Matt Kinney
[edit] Biography
Born on December 16, 1976 in Bangor, Maine, Matt Kinney (Matthew John Kinney) played for the Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 5 year career. Kinney broke into the bigs on August 18, 2000 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 4.64 ERA in 66 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Matt Kinney's best season was 2003, when he won 10 games and struck out 152 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 2000
| MIN
| A
| 8
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 5.10
| 24
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.1
| 41
| 7
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 0
|
| 2002
| MIN
| A
| 14
| 12
| 2
| 7
| 4.64
| 45
| 39
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 78
| 13
| 33
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 2003
| MIL
| N
| 33
| 31
| 10
| 13
| 5.19
| 152
| 121
| 110
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 190.2
| 201
| 27
| 80
| 4
| 10
| 6
|
| 2004
| MIL
| N
| 32
| 6
| 3
| 4
| 5.78
| 52
| 41
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 62.1
| 77
| 8
| 23
| 1
| 5
| 2
|
| 2004
| KC
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7.16
| 21
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.1
| 27
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 2004
| Total
|
| 43
| 6
| 3
| 5
| 6.06
| 73
| 55
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 78.2
| 104
| 11
| 30
| 2
| 7
| 4
|
| 2005
| SF
| N
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 6.00
| 3
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 18
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 70
| 38
| 15
| 17
| 5.37
| 207
| 170
| 158
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 265
| 296
| 37
| 109
| 5
| 15
| 9
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 33
| 20
| 4
| 10
| 5.13
| 90
| 79
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 124.2
| 146
| 23
| 65
| 2
| 11
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 103
| 58
| 19
| 27
| 5.29
| 297
| 249
| 229
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 389.2
| 442
| 60
| 174
| 7
| 26
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 2000
| MIN
| A
| P
| 8
| 8
| 42.1
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 2002
| MIN
| A
| P
| 14
| 12
| 66
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2003
| MIL
| N
| P
| 33
| 31
| 190.2
| 13
| 22
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 24
| 4
| 0
| .972
|
| 2004
| MIL
| N
| P
| 32
| 6
| 62.1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| KC
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 16.1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| Total
|
| P
| 43
| 6
| 78.2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2005
| SF
| N
| P
| 5
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 103
| 58
| 389.2
| 25
| 39
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 39
| 9
| 3
| .970
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 2000
| MIN
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| MIN
| A
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| MIL
| N
| 33
| 55
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .036
| .070
| .055
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 27
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2004
| MIL
| N
| 32
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| KC
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| Total
|
| 43
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| SF
| N
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 70
| 67
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .075
| .101
| .090
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 33
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 103
| 69
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .072
| .099
| .087
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 30
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1995 - signed June 30, 1995).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with John Barnes and Joe Thomas to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Orlando Merced and Greg Swindell (July 31, 1998).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins with Javier Valentin to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Matt Yeatman and Gerry Oakes (November 15, 2002).
- Claimed on waivers by Kansas City Royals from Milwaukee Brewers (August 13, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 6, 2004).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (November 19, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2005).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (January 12, 2006).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2006).
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