3-2) BBCFBFFX	1	7	8	0.028	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2006-04-03	BAL		TBD	Scott Kazmir	behind 3-4	b 5	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	2	8	0.145	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
30	30	2	1	2006-04-08	BAL		BOS	Curt Schilling	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	8	0.135	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)