Matt Kinzer
[edit] Biography
Matt Kinzer (Matthew Roy Kinzer) was born on June 17, 1963 in Indianapolis, Indiana. After going to high school at Norwell (Ossian, IN), Kinzer attended Purdue University. Kinzer made his professional debut in the NFL in 1987 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions for his entire 1 year career.
Following his brief career in the NFL, Kinzer became a baseball player. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 2 year career. Kinzer broke into the bigs on May 18, 1989 with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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| 1989
| STL
| N
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 12.82
| 8
| 20
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.1
| 25
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1990
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.20
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 12.82
| 8
| 20
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.1
| 25
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.20
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 13.20
| 9
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 28
| 3
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
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| 1989
| STL
| N
| P
| 8
| 1
| 13.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| DET
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 9
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1989
| STL
| N
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] NFL Statistics
[edit] Punting Stats
| 1987
| DET
| NFL
| 1
| 7
| 238
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 34
|
| 1 year NFL career
| 1
| 7
| 238
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 34
|
[edit] MLB Transactions
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1981).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1984).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jim Lindeman to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Pat Austin, Bill Henderson and Marcos Betances (December 6, 1989).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (July 12, 1990).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (August 3, 1990).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (August 14, 1990).
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